Vehicle technology from the senate. And the new stinger from key. To. Their key a stinger is the first sports sedan the korean car maker is put out on the market it will be challenging the market dominance of the audi a five sport backs and b. M. W. Four series grand who pay. When is finding a not long ago of car to mystery man was she ever had to list all the car makers that it sports versions in their model range she probably would have left out of that change with the c g t at the latest and now theyve really gone all out with this one the stinger. The look is mainly the work of german designer Peter Schreier who had just come from twenty six years with the most wagon where he gave the audi its new face. Created the new beetle. To test him out a while is testing the strongest engine a three point three liter gasoline powered unit putting out two hundred seventy two kilowatts or three hundred seventy horsepower and he can feel that brute force the moment he steps on the gas that hurls the car from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour in under five seconds with a top speed of two hundred seventy audi b. M. W. And others often kept their top speeds at two hundred fifty. The maker reads average fuel consumption at ten point six liters per hundred kilometers but the stinger will probably take one or two more in every day driving. The stinger sharp contours leave no doubt about its designers intentions and embody sportiness combined with that what gets large air intakes make for an aggressive face while cooling the powerhouse inside. The stingers rear is reminiscent of alfa romeo and juliet. The interior passes muster with high quality and sound workmanship. This key is strong points arent limited to sportiness a minor want to size him in spite of the performance and sporty suspension the key is to. Your lives up to the expectations many drivers have for a midsize lecture he said and plenty of room and comfort for long haul trips. The Cargo Capacity expands from four hundred six to one thousand one hundred fourteen leaders with the rear seats down. The real surprise comes when you sit in back. Theres enough room even for passengers who are one meter eighty in height and over to sit in absolute comfort. Women will find so they can choose from a good five driving modes before or after he sets out and that affects the accelerator response among other aspects and the only thing that doesnt change and fortunately is the sound its too quiet in modest for a man who was taste especially considering the power behind it no matter what the neighbors might prefer it that way. Besides the top of the range engine we tested it also comes with a two point two leader diesel putting out one hundred forty seven kilowatts and a two liter gasoline burner producing one hundred eighty eight kilowatts. I die one point a man who i would criticize in an otherwise well done car is the rather small rear window when he looks in the Rearview Mirror only sees is a small slit but then be jokes was so much power under the hood you dont have to look in the Rearview Mirror that often. The key is sticking your starts at almost forty four thousand euros in germany. At its Design Center in english not only is presenting the Second Generation of the a seven sport back visitors were delighted by. This weeping lines of a new design the new a seven is a dynamic all rounder at first glance it has the appearance of a coupe de but in fact the seven sport back is much more versatile offering plenty of space for a family. To glisten all the chief designer says the challenge was to create a truly new design which still makes you think of any seven but it really shows a new directions like that somebody will tell lies to. The front grill of a new a seven is typical audi but its wider in closer to the road than in the larger eight model. Taking a closer look at the rear you see that the spoiler has shifted higher up to create a sportier silhouette along with twenty one inch alloy rims this car is a real head turner. So that it can is the mark link to says they wanted to highlight the quatro all wheel drive in the design for this reason they deviated from thirty years of audi style and pushed the belt line down between the wheels to make room for powerful front and Rear Quarters that way the quatro is made visible to the feelings of these by going to. A leading innovation as far as the chassis is concerned is the dynamic all will steering it combines sporty steering ability with handling stability the steering varies according to the speed actively engaging with the front and rear axles the vehicle offers thirty nine Driver Assistance Systems divided into three categories city parking and tour. The interior is a seamless blend of design and innovation new touch Response Technology does away with Center Console control knobs and Old Fashioned buttons replacing them with High Definition touch display. Yes. The upper display allows the driver to control the multifunction infotainment systems. The lower display allows text import in gives access to Climate Controls and come for related functions. The back offers plenty of room and has a display that allows you to regulate the seat heating in temperature in the back of the vehicle. Myself in the audi chairman Rupert Stadler says the two big highlights with this model are the elegant interior which is very modern and the design around the rear which is really some shows like these thats he can get me to hit that and actually the teeth they say someone buys them. The trunk opens quite easily and despite a slim tapered rear the storage compartment has room for five hundred thirty five to one thousand three hundred ninety leaders of volume. That he markley to says he loves the back of his car the compact cabin sits atop a broad powerful body and is underscored by a well defined band of l. E. D. Lights and vertical elements of the impression is modern fresh and forward looking. Locking and unlocking the doors activates a flashing display of lights in the rear giving this big coupe a a dynamic look even when its part of a new feature for the headlights twelve slender evenly spaced light elements. That he did over stylish as the seven will be released in china but he expects it will be popular in europe as well and there is growing demand in the u. S. With. The new audi a seven sport back comes with a turbo charged three leader v. Six engine and will be available from the end of. February the starting price in germany is around sixty eight thousand euros. The new b. M. W. X two blends s. U. V. And coupe a stylus using elements of both vehicle types the car more speed x. One into an s. U. V. Coupe a the shape was set by making the roof seven centimeters flatter than the x. One the technology and assist systems are also those from the x. One the entry level engine is the x two s. Drive twenty i. I. Which can deliver one hundred forty one kilowatts and two hundred eighty newton meters of torque. Say at a rona marks the start of a crossover offensive in twenty eighteen it will be followed by the polo s. U. V. T. Cross and skoda polar are own is a class lower than the take out and has the same platform as the beads and three petrol engines are available and two one point six liter diesels they range in power from seventy to eighty five kilowatts prices for the iran has started fifteen thousand nine hundred ninety year olds in germany. A cyclist crosses that intersection without looking where the driver apply the brakes in time it doesnt matter because the car will stop itself. A vehicle is parked on a highway a panic stop may not be enough to avoid a collision the only solution is to swerve around it by using the neighboring lane the car an experimental vehicle from set up free to a shop and a. G. Performed a maneuver on its own. Which in zero is all about. Almost a commitment in the future to pursue a time when there will be zero accidents and there will be zero emissions associated with personal mobility and buy on the road then you can say its about you will have a test right today and you can see tangible steps tangible examples of technology that contribute towards our long term objectives these are initial steps that were taking as a company. The component suppliers and have some bases near Lake Constance its loaded up a car with lots of Visionary Technology including active seat belts that tighten when the going gets rough and intelligent operating concept and even new driving assistant functions. Car test him out his career and says there are plenty of signs ahead and have Development Engineer yohannes process thats the point says the route is clear. But your highness says people do enter highways going in the wrong direction. And the car is fitted out with sensors and an extremely precise location system. That knows the way and which direction to take. On by itself. If we try to drive up the highway entrance ramp going the wrong way. Not to seize the warning on the display just. Yet as engineer says first theres a visual warning then a signal from the Steering Wheel once you begin going the wrong way the car slows itself down it could be a one way street or something less dangerous than a highway at some point the car decides to come to a full stop yohannes has more functions could be added an emergency call or directions to resolve the situation while avoiding for the risks i mean that whats the name of those you know from my. Every year in germany alone there are more than two thousand cases of wrong way driving on highway this. System could help reduce those numbers. Distraction is another cause of accidents with some drivers looking at their smartphones rather than keeping their eye on the road the developers have built in assistance systems for these threads to a camera recognizes where the driver is looking in an emergency it takes over to avoid collisions or other types of accidents. And if a driver is given up steering entirely the car takes over that to. Go on a says there are buttons on the Steering Wheel that let you see when the car is ready to take over control. The driver then activates the entire system and lets the car drive itself. Amount this is amazed noting that the car does it all very smoothly on the side and thats all the money they have lost. Your home is tells him that the speed is set to limit lateral acceleration and with the aim of keeping the driver and passenger comfortable. Autonomys driving is supposed to free and decouple the driver from the job of driving. Then hes a passenger and driving should feel as smooth as possible. Imagine reading a paper or doing Something Else you dont want to be getting bounced around the whole time. Thats why when we get to the bumps. The car will change lanes smoothly with the help of its rear steering meaning the car wont rotate on its vertical axis. Lets check it out. Not as asked if theres a built in rear axle steering so yes as your highness were still looking straight ahead and feel a bit of lateral acceleration thats unavoidable. But when youre in the back and look down its much more comfortable. To sit down you know. Theyve put Similar Technology in another car the ford f one fifty isnt exactly known for its maneuverability its more likely to drive over the cones than around them theres an assist for that too. Young mother says bigger cars can be problematic and nowadays all cars are bigger and the ford f one fifty is one of the bigger ones are those what happens when you have to go down a narrow road going into a parking garage for example or driving on a course. He says theres no way this car can do it. And they snuck in the diesel how to hoped gonne least soup of aging is. Always should i go with a car which is about so i dont know twenty five thousand meters long and how should i go through this with the wonderful thing is whether a k. C. System will give you twelve degrees of or stair i angle never saw brings our turn circle down from what the stuff on fifty would be down to what would be the ford kuga as. An artist says hes not so sure so hes going to see for himself real steering is turned on and we can give it a try yes. At first the task seems almost impossible so i know this seems to be very very narrow here it would be would be without without rooster. And i to says if you look at the course it seems really narrow driving through it is a real challenge. Of a few issues i dont know is fought over. Yet the enormous steering angle makes it all is easy. Is childs play there are already cars with systems like this but the steering angle is much smaller said f one c use the f one fifty to show what the technology can do the six metre long pick up can be steered through the cones effortlessly its turning radius drops from fourteen point six to eleven point six metres. As it is meant to says he thought it would have been impossible but you can actually do the course in this big car thanks to the added rear axle steering that moves the rear wheels twelve degrees as well. Its great and says. Player. We go back to the car thats got all the new systems on it sums up a day thats been full of surprises. Despite the vision zero is really exciting its shown impressively the way in which driving is likely to develop in the next ten or fifteen years whether assist systems are involved or is completely autonomy and the whole steering thing thats really outrageous. The thing is. This. It could be described as a breezy purist the votes wagon twelve hundred convertible and turned to leave the open top v. W. Beetle was given the rather dry bureaucratic as ignition type fifteen nicknamed the punch buggy this car must over arouse more emotion than any other car in the Twentieth Century contest or christoph power codes own advertising slogan for the convertible from the mid one nine hundred fifty s. A car for young people of every age the persian beetle convertible rolled up coach builder carmens Assembly Line in one nine hundred forty nine and it kept on rolling and rolling for over thirty years until one nine hundred eighty over three hundred thirty thousand units were built and sold to fresh air and sunshine fans the world over and over and over. In one nine hundred thirty four on commission from the nazi controlled germany by his so ca sion of the Automotive Industry fed on porsche began developing the most wagon right from the start a convertible version was planned. Volume production only started after the Second World War beginning in one nine hundred forty nine coachbuilder have turned out a total of six hundred ninety six open top beatles. A devastating fire ended his first production run. That millers competitor carmen had better luck and just three years it turned out ten thousand beatle convertibles. As models for the christopher tells us it was always the most powerful and best equipped beatle that was taken as the basis for the convertible and in early one nine hundred sixty that was the thirty horsepower export beetle the v. W. Itself wouldnt contribute to enhancing the performance i know ignored hoffman looks wagon head at the time gave the reliability absolute priority and so it took thirty six seconds to reach one hundred Kilometers Per Hour from zero and didnt ever go much faster to top out at one hundred twelve Kilometers Per Hour. But v. W. Cap steadily ratcheting up the horsepower anyway eventually doubling it from an initial twenty five to the maximum fifty horsepower the beetle convertible kept modernising on the inside at least. As far as christophes concerned nothing compares with the beatles handling of the steering is easy and direct the boxer engine mounted on the rear axle makes for all the traction youd need as porsche fans will confirm this configuration works for way more than thirty horsepower a brochure from back in the day describes the twelve hundred as uncompromisingly sporty. As well be that as it may you have to shift quickly because the engine reaches the maximum torque of seventy six newton meters at two thousand r. P. M. s and Peak Performance at thirty four hundred r. P. M. After that a car doesnt get any faster by only louder you know without them they dont know but as i thought id come back to my cliche love going out on. As script for christopher knows there are some designs that need no improvement only minor touch ups are made to the body of the beetle convertible in the thirty one years of its production the twelve hundred convertible was based on the post one nine hundred fifty eight beetle with a rectangular rear window and somewhat larger front and rear windows and this was v. W. His version of face lifting in one nine hundred fifty nine they replaced the door levers with fixed door handles over a push button and in august one thousand nine hundred sixty the pop up turn signals were upgraded then they blinked instead of waving and for the next model year the nicely practical taillights made way for those fatter Elephants Foot likes as its. In one thousand nine hundred four the beatles nitrile based paint was changed to Synthetic Resin paint modest tones like this gravel grey dominated the color schemes of the one nine hundred fifty s. And sixtys the top export model is shown with far more chrome than the standard models on the dashboard for example. They got of course the chris stuff nudes that the well insulated top muffled the noises of traffic of effectively making this beetle two cars in one so aside from the weather acoustics can be another good reason to put the top up or one with a shut out the rattling from the now legendary four cylinder boxer engine that is highly dependable and runs smoothly and free of my brace shelves quickly but with a very assertive background noise across this mythical so it might be a good idea to give the years a break now and then when. And if they think kristof explains that in the one nine hundred sixty s. The powerful head of the ignored set the course focusing on improving details and stead of making radical innovation and he made volkswagen europes top earning car maker and may well have been this policy of holding on to the tried and tested and run such huge success for example twenty one point five million beatles were built for years it was the worlds most frequently built car and most frequently billed convertible even at a hefty extra price over three hundred thirty thousand v. W. Convertible sold a record for the time that isaac talent modeled off thats as damaso takeoff. When in one thousand nine hundred Seventy Eight votes wagon announced it was terminating production of the beetle convertible it caused an uproar among fans even so the last convertible rolled off the Assembly Line on january tenth one thousand nine hundred eighty. But impossible christophe concludes that as a classless status symbol the beetle convertible carried an entire genre from the prewar era and of the present to be elegant he had highly fuel efficient open topped four seater is still lots of fun to drive and takes part of the credit for todays ongoing convertible boom that secures the twelve hundreds place as a milestone of automotive history. The open time goal one was the first convertible to match the veteran beetle four hundred thousand sales made the gold one another record setting convertible for its time. And next time on drive it we test the new cayenne from porsche. And the Skoda Octavia are a sedan with plenty of power at a low price. United against climate change. Head of the u. N. Time and conference and gone global three thousand looks at. China and the usa. Is doing their part to protect the planet and who isnt global three thousand and thirty minutes on. Your smart t. V. The smarter. For smart. 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