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Editor's pick | New Corolla, driving a Lambo and what to watch - This week's best motoring stories

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2020 Toyota Corolla sedan. Image: MotorPress
2020 Toyota Corolla sedan. Image: MotorPress

This will be a week South Africa will remember forever as our country locked down in a bid to stop the spread of the global coronavirus pandemic. 

While we encourage all our readers to stay safe and stay home with your loved ones, we still need to keep sane with some motoring news to feed our petrol-driven souls. 

I was somewhat torn this week: do we take a step back and only focus on motoring news surrounding the pandemic, or do we continue to feed the machine - what do our readers want?

We kept an eye on the numbers, as we usually do, and realised Wheels24 readers were craving some normality and off-beat news amid the madness.

We've had some great suggestions on what to do, and what to watch during the next 21 days to car reviews, crazy fun races and news, and even a drive in a Lamborghini Huracan Evo.

So just in case you missed it, here are our top ten best motoring stories of the week, in no particular order:

#1 OPINION | Look at me now! How the Mazda Astina went from unattractive standalone to trim level beauty

Oh boy, did our contributor Robin Classen ruffle some feathers this week with his opinion piece about the older-generation Mazda Astina, and how it's gone from an ugly duckling to a beautiful piece of work as the latest Mazda 3. This provoked Wheels24 reader Rene Frans to put Classen in his place as she reminisced about her old Astina.

Mazda 3

Image: Wheels24 / Robin Classen

#2 'It was love at first sight': Why my old Mazda Astina was such a beaut - reader

"I acknowledge that beauty is in the eye of the beholder so to each his own. As a past owner of a Mazda Astina, I can say that it was love at first sight. I always liked the underdog when it came to choosing my cars and not just going with the popular choices", said Frans.

mazda astina

Image: Rene Frans

#3 Five motorsport documentaries to get you through the quarantine

Wheels24's Sean Parker wrote a lekker list of motorsport documentaries to watch while you're at home. Parker says: "Motorsport fans and people who love a good documentary, this one is for you. We have five motorsport doccies all in one place for your viewing pleasure while you're at home without any live racing to watch."

ayrton senna

Image: JEAN-LOUP GAUTREAU / AFP

#4 Why South Africa's most expensive single-cab bakkie makes sense

The Namib edition Land Cruiser is South Africa’s most premium single-cab. Is it worth the money?

toyota land cruiser namib edition

Image: Motorpress

#5 What it's like to drive a R5.5-million Lamborghini Huracan EVO for the first time

We get behind the wheel of the new Huracan EVO, and man, what a ride it was. I've been a Lambo-fan girl since I was little, and to finally get to drive one all on our own was my small piece of heaven before we geared up for the lockdown we find ourselves in. I share the experience of my first time giving a raging bull some horns.

Lamborghini Huracan evo

Image: Lamborghini SA/ Peet Mocke

#6 F1 Gold | The time Kimi Raikkonen won the 2005 Suzuka GP from 17th on the grid

We kicked off our F1 Gold series this week as we look back to Kimi Raikkonen and remember that scintillating drive at the 2005 Japanese GP.

kimi raikkonen,f1,formula 1,mclaren-mercedes

Image: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

#7 Here's why Lewis Hamilton turned down a coronavirus test

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton came under the spotlight this week after being seen with US Actor Idras Elba who had tested positive for the coronavirus. The ace driver refused to be tested and explains why. Our readers were also still interested another article about why he decided to go the vegan diet route.

lewis hamilton

Image: Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP

#8 WATCH | 'I can't even watch pornography' - Clarkson urges petrolheads to stay home during lockdown

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May warn their fans and followers of the importance of staying home during Covid-19 lockdown.

Image: Youtube

#9 Officially in SA! All you need to know about Toyota's new Corolla

Now in its 12th-generation, the new Corolla combines Toyota’s new design direction with the tried-and-tested virtues of the Corolla brand.

toyota,corolla,sedan,

Image: Motorpress

#10 Meet Smokey Nagata - the man behind the legendary twin-turbo V12 Toyota Supra build

Kazuhiko Nagata, also known as 'Smokey' worldwide, is a legend in Japanese performance tuning. He is the guy responsible for fitting a V12 engine coupled with a twin-turbo setup into the body of a Toyota Supra. 

Image: Car Throttle 

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