I have a vast number of years experience in high performance testing and their methods, and have attended numerous performance driving academies both locally and internationally. I am also a full member of the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists and an evaluation jury member on the annual SA Car of the Year competition.

Now although car sales remain bleak, the local car manufacturers are still bringing more and more new cars to our shores. And you can be assured that a big proportion of them will be high performance machines, machines that sometimes build a reputation and are sold almost purely on the basis of how quick they can get to 100 km/h or how fast they can go flat out.

So whose test figures do you believe? Read more...