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ZA Car Show: Episode 76

christo — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:39:47 +0000

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1976 was the year that South African’s were introduced to TV, it was also the year that many South Africans died in riots. Subsequently, another key cause of death and policing is the discussion the team has when talking about their landmark cars from 1976.

In this episode we also review the Lexus RX450h Hybrid SUV, discuss the move to two-wheel drive Land Rovers and give you a first drive through the mouth of Christo van Gemert of the new BMW 5-series.

Episode 76 hi-fi download (30MB)
Episode 76 lo-fi download (15MB)

Show notes and links after the jump.

LandRover to join the ranks of 2- wheel drive by 2012 with the LRX [via Motorauthority]

If this is what 2WD Landies will look like, we're not complaining

BMW in the Netherlands slipped with a teaser of the next BMW X3 ahead of its unveiling at the Paris Auto Show [via: worldcarfans]

BMW X3 Teaser. Not really revealing much, but don't buy the old one anymore because this is coming soon.

The lovable offroader, the Suzuki Jimny turns 40 [via: Cars in Action]

Old and new, together for the first time in 40 years.

Porsche’s GT2 RS… finally featured on ZA Car Show. Sorry for the delay!

Mazda Turns 90 [via: Mazda]

New Launch: BMW 5 Series

http://www.lexus.co.za/gallery/images/RXh_09/RXh-New-Gen-04.jpg

Qrigami meets SUV.

ZA Car Show: Episode 52

christo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:06:09 +0000

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.

For more news and show notes click “more”

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

: Its ben a while since we’ve last seen a two-door luxury Landy

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

: Arguably better looking than the //M

: It’s a good looking factory upgrade

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.

ZA Car Show: Episode 45

admin — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:28:19 +0000

Seven more episodes to go and the ZA Car Show team will have produced a year’s worth of motoring goodness direct from the shores of South Africa – that place south of Botswana, for Kim Kardashian.

In case you were wondering where the show was last week, we had such a good chat with Des Fenner of General Motors, we decided we could not let you hear it until all the top-secret stuff he mentioned to us has been officially announced. That’s our story anyway. The interview with GM will be broadcast towards the end of August right before it launches the Cruze (oops).

This week our hybrid expert is on leave which saves us from focussing too much on the environment and instead ponder about the stupidness of the evergreen Citi Golf from VW, some green BMWs, a pretty Merc station wagon and some Audi prices. We also go off-roading in a Jeep Wranger Rubicon and Land Rover Defender 110 SVX60.

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For links to news and more show notes click on the little ‘more’ under this sentence.

BMW Vision Concept [via Bimmerpost ]

Sleek profile, looks practical too. BMW marketers go WTF?

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon[via CNet Car Tech]

As far as wagons go, this is very pretty

You could fit a coffin in there without any conversions

Schumacher’s return to racing [Update: he's out again, Tuck sheds a tear]

Nissan GTRs set tyres on SA soil…er tarmac. South Africans only like silver it seems.

Silver's a popular colour; white, not so much.

Driven: Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 3.8

The front view. 4x4 can be fun in one of these.

That's some articualtion and I dont mean the way Christo speaks

Driven: Land Rover Defender SVX 60

Rather than being a war hero, this should be charged with war crimes. It's just too old now.

ZA Car Show: JIMS Special, Day 2

christo — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:30:27 +0000

The ZACS team report back on all the happenings, unveilings and news on the second day of the Johannesburg International Motor Show.

Stands were visited, and here’s what they saw:

Cadillac Provoque
Chevrolet Beat
Chevrolet Trax
Chevrolet Orlando
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Honda Civic Type-R
Honda Jazz
Honda Accord Tourer
Fiat Linea
Land Rover Defender SVX
Range Rover Autobiography
Ford Fiesta
Ford Focus
Ford Ranger
Mazda 2
Mazda 6
GWM Peri
GWM Hover Limo
Toyota Yaris TS
Subaru
Hyundai i10
Hyundai i20
Kia Soul
Kia pro_cee’d
Tata Indica Vista
Proton Satria Neo turbo
Bentley Speed
Maserati
Lotus
Ferrari

and more!

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ZA Car Show: Episode 10

christo — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:30:54 +0000

This week we celebrate our 10th episode and to commemorate 10 weeks of you listening to us talk about cars we thought we would cover some top tens. We also run through some new technology and model launches

With is this week, we have the full crew fuelled up on coffee and euphoria for actually having made it ten weeks. Our wives and girlfriends sigh, while we look forward to the next couple of hundred shows.

In this episode 10 we discuss:

New technology: Ford announces the Ford MyKey in the ‘States. Great technology for controlling your little ones, listen for more…
Ferrari California is launched at the Paris Motor Show…or is it the Hyundai Tiburon
Are cars with animals in their crests good sellers and a sign of quality…
What’s on display at the Johannesburg International Motorshow, ZACS speculates what Mercedes-Benz is alluding to they are also a bit loopy and just sending out the 2006 media release …
Crazy options on cars
Top ten most gay cars from www.gaywheels.com
Test Driven: Land Rover Defender 90 – the choice of advernturers like Kingsley Holgate

And more…

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ZA Car Show: Episode 4

admin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:36:07 +0000

The regular crew of Christo, Patrick and the Trevors squared are back to talk about Renault and Mercedes-Benz mostly. In this show we explore everything from the best Merc to the Smart brand.

We also have a look at:

The Twingo RenaultSport – a silly name for a great car, apparently. It’s another small, performance-orientated car announced for South Africa.
Tuck displays his love for the Renault F1 Team and his favourite driver Fernando Alonso. Not! He is also one of the two people in the world whose actually driven a Spider RenaultSport.
What is up with Renault?
Face lifted Nissan Murano looks like its slashed by a samurai rather than styled on one. Is this Renault’s influence coming through?
Fiat. Great cars, crap service – we rate Fiat’s dealer service using the JD Power survey papers.
Tuck has a weird fetishes and this week he admits he really wanted a Land Rover Discovery.
What is the best Mercedes-Benz? Listen to us debate, you will be surprised…
We also talk about the most desirable old Mercs, the 190E Cosworth 2.3 and Tuck’s Alfa 155.
The Merc-fest continues and we talk about engine choice and AMG styling packs that cost the price of a second hand Smart car.
The brand-dilution that manufacturers seem to encourage by offering sport packs; Audi, Alfa and BMW are not exempt.
The practicality of Mercedes Benz’s Smart brand and how a seemingly decent car brand became a sales flop.
Student commuters, what cars can you buy for someone going to varsity? Trevor gives his opinions and everyone disagrees.

And more…

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