Holding power to account
Jackie Cruze 
The shift to electric vehicles (EVs) is real, and even more so now we’re facing a looming oil crisis. Swedish car maker Volvo is ostensibly near the forefront of the electric charge, with a broad range of EVs and an upcoming launch on the horizon.… Read more
You know a car manufacturer has won South Africans’ hearts when ’kasi slang gets attached to its models, and for us, it’s the BMW 3-series.… Read more
Cape Town’s car audio crews get together for a thunderous showdown of note every year in November. The DeafRow Audio Bragging Rights Sound-Off is now in its 18th year, and the event has grown from a small gathering of enthusiasts into a fixture on the local motoring calendar.… Read more
To get straight to the nuts and bolts of it, as it were, the Cape car community lives to haal uit en wys, as it is said. What that means is bringing your motor to the track and pitting your power against others, and no one is to be underestimated.… Read more
When Jackie Cruze first started chatting with Thaariq de Klerk about his wine-red Honda CRX, he didn’t realise he was about to get a front-row seat to one of the most underground trends in local car culture, the legendary K-swap.… Read more
A chance meeting in Barrydale had Jackie Cruze stumbling upon a rare rat rod of rust and rebellion, parked with a rough-and-ready bearing.
Identifying the owner was straightforward. Div de Villiers has a similar disposition to the rat rod genre: creative, unruly, a collector and a raconteur.… Read more
One car subculture that announces its presence with sheer volume in Cape Town is the audio enthusiasts.
Take Granger Nieuwoudt and his Seat Vario Cordoba, the only car of its kind in the country. Experiencing the force of his sound system is a full body experience; you can literally feel your skin vibrating while your hair gets blown in every direction by those blasting decibels.… Read more