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The Most Iconic Cars To Wear The GTR Badge

By Banzai Matai Opinion

The letters ‘G’, ‘T’ and ‘R’ have become synonymous with extreme performance motoring. Some will already have an image in their heads of a car that wears these famous letters. But that image will differ across petrolheads. The reason is that this badge has been applied to many performance derivatives over the decades. We take […]

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World’s Quickest AWD Golf [video]

By Staff Writer Videos, VW

Fast Golfs are part and parcel of the SA racing landscape. We all know that adage about there being a faster Mk1 Golf regardless of what you drive. However, we shouldn’t be too surprised that the world’s quickest AWD Golf comes from Germany. A crew known as TTK Turbotechnik Konne has created a truly impressive […]

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Taycan vs Aventador SV Drag Race [video]

By Staff Writer Videos

This battle is going to rage on as long as petrol-powered cars are allowed on the roads: the petrol vs battery drag race challenge. Today we have a Porsche Taycan vs Aventador SV drag to see which is quicker over the quarter mile. Follow Double Apex on Instagram and Facebook where we share more car content. Fossil fuel vs […]

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Petrol vs Battery Drag Race [video]

By Banzai Matai Videos

Every weekend the chaps from UK automotive site Car Wow bring us a new drag race video. This week it’s the turn of new versus old tech in a petrol vs battery drag race. Click here to watch a good old petrol-fuelled V8 drag race battle. Follow Double Apex on Instagram and Facebook where we share more car content. […]

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German Compact Drag Race [video]

By Banzai Matai Videos

It’s not fair to call this a hatch drag race as one of the cars is, quite clearly, not a hatchback. But, all the rivals hail from the same country and occupy virtually the same place in their respective line-ups. So German compact drag race seems like a fair name. Watch as an Audi RS3, […]

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AWD vs RWD vs FWD Drag Race [video]

By Staff Writer Videos

Drag racing is simple, get from A to B, 402 metres (a quarter of a mile in old speak) later as quickly as possible. Power is a definite advantage, but because it’s a standing start race, grip plays a very large part as well, as you can see in this AWD vs RWD vs FWD […]

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Monday Motorsport Round-Up: 11 June 2018 [w/videos]

By Banzai Matai Motorsport, Videos

Here is your Monday motorsport round-up of the top four-wheel categories of world motor racing. Formula 1 Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel bagged his 50th F1 win by claiming a victory at this weekend’s Canadian F1 Grand Prix. The German driver shared the podium with Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) and Max Verstappen (RebBull Racing), respectively. Full race highlights here: […]

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