take it personally. with wonderful people and stories that make the game so special. for all true fans. because more than football. hello and welcome to drive a v.w. motor magazine this week video classics head up the mountains and mystery as kids brew an alpine rally. w.'s record setting electric race car. and the new mercedes am ciccio c 63 as a. carter's

to young baker says received he says revamp the g.l.c. family from inside out it's no longer news that s.u.v.s sell like hotcakes for their car makers and customers alike have taken a shine to the s.u.v. ku pace so today we're not looking at a regular chelsea but this one there mercedes and ciccio see 63 as a coupe a but young 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 nice sure their size and weight mean higher fuel consumption any missions but who cares if they're high up sporty and stylish welcome to the paradoxical world of s.u.v. kooky.

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 to windows to $1023.00 leaders $127.00 leaders less than the normal geale seat and in the rear it's far more cramped than the regular g.o.c. especially when it comes to headroom. yond sums up the g.o.c. coo peace appearance as love it or hate it there's no middle ground some love affords bronnie and 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

and that's the engine for leader v. a twin turbo that puts out $375.00 kilowatts or $510.00 horsepower the thing has plenty of muscle reaching a 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 c.b.s. has managed that's really impressive. also likely to be impressive are your fuel bills thanks to the heavy weight and for air resistance even the manufacturer claims only $12.00 leaders per 100 kilometers and c o 2 emissions of 280 grams per kilometer if you let that be a gasoline engine rip you're really looking at 18. 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 l x already familiar from the a class you can operate it either via the but much on the steering wheel top 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. are seen as. yours i'm too hot. also at the temperature in 1000 degree celsius. in seattle 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 a mix of leather. 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 john says you can always ask who needs a monster performance as u.v. like this 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 at the nerver 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. basswood volkswagen uses the track for the w. says his future is electric so the fully electric i.d.r. racing car is one of the keys to its ambitious it's driven by frenchman woman to my last year he set a new speed record in the i.d.r. under extreme conditions at the pikes peak international hill climb in the united states. voce wagon is once again learn from pike's peak refined the racer and adapted it to the nerve or drink with electric product family waiting in the wings it seems to set

a new lap record for electric vehicles on a nearly 21 kilometer north loop. it's a big challenge. noise so nice a stretch in all this is clear but to drive on this truck was a puzzle died he's already a challenge on doubles up to do it on they think it's a serve on beach engine but i see we always prepare well we. and i guess now we're ready. during numerous test drives on the famously hilly track the racing team worked out how to make the i.d.r. respond to do my job perfectly. now it's finally time to dared to break the standing record for new money and the votes wagon motors ford team everything is about today.

to see the pay was always very nice. we already i mean read the you know would i tell you never did you always want to test more in all but i think it was seen as ok is it may does this morning. why not just to check it was seeing it was he was looking great knowledge school and see which one can do. a notary must be present to confirm the record officially that's against birds john. paul 2 to those he describes for procedure 1st he looks over the measuring devices that have been set up in 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 is able to verify the time the measuring system records i'm just

a side believed to be stuck inside the base i managed to. touch. 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 are 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 a o e p 9 in 2017. tense moments for the monitors really come in under the timing. the pit crew are also hoping for the best. but behind the wheel a man dumas keeps

a cool head. at long last the idea are enters the final straight away. and then he did it. and yes berlin makes it official. fear of flying a time of 6 minutes 5.336 sec 6 moved from but i 6. cheering all around dumas beat the old record by a full 40 seconds. i

think for the day was already very nice but the red chief we're seeking to go wrong $615.00 so if i'm out there and he's not there but going to be because of the expected so now we have to going to do it to another guys. for now it's time to celebrate for dumas and his team. jaguars freshen up the design image take scene 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 the system recognizes driver preferences and tweaks the driving experience to match. porsche has presented its new 911 speedster with the high

revving 375 kilowatt for leader naturally aspirated puncture engine visually the speedster harks back to that forbear of all porsche the 356 roadster from 1948 that's referenced by the limited edition of exactly 1948 cars. card to stream and more shaver has been looking at the current generation of the b.m.w. 5 series touring and he picked 5 points that he thinks are decisive for a touring station wagon today he's going to see if the 5 series can satisfy them i do support the effort and got. the bullet points are handling 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 us to a point to fuel consumption b.m.w. claims a rate of almost. 6 liters per 100 kilometers and 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 differ but the. headlights and trademark kidney grille should appeal to just about everyone over all the design of the 5 series touring tends toward understatement but maybe that leaves less room to do something wrong. the yelling the rear lights are standard just like the headlights models equipped with the x. drive all wheel drive. says 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 test 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. engines are paired with an 8 speed on a matic the adaptive suspension cost $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.

we come down 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 that you can easily switch to at the press of a button and then you have a 3 day 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 rio's 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. whatever the parking assistant plus system cost $1100.00 euros extra if you want to save that money just use the standard parking aid another strongpoint of the $5.00 series touring. time for

a man who was verdict. i was not long at all he thinks the 5 series touring has met the requirements in the 5 categories he listed the only thing that still bothers him is that. it's just so big it will be a lot and take 7 most of the room in your pocket but tough if you compare it with the key information 25 serious touring. or huge difference becomes obvious when of course the this one has a display with a touch controls and all sorts of other things but in the end no one but no one means that i'm and. kind mench. that 32nd kids to alpine rally was held in early june 29th teen this classic motor sports event ranks among europe's largest and most prestigious leading star events

each team develops their own strategy and tactics. used by young as well housing strategy is to have fun take it easy and keep an eye on the clock you know i was under good will realize when 7 stopwatches 3 g.p.s. is into ice packs your harness also fixes on a helicopter the flies ahead of the competitors and alexander's dead serious about it it's a harness would take 2nd place as a defeat. the field consists of $170.00 vintage cars with a combined 18 megawatts of power and was motor sports enthusiasts the rallies made up of 3 days of adventure sports and a field day for a kind of sewers of chrome old leather and classic design. the route leads through picturesque valleys and lush green meadows.

the oldest vehicle in this year's rally is a 1923 bentley 3 leaders speed model this british jewel of the jazz age purrs 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 utmost 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 triumph roadster. yet at least it had to grow sever mean 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 or 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

10231975 including $24.00 pre world war 2 rarities add up to an unequalled spectacle. there are impressive pre-war model race cars pricey sports cars limousines and coo pages 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 and we came from. the united states for ginia

and driving this old 58. which was a factory works car that did the alpine rally in 1958. and. what's special about the old timers i mean look at all these cars in this beautiful weather and all these mountains and the snow caps and such so it's just a great time. when jimmy no no in his team thrilled to be here they're the only french team in a rally full of fabulous cars and a magnificent countryside there's a really nice happiness here and they're very glad to be taking part. also what are expected to. be individual states and total of 570 kilometers are spread over a 3 day challenging mountain runs alternate with easier stretches the gorgeous

countryside offering views of the most famous alpine peaks in north to roll results for region and were very. the participants compete in one of 2 categories the classic trophy for drivers just down to enjoy the ride and the sport trophy for teams in it to win with the fastest time several stage using transponder and g.p.s. data. goes in via fog incudes period until his limbs and his co-driver are one of the rallies few teams to keep it was purely mechanical that is what we are that i mean they use a mechanical odometer and stopwatch and calculate their average speeds using tables . but that is that he points out that many others who drive without high tech

computers developed in italy and calls it the enormous devices any quip and it looks like it came from a science fiction space ship itself therefore it's defined as way but they just laugh about it last year after they placed 3rd with their purely mechanical approach many of the high take teams all around came in behind them thinking about all they could just made proper use of the old technology a mechanical stop watches and odometer is beyond it all worked out it's just as well. they can sail on the most business get close to. the really organizers p. careful attention to choosing their routes to provide a sporting challenge for both men. and machines and so the drivers and cars can enjoy a maximum variety. higher chance lost in exhaust cloudy skies will leave the jury rigged a makeshift solution to get it seems to work but they can't be sure until the final

kilometers that's what they're confident about so they're looking forward to that final stretch album isn't to persist because. often a security. 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 kid spiros 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 increase to have them on have watched as others soon to head it almost seems changed but not this year. but earlier obviously meminger has nothing but praise and spectacular countryside good roots and great organization if they get the result they're expecting they'll be thoroughly satisfied. named play 2nd 3 years running and they're trying to break that streak with 1st place you just have to drive consistently well appoint big mistakes keep up your concentration and prepare. meticulously he says that it's no real trick goes but you do need a bit of luck. the 5th time around new york meminger his recipe for success finally worked this year he came in 1st.

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