Extended car warranty insurance is best understood as a service contract, not insurance in the classic sense: you pay a premium, and in exchange, the provider agrees to pay for specific mechanical or electrical failures that happen unexpectedly, rather than...
South Africans are keeping their cars for longer than ever, the average vehicle on the country's roads is now 10 years and 11 months old, according to Lightstone Auto data reported in mid-2026, with 47% of the passenger car fleet between 6 and 15 years old and a...
Extended car warranty insurance is best understood as a service contract, not insurance in the classic sense: you pay a premium, and in exchange, the provider agrees to pay for specific mechanical or electrical failures that happen unexpectedly, rather than...
Extended car warranty insurance companies to avoid Extended car warranty insurance is a service contract between the car owner and a car warranty provider. The service plan protects your vehicle from mechanical breakdown. It can be seen as an extension of a service...
When you purchase a new car you are provided with a warranty by the manufacturer for repairs and maintenance within a certain period and a certain mileage for example 3 years and 100 000 km. The manufacturers warranty only covers certain warranty items and you should...
If you are considering keeping your car for a little longer than you normally would and it will go beyond the manufacturers warranty period and are considering the cost implications, you are well advised to read on. Perhaps your car is almost paid off and the...
There is no single best car insurance company in South Africa, and that hasn't changed since this question first started coming up. Every insurer builds its own pricing model from a slightly different set of assumptions, so the same driver can genuinely get the best...
There is no single correct premium for a given car and driver age. Two South Africans can drive the identical make and model, live in the same suburb, and still pay meaningfully different monthly premiums, because insurers aren't really pricing the car, they're...
Total loss car insurance is a narrower, cheaper form of cover that pays out only if your car is written off in an accident or stolen and not recovered, without covering the dents, scratches, and mechanical faults that comprehensive cover typically includes. It's a...
Getting a better price on your car insurance starts with one simple step: complete a single online form, and we send your details to a panel of South Africa's leading car insurance companies. Each insurer that can quote you will get in touch directly with their best...
Women generally do pay less for car insurance in South Africa, and the most current data backs this up with real numbers. According to King Price's own claims data, published in August 2026, women pay around 18% less than men on average, and still around 12% less even...
Driving a company car comes with a common assumption, that insurance is handled, the cover is comprehensive, and there is nothing to worry about. For many South African employees, that assumption is never tested until something goes wrong. A claim is submitted, and...
South African drivers are paying more for car insurance than they need to. Not because good value does not exist, but because most people get one quote, accept it and renew automatically every year without ever checking whether a better option is available. The result...
When your car is written off, stolen or hijacked, the last thing you want is a bill from your insurer before they will help you. Yet that is exactly what a standard car insurance excess does. Before your insurer pays out a rand, you are expected to cover the first...
Car insurance is not compulsory in South Africa, and it shows: around 65% of the country's roughly 13.4 million registered vehicles are estimated to be uninsured, according to the South African Insurance Association. That means roughly 8.7 million cars on South...