Baraza JM Hello Baraza, Thank you for the good job you are doing educating us on matters motoring. In your article on September 30, 2014, you said that Prados can easily tip over, which could be understood to mean that they might not be good cars, yet in a different article you had said that “a Landcruiser … Read more
This is what a road test looks like… when supervised.
I want to stand with the Y62 Nissan Patrol on a mountain; I want to bathe with the Y62 Nissan Patrol in the sea… but I am not sure if I want to take it home with me. There is plenty to enamour one with the massive off-road wagon — and never has the word … Read more
Hi JM, I appreciate the work you do and I look forward to reading your articles every Wednesday. I have seen many cars today with the windscreen tint especially at the coast, Nairobi is also catching up with the trend. What are the legal implications? Include the pros n cons of having a windshield tint? … Read more
Another year, another flurry of product launches. There is no end to the innovation, boffinry and advancement of technology, but this time round things were a little different. In keeping with the trend, I will also do it a little bit differently this time. Vivo Energy, or what we know as Shell Kenya, said they … Read more
This past week has seen the Frankfurt Motor Show reveal several oddities, chief among them the Mercedes-Benz IAA concept car which is, for all intents and purposes, a shape-shifting automobile that is more like Captain Nemo’s weekend runabout and less of a car I’d actually want to drive. The back end seems straight off the … Read more
Mazda is somewhat of the everyman’s BMW. The small Japanese company’s trophy case is stuffed with awards, its design language is passionate, and there is a dollop of the magical Miata in every car’s driving dynamic. And that is true even in the five-passenger CX-5 crossover. Just one letter away from the MX-5 (Miata is … Read more
Dear Baraza, I have this Subaru Legacy S/W BPE model that’s just too wild for my imagination. It picks speed like a jet and cannot even be compared to the Outback in terms of power. I have a friend in the US who drives it whenever he comes over to Kenya. He has a Mercedes … Read more
Greetings Baraza,
I am a regular reader of your column, and I find your articles very educative. Now, my problem: I find it very difficult to get an honest mechanic who isn’t out to ensure you make repeat visits to their garage. This is especially so for women.
Clingy” is not a word that one would readily associate with any kind of car review, unless one brought along an insecure girlfriend for the drive; but “clingy” is the word that springs to mind as the Jaguar XE I sit in spears through tight turns in a picturesque mountain pass in Western Cape, South … Read more