ZA Car Show: Episode 38

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Finally after all the bunking by various members of the ZA Car Show crew we have a full house of Patrick, Christo and Trevors. The doom and gloom of the auto industry is…well…gloomy, so we dicided to all but ignore it and talk about happy things instead. Happy things in our books include: auto CEOs who know nothing about cars, Renault being cautioned in China for producing unsafe cars (oh the irony) and a right royal fight between the team over the Datsun Nissan 370Z.

R499 000 will buy you the new Nissan 370Z Manual with rev matching ...but for a bit less you could also get this - MINI Cooper JCW WC

More show notes and a video of the rev matching technology from Nissan after the jump…

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In Episode 38 we discuss:

• The new GM Chariman: “I know nothing about cars” — well there’s a good place for GM to start. – [Autoblog]
• Renault told by Chinese authorities its cars are not safe – [Bloomberg]
• Audi R8 V10 and Audi Q7 V12 TDI order books open in SA – [Wheels24]
• MINI JCW WC50 Edition – there’s a name to make RenaultSport naming conventions look silly
• Some other cool MINIs:
  • AC Schnitzer – [Top Gear]
  • Karmann MINI Convertible with Union Jack soft top – [mini2] via [Autoexpress]
• Driven: 2009 Nissan 370Z

• ZA Car Show opinion: What technology should all cars come standard with?

1 Comment so far

Comment by Divan Moller, posted on June 19th, 2009 at 12:07 pm

When will you guys have a chat about the new Alfa Romeo MiTo? I was driving to work in Sandton this morning and saw a truckload full of them. I’ve never seen them before. Slowed down to get a good look and must say it looks interesting.

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