FIRST SA DRIVE: Nissan Qashqai CVT
Nissan’s revised-for-2010 Qashqai certainly looks different but the upgrades go more than skin deep, says DAVE ABRAHAMS, who was at this week’s driving launch in the Eastern Cape.

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Senior Editor, Ron Kiino, gives us an overview of Nissan’s revamped Z, the 370Z, and heads to the test track to get performance numbers.

If there’s one thing Ford has learned in recent months, it’s the magic that comes with combining the words “Mustang” and “Shelby.” Throw in the harsh reality that Ford needs all the magic it can conjure these days, and you have the makings of yet another Shelby Mustang. Following closely (some might say too closely) on the heels of the Shelby GT500 and Shelby GT-H, this latest hot-rod pony is simply dubbed “Shelby GT” and is, for the most part, a retail version of the GT-H rental car offered through select Hertz agencies.

Our weekend thrash of the new standard/regular/base/normal 2007 Porsche Cayman on German back roads and autobahns instantly revealed that this S-less wünder retains much of the inherent goodness and finely honed driving behavior of the original high-performance, 2-seat, midengine/rear-drive Cayman S coupe. What has been lost in the S-removal process is 50 horsepower, 0.7 second of 0-60 quickness, and $9500 in price.