ZA Car Show: Episode 6

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In Episode Six, we have no special guests. It’s just the regular opinionated crew of Christo, Patrick and the Trevors up to their usual opinionated selves. In this episode we discuss a lot of local news and new car announcements while also playing the second instalment of “Pick the best car from brand X” yielding, once again, surprising results…

We also discuss:

• What was the car Tuck was talking about in Episode Five – the first production car designed in a wind tunnel? Designed in 1963 this thing has the same drag coefficient as a Porsche 911. You’ll never believe us but find the answer here
• Cheap cars again, this time a Renault hash up of TATA and Dacia, what a combo
• Christo likes to put Trevor van de Ven on the spot, this time ZACS picks a bone with the new BMW 520d – is +R400 000 good value?
• We talk Porsche’s move to four cylinder and the Mercedes-Benz DiesOtto
• South Africa and emissions laws…
• And even more ridiculous legislation on left hand drive cars
• The Volvo C30 1.6, overpriced cold hatch, or alternative to the Golf V, Christo waits for them to depreciate while we all get sidetracked again, this time fixated on another 90’s classic the Volvo 850R
• The Caddy-shack CTS, launched in South Africa is this a serious competitor to the BMW 5-Series, and Merc E-Class
• Mazda introduces stop/start technology in Europe. The new wave of fuel efficient engines do they work some agree some don’t
• We play the second instalment of our “Pick the best car from brand X” This week listen and be surprised. A debate ensues.

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