so it's like any spike says 50 nations 50 story. very personal tips on berlinski very busy. every week t.w. . hello and welcome to driver the d.w. motor magazine this week we see how c 20 celebrates its centennial. take a look at the audi q 3 sport back. and drive a new opel so fierro life. as online some current testament has carets says introduced the sephira in 1999 it

was intended as a 1st to tile a compact vehicle suitable for a family but with enough power and good for a city driving even with a spacious interior since then the model has gone through 3 generations and at least 2700000 have been sold by not that bad now is the 4th generation severe it is hitting the market it's called the so fear of life but has much less on common with the 3 previous generations and they had with each other the mind's eye i think i forgot about the one in medina. and that's primarily because the new so fear is technically no longer a compact van but full size sedan in terms of size it's in the same segment is the me w. bus and mercedes b. class. this if your own life shares his technical underpinnings with

a since when space tour traveller and toyota. all 4 are available in 3 links with 2 wheel base. this is one thing has not changed and that's versatility but it's a different kind of versatility the previous affair was available with up to 7 seats but the life has up to 9 seats in a variety of configurations. you want to. our test car has 8 seats of which the 6 in the 2 back rows can be folded down and moved alternatively benches are available instead of individual seats. and sure many of this a few are life is powered exclusively by diesel engines we tested the biggest

version with 130 kilowatts output and a sick speed manual transmission. says you cannot expect sports car handling from a vehicle in the van de segment but even if it isn't as petty as his predecessor as a fear of life is still pretty respectable the steering wheel delivers good road feel the brakes do their job if you have to hit them it makes a good impression. i mean. i. no one's going to mistake this affair for a sports car but design elements like chrome trim on the grill and alloy wheels for a dash of style. the

2 electric sliding doors are very handy they can also be opened with the central locking remote control. with 3 rows of seats the cargo space is naturally somewhat limited if you need to transport more you can remove the rear bench or opt for the longer version of a saffir and. the dashboard is sober and not flashing what's good for children all rear seats have easily fixed anchors for child seats. i mean which is a model of a pad purchase a vehicle like this a fear is just right for her family and doesn't pretend to be a sports car but has more of a down to earth look what's important is that it's lots of things fish inside but she says comfort is also important and safety is very much so especially when she's

hauling kids and her family drives long distances so it has to be comfortable will say she said so when it comes to everyday usability the syfy real life receives top marks but it isn't the right car for everybody. given he might want to says most people who buy a vehicle for up to 9 people only ever want to drive on saul with roads. but there are also times when you might need a car with lots of space that can also go off road and there's a solution for that too upsides. exists but all stuff gets under. opal has collaborated with french offroad specialist going to offer a 4 wheel drive version allowing the family transporter to make its way through less hospitable to rain this chassis is also a race for better ground clearance. this

new mattress wouldn't be much worse if we didn't find something to complain about like the material in the door to. be thinks it doesn't sound good. so maybe the engineers and designers will find a better solution at the next facelift and at last we had to go to is all so fitted . apart from this small failing to secure a life does not reveal any real weaknesses in our test the 3 of them legs and a wealth of equipment packages provide a version for every need i'm both country and city roads.

not to sums up the saffir a life by saying it meets his expectations it offers plenty of space comfortable driving and pretty much everything you'd expect from a modern car including every possible assistance just last month. and although it looks bigger i think the short version is actually even more compact than the own severest so you can take it into town it just as well as you could before it's that sufi about as high as one can it in going all the wood in the stepfather being with them for going. and a small airfield near english not in southern germany we have the opportunity to take an exclusive look at outings newest family member to q 3. sport back the crossover

offshoot of the q 3 compact s.u.v. has more than a little kooky and it the front of the car is almost identical to the normal q 3 what insiders can tow it's a sport back by its honeycomb radiator grille. although the 4.5 meter q 3 sport back is only a little longer than its sister model it looks walker and more dynamic thanks to its 3 centimeter flatter roof unlike many s.u.v. ku payoff shoes this one hardly cuts into its interior space. the standard luggage capacity remains the same at $530.00 leaders of folding down the rear seats expands it to $4800.00 only 100 liters less than the normal q 3. get into adi's yoakum caps are says the q 3 sport backs interior offers the driver both

a sporty and a digital experience that means the analog instruments are gone everything's digital and the interior design is dominated by sharply drawn lines and 3 dimensional shapes the central display is angled and degrees toward the driver making the seating position even more economic and sporty that the driver always has everything in view and within reach allowing optimum use of the new functions. inside the q 3 sport back offer state of the art technology in addition to a fan inch touch screen in the center console a virtual dashboard measuring just under 12 inches supplies the driver with all important information through various display modes. are new in the q 3 sport back is an optional integration of amazon's voice assistant alexa for example driver and passengers. asked the voice control about

the weather board's requests their favorite music. so cutting sundries groener says they can even operate their smart home devices for example if they're on the road and not sure if they have turned off the lights at home alexa can do that for them too although it's kind of like the physics one. i like shipley's turn on the light on. well this little dog and the way i designed . the q 3 sport back hits the streets in europe this is not a list prices haven't yet been revealed. here test no i think artistry manner was she 1st testing a veteran among s.u.v.s when it 1st rolled out in 1990 or really wasn't that much competition 20 years later things look very different everyone offers a luxury as you know audi mercedes porsche and even lamborghini and everyone wants

a piece of the action and that means you have to stand out from the competition and be so let's see what makes the b.m.w. x 5 so different from the others. the x. 5 was not the 1st s.u.v. ever built but it was still 3 years ahead of its competitors porsche and most models the other premium manufacturers brought out their issue of beings even later . to either come for a minus is the right comfort in the x 5 is already impressive it's very quiet in here that has a lot to do with sound insulation but also the windows which are thicker and absorb more outside noise phobia and that if this were very. but the audi q 7 m. or cd gilio also offer a similarly high level of travel comfort even though the luxury s.u.v.s can technically be taken off road starting prices around $70000.00 euros in germany

probably mean very few people use this ability damage to vehicles like these runs up repair bills very quickly. the x 5 has an aggressive look. then when they see a minimal says if you look at the grille here you get the feeling that automakers above all outing and b.m.w. are trying to outdo each other in terms of size he finds that does. just too big but in other markets things are different for example in china and the u.s. it just can't be big enough it's almost like they wanted to and no car behind it all. one option for the x. 5 is laser headlights they illuminate the streets almost twice as far as conventional headlights without minding others a similar system is also available from. at 4.92 meters in length the x 5 is exactly as long as the g.

and slightly shorter than the q 7. what they all have in common is trouble finding a parking space that's long enough. the x. 5 cargo space hold 652-1000 870 leaders so it's maximum volume is bigger than the porsche cayenne but $180.00 leaders smaller than the g.o.p. and q 7 when it comes to rear seating space there is nothing to complain about. the interior features high quality materials and workmanship. the $12.00 inch digital instrument cluster and the identically sized infotainment system in the center console are standard. they can be operated simply and intuitively this is not the case with all manufacturers sometimes you have to work through

confusing menus. not surprising the x. 5 has numerous assistant systems. we're testing the thanks dr 48. with $250.00 kilowatts output the smallest gasoline engine that's competitive with the engines for sure and mercedes offer. thanks for him out of us as the x. 5 strings go beyond driving on the road and include parking where it has some very special features. this includes a backup assistant. i know what's this this ensures that when you drive into

a space it can back you out of it automatically all you have to do is press the accelerator and brake like this was also. so we drive around the corner here to try it out. you know just stop here. and in turn on the parking assistance when you're on the side you can select the back up assistant with the bad luck then it tells him to put the car into reverse gear which he does . and it drives away and so off the steering wheel because it's so steering if all you have to do is already at any salary and now you can see the car does the steering and so we drive backwards just the way we. felt this works for a maximum just in so 50 meters. he says this is pretty convenient especially if you have difficulty reversing. it to work with. other car makers don't

offer a system like this here but it's not exclusive to the x. y. it is also available for other b.m.w. models. emanuel says his overall impression of the b.m.w. x 5 is that with its high travel comfort the simple win intuitive operation of the infotainment system and as the cherry on top being able to reverse automatically for the last 50 meters. it's a really good car if only it didn't have that huge grill but he admits that's ultimately a matter of taste. and. the w.'s got a decades long go fruity and tried so many variants and drives and now the v.w. to rock is something like a gold s.u.v.

just a little shorter a little wider quite a bit higher but just about the same price. lewis recalls of the medium used to run a compact s.u.v. was intended to bump up your recent sales figures but is it more than just a raise golf after all that is based on a popular compact platform taking a closer look at the my god it's going to. first he notices the t.-rex modern and sporty design a new grill and broad slim l.e.d. headlights give it a commanding front it's 4.23 meters length and 12 centimeters over the t. cross which is based on the smaller v.w. polo.

at the rear it does look a bit like a propped up golf slim but distinctive reversing lights and some 3 d. elements leave an aggressive but sporty impression from behind. with its 445 leaders luggage capacity expandable to 1290 leaders the team iraq carries more than the gulf but that lucky chance to be heat over a loading lift 79 centimeters high. there to rock we tested is powered by a one and a half meter gasoline engine putting $110.00 kilowatts through a sick speed manual transmission that accelerates from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour and 8.4 seconds and sure many of the team iraq with the style trim this for about 26000 euros. last fall for i was fine so he gave me a t.-rex handling quite pleasant and relaxed and it takes courage dynamically but

remains stable and striking exterior design is an attention getter. the tier rock suspension is set nice and firm as expected for the to go on so little brother more ground clearance means a suitably higher seat position with good visibility of the road. and f. on top though its nose of the controls typical of v.w. are quite neatly arranged the t. iraq only has a very few buttons making for a very modern look. the interior trim is painted in the same kirk you may yellow as the body. impossible to overlook is the 8 inch touch screen completely integrated into the dashboard. the seats have their yellow accents as well. plots painted that blue is finds no

wacko space and if he rock describing it as roomy insufficiently comfortable by he's got enough leg and headroom which makes long trips with or in the car more than possible. standard in the tree rockers had skimming of the area had a pedestrian and lane markets option though are many other systems adaptive cruise control. lane assist front and rear parking sensors fatigue detection traffic sign recognition and emergency braking to lessen the impact of an imminent collision. out of the rock is similar to a school sibling but offers more space and brings more typical s.u.v. qualities into the equation it lou is thinks the key rock would take good care of its owner to.

all automotive historical ice our own parish since one is 100 years old the car maker with a double chevron in says french as the eiffel tower a highlight of the centennial activities is the car meet of a century on the fed came down test track over 5000 said twins are here with their proud owners. this is a mandatory to do it here goes that since if there are these play displays as being the place where. prototypes you'll calls so when we decided to work on. can order to organize the centenary and you are sorry there was no other option going well the brand in many colors of the brand. that's why it was done each year. for driving in presenting their vintage cars the entries keep an

authentic right down to them ordering duds very start on to a simple 11 still concerned with things like elegance. in 1022 had this into one p. to a question e a scar i'm a doorbell and reading for the 1st crossing of the sarin desert by car the aim was to improve the quality of sichuan vehicles to the world as car a door went on to traverse africa. pash through beirut and on the beijing. we are making tell for all and it's exactly what's on the sea twain wanted to do when he creates he do brand in 1919 in the only reach people in that p.f. use were able to drive so when only he 20 sided truce to set up his own company he said. manufacture installment galt's call it's like an every fault was done so we dropped the price of cars but he said he started off it started out so i need to

create something mall so basically you decide to create a consumer company in 192021 and obviously it was a. very efficient to do so because that steve is that he today. and show my friend david dumb is by no means limited exclusively to price even he said twins drivers with every sized budget are fascinated with the make. like this x m fan. part is from a woman whose father had owned it it nearly broke her heart to part with it because she just didn't have the means to maintain it tomorrow she's coming here to see it re stored to its former glory to bill. in 100 years to 20 years turned out an

incredible diversity of vehicles what unites them is their grassroots appeal with some models becoming automotive icons one is the legendary do schivo tortoise for dolly here as a 9 $190.00 model another is the compact type each transporter that once ruled francis country roads. at the top of the high end is the s.m. a city one with a monster roddy engine when it's. 220 kilometer an hour top speed it was the swiftest front wheel drive volume produced car going but it took lots of maintenance and it still drives so what about getting parts. or thomas really explains that it isn't all that hard to find parts even if the mechanics are complex and involve any specially manufactured ones everything about the engine came from montserrat in italy and those parts are getting scarce the body sections windows and so on are also specific to the model other parts are

similar to ones from the d.s. like the transmission and many smaller parts and the fan base in clubs in france and germany are very well organized parts initiatives also exist in the united states because this model was exported there too they're also well organized and parts can be obtained from them just because a few dedicate the clubs are now manufacturing parts and advantages that only one type of this car was ever built there were manual and automatic versions and 2 engine performance levels but this car was only built in a very limited number of very. nice because. when fanciful ideas for the future and legendary models of the past 20 fans celebrated the bold creative spirit of the french carmaker for 3 days.

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