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Toyota’s little Scrooge

By bruce bennett | 24 April 2009

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With due respect, journalists take press releases with a bit of salt. But Toyota’s claims about the fuel efficiency of the new Corolla with its “Optimal Drive” 1.3-litre motor fall into a different category. Read More…

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Blown away on a bike

By bruce bennett | 15 April 2009

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Sometimes I feel as if I’ve been riding motorcycles longer than Mick Jagger has been singing for the Stones. Sometimes when I haven’t owned one, I have lain awake, listening to the rising, falling wail of solitary, high-speed bikes on the nearby motorway as the midnight riders move through the gears. It gives me an idea of the envy and excitement domesticated dogs must feel when they hear wolves or jackals howling in the woods.
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It’s a sexy VW

By bruce bennett | 8 April 2009

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VW has a wide range of vehicles on sale in SA. But until now their most exciting car has been the Golf GTi Read More…

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Better than bakgat

By bruce bennett | 3 April 2009

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Bakkies have come a long way since they were rough, ready and really uncomfortable. They have progressed all the way to – well, to a Toyota Hilux 3.0 D-4D auto double cab. There’s not a lot you have to live without.
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