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They still make that? VW Golf Mk1 ends production after 25 years

The original Volkswagen Golf Mk1 arrived as a replacement to the Volkswagen Beetle way back in 1974. Sold in the States as the Volkswagen Rabbit, the early front-wheel-drive hatchback had a transverse-mounted (water-cooled) 1.5-liter four-cylinder rated at just 70 horsepower. It was good for a 93 mph top speed and nearly 38 miles per gallon. While the standard Rabbit was rather ho-hum, the late-to-arrive Mk1 "GTI" ushered in the hot-hatch movement with its 90-horsepower 1.8-liter four-cylinder, slick manual transmission, and upgraded ... Read more →

Private race track club planned for South Africa Noah Joseph

The world's surface is covered in once-great racing circuits. Take Kyalami, for example. Over the course of seven decades during the last century, the world-renowned racing circuit on the outskirts ...

Porsche-powered Barnard Endurance Racer Prototype from South Africa Frank Filipponio

Another day, another supercar. This time, our quarry comes from South Africa, a country perhaps better known to car people for building Noble trackday specials (now pronounced "Rossion") and ...

Traffic Enfarcement: What's wrong with this picture? Dan Roth

The script for selling one of these "automated revenue enhancement devices" to a municipality might go something like "and the best feature of the Robthepopulace 3000 is that it never makes a mistake ...

Ford to invest $209m in South Africa for new Ranger pickup Chris Shunk

click above for more images of the current Ranger sold outside the US While recent times haven't been rosy for Ford here in the States, business is much better for the Dearborn, MI automaker ...

In South Africa, VW Citi Golf gets rated R 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery A little over a year ago, we posted about South Africa's Citi Golf line, which combines classic, old-school looks with a more modern interior. Now comes word that the "R" badge has found its way onto a very limited run of 100 cars that is sure to get the VW faithful ...

South African website names "gayest, straightest, and sexiest" cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

And to think, VW/Audi is at the forefront of marketing its vehicles to LGBT audiences... In the latest round of assigning sexuality to vehicles, the Audi RS4 has emerged as the "straightest" car around in the "Alternative Car of the Year" poll, conducted by Wheels24, a South African online ...

African-American: Cadillac launches in South Africa 3 years ago on Autoblog

GM's on a mission to take over the South African market. Just one day after the first HUMMER H3s rolled off the assembly line at GM's Struandale plant in Port Elizabeth, General Motors today announced it's bringing Cadillac to South Africa. The first models to be offered in "the rainbow nation" ...

SMART-ass billboards find their way to the bottom of a big ditch 3 years ago on Autoblog

Remember those asinine SMART billboards that read, "German engineering. Swiss styling. American Nothing." in South Africa? Finally DaimlerChrysler saw them for the PR nightmare that they were and banished them to the bottom of a deep garbage pit. Says Chrysler communications chief Jason ...

SMART ass advert rips on American autos - UPDATE 3 years ago on Autoblog

Apparently the American auto industry's reputation is particularly worthless in South Africa as this billboard ad for the SMART forfour shot on the side of the road near Johannesburg portends. It glibly reads, "German engineering, Swiss innovation, American nothing." The parent company of SMART, ...

Ford introduces Ranger Montana trim for South Africa 3 years ago on Autoblog

While North America's Ford Ranger predates the Mesozoic era, the Blue Oval continues to update its small pickup entries around the world. In this case, the automaker has unveiled the limited-edition 'Montana,' available the standard range of 4x2 and 4x4 drivelines, and Double and Super Cab ...

MINI goes international with 49-day, 8,000 mile trek 3 years ago on Autoblog

The idea of a 49-day, 8,000 mile drive  from South Africa to England would seem to suggest something rugged and roomy-- a Land Rover Range Rover, perhaps. But a trio of lightly-modified MINI Cooper S hot hatches have just completed the trek, having ventured through 10 countries (including ...

Rabbit, Run: It keeps going... and going... 3 years ago on Autoblog

Given Volkswagen's recent announcement that it is pulling a Rabbit out of a hat Golf, and that Easter has just fallen off the calendar, we thought we'd remind readers that they can still purchase something very close to VeeDub's original bad bunny. That is, provided you call South Africa home. In ...

Rally cars light up South African forest-- literally 3 years ago on Autoblog

Rally racing is hot stuff. Nowhere is that more true this weekend than in Cape Town, South Africa, where firefighters are working to contain a forest blaze started by an errant racer. The fire is believed to have started when the all-female team of Lola and Megan Verlaque's Subaru left the road in ...






Autoblog Podcast #156: Paukert comes back for more! 

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

 
 

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