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Cars
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Monarch Tuksi’s Hit The Streets Of Cape Town
14 Nov 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The Monarch Tuksi Company has recently launched a fleet of 10 Tuksi’s, or tuk-tuks, onto the streets of Cape Town.
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This Is How The Revolution Starts: E-Tags To Be Rolled Out Nationally
07 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sanral has announced that it has a roll out plan – and a mandate from government – to begin rolling out e-tags in a number of provinces apart from Gauteng. Although, they did fail to specify which provinces, and when they would begin the process. The announcement was made this afternoon by Sanral project manager, Alex […]
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2OV Deals: Brand New MINI Cooper – R3,099 / Month (No Deposit)
29 Oct 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
You need a new car and you’ve wanted a MINI for quite some time. But you thought it might be out of reach, right? Wrong. Drop me an email at editor@2oceansvibe.com with the subject “Hook me up with a MINI” and I will personally ensure you can make use of this never-to-be-repeated offer.
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Man’s Lamborghini Impounded For Unpaid Ticket
26 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s no denying that a Lamborghini is a highly desirable motor car – especially the über-sexy 2012 Aventador. Some people will do anything to get one, even at the high price of R3,75 million. Spending all that cash may leave you a little broke, so much so that you can’t pay your tickets.
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Customer’s Complaint Against Joburg Audi Dealer Goes Viral
23 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 15 Comments
The picture you are looking at was posted to Facebook on Sunday by Ilka Dunne. While booked in to the Northcliff Audi branch, her car was involved in an accident that has led to it being written off. How exactly this happened is a story we’d still love to hear!
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Lamborghini Releases First Images Of 2013 Gallardo Spyder [PICS]
19 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Lamborghini has revealed the first pictures of their 2013 Gallardo Spyder. Just like its hardtop counterpart, the convertible features more aggressive lines as well as some new design elements.
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FAIL: Insurance Refusing Payout After Ferrari Joyride On Bargain Coupon Ends In Crash
04 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 9 Comments
What started as a bargain may have turned into a case of near bankruptcy for a 23-year-old Swiss baker, who recently had a head-on collision with a BMW in a limited edition Ferrari 360 Spider F1 Challenge Stradale. He is now looking at having to fork out approximately R3,4 million to repair the damaged supercar.
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Check Out This Mental New MINI – The MINI ‘Paceman’
18 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Can you see what they’ve done here? MINI have given us the world’s first Sports Activity Coupé in the premium small and compact vehicle segment. So it’s bigger than the MINI Cooper, but smaller than the Countryman, with a coupé vibe to boot! Arrives in SA next year!
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Hands On With The Jack Daniel’s V8 Camaro [GALLERY]
17 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Jack Daniel’s gave us a call the other day. “How would you guys feel about taking a V8 Chevvy Camaro for a spin.” I’d feel great about it. That’s how I’d feel. And then I went back to work. Twenty minutes laters a guy named Joe pulled up outside The Compound. He said he had […]
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Muscle Car Ploughs Into Crowd At Heritage Square Cape Town [Video]
20 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
“At Inner City American Muscle car show…Heritage Square Cape Town..A reving Chev Firenza…suddenly ploughed into people standing around the car…A minute or so before I was kneeling in front of the car taking pics….I counted 6 injured”
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Car Review: The New BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe
15 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ciro and Gavin test drove the new BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe. So if you’re in the market for a car in this category, or if you’re ever so slightly interested in what BMW have done with this diesel engine (performance in line with old M5s!) and why you consider the 4-door, check out this quick review.
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Prince of Monaco’s Stunning Car Collection Up For Auction [GALLERY]
26 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today Prince Albert II will auction off 38 vehicles collected by his father – the late Prince Rainer III. The cars range from immaculate examples of a 1953 Cadillac and a 1950’s Bentley S1 through to a number of bargain basement models such as a Fiat 500 and a Citroen estate.
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The ANC – Celebrating 100 Years Of Selfless Struggle
17 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
Spotted by a 2oceansviber in Johannesburg, parked in a no-parking zone. The Mercedes-Benz E500 convertible is available for purchase at around R1 million. [thanks berminator]
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PUMA Chats To Former F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher
10 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
PUMA recently sat down with seven times F1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher, at Silverstone during 2012 British GP. They spoke about his former and current career, as well as his feelings on motorsport today.
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Frenchman Stranded In Desert Turns His Car Into A Motorcycle [PICS]
06 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Lookout, we have a badass on out hands. Although the story is only emerging now, in 1993 Emile Leray’s Citroen down broke in a Moroccan desert miles from nearest village. Unfazed, he took the car apart and turned it into a motorbike.
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Ciao Sergio, And Thanks For All The Cars
06 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Up until yesterday, car makers used to be a bunch of greasy, oil-stained, mechanically minded individuals. Naff things like pencils were a bit of a poke, which in turn created a market for design geniuses and those with suspiciously thin-rimmed spectacles. Design work was, and is, still left to people like Sergio Pininfarina.
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New Cape Town Cellphone Law In Effect
02 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Talking and texting while driving is somewhat of a cultural phenomenon in South Africa. There are those that are law abiding, but there are also those that don’t seem to care, and throw caution to the wind. But now Capetonians will face a R5 000 fine, and have their phone confiscated for a day for transgressing the law, it was reported in the Cape Times this morning.
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Buckingham Palace Pit Stop: London’s Formula One Street Race Is Coming
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One’s billionaire chief executive, has offered to pay more than £35 million to stage a grand prix in London. Plans are due to be announced later today for a five-kilometre route around some of London’s most famous landmarks, including Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square.
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Rad Images Of The Top Gear Festival In Durban [GALLERY]
22 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We just received these incredible images of the Top Gear Festival in Durban from our friends at OverdriveTV. If you were there you might want to take a look at these. But if you weren’t, check out some of the things The Stig and compnay got up to!
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Google Maps Introduces Real-Time Traffic Overlay To South Africa
20 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
As Google becomes more and more a part of our daily life, they add features that are actually very useful. Like real-time traffic overlay on Google Maps for instance. Seven new countries, including South Africa, received access to the new service as of today. Click through to find out how it works.
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Top Gear Festival Brawler Linked To 2009 Assault On Elderly People
19 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 25 Comments
A 2oceansVibe source has come forward claiming that one of the men depicted in the video footage showing the end of an altercation that took place at the Top Gear Festival in Durban this last weekend, has been linked to previous accusations of assault. Click ‘continue reading’ for more..
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WATCH: Massive Altercation At Top Gear Festival In Durban [VIDEO]
18 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 51 Comments
There seems to be something that annoyed a couple of the patrons at the Top Gear Festival in Durban this last weekend. This footage shows a certain amount of aggression displayed by some of the patrons, with one person throwing a metal chair (and connecting) a couple of other people. We are not sure what […]
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Top Gear Break World Record In Durban [VIDEO]
18 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday, Top Gear broke a world record by performing the first double loop in a car. As nothing exploded, no sarcastic comments were heard as the vehicle made its loops and it didn’t crash, we can be safe to assume it wasn’t Clarkson, Hammond or May driving.
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Audi’s E-Tron Becomes First Ever Hybrid To Win LeMans [VIDEO]
18 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This past weekend, Audi made automotive history when their E-Tron became the first hybrid car to win the the world’s biggest auto-racing endurance event, the 24-hour LeMans.
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2012 Put Foot Rally Kicks Off In June, MINI Named Official Vehicle Sponsor Of Team Shake & Bake
30 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Team Shake & Bake The Put Foot Rally is a 17-day journey through Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique. One of the rally’s crews, Shake & Bake, will also be responsible for maintaining their own vehicles and route. The four members of this journey are Meegan Rourke, Louise Gans, Andrew McGill and Gordon McTavish. They […]
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Mercedes Benz Kompressor C230 Coupe ‘Evolution’ – R150,000
10 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
2oceansvibe staff car – only one owner. 2005 ‘Evolution’ model with only 79,000 km. One of a kind in SA. AUTOMATIC, Electric seats, sunroof, parking sensors, GPS etc. etc. etc. Reason for sale – Buying a MINI Full details and tons of pics HERE. Email enigma@2oceansvibe.com Please note this is a special favour for a […]
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The Texting While Driving Test [VIDEO]
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you are one of those douchebags (or know such a douchebag) who text while driving, then you need to check out this video. Potential drivers in Belgium were told they had to pass a “mobile phone test” in order to get their driver’s licenses. See how they did, inside.
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Khulubuse Auction: Sheriff Somehow “Misses” Khulubuse’s Fifteen Other Cars!
25 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Remember the auction of Khulubuse Zuma’s possessions we covered on Monday? Well, it appears Khulubuse Zuma has some more cars that the Sheriff of Verulam missed. Fifteen to be exact, hidden at a house owned by one of Zuma’s associates. We’ve got the details on the hidden luxury wheels, not to mention some more of Sarah Britten’s thoughts on the matter, after the jump!
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Going Going Gone! Khulubuse Zuma’s Possessions Go Under The Hammer [PICS]
23 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Downed mining magnate and Presidential nephew, Khulubuse Zuma’s belongings are on auction in Verulam, KZN. We’re following Sarah Britten (@anatinus) on Twitter to get the low down on the high price of Zuma’s luxury living. All our favourite tweets and pics, courtesy of Ms. Britten, after the jump!
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R3 Million Lamborghini Aventador Burns To A Crisp [VIDEO]
16 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The unknown driver, described only as an “internet millionaire”, had taken the sports car on a test drive on a highway in southern California when the car inexplicably burst into flames. Some internet sources suggest the problem may have originated from the left rear wheel, however this has not yet been confirmed. Click through for the video.
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