ZA Car Show: Episode 52

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Episode 52 mean that we have officially passed one year of podcasting. Truth be told we’ve been at it a little longer and have actually put out around 57 episodes including out Johannesburg International Motor Show special editions and race meet outside broadcast. It’s not always been as smooth as Trevor Tuck’s lines through ‘Potters’ at the East London Grand Prix Circuit, but it has, for the most, part been as fun.   We’ve helped you choose cars, challenge opinions and hopefully give you more insight than Honda in the last year.

This week is no different, while lean on news from both local and international shores, is still filled with humour and opinion thanks to the ZA Car Show Challenge to purchase a car for R350 000. Without discussing it beforehand we’ve still managed to be more inconsistent than Jenson Button’s winning streak.

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Land Rover confirms that the LRX concept will go into production [via: Jalopnik]

Toyota develops self regenerating paint.  Catch a parking lot scratch and all it requires is a little car wash and buff. Clever.  [Via: UberGizmo]

BMW announces the availability of its “Performance Pack” upgrade for the 135i and 335i

Driven: 2009 Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.4 T-Jet

ZA Car Show Challenge: The average entry-level executive car costs around R350 000 these days. We have had a couple of them on test recently. What would you buy with R350 000 burning a hole in your pocket.