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By Wilhelm Lutjeharms  Pictures: Danie Nel

Classic drives: Porsche 911 Turbo evolut...

| Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 09:47 am GMT +2

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During the past three weeks I’ve posted two blogs on the first two generations of the iconic 911 Turbo. The last in line of the air-cooled generatio...

Classic drives: Porsche 911 Turbo evolution - Part 1

Classic drives: Porsche 911 Turbo evolut...

| Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 04:47 pm GMT +2

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Behold the unmistakeable sight of widened arches, bigger Fuchs wheels and an iconic whaletale that make for well-known characteristics of the original...

Classic drive: W180 Mercedes-Benz 220S Ponton

Classic drive: W180 Mercedes-Benz 220S P...

| Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 10:14 am GMT +2

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World War Two is one of the main historical reference points of the previous century. Many countries had to rebuild their towns and cities after it, a...

Classic drive: W100 Mercedes-Benz 600 Grosser

Classic drive: W100 Mercedes-Benz 600 Gr...

| Monday, February 11th, 2013 12:35 pm GMT +2

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Driving the V114 and this W100 Grosser back-to-back revealed one outstanding fact, the Grosser is quite possibly one of the grandest cars Mercedes-Ben...

Classic drive: V114 Mercedes-Benz 230.6 LWB

Classic drive: V114 Mercedes-Benz 230.6 ...

| Thursday, January 17th, 2013 09:30 am GMT +2

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One of the first things that spring to mind when you look at this Mercedes-Benz limousine is that dictators usually reside in the rear seats. Shortly ...

Infiniti G37 S Coupé – "Intelligence Personified"

Infiniti G37 S Coupé – “Intelligenc...

| Monday, September 17th, 2012 05:04 pm GMT +2

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Walking up to the glass doors of the Hatfield Infiniti Dealership and seeing the G37 S Coupé took me back in time. I clearly remember a time in 2004 ...

3 Bikes, 1 collector and 700 km

Nostalgic bike trip to Nieuwoudtville

| Thursday, July 12th, 2012 02:31 pm GMT +2

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I wonder how Peter (Palm) and Nicol (Louw) are coping with these temperatures. Wait, Peter’s BMW R 1200 GS has heated grips … I only wonder ho...

By Nicol Louw

Classic drive impression: 1956 W120 Merc...

| Monday, June 18th, 2012 09:30 am GMT +2

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As part of the team at CAR magazine I get to drive plenty of modern exotic vehicles, but it is not every day that we get a chance to drive a classic l...

Driving an icon: 1991 Honda NSX

Driving an icon: 1991 Honda NSX

| Monday, May 14th, 2012 11:08 am GMT +2

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There’s a difference between a classic car and an iconic car. One can attach the old adage “classic” to many cars from the past, but few...

Suzuki GSR750 on video

Suzuki GSR750 through mountain passes

| Friday, February 10th, 2012 08:00 am GMT +2

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We recently tested the Suzuki GSR750, a bike that some of the riders at CAR magazine will actually consider buying with their own money. Why? You can ...