We’ll forgive you if you’ve never heard of Mitsuoka Motors – they are after all a rather small automotive producer from Japan focusing on a rather niche market. They’re notorious for using other vehicles as a basis and turning them, for the most part, into retro British styled vehicles, reminiscent … Read more
Just how slow is 10km/h, and how long is 13 seconds? Well as it turns out the answers to those two questions are A- glacial, and B- about 3 years, or at least that’s how painfully long it felt when I decided to open the roof of the Mazda MX-5 … Read more
The Lexus LFA has been out of production for nearly six years, ending production in December of 2012, but the supercar is still highly praised by those who ever had the opportunity to drive them. Toyota has, however, all but ruled out a successor to the LFA happening any time … Read more
If five years ago you’d told me Mercedes-Benz would be selling a Nissan Navara-based double cab bakkie in the South African market, I’d probably have told you you’d sooner see the legalization of marijuana in the country. Surprise, surprise, I’m no good at prophesying the future, and we live in … Read more
Purr-oh-song-way, that’s how you pronounce the name of Ferrari’s new SUV, the Ferrari Purosangue. That’s the name that was confirmed at a recent investor meeting, where the Italian supercar manufacturer also outlined its future product plans for the next generation, revealing that there will be in total, 15 new Ferraris … Read more
Just a few short years ago, the Mercedes-AMG A45 presented a new entry point into the AMG range – but prices have skyrocketed since then, and there’s always been a gap in the A-Class line-up – the A250 was targeted at the Golf GTI, and the A45 aimed at the … Read more
The most economical vehicle we’ve ever tested is the Suzuki Dzire. Let’s not waste any time getting to the crux of this review – in the six years I’ve been reviewing vehicles for Torquing Cars, driving hundreds in the process of all shapes and sizes, the Suzuki Dzire is the … Read more