So it is kind of side by. People who put big dreams on the big story. In the magazine on the w. L o and welcome to drive and your motor magazine on d w coming up zipping around the alps and Mclaren Seven Twenty S super car. The World Car Design Of The Year the range rover valar. But first the latest and greatest from the los angeles auto show. The Convention Center in Downtown Los Angeles every year its those site of the l. A. Auto show this time around over sixty brands have shown up for the event was the internet and not all Industry Journalist the money was shaffer says there are many Major International automobile trade fairs and that many car makers now say they arent worth it but l. A. Is everyone whos anyone is here to show off their newest creations. Certain to be one of the highlights a porsche nine eleven not this one here of course but this one. The nine eleven is such an defining model for porsche that designers always think twice about changes visually they want you to be able to trace the evolution of the eighth generation sports car all the way back to its roots much more has changed inside and out interiors packed with technology. Lots of other manuf. Next
years have set their sights on electoral mobility. Audi is focusing on its new. Concept the ford or super sedan packs a Four Hundred Thirty kilowatt punch and has a four hundred kilometer range under w l t p conditions. Up filthy outings designed chief marc rich to says when his Team Presented the prologue here four years ago it was a kind of teaser for the new line up and the car is now very very very close to Series Production so its the first time out hes designed a four door super car thats this extremely set six so its a special moment up. This a little bit. Based on the porsche type con platform that each team is due to start rolling off Assembly Lines in twenty twenty with an Eight Hundred volt charger it takes just twenty minutes to get his batteries have to an eighty percent charge. South koreas kiya also came with any car the new soul its possibly the most economic or the most longest range for electric. Its a its an amazing two one and thirty nine miles of a bit of a charge on the car at a minimum for this vehicle that it gives you the flexibility saying ok folks dont just want to have a Small Hatch Electric Car but they want also something that they can use as an utilitarian polit s. U. V. But electric at the same time so this is one of the first that i know of as a small vehicle this side has an s. U. V. Thats electric models at the v. W. Standard are also going to be ideal buzz cargoes the german showing its concept for emissions free Delivery Vehicles under. Conditions that has a range of between Three Hundred And Five hundred kilometers and can be loaded with up to Eight Hundred kilograms of cargo. I think the opportunity here and where we
want to get to is the openness offer a far Broader Market where you could start to look at not eighty or Eighty Five Thousand dollar cars start to look at Thirty Thousand dollars cars Forty Thousand dollars. They could also be used as a tow truck for example as a some ford vehicle for the id our i speak racing car. And b. M. W. The up and coming a leg model is called the i next unsurprisingly its an issue. These us all to the car makers head of development says its a highlight because it already has all the technology he plans to put in this Series Production in the next four years from autonomy is driving to fifth generation email ability to five g. Connectivity to Artificial Intelligence could see if you get some knowledge of. The new mazda three is the star over at the japanese carmaker although its powered by a conventional combustion engine. And i doubt
if we can manuel says the new mazda three hasnt been touched by the trend towards electricity although its engine isnt really conventional because i managed to has a very special concept in Engine DesignDoesnt The Spec to exhaust this question either since its proud to have the first Series Production gas powered engines with compression ignition. Marge who wants to have the efficiency of a diesel with a Cleaner Remissions have a gasoline powered car at least under certain driving conditions and carry on a has come down between the electric and full combustion camps its new koroma is a hybrid. It also showed off his prius which is equipped with a hybrid drive as well as all wheel drive and speeds up to seventy five kilometers an hour im not their Electric Motor Feeds power to the rear axle which is supposed to improve control on Slick Driving surfaces this version. Or the car however is
initially aimed only at the american market. And. While the markets always fluctuate and we dont know exactly whats going to go to it is here to be a fall. Model a lot of awful lot of manufacture and over our commitments across that were going to show that. Whether that means making sporty civilians. Pickup trucks or s. U. V. S. Toyotas Luxury Lexus Brand is also continuing to push Cars Carrying Hybrid Technology in the u. S. With large models as well like the new l x five seven. To late as variant of e. E. s will of course also be offered in a hybrid version and city traffic and at low speeds the self charging lexus runs almost entirely on electricity which means its practically emissions free. With no
human will says its not just time for him to say goodbye but for v. W. To also see a big farewell to his beetle after many years of production its finally being retired this is its one song. So the new beetle joins the beetle on the scrap heap of history thats who knows maybe one day in l. A. Will see another relaunch of one of the worlds most iconic cars. Even if more and more s. U. V. S are hitting the road these days theres still a market for small cars they may be small in size but many live up to big expectations like the audi a one. The tides the artistic clothes needs of it says it was high time now to introduce the Second Generation of its a one sales for the first gen model ad fallen sharply out he has given the car whole new look like guns on both positions. And of very striking one theres the optional matrix at least
the headlights. Then theres the single frame grill with its Honeycomb Pattern and implied air intakes on both corners of the front bumper of the new a one is just one point forty three meters tall and ten included but its got no longer and now measures four point three meters front to back the cars wide flat c. Pillar is reminiscent of Audi Sport Quatro from one thousand nine hundred eighty four. The top trim level the s. Flying bows so large were a spoiler but the a one is now only available as a five door model theres no longer a three door version of the. Bottom which was says there have been changes inside to out hes given the car many features from its higher class models like the virtual cockpit and this ten point two inch display which you can use to operate most everything but its just as good as in the a six or eight whats
remained are the control knobs for the heating but he thinks thats ok. The cockpit puts the driver at the center of everything and operations are straight forward there are few bills and whistles but the workmanship is high quality. Those who want to add a dash of color can get optional ambient lighting with Thirty Selectable shades to match their mood. The excellent trim feature seats with large side bold steps which provide good lateral support. But they do if i was says the new platform in a longer wheelbase mean theres also more room inside something that paul perm. So
mike himself appreciates theres also plenty of headroom. So the new a one looks good and offers more space than its predecessor but does it also drive better than the first generation which hit the market back in Two Thousand And Ten were testing the car on Country Roads with different surfaces including ones that have a pothole or two weve thrown in a few curves which will necessitate gear changes to. The bottom of the car klauss driving has a six speed Manual Transmission and he thinks that suits this kind of car well since most people will be driving it in urban areas so personally i prefer a dual clutch Automatic Transmission. Audi has ditched diesels from its Engine Lineup for the one all of the gasoline power plants offered coming quipped with
a particular filter which should allow them to comply with more stringent Emission Standards in the future. To. Close finds the suspension to be a bit stiffer than before but he says out hes managed to strike the right balance between a very comfortable and a very sporty run of the handlings good theres no quirks or instability is just perfect. And all the thats perfect. But anyone has a fairly basic suspension set up with Macpherson Struts up front and a lightweight Torsion Beam Axle at the rear. If that today but close as you can order the optional Sports Suspension which comes with adjustable dampers. So you can choose the Suspension Setting thats just right
for you because i feel. All in all the a one has plenty to offer but can the Sport Back Win over a former Racing Driver like clothes needs fits who is piloted most everything on two or four wheels. So much with money says the new audi a one leaves an acceptable impression that it can do a lot though clearly not everything and add roughly Twenty Thousand euros for the base model he adds that it offers good value for money but the sunlight it doesnt make. Its not a car testiness patriot likes cars that stand out for their individual designs so today she is and luck shes getting the chance to try out one of the most handsome
vehicles made in twenty eighteen the range rover are. The Valar Posen Selection for the World Car Design Of The Year twenty eight team to eighty two automotive journalists from twenty four countries to win the title and knocked out of all the x c sixty and lynxes l c five hundred both examples though some pervert emotional design this year the valar came out ahead. Madhav that what in this links best are these narrow l. E. D. Headlights which are standard on the valar or optional as laser matrix at least the lights if a car appears ahead and you have the high beams on a dim down that area of the beam so as not to dazzle the other driver that are far less than. The Exterior Design is based on the concept of the. Visual reduction black lines flow front to back the roof here but any contrast in color seems to hover above clear lines with extremely thin gaps or clearances give the valar a smooth solid look. Amazon with another feature in especially likes is the deployable flush door handles when you unlock the car they extend from inside the body when you lock it again or drive faster than eight Kilometers Per Hour they retract automatically they dont stink out of the body and increase your drank lost it. If at the rear a black rear lip spoiler with the integrated third brake light gives a sporty finishing touch. The tail lights wrap around to the sides dynamic turn signals are extra eye catcher as well the rear diffuser lip exhaust tips add to the overall impression of speed. The valar offers a choice of six engines enos tested the strongest four cylinder diesel which has One Hundred Seventy Seven kilowatts of output and all wheel drive the compact crossover s. U. V. Leaps from zero to one hundred Kilometers Per Hour in seven point four seconds and can hit a top speed of Two Hundred SeventeenKilometers Per Hour landrover list Fuel Consumption as six point six liters of diesel per one hundred kilometers and i know how the engine is powerful enough for enos to feel like the car gives her some period at the eight speed Automatic Transmission shifts without a hitch the five hundred meters of torque provide all the pickup she needs from Fifteen Hundred revs on sochi approves the engine but adds that if this isnt enough a six Cylinder Version to do it for you. And. The owners interior combines luxury was state of the yard. Several points revealed
devotion to detail and overall clarity. Yes has been is his testing that as she trimmed the water second highest package she surprised at the number of displays there is for instance a virtual cockpit the driver can configure using the multifunctional switches if you presses it the indicator on them but not changes as well thats put a. Board Touch Screen Displays can be found in the center console. Although you miss is already familiar with the upper display from other range rover models it can be tilted to eliminate reflections that lights and block the view and provide and i have to move Viewing Angle for the driver off couldnt come undone that with my t. V. Touch pro dual and fourteen when system is all new she says it has
a set of controls and another screen down below with hardly any physical buttons. Various menus show settings for the Air Conditioning for example or the seats. So the driver can call up the seat menu and adjust the intensity of the heat or massage functions with these controls for. These functions to have their own sub menus and each setting can be changed with the same dials in his hands. The seeds can be adapted to meet a wide range of individual needs the high seat positions provide an actual in view of the surroundings passengers in the back are spoiled as well. He was discovers that the rear seats are comfortable enough for long haul trips and she can use one button to change the Background Stangl and move the whole seat back a little. That covers the minimum load space
comes to a well proportioned Six Hundred Seventy Three leaders with the rear seats folded down there is a maximum space of One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty one leaders ina sees one disadvantage with such a large cargo space if something happens to the roll all the way up to the front of the cargo space its hard to reach it from and back across. As to be expected from a range rover the include special terrain settings a luxury s. U. V. Isnt afraid to get down and dirty and optional electronic Air Suspension can increase the clearance up to twenty five centimeters puddles forget about the Valar Can Ford Rivers Streams and standing water thats up to sixty five centimeters deep. It also offers a selection of six driving modes. That allowed to inas the valar isnt just another pretty face but does what land rover or range rover has been doing for decades and it actually goes off road. The Mclaren Seven Twenty S is the second model in the british car makers super series is this Street Legal Racer Good for day to day driving a trip from milan over the alps could give some indication. Are car tested right hold guys and over describes it as the worlds most straightforward Super Sports Car he points out that the headlights not only bright in the darkness they conduct air for cooling. The dihedral or Butterfly Doors the
only ones in the class opened straight up the rear made engine a Twin Turbo Charged v eight sits behind the drivers shoulders and the a pillar b. Pillar and seat pillar have been made especially thin to give the driver an unobstructed view to the rear and sign its not taking this mclaren seven twenty as onto the Race Track Pads are too predictable he wants to see how it will do. Long haul over public roads sundown young striker. After filling the Tanks Reinhold sets out for me and hes picked out a route leading south of lake garda. The first leg takes him onto an atoll the an expressway that has a speed limit of just One Hundred TenKilometers Per Hour. Even here in the
cradle of Super Sports Cars the athletic english machine draws looks or is it just the color. Green hold can open it up later on the highway but first he has to pass through the tollbooth. Lives of wriggling and stretching involved so ryan hopes of tracks a point from the s twenty s was practicality scale but it did get a plus in the form of another admiring look the highway is wide open and empty but the speed is Still Limited to One Hundred Thirty kilometers for hour his first stop is pace camera on lake garda above One Hundred Forty kilometers from atlanta. Its all in the final explains of the seven twenty s. His door is also an upwards at an eighty degree angle but thats about all its inherited from the six fifty s. The engine is about forty percent new downs roast is increased by about fifty percent and the Cooling System is about fifteen percent more efficient this mclarens rockets from zero to one hundred Kilometers Per Hour inches two point
nine seconds and can hit a top speed of Three Hundred Forty OneKilometers Per Hour. From Legarda Kind Hope Turns North into the else headed towards austria and its Spectacular Alpine Scenery the Twin Turbo Charged v eight with his Five Hundred Twenty Seven kilowatt output makes driving on a Winding Mountain Roads lots of fun but this is just a tiny taste of the power. And performance it has to offer. Well doesnt it i hope that explains that the developers used lots of carbon to get the cars weight down they double the chassis the cage to cage a cockpit Steering Wheel and side mirrors have carbon fiber accents the Instrument Cluster can be retracted so the driver can get a better view of the road or track and let you enter an actual Parking Garages without potential scrapes the nose lift holds the front splitter back
a little bit if the stem in front split. Not only does this enhance the practicality and less ryan hope present this just one point two meter tall Super Sports Car against the Magnificent Mountain Landscape of a little farther off the beaten path too high said tailpipes resound with the fire of the former leader of be a mid mounting tension and gives some indication of its vast potential. The front luggage area holds One Hundred Fifty leaders with an extra Two Hundred Ten leaders on the bunk just behind the seat over the mid engine the interior gives the driver a fine tuned purist Motors Sports feeling at the same time fine leather and aluminum accents add a touch of luxury. And i know sees the design is unique and not just because of the Butterfly Doors it lives for
around a quarter Million Euros a tad more than a lamborghini herb caen and if a bit less than a ferrari for eighty eight pistons or a porsche nine eleven cittie to r s possible at the porsche weighs two hundred kilos more alive and this Super Sports Car class none of the competitors cruise along like the mclaren. Of course a pure bred sports car like this does look a bit out of place thunder. Along through tiny villages its capable of generating a maximum Seven Hundred Seventy newton metres of torque at Fifty Five Hundred r. P. M. s but this Super Sports Car can easily move along at any designated speed limit to. What if yet as i hope has found driving the seven twenty s. To be spectacularly unspectacular he can trundle along and enjoy the looks with a Butterfly Doors open its even legal and from one instant to the next the mclaren
becomes a Purebred Super Sports Car Bristling with power and gripping the road like a fresh coat of red paint and he finds its fascinating sound and chanting. Mclarens fans fahri namrud with it to not only is the seven twenty s. Faster stronger and sharper than its predecessor it cost significantly more two hundred forty seven thousand three hundred fifty euros in germany but then the Super Sports Car delivers the entire spectrum of dynamic quality from controlled comfort to those superlatives of performance. One doesnt know and i know points out of the seven twenty s. Is one of many new models to come from mclaren for its planned fifteen over the next five years and his long haul trip is shown him that the seven twenty s is not only a Super Sports Car but as comfortable as a grand jury small as well as i can trust. And next time im driving a number of little city car be a part six ninety five revolving. And customizer paradise all the action at the Twenty Eight Thousand as in Motor Show Sr then drive it. Mob. Come on. Come. On come. On come. On. Come. On come. On come on. Come on. The mob. Free skiing is an adrenaline fueled sports. The Bearing Tricks and jumps are what its all about the body and the fingo body catch free rider many miles in the. Odd. Dollars. More or more. What do you think what do you get for fifty cents. For fish that. Mog know a lot of their food here. Heres the trouble he says you stinking coffee all small tomato juice. It costs fifty cents to feed one hundred child for one full. Day to keep one. Gaming. Company. With the share of the meal sharing children has just fifty cents and a tap on your Smartphone Smartphone users number sure i would. Imagine the impact you and your friends are going to have together we can end global hunger
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