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over celebrates 40 years, of course are with a special edition model. a good reason for us to take a look at the calls are 40 and also at the history of the car. welcome to ref. since its launch in 1900 to the super many has sold over 14 and a half 1000000 units for decades on the course or even enjoyed a stint at the top of the sales charts in the u. k. with special edition is available with 2 different dr drains. the 1st one is a regular gasoline engine, and it's also available as an e version. the e version is also the one we are testing right now. opa manage to add up the range

from the regular 280 kilometers that the normal course i have $2313.00 with this one. so you will have a few more kilometers, which is pretty neat and every day you while you manage the clock up $313.00 on paper, the 40 edition can go up to 353 kilometers on all the electric power. one set, especially this apart from the regular versions, is the red color that is based on the one the old car, a head, and the black trim. the 17 inch black l. o, a wheel, the black. ruth, with the spoiler and the logo, with the lettering all in high gloss, black the interior has a modern need and tighten the book in the interior,

you will quickly notice you are sitting in the special edition because of the seat covers that are reimagined versions of the feed covers of the 1st generation car, a g t version. and because of this batch, it says 40 because obviously it's the 40 year model. and it has a number right next to it 0216. this is the number of all calm because the special edition is limited to 1982 models, 1981 will be available for customers and the last one open, we'll keep it for itself. the, what you see here is 5 generations of opa course perfectly lined up. of course, now there are 6, but this is the one where it all started. the opa course saw a and we go to take one of these for a spin right now. the

so as you can see, now we're sitting in the 1st of the car, so the a version let me just goes to window so you can hear me better, even though we'll get a little warm inside. because obviously you didn't have air condition back at the time. the opal course a day viewed with a nice and short 3.62 meter length and flared, rally car style wheel arches. a feature aimed at male drivers. it was built at a new plant and saragossa $45.00 horsepower, and a top speed of 141 kilometers an hour. and the spring from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour took 19 and a half seconds. but you have to admit, even though it's just $45.00 horse power, the car also ways in it. not even 750 kilograms. so it is quite nimble. 40 or drivers, the force of a was also available. and if yes, i version with

a whopping 100 horsepower, what also take some getting used to at least if you're my age and not used to driving cars that old. it only has one mirror on the left side and not on the right side because it only came with later model built only as a 2 door hatchback or notch back. the range added a popular 5 door model in 1985. even though the car came on to the market several years after, for example, the w polo ford, fiesta 8 was a pretty successful model. and a lot of these cars were sold and people liked their old 1st day became an award winning top seller with reduction totaling 3100000 units in 1093. despite the success of the original coarser, the company aimed

a new model at female drivers, resulting in softer and rounder contours. the dawn of the new millennium saw the appearance of the course, a seat, which would go on to cell around $2500000.00 units. in 2006, the course at d came out one millimeter shy of the 4 meter mark and was another big performer with the production cycle of 2900000. the 5th edition in 2014 boasted high tech features such as traffic sign recognition and lean assist. it was followed in 2019 by the current generation f for the 1st time, boasting purely electric power. after you've been sitting in one of these old vehicles getting back into a new car for years, so good. don't get me wrong and driving the old car. it's also nice. it feels cool

. you get this vibe all the time when the car was new. but the lack of power steering means your arm is get a bit of a workout for general driving aggression in the cause. r e 40 is not different than in the regular course i. e, because basically it's the same car only with a little more range. but there is nothing to complain about in this car. it drives very smoothly. it is not too loud inside, so i'm satisfied with what is rather strange to me is the fact that you can actually buy the special edition. you can only get it as a subscription. so you have a monthly fee that you have to pay. but then everything is included like changing the tires or if you have any damages to your are or insurance,

everything is included. 369 years in germany for the gasoline version and 499 for the battery, electric one. and honestly, i don't really know how to feed about that. the price is for 1000 kilometers a month. if you want to go more up to $3000.00 for example, then you will of course have to pay with the coarser ethan always has been a very successful model. and i really like that special edition, especially with these black accents. it looks so much better. the only thing i don't like is the fact that opal decided this cow will not be available to buy, but only in a sort of subscription will a monthly fee. or maybe i'm just not hip enough any more to understand that. our verdict, the course of 40 is

a good looking limited edition car with ample standard equipment that's also available as a fully electric version. but the anniversary model can only be leased and $500.00 euros a month for an e course. there is quite a bit of cash and catherine con, cma begins her drive through kampala. she checks if anyone else needs to head in the same direction. she uses an app on her phone to see if people need a ride in a private vehicle for a small b. i plan can good and be like there is this car. it has the 4 seats free, and the person that driveway is living at 6 back. then of course, when they book, i also call from marks carto also owns a car, which he chooses to leave parked due to the rising cost of living. the ride sharing

app allows him to split the cost of travel with other motorists a row getting prices fuel prices going to prices. it's much more cost efficient to use different rate. then to get better public means or drag it woke up. besides a move like a post i looked, i was struggling with, i'm going to put a gaze, heating, portfolio and all of that. so my journey is really stress free. i more relaxed ugandan data scientist susan are to rem, while is the brains behind the at. she developed the idea during the coven 19 induced lockdown when many people lost their incomes. her plan to help people cut costs while also cutting down on congestion and pollution. so

as you can see, maybe that they was like why they have one new one. 0, you're fine. yesterday i said he's coming play and megan, come by, let each 2nd west city in day africa with the why, why they feel that it would read you on the stress is going to definitely translate into a deputy however, utter him was major challenges funding. having bankrolled the start up with their savings for 2 years. she's now hoping partners will come on board. her ultimate goal is for digital solutions like the food right app to bridge infrastructure, gas inspire smart cities and dr. economies across africa. asti, polio, a test lab for climate friendly mobility can the tiny greek

island go carbon neutral in the space of 5 years and go all electric. what you see here is a glimpse into the future of little people film and then i love what we're doing. yeah. we have to use energy to create something better for the wild. sadly, that will be a model for other people get to see both in like a little clothes with a full video, but i'm worried that this will have a negative impact. in june 2021. then volkswagen boss have a d. s. and greek prime minister curia cos. mitzo talk is formerly laid the foundations for a project set to make ascii player a smart and sustainable island. the instant real time experiment of what europe will experience at the large scale. in the coming years doorway

to a newer, cleaner, greener, more sustainable world. with backing from the greek government volkswagen plants to remove 1200 fossil fuel powered vehicles from the island by 2026 and replace them with e cars. the diesel powered public transit buses are said to give way to sustainable mobility services. until now, the islands electricity has been provided by a power plant with diesel generators in future, the idea is to harness the sun and wind to make ascii player energy independence and future lab. for a global car company, we see what this connected is not about selling costs. it's about providing mobility to the paper. for example, in our new our 2 strategy, one of the main pillars is also the mobility platform, the mobility services. it's more a laboratory on how the service works,

how the people into eg. talbert. the direction from the people is maria come poorer, uses the asti bus mobility service at the local bus stop. she enters your location and where she wants to go. a fleet of e, w electric cars is out and about on the island practically 247. a smart computer program selects the car that will get her from a to be in the shortest possible time. the annual ticket for sustainable transit cost. 60 years metric in a day, as the mass, a guy you asked the boss because it's the best options for getting around the island. well you and it's very cheap. my love what we're doing and then winning the nanette. yes, the we have to use energy to create something better for the wowza, and that will be a model for other people in like ali, the recalls. ah, today, nicholas konita is going to try out nasty, go a sharing service that enables users to rent electric cars on the island. the app

tells him that there's a v w id 3 somewhere in the vicinity. but with internet coverage still pretty weak in some parts of the island. it takes a while for him to locate the car and open it by the at. ah, sometimes it doesn't work. you have to the cover good for your wife. i signal i have to. i have a bluetooth a signal and missed time. were like you nickos konita grew up on asked calia and loves just driving around the island to day he's going to test how far one of the v w e cars will take him. even nice to drive on the road, but i would certainly prefer my or 4 by 4 car for the read off that. and if i go to be to say that i really have to 2 routes i would like for i would prefer to have my 4 by 4. not surprisingly,

the island sol filling station sees a lot of s u, v drivers and others who belong to the local pro gasoline brigade. that also includes gold herders here to fill up their fuel cans because their farm still run on diesel generators. with the local bus, with its old diesel engine, is another regular customer. there is plenty of opposition to the v w project. and fuel station owner cost us does not feel afraid of losing his job anytime soon . no major. really i don't see things going forward with this project or project volkswagen. only chosen to play because it's so nice here which means better marketing for their products via keyboarding of the machine. and another reason with these channels that as we're only about 1300 people leave us, there can't be any large scale opposition to the project in nebraska for

less, if they were 10000 people living here, name it, then there would be far more resistance gordon was a sizable number of those residents are in no rush to make the switch to a new energy option. the prospect of turning us the palais into a sustainable island has been the subject of heated debate. at what i thought, i don't want change asked bella should stay how it is marne, a boy or via d. all that's difference or is that asked? the police has become famous in florida. gordon walked off, but otherwise, you know, i don't see any progress. i see my poor little video oversaw all that media coverage has put ascii pele in the spotlight. and that in turn is prompted growing interest in the sustainable island project. at the same time, the island is already changing and other ways to says anthropologist underlay us. li course because of the extreme publicity that the, the islander,

how steak and air. yeah, prices are, are going steadily up on the island east, changing towards more and more post destination on to leslie coast has been keeping a close eye on development here and how they're affecting the local population. he's working on a paper for the university of oslo, about the social impact of the island switch to sustainability. these is altering the balance in small in societies like us to pol out because you have winners and losers. maria, come pooty is clearly among the winners. she runs the swankiest hotel in cora, the cap lebowski paulia. crucially for her, the islands, new sustainable image translates into a more exclusive and wealthier clientele to

wait to see poor, not a little song, only this project is evolving things on so many friends will be. and that also means improvements for our guests here by them on asti police kept on publishing, says what we're hoping for is a longer see anybody tourists arriving earlier in the year and staying longer. all these came up that he only taught him here in the old town of corta marias throughout the gaki runs a little, but she coughing. it's a popular evening. ponds for the islands, artists, and intellectuals. and here to the changes already happening are the subject of intense debate with often omitted during a filter to run. okay, i'm no longer so easy to fix something that's broken stuff and it got we've become famous overnight and there are a lot more people coming here. 7 guys, he has

a union optics. sure. this means get develop many thought it's simply not healthy, much about that. and how do we better data pierce my the corner for that there might that would buffer though. we have other problem with that need seeing j o net, the water supply, and the lack of drinking water use, what's buy or the sewage and the garbage there is no recycling profession was ah, today's been another poor hall for fisher starts even g. lou pollution has led to a dramatic drop in fish here on the coast of the gnc. he has a pretty clear take on the folks amalgam project or loft, or where he in magazine what's going on here is the best thing that could have happened to us if wanted to quote, using organic and clean energy with no pollutants makes a big difference. what is the bottom of a good be off water? shallow she just like with organic produce in you cobra york. it's you know,

gold swag and is basically providing us with an organic product that spark cleaner for the environment. you got a problem with plenty today. so you can i live with folks wagon launching a project in an island that is home to just 1300 residents. it's actually ideal terrain for testing a range of development that will be crucial for future mobility. the size of the island and the limited numbers of st as tweets could be a great environment for autonomy is driving as well as a region that is still under development. so you have some different lows regarding the funding was driving compared to money or to the mainland grease the using the island as a test lab for autonomy driving has meant modernizing the 70 kilometer net worth of

rome. this is an easier challenge. volkswagen has now converted the majority, typically as public transport vehicles to electric power, from police cars, to ambulances, and local people choosing to go electric can look forward to a discount from the w. whether for an id, 3 or id for them. ok from say, as driven by the mayor of this century, but i would say to the future because vis a way of mobility is going to be quite unique. the cali opi maniachi motor folks voc id for for personal use. she's now a frequent visitor at the charging station in the main square, of course. and there are plenty of issues to discuss with her fellow

e car owners. ah no, no, legs edelman in there, we don't know what to do if we encounter technical problems, stuff in the body and i was supposed to do the repairs in the service as though and other challenges volkswagen is presumably working on the car maker keeps meticulous track of every meter covered by its electric fleet across ask the police to get data and facts and figures from the, from the utilization from, from the grid development, etc. so we, we bring this all together and, and, and take them all the relevant information out of this in a little. so what does the staff say? truth be told the number of residents you've now bought it e car is

a dozen at most i have not expected that the, the, the change from combustion engines to waltz, the better electric vehicles takes so long. people are not changing so fast, they are cost. if you ask me what is the bit the, let's say, the most positive aspect on it, from my point of view of the how the, the asti bus. so this is accepted riding on the asti bus is catching on a new business model that would be easy to transplant around the world. not coincidentally, vito used recently launched id buzz is the ideal vehicle for the project? will asti police see the dawn of a new chapter in the history of the legendary vw bus companies? they tried to create new market, sir, and create new products that cannot the extra profit. and the,

this is maybe the best way to do it by destiny. real time and, and vitamin like us to pilot warner, it's all about money. volkswagen has an eye on properties, but so do i let volkswagen market? it's hard to musical, but we also stand a benefit amount by the island, becoming more famous and getting more visit our gym. i hear that both was more asti poly is an island on the moon. everything changes, and this is why it's fascinating to be here at this time because this her project is gradually changing for the better of the war. so the island an open ended experiment as it were. it depends how these type of investments take into account to lock out people considerations and their fee and their needs. ah, i think it's up to you to really take advantage of this before this project. and is

it an ideal place to start this to try it? and then i use it as a role model for other places or not. fortunately, bigger scale, everything changes for better or worse. osby play a, might be more than just a model for a sustainable future motoring towards a sustainable future. and more on the next episode, autherette with

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