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Featured · First Drive · Reviews · Suzuki

Suzuki Swift – opportunity knocks

May 7, 2024

THE big guns at small car specialist Suzuki are taking aim at a massive opportunity being presented by the launch of the company’s latest Swift hybrid supermini. Now into its[…]

Featured · First Drive · Reviews · Subaru

Subaru Crosstrek – niche and neat

May 3, 2024

YOU could make a sound argument that Japanese car maker Subaru is the most under appreciated brand in the automotive business. Intensely proud of its status as a niche manufacturer,[…]

BYD · Featured · First Drive · Reviews

BYD Atto 3 – enter the dragon

July 17, 2023

CHINESE auto brand BYD is happy to be labelled ‘the biggest car company that nobody has heard of’. Happy in the short term at least because this newcomer to the[…]

Featured · First Drive · Reviews · Suzuki

Suzuki Swace – swagger and grace

June 4, 2023

WHEN a person moves with both swagger and grace he (or she) is, according to the Urban Dictionary, to have swace. Suzuki has a car model called the Swace, though[…]

Featured · First Drive · Mazda · Reviews

Mazda CX-60 – power to the Big D

April 8, 2023

AN endearing characteristic of car company Mazda is its willingness to fly in the face of popular convention. Unquestionably one of the bravest motor manufacturers out there, the Japanese brand[…]

Featured · First Drive · Genesis · Reviews

Genesis GV60 – mellow yellow

November 11, 2022

THE first dedicated electric model from Genesis is primed to propel the luxury car brand into a place in which people don’t instantly associate the name with stadium or arena[…]