CHANGE does not always equate to progress. When I joined CAR a decade or so ago, the Impreza WRX STI was one of the ultimate road machines. Of course, back then me and my fellow (now thirty-something)...
Mike Fourie
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I’ll Take Four, Thank You
Mike Fourie | Monday, March 25th, 2013 09:40 am GMT +2
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THE person who came up with the concept of duty free airport shopping must be a trillionaire by now. You have thousands of tourists or business people in a confined space who have time to kill while t...
Long-term Update: Renault Fluence 2,0 Privilege
Mike Fourie | Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 11:26 am GMT +2
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When a warning light illuminates on a car’s dashboard when cruising through the heart of the Karoo on your lonesome, it’s hardly ever a harbinger of good fortune. Having said that, at least the ac...
Don’t Walk. Walk
Mike Fourie | Monday, February 25th, 2013 09:12 am GMT +2
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The heartland of the muscle car has felt the brunt of the downturn, been at death’s door and hit the comeback trail, but its influence will not diminish...
Kia’s Made A Dolphin
Mike Fourie | Monday, January 21st, 2013 10:23 am GMT +2
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WHEN BMW introduced the E36-generation 3 Series in South Africa in 1992, the Rosslyn-based manufacturer famously chartered a British Airways Concorde for the media launch and promptly supersonicked lo...
Oh, For The Love Of Gran
Mike Fourie | Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 08:21 am GMT +2
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The market is constantly bombarded by arresting new designs, but some cars simply transcend time because they change you...
Crossing the final frontier
Mike Fourie | Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 12:19 pm GMT +2
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Compact crossovers and soft-roaders sell like hot cakes in South Africa but, when larger lifestyle vehicles are sought, buyers veer away from the zany fringe players and opt for conventional off-roade...
Faux cowboys of the Wild East
Mike Fourie | Friday, November 16th, 2012 09:51 am GMT +2
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DALLAS. The 1970s television soap opera that ensnared a generation of South Africans unaccustomed to wiles of the idiot box – let alone JR Ewing – is back and this time in high-definition. Larry H...
Give that Chrysler some jelly
Mike Fourie | Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 09:26 am GMT +2
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A punchy verse in the sixth chapter of Proverbs suggests: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!” Forgive me, but I have never found ants enlightening. They’ve surreptitiou...
Cloudy with a chance of MP3s
Mike Fourie | Thursday, July 26th, 2012 06:41 pm GMT +2
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Changes to the way in which we procure, store and play recorded music has a major impact on how we experience in-car audio entertainment – and there’s no let-up. You’d think that the quickes...
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