And the new mercedes amc g. O. C. 63 s. Coupe a. Contest to young baker says receding as his revamped the g. L. C. Family from inside out its no longer news that s. U. V. S sell like hotcakes or the car makers and customers alike have taken a shine to s. U. V. Coup pace so to date were not looking at a regular chelsea but this one there mercedes am ciccio c. C. T. 3 pay but young wants to know who actually needs a car like this. A look at the current registration statistics might make you wonder and public car buyers are calling for environmentally friendly alternative drives but privately theyre buying issue nice sure their size and weight mean higher fuel consumption and emissions but who cares if theyre high up sporty and style. Welcome to the paradoxical world of s. U. V. To pick ups. And the paradox is that while most normal s. U. V. S at least offer plenty of space those sloping roof line on and should be complacent takes its toll. Even with the rear seats folded down luggage space to windows to 1023. 00 leaders 127. 00 leaders less than the normal shell seek and in the rear its far more cramped than the regular g. O. C. Especially when it comes to every. Young sums up the g. O. C. Coo pace appearance as love it or hate it theres no middle ground some love and fords brownian sporty demeanor but for the others it just doesnt do anything beyond it looks a bit like mercedes had taken a normal c. Class and pumped it up almost to bursting but one aspect should be cut and dried and thats the engine for leader v. A twin turbo that puts out 375. 00 kilowatts or 510. 00 horsepower the thing as plenty of muscle reaching a top speed of 280 Kilometers Per Hour whats more you can select driving loads for an extremely comfortable or just super firm and athletic right and you very quickly forget that youre driving almost 2 tons around so its this combination of comfort and performance numbers sadies has managed thats really impressive. Also likely to be impressive are your fuel bills thanks to the heavy weight in poor air resistance even the manufacturer claims only 12. 3 leaders. 100 kilometers and c o 2 emissions of 280 grams per kilometer if you let that be a gasoline engine rip youre really looking at 18 leaders and of course the 375. 00 kilowatts of power in the acceleration of a sports car do their bit. Young notes the face lifted c. E. O. See now includes the Mercedes Benz User Experience or m. B. A. Us already familiar from the a class you can operate it either via the buttons on the Steering Wheel the touch screen or gesture control or Voice Control and that works really well you can almost speak normally and dont need specific voice commands to control individual menu items. Years im too high. Also at the temperature of 1000 degree celsius. For now buyers will have to do without the continuous display you get in the a class because that probably want to arrive until the next generation comes out so for now there is just a display behind the wheel and a display in the middle. The interior is typical a. T. M. She was bored seeds in a mix of leather. Brushed aluminum lots of carbon and ambient lighting. Ultimately though despite the technically impressive driving performance the question remains c o 2 out ford exhaust cheating scandals alternative drivers for this and any of that matter at all. Now todays company on says you can always ask who needs a monster performance as u. V. Like this and to be honest the answer is no one but its often completely irrational things that are the most fun. Time would seem to me up for gas guzzling dinosaurs in bulky shapes but as long as there is car buyer demand for exactly these vehicles their extinction is frankly didnt drag on for a while yet. This is the north loop at the nerver grid the legendary german racetrack is considered one of the worlds most demanding circuits its also the ultimate proving ground for production vehicles. Thats what volkswagen uses the track for b. W. Says its future is electric so the fully electric i. D. R. Recent car is one of the keys to its ambitious its driven by frenchman woman dumas last year he set a new speed record in the i. D. R. Under extreme conditions at the Pikes Peak International hill climb in the United States. Most wagon is once again learn from pikes peak refined the racer and adapted it to the nerve or break with electric product fan. Waiting in the wings and aims to set a new lap record for electric vehicles on the nearly 21 kilometer north loop. Its a big challenge 1st a lot of noise so nice a structure in all this is clear but to drive on this truck was a puzzle dive its already a challenge on doubles at the do do it on electric so one be challenge but they seem willing to pay off we walk a lot of us we moans and i guess now were ready and. During numerous test drives from the famously hilly track the racing team worked out how to make the i. D. R. Respond to dumas perfectly. Now its finally time to dared to break the standing record for new mine and the folks wagon motors ford Team Everything is about today. Everything is ok it was always very nice. We are we are ready i mean ready you know we would like to never get in you always want to test more and know all but i think it was either ok is it may does this morning. Just to check it was seeing everything was looking great was all knowledges go and see which then we can do. A notary must be present to confirm the record officially thats against burglars john. Paul 2 of us he describes the procedure 1st he looks over the measuring devices that have been set up in this case a photo electric sensor matched to a digital timer to make sure theyre working this any measures the time with his own stopwatches rule out any outside influences which and with the time measurements he makes himself he is able to verify the time the measure. System records im just a side believed to be stuck inside to be beside still. Such. At 4 30 pm everything set for the record run. The i. D. R. Is powered by 2 electric motors with a system performance of 500. 00 kilowatts over all the a research car including driver weighs about 1100 kilograms the Current Record for all electric vehicles are 6 minutes and 45. 9 seconds that corresponds to an average speed of almost 185 Kilometers Per Hour the record was set by britains peter dunne break at the wheel of n n a o e p nothing in 2017. Tense moments for the monitors willie come in under the turning. The pit crew are also hoping for the best. But behind the wheel among dumas keeps a cool get. That long lasting idea art enters the final straight away. And then he did it. And yes very limited official. Fear of flying a time of 6 minutes 5. 336 seconds 6 moves from but i 6. Cheering all around beat the old record by a full 40 seconds. I think the today was already very nice what you had chief were seeking to go wrong 615 so if im not there and hes not there but were going to be there go that way expected so now we have to continue doing that eyes. But for now its time to celebrate for dumas and his team. Jaguars freshen up the design of an succeed with new Design Elements on the our dynamic variance front that resemble aircraft wingless numerous safety assistants are already Standard Equipment now theyre getting support from Artificial Intelligence in the form of smart settings intended to increase the Comfort Level of a system recognizes driver preferences and tweaks the driving experience to match. Porsche has presented its new 911 speedster with a high revving 375 kilowatt for leader naturally aspirated boxer engine visually the speedster harks back to that for bare of all porsche the 356 roadster from 1948 thats referenced by the limited edition of exactly 1948 cars. Car to streamline more shaver has been looking at the current generation of the b. M. W. 5 series touring and hes picked 5 points if he thinks are decisive for a touring Station Wagon today hes going to see if the 5 series can satisfy them but i do support the effort and. The bullet points are handling fuel consumption design Load Capacity and piece of news. Lets start with the handling. There is a cold none of us has travel comfort in the 5 series is just what youd expect from a beemer after all the entire car is designed for long haul journeys so the interior is really quiet the engine built into this 530 d. Is very peppy torquey and powerful and naturally its a lot of fun to drive but when you then step on the gas it quickly gets fairly loud and overpowering here in the interior thats a pity that most of the time you can live with it. That brings just a point to the fuel consumption b. M. W. Claims a rate of almost 6 liters per 100 kilometers an every day use we were closer to 8 but in view of its output its still an acceptable figure. Point 3 is the design of course differ but the flat headlights and trademark kidney grille should appeal to just about everyone over all the design of the 5 series touring tends toward understatement but maybe that leaves less room to do something wrong. The yelling the rear lights are standard just like the l. E. D. Headlights our models equipped with the x. Drive all wheel drive. I mean monoliths says one feature many touring fives already have is still found in this generation the rear window that opens separately from the hatchback and speaking of the hatchback point for his Load Capacity there is no one says the truck is roomy as youd expect from a Station Wagon the video equipment looks almost have been washed but if thats not enough room you can simply flip down the back seats at the touch of a button and then theres. Space to load bigger items but if you plan to do this a lot you should skip on the light colored leather and we have in our test car because it will get scuffed. Off thats all. The interior is of high quality both the materials and workmanship the digital instrument cluster is standard as is a Navigation System with a screen just under 9 inches. Engines are paired with an 8 speed on a matic the adaptive suspension costs 3550. 00 euros extra. On the road you can easily feel the difference between the various modes but the whole thing isnt really necessary because the standard suspension is already well matched to the 5 series touring the main focus here is clearly on comfort. Become now to the west point ease of use. One to think of the many minor one thinks of user friendliness he thinks of parking because thats not so easy for everyone and there are several cameras here that you can easily switch to at the press of a button and then you have a 3 day menu of the vehicle in the space where its part and you can even see how the vehicle is moving while youre parking it the animated wheels are a nice little gimmick and here you can see how slowly the obstacles who are represented by these rectangles get closer and then change from green to yellow to red depending on how close you approach you know. However the parking assistant plus system cost 1100. 00 euros extra if you want to save that money just use the standard parking 8. 00 another strongpoint of the 5 series touring. Time for a man who owes verdict. I listen i love all and all the things the 5 series turning has met the requirements in the 5 categories he listed the only thing that still bothers him is that. Hes a shit is just so big it takes up most of the room in your pocket if you compare it with a keen for me 25 series touring. For huge difference becomes obvious of course this one has a display with a touch of controls and all sorts of other things but in the end no one but no one meets their. Kind mensch. That 32nd kids to alpine rally was held in early june 29th this classic motor sports event ranks among europes largest and most prestigious with each car events each Team Develops their own strategy and tactics. If you sponsor you on a cell house and strategies down fun take it easy and keep an eye on the clock you know Alex Underwood will realize when 7 stopwatches 3 g. P. S. Is into ice packs your highness also fixes on the helicopter the flies ahead of the competitors and alexanders dead serious about whats your highness would take 2nd place as a defeat. The field consists of 170. 00 videos cars with a combined 18 megawatts of power and was motor sports enthusiasts the rallies made up of 3 days of Adventure Sports and a field day for a come as source of chrome old leather and classic design. The route leaves through picture is valley and lush green meadows. The oldest vehicle in this years rally is a 1923 bentley 3 leaders speed model this british jewel of the jazz age cruise along the alpine roads was 60 kilowatts and no problems at all. The recent clues various time controls and extra special stages that demand the utmost from the participants and their cars everyone has to be prepared for the worst mishaps and breakdowns are all but inevitable this time it hits this try approached. Yet at least at a grocer or munich code which is at a loss as to the problem source. Smoke is coming from under the Steering Wheel fortunately experience vintage car buffs are on hand and willing to help give her a lift the problem turns out to be a burning cable and. The rally is a mobile review of automotive history 170. 00 vehicles made between 19031985 including 24. 00 pre world war 2 rarities add up to an unequalled spectacle. There are impressive prewar model race cars pricey sports cars limousines and ku plays from the 1950 s. And sixtys and Production Model passenger cars from each of the 6 decades represented here. Added together all the vehicles added in this years alpine rally would be worth 30. 00 to 40000000. 00 euros at a conservative estimate. Is a lot of fun this is my 2nd year here and we came from. The United States for ginia and driving this old 58. Which was a factory works car that did the alpine rally in 1958. And. Whats special about the. I mean look at all these cars and theres beautiful weather and all these mountains and the snow caps and such so its just a great time. To be here theyre the only french team in a rally full of fabulous cars and a magnificent countryside theres a really nice atmosphere and theyre very glad to be taking part. Also what are. The individual stages and total of 570 kilometers are spread over 3 days challenging mountain runs alternate with easier stretches gorgeous countryside offering views of the most famous alpine peaks and north to roll for region and were very. The participants compete in one of 2 categories the classic trophy for drivers just down to enjoy the ride and the sport trophy for teams in it to win with the fastest time several stage using transponder and g. P. S. Data. Because of me of spirit as a country is lynsey and theres codriver are one of the rallies few teams to keep it was purely mechanical that is what we are that ok me they use a mechanical odometer and a stopwatch and calculate their average speeds using tables. And that is that he points out that many others drive without High Tech Computers developed in italy sinkholes if the enormous devices any quip and it looks like it came from a Science Fiction space ship it off to be found his way but they just laugh about it last year they placed 3rd with their purely mechanical approach many of the high take teams all around came in behind the 8 thinking about all they could just made proper use of the Old Technology a mechanical stopwatches and odometers god and it all worked out just as well as a big. Challenge makes they can sail on the most business get close to. The rally organizers pay careful attention to choosing their routes to provide a sporting challenge for both men. And machines and so the drivers and cars can enjoy a maximum. By a chance lost in exhaust cloudy skies leaves jury rigged a makeshift solution to it seems to work but they cant be sure until the final kilometers but theyre confident about so theyre looking forward to that final stretch album he seemed to fish because right after this the cure rate to. The key factor in a rally is teamwork without a codriver supported so very difficult to win this kind of a race. After 570 demanding kilometers and 3 days up and down the alps the participants are rewarded with a triumphant entrance into kids proves old town with plenty of spectators to admire the automotive treasures. Crossing the finish line with all eyes upon it is the 1929 bentley blower one of the oldest vehicles in the field. Cobblestones in sunshine old paint and lots of shiny chrome and bright faces all combined to light up kids here this afternoon. One year after the next since 2015 p. R. Meminger and Christopher Hill man have watched as other soon to head it almost seems changed but not this year. Either you obviously have their meminger has nothing but praise for a spectacular countryside good roots and Great Organization if they get the result theyre expecting will be thoroughly satisfied. Playing 2nd 3 years running and theyre trying to break that streak with 1st place because they just have to drive consistently well of one big mistakes keep up your concentration and prepare. Meticulously he says then its no real trick is what you do need a bit of a lock. The 5th time around meminger is recipe for success finally worked this year he came in 1st. Next time and drive it as zippy little car we test the toyota yaris g. R. And then come. And look at the technology that makes the Mercedes Sprinter safer. Than. Anyone visiting their spy vault should know here votes any way to get around the bench no matter what offending tomorrow night also. 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