The best JHB wheels – by far?
What is the best vehicle for safely and happily negotiating JHB’s besieged roads?
Posted: 18 January 2012
LA Sport kits out an FJ Cruiser
In the American market, where Toyota’s FJ Cruiser has been on sale for five years, the only standard FJs you’ll see are the brand new ones on the Toyota showroom floors. A stock-standard FJ Cruise... read more
Posted: 17 January 2012
Project Navara gets (top) geared up
Project Navara, Leisure Wheels magazine’s popular 38-inch Nissan Navara that has been doing the marketing rounds in Southern Africa for the past two years, recently got geared up for a short but rat... read more
Posted: 14 December 2011
The Ford F150 Raptor – now that’s speed!
American tuning company Hennessey Performance Engineering likes to scare people. Really, it does. Who else would build a station wagon that can dispatch the benchmark quarter mile in 10,69 seconds (at... read more
Posted: 30 November 2011
Greased lightning?
Honda’s CR-V is no oil painting, but it is fashionably good-looking. It’s not fast, but it’s fast enough for Average Joe. It’s not really a 4x4, but Average Jane would say that doesn’t matte... read more
Posted: 17 November 2011
Dr Jekyll and Mr H5
The GWM Hover started the alternative thinking process that first impressions should not necessarily be the lasting ones. Last year the Hover 4x4 took part in our Namib dune adventure and impressed fr... read more
Posted: 15 November 2011
The bold and the brave
To some people, the Daihatsu Terios might have seemed out of place in a sandy Namibian riverbed where another 4x4 had just got stuck. Yet the little Terios never faltered and breezed through tricky se... read more
Posted: 14 November 2011
Off-road championship turned on its head
A decision by a Motorsport South Africa National Court of Appeal has added to the drama in the fight for the Production Vehicle championship at the RFS Magalies 400, the final round of the Absa Off Ro... read more
Posted: 10 November 2011
The final (off-road) showdown
This weekend will see the last round of the 2011 Absa off-road championship being run in the Magaliesburg area, in the North West Province. This event will also decide who will be the 2011 Super Produ... read more
Posted: 9 November 2011