the sound of life in 45 minutes on d w. surely screw africa. your link to exceptional stories and discussion. is easy it will take debbie to pick up join us on facebook. hello and welcome to dr at the d.w. motor magazine this week we see how c 20 some liberates it's intended. take a look at the audi q 3 sport back. and drive a new opel so fierro life.

as a car testament is correct says it introduced the sephira in 1999 it was intended as a versatile 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 safira is hitting the market it's called the so fierro life but has much less in common with the 3 previous generations and they had with each other. i think i forgot about the one in medina. and that's primarily because the new sephira is technically no longer a compact van but a full size sedan in term. to summarize it's in the same segment as the v.w.

bus and mercedes b. class disappear in life shares his technical underpinnings with the since one space tour to show traveller and toyota versa all 4 are available in 3 links with 2 wheel basis. 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 this a few real life is powered exclusively by diesel engines we tested the biggest version with 130 kilowatts output and a 6 speed manual transmission. that . says you cannot expect a sports car handling from a vehicle in the van de segment but even if it isn't as peppy yes its predecessor as a feral life is still pretty respectable the steering wheel delivers good road feel the brakes do their job if you have to hit them and makes a good impression of. what. was. 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 . 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 up for the longer version of a severe if. the dashboard is sober and not flashing what's good for children all rear seats have easily fixed anchors for child seats. as it is i mean which is the model of a pat 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 in sight 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 ok so so when it comes to everyday use ability the saffir a life receives top marks but it isn't the right car for everybody so we're giving you 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. ople 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 terrain this chassis is also. race for better ground clearance.

wouldn't be much us if we didn't find something to complain about like the material in the door. being said doesn't sound good. so maybe the engineers and designers will find a better solution at the next facelift and at the us to go to is all so fitting. apart from this small failing to secure life does not reveal any real weaknesses in our test the 3 of them lengths and a wealth of equipment packages provide

a version for every need i'm both country and city routes. not to sums up the saffir i live 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 the short version is actually even more compact than the own severest so you can take it into town just as well as you could before it's debts off you about as high as one can it in the nose of wood in the stuff on the mid in fog. and a small airfield near english not in southern germany we have the opera. to take an

exclusive look at outings newest family member the q 3 sport back the crossover offshoot of a q 3 compact s.u.v. has more than a little coupe a in it the front of the car is almost identical to the normal q 3 but insiders can tell it's a sport back by its county home radiator grille. although the 4.5 meter q 3 sport back is only a little longer than its sister model it looks longer and more dynamic thanks to its 3 centimeter flatter roof unlike many s.u.v. coupe a offshoots 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 $1400.00 only 100 liters less than the normal q 3. get into

the audi she often capture says the q 3 sport x. 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 fish and degrees toward the driver making the seating position even more economic and sporty the driver always has everything in view and within reach allowing optimum use of the new functions. inside the q 3 sport back offers state of the art technology in addition to a fan each touchscreen in the center console a virtual dashboard measuring just under 12 inches supplies the driver with all important information through various display modes. and. new in the q 3 sport back is an optional integration. amazon's voice assistant

alexa for example driver and passengers can ask a voice control about the weather or request their favorite music. the company sundries groener says they can even operate their smart home devices for example if they're on the road and not sure if they've turned off the lights at home alexa can do that for them to. call the next a 52000. election please turn on the light on. well this list is on and though i designed. the q 3 sport back hits the streets in europe there's not a list prices haven't yet been revealed. we test now i think our test 3 man was she 1st testing a veteran among issue vs when it 1st rolled out in 1909 there really wasn't that much competition for 20 years later things look very different every one offers

a luxury as you know he how the mercedes porsche and even lamborghini and everyone wants a piece of the action and that means you have to stand out from the competition 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 mobile as much as the other premium manufacturers brought out their issue viz even later. to either come for a mano says the ride 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. of that if this were very christian if. the feet out in q 7 a mercedes g.l. we 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. at them and they seem minimal says if you look at the grille here you get the feeling that automakers above all out in b.m.w. are trying to outdo each other in terms of size he finds that does. signed just too big but in other markets things are different for example in china and the u.s. it has can't be big enough it's almost like they wanted to grill 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.m. and slightly shorter than the q 7. what they all have in common is trouble finding a parking space that's a long enough. x. 5 cargo space hold 652-1000 870 leaders so its maximum volume is bigger than the porsche cayenne but 180 leaders smaller than the g 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 assistance systems. we're testing the thanks dr 41. with $250.00 kilowatts output the smallest gasoline engine that's competitive with the engines porsche and mercedes offer. thanks for a manual says the x 5 strings go beyond driving on the road and include parking where it has some very special features. this includes a backup assist. to assist 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. just stop here. and then turn on the parking assistant. on the side you can select back up assistant with the bad that's acting 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 all you have to do is already hit and accelerate 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 distance of 50 meters. he says this is pretty convenient especially if you have difficulty reversing. look at. other car makers don't

offer a system like you share but it's not exclusive to the x. front 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 and intuitive operation of the infotainment system and as the cherry on top of 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 how about they are and they. use got a decades long go through team 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 with the lead in the used to rock compact s.u.v. was intended to bump up the recent sales figures but is it more than just a raise gulf after all that is based on a popular compact platform he's taking a closer look at why to my guns going to. first he notices the t.-rex modern and sporty design a new grille and broad slim eleni headlights give it a commanding front it's 4.23 meters length adds 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 $445.00 leaders mug each capacity expandable to $1290.00 leaders the team rock curious more than the bull but that above each has to be heaped over a loading lift $79.00 centimeters high. then t.v. rock we tested is powered by a one and a half meter gasoline engine putting $110.00 kilowatts through a 6 speed manual transmission that accelerates from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour and 8.4 seconds and sure many of the t.v. rock with the style trim this for about 26000 euros.

aka the fall fall is fine so you have your t.-rex handling quite pleasant and relaxed and it takes curves dynamically but remains stable and striking exterior design is an attention getter. the to rock suspension is set nice and firm as expected for it to go on so little brother more ground clearance means a suitably higher seekers ition with good visibility of the road. and f. on top lowest notes of the controls typical of v.w. or 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. plus point that lewis finds no wacko space knight to rock describing it as roomy insufficiently comfortable but he's got enough leg and headroom which makes long trips with or in the car more than possible. standard in the tree rock is had skimming of the area ahead of pedestrians and lane markings optional 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 iraq is similar to a school sibling but offers more space and brings more typical s.u.v. qualities into the equation it louis thinks the teen rock would take good care of its owner. for.

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 the highlight of the centennial activities is the car meet of a century on the bluff it came down interest track over 5000 said twins are here with their proud owners. this is a mandatory to do it here goes that since they've heard these play displays as being the place where. prototypes calls so when we decided to work on. the centenary story 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 finished cars the entries keep it authentic right down to them ordering guides to restart i'm too lazy to one was little concerned with things like elegance. in 1022 had this situation be to audition you discovered a doorbell and readied for the 1st crossing of a sarin desert by car the aim was to prove the quality of sichuan vehicles to the world the scar of a door went on to traverse south africa. pash through beirut and the beijing. we are making tell for all and it's exactly what's on the sea twain wanted to do when he created a brand in 1919 in the east only rich people in ip fuse were able to drive so when only c 20 sided truce to set up his own company he said i we manufacture

installment galt's like an re fault was done so we dropped the price of cars but he said it's not enough it's done it all so i need to create something mall so basically you decided to create a consumer company in $192021.00 and obviously it was. very efficient to do so because that's teams that he today. and show off are t.v. dumb is by no means limited exclusively to price even he said twins drivers with every science budget are fascinated with a make. like this x m fan. bought his from a woman whose father had owned it it nearly broke her heart to part with it but 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 build. 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 one $990.00 model another is the compact type each transporter that once ruled france's country roads. at the top of the high end is the s.m. a suit for one with a montserrat vientiane with its. 220 kilometer an hour top speed it was the swift is front wheel drive volume produced car going but it took lots of make notes and it still does so what about getting parts for. us or thomas really explains that it isn't all that hard to find parts even if the mechanics are complex and involve many specially manufactured ones everything about the engine came from us arriving 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 which are also well organized and parts can be obtained from them just because a few dedicated clubs are now manufacturing parts and advantage is that only one type of this car was ever built there were manual and automatic versions and engine performance levels but this car was only build in a very limited number of variants. all to the. ice because. when fanciful ideas for the future and legendary models of the past 20 fans celebrated the board creative spirit of the french carmaker for 3 days.

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