but i'll need to reinforce that. they knew this but does that mean he was not floating in a. controversial leader whose success is beyond question. one tragedy starts able fit t w. hello and welcome to drive with an e w motor magazine this week magnetic to test the drive technology of the future. twenty five years for the toyota rav four. and the new v w t garage.

there are already four members in the volkswagen s.u.v. family but so far the german auto maker has not been represented in the rapidly growing compact s.u.v. market that's set to change with a new t. cross mom with the car test and strike munchies s.u.v.s are selling like hotcakes regardless of what some people make of that so what was wagon is now expanded is range downwards starting at the top there is the turret and we have a to go on all space for a family with up to seven seats in the normal take one comedy then we have the to rock and right at the bottom we now have the t. crust there are those who say it's just a lifted polo a successor to the polo crush in fact it's a completely different vehicle let's take a look at the party gets. all the polo does form the basis of the compact they should be from the outside the key cross has a design all its own. from

the front it's membership in the v.w. s.u.v. family becomes clear the dominant hood and the y. grille with integrated headlights are reminiscent of its big brothers the touring and iraq two sharp or is it a lines from front to back underscore the cross-overs dynamic appearance. different patterns and optional decor elements in the body color give an individual touch to the interior a digital dash with an eight inch infotainment touch screen and an active info display are also available. to pursue and says that he cries has a typical s.u.v.

appearance at the rear thanks to the standard l.e.d. taillights and the center mounted reflective strip on the unbroken lines help give it a dynamic look that. when it goes on the market in may it will be available with a choice of two one lead or three cylinder gasoline engines that put out seventy or eighty five kilowatts a diesel version is set to follow a few weeks later we tested the entry level gasoline engine was seventy kilowatts out put this excel or a city cross from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour eleven point five seconds and gives it a maximum speed of one hundred eighty kilometers per hour. winds that's the way the steering is sensitive and precise hand says it's also very smooth and he likes that even though there's not a lot of feedback from the road at the same apply to the manual five speed gearbox which is the only choice in the seventy kilowatt version he thinks it's all right it does a good. job getting into gear ships are short and precise but no one expects that

in this class the right is comfortable he says and you can take a few curves with it you don't need to worry if the car will start to tip over as far as the entry level models brakes go there are disciplined front drums in the rear higher trim levels have dispraise front and rear they provide precise braking with absolutely nothing to complain about so freon is the tea cross has left a really good impression was ok i thought of that. but it's not only the compact s.u.v.s road manners that impress there's also the trunk they have whole beauty and says the v.w. she crossed with has a load capacity between three hundred seventy five and one thousand two hundred eighty one leaders that's not only thanks to the fold down sixty forty split seat backs there are scenes can also be moved forward giving a choice between more leg room in the rear and a larger load volume. there where your seat row can be shifted up to fourteen

centimeters. comments and sums up by saying that buyers who can do without four wheel drive will need to look elsewhere so much as at the to rock a four wheel drive isn't an option in the us but otherwise it's a vehicle that offers plenty of room and compelling road handling. current tester i know dyson over is reporting from way up north today more precisely from lapland in sweden just two hundred kilometers from the arctic circle carmakers in suppliers use the temperatures here to see how their systems work under extreme conditions this applies to sensors and computer systems and of course drive technology today we're checking out magnus technological testbed to. has so

many drive variance that it's actually ten cars and one of course we want to take a closer look. so into the car and onto the snow course on the outside the two looks like any ordinary two series b.m.w. yet it's anything but ordinary and it's rare it doesn't have to he says there are only two of these in the world that magni two can do a lot of things now that will hopefully be installed in many vehicles in the future it has an internal combustion engine on the front axle plus an electric motor in the rear axle an electric motor with two clutches this means that the vehicle can distribute the power not only from the front wheels to the rear but also from left to right depending on where power is needed to keep the car perfectly stable or to offer a bit of driving excitement this means that unlike an e.s.b. system the brakes the inner wheel in a sharp turn the torque vectoring system can accelerate the outer wheel guiding the car into a turn as if by magic adds

a lot more fun than with conventional solutions and then. the various drive concepts can be activated via a tablet in the cockpit whether simple front wheel drive with combustion engine pure electric all wheel drive maximum power with all motors partial power on the electric motors or other combinations in between everything is possible. same income or a magnet power train says the benefit of the technical work they put into this car is that they can present all of the drive train variance in one in the same vehicle that gives them a great advantage when it comes to comparing systems if they tried to present these different configurations in different vehicles with different tires different vehicle weights and such clear one to one comparisons wouldn't be possible here the vehicle is always the same the mass is always the same the tires are the same and the direct. herson can be evaluated accurately to give a fuck about

a sequel to picking up. the smooth surface offers ideal testing conditions. this is the only way he says the system automatically regulates the longitudinal and lateral power distribution that's usually done on the basis of a physical model of a vehicle it means they calculated target vehicle state and compare it with the actual vehicle state using sensors the advantage of this method is that it allows variable power distribution to significantly influence handling behavior that means they can if necessary help the vehicle into the bend or make it more in child but if the vehicle becomes unstable they can also stabilize it it's about sixty to see a. once in series production that will happen automatically you have a fit if he says it's now possible to distribute the power or torque over

a very wide range on snow and ice you usually have about fifty percent torque on the front wheels and fifty percent torque on the rear wheels that's then adjusted to some extent in theory there's also the option of driving chose one rear wheel to get it and if they can actually do that but the periods during which only one wheel is powered are very short this is helpful for example to correct oversteer or understeer that's the best way to call it and as emotional as what it is just by it's just about sex as way also feel. other things going old says these developments don't need time until they are on the market but that depends entirely on customer demand and of course on legislation by the year twenty thirty c o two emissions worldwide will have to be reduced by thirty to fifty eight percent and that's exactly what these innovation platforms are needed for. so you have

has unveiled its leon cooper our as team a special model of a successful station wagon celebrating the end of the currently on generation a lot of real carbon and a four flowing sauces them furnish it sporty credentials the two leader turbo gasoline engine delivers a whopping two hundred twenty one kilowatts and propels the four wheel drive sedan from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour in just four point nine seconds. the new version of b.m.w. z s one thousand r r has hit the road the newly developed engine delivers one hundred fifty two kilowatts and the whole bike is now lighter dropping below two hundred kilograms it also offers resistance systems such as dynamic traction control cornering a.v.'s and he'll start control the top range model starts in just under eighteen thousand euros in germany.

it's a vehicle that may not be to everyone's taste yet stands out with its unique design seating position and british style handling it's the fifth generation land rover discovery. card test the amount of washy forces back in one nine hundred eighty six a land rover decided to launch a relatively low price model that was supposed to fit between the range rover and the defender a reason for this was very simple at the time japanese manufacturers were pushing into the offroad market more and more so when rover had to react quickly and one nine hundred eighty nine the discovery came out of the market that means it's celebrating its thirtieth birthday this year in its fifth generation reason enough to take a closer look. the

front of the current discovery is clearly based on the range rover and the smaller discovery sport. from the side the tough appearance is even more obvious. there's a small rise in the roof over the seat filler and the offset license plate in the tailgate are holdovers from the second generation years ago. the interior looks so classy they you might not want to get in with muddy boots along with a digital dashboard there's a touch screen in the middle of the console where you can change all sorts of settings.

emanuel says the discovery is some press of leave big quite a land yeah right after it's one meter eighty eight tall almost five meters long making it a challenge to find a parking space and while that's a drawback it means there's a lot of space in the interior so let's take a look. yeah this is what the manual calls space there is so much head room and leg room is nothing to complain about depending on who is sitting in front of you there's even plenty of lateral room although that's no surprise considering its outer dimensions and next is the trunk. he says the tail gate opens electrically this and that reveals a flap on the inside. that ensures that nothing falls out when the tail gate opens if you are in a slow overcome with the guy that's all for you can fold it down easily by pressing this button and then you can access the luggage compartment to pick up the beauty

of it is you can also use it as a seat. so if your out on a trip and want to enjoy the sunset that's doable because it can support up to one hundred fifty kilograms here but enough but we also see that the whole thing is relatively high there's a solution to that too you can simply lower the car by pressing a button and that brings down the loading so you can feel the trunk and then just press the button to raise it again. we tested the s d six with a three leader engine and produces two hundred twenty five kilowatts and seven hundred meters of torque its power output is lean here while the automatic shift smoothly through is eight years so despite its haft the discovery sprints to one hundred kilometers per hour and seven point five seconds land rover claims fuel

consumption of seven point six liters per one hundred kilometers. so i meant to us is a tall car like this also has a correspondingly high seating position but it has quite a lot the feeling like a look at the roof of most cars as they pass you that's unusual. but many s.u.v. customers like this high seating position to help them keep a better eye on traffic. and. the man who won says the current discovery generation does not have much in common with the original low price discovery aside from off road capability because it's now a premium product the build quality and a very premium feel command a starting price of just over fifty five thousand euros that's not cheap and if you choose some of the admission alaap shows then you are quickly over sixty or seventy thousand euros it would have i think. the land rover discovery comes at

a price but a shake on the outside luxurious on the inside and offers plenty of space it's super charged the six engine powers and confidently and it has no fear of any touring. small city cars like the skoda city go tend to get thought of as sensible cars they are small consume little and still offer everything you need for mobility around town but there are still differences in their engines we will take a look at a particularly environmentally friendly version this time. to a newspaper says we are testing the take version of the city go today is powered by natural gas which is stored in two tanks under the truck they hold eleven kilograms

there is also a gasoline tank with ten leaders capacity which shares a bit as a back up but is also there to start the engine and today she wants to find out if this car can fit her lifestyle. and natural gas vs. releases up to twenty five percent less c o two into the atmosphere a little city go ahead home in the urban jungle but what about the open road after all commuters don't just drive on city streets but also have longer distances to cover every day. iness the city goes name tells you where its strengths lie but her daily commute to work also includes a section of highway so now we have a chance to see how the city go responds when you want to drive fast. so here we are on the highway both the number of commuters and the number of kilometers they cover on the way to work are increasing it would be great if they

could use a more environmentally friendly fuel. and he says getting up to speed might take a while. to come out sixteen point three seconds to get to one hundred kilometers per hour adds obviously a lot and weaving in and out of highway traffic on the highway requires more than a little patience but once you have reached the cruising speed then it is really no problem to keep up with the others and even one hundred fifty kilometers per hour is no problem for the city go. to the natural gas version uses the well known one leader three cylinder engine which has been specially optimized for operation with natural gas it provides fifty kilowatts when it comes to c o two emissions the city goji tank showings would only eighty two grams per kilometer. that's just under three point six meters in length the city go offers everything you need to feel

comfortable mobile phone integration is an optional extra. and only two hundred thirteen leaders the trunk of it she take offers about thirty eight leaders less volume than the gas. saline powered versions. that comes out and says the trunk is quite a bit smaller due to the natural gas tanks but that has no effect on interior space . and even when driving in the city this small dual fuel engine is no worse than it's conventionally powered sibling's. death you know says the car's really fun in the city because it's so small and maneuverable and because the steering wheel responds very well to driver employed with electronic power steering intervening when needed and changing gears is smooth with short shifting distances. fuel saving measures including

automatic start stop and brake energy recovery are standard features of. that on the screen as sums up by saying if you want to natural gas car then you have to first answer the question of whether you also have a natural gas filling station nearby where she lives in cologne and gone that's no problem she has no complaints about the handling of the city go change tack and thinks it's really funny the only thing you have to get used to is much more frequent fuel stops using both natural gas and gasoline it's combined ranges only three hundred eighty kilometers so you'll be back at the service station quite often. this is the toyota collection in cologne germany it's where the japanese carmaker

displays classic models from its history there are regular guided tours to learn about specific vehicles today's topic is the twenty fifth anniversary of the rav four. he discovered toyota when he was eighteen and found they were cheaper and more durable than german cars. it's technology for everyone that just works in the is good of the aisle to museum is all about all cars come up and then it's really hands on and you can even see it in them nothing is rube duff. and that also applies to this first generation ram for printing one nine hundred ninety four it was nicknamed the m cruiser a model named rav four stands for recreational activity four wheel drive that's probably why the tailgate can be openside way more than eight point five million rapports have been built over five models generations.

the second generation went on the market in two thousand it was already much larger than the original as you would be and also available as a three or five door for the first time model with out four wheel drive was available just like its predecessor the tailgate pope and to the side. these two thousand and ten third generation model is probably unlike the other exhibits its owner in his biracial has a very special connection to toyota. in his says she moved from east to west germany in one thousand nine hundred eighty one day she looked out of the window and saw a car standing there it was a big damage and had a red sticker on it a warning from the authorities that it was no longer registered duplicated to all sides it was home office and that's it i made it to our. bank usually gives notice

the vehicle would soon be towed away and scrapped i mean is that the car was too nice for that fate and then it went up the front and she went on vacation and came back in the car was gone but a few weeks later she met a man and told him the story and he told her to come with him stance they drove to the city. so bring them together and he showed her where the car was parked she was surprised to see it and it was his and that turned out to be their first date followed by a second and a third they are now married with three children and her husband gave her that same car as her wedding presents i met a guy who had found out about my thought i met and just take it as offense taught. and since then amos has been a toyota loyalist even the more futuristic models such as the fourth generation ram for bill between two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and eighteen have their fans though some diehards were a little disappointed that the tailgate no longer open to the side but

conventionally. the fifth and courage generation was unveiled at the new york auto show in two thousand and eighteen and has been available since the beginning of this year. when and some thoughts i thought for owner benjamin meade says if you drive a car like this you soon realize it's almost like a friend who's there for you every day and if you look at the complete history of what toyota did with this model over the years it's really amazing as can be seen here every vehicle is really a one of a kind in its own way but there's an absolute decides to stick. like this land cruiser. they are just bizarre you know to collections alexander woolcott says a special thing about this land cruiser is it's a model that wasn't sold here in germany so it is relatively rare here and what's more it is his he's not just the one who leads the tours here he's a toyota freak with heart and soul land cruiser just keeps on going and since he'd

rather drive than fix things he drives a land cruiser and has done so for twenty years he says he had a funny feeling in the middle of this one hundred desert in libya and it was right in the middle of an area where almost nobody ever goes and. nobody has lived for a millennium summit and then he looked around and realized there was nothing within five and six seven hundred kilometers. and then he looked at his car and says it's and why you brought me to this place that now get me out of here. he says things like that creates such a close relationship with a car and its maker being with this product what a soft and so very primal trust in the vehicle that isn't pulled in its durability reliability and long gemini. it's too full as if i didn't even get. a visit to the toyota collection it's not just a great birthday party for the ram for. next

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