Though others may have used it, VW has made the ‘GTI’ badge its own. Regardless of there being more powerful, faster, quicker hatchbacks on the market at any given time, the Golf GTI remains the benchmark in the segment. With the imminent introduction of the eighth generation hot hatch into the local market we thought […]
Electric racing is here to stay, regardless of how strongly the purists feel. This weekend another series debuts that relies purely on battery power for motivation. The Pure ETCR hosts its very first race meeting at Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi near Rome. Follow Double Apex on Facebook and Instagram, where we share more car content. […]
A few days ago we brought you news of a record-breaking top speed run conducted by SSC North America with its Tuatara hypercar (you can read the original story here). Soon we will have an SSC Tuatara record re-run. Follow Double Apex on Facebook and Instagram, where we share more car content. Record-breaking? The American firm claimed that […]
Yesterday we brought you news of Golf GTI Clubsport (story below), which we were pretty sure would make it to SA. We’ve since been informed by VW SA that the latest GTI will not be introduced locally. The exact response from their local representative: We will not get the Golf 8 GTI Clubsport in South […]
There were two crazy touring car crashes this weekend in different series taking place on Sunday. It is a testament to modern racecar preparation and safety systems that these accidents can take place and drivers are left without so much as a scratch on them. Follow Double Apex on Instagram and Facebook where we share more car content. Order […]
Hyundai is on a roll. The company has released exciting products in the recent past. Among these are the i30N hot hatch (which we reviewed in this report), the Hyundai Drift Bus and the Veloster N ETCR (which you can see here). Its latest creation is the electrified Hyundai RM20e sportscar. Follow us on Instagram and on Facebook for […]
Volkswagen’s range-topping passenger car has always been a stylish prospect, even if local sales didn’t reflect that. A facelifted VW Arteon was unveiled earlier today alongside a new body style, called the Arteon Shooting Brake. Follow Double Apex on Instagram and Facebook where we share more car content. New appearance Revisions on the facelifted VW Arteon include a new […]
A few weeks ago we brought you news of a limited-edition GTI that will be available locally in just a few weeks, called the TCR (read our original story at this link). The TCR was one of a few higher-performance GTIs that were released later in the Golf Mk7’s lifecycle. More recently a Mk8 GTI […]
During the latter part of last year we brought you news that the latest iteration of the Mk7 GTI, called the TCR would be coming to South Africa (read our original story at this link). Earlier today, via virtual press conference, VW SA announced the Golf GTI TCR is now available to order in South […]
Hyundai has been on a steady climb these past few decades. The Korean manufacturer started by producing vehicles that were cheap but reliable. That followed with cars that were competitively priced with lots of standard features. The next step was to keep those traits and add a level of style. With successive generations improving over […]
Volkswagen has been making waves with its electrically powered machines on the world stage. The bespoke ID.R racer has set records at the Nurburgring, Goodwood Festival of Speed and up the Tianmen Mountain Road. You can read about the battery powered racecar’s exploits and see it in action at this link. This weekend Volkswagen unveiled […]
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 […]
Hyundai South Africa launched its small city car, called the Atos, into the local market in 2005. Since then over 45 000 units have been sold. This week the new Hyundai Atos was introduced onto the listings. Check out this cool Hyundai H1 drift bus. Fresh looks… The latest generation of the small hatchback is all-new […]
Toyota racing fans will have a lot more to cheer for next year as the Toyota GR Supra GT4 takes to tracks all over the world. Sales will start in Europe from March 2020 and expand to North America in August, and to Japan/Asia in October. The Toyota GR Supra GT4 is based on the […]
Hyundai seems to be on a high-performance charge of late. We know that the firm has produced an extremely capable hot hatch called the i30 N. Ahead of the 2019 SEMA show the Korean automaker shows us the Hyundai Veloster N Performance. The concept car will be on show to the public at the aftermarket […]
We are big motorsport fans here at Double Apex, and we love us a racecar. Earlier today a new pukka machine was unveiled by Mazda, not usually a brand associated with racing and motorsport, not in SA anyway. The Mazda3 TCR racecar was created to be eligible for 36 TCR series around the world. It […]
The ETCR racing series for all-electric touring cars kicks off next here. It is already attracting attention from various manufacturers including Seat, and now Hyundai. The Hyundai Veloster N ETCR was unveiled at the recent Frankfurt Motor Show (see our show highlights at this link) and made its on-track debut this week. Learn the latest […]
Hyundai’s racing division gets plug-in power After six successful years in the World Rally Championship and a promising circuit racing programme, Hyundai Motorsport has started to turn its attention to electric propulsion and will unveil an electric race car at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Established in 2012, Hyundai Motorsport will now match the effort of […]
Early in 2019, we brought you the story (below) on a motorsport-inspired Golf called the GTI TCR. At the time we were uncertain that the track-biased model would be coming to SA. VW SA has just confirmed that 300 units will be heading to local dealers. They will all be five-door derivatives, not the three-door […]
Volkswagen fanatics from the around the world gather in a little-known part of Austrian for a gathering known as Wothersee-Treffen in late May every year. What started as a petrolhead meeting dedicated to the Golf GTI decades ago has evolved into a celebration of all things VW-related. The Mother Ship has long been supportive of […]
If it’s your birthday today you share it with one of the most successful nameplates in the world of motoring as the VW Golf turns 45 on March 29. Click here to read about a recently launched high-performance VW Golf GTI. A top seller When the little hatchback was launched in 1974, it was conceived […]
Most people build project cars because standard offerings are too tame. But what if a manufacturer built a wild car in their factory? Introducing the VW Polo RX. Click here to read about a motorsport-inspired VW Golf GTI. A winter project Volkswagen Motorsport India took its recent winter break to build something truly special to […]
A few days ago we brought you a story of the latest hot Golf GTI. It is called the Golf GTI TCR and it is most likely the swansong for the GTI badge in Golf 7 guise as Volkswagen will debut the Golf 8 soon enough. Now we bring you a GTI TCR review. Headline figures […]
South Africans have risen to the top ranks of world motorsport. We have a Formula One champion in Jody Scheckter, two-wheel champs in Ekerold and Binder, and we even have a Dakar Rally winner in Giniel de Villiers. Now we have South Africa’s First DTM Driver. Joburger Sheldon van der Linde will make his DTM […]
APR is a tuning house that is well-known for producing go-faster goodies for VW, Audi and Porsche products. At this year’s SEMA show, taking place in Las Vegas at the moment, the US firm unveiled this radical APR VW Golf RLMS. Still a Golf APR took 18 months to build the car you see here. […]
