Car Features

Article and Photos by: Stefan Daniël Kotzé

The Type 2 T1s built between 1967 –1979 are still cool in their own right though. They are more accessible and they still fetch reasonable prices too. For the owners of these buses, it’s rarely about the money, more about the culture, lifestyle and everything else that goes hand in hand with owning one of the classics. It’s usually more of a love and often hate affair that could last a lifetime. When you own one of these, you’re normally in it for the long haul.

By : Gerhard Van Vuuren
Photos: Jacques Lamprecht

Owner: Jannie Viljoen
Builders: JV Automotive
Location: Centurion Gauteng
Make and Model: 1934 Chevrolet Rat Rod

Owner: Greg Parton
Builder: Royce Munnery

Painter: Clark & Kent

Article by Steven Foster
Owner Steven Foster
Photos by Jan van Der Walt

SpeedKore, the American performance company known for its full carbon fiber vehicles and pre-preg carbon fiber body parts, has debuted its first European vehicle in the form of a 1974 BMW 3.0 CS built for Robert Downey Jr. Following a custom 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 and 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, the 1974 BMW 3.0 CS is the third vehicle SpeedKore has built for Downey.

Marco Diez today unveiled his reimagined 1963 Jaguar E-Type Low Drag Coupe at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering during Monterey Car Week. Inspired by the legendary 1963 Jaguar E-Type Low Drag Coupe “49FXN,” this Low Drag, known as project “OWL226” because of its California registration, was designed by Diez who painstakingly recreated the original body and drivetrain while refining the car’s fit, finish and interior.

Velocity Modern Classics, an industry leader in classic vehicle modernization, has announced the Velocity Mustang Fastback as its newest offering in its Signature Series line. The highly sought-after 1967-68 Ford Mustang Fastback has been beautifully restored to seamlessly blend the iconic style of the classic with modern components found in late model Mustangs.

At Audi, ‘performance’ means more power. For example, larger turbochargers and an increase in boost pressure from 2.4 to 2.6 bar in the 4.0-litre V8 biturbo TFSI engine that both the RS 6 Avant performance and RS 7 Sportback performance boast, allow an increase of 22kW in engine power and 50 Nm more torque compared to the base versions. This means a total increase in power from 441 kW to 463 kW and in maximum torque from 800 to 850 Nm. The performance models sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.4 seconds, 0.2 seconds faster than the previous RS 6 / RS 7 versions.

Photos and article by Jared Govender

Rodger and Jadon Govender

All too often we hear about somebody buying a car and turning it around in a few weeks for a certain car show. Sometimes resulting in a shoddy build for the sake of completing it within a given timeframe. So when we heard that Rodger Govender took 5 years to build this 1942 Ford Pickup, we knew we had to have a closer look.