Performance Shootout Videos

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. The latest straight-line battle? The turbocharged Honda Civic Type R (228 kW) takes on the supercharged Toyota Yaris GRMN (156 kW)... *Grab a copy of the January 2019 issue of CAR ...

Toyota's fresh performance arm, Gazoo Racing, stunned us with its latest hot hatch (which unfortunately isn't on the market here in South Africa), the Yaris GRMN. With a supercharged 1,8-litre four-cylinder engine under the bonnet, we were keen to see what this limited-edition hatchback could do when ...

The rear-wheel-drive BMW M2 Competition is a handful, especially with that 302 kW 3,0-litre straight-six from the M3 under the bonnet. As part of Performance Shootout 2019, resident race ace Deon Joubert attempts to tame the beast and set a lap time round Killarney raceway. Does more power does make ...

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. This one features a trio of German brutes. Yes, the V6-powered Audi RS5 Coupé (331 kW) takes on a pair of V8-powered foes: the Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S Coupé (375 kW) and ...

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. And here we have two fairly closely matched machines: the 302 kW BMW M2 Competition and the 269 kW Porsche 718 Cayman GTS. Let the battle commence! *Grab a copy of the January 2019 ...

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. And this one’s a battle of two very different vehicles. The 460 kW BMW M5 Competition sedan takes on the 375 kW Aston Martin Vantage V8 coupé. Game on! *Grab a copy ...

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. And here we pit the 272 kW Kia Stinger GT against the 260 kW Subaru WRX STI Diamond Edition (a locally developed special edition). Of course, the Korean contender employs an automatic ...

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. And this one’s a family affair. The 269 kW (four-cylinder) Porsche 718 Cayman GTS steps up to battle its big brother, the 272 kW (six-cylinder) Porsche 911 Carrera T. In this instance, ...

Check out the highlights of Performance Shootout 2019, which included an epic road trip through the CAR team's natural stomping ground – those mouth-watering mountain passes and arrow-straight, uncongested roads of the Western Cape – performance testing (and drag races!) at Saldanha Airfield and, ...