The South African Car of the Year competition has been around for over 25 years and the strictest criteria apply to the finalists. Each car is thoroughly put through its paces over two days of testing at Gerotek’s facilities and the eventual winner will have to tick all the boxes in terms of value for money, safety, innovation, technology and dynamics.

Our 2014 South African Car of the Year infographic should give you a rough idea of how the cars match up. This year’s contenders include:

Audi A3 Sportback 1.4T FSI ManualJaguar F-Type 3.0 V6 SLexus IS 350 F-SportMercedes-Benz A 45 AMGPeugeot 208 GTIPorsche Cayman SRenault Clio4 66kW Turbo DynamiqueVolkswagen Golf 7 1.4 TSI 90kW Comfortline DSGVolvo V40 D3 Geartronic Excel

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