Kelley Blue Book names coolest cars under $18k

Kelley Blue Book, or just KBB for short, has long been the trusted source for book values for new and used cars. They have now recently released their list of what they believe are the coolest cars for under $18k which works out to around R144 000. Although you cant take that at face value, as the actual cost of the car once it has reached our shores it a lot more than that, but anyway, back to the list.

Ford tops rating as coolest car by Kelley Blue Book

What exactly makes a car cool according to KBB? They take into consideration that x-factor, with emphasis on cool to own as well as cool to drive. This is obviously a very subjective list but they tried to not just consider the normal safety issues and the like but rather which cars are the most fun. While the list consisted of their top 10, here are the top 5, as no one really bothers with anything worse than 5th on a list anyway.

1 2011 Ford Fiesta
2 2010 Honda Civic
3 2010 Honda Fit
4 2010 Hyundai Elentra Touring
5 Kia Soul

Once again the 2011 Ford Fiesta comes up tops. Its great price tag along with its sporty and fun looks seem to make it a favourite the world over. That added to its great fuel economy and style and you have an extremely well made car.

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG voted most attractive car

The readers of Germany’s popular AUTO BILD magazine were asked to vote on what they thought was Germany’s most attractive car, and in first place was the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The vote was tallied from more than 100 000 readers of the magazine. To further add to Mercedes-Benz’s celebrations, in second place was the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet.

Top spot for Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Rounding off the event for Mercedes was the announcement that the Mercedes-Benz F 800 Style was the winner of the “Concept and design” category. In the 2009 competition from the same magazine, Mercedes-Benz once again walked away with top honours, back then the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Saloon was voted the most attractive car.

It’s no secret that Germans really do love Mercedes-Benz cars and it is credit to the company for continuing to make cars that the German public finds most desirable .

BMW testing facility visited by Katarina Witt with video

BMW testing facility with Katarina Witt

We previously featured the new BMW testing and environmental facility, now take a look inside with this behind-the-scenes video of a photo shoot with Katarina Witt.

BMW Test Center provides tests for all environments

BMW have constructed a specialty environmental test center in order to ensure all of their vehicles can operate properly under numerous different conditions. Previously, many of these tests had to be conducted in different areas that had varying temperatures and weather conditions but now they can all be conducted within the test center. The tests are to ensure that rain does not inhibit full breaking power, snow must not adversely effect the engine and extreme heat should not overtax the cooling system.

BMW Test Center offers all-in-on testing

The BMW test center can simulate all the necessary environmental conditions that the cars need to be tested against. These include precipitation, heat, cold, humidity, atmospheric pressure and wind. The test center is made up of thee wind tunnels and two chambers. The wind tunnels include a climatic wind tunnel, a thermal wind tunnel and a environmental wind tunnel. The chambers include an altitude test chamber and a cold test chamber.

Previously there was always a decision to be made whether to test the car with a test drive or test facility. Now, with the new BMW test center, engineers can have the best of both worlds and have their cars drive through the test facility, under all the varying conditions in just 8 hours.

Usedcarsgauteng.co.za website snapshot on 2010-05-20

The Usedcarsgauteng.co.za website is a dynamic entity, constantly updating to ensure that our users get all the latest cars for sale, as well as the latest motoring news from all around South Africa.

Our website snapshot summarises the information for the past period (2010-05-06 – 2010-05-20) and displays it in a suitable format for our users to identify South African car market trends.

This information can be used as a synecdochic representation of the general motoring trends in South Africa for the past two weeks.

Used cars for sale

Total active Used vehicles in Gauteng:	4299
Total active dealer Used vehicles in Gauteng:	4007
Total active private Used vehicles in Gauteng:	292

Used vehicles added in the last two weeks

Total Used vehicles added in Gauteng:	1795
Used vehicles added in Gauteng by type
Dealer:	1710
Private:	85
Used vehicles added in Gauteng by make
Volkswagen	274
Toyota	190
Bmw	187
Opel	158
Audi	123
Ford	100
Chevrolet	95
Mazda	83
Nissan	81
Mercedes-benz	80
Individual Used vehicles in Gauteng added
Most expensive dealer car – Mercedes-benz Cl-class Cl 65 Amg (2008):	R 1,700,000
Most expensive private car – BMW 7 Series 760i V12 (2007):	R 560,000
Cheapest dealer car – Opel Corsa 130i S (1997):	R 27,500
Cheapest private car – Volkswagen Citi 1.6 (1998):	R 20,000

News

Total news articles in Gauteng:

Motoring news articles added in the last two weeks

News articles added in Gauteng:	0
News articles in Gauteng by Make:

The Usedcarsgauteng.co.za website snapshot tool allows you to keep up to date with the most popular used car brands on both our website and within the South African motoring industry as a whole.
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Usedcarsnatal.co.za website snapshot on 2010-05-20

Usedcarsnatal.co.za is constantly updating to provide our South African users with all the latest cars for sale, motoring news and other car information.

Our website snapshot summarises the information for the past period (2010-05-06 – 2010-05-20) and displays it in a suitable format for our users to identify South African car market trends.

This information can be used as a synecdochic representation of the general motoring trends in South Africa for the past two weeks.

Used cars for sale

Total active Second hand cars for sale in Kwazulu Natal:	1950
Total active dealer Second hand cars for sale in Kwazulu Natal:	1905
Total active private Second hand cars for sale in Kwazulu Natal:	45

Second hand cars for sale added in the last two weeks

Total Second hand cars for sale added in Kwazulu Natal:	755
Second hand cars for sale added in Kwazulu Natal by type
Dealer:	746
Private:	9
Second hand cars for sale added in Kwazulu Natal by make
Toyota	163
Volkswagen	132
Opel	56
Chevrolet	47
Ford	43
Nissan	38
Mercedes-benz	34
Audi	30
Honda	25
Bmw	24
Individual Second hand cars for sale in Kwazulu Natal added
Most expensive dealer car – Volkswagen Polo Vivo 1.6 (2010):	R 1,282,989
Most expensive private car – Jeep Cherokee 3.7L Sport (2008):	R 209,000
Cheapest dealer car – Volkswagen Citi Blues 1.6 (1997):	R 30,000
Cheapest private car – BMW 3 Series 320i (1989):	R 25,000

News

Total news articles in Kwazulu Natal:

Motoring news articles added in the last two weeks

News articles added in Kwazulu Natal:	0
News articles in Kwazulu Natal by Make:

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Usedcarsfreestate.co.za website snapshot on 2010-05-20

The Usedcarsfreestate.co.za website is a dynamic entity, constantly updating to ensure that our users get all the latest cars for sale, as well as the latest motoring news from all around South Africa.

This fortnightly article documents the changes and progress of Usedcarsfreestate.co.za over the last two weeks (2010-05-06 – 2010-05-20) and highlights the biggest movers and shakers on the website.

This information can be used as a synecdochic representation of the general motoring trends in South Africa for the past two weeks.

Used cars for sale

Total active Vehicles in Free state:	357
Total active dealer Vehicles in Free state:	342
Total active private Vehicles in Free state:	15

Vehicles added in the last two weeks

Total Vehicles added in Free state:	114
Vehicles added in Free state by type
Dealer:	110
Private:	4
Vehicles added in Free state by make
Volkswagen	32
Mercedes-benz	15
Toyota	10
Opel	9
Mitsubishi	5
Chevrolet	5
Ford	5
Hyundai	4
Audi	4
Isuzu	3
Individual Vehicles in Free state added
Most expensive dealer car – Mercedes-benz M-class Ml 63 Amg (2010):	R 1,279,000
Cheapest dealer car – Volkswagen Citi Chico 1.3 (2001):	R 31,999

News

Total news articles in Free state:

Motoring news articles added in the last two weeks

News articles added in Free state:	0
News articles in Free state by Make:

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Usedcarswesterncape.co.za website snapshot on 2010-05-20

The Usedcarswesterncape.co.za website is a dynamic entity, constantly updating to ensure that our users get all the latest cars for sale, as well as the latest motoring news from all around South Africa.

Our bi-weekly snapshot highlights the car for sale and news trends over the past two weeks (2010-05-06 – 2010-05-20) and identifies South Africa’s favourites.

Our snapshot can be an aid to our users in obtaining a general overview of motoring within South Africa.

Used cars for sale

Total active Second hand vehicles for sale in Western Cape:	1699
Total active dealer Second hand vehicles for sale in Western Cape:	1609
Total active private Second hand vehicles for sale in Western Cape:	90

Second hand vehicles for sale added in the last two weeks

Total Second hand vehicles for sale added in Western Cape:	738
Second hand vehicles for sale added in Western Cape by type
Dealer:	718
Private:	20
Second hand vehicles for sale added in Western Cape by make
Volkswagen	217
Toyota	92
Opel	66
Audi	61
Chevrolet	51
Bmw	41
Mercedes-Benz	26
Ford	22
Mazda	21
Peugeot	20
Individual Second hand vehicles for sale in Western Cape added
Most expensive dealer car – Audi R8 5.2 Fsi Quattro (2009):	R 1,594,999
Most expensive private car – Ford Ranger Double cab XLE 4X4; 3.0 TDCi (2008):	R 280,000
Cheapest dealer car – Opel Corsa 130i 4 Door (1997):	R 27,000
Cheapest private car – Toyota Camry 220 SEI (1993):	R 39,000

News

Total news articles in Western Cape:

Motoring news articles added in the last two weeks

News articles added in Western Cape:	0
News articles in Western Cape by Make:

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BMW used cars summary for May 2010

The Bmw-cars.co.za website is a dynamic entity, constantly updating to ensure that our users can view all the latest used cars for sale, as well as the latest motoring news from all around South Africa.

Our website snapshot summarises the information for the past period (2010-05-06 – 2010-05-20) and displays it in a suitable format for our users to identify South African used car market trends.

Our snapshot can be an aid to our users in obtaining a general overview of motoring within South Africa.

BMW used cars for sale

Total active BMW Vehicles:	694
Total active dealer BMW Vehicles:	637
Total active private BMW Vehicles:	57

BMW used cars added in the last two weeks

Total BMW used cars added:	258
BMW used cars added by type
Dealer:	246
Private:	12
BMW used cars added by area
Gauteng :	187
Western Cape:	41
Kwazulu Natal:	24
Mpumalanga:	3
Free State:	2
Botswana:	1
BMW used cars added by model
BMW 3 Series:	133
BMW 1 Series:	35
BMW X5:	24
BMW 5 Series:	19
BMW X3:	15
BMW M3:	6
BMW Z4:	6
BMW R:	5
BMW M5:	3
BMW 7 Series:	3
BMW M6:	2
BMW X6:	2
BMW 6 Series:	2
BMW Z3:	1
BMW F:	1
BMW G:	1
Individual BMW used cars added
Most expensive dealer car – Bmw X6 Xdrive50i Sport (2009):	R 829,000
Most expensive private car – BMW 7 Series 760i V12 (2007):	R 560,000
Cheapest dealer car – Bmw 3 Series 318is (e36) (1998):	R 39,000
Cheapest private car – BMW 3 Series 320i (1989):	R 25,000

BMW News

Total BMW news articles:

Motoring news articles added in the last two weeks

News BMW articles added:	3
News BMW articles by Area:

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Honda Used Cars in South Africa for May 2010

Cars.co.za is one of South Africa’s premier motoring portals, providing our users with up to date Honda used cars for sale, car industry news and other car related resources.

Our bi-weekly snapshot highlights the car for sale and news trends over the past two weeks (2010-05-06 – 2010-05-20) and identifies South Africa’s favourites.

Hondausedcars.co.za shall strive to continuously deliver relevant car market information to our loyal South African customer base.

Honda used cars for sale

Total active Honda Used cars for sale:	237
Total active dealer Honda Used cars for sale:	222
Total active private Honda Used cars for sale:	15

Honda Used cars for sale added in the last two weeks

Total Honda Used cars for sale added:	85
Honda Used cars for sale added by type
Dealer:	78
Private:	7
Honda Used cars for sale added by area
Gauteng:	51
Kwazulu Natal:	25
Western Cape :	7
Limpopo:	1
Mpumalanga:	1
Honda Used cars for sale added by model
Honda Jazz:	35
Honda Civic:	20
Honda Cr-v:	11
Honda Accord:	8
Honda Ballade:	7
Honda Cbr:	2
Honda Crf:	1
Honda FR-V:	1
Individual Honda Used cars for sale added
Most expensive dealer car – Honda Accord 2.2 Id-tec Exec Tourer A/t (2009):	R 349,900
Most expensive private car – Honda FR-V 1.8 V TEC (2008):	R 185,000
Cheapest dealer car – Honda Ballade 150i Luxline (1998):	R 36,000
Cheapest private car – Honda Ballade 160 E (1994):	R 27,000

Honda News

Total Honda news articles:

Honda motoring news articles added in the last two weeks

News Honda articles added:	0
News Honda articles by Area:

The Cars.co.za website snapshot tool allows you to keep up to date with the most popular used car brands on both our website and within the South African motoring industry as a whole.
To view our full list of vehicle stock please click on the following link: Honda Used Cars