M5 Concept breaks cover, we drive the new Polo GTI

Struggling to view this? Click here for online version.     Hello little Aygo Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has received a lot of flack over the past few years for its product placement and pricing. Since it stopped producing the popular Tazz, the company has not had a budget-friendly option in its line-up, and even the B-segment Yaris was a bit out of reach of the first-time buyers. However, all this has now changed. Enter the Aygo.     Polo on a GTI high   Quattro Concept to get green light?     Naamsa: major momentum in March   Has BMW changed its tune on the M3 CSL?     M3 bakkie revealed   Mercedes brings its A-game to Shanghai           M5 Concept breaks cover, we drive the new Polo GTI Mike Fourie writes... [E-mail the author] Ever since my late grandfather bought me a BMW E28-shaped draadkar, which I imagined was Tony Viana's Winfield BMW M5 modified saloon and "drove" it as though it actually was, I have been fascinated with BMW M cars, and in particular the M5, the grandpapa of modern super saloons. The last one was a super sophisticated high-revving beast, but the new one will be turbocharged and come out with a super-slick paddle-shift transmission… If you like the gallery and video of the new M5 concept, you are going to LOVE the May issue of CAR, believe me! But if you want more accessible performance machinery, check out Wilhelm Lutjeharms' Polo GTi driving impression below, or find yourself in the market for a smart budget vehicle, our story on the Toyota Aygo.         Pedal to the metal – Ferrari FF     Jenson Button smashes Bathurst lap record   BMW M5 Concept BMW has finally put the patient motoring public out of its misery by releasing official footage of its upcoming M5 Concept…No cryptic teaser shots in dark tunnels, no guessing, just M5-flavoured goodness...   Joule driven       BMW M5 Concept BMW M3 Pick-up Volkswagen Golf R BMW 650i Convertible A jewel of a Joule Local company Optimal Energy has been hard at work on an all-South African electric vehicle – the Joule. CAR was recently invited test the prototype versions, making our staff the first journalists in the world to have actually driven the vehicle...     VW Golf R     Daihatsu Terios LWB   VW Polo GTI The previous 1,8-litre Polo GTI wasn't anything to rave about and we feared that, with a 1,4-litre TSI engine, the new GTI would be a bit of a disappointment. But with 132 kW and 250 N.m on board, the new car punches well above its weight…   Suzuki Swift         The politics of envy… James Siddall There's absolutely nothing like a conspicuously expensive piece of machinery to incite overt envy in certain males. As I write this, I've recently spent a week gliding about in a new Jaguar XJ – which is probably the sexiest super saloon on the planet, second only to the Maserati Quattroporte...   Read more...

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