welcome to the here. and welcome to drive it your motor magazine on t w coming up. crossover master any terrain. putting the toyota g.t.a. v. 6 through its paces. and hyundai. extends its range. it's been higher than our car tester in his patrias in amsterdam which he says is

full of bikes and charging stations so it's a great place to test an electric car and today she's going to do just that and take out hyundai's do i own a collector. the isa dan was launched back in 2016 and hyundai has just released a new updated version it has new exterior features a wider range of choice in the trim lines and comes equipped with an app called that network's driver and vehicle but the biggest change is in the drive system the korean car maker has extended the iyonix range to over 300 kilometers. his battery capacity has been increased by about a 3rd not only extending the car's range but also improving its performance power has gone up from 80 kilowatts to $100.00 so woods grew more lifelike as. really

leaps forward she says but there's also an economy mode called plus if you're saving power in that mode then your speed is capped at 90 kilometers from our. electric car shine most in city traffic that's where their potential and environmental effects are most clear cut and visible to improve safety in an urban setting and day has added a not a magic emergency braking system that detects cyclists as well as pedestrians and potentially dangerous situations if the driver doesn't react quickly to warning signals it hits the brakes a ton of mostly and the car has another braking function you won't find in conventional vehicles with combustion engines. says the paddles on the steering wheel aren't for shifting gears there to influence the energy recuperating system if you adjust it to level 3 it kicks in right after you take your foot off the accelerator and you can also use the left hand paddle to really slow the car down

she adds. amsterdam is making a serious effort to improve air quality in the city internal combustion engines will be banned in taxis there starting in 2025 and in other cars from 2030 yards to make the switch over to electric easier charging stations have been installed on practically every corner. churching plug on the ionic is positioned at the left rear of the car the same place you'd go to fill up a fuel powered vehicle. the turn to charging cable is included in the higher end trim lines but costs $390.00 extra and the bare bones package in amsterdam cars are often charged more quickly when the sun is shining. because the charging

stations are supplied was solar power generated by homes in the neighborhood. the ionic can be charged in currents up to $7.00 kilowatts using a wall box putting out $4.00 kilowatts it takes around 8 hours to achieve full charge at quick charge stations like those you now find increasingly on the highway you can get the batteries up to around 80 percent within an hour. in sport mode the electric car hits 100 kilometers an hour in just under 10 seconds and tops out at 165 kilometers an hour enos is testing the premium trim line edition of the model along with leather seats it offers a range of other creature comforts.

she says all in all the car covers a lot of the spectrum from really economical driving to sporty handling for those who want it. hyundai's engineers have made only minor changes to the exterior like changing the layout of the headlights and elli need a time running lights. the pattern on the front panel has also changed over all the iyonix to play like roof line and long wheel base give the car a modern sporty look. the lithium polymer batteries have been built into the car's underbody leaving a respectable 357 leaders of cargo space in the truck that can be increased. by

folding down the rear seats. and i knew that happiness thinks one of the makes design highlights is the split glass trunk lid and when you close it she says it creates a really nice design for them is it made up of a sloping roof line that ends in the spoiler and is complemented by the divided rear taillights. inside hyundai is emphasizing its green credentials much of the interior is clad in recycled plastic or bio plastic made from sugar cane fiber the digital cockpit feels modern and attractive as does the design of the drive selector unit. the blue link app can be launched via the 10 and a quarter inch touch display through it the driver can check how much charges left

in the car's batteries both in motion and during the charging process and also remotely control systems like the air conditioning. that i am in is says the ionic is seen as a forward thinking model in hyundai's lineup it comes with one of 3 alternative drives and you can have it as a hybrid as a plug in hybrid or as an all electric version like the one she tested she thinks the last is the most interesting of the bunch because it accelerates well and it doesn't feel like you're sacrificing anything and the best part she notes is that it's affordable that you can get the all electric version for under $35000.00 euros in germany and oh. oh oh. look skep there's

a sat nav says please turn writing about our car test a modest current is rather skeptical whether he should follow its directions. it's an idyllic setting here. but he says he's a little afraid of what it might do to the nice bumpers. i and nice aluminum rims about that talk too bad the day started so well. there are cars whose terrain is the highway and others that are just made for country roads then there are vehicles built to go off road the audi q 8 games to be all 3 at once and look elegant to boot. montas wonders where the sat nav will lead him on his test of the cue aids to keep abilities rocked. the 1st range of each journey takes an hour tester down curving country lanes.

or the profile mantis is already finding the queueing to be a bit more agile than the q 7 and the steering is very direct in dynamic mode he says. but when he switches to comfort mode then it's a bit. comfier. you certainly don't get the feeling you're steering such a heavy car around the curve. it's quite and then will drive around curves too but he says physics is physics and and some point even the best suspension and assistance systems have their limits so you should know overdo it though on the other hand transport trucks research around the nuremburg truck grand prix. the s.u.v. can go fast to accelerate going from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour in just 6.3 seconds and despite in size the audi can hit

a top speed of 245 kilometers per hour and might just like the way the q.e. looks inside to. you he says the interior is typical audi high quality he likes the synthetic suede up here of course a car. us extra which he thinks is a shame and he says a grab handle is always good when you're cruising down the highway or a country road everybody else approves to lag behind the multifunction steering wheel is a digital speedometer that can be individualized to large displays are used for in 14 months and climate control there's a fair amount of space in back though tall passengers might find the headroom limited due to the sloping roof. and how big a rocket motor city wanted to test the q 8 in every way so now he's heading for germany's world famous auto one for highway driving the car has cruise control he's

set the speed to 100 kilometers an hour and so far he's just been following the car ahead without a care and then caught i'm on. the hit on the at but no there's no more speed limit so he'll see what the cue a can do when he hits the gas and the motor response. matters finds the car handles well here please. help this problem. so here to the q. it is made a good impression just one more turns to go. the crossovers exterior is sporty yet elegant much can a vehicle was so much delicate body trim really be used off road. our tester decides to throw caution to the wind and bravely follow the sat navs

instructions. that that chick though that he finds it odd that it says to turn left. he decides to take a look 1st. binya looked at it much as he was still weary of following the sat and i have to turn left. it's an idyllic setting here he says all greenery and spruce trees in the. face but he says he's a little afraid of what might happen to the nice bumpers. and the nice aluminum rims about that talk too bad and they started so well.

but now that he's standing here he feels a need to apologize sorry nice aluminum parts and he says maybe you'll survive maybe you won't will see mark because this cute way to see equipped with an optional adaptive air suspension so much this is going to raise it to get more ground clearance and see if you really can go where the sat nav wants him to go. with. the amount of ground clearance can be varied to anywhere between 205254 millimeters. what they q.a. doesn't have are mechanical differential locks so what's up to the electronics to help the vehicle cope with this rough terrain. it works it works he says only everything's beeping awful can someone turn

this racket off. the pace ouch. and in our car tester reminyl shaffer says there are no real sports cars to be had for under 30000 euros except this one toyota's g.t. 86 so what convinces him to call. and that honor today we're going to find out you can keep the plugging you know the $1.00. 86 hit the market back in 2012 and toyota has sold 170000 of them since the carmakers struck paydirt with its concept of a lightweight body low center of gravity engine and rear wheel drive the fundamental characteristics of

a classic sports car. model says one of the 1st arguments that you hear against the g.t.a. v. 6 is that it doesn't pack enough power. ok 200 horsepower 147 kilowatts doesn't sound like much he admits that but the car's light weight makes up for that a g.t.t. 6 tops the scales have 1.3 turns in comparison a porsche boxster weighs $100.00 kilos more the wood also has $100.00 more horsepower under the hood but that he says there are in mind that the cheapest boxster cost nearly twice as much as the toyota. that she t.v. 6 could need 100 kilometers an hour from a standstill in 7.6 seconds toyota says it burns $7.00 leaders of fuel per 100 kilometers on the road if you push it a little though. leader a 2 over that. last what

makes a good sports car quickly to accelerate its top speed that's for muscle cars he says no one climbs in their sports car hits the motorway accelerates a couple of times to the top speed and then says wow that was a great outing with a sports car you're driving in the mountains and taking curves because that's where driving gets fun it's. specially accelerating out of curves and cornering and that's something that she t.v. 6 does very well he said sick if it's not the. most stability in curves is learned we did to the cars macpherson struts up front and chassis brace and back it also reduces the risk of rolling. the g.t. 86 certainly looks like a sports car it's large grille is complemented to the left and right by wicked headlights. racing style spoilers. midnight

black side near us. and a flat road hugging silhouette. and of course it has the obligatory 17 inch alloy rims. outlets on the fenders and a sweeping rear spoiler. there is not much trunk space but that's par for the course in a sports car and toyota has made the interior is sporty as it comes. the short throws and shifting gears from the car's compact dimensions make it easy to control it feel safe not least because you don't even have to drive fast to

enjoy the ride. emanuel says one of the cars highlights is how much fun it is even at relatively low speeds for you're pretty close to the ground he said and the rear is a little skittish due to the rear wheel drive but that makes things lively you can control things by hitting and letting off the gas so you should know overdo it he warns. so it's. well it's a car for fans of good longitudinal dynamics it's more for those who like a little drift. even as is only appropriate for sports cars as a minor while toyota didn't give the g.t. $86.00 a turbo charger but of course that means you have to push the engine over the fortunately this vehicle likes it it only hits its limits at $8000.00 rpm which guarantees watts of driving pleasure it's a blast to downshift and then stomp on a day sass and the sound inside is just what you'd expect it to be from a pedigreed sports car. so at

the end of the day is the g.t. 86 really the impossible dream a sports car that one make a serious dent in your retirement fund. other human animal says all in all he thinks it's absolutely correct to call it a sports car and in its price to perform a segment aside from the super o.b. r.e.c. it has virtually no competitors there's the mazda m.x. 5 he adds but depending on the engine that can have up to 70 less horsepower under the hood and from this kind of end it seems as if. armies of tradesmen have spent a good part of their lives in the driver's seat of the very 1st generation of the v.w. bus called simply the t one. driver christophe powers taking one of the more than 1800000 t. one spilled out for a spin the v.w.

bus was the right vehicle at the right time. now it's in on it christophe recalls its history starting in 1947 as west germany was still rebuilding from the 2nd world war back then trades people urgently needed a practical utility van to carry their tools and materials from a to b. despite the massive damage of the v.w. plan and borg a solution was eventually found. at the time feet of your workers were carrying parts of materials with a transporter they'd built themselves by putting a simple flat bed on a beetle chassis and engine. the parts carrier inspired visiting dead v.w. importer ben pawns to sketch what would become the v.w. bus the engineering was based entirely on the still new beetle the only v.w. in production at the time. and that was what christoph continues and the outcome of 1948 i know ignored approve the construction of a utility van designed to carry

a 750 kilogram payload based on the dependable v.w. beetle but it was not that easy nor cheap as it happened the beetle chassis tended to break up under a full load on the poor quality roads of the time often from. the beatles platform chassis wasn't strong enough to handle the one and a half tons of a fully loaded transporter so. gave the van a new ladder frame chassis with a unitized body but the axles engine and many other parts were still taken from the beetle it was 1950 and all they needed was the right name. why they continue to christophe explains that in germany the v.w. bus was known as the bully word combination from buzz and the german word lever of lock and or delivery van was unfortunately the name was already trademarked and other suggestions such as failing. league city and triomphe ator were also shot

down by the patent office so what if the v.w. bus was given the simple designation of type 2 but it's german fans didn't care they still know it as the bully today. the v.w. bus was a hit with the car buying public in germany and. world over in 1954 the 100000th unit came off the production line. extraditions like the samba bus and the practical flatbed pick up soon appeared the highly versatile v.w. bus enjoyed huge popularity. much for christophe this is one of the friendliest and most likeable faces in automotive history these funny bug eyes attract lots of an astonishing looks on the road but the bus came close to looking quite different production would have been

a great deal cheaper for a body with swear contours protests in the wind tunnel showed that rounded edges made for a much less wind resistance so the v.w. bus was in fact one of the pioneers of aerodynamics. the split front windshield the v. shaped front panel and a gargantuan v.w. emblem gave the 1st generation of the bus it's now iconic face. higher ground clearance and a practical flatbed with an optional canvas cover to make the t. one pick up the ideal construction site workhorse. the double cab was introduced in 1958 with space for 6 workers and their tools but heavy load still pushed the engine to its limit. of a legendary $1.00 leader $25.00 horsepower boxer engine taken from the beetle it's no surprise that one and a half tons had the engine puffing and groaning so the engineers gave it

a shorter gear ratio that's brought the top speed down to 80 kilometers per hour but made it more dependable as a work or should be a 1.2 liter engine and this one delivers $34.00 horsepower. these days the vintage t one buses are mostly retired from their labors but no load they can be surprisingly nippy even if the. a maximum speed of just 95 kilometers per hour and the partially synchronized transmission will keep a driver in the country very leisurely. christopher attributes the v.w. buses enormous success to its incredible versatility that the version he's driving now is a double cab pickup or as its fans call it a dock and docos were the preferred vehicle of builders the high load still get through rough terrain such as foundation pits with.

like all the other additions the double cab pickup was a best seller and 1958 volkswagen move production from borg to a plant built as specially for commercial vehicles and over 3 years later the one millionth the w. bus rolled off the assembly line. probably was christophe sums up the v.w. bus is the ultimate multi-purpose vehicle a workhorse. lifestyle while the only limits are the owner's imagination it's aerodynamically optimized body of a lightweight construction left the competition in the dust. became a driving force of west germany's post-war recovery a technology innovator and without a doubt a milestone an automotive history. they

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