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Posted on January 23rd, 2010 by admin

The motoring industry is starting to become a bit more energetic with a couple of previews of new models ahead of the Geneva Motor Show; hot on the heels of models unveiled in Detroit. We also decided, in the lead up to the 100th, that every episode from 62 onwards we will pick our favourite car from that model year. This is quite a good nostalgic exercise, so if you have any suggestions of your own, please feel free to reply here or mail us – our contact details are under the contact us tab at the top of the page.

This week we saw the reveal of the MINI Cooper crossover, the Countryman, and are not sure what to think…

…see a preview of the face-lifted Mazda 5 ahead of it’s Geneva launch…

…while South Africa gets the new Polo

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Links to news stories and show notes after the jump

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Posted on December 16th, 2009 by admin

In the final episode of ZA Car Show for 2009 the team wraps up a couple of outstanding reviews and goes through a list of their favorite motoring experiences for the 2009. With South Africa’s Car of The Year coming up in the new year find out what motors changed the landscape for Trevor, Trevor, Patrick and Christo.

Links, pictures and more after the jump.

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Posted on August 27th, 2009 by christo

Wow we’re already at Episode 48. The South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ) bursar, Richard Macaskill joins us this week to see another side of motoring journalism. He even brought with some of his own news and insights.  We are without Tuck this week, while he struggles to get his race car ready. We told him cannot be referred to as the tame/professional racing driver if he doesn’t actually ply his skills. It was motivation enough to get him back on the track.

International news dominates with many new vehicles breaking cover ahead of the Frankfurt Motor Show. If you are in the market for a new car for around R400 000 (BMW 325 money) then you have to listen to review of the Chevy Lumina SS.

For more images, links to news stories and other show notes, please click on the tiny ‘more’ below

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Posted on June 15th, 2009 by admin

Finally after all the bunking by various members of the ZA Car Show crew we have a full house of Patrick, Christo and Trevors. The doom and gloom of the auto industry is…well…gloomy, so we dicided to all but ignore it and talk about happy things instead. Happy things in our books include: auto CEOs who know nothing about cars, Renault being cautioned in China for producing unsafe cars (oh the irony) and a right royal fight between the team over the Datsun Nissan 370Z.

More show notes and a video of the rev matching technology from Nissan after the jump…

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Posted on February 17th, 2009 by christo

We’re rapidly heading towards a half a year’s worth of podcasts and luckily the manufacturers are starting to take note. Not only is ZA Car breaking more news than any other traditional motoring media in South Africa, but we are even reporting more accurately – more about that in Episode 23 next week.

The team covers new car news from around the world and the team gives you a couple of thoughts on the new Ford Fiesta 1.6 3-door Titanium which we all got to drive.

Some other topics under discussion after the jump…

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