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
human will says it s 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 it s finally being retired this is its one song. so the new beetle joins the beetle on the scrap heap of history that s who knows maybe one day in l.a. will see another relaunch of one of the world s most iconic cars. even if more and more s.u.v.s are hitting the road these days there s 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 there s the optional matrix at least
mike himself appreciates there s 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 we ve thrown in a few curves which will necessitate gear changes to. the bottom of the car klaus s 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
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 don t 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 seventeen kilometers 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 isn t enough a six cylinder version to do it for you. and. the owner s interior combines luxury was state of the yard. several points revealed