hello and welcome to drive by the d.w. moto magazine this week we take the v.w. r t on across a frozen swedish wake. burn up the track with a mclaren six hundred l.t. . and check out the sea had to rocco's climate credentials.

mountains snow and sunshine were in the south to rolled intense the siac to rocco in winter driving conditions will put the car through its paces as we make our way through the ups to find out how this s.u.v. ambles off road situations. that make their car test very minimal schafer says the terracotta is fun to drive in snow just set it on off road and you're good to go of course driving on ice is a little tricky but that's true for any car i know that that's what he had also been avoiding it. turns to be a cool as he quit with the all wheel drive system for drive but you can also choose the front wheel drive model if you don't plan to drive off road or in snow there are also options for a six speed manual transmission and a seven speed dual clutch transmission.

yeah emanuel says the sort of winter driving is greet he'd like to stay outside a bit longer for a closer look but it's too cold if he'd like to be someplace that's warmer but for three to. monmouth and. that's better it's morocco twenty degree sunshine and some sand if he can take a closer look at the terracotta. it's a rock it was four point seventy three meters long and one point sixty five meters top that's about the same size as the skoda kodiak and the v.w. to go on all space. ok. ok. yeah i guess that you can imagine will notice that camels are a popular means of transportation in morocco it's a practical way to get around that camels don't move very quickly and they're not

nearly as comfortable as a four wheel drive vehicle. both camels and vehicles like that to rocco thrive in this kind of environment. but camels have another advantage over cars they don't produce much c o two f.t.p. points out that there are some paved highways here but you will more likely be driving over gravel and sand or a combination of the two the terracotta was built for driving in those kinds of conditions so he's going to take that to rocco off road. his s.u.v. he has a fairly high ground clearance and a torsion resistant chassis so it can handle these situations but with artistic moves like this sometimes you lose the overview but there's an optional three hundred sixty degree camera available for five hundred seventy five euros the camera is really. useful for parking and other maneuvers. even if one of the

wheels started spinning on its own the to rocco still delivers solid performance of course most people who buy this issue v. are going to drive it in punishing conditions like this still it's good to know that if you have to you can. emanuel says he has no complaints about that to rocco's chassis the vehicle seems to be able to smooth out most bumps with nice sure every once in a while you'll hit a rough patch but few cars can deliver a completely smooth ride so overall he's impressed with the two rocco it's because i'm to. time now for a center statement first we've got to let a little air out of the tires to maximize the contact area. have you that your man was brought along an experienced professional driver to help out with the test

surely you name your keepers on the street a narrow they have ice skate on evidence i'm off when i last saw the we were go to the drive in the sand and he will tell us what we need to look out for first the important thing is that we have to be in my world. you know that i have a bit more control of the air at separation so any moment that we need to pick up some speed the response of the car is much more immediate the second thing that we have to put on mind is that. the dunes are always very soft and changing. so we need to be well in advance the see the me ready to change. the line of the test the speed of. the car for any moment that we need. but there are several other potential problems to watch out for. you for. we see that they are going up here like right now. it's it's always

important to. get this beat so we know about when we go up but only when we go down . a sort as we hear about the guy. i don't know it was a speed it goes down into the sun at something other that we would not want so it's something talented and i hope. and they think you could that's right so see if you feel less safe getting. out of this fear it's strange compared to driving on the road it's really something very very different. but after just a few minutes the man i will got used to driving in sant. a minimal says that driving is saying it is actually a lot of fun but it can be a little nerve racking when the vehicle starts to float and any case this was an entertaining test drive. and missing to rocco passed with flying

colors. it already comes in a hard time now mclaren is presenting a convertible six hundred spider uncompromisingly stripped down aerodynamically design roadster has a four hundred forty one kilowatt three point eight leader v eight under the hood and cerise car was street cred but b.l.t. mark makes this vehicle something special. interest of i know guys and over says that the l.t. stands for long tail the cars a bit longer which is good for its aerodynamics i think three or wing provides traction for more at a speed of two hundred fifty kilometers per hour there's one hundred more kilograms of force pressing on to the road than with other. models. wouldn't get past.

i'm a clarion six hundred can only use the o.t. designation when it's been radically redesigned and not just the exterior of the cars one point three ton curb weight makes the six hundred one of the lightest vehicles and it's class the airflow isn't just channel past the car it's directed right to where the engine needs it for cooling. a new top exit exhaust system contributes to aerodynamics and weight reduction. the roof can be lowered at speeds of up to forty kilometers per hour it disappears into the rear of the car in fifteen seconds. in funds of final says the carbon racing seats are twenty one kilograms wider than normal once the windshield is special too it saves one point four kilograms so

weight there's no bulky air conditioner or sat nav systems and that helps to reduce weight to the right old adage that if you need a sat nav to drive on a racing track you're certainly not going to come in first. for you. any element that's not needed for pure performance and precise handling has been stripped away even the glove compartment and door pockets. final says the engine is right here in the hands of the tailpipes help to give the mclaren that's by shoulder already and at night if you're floored you can even see flames shooting out into ones about. the best way to test drive this car is on the race track thanks to launch control the acceleration of the to enter bovey eight is explosive the six hundred l.t. can hit and. one hundred kilometers per hour and just two point nine seconds after

eight point four seconds it's blazing along at two hundred kilometers per hour still a ways from its top speed of three hundred twenty four seven speed dual clutch transmission takes over the lightning fast trip up the years and i know it says that flying around the track in a racecar is a blast the mclaren six hundred l t has everything that a race car needs a brilliant chassis great brakes and an engine sound that's music to a driver's ears that makes it fun to simply shift down and drive on the street you don't even have to go fast says reinhold i've come out of the scene. was my god it must have. let's take one more look at the breathtaking specs including the price in germany the six hundred l t spider sells for two hundred fifty thousand euros and it's addition is limited after

a year production will be discontinued. this truck is a legend. in the current system much as kharaj says the other immobile world is changing constantly one model after the other with new technology and better sounding names few cars can hold their place in this environment maybe a decade or two but never longer yet the toyota high lux has been around for half a century what does this do to your title. whether it was back in two thousand and seven when a high lux became the first auto to reach the north pole during a volcano eruption on iceland for conquering the south pole in two thousand and ten the high lux is the zero. vehicle that's been to both ends of the year. in january

two thousand and nineteen i likes one one of the world's toughest races that dakar rally. for more than fifty years they toyota high lux has been one of the toughest pick ups in the world through eight generations toyota has managed to sell eighteen million of them worldwide highlights is known as europe's most popular pick up. or does it matter since the eighth generation has been given a facelift at least in the most luxurious version of the truck the executive. this spruce up can be seen most clearly at the front wrap around headlights emphasize the pickups width and integrate seamlessly into the newly designed radiator grille . and nearly one point sixty five meters the high looks has the brothers better of its class

a new floor assembly and reinforced front wall give this truck a big edge when it comes to loading and unloading. the interior has stayed pretty much the same and corresponds to earlier standard models . leather seats are part of the standard equipment of a high lux executive. the highly. classified the high lux as a commercial vehicle even though you have to admit that this pickup truck doesn't drive like a commercial one it's got a car that's really comfortable to drive or is really sharp speedy and precise and handling a pick up is a pick up and it is what it is. i'd

pick up. the high looks as a two point four leader four cylinder diesel that pumps out one hundred ten kilowatts of power with maximum torque of four hundred nude meters that makes it strong enough to tow three and a half tons. it's time to take the high legs off road we flip a switch into low range so the trucking get down and dirty. even in really rough terrain the high looks easily moves over major barriers and through extremes. the high lex is equipped with high speed gear effective utilization control which determines the availability of high speed gears in real time according to driving conditions so in fifty year for example it can only be travelling at fifty kilometers per hour what ten times the

court declined steep hills. the market says some might ask who needs a vehicle this big but if you have a business and you need to transport stuff that you don't want in the car and you don't want to van there are many alternatives to a pickup so that's a big plus for the high lux and it can go off road and pull really big loads that means a vehicle for tough jobs a utility vehicle and found out wouldn't. even know it's followed so it. takes a lot of courage and a reliable vehicle to drive in wintry conditions this is the r.v. and c.r. region in northern sweden folks wagon and other european car manufacturers test.

vehicles here on the frozen lakes today will be putting the b w r t on through its paces in subfreezing temperatures. b l e d headlights have been build deep into the grill to give the r.t.m. a sporty look. the vehicle measures four point eighty six by one metre eighty seven with a wheel base of two point four metres. the standard equipment includes l.e.d. headlights and taillights daytime running lights keyless access chrome strips on the side windows and seventeen inch alloy wheels with all those features you might consider the r.v. on a luxury car but it's a lot more than that. cannot be the spokesman much in hoover says the main thing that they wanted to do was to call attention to the art he owns driving dynamics it's equipped with four wheel drive and the powerful two hundred five

kilowatt two leader turbo engine that gives the vehicle a lot of traction and good response you'll notice the smooth ride right away and the actual an interaction between car and driver and i thought about gotten caught . we brought along a professional driver to help us with our test now we'll see what this car is really made up but these wintery conditions require some special equipment. like he has collins says who are using studded tires which provide proper traction while you steer if we didn't we'd have to drive slower and wouldn't get much reaction from the front axle. but had to be. my ts knows all about driving under extreme conditions he says seven times german rally champion he says the four wheel drive and control systems make it easy. to

drive his car on ice. much he has says that rally cars often slide around on the track you often can't steer and the car just sort of tourists. and when you're driving on ice like this it's really helpful to have that sort of experience so that you know what to do. but anybody can learn to drive on ice it's really not that difficult. because beating up on you . that. that's part of life. and it can be a lot of fun people who visit the driving experience track can climb behind the wheel themselves and structures are there to help. but tina says that the most important thing to remember as you drive into a curve is to slow down. and he checks out the curve visually and then brakes to an

appropriate speed. once he's put more weight on to the front axle he over steers a little until he's through the curve it then he can start accelerating again. driving in extreme conditions like this can help you improve your skills so you'll feel comfortable behind the wheel in just about any situation but make sure that you do your test drives in areas that are authorized and supervised. we now take a journey into the past and the technological trendsetter the open olympia this one was built in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight the olympia was a best seller in one thousand. thirty five year the model was introduced and helped

all will become the first german manufacturer to produce more than one hundred thousand cars a year and that made opel europe's biggest automaker but the awful olympia it's the car of its time in the mid one nine hundred thirty s. that was opals ad slogan for its new mass production model says vintage car expert christophe bauer and might not look very spectacular but under it's a nondescript exterior is a technological milestone the olympia was the first german mass production model to have a unitized body and uni body construction is still the standard in car making today the biggest as it's more than all the way. from the early twentieth century on opel was a hive of innovation in one thousand nine its two seater doctors car used in the fission modular construction system. and in one nine hundred twenty four the four horse power opel nicknamed the tree frog was the first german car to roll off an assembly

line. the olympia made its debut in one nine hundred thirty five at the i a international motor show in berlin a plexiglass model showed off its truss like car body framework the body and the chassis comprised a single unit that was simply mounted onto a pre-assembled drive train that included the engine. be interior was eerie featuring as it did opals patented draft prevent a lation the car was equipped with front and rear vent windows there was plenty of space inside as well. kristen says the opal olympia really holds the road and can't be beat when it comes to safety here. but then the monocoque body gives the olympia

a much lower center of gravity than its predecessor a hole fifteen centimeters lower income a nation with the independent wheel suspension at the front and opals patented synchronised suspension and makes for a great road handling but they begin with opel drivers add the content themselves with just twenty four horsepower it's only starting in one nine hundred thirty eight could they get a one point five liter four cylinder engine with thirty seven horsepower that gave the car a top speed of one hundred twelve kilometers an hour making it fit for the autobahn . as it is because that was christophe finds the olympia's design a little conservative and some places he says you can already see the influence of general motors which bought opel in one thousand nine hundred ninety but at the time the integrated headlights were considered as specially innovative before that they were simply mount it right here at sun it's practices with what he finds most

impractical is the trunk which can only be loaded from the inside making a virtue out of necessary ople claimed this offered protection from dirt at the inclement weather and theft mark good marketing has always been vital to selling cars. to start off with the olympia was available as a two door sedan or a convertible in one nine hundred thirty eight when the olympia underwent a facelift opel also added a four door sedan to the model range but all versions featured the novel sheet metal unitized body that reduced curb oid by a good one hundred thirty kilos compared with the car's predecessor the olympia's aerodynamic front and flatter under body also reduced drag. the interior is very purist the corduroy material is robust and the more rigid.

passenger compartment means greater safety for those on board yellow that christo says under the hood is one of the first crumple zones in automotive history the front part of this unit ties body deforms in a controlled way there is even a predetermined breaking point in this four shape front profile but there was nothing very new about the engine it was a small four cylinder engine which has one point three leaders of displacement and twenty nine horsepower this one here was only available from one nine hundred thirty eight it was a high performance model with one point five leaders of capacity thirty seven horsepower and valves here in the cylinder head and made the olympia the best series production car at the one nine hundred thirty eight german alpine cup and it served as the basis for all opel four cylinder models through to the one nine hundred sixty s. . earlier olympia's had a three speed transmission but starting in one nine hundred thirty seven the model

was available with a modern though somewhat not cheap for speed gearbox. the previous year opel had introduced the convention a less costly model based on the olympia featuring a rigid axle with leaf springs in a one point one leader engine it was opals version of the people's car. at that christo says the opel olympia really was the car of its time as the first mass production car to have a monocoque body it pointed the way towards the future because starting in the one nine hundred fifty s. anybody construction became the standard in modern auto making so christophe feels the opel olympian definitely was a milestone and automotive history. the olympia certainly lived up to the ad slogan the company began using in the one nine hundred thirty s. opel a reliable production resumed after world war two and opel continued to produce this best selling model until nine. dean fifty three.

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