Audi A5 Sportback 3.0 TDI review

Audi has been accused of having too many variants before, and it wouldn’t be the first time that an importer was accused of having too many models in what really is a small market.

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Text and drive: bloody idiot

According to tests carried out by NRMA Insurance, each glance at the phone while texting takes an average of 1.4 seconds, with the vehicle covering 22m when travelling at 60km/h.
Tests were carried out on a closed road with 10 drivers aged 20 to 54 texting “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. The [...]

Porsche 911 Turbo S convertible

That’s the bottom line on the 911 Turbo S convertible, which will be unveiled next month at the Geneva Motor Show before local sales in September.
The force-fed droptop, which also comes as a coupe for $423,300, has had a major power boost from the ‘regular’ 911 Turbo’s 368 kiloWatts to a full-house 390 – with [...]

Hyundai i20 on the way

The company’s local CEO, Edward Lee, has confirmed the snappy-looking little i20 hatch will be here within about two months, and a replacement for the Sonata sedan later in the year..
“It will arrive at the end of April or early in May,” Lee says of the i20.

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Skaife says train kids earlier

Skaife is in favour of everything from a travelling school show with interactive driving simulators to go-kart racing as ways to build skills before youngsters hit the road for the first time in a car.

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