0-400-0 km/h in under 42s for Bugatti Chiron
Making the record books for the “fastest in the world” is not anything new to Bugatti. In the last week Bugatti Chiron made news...
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Category: Operating Notes
Practical observations on running a business, automotive market data, pricing and day-to-day operating decisions.
Schumacher hits a lap at the Spa
This past weekend I sat down to watch the Belgian Grand Prix and lo and behold, there was a Schumacher on track! Michael Schumacher’s...
Read Article ->Cars in the spotlight this week
I’m not one to take a high interest in concepts and “vision” cars as I feel they don’t transcend into anything solid. Well, not...
Read Article ->Jaguar E-PACE does a 15m 270d ‘barrel roll’ to take the Guinness World Record
In pure Jaguar Land Rover style, the new E-PACE made its world debut in a way that was mind-blowing! In an extravaganza set up...
Read Article ->Ferrari wins International Engine of the Year – Again!
The Ferrari engine scoops the International Engine of the Year award for the second consecutive year. The winning engine was the Ferrari 3.9-litre twin-turbo...
Read Article ->6 hour drift in South Africa to take the World Record from the Germans
This is the story of how an American man, living in South Africa, equipped with a Japanese car, breaks the world’s longest drifting record...
Read Article ->Cheaper alternative child car seat reaches South Africa – but is it safe?
World Road Crash Statistics show that almost 1.3 million people die from road accidents every year, making that an average of 3,287 deaths a day. We...
Read Article ->General Motors – out of South Africa
General Motors pull out of SA General Motors announced today that they are pulling out of South Africa. While painful, understanding the whole story...
Read Article ->Expensive country to keep a full tank of fuel
Step aside high crime rate and junk status. Fuel prices also want to trend as a label for the country… As much as we...
Read Article ->LaFerrari seized after trying to be smuggled into SA
If you ever thought of smuggling a supercar, perhaps a LaFerrari, into the country, you might want to rethink that idea… An unnamed Ferrari...
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