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Posted on February 17th, 2009 by christo

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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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Posted on December 09th, 2008 by christo

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After what seems like a hiatus with the mishap of Episode 16, we are back in full force (kind of) with a show packed with new car news (surprisingly) and some car reviews.

In episode 17 we discuss:

• The Audi A5 Convertible. A5 = handsome; A5 convertible = pretty
• The King Of The Mountain event held on the Gydo Pass in the Western Cape- when a motorsport spectacle goes wrong. Shocking
• MINI unveils the new convertible – is it new, it’s so hard to tell these days?
• The four-door supercar, Porsche Panamera (Flash version) or non flash news
• SA’s NAAMSA figures for November 2008. Shocking. For the long media release, click on this coloured word, but rather listen to the show
• Toyota sells dangerous Hiluxes, and provides a solution: new tyres.
• SA Car of the Year 2009, the nominees are…[drum roll]
• Test Driven: Facelift Ford Focus ST
• and more…

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Posted on October 24th, 2008 by christo

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Episode 12 of ZA Car Show with Christo van Gemert, Patrick Gearing Trevor Tuck and Trevor van de Ven covers some interesting news on the environmental front, from new hybrids, podcars and electric Porsches. We are also first to drive the new Ford Fiesta and play a sports car challenge. 

Episode 12 the ZACS team covers:

• New Cars: Toyota Prius 
• Podcars 
• The RUF electric [Porsche] 911 
• Electric cars and the silly things that manufacturers are having to build because electric cars are too quiet
• New Cars MINI E – electric car 
• Fiat’s new downloadable fuel economy tool: For Fiat drivers with Blue&Me only, sorry. 
• New Cars: Ford’s Focus RS Christo has pictures of the car in the flesh which we cannot share unfortunately 
• Smart2Go city commute concept – ready for South Africa or not? 
• New Car Drive: 2009 Ford Fiesta launch in South Africa 
• ZACS challenge: Pick a sports car for under R500 000, sounds like a lot of money, trust ZACS there is not much to choose from. The results, again, are surprising.
• And finally the answer the Episode 11′s challenge on rotary engines

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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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by christo

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In Episode 7 of ZA Car Show, we discuss a couple of motoring topics without Christo at the helm of the computer. Instead the three remaining commentators, Patrick Gearing and Trevor’s Squared managed to cover the following topics:  

• VW pulls the plug on Seat SA (clicky on the blue part to read the official letter)
• BMW announces the Brilliance Splendor, not really, actually a BMW 3-Series facelift – BMW jealous of Audi’s daytime running lights
• Audi SA alludes to the Audi A3 convertible – ZACS guesses prices and get it right
• Rumor mill: BMW X2
• Rumor mill: MINI Clubman Crossover
• Nissan spruces up the Livina range with the X-Gear, nice looking car at a nice price
• ZA Car Show launches its sales training course. In a market where car sales are lagging, we dispense free advice on how to sell cars. Next time we expect payment. Get a hold of us on email for further training courses.

And loads more…

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