Keiichi Tsuchiya should need no introduction to petrolheads. The Japanese wheelman is considered the grandfather of the sport of drifting. He is usually associated with Toyota as he cut his sideways teeth driving AE86s. More recently helped with development of the GT86. Here you can watch as Tsuchiya drifts Hyundai Ioniq 5N at a recent […]
We recently spent some time with the recently refreshed VW Polo GTI and share our thoughts in this report. VW’s Polo is a perennial top seller in the local market. It’s not difficult to see why. The little hatch is stylish, well built (right here in SA we may add) and feels like it offers […]
Hyundai has made it very clear that it wants a large slice of the performance car sector. The Korean company has been steadily rolling out models to add to its N performance sub-brand. Today it increased its offerings as the Hyundai Elantra N debuts. Follow Double Apex on Facebook and Instagram, where we share more […]
Hyundai SA seems to roll out new models at a higher frequency than just about any other locally based automaker. We’ve attended several Hyundai launch events over the last few years and this week we found ourselves at the introduction of the new Hyundai i20. Follow Double Apex on Facebook and Instagram, where we share […]
Hyundai has been making strides into the performance sector over the last few years. The Korean automakers started with a Golf GTI-hunting i30N (which we drove and reported on here). A Polo GTI rival has also been launched in the shape of the i20N. Hyundai SA is currently considering its introduction locally. Today the firm […]
Volkswagen’s Polo is one of the top sellers for the German brand both here in South Africa and abroad. More than 18 million units of the compact car have been sold since it was first launched. Now a revised VW Polo has been shown to the world. The midlife revision brings a new appearance and […]
Hyundai is no longer a fringe player. For years the Korean automaker was considered an ‘also-ran’ behind the likes of the more established brands from the East and Europe, but those days are long gone. Hyundai is represented in every major segment that matters in SA and its local line-up just grew this week with […]
A few months Hyundai teased us with a video clip of a new performance hatch being tested in the Arctic Circle (original story here). Today the Korean firm pulled the wraps off the all-new Hyundai i20N. The new derivative from Hyundai is the latest creation from the automaker’s N performance division. The i20N joins the […]
When Hyundai formed its high-performance N division it was quite clear that it was aiming to lead the segment. To do that it would have to outgun the likes of the VW Golf GTI and its smaller sibling the Polo GTI. To beat the former it created the highly lauded i30N (read our driving review […]
