ASTON MARTIN V12 VANTAGE ROADSTER IS OFFICIAL!

Another week, another new Aston Martin breaks out! The V12 Vantage Roadster is the latest AM to show its face in public and the drop-top Brit seems to pack major punch from the front end, while maintaining that brand exclusivity associated with it.

BREMBO BRAKES STOPS BY MZANSI

Brembo, the world leader in design and production of high performance brake systems for the major manufacturers of cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles and for the aftermarket and racing, has landed in South Africa with its aftermarket products.

RANGE ROVER SPORT RED LIMITED EDITION ANNOUNCED

The distinctive Range Rover Sport RED Limited Edition makes its debut in South Africa this winter offering greater exclusivity in an already prestigious package. Powerful and elegant, the Range Rover Sport RED Limited Edition goes one step further with a combination of exterior treatments and interior detailing, delivering greater levels of refinement and customer appeal.

2012 ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH REVEALED

Aston Martin is today unveiling a stunning new luxury sports car – the Vanquish. Sitting proudly at the pinnacle of the luxury British car maker’s sports car line-up, this breath-taking new super grand tourer represents the zenith of current Aston Martin design and engineering.  Vanquish points to an exciting and confident future for the historic brand.

BREAK OUT: OPEL ADAM!

The new Opel ADAM is named after the company brand founder, Adam Opel. It’s the upcoming shiny entry-level model that to us, looks like it wants to compete with the likes of MINI and Audi A1, rather than its target peers like the Hyundai i10 and Chevrolet Spark.

AUDI REVISES ITS WORLD DOMINATION TARGET

2012 Audi Q5 facelift

Audi quattro Concept

As Volkswagen stomps on towards becoming the world’s biggest car maker (that’s the ambition anyway), each of its units is being pushed to dominate their respective markets and segments. Audi, its best-known premium brand, had previously planned to overtake BMW AG as the world’s largest producer of premium cars by 2015. Now it’s pushed this ambitious target back a little.

MEGANE RS RED BULL RACING RB7 REVEALED

Renault supplies engines to several Formula One teams, including the highly successful Red Bull team. In order to help celebrate this partnership, Renault has released a special edition Megane RS Red Bull Racing RB7, which is quite a mouthful. But the mouthful can become a handful if one doesn’t look out.

BMW DETAILS FIRST HYBRID 3 SERIES, ACTIVEHYBRID 3

True to its promises, BMW has officially announced the new ActiveHybrid 3, at the same time furnishing details thereof. Impressively, the car becomes the most powerful 3 Series (F30) in the range! Moreover, BMW South Africa will sell the car in SA locally as its current flagship while waiting for the brand new 6-cylinder (tri?) turbo M3.

HONDA SA LAUNCHES NEW CIVIC HATCH

Honda South Africa, in fact Honda globally as a whole, survived the 2011 Japanese earthquake and subsequent Thai floods by the plastic of its bumper. Thank goodness it did, because had it not, we wouldn’t be able to report on this great addition to the family. So here, finally, is the brand new Civic hatchback.