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Posted on July 03rd, 2010 by admin

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Episode 82 is packed with fun, featuring cars both fast and slow. With speed and lap records were being broken, it provided a bit of solace for those of us who thought that the era of big engines and crazy horsepower is nearly dead. Happily, it’s quite far from that.

Instead, we see Mercedes Benz’s C63 DR520, and the Mercedes-powered Pagani Zonda which broke smashed the Nurburgring lap record. The team also takes a look at (probably) the slowest cars to ever tackle the task, measuring the time in months rather than minutes. Trevor van de Ven reviews the Polo Vivo and comes away with some fresh, new views on the budget hatch segment. Listen to the show to find out more.

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Posted on December 11th, 2009 by admin

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After some time without electricity at the studio and the festive time of the year, ZA Car Show returned for the penultimate episode of 2009. The team is joined by a representative, Carmen Du Preez from Rager, a mobile phone-based traffic management system; Carmen helps shed some light on how this system works and why its important to register.  We also discuss South Africa’s Car of The Year and some new, but pointless models from Mercedes and VW.

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Posted on November 24th, 2009 by christo

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Episode 59 marks the commencement of the slow news weeks, as the year winds down. With Trevor (van de Ven) not guiding us through the news, we briefly chat about the new Kia Sorento and its powerful diesel engine. Also in the headlines are the new Mercedes Benz AMG Performance Centres, the Volkswagen Amarok and some F1 drama. We also review some exciting cars, while Trevor isn’t looking.

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Posted on January 26th, 2009 by christo

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The second instalment of motoring tomfoolery for the year has the team covering a lot of news form the global motoring industry. From the law and legislation on to mergers and aquistions – this is not a financial business show just more of the same opinion from Christo, Patrick and the Trevors.

In this episode we discuss:

• Fiat has announced that it would like a 35% stake in Chrysler – what are the ramifications? Fiat 300C’s, Dodge Californias or Alfa Romeo RAMs?
• Ford announces its Powershift transmission – DSG for the non-jargonheads
• AMG expresses its interest in more environmentally friendly power antics. Can we expect Diesel or Electric AMGs?
• License plate legislation, the good, the bad and the short sighted…[via IOL Motoring]
• Car Insurance, the UK crushes unlicensed cars, South Africa puts them on the roads
• New Car Launch: FIAT Grande Punto T-Jet

• Win a TomTom One V4 GPS: Details inside

And more…

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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by christo

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In Episode 8 of ZA Car Show we welcome Christo back who brings with him a bumper load of new car news and test drives while the ZACS plays the best model game again. We are full of surprises in this episode.  

 

In Episode 8 we discuss:

The CitiWolf – is this a sheep in wolf’s clothing, mutton dressed as lamb we could go on…

Golf VI GTI, a case of de-ja-vu. Take a look at the W12 and new GTI, we can’t believe we never saw this coming

New Car Launch Drive: MINI JCW, BMW’s new pocket rocket, not be confused with the MINI Cooper JCW kit, all very confusing we know

ZACS Best Car Challenge: This week we battle it out arguing what is the best Toyota. The results are surprising once again

The Toyota Prius causes a fight while we explore some of the other models we did not pick – Tuck is a hybrid hater

Test Driven: Range Rover Sport TDV8 – Christo’s rollin’ on dubs and he even took if offroad…

Test Driven: Mercedes Benz C63 AMG – Mercedes Benz’ monster car developed to kick Beemer in the nuts and it does! But is it a good car? 

And more…

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