It’s just the Volkswagen Golf 7 1.4 TSI DSG, and the Mercedes-Benz A 250 Sport. The two cars that I’ve had to drive no more than a few metres before realising that they’re rather special indee...
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Emgrand Slam
James Siddall | Thursday, May 16th, 2013 09:33 am GMT +2
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As a motoring writer – well, not a proper, full-time one – there’s something I’m a bit guilty of. So are lots of my colleagues. And that’s presuming that a car can’t be much good if it doe...
MARANELLO MAGIC
James Siddall | Monday, May 6th, 2013 08:58 am GMT +2
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No, the FF in Ferrari FF doesn’t stand for Flippin’ Fast – although you could be forgiven for thinking so. After all, with a 6 262 cc V12 heartbeat, this big machine will arrow to 100 km/h in 3....
OPC? OMG!
James Siddall | Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 10:50 am GMT +2
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Let me tell you a little story. The last time I went to America I asked for a press car to use while I was over there – there’s this really nice reciprocal deal going where motoring journalists ca...
THUNDER KING
James Siddall | Friday, November 23rd, 2012 08:15 am GMT +2
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If I had to choose a track to match the new Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG, it wouldn’t be something predictable by Wagner, or even AC/DC’s banging Thunderstruck – and it did occur to me. It would be Ka...
Travels With Suzy
James Siddall | Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 09:16 pm GMT +2
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It’s a good thing indeed that this isn’t an airline publication. If it was, I’d have to describe the towns and cities – well, the one city – of the former Transkei as “vibrant” and “co...
HAULIN’ ASS AND SUCKIN’ GAS
James Siddall | Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 09:44 am GMT +2
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About R3-million (as tested). And 317km/h (electronically limited). There. I’ve answered the two questions I was most asked during my week-long tenure with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster, which ...
Reader’s Review: Suzuki Swift Sport
James Siddall | Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 08:07 am GMT +2
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Let’s get one thing straight – the Suzuki Swift Sport most certainly isn’t a dog. In fact, it’s almost the polar opposite which, linguistically speaking, would theoretically make it a cat. But...
Reader’s Review: Audi A5 2,0 TDI Sportback
James Siddall | Thursday, July 5th, 2012 01:58 pm GMT +2
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The week in which I had this Audi was perhaps the best week of my life… Now it’d be shallow and stupid to pretend that a mere car was responsible for this, because several factors were at work...
Reader’s Review: Nissan Qashqai 1,5 dCi Acenta
James Siddall | Thursday, June 28th, 2012 10:01 am GMT +2
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It’s disgraceful isn’t it? I’m 42 and I don’t even own a car. Instead, I use press cars, delivered weekly and occasionally interspersed with a long-term car. There are normally two or three ne...
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