LONG-TERM FLEET
Two new workhorses are in for a marathon test of quality
The Motor News team have welcomed two new models to our long-term fleet
We don’t run a big long-term fleet. Some publications do, but we are a small team and want to spend some quality time with our long-term test vehicles. It is important to us that we identify the good and the bad points of models that are available in the South African market. We do this in our road tests and driving impressions, of course, but what about more than 5,000km or 10,000km? What about the service experience or the wait for parts? What about those dreaded squeaks and rattles that emerge over time? That is what the long termer is about. Over the years long-term test models have even changed our opinion from the original one-week test, sometimes for the better and occasionally for the worse. This week we said goodbye to the Renault Kadjar and the Volkswagen Passat but we welcome two new models that will be spending up to 12 months with us. The first is another Renault, but this time the Megane. We were so surprised by the Kadjar compared with the more popular Nissan Qashqai ...
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