is that the clip it gives to green energy solutions and reforestation. they create interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and were determined to build something here for the next generation. like the multimedia environment series on t.w. . hello and welcome to drive a d w motor magazine coming up cutting edge navigation the opel insignia sports tour. robust all rounder the nissan qashqai. and dream convertible the b.m.w. eight series.

after a break of more than a decade b.m.w. finally has a larger sports car in its range that b.m.w. eight series alonso the coupe a has now been followed by a convertible the new eight series marries both sporty performance and luxury give proof there to start much says it feels like the range of attractive convertibles in germany is getting ever smaller but today he's testing out an especially good looking specimen. chunky air intakes sleek l.e.d. headlights and the b.m.w. signature dual kidney grille dominate the front. how long the hood emphasizing the low slung structure along with wide wheel arches the typical b.m.w. proportions. the wide sporty rear end features large exhaust outlets and blacks around.

in them again says you can certainly enjoy life in an m eight fifty i like this one the engine under the hood is of course super powerful and he can choose whether he selects the comfort mode for a comfortable ride or the eco mode to save fuel and he can choose sport and even sport plus if he really wants to let rip with although they did cut us in that video i thought in sport mortals what off tonight in sport post-mortem or diets that they did not want to. despite its weight of more than two tons the m eight fifty i convertible really sprints off the starting line that's all thanks to the four point four leader v a turbo charged gasoline engine it moves from zero to one hundred in three point nine seconds the top speed has been an electronic lee limited to two hundred fifty kilometers per hour and germany prices for the top engine started nearly one hundred thirty four thousand euro us the leg in size the steering is like a one thousand inch braking system is super exact you can gauge it precisely and

the eight speed automatic transmission means it doesn't need to bother with the gears. it convertible comes with all wheel drive and sports differential as standard the electronically controlled rear axle differential lock i don't we provides optimum traction it also helps with accelerating out of the curve meaning you can really fly around those bands. and says he can close the roof in just fifteen seconds while still driving to a speed of fifty kilometers per hour the quick. nap of the leather upholstered features and sport weather steering wheel come a standard. if you wanted to really swish you can opt for a start stop button and. gear shift lever made of crystal. neck warmers integrated

into the front headdress which blow out warm air on colder days are only available as an optional extra despite the high starting price which we think is pretty poor for the kind of get my hands measures one metre seventy five which is not particularly top if he can sit comfortably in the front but he wants to try out the back of that i've got a front seat moves forward and of course with the roof open getting in is easy so i . like this he's quite comfortable but now when he puts the driver seat set to his height back into position it's pushing against his knees. no one's going to want to sit here for longer journeys that the. intercoastal active steering enhanced is the overall sporty feel of the car up to a speed of seventy two kilometers per hour the rear wheels are steered in the opposite direction to the front this makes the steering

a lot more precise and significantly reduces the turning radius. you have about the un says the exhaust sounds great and he can make it louder if he wants so here you can choose between a more serene and reserves style war in your face loud when you opt for the sport or sport plus modi ivens yes likes it a lot with the v. eight under the hood the enormous acceleration power and the sound of the exhaust it's enough to give anyone goosebumps so i don't want them to go that are coming up on full plate on the kind of. journalist emanuel schaefer says he's just read an article in germany as big as automotive magazine if they compared twenty one cars from various manufacturers focusing on their infotainment systems one of them leapt out at him the opel insignia why because it took

a very respectable fifth place behind premium brands like porsche b.m.w. and mercedes which have cars in their lineup that cost twice or even three times as much that's reason enough to take a closer look at the opel. your. insignia is opals flagship model so it's one of the first they've outfitted with the latest generation infotainment systems and touchscreen up to eight inches in size is the heart of the system the premium version is the multimedia navvy pro which will get a look at. and everything imaginable says that when it comes to an end fourteen months. system you wanted to be easy to use and to reach that's the case here everything is easily within reach and you can brace your hand while you're entering something done in the next issue is connectivity there is ample car play and android auto but you do need a keyboard it's not wireless yet. but you can connect your phone to the sat nav or

infotainment system. to go do that now. that. will be. first press and phone lots of it if one. then go to bluetooth mode. two. then most see how long it takes to find it. a few seconds later the smart phone has detected the bluetooth connection and paired with it. if the speech recognition system means you don't have to fiddle with the display while you're driving a manual gives in a trial. a monologue tells that the drive to the deutsche vella in bonn. may have recognizes the voice commanding gets to work. from there is the best route the sat nav asked the man oh well if he wants to head out.

you know. because i was an island in monaco since both touch screen or voice commands work well and he finds the interior appealing but now it's time for him to leave the stage for a moment it's the place. where they tethered smartphone the system delivers traffic information in close to real time when the system is not connected it can use d.a.b. to access information carried by paid protocols that way you can always stay up to date the sat nav maps also stay up to date since for matter of days per year are included in the package. the insignia sports tourer features along close silhouette eighteen inch alloy wheels and chrome trim extending all the way to the trunk add to the sporty look luggage capacity is up to one thousand six hundred sixty five leaders.

out on the road be insignia is add china and easy to handle on curves at higher speeds when noise is more apparent but it's still within the acceptable range. with this car also has a head up display it's very practical you can always see how fast you're driving and the speed limit as long as the car is equipped with speed limit recognition like this one of the if you have a sat nav device you can see the next turn without taking your eyes off the road so it's very practical the big one that's dawson the most out of it out of the partnership. this car is powered by a one hundred twenty one kilowatt one point five liter turbo charged gasoline engine. it makes the sprint from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour and eight point nine seconds and sports a time speed of two hundred twenty two kilometers per hour and germany the sports tourer innovation version starts in about thirty six thousand euros.

about their same body model gives his verdict the opel insignia is an absolutely solid car with its good showing on the comparison test is well deserved if you want to cut costs a bit if you could easily do without the sat nav and the somewhat larger display even in the basic version the infotainment system supports android auto and apple car play a car then you just use your cell phone as a g.p.s. rather than buying a car equipped with one. beats that's the name of a us audio products manufacturer founded by rapper dr dre say out has now installed the company's premium sound system and a special edition of the beats the it beats of beats side mirrors and fog lights and eclipse orange are just some of the features that enhance the beaches already dynamic youthful wine.

highlights in the interior include the sports seats with a beach design the provide more lateral support than the standard version d.v.d. so also bose a well equipped infotainment system with an eight inch color touchscreen and a virtual cockpit that can be adapted to suit the driver's individual wishes a three hundred watt amplifier with eight channels of seven premium loudspeakers ensure a great sound. so i thought i had a car test of nine hundred guys and over wonders if you can really call the beats a small car. maybe now he says it measures four point zero five meters in length but consider that the go for from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and three was just nine centimeters longer by that standard the beats it isn't all that small. dust but i would not climbs in i know hold who's fairly tall has

plenty of space how do things look in the rear it's. still it's a thug. but are plenty of space here to not sweating he concludes a respectable amount of leg room for a small car. conspicuous features on the exterior are the grill in a shiny chrome diamond design and the l.e.d. headlights. and then there are the sixteen inch aluminum rims and chrome framed windows. the original easy to look isn't swamped by the ever present beach logo clad rejuvenated. the trunk of cassidy can be very thanks to the flexible seating configuration. at the beach this drug offers two hundred sixty two to one thousand

and seventy two leaders of storage space which are tester says is just below average for its class less than the open course or the ford fiesta but the loading floor is even and the sill is not too high finds. we take a spin in the beats of beats with the most powerful gasoline engine the one leader eco t.s.i. generates eighty five kilowatts of power according to see at the a.b.c. uses four point nine leaders of gas for one hundred kilometers the sprint from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour takes nine point five seconds and top speed is one hundred ninety three kilometers per hour in germany prices for the beads have been started around twenty eight thousand euros for a zero is the i hope says the beats is an especially important model for say that since its introduction in one thousand nine hundred four over five point five million have been sold worldwide more than six hundred thousand in germany alone it's basically a small version of the leon says reinhart sporty sterling and not

a bit boring and it has what it takes to face up to the bigger rivals like the ford fiesta or the opel course or. for the past thirteen years that kind of guy has played the role of the urban crossover and the new sign portfolio our entire test drive was plagued by bad weather but the qashqai took it all in stride as you would expect from an s.u.v. it feels very sure footed on the road but we want to find out how the car performs in various everyday driving situations. and offers five different trim levels for the kind of guy we're testing the second

highest level the tech now with us and fourteen month system and black there's nine leather seats it even offers a certain sense of luxury. the not the car to stay in his creator he says the nineteen inch wheels and smart wheel rams come standard with a technique she thinks they've had perfectly with the four point four metre long run a looking car. kit to go boomeranging inspired l e d daytime running lights graced the front along with his son's iconic wii motion friends grille. black plastic camels underline the cars robots look around clarence's eighteen centimeters on. the window and tapers

upward sharply towards the back of the car with a crawl i'm surrounded directing attention to the roof spoiler. david listen i have put in a says the most important change can be found under the hood his son now offers a one point three liter gasoline engine without wood so either one hundred three or one hundred seventeen kilowatts they replace the old one point two and one point six liter engines today she's testing the smaller one hundred three kilowatt version as. it takes ten point nine seconds to go from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour this smaller gasoline engine has a top speed of one hundred ninety three kilometers per hour the combination of engine version and trim line that we tested is exactly in the middle of the overall

cash kind of price range. even since the one hundred three kilowatt gasoline engine always comes with a manual six speed transmission she notices that the throws are quite long and there's considerable resistance on the clutch pedal so it doesn't feel like such a dynamic right although the engine actually kicks in the full two hundred forty new meters of torque at sixteen hundred revolutions per minute. she now wants to test it on the german not a bunch. of course the business of changing gears is not really an issue on the autobahn driving here is much better in is found that in the city a smart design feature with a wide c. pillar was actually a disadvantage she found it impacted her all round vision considerably anus also

thought the car felt overall a bit too big and cumbersome for the city and. with that in mind it might be a good idea to order the onboard navigation system with all around hue monitor where. a three hundred sixty degree view many will find it helpful when reversing in the higher dream levels it's part of a standard phoenix along with other safety features. the innocent is the car that she tested with the high level tech that package on the smaller gasoline engine costs roughly thirty thousand euros in germany she would be interested to know what the car feels like with a more powerful gasoline engine and seven speed to a clutch transmission whether it would feel more dynamic and agile that would certainly be worth a try then off in the fact that. after all the more powerful engine offers an additional fourteen kilowatts of power but

if you're looking to go more off the road with a conscious guy and need all wheel drive you won't get it once again so lean version you'll need instead to opt for the more powerful of include diesel engines on offer. the porsche nine hundred twenty four is one of the biggest selling sports cars in history its origins go back to the early one nine hundred seventy s. when both wagon as the company's engineers to develop a successor to the nine fourteen a current they jointly developed. was put in i saw that artistically stuff power says the nine twenty four was originally intended as woakes wagons flagship sports coupe a it was even some talk about it being sold as an audi so the porsche engineers borrowed from the most wagon groups entire range of models many of the small parts

like the interior knobs and switches that wheel suspension and brake components come from the beetle golf and others that to leader four cylinder engine powered the audi one. and the voce wagon l.t. van but in one thousand nine hundred seventy four the new v.w. boss tony smoker bailed out due to the oil crisis and potential competition with v.w. own sure rocco he decided to cancel the development project yes well for. porsche didn't give up. instead they brought the nine twenty four to market themselves the new nine twenty four was a ready made people's porsche exactly what the marketing team was looking for to appeal to a broader market and the nine eleven but the nine twenty four was a world apart from the ad child nine eleven.

back then the porsche disciples believe firmly in the trinity of the rear mounted engine and box are designed with air cooling the nine twenty four had none of that plus the ignition was to the right of the steering wheel which was definitely not on it but at least the seats in the instruments came from the good old nine eleven which cost thirty two thousand marks back then the one thousand and four started in twenty three thousand marks which brought in many new customers of course and it became a huge seller but decades later traditionalist still disparage the nine twenty four as a housewife porsche a flash a fan thought kept saying to speed i'm back at the thing i feel it's right there at the white house called pos as i. for a time and even seem like the nine eleven his days were numbered which would have spelled the end of the traditional porsche design the watercooled front engine nine twenty four looks sent to become the standard for future models.

the first portiere with the front engine needed a bit of tweaking to meet the brand's reputation for sportiness christophe explains the engineers through on the trends actual principle me. engine in front transmission at the rear and nearly two metres of rigid metal in between but that help distribute weight evenly and ensure neutral handling qualities so it was a fast and confident right but not particularly spectacular as on the prospect that could. decide what it will be portion one twenty four it was designed by harm the guy who later became porsches head of design but he wasn't even thirty years old at the time his design featured a completely plain chassis with many flat surfaces pop up headlights and a point and snout the sleek design i needed a world leader in terms of aerodynamics its drag coefficient was

a zero point three six which was among the lowest in the world for series production cars another memorable and very practical element was the glass hatch which offered what was at the time the largest drug ever on a porsche plenty of room for your golf clubs i've got it but porsche is chief designer out of tola pine wasn't a fan he said whoever came up with this was someone who always wanted a ferrari but never got one kind of a come out at that at that. today the understated nine twenty four is seen as a timeless icon of design it echoed the wedge shape that was extremely popular at the time but with rounded edges and corners from the late one nine hundred seventy s. to the early one nine hundred ninety s. nearly all porsche models mirrored this basic design.

the rear seat of the two plus two didn't offer much room though in exchange the three hundred sixty leader trunk of pasty was a standout in the sports car category up that posh life was the porsche nine. twenty four a true sports car well look under the hood tells a different story with this water cooled four cylinder here you'll also find it in the audi one hundred and a volkswagen l t a like an advantage but here in porsche. tronic fuel injection system amps up the sportiness to give you one hundred twenty five horsepower. so poor ship your wrists may have turned up their noses but it was popular the original model with a two liter naturally aspirated engine had seattle's figures topping one hundred twenty thousand. christo says that

many years after the model was retired in one nine hundred eighty eight the disciples of the nine eleven finally began to praise this very successful compromise with its combination of usefulness good workmanship and acceptable sportiness plus the one twenty four's popularity with buyers pulled porsche out of a slump during the crisis it was the world's best selling sports car for years after its ancestor the three fifty six it was only the second porsche to enter serious production with a four cylinder engine so the one thousand and four was definitely a milestone an automotive history. but the nine twenty four and other front mounted engine models could knock the iconic porsche nine eleven from its throne even today the nine eleven is a porsche trademark meanwhile its transaxle models were taken out of the lineup in the mid one nine hundred ninety.

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