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Robyn Silverstone

Robyn Silverstone

Ocean lover, TV geek, NSRI volunteer, car enthusiast, natural-born sportswoman and Digital Studio Manager at Saatchi & Saatchi in Cape Town. My love for cars started in the early years when a toy car was given to me daily instead of Barbie and Ken.


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Power a scalextric car using social networks

Power a scalextric car using social networks

Robyn Silverstone | Friday, July 13th, 2012 11:19 am GMT +2

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On the 11th of July The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) team, Cape Speed, started competing in Europe’s most established educational motorsport competition, where they are pitting...


J.J. Abrams' Alcatraz recreates Bullitt car chase scene for finale

J.J. Abrams’ Alcatraz recreates Bullitt car chase scene for finale

Robyn Silverstone | Thursday, March 29th, 2012 09:18 am GMT +2

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The Fox TV series produced by J.J Abrams, Alcatraz paid homage to the classic car chase scene from the 1986 movie Bullitt that featured Steve McQueen on Monday night during its season finale. The seri...


VW Golf Bluemotion roulette

VW Golf Bluemotion roulette

Robyn Silverstone | Monday, August 22nd, 2011 03:50 pm GMT +2

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Norway was turned into a realtime game of roulette using Google Maps and Streetview for the new VW Golf Bluemotion. The E6, which became the Norwegian equivalent of Route 66, had 80 000 roulette stops...


10 Must-haves in Your Car

10 Must-haves in Your Car

Robyn Silverstone | Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 01:00 pm GMT +2

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Robyn Silverstone gives you her idea of everyday motoring essentials… First Aid kit It is a must for any driver on the road, trained or not. Having protection with latex gloves and a mouth piece...


Oh &*@#!

Oh &*$#!

Robyn Silverstone | Friday, June 24th, 2011 09:25 am GMT +2

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This is probably the ultimate ‘oh crap’ moment… as it was described by Murray Turner who tweeted this link to a pretty funny and terrifying experience at the same time – the mo...


10 Best (Modern) Car Chase Scenes?

10 Best (Modern) Car Chase Scenes?

Robyn Silverstone | Monday, June 20th, 2011 07:56 am GMT +2

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We know that Bullitt, The Blues Brothers, The French Connection, Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) and The Italian Job (1969) set the standard for high speed car chase scenes on film, so I thought I’d p...


Instructions - VW Side Assist Office

Beat The Boss – Thanks VW!

Robyn Silverstone | Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 09:43 am GMT +2

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Everyone has experienced it. Your boss appears out of thin air right behind you when you’re really on a gossip site or even checking out the latest sports results instead of working. Sigh. And it’...