Volkswagen South Africa offers many SUV/crossover products in the local market. Among these are the T-Cross, T-Roc, Taigo, Tiguan and Touareg. As of this week the Tayron SUV has been added to the listings. The latest model is new to our market. It is larger than the popular Tiguan that slots in at the higher […]
Hatchbacks have long been the beating heart of the South African car market. Volkswagen, in particular, held a large chunk of the market with models such as the CitiGolf, Polo and Golf. These vehicles were the gold standard, the benchmark by which all other hatchbacks were measured. Their success wasn’t lost on other luxury brands. […]
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 […]
VW SA expanded its SUV range a few weeks ago with the addition of the Taigo. We recently got our hands on the Taigo R-Line to bring you this review The sloped back SUV craze, it seems, is here to stay. What started with, arguably, the BMW X6 has spread to many other brands. The […]
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 […]
With the compact SUV market growing rapidly, Volkswagen has doubled downed and launched its third mini-SUV. The all-new Taigo is positioned between the T-Cross and T-Roc, spoiling the South African consumers for choice. For those who are a bit confused, there are now five VW SUVs on sale locally. In ascending order of size they […]
Hyundai South Africa doubles its N performance range with the recent introduction of the Hyundai Kona N into the local market. We attended the national ride and drive event to find out more about the newcomer. It seems that just a few weeks pass before Hyundai SA offers a new model in our market. This […]
One of SA’s most popular car brands is looking forward to a bumper 2022. Volkswagen South Africa announced today the new models that are scheduled to be introduced to the local market during the 2022 calendar year. Read up on all the electric Audis heading to SA next year at this link. Follow Double Apex […]
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 […]
The future is CO₂-neutral and software-driven, that is the underlying message from a press conference held by the VW Group earlier today. Under the ‘New Auto’ banner the German auto giant has unveiled a massive undertaking that will change the company in the new age of motoring. “We set ourselves a strategic target to become […]
Car guys are a strange bunch. So often they look at a car and think: You know what? This car would be so much better if we completely changed it. We can only imagine that’s the thought process that comes before the creation of something as a mad as a BMW V8-engined Mini. Follow Double […]
A few months ago we brought you news of the facelifted VW Polo. The top-selling hatch had undergone the surgeon’s knife and returned with a fresh new appearance. Now the range-topping version has received the same treatment as we can see from the refreshed VW Polo GTI that was unveiled earlier today. Follow Double Apex […]
VW’s latest addition to the local SUV portfolio was recently loaned to us for a few days. We drove the Volkswagen T-Roc 2,0 4Motion R-Line in a myriad of road conditions at the start of the Cape winter to bring you this report. A few years ago we attended a Nissan event whereby company representatives […]
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 […]
The original Mini is considered by many to be the very first hot hatch. These little cars are firm favourites among enthusiasts for their fun-to-drive feel and agile handling. The Mini Remastered Oselli Edition could be the ultimate Mini that maintains the original car’s character. Only sixty units of this model will be built denoting […]
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 […]
The fifth member of Volkswagen’s SUV family has finally arrived in SA. Double Apex contributor Ian McLaren gets behind the wheel of the all-new VW T-Roc to find out where it fits in on the family tree. In profile With monthly sales of the compact T-Cross continuing to impress, Volkswagen’s newest SUV slots in (quite […]
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 […]
Volkswagen South Africa introduced its latest SUV, the VW T-Cross into the local market towards the latter part of 2019. Though we weren’t invited to the local ride and drive event, the local subsidiary did send us a VW T-Cross 1,0 Highline derivative to sample a few days ago. Follow Double Apex on Instagram and Facebook where we share […]
At a media event recently attended by Double Apex we learned about VW Group products 2020, all the new models we can expect to see from the various brands under the auto giant’s umbrella that will be introduced locally next year. Follow us on Instagram and on Facebook for more car content. Audi Audi will […]
Towards the end of 2018 we brought you news of an all-new SUV called the VW T-Cross. The smallest member of the VW SUV family will debut locally this week and pricing for the newcomer has already been made available. Click here to read about an upcoming VW cabriolet SUV. Small in stature The VW […]
Next year VW South Africa will launch its compact SUV into the local market, called the T-Roc. There will be several different variants, including this performance model and earlier today the German automaker confirmed production of a VW T-Roc Cabriolet. There’s no word yet if this derivative is heading to local shores. Niche-buster Cabriolets are usually […]
The Volkswagen T-Roc R debuts ahead of its Geneva Motor Show public appearance. It is the first performance SUV from VW. The new T-Roc R was developed and tested by Volkswagen R, including at the Nürburgring racetrack by WRX World Champion Petter Solberg and Volkswagen works driver Benjamin Leuchter. Read more about another new small […]
