Cars
Fiat 500: 5 Star Euro NCAP video
Fiat’s all-new 500, launched in July exactly 50 years after its legendary predecessor has just scored full marks in Europe’s stringent NCAP tests. The 500 scored 35 points overall, making it the new leader in its class, as well as the shortest car to achieve 5 stars. Fiat claims that the car was design to […]
Caparo T1 video
Just listen to the sweet, sweet sound of this beast:
If you’re unfamiliar with this car, let’s start out by saying that, no, it’s not strictly “green,” but as far as hypercars go, it’s as green as you can get right now. The T1 is based on the same principal as MIKOVA Systems’ Acabion - relatively […]
Is this the future paradigm of motoring?
According to MIKOVA systems, makers of the radical new Acabion supersports car (for want of a better name), if nature were to have spawned an animal based on the design principles of traditional carmakers, it would have looked like the strange picture to the right. ‘Til now, cars have been too heavy, too big, and […]
The Lightning GT
Prospective buyers of high-performance electric sports cars have yet another exciting prospect to look forward to, in the shape of the British Lightning GT (notice the right-hand drive… you could drive one of these on SA roads). Due for initial delivery in 2008, the Lightning GT will feature a number of technological […]
Top Gear interview: Elon Musk
Tesla Motors’ chairman, South African expat Elon Musk, has recently been interviewed in Top Gear. It’s quite a lengthy and informative article and it’s cranked up my excitement meter yet another notch.
I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that in 20 years’ time Tesla Motors is going to be a major player in the global automotive industry. […]
Venturi Fetish Video
There’s a rather sexy Fetish video (hmm… that didn’t sound too good), available here.
The sound of that electric motor whine is very, very appealing, I must say. Also, keep an eye out for the last bit of the video, when the Fetish displays its rather rapid acceleration.
Electric Fetish
Good news for millionaires who want an electric sports car, but don’t want to wait until next year’s release of the Tesla Roadster - French automaker, Venturi’s Fetish has been on sale for a couple of years now. The Fetish can lay claim to the enviable title of the world’s first electric sports car in […]
The most fuel efficient production car in the world
“The most fuel efficient production car in the world” - in today’s increasingly eco-aware marketplace, this is a rather enviable claim to be able to make, so the marketing people at DaimlerChrysler must be rubbing their hands with glee, thanks to smart’s next-generation ForTwo diesel. Environmentalists must be pretty happy, too, about this quirky […]
Car sales: May 2007
The South African appetite for new cars seems to be dwindling - the 31490 passenger vehicles that were sold last month was more than 10% below the number of cars driven off dealer floors in the same month last year.
Reasons for the slowdown include car prices and higher interest rates as well as logistics constraints […]
Carpools. Gogogo!
Next time you’re on your way to school or work, just take a look around you at all the other cars doing the same thing, and pay close attention to who’s inside. Chances are that most of the cars around you have only one occupant. Considering that a typical car is made for four people, […]
