It is not a Porsche or a Ferrari, but it does exactly what you would expect it to do.
We are a country of extreme first-world excess and dire third-world poverty, with a mishmash of a working class somewhere in the middle trying to grind out another day of economic survival.
And for a person who only has R300,000 to spend on a new car, like Hyundai's new Exter, this car for them is the same as another's new Porsche or Ferrari, or Merc, or BMW, or whatever. I know I am being a bit dramatic, or ridiculous, depending on which end of the financial scale you find yourself, but I think you get what I am trying to say.
And this is one of the biggest reasons that the likes of Suzuki are challenging hard to take second spot off a stalwart of the South African motoring landscape, Volkswagen.
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R21-m to be won in Soccer 13
There are several chances for TAB customers to get rich quick this Friday and Saturday with two carryover pools, four added pools and a bonanza Soccer 13, in which those who correctly forecast the results of the 13 games will share a guaranteed pot of R21 million!
Yeung to keep the fire burning
Touched off Red Majesty can go one better.
Youngsters to show their class
Some promising three-year-olds will be in action at Turffontein tomorrow when they race on the inside track.
Final Summer Cup log
SCRATCHINGS: COUSIN CASEY AND FLAG MAN WITHDRAWN FROM R6-MILLION RACE
Hitting the trail less taken
FORD RANGER: 4X4 STACKED WITH SO MUCH MORE
Porsche 911 T returns solely with a manual gearbox
Porsche has continued the updated 992.2 generation 911's roll-out with the revival of the T moniker as a step-up from the conventional Carrera.
Hyundai Exter has edge
EVERYDAY TRANSPORT: IT COMES IN UNDER THE R300 000 MAGIC MARK
Rambo Lambo guns for glory
MEAN: LAMBORGHINI URUS SE ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Mercedes puts the V in van
Range now spans a single V300d model with more standard features.
Chiefs have not improved
I know this will be an unpopular opinion, but as things stand, I don't think Kaizer Chiefs have improved under new coach Nasreddine Nabi.