Review: Volkswagen Golf VII 1.0TSi Trendline

In the relatively short time that I have had the pleasure of working as a motoring journalist, I have a yet to come across a set of wheels worthy of a scorn. With any car comes a series of expectations of its quality and performance, which relates to its segment class and retail price. When...

Oldest Beetle in SA restored

In 1971, Volkswagen South Africa held a competition to find the oldest Beetle in the country, with the winner receiving a brand-new 1300 Beetle in exchange. The winner was David Rubin of Middelburg, whose Beetle, named Jan, had rolled off the production floor at the original Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, all way back on...