Ryan Bubear

2 months ago | cars.co.za | Ryan Bubear

Toyota South Africa Motors has confirmed that an updated version of the Toyota GR Yaris is scheduled to launch locally in March 2025. The big news? The Japanese firm’s small hot hatch gains even more power and torque, along with an 8-speed automatic torque-converter transmission. At its recent 2025 State of the Motor Industry (SOMI) address in Gauteng, Toyota SA Motors announced plans to introduce the revised GR Yaris before the end of Q1 2025.

2 months ago | cars.co.za | Ryan Bubear

You’ve likely already seen our list of South Africa’s best-selling bakkies overall for 2024. But what happens when we break down the figures by body style? Well, that’s exactly what we’re going to do here, allowing us to crown Mzansi’s most popular double-cab bakkie for 2024. Let’s dive right into the sales statistics. According to figures kindly supplied by Lightstone Auto, the Ford Ranger retained the title of SA’s best-selling double-cab bakkie last year, with 20 078 units sold.

2 months ago | cars.co.za | Ryan Bubear

The GWM P300 is expected to hit the market in South Africa soon, touching down as a thoroughly facelifted version of the P-Series bakkie. The big news, of course, is the local availability of a new 2.4-litre turbodiesel engine at the top of the line-up.

2 months ago | cars.co.za | Ryan Bubear

The new Lexus LX 700h is scheduled to launch in South Africa in February 2025, bringing hybrid power to the LX line-up – which will furthermore benefit from a raft of updates, including the debut of an Overtrail grade – for the very first time.

2 months ago | cars.co.za | Ryan Bubear

Toyota South Africa Motors is finally set to join the local fully electric segment with the imminent launch of the Lexus RZ. And we’ve managed to lay our paws on pricing ahead of this battery-powered crossover’s official market debut.