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BMW South Africa has something special in store for BMW M's 50th anniversary.

BMW M Cars Get New Logo To Celebrate 50th Anniversary The 50th anniversary of BMW has been spoken about on many occasions in recent months, particularly because BMW will reveal the BMW M4 CSL to celebrate. The German automaker's performance division will be celebrating in other ways too, with the M division announcing that for 2022, all BMW M or M Spor...

Ford is not pulling any punches with the all-new Ranger:
https://carbuzz.com/news/presenting-the-all-new-2023-ford-ranger-bigger-and-better

Presenting The All-New 2023 Ford Ranger: Bigger And Better We knew it was coming soon and now it's finally arrived. Meet the new 2023 Ford Ranger. Revealed in right-hand-drive configuration, the latest midsize Ranger is a global pickup truck. Aside from possibly a few minor styling differences inside and out, this is the truck America will get. Ford says it...

Welcome to the golden age of combustion. Just a pity it'll be gone before we know it.

The End Of The Combustion Engine Is A Blessing In Disguise The automotive world is going electric. Everyone from Audi to Dodge has announced plans to become fully electric, with most plans placing the deadline for the transition by the turn of the decade. For the most part, it's not that these brands want to change per se, but legislation across most of the...

The Lamborghini Countach has leaked ahead of its official reveal this weekend! https://carbuzz.com/news/leaked-lamborghini-countach-lpi-800-4

Leaked! Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 We knew this one was coming and now it's leaked online perhaps only a few hours prior to an official debut. What you're looking at is the reborn Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4, set to premiere shortly at this year's Monterey Car Week at Pebble Beach. Lamborghini has been releasing teaser images up u...

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Pricing for the Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI has been announced ahead of its September launch.

After numerous delays caused by the global pandemic, the Golf 8 is finally due to arrive in South Africa, with the Golf GTI being the first to land. The eighth generation of an automotive icon will officially be on sale from September 1 2021 with a price of R669,300.

Riding on the VW MQB platform, a 2.0-litre EA888 turbocharged 4-cylinder engine produces 180 kW and 370 Nm and directs it towards the front wheels. Fans of rowing their own gears will be disappointed as the SA-spec models will arrive with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission and no manual option. VW claims the Mk 8 GTI is capable of 0-100 km/h in 6.4 seconds.

Pricing includes a standard 3-year/120,000km warranty and a 5-year/90,000km EasyDrive Service Plan.

Audi South Africa has unveiled a new RS3 with more power and a Drift Mode to fight AMG at its own game:

2022 Audi RS3 Arrives With 401 HP And A Drift Mode Unlike some automakers as of late, Audi is revealing its returning compact car from the bottom trims up. That means that instead of the Audi RS3 coming out before the A3 and S3, like a Mercedes-AMG, we were treated to info on its less expensive brethren before we got to talk about the new high-perfo...

SA-Bound Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA Costs Supercar Money!

Back in the 1970s, Alfa Romeo was so popular in South Africa that there were more Alfas on SA roads than any other country in the world except Italy. In the decades since then, the brand has faded into obscurity, not just locally but internationally as well. Now, as the brand attempts a resurrection of sorts, a familiar badge is being brought back into the fray in the form of the high-performance GTA variant. Last year, Alfa unveiled the Giulia GTA and GTAm twins – hardened versions of the magnificent Giulia Quadrifoglio that revived the Gran Turismo Alleggerita (Italian for Grand Touring Lightened) badge previously reserved for only the most performance-focused Alfa Romeo models. Just 500 are to be produced globally, and South Africa will be receiving 10 of those.

Read more: https://www.torquingcars.com/new-releases/sa-bound-alfa-romeo-giulia-gta-costs-supercar-money/

BMW has a new flagship in town, meet the iX electric SUV: https://carbuzz.com/news/say-hello-to-the-2022-bmw-ix-electric-suv

Say Hello To The 2022 BMW iX Electric SUV BMW's futuristic 'i' sub-brand had a somewhat soft start to its life. While the i3 was a genuine EV, the i8...

BREAKING: Croatia's Rimac Automobili is set to purchase Bugatti from the VW Group: https://carbuzz.com/news/sold-rimac-set-to-buy-bugatti

SOLD: Rimac Set To Buy Bugatti The automotive world is no stranger to boardroom dealings, with brands being bought and sold on a continual...

This Nissan 350Z has been hand painted to look like it's straight out of Initial D.

Hand-Painted Nissan 350Z Looks Like A Cartoon Drawing To help ease the wait for the new Nissan Z car to arrive, we've started to see artists offer some radical n...

Meet the Son of F1! The official successor to the McLaren F1 from the man who developed the original. This is the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50, and it's everything we hoped it would be. https://carbuzz.com/news/gordon-murrays-sensational-t-50-supercar-arrives-with-insane-v12-engine

Gordon Murray's Sensational T.50 Supercar Arrives With Insane V12 Engine We've had to wait some time for Gordon Murray Automotive's new supercar but here it is. Late last year, the...

Goodwood Announces Speedweek: An all-new event this October will make up for the Goodwood Festival of Speed and The Goodwood Revival that were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. https://carbuzz.com/news/goodwood-announces-speedweek-all-new-event-this-october

Goodwood Announces Speedweek: All-New Event This October Last month, it was announced that the 2020 Goodwood Festival Of Speed was forced to be canceled entirely du...

Opel's gone bold with the second-generation Mokka crossover SUV, introducing bold new styling, and an electric drivetrain: https://carbuzz.com/news/stunning-new-opel-mokka-is-what-the-buick-encore-could-have-been

Stunning New Opel Mokka Is What The Buick Encore Could Have Been The Buick Encore is essentially a rebadged version of Europe's Opel Mokka crossover, also known as the Vaux...

Meet the latest addition to the Lamborghini Johannesburg Huracan family, the Huracan Evo Spyder RWD, now with an open top and a drivetrain developed for purists: https://carbuzz.com/news/meet-the-rwd-lamborghini-huracan-evo-spyder

Meet The RWD Lamborghini Huracan Evo Spyder Since Audi took over the reins at Italian supercar manufacturer, Lamborghini, back in 1998, the brand has s...

With South Africa on , it's important to make sure your car survives the isolation period. This is how to look after your car and make sure it's ready to get back to the real world as soon as you are: https://carbuzz.com/features/how-to-keep-your-car-safe-during-self-isolation

How To Keep Your Car Safe During Self-Isolation With many states implementing strict stay-at-home measures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, citizens are ...

ALFA ROMEO's upcoming Tonale SUV would make an ideal platform for a Qudrifoglio version, but don't get your hopes up too soon: https://carbuzz.com/news/hardcore-alfa-romeo-tonale-quadrifoglio-aint-gonna-happen

Hardcore Alfa Romeo Tonale Quadrifoglio Ain't Gonna Happen Alfa Romeo's much talked about renaissance has been riddled with obstacles. It started with a bang thanks t...

Mazda Southern Africa's centenary celebrations will include a range of special edition models inspired by the earliest passenger vehicle from the brand. Who'd like to see a Mazda MX-5 100th Anniversary Edition on SA roads? https://carbuzz.com/news/special-edition-mazda-miata-celebrates-100-years

Special Edition Mazda Miata Celebrates 100 Years There have been some seriously cool special edition Mazda MX-5 Miata special editions over the years, with ...

Did you know that there's a little Mazda Southern Africa MX-5 in every single car Koenigsegg Automotive AB produces? That's the word from Christian von Koenigsegg...

There's A Little Mazda Miata In Every Koenigsegg Made If I were to tell you that the Koenigsegg Jesko and Mazda MX-5 Miata shared some DNA, you'd likely consider...

Word from Christian von Koenigsegg himself, Koenigsegg will not be building an EV anytime soon: https://carbuzz.com/features/koenigsegg-doesnt-want-to-build-evs

Koenigsegg Doesn't Want To Build EVs Koenigsegg went to an abandoned Geneva Motor Show to unveil not one, but two new cars to further build upon...

We spoke to Christian von Koenigsegg last week to find out just how fast the new Koenigsegg Automotive AB Jesko Absolut will be, and to find out what happens after the company breaks yet another record: https://carbuzz.com/news/koenigsegg-jesko-absolut-eyeing-330-mph-record

Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Eyeing 330 MPH Record Despite the Geneva Motor Show being canceled over fears of COVID-19, Christian von Koenigsegg still hosted ...

Gunning for 500 km/h - If you thought Koenigsegg Automotive AB would turn up to the now cancelled Geneva Motor Show without bringing along a Jesko, you'd be wrong. Introducing the ultra-low-drag Jesko Absolut: https://carbuzz.com/news/koenigsegg-jesko-absolut-is-a-1600-hp-rocket-ship-for-the-road

Say Hello To The Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut: A 1,600-HP Rocket Ship For The Road Koenigsegg knows a thing or two about designing, engineering, and building ridiculously fast cars. The Koen...

Over 400 km/h, more than 1,000 kW, and a 600-hp three-cylinder engine with no cams? Koenigsegg Automotive AB have simply outdone themselves this time around; and the best part - you can enjoy it with three friends and their luggage. https://carbuzz.com/news/meet-the-all-new-koenigsegg-gemera-the-fastest-four-seater-on-earth

Meet The All-New Koenigsegg Gemera: The Fastest Four-Seater On Earth We've known for a while now that Koenigsegg had big plans for the 2020 Geneva Motor Show. Geneva may have b...

The 2020 Geneva International Motor Show has been canceled amid fears of the Coronavirus: https://carbuzz.com/news/breaking-2020-geneva-motor-show-canceled

BREAKING: 2020 Geneva Motor Show CANCELED The 2020 Geneva International Motor Show was scheduled to open its doors to the media in just a few days on...

It's worse than we feared! The BMW South Africa 4 Series' Kidney Grille is HUGE: https://carbuzz.com/news/leaked-new-bmw-4-series-is-coming-with-massive-grille

Leaked! New BMW 4 Series Is Coming With Massive Grille For the past several years, BMW has played it relatively safe design-wise. Since the controversial Bangle f...

Toyota SA's latest hot hatch is an AWD Yaris with a manual gearbox and a sub-6-second 0-100 time! https://carbuzz.com/news/hot-toyota-gr-yaris-unveiled-with-268-hp-three-cylinder-engine

Hot Toyota GR Yaris Unveiled With 268-HP Three-Cylinder Engine Here's a hot hatch with plenty of promise. Revealed at the 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon, the Toyota GR Yaris featu...

The Tesla Cybertruck looks like the byproduct of an illicit affair between a DeLorean and the Mars rover, but 500 miles range and a 2.9-second 0-100 time are insane! https://carbuzz.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-arrives-with-500-mile-range-and-39900-price-tag

Tesla Cybertruck Arrives With 500-Mile Range And $39,900 Price Tag Trust Elon Musk to launch a new car surrounded by sci-fi icons like vehicles out of Blade Runner and Back t...

Aston Martin South Africa's first-ever SUV has finally been revealed: https://carbuzz.com/news/2021-aston-martin-dbx-breaks-cover-astons-most-important-car-ever-has-finally-arrived

2021 Aston Martin DBX Breaks Cover A new era for Aston Martin has begun. While the British automaker is renowned for making luxury grand-toure...

There's an all-electric Mustang that's just been leaked, and it's an SUV! https://carbuzz.com/news/leaked-this-is-the-ford-mustang-mach-e-before-youre-meant-to-see-it

LEAKED: This Is The Ford Mustang Mach-E Before You’re Meant To See It The Ford Mustang Mach-E will make its world debut in just a few days on November 19 at an event in LA hoste...

The next supercar you buy from Scuderia South Africa might not even have a steering wheel, according to these Ferrari patents: https://carbuzz.com/news/ferrari-wants-to-take-away-your-steering-wheel

Ferrari Wants To Take Away Your Steering Wheel Motorsports generally serve as the testbed and inspiration for many road-going automotive technologies. It'...

Meet the first series-production RWD Audi R8: https://carbuzz.com/news/say-hello-to-the-audi-r8-v10-rwd

Say Hello To The Audi R8 V10 RWD A rear-wheel-drive Audi R8 doesn't exactly seem like new news. After all, the R8 RWS (Rear Wheel Series) wa...

Italy's answer to the M4 could be epic: https://carbuzz.com/news/alfa-romeo-gtl-could-be-italys-answer-to-bmw-m4

Alfa Romeo GTL Could Be Italy's Answer To BMW M4 With the Giulia and Stelvio launched just a few years ago, Alfa Romeo is firmly back on the map with a comp...

The new BMW South Africa M3 is currently in development, but we've already got out first sight at what the new rear end looks like: https://carbuzz.com/news/leaked-check-out-the-rear-of-new-bmw-m3

LEAKED: Check Out The Rear Of New BMW M3 A leaked image of what appears to be the upcoming new BMW M3, chassis code G80, has appeared online via Evo...

Introducing the BMW South Africa 2 Series Gran Coupe! The only problem is it's wrong-wheel-drive: https://carbuzz.com/news/2020-bmw-2-series-gran-coupe-arrives-with-301-horsepower

2020 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe Arrives With 301 Horsepower The BMW 2 Series Coupe and its more performance-oriented sibling, the M2 Competition, are among our favorit...

911 GT3 power for the base-level Taycan! https://carbuzz.com/news/base-porsche-taycan-has-more-power-than-a-911-gt3

Base Porsche Taycan Has More Power Than A 911 GT3 The Porsche Taycan has been the center of a whole lot of internet debate recently, and for good reason. Unt...

Did you know, the origins of the alloy wheel date back nearly a century, and you have Bugatti to thank for them: https://carbuzz.com/features/you-can-thank-bugatti-for-inventing-aluminum-wheels

You Can Thank Bugatti For Inventing Aluminum Wheels It's hard to think of a time when aluminum alloy wheels didn't bedeck the four corners of every single spor...