CAR magazine deputy editor Hannes Oosthuizen personifies the quintessential automotive enthusiast. His passionate affair with the automobile has not only shaped his life and career, but endowed him with a delightfully oblique perspective of the motoring world. Let Hannes take you on a remarkable journey across the globe, and put you behind the wheels of some of world’s most exciting machinery, including Batman’s Lamborghini Murciélago, Fernando Alonso’s Renault F1 racing car and the Koenigsegg CCX owned by the ever-controversial late Lolly Jackson. You’ll race Aston Martins through the farmlands of France, dodge men with enormous moustaches while threading Lamborghinis through German forests, go for wild rides with motorsport legends such as Sarel van der Merwe and Walter Röhrl, and experience a road trip of a lifetime when towing a priceless Porsche from Cape Town to Johannesburg… with a SsangYong.
He describes how taking part in a snowmobile race can help you win an F1 title, and why he has every chance of winning the Le Mans 24 Hours – in 2018. But it’s not all about cars, you’ll also discover how it feels to give Salma Hayek a bath, why Jacob Zuma’s spare wheel is flat and that petrolhead heaven is not the Nürburgring in Germany, but an abandoned army base near Bedford in England.
Witty, invariably naughty and written with his tongue firmly in his cheek, Cranked Up is a book that will make you smile, whether you’re into cars or not.
BONUS FEATURE:
CAR magazine, South Africa’s oldest and most authoritative motoring publication has been publishing road tests since 1957. Which were the fastest, the thirstiest and the most powerful? Looking for information on a specific model? You can find out in this book, which includes a comprehensive database of the nearly 3 000 vehicles tested from February 1957 until May 2010 – a valuable reference resource. It’s a must-have for CAR readers and automotive anoraks alike.
BONUS FEATURE:
CAR magazine, South Africa’s oldest and most authoritative motoring publication has been publishing road tests since 1957. Which were the fastest, the thirstiest and the most powerful? Looking for information on a specific model? You can find out in this book, which includes a comprehensive database of the nearly 3 000 vehicles tested from February 1957 until May 2010 – a valuable reference resource. It’s a must-have for CAR readers and automotive anoraks alike.
You can place a pre-order at www.magsathome.co.za.
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