Just a little appertiser

WOW WOW! The manufactures have really gone out of their way to make this years motoring show a really special one. Lexus have a great blend of colours that change all the time, Volkswagen have an entertainment area, BMW and Audi have an upstairs floor on their stands. Mercedes-Benz probably have the biggest stand it is massive! Honda really impressed me with Asimo,what a clever robot. Please go and have a look at Asimo and take a picture with him.

Hyundai have a driving stimulator, what great fun it is, you race on our very own race track, Kyalami. There is much more to see guys, a bit of drifting can also be enjoyed.

The show ends on Sunday 16th October. Don't miss it!!   

Are you ready?

All the pertolheads in South Africa the day we have all been eagerly awaiting is here. Yes, the Johannesburg International Motor Show gets underway tomorrow 6 October  at the Nasrec centre south of Joburg. I hope you have your tickets.

Word on the street is that all the big names will come out guns blazing with new models and face-lifted ones as well.

Look forward to hearing from you at the end of the show on the 16 October. I will give my feed back on all the new models, so look out for that! 

A friendly reminder

The Johannesburg International Motor Show is a few weeks away and news from the organisers is that this year's show is going to be very interesting. So get your tickets now, available at computicket and avoid disappointment.     

New Polo GTI is a bullet!

WOW! Volkswagen have done it again, the Polo GTI is a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing. My colleague and I recently took the GTI for spin and driving from Midrand to Northcliff was definitely the most exciting drive ever. Powered by a 1.4 litre 132kW TSI motor one would expect it to be very reserved because of its small derivative, I certainly thought so. You know the saying that goes 'don't judge a book by its cover', yes, that's what I did and my word did it prove me wrong I was baffled at how powerful this little pocket rocket really is, reving easily to 6500rpm thanks to a lighting quick DSG gearbox.

The interior is well dressed showing off sporty red stretching on the bucket seats and on the gear lever. The thing I liked most was the change in dashboard colours from blue to snow white giving the interior a sporty feel. This particular model came with a black 18'' mag wheel which made its presences known. VW could have designed an exhaust note to compliment that demonic engine.

Other than that I think they have hit the nail on the head.

Brilliant fuel consumption

Hi to all and compliments of the season, I hope everybody had a great festive season and got enough rest, because this year! Is a huge one in terms of motoring.

My family decided to drive down to the Mother City and spend our holidays on the coast. We usually drive down during the day so we can appreciate the wonderful views our land has to offer. This time round we decided otherwise and hit he road at night. My dad recently bought the face lift Audi A6 20 T  continuous variable transmission (CVT). I nicked named her Queen Mary 2, because its quite a big car, broad and long. One would think that it is a raw gas guzzler in town and on the long road. In town depending on how heavy your foot is you could average 600 - 650 km on a full tank, which is rather impressive judging on its size. What impressed me the most was when we took her onto the long road down to Cape Town.

The A6 20 T model has an 80 lire tank, but to my dad surprise it took down more then 80 litres almost 93 litres. This was just mind boggling as the owners manual states that it has an 80 litre tank, this lead me to believe that it has an emergency reserve tank. We never got round to establish that and still today it baffles us. On the long road this cars fuel consumption did nothing but impress. Averaging between  speeds of 120km/h to 140km/h plus a load of luggage as well as four occupants the consumption never exceeded 12L per 100km this figure includes overtaking.

The next morning we approached Lainsburg with a fuel consumption and trip recording of 1120km travelled so far, we still had enough fuel to drive for the next 110km. It is quite commendable , really to build a car of that size which is still capable of producing such outstanding figures. Well done to Audi!

Tell me about your cars fuel consumption and what you think.