CAR South Africa Magazine - December 2021

In this issue

CAR is Southern Africa’s leading multimedia automotive consumer brand. Established in 1957, CAR magazine continues to be the dominant opinion-forming, monthly automotive-interest magazine in South Africa. It caters for a wide spectrum of motoring enthusiasts irrespective of age, demographic or income group and owes its lasting reputation to critical road tests and driving impressions of the latest models in South Africa.

Its website, CARmag.co.za, was established almost two decades ago, in 1996, to offer web-based motoring enthusiasts a frequently updated source of news and information about the car market.
More recently, CAR acquired a mobile presence in the shape of a mobisite and now offers downloadable content through a variety of mobile delivery partners. What’s more, CAR-branded audiovisual content, produced in-house by the CARtv division, has dovetailed a variety of the brand’s innovative marketing activities to bring CAR to a broader audience through CARmag.co.za, YouTube, myvideo.co.za and satellite television.

C-level rising

We travel to Mercedes-Benz South Africa headquarters for an exclusive first drive of the stunning new, locally built C-Class

9 mins

Land Cruiser of plenty

With a revered list of forebears and giant tyre tracks to fill, much is expected from the all-new Land Cruiser 300

4 mins

ELECTRIC JUGGERNAUT

As we found on an epic getaway up the West Coast, the Taycan Cross Turismo is best appreciated if you try not to pigeonhole it

7 mins

Gr8 expectations

It's more sophisticated than ever but remains one of the most balanced hot hatches you'll encounter

6 mins

Audi S3 Sedan TFSI quattro S Tronic

Now with more aggressive styling and an upmarket interior, the latest S3 Sedan picks up where the previous car left off, albeit with less power

4 mins

Defenders assemble!

Following a glowing review of the Defender P400, we finally get our hands on a duo of diesel Defenders for a comprehensive group test …

7 mins

SUZUKI VITARA BREZZA 1,5 GLX Keeping it honest

The Vitara badge is one of the pioneers in the compact SUV segment but is its associated heritage enough to mark the Brezza out as a class leader?

10+ mins

MAXIMUM ATTACK

The F1 title fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen has ignited the sport in 2021 ...but theirs is not the only example of an F1 rivalry that's boiled over into sheer melodrama

6 mins

DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

We celebrate the Jaguar E-Type’s diamond jubilee with a drive in a pristine Series 1 fixed-head coupé

6 mins

Honda Prelude (1984-'97)

Honda has always been rather good at sporty coupes

3 mins

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CAR South Africa Magazine Description:

CAR is Southern Africa’s leading automotive-interest magazine – and has been since 1957. It’s aimed at petrol-heads of all ages looking for, expert reviews, road tests, driving impressions of the latest models available and great motoring content from the country’s leading motoring journalists.