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Back are the days of the cool cars. We have speed, speed and more speed. It seems after the world got over its hybrid and electric hiccup, manufacturers are back on track to deliver proper drivers’ cars. Trevor van de Ven and Christo van Gemert discuss them in this episode and also review two small sedans with huge boots to fill both metaphorically and literally.

If you haven’t already seen it, check out our LeMans-themed wallpaper gallery that was posted on Wallpaper Wednesday last week — we talk about the race in this episode show.

Click on the pic to be teleported to the LeMans-themed wallpapers we have collected for you.

 

 

The F10 always was a pretty car, this just got better with power to boot…Click on the picture to view the complete gallery.

 

This thing just blitzed the Nurburgring; it's a front wheel drive; it might even come to South Africa... Click on the picture for a link to the gallery (you will be redirected away from this page)

Renault’s Sandero underwent an update and we have a (very) brief chat about it.

Finally, the ZA Car Show team reviews two close competitors in their segment, the Ford Fiesta sedan and the Mazda 2 sedan. Can either of them offer a compelling alternative to the VW Polo sedan; how do they shape up against their hatchback siblings. Listen to the review to find out.

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Here’s a new bit of petrol head goodness for our fans and listeners: Wallpaper Wednesday.

Every Wednesday, from here on, we’ll post a handful of photos* that celebrate all things automotive. Pretty cars, ugly cars, powersliding cars, flying cars and even fantasy cars. If you’d like to submit a photo you’ve found or taken, please send a mail to info [at] zacar [dot] co [dot] za.

Some might not be full wallpaper resolution – sorry – but remember that you can click on these, while on the site, to expand them!

*All photos are property of their respective copyright holders. If you see a photo that is yours, please get in touch and we can credit you, or remove it from this posting.

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It’s no economic crisis in China, judging by some of the vehicles that were unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show, but it’s brands like Lamborghini and Rolls Royce that seem to impress the most in this (if we can we call it) emerging economy. ZACS also looks at a special model – the E63 AMG – from the New York International Auto Show too. The special cars from Brabus, Opel and Porsche that really impress.

In this show we also discuss the impending launch of Nissan’s New Micra;  the virtues of a notoriously unreliable brand like Land Rover sponsoring the Rugby World Cup 2011 and SA players, Bryan Habana and John Smit; a mini MINI bicycle and a review of the surprisingly pleasant Renault Sandero Stepway.

So very pretty (compared with the old one)

Well that's impressive...

A little less impressive is what it looks like once it has been unfolded.

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We’re about the kick of the Grand Prix season with the opening race in Melbourne Australia on Sunday 27 March. Right about this time the ZACS team likes to go back and hear whether F1-guru Sasha Martinengo’s tips are on the mark. To listen to that episode for yourself, click here for Episode 108. In other news, the team discusses the F1 engine changes to turbo-charged four cylinder engines for 2013  (A source close to ZACS has confirmed that he’s seen one for a pretty successful team on the test-bench already). And finally after some news from abroad and the local shores, we round up the show with a review of one of the show’s most special shows to-date, the Audi R8 V10 Spyder.

In Episode 110 the team discusses:

• The start of the F1 season in Australia
• New engines for F1 2013 season: Ecclestone and Todt battle it out verbally (via F1fanatic )
• MotoGP’s start with a Stoner on a Honda and an Italian on a Duke
• Mazda’s raw MX5 street racer (via CarScoop — gallery inside)
• Mercedes-Benz’s new SLK – you can read our initial news on it here – and the new C-class coupe
• Renault has produced the 1000th RenaultSport Clio Gordini and Christo suddenly gets bad thoughts about cars again
• Lexus says yay — and so do it’s customers — to towing with its hybrid SUV, the Lexus RX450h (via Lexus)
• ZACS Review: Audi R8 v10 Spyder

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Episode 108 of ZA Car Show comes to you from the driver briefing room at Xtreme Indoor Karting – one of Johannesburg’s newest, and best, karting venues. We were hosted by two-time world karting champion and South African production car champion, Leeroy Poulter, at his very own underground racetrack in Sunninghill.

In addition to having some fierce on-track competition, we also got around to talking about the upcoming Formula 1 season. F1 guru Sasha Martinengo joined us, and we got to talking about all the new rules and regulations. We also got some predictions for which drivers to watch out for this season.

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