2014 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS: FIRST PHOTO!

The brand new Mercedes-Benz S-Class, 2014 model year, is coming to Mzansibefore December 2013. Order books are already open and the waiting list is said to be at least six months long. In the meantime, while you wait, here’s the first official picture of the car.

In a previous article we posted interior shots of the car, which were very impressive and seemed like of a high design and quality standard. The new S-Class certainly looks like it will remain class-leader when it arrives. There will be a raft of technologies to accompany it, such as Lane Keep Assist, Self-Parking/ leaving Assist, Night Vision, COMAND with USB, Bluetoothand WiFi connectivity, as well as others.

Engines should comprise of the current crop that’s found in the E-Class, GL-Class and some CL models, such as the 3.0-litre turbo diesel (S 350 CDI BlueTec), 4.7-litre V8 with 320kW (S 500) and a 5.5-litre Biturbo V8 in the S 63 AMG and S 65 AMG.

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MCLAREN P1 HYPERCAR WINTER TESTING VIDEO

With only a few months remaining until the first deliveries will be made to just 375 customers, the development programme for the McLaren P1 continues to accelerate as it nears its end. This extensive work is being carried out to ensure that the McLaren P1 delivers on the target of being “the best driver’s car in the world on road and track”…or a frozen lake, for that matter.

As part of durability testing, the development team recently travelled with the McLaren P1 to the dramatic frozen landscapes of the Arctic Circle, in northern Sweden. Here, the car was put through its paces and tested to the extremes, in some of the most hostile and toughest conditions on the planet.

The testing schedule continues at pace, with XP prototypes running extensively across the globe, working to optimise the groundbreaking systems and technologies which have been borne of 50 years of race-winning knowledge and expertise.

The culmination of this testing and infamous McLaren attention to detail will be showcased over the summer, when the McLaren P1 will publicly demonstrate the power available from the mid-mounted 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine and highly effective electric motor which generate 674kW, with a number of dynamic displays.

As plans for the 50th anniversary celebrations for McLaren continue, it has also been confirmed that the latest model from McLaren Automotive will feature as part of the planned activities at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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SUZUKI DONATES CARS TO TSHWANE MUSLIM SCHOOL

Suzuki Auto South Africa is supporting the innovative initiative of a Tshwane school to create better, more responsible and more safety conscious young drivers.
 

The Tshwane Muslim School’s driver training programme includes both attitude and skill-based elements, and will receive a major boost from the loan of a Suzuki Alto hatchback to the school for a 12-month period.

“Young people in the 18 to 29-year age bracket are significantly overrepresented in the tally of traffic accident-related injuries and fatalities,” says Iqbal Areff, headmaster of the Tshwane Muslim School.

“School communities play a key role in assisting students in Grades 10 to 12 to realise the gravity of their responsibilities as a road user. At the Tshwane Muslim School, driver education is attitude-based, which includes developing the knowledge, understanding and decision-making skills required to deal with a broad spectrum of road use issues.”

Areff adds that the school requested the MEC for Transport in Gauteng, as well as the RTMC, to assist with developing a driver training model. But it also decided to take its driver training programme a step further by providing practical in-car training.

“The Suzuki Alto is the ideal vehicle for this purpose,” says Areff. “It will give learners and potential purchasers the opportunity to experience the vehicle hands on. The driver training programme will consist of 34 hours of classroom instruction, eight hours of behind-the-wheel training, and eight hour of in-car observation.”

In addition, students are required to practice their driving skills under the supervision of a parent or guardian for at least a further 24 hours.


“We decided to support this project because it is a meaningful and relevant way for Suzuki Auto SA to give something back to the community,” says Yukio Sato, the company’s newly appointed managing director.

“Considering the high number of young drivers involved in accidents, we hope that supporting this training programme will be an investment in youth development, while also recognising the foresight of the Tshwane Muslim School in developing its own driver training programme.”

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FAST & FURIOUS 6 TRAILER BREAKS OUT

Fast & Furious 6premiers in South Africa and in the USA on the 24^th of May. The successful fast car / fast men and women franchiselooks like it’s going into another level here. The usual suspects return, including stars Vin Diesel (playing Dom), Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) and back-to-life Letty (played by Michelle Rodriguez).

Cars featured in this instalment include 1960s Mustangs, Koenigsegg CCX-Rs, old Land Rover Defenders and others that have been seriously modified. Interestingly Fast & Furious 7 has already started shooting and will be at cinemas sometime in July 2014.

Click on the video or HEREto watch the Fast & Furious trailer.

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