From porsche. And i reported g. T. S. On a porsche means its really one of the manufacturers sportiest designs says car tester clowes needs vs the seventeen box during the cayman model series were already sporty to begin with and this here is a porsche seven eighteen came in g. T. S. That means higher performance better suspension and probably a lot more fun to drive says the best place to try out a car like this is a race track like the one hes at now and the lucy is a scary race resort lets see what a g. P. S. Can do. Game foozie asked to hoping for the comeback of the six cylinder engine when you came in g. T. S. Might be a bit disappointed to learn porsche stuck with a two point five liter flat four engine in the seven eighteen however its creator remains the same as for any of porsches recent g. P. S. Models higher performance loads of new features and just about any Driver System available on the normally extensive list of optional extras. Here on the racetrack klauss switched off Vehicle Safety systems that means it will rely on the cars mechanical grip which he says is absolutely exquisite. The car responds precisely when he excel or writes theres a slight overstating. The thing about. Which is easy enough to handle and either way the settings of the. G. T. S. Models generally have the best overall package in their series a g. P. S. Isnt a drastic redesign more like a sensible upgrade even normal came in box those just flick around corners beautifully but the g. P. S. Goes the extra mile with all the extra gadgets on board that ordinarily very pricey add ons standards include the adaptive p. S. M. Shastri that drops the car by ten millimeters the small corner package with dynamic transmission bearings and a porsche talk vectoring plus system with exotic china korea differential mach. This came in g. T. S. Has a mid Engine Running right behind. And behind that is the transmission which is very much like in a motor sports car all cars in formula one or more have a mid engine. That distributes the way to evenly the car it hits at its center which gives it a very good balance but here. The seven eighteen k. Man has two hundred sixty nine kilowatts of power p. T. K. Gearbox catapult passengers to one hundred kilometers an hour in four point three seconds with its newly developed four cylinder engine two seater consumes eight point two liters per one hundred kilometers and naturally does not have an ecological exhaust system. Visually the porsche seven eighteen came in d. T. s is most distinguished by its front. The black by xenon headlights and taillights give it another sporty touch. Rounded off with black badging and a black diffuser at the rear with twin tailpipes. Another eye catcher are twenty inch wheels also in black. This seven eighteen is the most powerful and dynamic of its kind so far the interior is furnished in outcome to a leather and boasts electronically adjustable. Feel that many have doubts about this two point five liter turbo engine but klaus disagrees and says it has plenty of fire. Three hundred sixty five horsepower and four hundred thirty new meters with talk to me that it wont mend and when you accelerate in the turn it really picks up speed all in all here on the race track this Series Production car is absolutely. Where theyre going to up the. Lexus has already achieved what other manufacturers are Still Dreaming of all models are available with hybrid drives and customers love them for example the annexe one of the japanese manufacturers most important models. In car test them out of the show for is taking the next three hundred eight for a spin hybrid s. U. V. That combines a two point five liter engine and tronic motor or if you select all wheel drive electric motors one for each axle hybrids are lexus is big sellers only fifteen percent of its customers buy a car with only a gasoline engine five percent juice a hybrid. The lexus and next three hundred. That doesnt charge its batteries from an external source but while driving with Brake Energy Recovery and the generator the Safety System plus keeps an eye on the car surroundings and the drivers reactions it includes a precrash system that was the driver of any risk of accident brakes on time is also a lane departure assist adaptive speed regulation. Emanuel says the existence they slipped included not only lots of Technology Like the lexus Safety System plus theres also the new radiator grille that. Unlike his predecessor the new grid is dominated by l. Shaped horizontal bars that emphasize the baldness of the front right behind it the electric motor and gasoline engine. Four point six meters long the lexus an x. Three hundred eight provides enough space for passengers and luggage as is typical of an s. U. V. Seventeen or eighteen inch. Wheels. The radio two girls design is repeated in the taillights the rear bumper has also been adapted to the new design and dropped a lot. Of. The interior is luxury isnt attractive as youd expect from a lexus is emmanuelle here hed almost call it futuristic again as usual with lexus going at it and looks brand new here is this touch pad that recognizes handwriting and if you dont have to go looking for all of punching individual letters you just write in your destination and it works just fine. The interior furnishings show typical lex style. The multimedia display has been enlarged from seven to ten point three inches. From serious seats dont lack for leg room. The trunk will hold four hundred seventy five liters an optional electric device can fall down the back seat within ten seconds to produce a flat cargo surface. The x. Three hundred at each has a combined system power of one hundred forty five kilowatts letting it center right from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour in nine point six seconds its top speed is one hundred eighty kilometers an hour and average gasoline consumption is just five point two just for one hundred kilometers which is a very good. Amount also is the annexes a pleasure to drive with the facelift included an additional or improved insulation in various spots and you can hear the difference the interior is very quiet and relaxing. The lexus an x. Three hundred h. Sells for forty one thousand two hundred fifty euros in germany making the hybrid two thousand seven hundred euros cheaper than the version with a strictly gasoline engine this strategy is probably one of the reasons why thank you five percent of the customers choose to hybrids. B. M. W. Is really. A new version of its two series ground in tora. Its place left includes a new front with continuous air intakes and a broader rear. Depending on the engine chosen the grand tour of delivers between one thousand nine hundred fifty one kilo lots of power itll be hitting german showrooms in march twenty eighth. Alfa romeo is introducing a sporty new version of its stelvio s. U. V. The contraflow with its three hundred seventy five kilowatt two point nine meter twenty six and all wheel drive it can sprint to one hundred kilometers an hour in just three point eight seconds. Top speed is two hundred eighty three kilometers an hour in germany the italian s. U. V. Sells for around eighty nine thousand euros. Volvos are not only notoriously safe theyre also innovative the Swedish Company released its off road Station Wagon that the seventy crosscountry twenty years ago now the v. Ninety crosscountry has been tweaked to bring this type of vehicle to a whole new level. In the meantime she crosscountry is comfortable almost luxurious and as with a normal view ninety there are plenty of options to tailor your vehicle what a huge panorama roof or a twelve inch electronic instrument cluster its yours for a price the biggest difference from the north of ninety is its Higher Ground clearance twenty point five centimeters farther back without. The mattress go up says that while driving you hardly notice that the car is a bit higher except maybe at the sides where the higher body and slanted walls make a difference but thats usually negligible so i guess thats worth it for a lot of. Whats more obvious other differences in the next year. It is our silver colored under right protection and accentuated side rocker panels provide at least a feeling of off road competence. Of course identifying badging on the rear bumper has not been forgotten. There are ten buttons on the Steering Wheel and eight more in the rest cockpit and the central display also functions well as a control panel for the vehicles in time and it tries. To keep. Everything important is within easy reach systematics and if you cant find something you just press this home and the function appears on the display matches is very impressed with the display screen he says its also technically very interesting because its not a cap passive touchscreen but an infrared controlled that means the display response to your body even before you touch the screen in far would then fall on their. Own before. Our test cars powered by the larger of the two available diesel engines needs to lead to displacement delivers all of one hundred seventy three kilowatts thanks to the Power Pulse Technology that feeds compressed air into the exhaust system the turbo charger responds very rapidly combined fuel consumption as calculated in the new European Driving Cycle is theoretically five point three meters per one hundred kilometers but you wont manage that in practice. Many drivers like to rest an elbow on the wind still says mathis but if youre one of them the ninety Cross Country will break that habit fast putting an elbow on such a high still wont rest. But its safer to drive with both hands on the wheel anyway. Its. Safety is also provided by the nike Cross Countrys many assists system. The car just this about a parked car thats useful he says because especially in for you whether you might notice obstacles to late its nice to get an Early Warning so you can respond in time. On board the v ninety Cross Country city Safety System which also recognizes larger animals a lane departure system that works even without painted lane dividers and standard hardly able to miss driving functions up to one hundred thirty kilometers an hour so mattis is a bit surprised that the blind spot a system costs extra in their price list this is the v. Ninety Cross Country is listed at about seven thousand euros more than the regular v. Ninety with the same engine and wheel drive which is standard across the country of course it may sound like a lot of money for a few exterior adornments and extra ground clearance. But sometimes you might want that clearance. And besides the Cross Country packs a few other functions. That the normal v nineteen doesnt you on and ill start off the mark mileage im Cross Country then he been on my own following a lot. More than sixty four thousand euros in germany this fancy off road Station Wagon cant be called a bug. But folks can test their i hope dyson offices the blue g. T. Bad shows that this has an electric motor as well as an internal Combustion Engine the one point fully to gasoline engine produces one hundred fifty six also power while the electric motor generates one hundred fifteen. It takes seven point six seconds to go from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour but more importantly for a family car the electric motor has a range of forty to fifty kilometers kilometers off the. Hybrid version of the pursuit is available as a sedan or as a Station Wagon and thats what were testing today with a full tank of gas a fully charged battery its able to travel one thousand kilometers without refueling. A gasoline engine an electric motor gives the g t a combined power output of one hundred sixty kilowatts two power plants are some well synchronized together they develop four hundred new meters of told. Over the course of transmitted six speed d. S. P. Transmission. Line and says it takes around five hours for the plug in hybrid to get fully charged using a standard household outlet but just three if you have a charging station i. Theyve always got buyers can order a charging station with a car for six hundred twenty five euros and then play an addict nation to install into the cost though in some towns and cities Power Companies will subsidize the cost. The German Government is also providing financial incentives for people to violate trickle hybrid models around one point two billion euros has been allocated for this purpose buyers of hybrids receive a three thousand euro bonus with carmakers covering half of the cost of the Incentive Program runs until the summer of twenty nineteen. Despite the extra technology in the floor of the vehicle theres still plenty of room left for luggage and the rear seat backs can be falling down separately creating even more spots if needed. Shake glue accents on the gear shift in the seats out a dash of color to the syria. Stand the good. Old says the car keeps you informed as to whether youre driving an all electric mode or if the battery is recharging while driving with these nice looking graphic display. The lithium ion battery alone weighs one hundred twenty five kilograms so along with the rest of the necessary equipment the hybrid weighs at least one hundred fifty kilos more than the conventional model which isnt so good for fuel consumption but. Yet says average fuel consumption is just one point eight inches per one hundred kilometers although this is based on a complicated formula that includes battery power. Still in electric motor the g. T. T. Enables in Missions Free local driving then theres the fuel efficient hybrid mode as well as g. T. The times when drivers need strong power. The starting price of just over forty five thousand euro is in germany the facade g. T. T. Doesnt come cheap but its worth it for those who mainly cover short distances in city traffic as that where the cost by be technology pays off much to. The borg god isabella was and is a captivating sight the charming name is about was not dreamt up by marketing men however when test versions were to be sent out on the road the team wondered what to call the car without revealing its identity the manufacturer himself. Is reported to have said call it what you like isabella for all i care and that code name eventually became official. Find out how much immediately fell for the charms of the isabella for many years you had to do without one but not any longer. He says the coupe a version was the dream car for many back then but it was expensive to let things slide. In. The isabella was less a luxury as than a mercedes but more expensive than any other midsized cars without the flashy. Big name. These are bellow which followed on from the hands of fifteen hundred proved to be bon bons most successful model right it sold two hundred thousand units but those sales could not save the company from going past a nine hundred sixty one. Nine hundred hummer is very happy he was able to. Vintage isabella of his own the car he grew up with. The day isabella been if he first came in contact with isabella through his father he says that he was the first car was a handsome fifteen hundred years old bald and hands out and then when my own heart was in his twentys he boarded a sedan version of isabella unfortunately he had to sell it when he got married later that he never forgot the isabella used to have at the top. He is a bell a snake in my coffee and. He knew that one day he would acquire another one of these a mistake of all beauties. He isabella. The isabella always stood out from the crowd she got the reform gable nowadays when your man driving along behind another car its hard to tell what make it is is. In the olden days there was a stronger appreciation of design off isabella is simply a beautiful account of this and thought it introduced all talk. And its beauty is not only on the surface inside it sleek and stylish but not swank a line about how her knows a lot about the history of his isabella coupe right he has the original documentation. He says that according to the vehicle Registration Document size the car was first registered in vienna on the twenty first of july nineteenth fifty nine. The exits were last all right i know its one system but is it not so not one truth fish. Oddly the photo in the registration does not show this particular car whether it is a coupon or sedans its always the same illustration. Shows the original maintenance booklet so the price and he has to laugh when he sees the price is in your deans job cost for doj months fifty and a general inspection seventeen. And so she added the sht. Only because inspects your own of course it is a sin then. If you needed to find a shop there was a list of all the authorized carriages abella boarding isabel it was marketed all over the world or there were carriages in africa and nazi germany which of course we should no longer exist and its hard to that distance because. People often stop and stare when they see a beautiful vintage car in pristine condition so easy and light out enjoys that when people break into a smile of a sideways car older people love it when they recognise it is about on the road and the youngsters likewise and often given the thumbs up its a delight. In the hundreds from our goal for the right that. You had to fight and to. Find hard also loves his car obviously he did not buy it as an investment as some collectors of vintage vehicles do though it has gained in value. Is composed now almost sixty years old its fifty five kilowatt four cylinder engine can power the car to a top speed of one hundred fifty kilometers an hour but how much left to. Use it can get very loud he says because theres no acoustic insulation under the hood that is and before him its all part of the vintage car experience. How much how grew up with the isabella and now that he has his own its hard to see him ever Parting Company with. Coming up next time on dr it we take out e. s r s four with a new three six by turbo under the hood out for a spin. And we put the gulf to the test in every day conditions. The be. The big. Boobs. The but the be. The be. The big. Boobs. The be. The be. The be. The be. The since thats common in bags. Shops everywhere are making for telling this favor economy sounds like. 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Formed. This is d. W. News from berlin ten owing to the most anticipated speech by u. S. President on trial since he took off and his first state of the Union Address the president s of America First and make America Great again is expected to celebrate a robust economy a roaring stock market and push for congressional action on immigration will bring you a preview from washington also coming up kenyas president ial power today the Opposition Leader staged his own president ial inauguration the government