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Posted on April 07th, 2009 by admin
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The vanilla crew are back with plain ice-creams and lots of news. We chat about the state of the auto industry locally and globally, peppering opinion with our no-good reviews. Despite the doom and gloom there appears to be a wave of new model launches, some in South Africa and others soon to arrive on these tumultuous shores.
Shocking: a very pretty electric car
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Posted on November 14th, 2008 by christo
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This week the ZACS team tackle the European Car of the Year, have a look at the vehicles eligible for South African of the year and discuss GM’s fate – the American auto-builder is looking for a bailout from the US government.
In this episiode:
- Chrysler South Africa offers Flex-Fuel vehicles with the 2009 Dodge Journey 2.7 V6.
- European Car of the Year 2009, these are the nominees: Alfa Romeo MiTo, Citroën C5, Ford Fiesta, Opel/Vauxhall Insignia, Renault Mégane, Škoda Superb, Volkswagen Golf.
- And the cars that didn’t make it: Audi A4, Audi Q5, BMW X6, BMW 7 Series, Chevrolet HHR, Chrysler Grand Voyager, Citroen Berlingo/Peugeot Partner, Citroen Nemo/Fiat Fiorino/Peugeot Bipper, Dacia Sandero, Dodge Journey, Ford Kuga, Honda Accord, Honda Jazz, Hyundai i10, Hyundai i800, Jaguar XF, Jeep Cherokee, Lancia Delta, Mazda6, Mercedes-Benz GLK, Mitsubishi Lancer, Nissan Murano, Opel Agila/Suzuki Splash, Renault Kangoo, Renault Koleos, Seat Ibiza, Subaru Forester, Toyota Land Cruiser 200, Volkswagen Scirocco, Volvo XC60
- South African Car of the Year speculation: ZACS guesss which might be the picks from local manufacturers, hedges bets and will check when the announcement is made 28 November 2008.
- General Motors Deathwatch – with a request to the US Government for a financial bail-out, what will happen to porfitable regions like that in which South Africa finds itself.
And more…
Posted on October 03rd, 2008 by christo
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Getting better at this podcasting thing, the regular team of Christo, Patrick and Trevors squared are talking about the loads of motoring news to his the South African shores this week. We drive the Audi A5 and Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG and pour over some lovely exotica released at the Paris Auto Show 2008.
In this week’s show we discuss…
Nissan’s solution to the long in the tooth Nissan Champ with the announcement of the replacement the Nissan NP 200, drag racers hang their heads in shame…
We talk the about the down turn in the local motoring industry, GM lays of workers and Ford stops exporting ROCAM engines from SA: costs jobs
South Africa announces the Joule, South Africa’s first locally designed car in a long time. It’s electric too…
New Car Launch: Lexus Hybrids, the RX400h SUV and GS450h executive saloon. A fight ensues and we almost pull out the gloves, if you’ve been wondering about this ‘performance hybrid’ tag line from Lexus, listen to this.
Four door supercars, we talk about the Lamborghini Estoque, Aston Martin Rapide, Porsche Panamera
Abarth 500 Essesse, 147kw in a small car, fast Fiats are back
Test Driven: The Audi A5 3.2FSI, Trevor van de Ven offers his opinion and comes back quite surprised most surprising is the Bang&Olufsen sound option
Test Driven: Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG, the gentleman assassin. The car that people who bail out the American Financial Services industry drive.
And more…
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