Its the High Performance versions of audi models that carry the r s badge we tested the new our as for avant now in its fourth generation our card test reminded washi for will be taking a closer look at some of the innovations made to it. In his view what normally matters in a Station Wagon are things like practicality and functionality but knowing that theres time for an hour as for the only things that really counts are performance and driving pleasure on. Their Station Wagon sports version looks back on a long and successful history. In men who are recalls of the r. s four is based on the legendary are as to the first generation was powered by a six cylinder engine with a second and. Third buy an eight cylinder now for the fourth generation downsizing is the word so its back to a v. Six but its a three hundred thirty one kilowatt or four hundred fifty horsepower twin turbo putting out six hundred newton metres of torque and that amounts to a fast car to get to the steep cost of. The other is four of moves from zero to one hundred Kilometers Per Hour in four point one seconds with a top speed capped at two hundred fifty or not tional two hundred eighty Kilometers Per Hour. The sports exhaust with active flaps makes for a calmer quieter right vs a minor one knows that he can choose between different modes while driving comfort dynamic auto or individual whatever suits the drivers personal taste for dynamic an individual the exhaust flaps are opened producing a somewhat louder sound. And in speed tiptronic got a magic transmission passes on the power to the twenty inch wheels even with these big rims and relatively less rubber between them and the road an optional air Live Performance especially makes the r. S. Four Supreme Leader comfortable. In minimal didnt expect to have any complaints about its handling of the arias for so well balanced on the curves its really fun to drive and accelerating out of them is no problem thanks to that want to throw all wheel drive and plenty of traction makes driving it pure fun. The r. Is force design can be described as elegant yet aggressively sporty. The honeycomb grill easily air cooled. The two point nine leader engine. From inside youd hardly think you were sitting in a sports car were it not for details like the are as logos the materials are high quality and the workmanship clean. Buttons on the Steering Wheel make the infotainment system easy to operate. Overall the manual thinks the r. S. Four is a fabulous car everything is right the suspension the performance the workmanship he really doesnt have any complaints as he would only expect from a car that starts at nearly eighty thousand euros when he uses the drive selected menu to change modes and it displays a little card that he would have preferred to see r. S. For instead of a plain old i bought. The new audi r s four avant is no bargain by any means and if the buyer starts handing options the price can swiftly rise above one hundred thousand euros. Then artista under its a moment since subarus new x. V. Has undergone a more than a facelift yet it doesnt seem much different than its predecessor after all subaru doesnt want to turn off customers were appreciate the all wheel drive models durability and reliability. And why change a winning formula even with the Production Capacity of over one million vehicles a year subaru is still unable to keep up with the demand so x. Vs have a high resale value to the new xxvii is one of the for. To the manufacturers models to be based on the subaru Global Platform this modular platform will underpin the next generation of subaru vehicles. Typically for a crossover the x v sixty or your features plastic cladding designed to protect the vehicles paid job as the worlds biggest producer of all wheel drive vehicles its only natural that subaru once its x v to come well prepared for johnson up rode. The whole stack operations the x. These main strength is its all wheel drive and unlike most modern s. U. V. S which operate in front wheel drive and only distribute power to the rear axle on demand on the x. V. Has permanent all wheel drive if theres a boxer engine also ensures of the all wheel drive is symmetrical so theres no imbalance between the left side on the right side of the power during the engines low center of gravity makes for good stability to a list island fans as it has spotted. What twenty two centimeters of Ground Clearance going up the road is a breeze in the x. V. The s. U. V. Covers rough terrain with nice and its all wheel drive lets it handle the toughest of conditions even rocky inclines or no trouble the actual these wheels dont spin on the gravel. And if i trust under he says his price is another of the xxvii strengths look for a basic compact issue with me with all wheel drive from another car maker and youll pay all around thirty thousand euros close to or three thousand more for an automatic transmission up for that for that price you can get the x. P. With the top engine and the highest trim level and the base model actually which comes with all wheel drive and automatic transmission. Just twenty three thousand euros in germany. Insider transfer vehicle looks very shake with its orange stitching and even if its dashboard is all full leather and plastic the x. V. Never looks cheap its also the safest vehicle in its class earning five stars in the latest euro and c. A. P crash tests thats partly due to the crossover is a built in eyesight Driver Assist its pretty coalition breaking feature can prevent or reduce the severity of frontal impacts. This fresh says the x. Means biggest weakness isnt so engine range for cost reasons subaru has foregone a diesel entirely so buyers can only choose between two gasoline engines and they only come with a lean year trying to got a magic transmission andris testing the smaller engine and finds its acceleration satisfactory and has a bad feel to it and little pick up a snowflake. So it takes the eighty four kilowatt one point six liter power plant almost fourteen seconds to go from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour though the xxvii consumes just six point four liters of fuel per one hundred kilometers under new European Driving Cycle test conditions. He says the x. Five is rock solid and bucks the trend towards urban s. U. V. S as made for those who go off road or at the very least drive in snow the x. V. Cuts a good figure in the city but its really at home in the mountains. Live to baghdad. While wall has added the x e forty two its actually family the swedish carmaker is given this compact s. U. V. A more angular look than previous. Larger models the new x three forty is available with eighty five gasoline powered engine putting out one hundred eighty two kilowatts or a d. For diesel with one hundred forty kilowatts of power. Has reworked the jazz now and sports the honda civic face the jazz comes with a new one point five liter i. V. Gasoline engine that has an output of ninety six kilowatts provided by years for the dynamic trim level and like all honda engines this one is very rev happy delivering his power through a six speed transmission. System dies in over says its important to free cars of snow ice and road salt regularly during winter theyve already done that with. The v. W. Eagle but very low or high temperatures arent ideal for batteries of electric cars either so yes the. Highest. I know of says weight is also a major concern for electric cars the eagles battery pack and an equipment way almost four hundred kilos thats like driving around for adults and one hundred kilos of luggage this reduces range he says so he wonders if it makes sense to invest in the electric car just yet so. Thats why this is. The second voce wagon generation has a longer range and a slightly reworked front section a lithium ion batteries capacity was increased from twenty four point two to thirty five point eight kilowatt hours fully charging the batteries from a standard two hundred thirty mains outlet takes up to seventeen hours of fresh charging station can recharge the battery up to eighty percent in just forty five minutes. I know of things the eagles interior looks like that of any other golf but the Instrument Panel and touch screen have been adapted to tell drivers how much range is left and range is what really matters and i hope wants to test how it holds up he will turn on the air conditioning the seat heater radio lights and the windshield wipers to see how much range that leaves. If i took a. B. W. Claims the Second Generation e. Car has a range of three hundred kilometers almost double that of its predecessor the w. Has also increased the maximum speed from one hundred forty to one hundred fifty kilometers an hour and makes the dash from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour and nine point six seconds. I know it says the ego suspension is a bit stiffer than in regular reader Combustion Engine cars thats because it weighs an extra four hundred kilos but for that its almost silent. Inside its hardly different from gasoline and diesel powered v. W. Cars one difference its got to stay in shape and the touchscreen can be controlled through gestures. The Steering Wheel is fitted with buttons to control the radio and various drivers assistance systems easily. Before heading off drivers can check things like the Battery Charge status and regulate the interior temperature using the car net the remote app on their computer or smartphone a car also boasts a new eco driving mode that makes predictive driving easier helping to save energy and increase range. Thats not the amino says the cars sat nav is especially savvy and helps cut down on Energy Consumption and knows of a downhill stretches nearing where the car can just coast and recuperating energy and also recognizes if a speed limiter town is coming up drivers can let up on the accelerator and increase range recuperation works on three levels it has two advantages saving or Generating Energy and reducing brake wear. And theres a useful optional feature for winter for nine hundred seventy five euros buyers can get it to further increase the cars range it utilizes both ambient air and heat produced by the drive train to warm the cabin reducing Energy Consumption that can boost the vehicles arranged by you have to thirty percent. I know says the eagle makes sense in cities it has a range of roughly two hundred kilometers even in winter enough to get to work in town or even traveling country roads but too little for highways so both swag and is offering all illegal for owners of free rental car for thirty days per year for a weekend or holiday trips doesnt come cheap says ryan at least for thirty six thousand euros even with germanys ecological buyers incentive factor in. Good paying. Be quick encounters with Collision Avoidance systems helps to make driving safer but just how reliable are they can drivers blindly depend on them we teamed up with the chairman of Automobile Club eighty eight c. To tense various systems designed to prevent collisions. Under his weekly news testing of up with east. Emergency brake that works with a laser sensor up to thirty Kilometers Per Hour a c. S. V. Take it with a radar sensor behind its logo and a subaru with a stereo camera behind the windshield thats two cameras able to see three dimensionally. And so thats why the. First we test the systems under normal conditions meaning the cars head straight for a parked dummy vehicle at twenty five to thirty Kilometers Per Hour all the systems work flawlessly. Underway as introduces the first variable a car park next to the dummy vehicle to see if that will confuse the system if. The car park close by is no problem at all for any of the Collision Avoidance systems all three handle the situation with. The next factor is a dirty windshield often in winter road salt and dirt obscure the drivers vision of the out to believe based systems are still quite reliable. The v. W. Up sways ever subarus camera both have things well under control. We go a step further and stick masking tape on the windshield to simulate bird droppings the systems must be able to see past blotches like this. The subaru stereo camera gives a warning signal but the v. W. Obsolete your system doesnt tell the driver the Collision Avoidance system is no longer active with it on his own on the way as has found that Collision Avoidance systems generally work well in various test situations and they cant say if a camera sensor is more reliable than a radar sensor and all the systems are limited by different factors and variables so the driver should not by any means depend on this team philosophy. Now lets take a look at intersection assistants the german Automobile Club developed a special platform with a dummy that to read are what appear to be a completely normal Passenger Car if a collision occurs and wont cause any damage and vehicle can be steered down to the centimeter via g. P. S. Unlike the Collision Avoidance systems that will only slow down and stop vehicles moving with the traffic the intersection assisting keeps an eye on traffic crossing the road the systems are currently only available in the high end classes of for example volvo mercedes and audi. Yes in that i use discovers that the first three assistant systems work very differently for intersections and the mercedes sports vehicles crossing his path the audi and the oval stop themselves from pulling into on coming or crossing traffic so. Much like the Collision Avoidance systems the new intersections systems use sensors and cameras in combination with a radar to spot vehicles crossing their paths and stopped in time. All three systems tested out. Fine but they can only hit the brakes have certain parameters are met. The mercedes system only kicks in if a car coming in front is going half as fast as the mercedes itself. Otherwise the sensor spots it too late. All the Center Section assistant also has its limitations. So i believe this is found that the turn signal has to be on the car travelling in ten Kilometers Per Hour or less and the system has to see its own lane because it will try to keep the car in it for the oval though none of these three parameters apply it will prevent a collision with a car were to veer into another lane. But im being a forgone is the one thing of. The continuing development of Collision Avoidance systems and intersection assistance is enhanced in Traffic Safety considerably making them standard for all vehicle classes when not only cut down on fender benders but on serious accidents as well. Tucked away in a Little Village is the one hundred eighty year old one horse man or elizabeth these are michaels parents ran a farm here for many years she grew up on it now she not only takes loving care of the manor but also over and darling in the barn are a no are for that shes nickname but damn baby. This is elizabeth explains that its a rule no or are for super from spain no used to have a plant in spain called farmers or where they built this car now the model has become quite a rarity if. You are not. The first test runs commenced in one thousand nine hundred fifty nine for the prototype bar four known at the time only as project one twelve renault produced the compact its first car with front wheel drive from one thousand nine hundred sixty one to one nine hundred ninety two more than eight million of them in the course of those thirty one years alyssa basar fours from one nine hundred seventy shed gone looking for it in fact shed never forgotten it her love affair with this model began here over thirty years ago. Elizabeth remembers they had one on the farm they had a nice car but their field cars they called it was always an art for when it gave up the ghost they got another one she learned how to drive in our ford age fifteen out of five and. A loser of the shows was the road she took to the fields she used to help her mother by taking lunch out to the men but as long as she was under eighteen she had to stick to roots the family still owns the land its not far away from the manor her mother drove till they got to the field in elizabeth took the wheel and her mother walked back to the house now elizabeth drives her very own dearly loved our four but not in the fields. She told us the men would sit in the back here any time going to have us ask them. When the men had finished eating elizabeth would pack up and head back but she had to stop at the public road block up the car walk back to the house and give her mother the keys that was her daily chore now of course elizabeth can drive wherever she wants she started driving were no our force as a teenager but the first. One she bought on her own didnt last long. Yes she explains that her first car fell victim to rust she had just finished her studies and wanted to spend some time abroad but she didnt want to give her brother and sister the car she parked in her grandparents garage and left for canada when she came back and opened the garage door it was rusted through and through it had been moved things i think this time maybe. It was not in the midst of a thought to. End it was in the only are for to be claimed by rust the models are nemesis but elizabeth never forgot her old r four so in two thousand and ten she went out and bought her madame b. But it wasnt as simple as paying the Purchase Price the car was shiny bright outside but riddled with bugs in sight she only noticed them after she got the car home so elizabeth had to put lots of work into restoring her new are for but had only brushed her and madame de closer together recently