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2018’s
CLOSEST TEST
Ford Fiesta vs. VW Polo
JULY 2018
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editor’s letter
Vol. 62 No 06/July 2018
This is Peter Palm.
He’s one of the
reasons the magazine you’re holding in
your hands remains the bestselling and
most-respected automotive publication
in South Africa. The rest of them don’t
have a Pete, simple as that.
Pete has been a key part of the CAR team for 18 years now and,
as our road-test engineer, he is the custodian for what is the most
important of all our editorial pillars: our road-test data. Some of us
may help out occasionally, but it’s this man who turns left out of our
building several times a week and heads to the same piece of asphalt
we’ve used to test our vehicles for the last five decades.
The electronic, GPS-based Vbox we use might be a lot more
sophisticated than the mechanical fifth wheel Pete bolted onto
bumpers when he first started working here in 2000. However, getting
the accurate and consistent results – so critical in the comparative
testing we do – still requires the finesse, intuitive understanding and
steady hand that only experience provides.
Most automotive media offer car reviews but none physically tests
with the rigour and thoroughness that CAR does. Each road test may
be penned by one individual but it’s the result of two weeks of focused
attention by all, where we each drive the car before convening
to compare notes and provide feedback to the writer. Unlike our
other features, you’ll never see someone’s name attached to a CAR
magazine road test. They are the sum of our combined abilities and it
is all underpinned by the results that this guy has brought back from
our test strip.
High five to you, Pete!
Email: car@ramsaymedia.co.za SteveSmithZA
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Ian McLaren
12-17 September 2018 ASSOCIATE EDITOR
ROAD-TEST ENGINEER
Gareth Dean
Peter Palm
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COVER FEATURE
72 With the Ford Ranger Raptor round the
corner, we test Roush’s 190 kW alternative
contents 07/18
MAIL 40 Volkswagen Arteon 2,0 TSI 206 kW TECH
10 Over to you R-Line 4Motion DSG 98 TECHtalk
44 Hyundai i20 1,4 Active MT 100 Feature: bulletproof
INSIGHT 46 Mini Cooper S Convertible 105 Casebook
12 Mercedes-Benz GLA; Ford Ranger; Steptronic 106 TECHmail
BMW M5 Competition; Volkswa-
gen Golf GTI TCR Concept & Next FEATURE BUY
Level Concept; Rolls-Royce Cul- 48 Private collection: medicine man 108 Feature: how to increase resale
linan; Porsche 911 GT3 R; Brabham value ... on a shoestring
BT62; Motoring snapshot; Burning TEST 110 Case study: economical small
rubber; New models on the way 56 Ford Fiesta 1,0 Ecoboost hatchbacks
21 Classic stories Titanium AT vs. Volkswagen Polo 112 Starter classic: Rover P6 (1965-’75)
22 Cool stuff: motoring apparel 1,0 TSI 85 kW Highline DSG 115 CAR Guide
64 Volvo XC40 D4 AWD Momentum 153 CAR Dealer
COLUMN Geartronic & T5 AWD R-Design 164 Buyers Guide
24 When small equals big Geartronic
by Maurice Hamilton 72 Roush Ford Ranger DC SPEED
3,2 TDCi RS3 AT 178 Killarney track test: BMW M5 M
DRIVE 76 Porsche Panamera Sport xDrive M Steptronic vs. Mercedes-
26 Bentley Continental GT W12 Turismo 4S PDK AMG E63 S 4Matic+ 9G-tronic
30 Aston Martin DB11 AMR 80 Nissan Navara 2,3D LE 4x2 AT 180 Feature: I will drive 500 miles
34 Isuzu MU-X 3,0 4x4 AT6 84 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 186 Greatest victories + next month
38 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S 4Matic+ 2,0 TSI 132 kW 4Motion DSG
9G-tronic 88 Bike: Husqvarna Vitpilen 401
90 Long termers
56
TEST:
VW POLO vs.
FORD FIESTA
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LETTER THE BARGAIN CAR
I have three cars, but the only
one worth mentioning is my
1965 Ford Cortina and its
signature peace-sign rear lights.
I’m the second owner and it’s
still used daily. My first car at
university was one like this and
I’ve had several since. The doors
close with your little finger and
the engine starts after the
first swing.
Thanks to my passion for cars
and my reading of your excellent
magazine for the past 40 years,
MORE BLUETEETH I drive a school bus and ones, are sold by a salesperson people regularly approach me
My experience with CAR see drivers busy on their cell- who walks the buyer through for buying advice – mostly on
magazine dates back to the phones all the time. They are the sales process and financing second-hand cars – and I have or-
late 1960s; due to financial either making a call, receiv- until the sale is complete. Why ganised countless deals, of which
constraints, my dad could ing a call or, heaven forbid, can’t the salesperson also con- none have ever backfired. It is my
afford to buy CAR only when texting while driving. nect the buyers’ cellphone(s) hobby and I don’t charge.
there really was money to Distracted driving is a to the Bluetooth connection My advice: the bargain is not
spare. That was about three major contributor to car ac- in the car? Then the driver of the car with the lowest price but
times a year in the early days cidents. I have a suggestion the car can use the phone to the one whose ownership history
and, after my father read it, to make driving conditions receive calls with both hands you know. The bargain lies in
my brother and I could have safer, leading to a reduction on the steering wheel and the condition and history of the
it. I have drawn and designed of the carnage on our roads be more attentive of road car: you get what you pay for.
cars ever since my teen years and the resulting fatalities. conditions. This will lead to a Contrary to public belief, you can
and my favourite section in Lots of cars on the road reduction in drivers of motor buy a bargain from a dealer and,
CAR was the latest mod- today – and most new cars vehicles stuck with cellphones in addition, you have a comeback
els and trends in motorcar – have built-in Bluetooth glued to their ears. when you buy from a reputable
design, but that is a story for connectivity for cellphones. LEON KROG dealer. What’s more, if you ask
another time. All new cars, and some used via email for the particulars of the previous
owners and talk to them, you
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