and. video and audio. w. l o n welcome to drive a v.w. motor magazine this week video classics head up the mountains and mysteries kids brew an alpine rally. w.'s record setting a one trick race car. and the new mercedes a m g g o c 63 s. coupe a. contest

a young baker says receives his revamp the g.l.c. family from inside out it's no longer news that s.u.v.s sell like hotcakes or their car makers in customers alike have taken a shine to s.u.v. capacious so today we're not looking at a regular g.o.c. but this one there mercedes a m. ciccio c 63 x. a coupe a but ya know it wants to know who actually needs a car like this. a look at the current registration statistics might make you wonder and public car buyers are calling for environmentally friendly alternative drives but privately they're buying issue me sure their size and weight mean higher fuel consumption and emissions but who cares if they're high up sporty and stylish welcome to the paradoxical world of s.u.v. cooping.

and the paradox is that while most normal s.u.v.s at least offer plenty of space those sloping roof line on s.u.v. compay takes its toll. even with the rear seats folded down luggage space 2 windows to $1023.00 leaders $127.00 leaders less than the normal g.o.c. and in the rear it's far more cramped than the regular g.o.c. especially when it comes to headroom. some something g.o.c. coo pays appearance says love it or hate it there's no middle ground some love and ford's brownian sporty demeanor but for the others it just doesn't do anything beyond it looks a bit like mercedes had taken a normal c. class and pumped it up almost to bursting but one aspect should be cut and dried in

bats the engine a 4 leader v a 20 that puts out $375.00 kilowatts or 5 $110.00 horsepower the thing has plenty of muscle reaching at top speed of 280 kilometers per hour what's more you can select driving modes for an extremely comfortable or just super firm and athletic right and you very quickly forget that you're driving almost 2 tons around so it's this combination of comfort and performance numbers saidee says manage that's really impressive. it's. also likely to be impressive are your fuel bill thanks to the heavy weight in for air resistance even the manufacturer claims only call for 3 liters per 100 kilometers and c o 2 emissions of 218 grams per kilometer if you let the v a gasoline engine rip you're really looking at 80. leaders and of course the $375.00

kilowatts of power in the acceleration of a sports car do their bit. but in face notice the face lift now includes the mercedes benz user experience r m b us already familiar from the a class you can operate it either via the buttons on the steering wheel the touch screen or gesture control or voice control and that works really well you can almost speak normally and don't need specific voice commands to control individual menu items name or scene that say this. year's i'm too hot. also at the temperature in 1000 degree celsius. says for now buyers will have to do without the continuous display you get in the a class because that probably want to arrive until the next generation comes out so for now there is just a display behind the wheel and a display in the middle of. the interior is typical a.t.m.

she was scored seats in the mix of leather aisle can turn brushed aluminum lots of carbon and ambient lighting. ultimately though despite the technically impressive driving performance the question remains c o 2 out would exhaust cheating scandals alternative drives this and any of that matter at all. now today's company beyond says you can always ask who needs a monster performance is u.v. like that and to be honest the answer is no one but it's often completely irrational things that are the most fun. time would seem to be up for gas guzzling dinosaurs and bulky shapes but as long as there is car buyer demand for exactly these vehicles their extinction is likely to drag on for

a while yet. this is the north loop and the nerves are growing the legendary german racetrack is considered one of the world's most demanding circuits it's also the ultimate proving ground for production vehicles. vats what volkswagen uses the track for b.w. says his future is electric so the fully electric i.d.r. reaching car is one of the keys to its ambitious it's driven by frenchman woman dumas last year he set a new speed record in the i.d.r. underage stream conditions at the pikes peak international hill climb in the united states. most wagon is once again learn from pike's peak refined the racer and adapted it to dinner bird drinks with product family waiting in the wings and aims to set

a new lap record for electric vehicles on the nearly 21 kilometer north loop. it's a big challenge. an oyster nicest truck in all this is clear but to drive on this truck was appalled i was already a challenge on doubles up to do it on the lake like it's a serve on the challenge but i see we always prepared we walk a lot of us 3 months and i guess now we're ready. during numerous test drives on the famously hilly track a recent team worked out how to make the i.d.r. respond to dumas perfectly. now it's finally time to dare to break the standing record for new money and the votes wagon motors ford team everything is about today.

everything is ok it was always very nice. we are we already i mean read the you know would i tell you never did you always want to test more and all but i think it was either ok's it made us this morning. just to check it was seeing everything was looking great knowledge school and see which then we can do. a notary must be present to confirm the record officially that's against birds john. paul 2 to us he describes the procedure 1st he looks over the measuring devices that have been set up and this case a photo electric sensor matched to a digital timer to make sure they're working is any measures the time with his own stopwatches rule out any outside influences. and with the time measurements he makes himself he is able to verify the time the measuring system records i'm just

a side dish t.v. stuff inside to be precise i missed a. session. at 4 30 pm everything set for the record run. the i.d.r. is powered by 2 electric motors with a system performance of $500.00 kilowatts overall the the research car including driver weighs about 1100 kilograms the current record for all electric vehicles is 6 minutes and 45.9 seconds that corresponds to an average speed of almost 185 kilometers per hour the record was set by britain's peter dunne break at the wheel of n n io e.p. 9 and 2017. tense moments for the monitors really come in under the time. the pit crew are also hoping for the best. but behind the wheel among dumas keeps

a cool get. at long last the ideal heart enters the final straightaway. and then he did it. and yes spear limited official. fear of flying a time of 6 minutes 5.336 seconds 6 moved from but i 6. cheering all around the field record by a full 40 seconds. i

think for the day was already very nice but you had chief us thinking to go wrong 615. this time out there and he's got the bug went to because of the expected so now we have to but you do in the eyes. of god for now it's time to celebrate for dumas and his team. jaguars freshen up the design of it succeed with new design elements from the r. dynamic variance front that resemble aircraft wingless numerous safety assistants are already standard equipment now they're getting support from artificial intelligence. it's in the form of smart settings intended to increase the comfort level says that recognizes driver preferences and tweaks the driving experience to match. porsche has presented its new 911 speedster with

a high revving 375 kilowatt for leader naturally aspirated boxer engine visually the speedster hard back to that forbear of all porsche the 356 roadster from 1948 that's referenced by the limited edition of exactly 1948 cars. getting. the card to streamline more shaver has been looking at the current generation of the b.m.w. 5 series touring and he's picked 5 points that he thinks are decisive for a touring station wagon today he's going to see of the 5 series can satisfy them i do support the effort and got. the bullet points are handling the fuel consumption design load capacity and peace of use.

let's start with the handling. that i as a comando says travel comfort in the 5 series is just what you'd expect from a beemer after the entire car is designed for long haul journeys so the interior is really quiet the engine built into this 530 d. is very peppy torquey and powerful and naturally it's a lot of fun to drive but when you then step on the gas it quickly gets fairly loud and overpowering here in the interior that's a pity that most of the time you can live with it. that brings those to point to the fuel consumption b.m.w. claims a rate of almost. 6 leaders per 100 kilometers in every day we were closer to 8 but in view of its output it's still an acceptable figure.

point 3 is the design of course tastes differ but the flat head lights and trademark kidney grill should appeal to just about everyone overall the design of the 5 series touring tends toward an understatement but maybe that leaves less room to do something wrong. the lights are standard just like the headlights our models equipped with the x. drive all wheel drive. as one feature many touring 5 already have is still found in this generation the rear window that opens separately from the hatchback and speaking of the hatchback point for his load capacity there. says the trunk is roomy as you'd expect from a station wagon the video equipment looks almost have been washed but if that's not enough room you can simply flip down the back seats at the touch of a button and then there's space to load bigger items but if you plan to do this

a lot you should skip on the light colored leather and we have in our car because it will get scuffed. the interior is of high quality both in materials and workmanship the digital instrument cluster is standard as is a navigation system with a screen just under 9 inches. all engines are paired with an 8 speed on a manic the adaptive suspension costs $3550.00 euros extra. on the road you can easily feel the difference between the various modes but the whole thing is. really necessary because the standard suspension is already well matched to the 5 series touring the main focus here is clearly on comfort.

become now to the last point ease of use. one that i think might be my no one thinks of user friendliness he thinks of parking because that's not so easy for everyone and there are several cameras here you can easily switch to at the press of a button and then you have a 3 d. view of the vehicle in the space where it's parked and you can even see how the vehicle is moving while you're parking in the animated wheels are a nice little gimmick and here you can see how slowly the obstacles represented by these rectangles get closer and then change from green to yellow to red depending on how close you approach you know. however the parking assistant plus system cost $1100.00 euros extra if you want to save that money just use the standard parking and another strongpoint of the $5.00 series touring. time for emanuel's verdict.

i was not at all in all he thinks the 5 series touring has met the requirements in the 5 categories he listed i think only thing that still bothers him is that it. is just so big it takes up most of the room in your pocket if you compare it with a keen for me 25 series touring. or huge difference becomes obvious of course he this one has a display one touch controls and all sorts of other things but it in the end no one but no one meets there. and several with mints. that 32nd kids' food helpline rally was held in early june 29th this classic motor sports event ranks among europe's largest and most prestigious bidding star events

each team develops their own strategy and tactics. you know how to sell a house and strategies to have fun take it easy and keep an eye on the clock and i was under good waterlines when 7 stopwatches 3 g.p.s. is into i pads your hand is also pictures on a helicopter the flies ahead of the competitors and alexander's dead serious about it what's your highness would take 2nd place as a defeat. the field consists of $170.00 village cars with a combined 18 megawatts of power and was motor sports enthusiast the rallies made up of 3 days of adventure sports and a field day for cummins sewers of chrome old weather and classic design. the route leads through picture is valleys and lush green meadows.

field as vehicle in this year's rally is a 923 bentley 3 leaders speed model this british jewel of the jazz age peers along the alpine roads was 60 kilowatts and no problems at all. the recent clues various time controls and extra special stages that demand the most from the participants and their cars everyone has to be prepared for the worst mishaps and breakdowns are all but inevitable this time it hits this tri approached. yet at least at a grocer meet a cold which is at a loss as to the problem source. smoke is coming from under the steering wheel fortunately experience vintage car buffs are on hand and willing to help or give her a lift the problem turns out to be a burning cable and. the rally is

a mobile review of automotive history $170.00 vehicles made between 10231985 including $24.00 pre world war 2 rarities add up to an unequal spectacle. there are impressive pre-war model race cars sports cars limousines and who pays from the 1950 s. and sixty's and production model passenger cars from each of the 6 decades represented here. added together all the vehicles entered in this year's alpine rally would be worth $30.00 to $40000000.00 euros and a conservative estimate. is a lot of fun this is my 2nd year here when we came from. the united states for

junior. driving this old 58. factory works car that did the alpine rally in 1958. what's special about the. i mean look at all these cars and this beautiful weather and all these mountains and the snow caps and such so it's just a great time. thrilled to be here the only french team in a rally full of fabulous cars and a magnificent countryside there's a really nice atmosphere and they're very glad to be taking part. also what are. the individual states and total of 570 kilometers per hour spread over 3 days challenging mountain runs alternate with easier stretches gorgeous countryside

offering views of the most famous alpine pizza north to roll results for the region and were very. the participants compete in one of 2 categories the classic trophy for drivers down to enjoy the ride and the sport trophy for teams in it to win with the fastest times to several stage using transponder in g.p.s. data. because of via fog bank it's pretty until use linson this co-driver i was one of the rallies few teams to keep it was purely mechanical that is was made that ok they use a mechanical odometer and a stopwatch and calculate their average speeds using tables as a model and that is that he points out that many others who drive without high tech

computers developed in italy sinkholes if the enormous devices any quip and it looks like it came from a science fiction space ship it off there for us to find his way but they just laugh about it last year they placed 3rd with their purely mechanical approach up so many of the high take teams all around came in behind them to give out all they could just made proper use of the old technology a mechanical stopwatches and odometers on it and it all worked out just as well as a big one they can sail on the most as it is get close to. the really organizers peak careful attention to choosing the routes to provide a sporting challenge for both men. and machine and so the drivers and cars can enjoy a maximum variety. by a chance lost in exhaust play sizeable leaves jury rigged a makeshift solution to it seems to work but they can't be sure until the final

kilometer but they're confident about so they're looking forward to that final stretch of the recent. domestic to. the key factor in a rally is teamwork without a co-driver supported so very difficult to win this kind of a race. after 570 demanding kilometers and 3 days up and down the alps the participants are rewarded with a triumphant entrance into kids proves old town with plenty of spectators to admire the automotive treasures. crossing the finish line with all eyes upon it is the 1929 bentley blower one of the oldest vehicles in the field. cobblestones in sunshine old paint and lots of shiny chrome and bright faces all combined to light up kids for this afternoon.

one year after the next since 2015 p.r. meminger and christopher hill none have watched as others soon to head it almost seems changed but not this year. i hear you obviously if they're coming or has nothing but praise a spectacular countryside good roots and great organization if they get the result they're expecting will be thoroughly satisfied. they play 2nd 3 years running go and they're trying to break that streak when 1st place you just have to drive consistently well appoint big mistakes keep up your concentration and prepare. meticulously then i'd say no real trick i was like you do need a bit o. like. the 5th time around new york meminger his recipe for success finally worked this year he came in 1st. the

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