Archive for August, 2011

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Watch a V8 Masters Mustang do the Knysna Hillclimb

By Thomas Falkiner | 30 August 2011

Turn up the sound and watch Fabio Tafani tackle the 2011 Knysna Hillclimb in his Owen Ashley V8 Masters Mustang. The first Mustang home, Tafani completed the climb in 45. 194 seconds.

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Just landed: Driving the new Mercedes-Benz SLK

By Thomas Falkiner | 26 August 2011

The new SLK

This is sports car country. Smooth as Megan Fox’s thigh and just as curvy, the lonely roads that blast their way out of the Jonkershoek Valley in Stellenbosch are enough to make even Read More…

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Audi TT-RS S-Tronic Roadster Review

By Thomas Falkiner | 26 August 2011

Audi TT-RS Roadster

The Audi TT-RS Roadster is a scorching straight-line performer but does it match the driving reward of its more visceral rivals? The Wheel Deal investigates Read More…

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Watch and remember when rotaries ruled the world

By Thomas Falkiner | 25 August 2011

With Mazda ceasing production of its RX-8 sports car, the high-revving rotary engine may well be dead. Fortunately its spirit lives on in this clip of the Le Mans-winning 787B Read More…

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Mazda halts production of their RX-8 sports car

By Thomas Falkiner | 25 August 2011

Mazda RX-8

Mazda has decided to pull the plug on its rotary powered RX-8 sports car citing poor sales performance and strict new global emissions standards. The spiritual successor to Read More…

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Fool drives Lamborghini into Pebble Beach bunker

By Thomas Falkiner | 22 August 2011

Lamborghini

The prim and proper proceedings of this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance were plunged into disarray after a man drove his Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder into Read More…

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Toyota FJ Cruiser escapes the bland brand

By Thomas Falkiner | 22 August 2011

The Toyota FJ Cruiser hits SA

Few manufacturers rile me like Toyota. And this is because they piece together some of the most boring and characterless automobiles money can buy. I really don’t care that a Corolla Read More…

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Driving the all-new Aston Martin Virage Coupé

By Thomas Falkiner | 21 August 2011

Aston Martin Virage

Mixing jaw-dropping styling with improved driving dynamics, the Virage Coupé is just what Aston Martin needed to put themselves back on the supercar map, writes The Wheel Deal Read More…

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G is for Grandiose: The Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG

By Thomas Falkiner | 17 August 2011

G55 AMG

For a reasonably perceptive species we humans are responsible for coming up with some rather ridiculous inventions. In fact just a quick stroll through a Saturday Read More…

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Gymkhana Four: Ken Block goes AWOL

By Thomas Falkiner | 16 August 2011

Here it is, Gymkhana Four. Ken Block. Explosions. A Segway. Flames. Construction Equipment. A Gorilla. Ninjas. An insane Ford Fiesta. Some crazy camera system called ‘bullet-time.’ Say no more.

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