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A-Class reinvented?

Earlier this year, Mercedes-Benz won the 2019 South African Car of the Year (COTY) competition with the current range-topping A-Class, the A250. Cyberstoepโ€™s Charleen Clarke was a judge in the competition but, while I was unable to get my hands on an A250, this A200 arrived soon thereafter for me to sampleโ€ฆ Immediately, certain aspects of the A200 made it clear why its bigger brother โ€“ a Golf GTI competitor โ€“ was a strong contender for the COTY crown. But, […]

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Reason to Fiesta

When I had my first taste of the all-new Ford Fiesta last year I came away a little disappointed. That was the 1,5-litre diesel model in Trend spec and it fell short on expectations in more ways than one. I could tell that the base of the car was really good, though, and was sure that the 1.0 EcoBoost Titanium would be a far more rounded package and more enjoyable to drive; especially so since the manual version costs only […]

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