There is an English word that brings equal measures of happiness and shock when spoken among car enthusiasts: “depreciation.” The Audi A7 Sportback presents the tempting question: would you? If you bought one of these models from a decade or so ago that has now tanked in value, you’re most…
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Buying Advice: Volkswagen Golf Mk VII
The hatchback benchmark. The Volkswagen Golf Mk VII makes for a brilliant pre-owned buy right now. Golf, which enters its eighth generation later in 2020, continues to add awards and accolades to the rich history that started way back in 1974. From the plucky first generation that turned the automotive…
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Is the Mazda CX-5 the Best Pre-Owned Compact Crossover in South Africa?
While we might not boast every crossover and SUV in the world available from our local dealership showrooms, we are fortunate as a buying public to have the best of the best. This is made all the more intriguing by the fact that each manufacturer aims to undercut the next…
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Used City Car Shootout
City Cars offer more driving thrills and frills for budget buyers without the bland and boring appeal of yesterday for South Africa used car shoppers.
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For the price of a new BMW 320d, you could rather be driving one of these…
The all-new BMW 3-series (G20-generation) is by all accounts a step in the right direction for the Munich car maker’s compact executive sedan. It returns to its roots of a rewarding driving tool as well as bringing more technology to their bread-and-butter model. Apart from the M340i xDrive and the…
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Winter time is the best time to buy a convertible!
Convertibles come with many names: roadster; cabriolet; carbio; drop top; drophead coupe; open two-seater; open top; rag top; soft top; spider; and, spyder. Whichever name it has stickered on the bootlid, they all do the same thing: make every drive a memorable one. Our Northern Hemisphere friends suffer from short…
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Instead of that, buy this… #1
For the price of a three-year-old BMW 320d, the most popular vehicle and most sought-after derivative currently in South Africa, we have found these alternative charmers to turn your car-buying list upside down… 2016 BMW 320d Auto With 94,000km on the odometer, a price of R279,900 and a list of…
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Choose One Of These Before Someone Else Does #3
There is a thing such as a hyper hatch. We live in a world where a humble hatchback can spit out 310kW of power (in mass production trim), in a package that will give many supercars a headache while lapping a race track. Of course, that power and performance comes…
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Used Car Review: 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX Hatchback
Analogue watches are just cooler than digital watches, right? Reading a book and turning its pages, or swiping the screen of your e-reader/tablet? Sometimes technology gets in the way of pure enjoyment. Digital info displays in the latest German cars are all very well and good, but seeing an analogue…
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Choose One Of These Before Someone Else Does #2
By scouring the used car buying platforms, and driving past your local car dealerships, you’d seen some very choicy vehicles available. But, what if you have no time to search for your next interesting car? That’s UsedCarReview’s bread and butter function: finding and highlighting only the choiciest vehicles available for…