BMW 5 Series

Price: From R484 728

It’s won a boot load full of international awards and, earlier this year, it also earned the premier local motoring accolade, being named 2011 South Africa Car of the Year (along with the Volkswagen Polo). More than 5.5-million of these cars have been sold worldwide and it’s not hard to see why; it’s an amazing car to drive (it truly clings to the road) and it has all sorts of uber impressive technical features – such as an eight-speed automatic transmission and a clever system that warns you if you have strayed out of your lane.