Archive for April, 2012

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Mark Cronje wins the nail-biting 2012 Sasol Rally

By Thomas Falkiner | 24 April 2012

This weekend past the Mpumalanga countryside played host to the 21st annual Sasol Rally: an event that this year proved to be as colorful as BP Volkswagen navigator Pierre Arries’ Read More…

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This is the new Lamborghini Urus Concept SUV

By Thomas Falkiner | 24 April 2012

Watch as Road & Track magazine spill the beans on the brand new Lamborghini Urus Concept SUV recently unveiled at the 2012 Beijing Auto Show.

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Sarel van der Merwe: Cruising with SuperVan

By Thomas Falkiner | 23 April 2012

It could have been Bain’s Kloof Pass, but I blinked … The Wheel Deal invites a South African racing legend to go for a spin in an Aston Martin Virage Read More…

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Birthday Bliss: Driving the VW Golf GTI Edition 35

By Thomas Falkiner | 23 April 2012

To celebrate the birth of the world’s most iconic hot hatch, Volkswagen have graced us with the Golf GTI Edition 35Read More…

Muscle Mania: Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG first drive

By Thomas Falkiner | 19 April 2012

What do you get when you cross a muscle car with a roadster? The new Mercedes-Benz SLK 55 AMG of course. The Wheel Deal takes it for a burn through the Cape Winelands Read More…

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Force India delayed by a firebomb in Manama

By Thomas Falkiner | 19 April 2012

A Force India team vehicle was briefly delayed by a firebomb on its way to the hotel from the Bahrain Grand Prix circuit. No one in the vehicle was injured. Force India spokesman Read More…

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Joule, SA’s electric car, is dead in the water

By Thomas Falkiner | 19 April 2012

According to Mark Smyth of the Business Day, the Optimal Energy Joule – a South African designed EV –  had been mothballed due to a lack of funding. Read the story by clicking here

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Wired gets their rocks off with the Corvette ZR1

By Thomas Falkiner | 18 April 2012

I can only dream of driving a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 – a 638 horsepower monster designed to disprove the myth that American cars cannot stop or handle properly. But Wired magazine’s Read More…

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Mercedes-Benz hasn’t signed new Formula 1 deal

By Thomas Falkiner | 18 April 2012

Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone tells a German magazine he has met with Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche to discuss the new Concorde Agreement, which the Mercedes Read More…

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NASA will wash cars to keep space exploration alive

By Thomas Falkiner | 18 April 2012

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, NASA had pretty much all the money they needed to fund the Apollo missions. But nowadays the firm has fallen on hard times. So hard in fact that they’ve Read More…

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