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here's what's coming up for the book is sleep you have plenty to talk about here but. the moment is legal every weekend here. welcome to drive with an e w motor magazine this week's topics a people carrier or a panel van the versatile toyota pro a spurs are. feeling presidential and the vs seven crash back. in the very latest from international auto show.
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emmanuel she first look you from her at this is waiting for you mano a mano well can't find much to. know who it is that marcus is sitting in front of a big sign that says auto shanghai two thousand and nineteen. ultimate so model says the auto show was in new york. post appears confused before he says that he's going all of the way to sharing hiring if you're not a says goofy flew in the opposite direction he still. has made a mistake august proposes to cover the new york international auto show test does the shanghai auto show if the strike. emmanuel's first stop is the mercedes section where the company has unveiled its big new g.l.'s sport utility vehicle the g.l.'s has room for up to seven people in three rows of luxury seating at five point twenty one meters the two thousand and twenty g.l.'s is longer than his predecessor and for the first time or cd's is coupling a gasoline powered mediate with an electric integrated starter. generator making it
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a mild hybrid that she has five eighty puts out three hundred sixty kilowatts of power. per c.t.'s is also faced with its g.o.c. coupe a slightly touching up in a sign and introducing new engines diesel and i want her clean hands canceling versions a special edition of the all electric if you see has been christened eight hundred eighty six a tribute to the very first automobile the benz patent motor wagon. meanwhile in shanghai v.w. is showing off the next generation sagitta technically based on the jet a small family car but intended solely for the chinese market it has a somewhat longer wheelbase. chinese market counterpart of the atlas the terror month is now available in an x. version it's coupe a contour set in a park. that's not all that's new with v.w.
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. just out there for a month this is the star of v.w. shanghai booth is the all electric idea rooms as u.v. he asked whether he meant a welcome here in this issue or if he can get this but as i asked him what's new with the new model can't find the rooms but there is the idea but also all of the trick to combines open air driving fun with a silent electric drive and you know we missions the op is quite satisfied. otherwise we wus booth in new york is relatively modest that's to be expected the most important premier's are in shanghai including v.w. as new standalone jetta subbranch it's meant to target the high volume entry level market segment at first with a large and a mid-size s.u.v. and this advantage prices will start in the ten to fifteen thousand euro range.
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the bentley book features cars in a very different price range the special moves on w. o. edition was named after company founder w.-l. bentley production was limited to one hundred cars each listing for well over three hundred thousand euros. the price reflects the luxurious upscale interior. british carmakers have come up with their own hybrid s.u.v. the electrically supported venting and she has a fifty kilometer all electric range. in new york toyota present its new highlander the new platform allows for a roomier interior and its predecessor half there's an option for three rows of seats for up to eight people highlander comes equipped with either a six cylinder gasoline engine or a hybrid drive with two electric motors supporting a two and a half liter gasoline engine for one hundred seventy nine kilowatts
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a performance. also new is the hatchback based on the mazda two which has never been offered in the u.s. it's a bit outside the norms for the american market but it's compact dimensions and small turning circle might well find buyers here and there recently unveiled super good to. the i'm an economy my no i was well aware of the american market is preference for big s.u.v.s pickups and muscle cars like his dodge challenger as star t. hellcat your regular edition is already quite powerful and i'm now here's a special edition of it's got a five hundred eighty plus kilowatts of power and has made a real impression on car fans here. the six point two leader v eight hemi engine has been used with other variants of the model the wide body version gets its with. permits extremely flared fenders and those are just some of the
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distinguishing features. of the. other car makers also have powerful muscle cars to show off ford has the mustang shelby g.t. five hundred for instance it's v eight engine and she's five hundred fifteen kilowatts that equals seven hundred horsepower. his son is observing is g t r muscle cars fiftieth birthday with an exclusive special edition g t r fifty by a tile design puts out five hundred thirty kilowatts for seven hundred twenty horsepower production is limited to fifty units and starts at nine hundred ninety thousand euros minus taxes. in shanghai porsche is celebrating the asian premier. pay.
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but the chinese seem more interested in porsche is new nine eleven convertible the race about liz for one hundred thirty four thousand four hundred euros. porsches new york booth is all about speed and the track the speedsters production is limited to just under one thousand nine hundred fifty units and lives for the equivalent of about two hundred forty six thousand euros each to speedster features a three hundred sixty kilowatt four leader six cylinder engine taken from the g t three r s. exotic models like this glickenhaus s c gene double zero three can also be found here. as well as the latest creations of koenigsegg. and lamborghini.
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on done it's time for the money well to wrap up our auto show review of new york city and shanghai have lots of interesting things to see but he hopes that next year the issues won't take place at the same time so he can cover both. a staff of my car chester eunice pizzerias sitting in the back seat of the electric car she'll be looking at today it's used as a government limousine in france president manuel mccall can often be seen writing in one minute call you could use this switch to adjust the reclining seats and you had my golf. and now let's get to the tense. periods that vs seven crosspatch compact
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luxury as you've seen it emphasizes comfort quality and technology. meet activision three pod l.e.d. headlights actually change illumination patterns depending on conditions. on. the front end features a big grille made of criss cross match. highlighted by chrome trim on the sides and bottom. of. the d.s. seven is just under four point six meters long and can seat fine. there's plenty of crewmen back and taillights with their distinct. give diamond
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pattern give the rear end a distinctive look. in this says that the d.s. seven looks impressive from the outside in and the interior is well designed by and shot full of high tech features. when you start the car this handcrafted timepiece appears. these distinctive switches along with the center console allow you to for example open and close the windows or lock the doors. a number of functions are controlled through the central touch screen at the touch of a button. or a chrome controller. on the left side
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of the cockpit the digital instrument panel provides a comprehensive readout of driving data. vs controls for the interior lighting also follow the d.s. seven's distinctive diamond pattern. the leather seats are quite comfortable even more so when you use the massage function. the owner says that sitting in this car will make you feel downright presidential no she's going to show us what it might be like if the man well not from behind the wheel himself. for example the french president might actually take his vehicle for a spin in the countryside trying that with a big bullet proof limousine the d.s. seven features the active scan suspension system it uses a camera and. sensors to spot bumps in the road and make the necessary adjustments
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. now might have been just points out that most presidential limousine star heavily armored so they're pretty heavy that she's glad she's testing a standard model today the petrol engine on this one puts out one hundred sixty five kilowatts so it can really get around come up with is this the thought of a class. to diesel in one gasoline engine options are available the d.s. seven can go from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour in just the point three seconds and it has a top speed of two hundred thirty six kilometers per hour in germany prices for the business line model started forty three thousand and ninety year us there are four other option packages president mccroskey has seven has a sun roof unfortunately ours does. anybody and dr yunus counts off the four dr loads to choose from for example if mark hall is cruising around paris is driver
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would probably choose the ego mode and i think while the president smiles and waves of the crowds through the sun roof. comfort mode is just fine for running errands around the city come for they know mine mortals then that could end in a company told from what's in one town was the choose sport mode for driving on the open road but not to think that it was. the connected pilot system takes you one step closer to autonomy is driving it regulates vehicle speed to keep a safe distance between you and the car in front of another system helps the vs seven keep to its lane still drivers who use these systems should always remain alert and keep both hands on the wheel. make them innocency minimal mccraw made a great choice with a d.s. seven prospect. that it definitely has the distinctive design and luxuries staling
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of a presidential limousine but it's also fun to drive thirty five thought that come on that in this. is the car tester on the left tech presented to yoda version explaining that it's available in two wheel bases and three different lengths where there are people carrier or panel van in addition it offers a long list of trim levels at fashion and this. weird testing the long version of a toyota pro is for zero with eight seats to find out what it has to offer. you go because ronnie has already noticed that for business or pleasure day to day are living driving certain details will tend to stand out on. the concrete it doesn't look all that typical for
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a people carrying. the drive selector is a knob on the center console. the van comes with the center armrest embassage seat . belts taken all the storage compartments in the doors ronnie's attention he likes being able to still water bottles for example easily in the door rather than reach around behind himself or even worse go thirsty little for. all the stoics in front is very practical for dealing use one of open driving itself. that slides at ronnie feels the two leader diesel in this pro version suits it quite well it puts one hundred thirty kilowatts and sounds nice and throughly for a diesel though no. too loud and the pro ace as surprisingly good pick up.
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vanek celebrates from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour in just eight point eight seconds toyota rates fuel consumption and six point one leaders per one hundred kilometers in reaches top speed and one hundred eighty five kilometers per hour in germany the eight c. pro is version with a long wheelbase and eight speed automatic transmission list for just over forty eight thousand europe's. running describes the steering is very responsive but far too light so in tight spots it takes a lot of cranking to move the wheels from one extreme to the other but on the road the pro-choice version has easy going is comparatively wide but at one point ninety two meters height it can fit into most parking garages. the front bears a certain resemblance to german counterparts by v.w.
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and mercedes. cross-eyed the most striking feature is the three point two eight metre wheel base giving the pro-choice versa with total length the five point three one metres. the loading still is nice and low and the tailgate nice and big to accommodate. when i'm sitting in back ronnie feels almost like he's on an airplane. he notes that the rear seat rows are designed much frank airplane seats with fold down tables and cup holders. and if that's not enough an armrest can be folded up and another table pulled out that makes for a comfortable working surface done. all the passengers have their own reading lamps
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as well as individually adjustable air vents all the. white utility vehicles are growing in popularity on the european market and the pro race is a good value it offers plenty of space comfort and all kinds of extras. making affordable small cars for the common person is an italian specialty this tradition began in the one nine hundred thirty s. with the first series production compact to boast a four cylinder engine coffee at five hundred better known as the local enough christophe our explains the origins of the little mouse and i was not that he says that in the one nine hundred thirty three petri i giovanni agnelli commissioned a twenty nine year old engineer named john koza to develop an economical small car
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and selling price was to be not more than five thousand lire just half that enough he had camila this company's cheapest model at the time and the new car needed to be more comfortable powerful and good looking then the competition from germany and france christoph eels that was a tall order for a young engineer but when it went into production in one nine hundred thirty six the fiat's five hundred fulfilled all of the criteria but one they cost one thousand nine hundred lire not five thousand still a pretty fair price kristoff thinks sizes. beginning in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the little fiat's was assembled on a modern production line of the car makers when djoko plant inter in one thousand nine hundred fifty four some five hundred twenty thousand a b. and c. model top of the nose had been built aside from the sedan the five hundred was also available as a station wagon and. usually called the john dean era and later the belvedere but
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how did the fee on five hundred come to be known as the top leno. i'm going that christopher says that in the early one nine hundred thirty s. walt disney's mickey mouse became popular in italy but due to licensing issues with mickey was known here is totally no more mostly no and because the five hundred freestanding headlights bear a slight resemblance to mickey's ears and soon was given the nickname is and. the fianna five hundred proved to be robust durable and fuel efficient it was rear wheel drive like most models of its day but other than that its basic structure is very similar to that of modern complex and the fiat box christo says the top aledo seats to adults comfortably with space for luggage behind the seats and there's no trunk land you could fit two children in back here in the christan says italians love to fill their top on the nose up to the roof and if it had
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a nice soft top like this one and even beyond that no one cared to the maximum payload was just fifty kilos but then had sold it as a fully fledged car and one thousand nine hundred thirty eight heavy quickly axles with longer leaf springs so it's appearing lots of cargo was no longer an issue then document it doc smith that got him top seed and also started the magazine motor in sports says the top of the no could travel one hundred kilometers around seven point five liters of gas at the best fuel consumption ever seen at the time later five hundred b. models like this one you just five liters per one hundred clicks should go likely a bit more when going uphill lie down the alley. as in the when it comes to designing christo says the top of the you know is clearly in for. well it's by the streamlined shapes that were popular in the one
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nine hundred thirty s. even the door handles are sunken to improve the car's drag coefficient you know that only when the body is secured to the right by the latter frame does the top leno have the necessary stiffness had it was a clever way of reducing the car's weight which also lowered its cost in fuel consumption spawn for the same reason parts of the framework perforated a technique that hat previously only been used in airplanes in race cars and the car also we use these little fifteen inch wheels specially made by pirelli which made the car look big and dynamic anonymous or shine and. you know belongs to the relatively rare b. series which was only built from one nine hundred forty eight to one nine hundred forty nine. it's much loved to retract a textile roof came a standard and a redesigned dashboard pepped up the car spartan interior but the models most
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important improvements are to be found under the hood. if you're from the cristo says the main difference between the feet at five hundred v. and its predecessor is the engine within a used a full size of a valve engine the being had overhead valves and this technical innovation gave the car of big power boost from thirteen horsepower to sixteen point five horsepower come off and just i got that. and usually the radiator is found appear behind the engine enabling the car to have a sleek an aerodynamic front end and of course put the engine is far forward as possible to create more interior space in the software as microsoft while the firm was bent on saving money and you didn't scrimp on technology hardens and crystal says the only drawback is the crankshaft only has two main bearings so after just fifty thousand kilometers the engine often needs an overhaul. but that
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throaty sounding inline four cylinder engine has to work pretty hard it's zero point six liter of q.b. capacity means he can reach just ninety five kilometers an hour christiane says for people with big feet leg him the car's not so easy to drive because the pedals are so close together but otherwise it's great fun to drive around with the wind in your hair and in its day the toppling to impress car testers to one german magazine praised its low center of gravity good weight distribution and great road handling but first and second gears aren't synchronized so when downshifting you really need to double declutch by board the cycle with my cars game. they were exported around the globe so as far away as china australia and the us a little fiat's was also produced under license by and as you in germany for an
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austrian and simcoe in france. has made a definite christian says that top leno was italy's best selling car until the mid one nine hundred fifty s. some five hundred twenty thousand were built had brought mobility to the masses in italy like the v.w. beetle did in germany and said to one's douche of all did in france with a slightly construction and quality technology it was years ahead of the competition i need to establish the brand as a specialist for stylish high quality small cars making the top leno a milestone and automotive history and myostatin. done to the top of leno's creator word for fee on for almost half a century developing dozens of other models for the carmaker lead to revive the five hundred name and continues to produce five hundred badged super minis to this day.
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