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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt;">2013 MAZDA, MAZDA 3 IN
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-12881966618358790722013-07-07T21:45:00.000-07:002013-07-07T21:45:09.169-07:00RANGE ROVER SPORT REVIEW<h1 align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 13.9pt; text-align: center;">
<u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RANGE ROVER SPORT REVIEW<o:p></o:p></span></u></h1>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-size: 15.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Lighter, faster and
bigger inside, is the new Range Rover Sport at last a vehicle that can match
its undoubted style with substance?</span></h2>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I once asked a senior</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Land Rover</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">designer why his company was touting a 2.3-ton diesel
family car which struggled to better 25mpg. He looked embarrassed. "It's
engineering that sets the targets, not us," he said. So which engineers
were they? BMW owned the company from 1994 and Ford bought it from BMW for £1.8
billion in 2000 and sold it to Tata in 2008. Perhaps we'll never know, but some
sympathy is due to the designers of the Integrated Body Frame (IBF), a
semi-monocoque steel body sitting on a steel ladder frame, which underpinned
the 2004 Discovery 3 and the 2005 Range Rover Sport. You can mend it with a
hammer, it's strong, tough, suits a variety of bodies and is cheap to build,
but it's also heavy, which compromises performance, dynamics and fuel economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The IBF was also launched
at a time when the world was starting to take a dim view of heavy, dipsomaniac
SUVs. In May 2005 Greenpeace activists chained themselves to vehicles on the
Solihull production line in protest. But if Land Rover's timing wasn't great,
its marketing of the Range Rover Sport was borderline misleading. For the
vehicle shared only a badge with the Range Rover and was really a Discovery in
a different hat. And then there was that Sport badge...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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how much of a boat anchor the old model was is to compare data with the new
Range Rover Sport, which goes on sale on July 24 and shares its aluminium
monocoque with last year's new Range Rover. Figures for the SDV6 diesel (old
model in brackets) are: top speed 138mph (112mph), 0-60mph 6.8sec (8.8sec),
kerb weight 2,150kg (2,583kg), Combined fuel consumption 37.7mpg (32.1mpg) and
CO² emissions 199g/km (230g/km). There's also an eye-watering price hike from
£48,795 to £74,995. So it's an expensive diet, but what a difference it makes –
and that 433kg weight saving further benefits the dynamics and is even more
impressive when you factor in the expanded dimensions; 62mm longer, 55mm wider
and a 178mm longer wheelbase.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #282828; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;">In
appearance the new Sport is more balanced, subtle and less blinged up, with
less thuggish lower sections. While the overhangs are smaller, this is still
unmistakably a Range Rover, with the clamshell bonnet and long tail. Shame you
don't get a split tailgate and boot space is 784 litres versus the 958 litres
of the old model. There is a £1,500 seven-seat option, which you don't get with
the full Range Rover, but these electronically deployed perches are small</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The chassis is the same
as the Range Rover's, with short and long arm front suspension with air springs
and a similarly sprung multi-link rear. Standard cars get passive damping and
anti-roll bars, which are progressively upgradable to a fully adaptive system.
The standard driveline is permanent four-wheel drive via a ZF eight-speed
automatic with a Torsen centre differential. The top two models get a two-speed
transfer box for ultra-low crawler gears, electronic terrain response, along
with the fully adaptive suspension and a torque vectoring system. Upgrading a
standard SDV6 model to the full-monty driveline costs an extra £3,370. Standard
wheel diameters run from 19 to 21 inches, with the option of 22 inches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Engines are a choice of
the PSA/Ford three-litre V6 turbodiesel with two outputs; 258bhp, which costs
£51,550 in SE spec and 288bhp, which costs up to £74,995 in the top
Autobiography Dynamic spec. The single UK petrol option is a 503bhp, 5.0-litre
supercharged V8, costing £81,550 fully loaded.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">We drove the more
powerful of the diesels with the full off/on-road suspension and then a
supercharged V8. The blown petrol is nice, but super-thirsty if you use the
power and you'd struggle to justify more than that delivered by the creamy V6
diesel, which works so brilliantly with the ZF transmission. Driven hard we
achieved an average of 24mpg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The cabin is high
quality, lovely to the touch and thoughtfully designed. There are a lot of
buttons, but they're logically laid out and well labelled, although the window
switches on the doors seem like an afterthought. The seats are gorgeously
comfortable and it all feels rather grand, although the striated wood trim
option isn't particularly attractive. Accommodation is generous and the rear
seats commodious, and there's loads of useful storage including a coolbox in
the centre console. The driver is faced with JLR's all-electronic dashboard,
which isn't the last word in appearance or clarity and the touchscreen centre
console takes some learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Our test car came shod
with standard 275/45/R21 Pirelli tyres. We started the day driving to Wales on
motorways and cruising on these Italian covers was quiet, with a responsive
feel to the wheel. The Sport feels supple rather than sharp, but it doesn't
flop around when you waggle the steering wheel. In fact the vehicle was at its
worst on smooth motorways on a light throttle when the suspension has nothing
to do and the rear axle never fully settles – a bit like having naughty
children in the back. Other than that the ride quality is exemplary and
cosseting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The electronically
assisted steering has been reprogrammed with a steering smaller wheel, the
suspension is stiffened and the dampers revalved. Add in a battery of chassis
control systems and a lot of testing love from Mike Cross's team of engineers
and you end up with a vehicle that's astonishingly able. It turns in well and
corners with a nicely restrained body roll and while you can feel a lot of
weight being transferred, the brakes have to work hard and feedback to the
major controls is muted, this new Range Rover is at least the dynamic equal of
its German rivals and indecently good fun to drive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And then you turn off the
road and, with no adjustment to anything, tackle Land Rover's formidable test
track at Eastnor Castle near Ledbury. Leave it in Auto and as soon as the going
gets tough you can feel the electronics transferring torque to the wheel with
the most grip, slackening off the suspension to allow the wheels to drop into
pot holes and keep moving. It won't even allow you full throttle at times as
it's figured out (correctly) that you'd merely dig yourself in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">You can manually select
the terrain response settings, but Auto allows the vehicle to select the best
compromise of driveline and suspension while showing what it is doing in a
real-time centre display. This is super-impressive stuff and while the optional
wading-depth indicator is a bit of gimmick, the all-round cameras are a good
idea whether you are trying to protect the tyres from sharp rocks or Kensington
kerbs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Range Rover Sport is
obviously set up principally for roads, with 20mm less wheel articulation and
50mm less wading capability than the full-fat Range Rover. Off-road you'll
barely notice as you can see from the picture above. Only once did I think a
Range Rover might have made better progress on Eastnor's fiendish Gearbox Hill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The only other time we
stopped was in Wales when a turbo pipe became detached, which Penybont Garage
quickly fixed (thanks lads). Land Rover staff were mortified and even produced
the on-line service bulletin to fix the badly tightened clip that had caused
it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rover Sport lives up to its name, being now actually based on a Range Rover and
sporty. Most of all, however, it's a proper Range Rover and all the better for
it. Never mind chaining yourself to it, I'd like to get better acquainted with
the ignition keys.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">THE FACTS</span></u></strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2,993cc V6 twin-turbo
diesel, eight-speed ZF automatic transmission, permanent four-wheel drive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">PRICE/ON SALE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">£74,995 as tested (range
from £51,020 to £81,550)/July 24<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">POWER/TORQUE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">288bhp @ 4,000rpm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 17.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">443lb ft @ 2,000rpm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">TOP SPEED<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">138 mph<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ACCELERATION<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">0-60mph in 6.8sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">FUEL ECONOMY<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">32.5mpg/37.7mpg (EU
Urban/Combined). 24mpg on test<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">CO2 EMISSIONS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">199g/km<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">VED BAND<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">J (£475 first year, £280
thereafter)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">VERDICT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">What a difference a diet
makes, although honing of the steering and damping has an equal affect on the
big Range Rover's dynamics. Fine-riding, dynamically able, unsurpassed by
rivals off-road and a great deal better to drive than it has a right to be. You
pay for it, though<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">TELEGRAPH RATING<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Four out of five stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">THE
RIVALS</span></strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">BMW X5 from £47,945<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">About to be updated, a
re-engineered reskin, which debuts at Frankfurt in September. Current model is
a little dated but cabin is one of the best BMW makes. Dynamically excellent,
but ride is harsh and the off-road ability is limited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 17.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jeep Grand Cherokee
£38,615<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Recently renewed and a
huge improvement, with good equipment levels and respectable on-road dynamics.
The cabin is woefully short of the standards set by rivals, though, and
off-road it is very limited.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 17.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Audi Q7 from £43,660<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Gargantuan SUV that's
more at home outside Premiership training grounds than on mountains. Cabin is
lovely, dynamically acceptable on road, but feels lumbering and the ride isn't
good. Not an easy vehicle to love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-70551556333881697052013-07-04T01:43:00.000-07:002013-07-04T01:43:40.523-07:00SUZUKI SX4 S-CROSS REVIEW<h1 align="center" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;">
<u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SUZUKI SX4 S-CROSS REVIEW<o:p></o:p></span></u></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%;">The Suzuki SX4
is now a full-size Nissan Qashqai rival, but is it any good?<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The
presentation for the new Suzuki SX4 S-Cross had the usual rogues’ gallery of
impossibly glamorous families, wake-boarding bankers and improbably active
pensioners. Marketing executives’ fanciful inventions often ignore the grim
realities of modern motoring; endless jams, draggy school runs, predatory
parking enforcement, weekend journeys to ungrateful relatives and third-world
road surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Mercifully
absent for the most part, however, was that peculiar but indefinable quality,
deemed essential for all modern jalopies, of ‘schportiness’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Not
once did Yasushi Sasaki, the car’s chief engineer mention “Sport”. Yet with
17-inch, low-profile tyres, surely Suzuki’s new 4x4 urban warrior would have
all the ride compliance of a crate of lager dropped off the back of a pickup?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">I
climbed gingerly behind the wheel, noting the slight settling of the suspension
and the soft embrace of the upholstery – all good so far. This is actually the
second-generation SX4; we drove the first one eight years ago in Japan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The
SX4 is (and will continue to be) built by Suzuki at its Magyar factory in
Hungary. The first generation was produced in collaboration with Fiat, which at
the time was desperate for a medium-sized SUV to bolster its range – these days
it sells a bespoke 4x4 versions of its Panda, while a new SUV based on the 500L
is due next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">So Suzuki has gone on its own with its new SX4, which is
6.4 inches longer, but 132lbs lighter than the outgoing model; under the skin
it is largely the same design, with its MacPherson- strut front, torsion-beam
rear suspension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The old model was styled with the help of Italy’s
Giugiaro, the new one is Suzuki’s own. With huge headlamps and gentle curves,
it’s Euro bland and barely memorable apart from the poke-in-the-eye Crystal
Lime paint job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The
shape is distinctly reminiscent of the Nissan Qashqai’s, a market leader, cited
as a big rival for the SX4 and due to be replaced with an all-new model soon.
Suzuki had planned to call the original model the Aerio until it discovered it
was Grecian for breaking wind. The SX4 monika is uncontroversial at least and
this mark II model gets an S-Cross badge as a nod to the (more daring) concept
car of the same name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The range comprises four trim levels with two engines
(Suzuki’s own 1.6-litre petrol and a 1.6-litre turbodiesel from Fiat), three
transmissions (diesel six-speed, and a choice of five-speed manual, or
continuously variable transmission for petrol models) and front or four-wheel
drive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This being effectively the first Suzuki with which the
company can attack the fleet market, it has come up with a penultimate trim
level, SZT, for corporate customers, which includes 17in wheels, silver roof
rails, skid plates, sat nav, dual-zone air con, DAB radio and keyless entry and
starting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The top-spec SZ5 gets improved lighting with LED lamps
and high-intensity-discharge headlamps, leather upholstery and a twin-pane
panoramic sunroof, the largest in the class. Prices run from about £15,000 to
£23,000, with a typical two-wheel-drive, petrol, SZT-trim model costing about
£17,700, to which you can add another £1,000 for four-wheel drive and £1,500
for a diesel engine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The four-wheel-drive transmission is similar to the old
models’, with an electronically controlled clutch pack, which takes drive to
the rear wheels under orders from a four-position switch beside the handbrake.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">In the ‘Auto’ setting, it’s front-wheel drive unless slip
is detected, whereupon the rear wheels are clutched in. ‘Sport’ takes cues from
the amount of steering lock, the speed of throttle depression, as well as the
wheel speed. When it determines the car is being driven in a spirited manner it
will gently engage the clutches to divert 20 per cent of the engine’s torque to
the rear wheels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">‘Snow’ switches to a default setting of four-wheel drive,
diverting different amounts of torque to the rear according to steering and
accelerator inputs, while ‘Lock’ simply splits the torque equally between front
and rear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The
cabin in the last model wasn’t the last word in design – lacklustre is another
way of describing it. The new SX4 is a distinct improvement. For a start the
seats are much more comfortable and supportive and there’s more room. Suzuki
says there’s 1½inches more knee room for the rear-seat passengers and, at 430
litres, the boot is almost twice the size of the old model’s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">There’s more headroom, too, and the result is a proper
five seater, with room in back for at least two six-foot adults, three at a
stretch. The dashboard is more attractive, with concise instruments and a central
colour screen for the sat nav.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">It’s still far from the last word in style, however: the
facia consists of wodges of grey plastic and the typefaces on the displays look
catapulted in from the Seventies. It’s well built, but it’s well built out of
cheap stuff. On the plus side, the twin sunroof is a complete delight,
especially if you are in the rear seats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">We
drove a four-wheel-drive diesel model. The engine is growly and sulky below
2,000rpm, turbine-like and powerful above that. There’s not much point in
revving it to the 5,500rpm red line, but when short-shifted this is a highly
useable power plant. The performance figures are modest, but with the slick,
six-speed gearbox and a bit of judgement, it’s possible to make good progress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The extra weight of the diesel improves the heft and bite
of the electronically assisted steering and the turn-in to corners is more
positive than that of the petrol version's. Dialling in the ‘Sport’ setting on
the four-wheel drive also reduces the nose-on understeering tendency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">You’d never call this a sporting drive, but it’s very
well damped and there’s quite a clever combination of initial softness and
well-controlled body roll. It never floats over bumps, but occasionally bounds
over long waves, though you always feel in control. The ride is quiet, which
hides a multitude of sins including a tendency to clatter over surface changes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Go into a corner too hard and the safety systems work
quickly without further upsetting the chassis. The steering needs more work,
however, especially the on-centre response and feedback, where the SX4 feels
inert and divorced from the road surface.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The two-wheel-drive version is slightly more responsive,
but not much so. On dry and grippy Italian roads there was little opportunity
to sample the traction, but it seemed quite acceptable given the limited torque
on offer. While the ground clearance is high, there’s no transfer box, so this
isn’t a vehicle for exploration unless someone’s already built a road there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Nevertheless the SX4 offers a pleasing sense of
all-weather capability, comfort and fine build quality at reasonable prices. If
you were thinking of a Nissan Qashqai, you ought to at least take a look the
SX4.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">THE FACTS</span></u></strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Suzuki SX4 S-Cross<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Tested</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Suzuki SX4 S-Cross five-door Compact SUV hatchback with
1,598cc turbodiesel four-cylinder with double overhead camshafts and four
valves per cylinder. Six-speed manual transmission driving all four wheels via
an electronically controlled wet clutch pack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Price/on sale</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">From £15,000 to £23,000. SZ-T version with 17in alloys,
roof rails, dual auto air con, DAB radio, Sat nav, £17,700 in petrol 2WD,
diesel costs an extra £1,500 and 4WD an extra £1,000. On sale from July 10 for
delivery in September.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Power/torque</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">118bhp @ 3,750rpm, 236 lb ft @ 1,750rpm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Top speed</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">109 mph<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Acceleration</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">0-62mph 13sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Fuel economy</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">70.6mpg/61.4mpg EU Urban/Combined. On test 48.5mpg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">CO2 emissions</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">120g/km<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">VED band</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Band C £30 for the first year, £30 thereafter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Verdict</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Surprisingly likeable, if dull-looking compact SUV. Comfy
and roomy cabin, but not the last word in design. Good diesel engine and
six-speed transmission, but petrol lacks punch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Telegraph rating</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Four out of five stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Rivals</span></strong><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Nissan Qashqai from £16,895<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Surprise C-segment hit for the Japanese car maker that
has spawned a multitude of new “crossover” model. Good (Renault) diesel engines
and well built, but cramped in the back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Peugeot 3008 from £17,400<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Beaky French crossover that hides surprising agility under
an ugly exterior. Questionable ride quality at low speed, but good diesels, a
useful scrabble control electronics in place of a 4x4 system, and a quality
interior.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Hyundai ix35 from £17,555<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Slightly bigger and more expensive than the Suzuki, but a
popular South Korean crossover SUV. Well made, but noisy, with a harsh ride
quality and no longer a cheap and cheerful option.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-66504939418981021122013-07-04T00:50:00.000-07:002013-07-04T00:50:39.190-07:002013 MERCEDES-BENZ GL REVIEW<div align="center" class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-outline-level: 1; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL is bigger
than ever, but is it a match for the Range Rover?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It's
tempting to label the new<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Mercedes-Benz</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>GL</b> as a car built in America, for
Americans. The huge 4x4 is made at Mercedes-Benz's plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
and although it might be a minnow by US standards, over here it's something of
a whale, being bigger in every direction but width than a Range Rover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Changes
for this second-generation model go deeper than you might think. At first
glance it looks like little more than a facelift, but the body is all-new,
there are more efficient engines and the overall weight thas been reduced by up
to 90kg. Underneath, the GL shares much with the latest M-Class.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mercedes-Benz accepts that this is
a niche model in the UK – 112 were sold here in 2012, down from a peak of 1177
in 2007. As a result, the range has been slimmed down to just two models – the
sensible choice is the diesel-powered GL 350 Bluetec AMG Sport, while the
sporty option is the GL 63 AMG, which has a twin-turbo 5.5-litre V8 petrol
engine.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The GL 350 uses the latest version
of Mercedes' 3.0-litre V6 turbodiesel, which in this guise develops 255bhp and
457lb ft of torque. Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions have been reduced by 24
per cent and 13 per cent respectively over the previous model's, at 37.7mpg and
209g/km.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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seven-speed automatic gearbox is standard; most of the time it's unobtrusive, but
changes can be abrupt when you gain or shed speed quickly. Performance is
effortless, as a 0-62mph time of less than eight seconds suggests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Refinement is excellent; Mercedes' four-cylinder diesel engines are
rather coarse, but its six-cylinder units are among the smoothest and quietest
around. Wind and road noise are also kept to a minimum, so the GL is a quiet
cruiser.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Weight
loss or not, the GL 350 still weighs 2,455kg – 296kg more than the equivalent
Range Rover, the latest generation of which has gone on an even stricter diet.
Once you're behind the wheel, however, the GL does a surprisingly good job of
disguising its bulk, and the light steering makes parking easy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Air suspension – double-wishbone at the front and multi-link at the rear
– is standard, as are 21in alloy wheels. The car we drove was fitted with
Mercedes' Active Curve System, which incorporates active suspension stabilisers
to limit body lean through corners. This system is standard on the GL 63 AMG.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Ride quality isn't what you'd expect, with a firm edge that's not
entirely becoming for what will be, for some owners at least, a family car.
Anyone expecting the kind of soothing, bump-free progress you get with
Mercedes' big saloons will be disappointed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Inside,
from the B-pillar forward the GL is all but identical to the M-Class, which is
a mixed blessing. Build quality is good and there's some nice leather-effect
trim on the top of the dash, but it doesn't really feel any more special than
the interior of a Mercedes that costs half the price. If you really want to
impress passengers, the Porsche Cayenne and Range Rover have much more
glamorous cabins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Few rivals can beat the GL for practicality, however – this is a huge
car, with a correspondingly vast cabin that makes the most of its extravagant
dimensions. Whether you're in the front two seats, the middle three, or even
the rear pair, you sit in a comfortable, supportive seat with plenty of
legroom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Access
is brilliant, and the electrically folding rear seats take all the strain out
of moving them in or out of the floor. When they're not in place the boot is
immense, and even in seven-seat mode there's space for a decent amount of
luggage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Standard equipment is comprehensive, although the car we drove was
fitted with options worth a staggering £23,415, including the On- and Off-Road
Package (£1,985), Keyless-Go (£930), Night View Assist (£1,305) and a Bang
& Olufsen stereo (£2,035).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Running costs will be high, and the GL emits more CO2 and uses a
fraction more fuel (according to the official EU Combined figures) than the
equivalent Range Rover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">That won't bother most buyers, but the fact that the British car
provides a greater sense of luxury and occasion probably will. The GL might cut
it as a luxury SUV in the States, but it doesn't quite do the business here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 23.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 22.0pt;">THE FACTS</span></u></strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Britannic Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 23.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 22.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mercedes-Benz GL 350 Bluetec AMG Sport<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Tested:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2,987cc six-cyl turbodiesel. Seven-speed automatic
transmission, four-wheel drive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Price/on sale:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">£59,485 (£82,900 as tested)/now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Power/torque:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">255bhp @ 3,600rpm/ 457lb ft @ 1,600rpm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Top speed:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">137 mph<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Acceleration:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">0-62mph in 7.9sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Fuel economy:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">35.3mpg EU Combined<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">CO2 emissions:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">209g/km<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">VED band:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">K<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Verdict:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">A refined, hugely practical family car, but the
ride is firm and there are other large 4x4s that are classier and more
affordable to own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-36683066498147923982013-07-03T00:09:00.000-07:002013-07-03T00:09:23.366-07:00MASERATI GHIBLI REVIEW<h1 align="center" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 13.9pt; text-align: center;">
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new Maserati Ghibli is central to the brand's ambitious expansion plan. Is it
good enough to help deliver it?</span><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></h1>
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every Maserati rebirth I’ve been to, I’d buy a round at the pub. Like some
recalcitrant child on the naughty step, Maserati always promises that this time
it will be good and this time the cars will be reliable/fine
riding/spacious/big sellers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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they are not is tragic, that Maserati is still here is witness to the strength
of the marque with a name that rolls around your mouth like a fresh Chianti.
Mazzaarateee. You don’t just turn up in a Mazer - sometimes you don’t turn up
at all, but if you do you’ve most definitely arrived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time it is going to be different (natch), but the plan to sell 50,000 Maseratis
by 2015 seems as feasible as invading Russia in the winter, especially when you
consider last year’s global sales of just 6,200. This car is a big part of that
plan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #282828; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Ghibli name has previously been applied to a
Giugiaro-designed two-door coupé and spider that sold a total of 2,100 in the
late Sixties, and an eye-wateringly powerful two-litre two-door Biturbo in the
Nineties.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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this is Ghibli Three and it’s certainly a looker, especially with a Tuscan dusk
elongating the coachwork curves, undercuts and sinuous twists. Not in German
standard silver, but in classy gun-metal greys and midnight blues that breath,
“get it on,” in your ear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Giovanni Ribotta, exterior design manager, tried to convince us
it was all inspired by the Tipo 61 (aka Birdcage), Maser’s epochal 1959 racer,
but he’s fooling no one. No need to pretend to plunder the plan chest,
Giovanni, this is a very handsome car and a welcome change from the oompah-band
brash of the Mercedes-Benz E-class, BMW 5-series and Audi A6, which are
Ghibli’s obvious rivals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Maserati’s
history is littered with owners of various stripe, and considering how many
times it’s been passed around within the Fiat Group, it’s not without irony
that the Ghibli will be built at the new Giovanni Agnelli factory, which is in
fact the old Bertone factory, to the West of Turin, purchased by Fiat in 2009. The
Ghibli’s construction is similar to that of the Quattroporte's and it shares
the same drivelines and suspension, steel monocoque and production line, but
the Ghibli is a foot shorter, with all-new coachwork.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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doors are aluminium, as are some cross members, while the dashboard skeleton is
magnesium. Even so, with a diesel engine the Ghibli still weighs in at a
substantial 1,835kg. Suspension is via front double wishbones and a five-link
independent rear using Maserati’s electronically adjustable dampers all round.
The biturbo V6 petrol engine is closely related to the Quattroporte’s V8 and
both are built by Ferrari. The V6 single-turbo diesel is a Maserati design,
built by VM Motori, which is wholly owned by Fiat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">All
Ghibli’s have an automatic gearbox - ZF’s brilliant eight-speed unit - and
while all UK cars will drive their rear wheels, there is a four-wheel drive
system called Q4, which will only be offered in left-hand drive markets. It’s a
very expensive engineering job to swap to right drive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Step in and the cabin is lovely, with close attention to
stitching and brilliant contrasts in shade, shape and material. The leather
hides aren’t quite as soft as Maserati’s of yore, but that Daliesque oval clock
still sits in the centre of the facia. There’s lots of room around front-seat
passengers and the seats are comfy, cosseting but with a slightly
oversprung-armchair feel to them. There’s enough room in the back for two
adults, but leg room is slightly compromised against the front seat backs. The
seat bolster is also heavily shaped, so woe betide the middle passenger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The instrument binnacle is clear, but the switches are heavily
stylised so button functions aren’t always obvious. The fixed gearchange
paddles are easy to find, not so the indicator stalk. In the centre of the dash
is a clear and bright 8.5in screen for sat nav, radio and communications. The
boot is a sizeable 500 litres.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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her up and the diesel has a flat industrial drone, the petrol an abrupt wail.
There’s a sound modifier button, but on the compression ignition engine, it
merely sounds as if a small Lego cement mixer has been started up in the boot. The
diesel will be the biggest seller and is Maserati’s first-ever oil burner.
There’s not much going on below 2,000rpm, where the unit sounds growly and
industrial, but after that there’s a more interesting ‘beat’ to the exhaust
note and plenty of go. The eight-speed ZF ‘box is a proven and excellent unit,
and with software tweaks from Maserati it changes faster, but there’s a
worrying amount of shunt in the driveline when you change gear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Having driven the petrol models first, we were expecting to find
the diesel’s ride quality sadly wanting and so it proves, although 20kg more
kerb weight helps a bit. Even with the dampers in maximum soft, on straight and
smooth Italian autostrada, the body never settles, but continually pitches
diagonally and uncomfortably from side to side and passengers’ heads toss about
like heavy metal fans playing air guitar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Push the Sport button and this movement is more restricted, but
it’s still there, along with noisy vibration and a fizzing sensation through
the major controls. Someone stepping into the Maserati from, say the Jaguar XF,
might wonder if the delivery blocks had been left in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The handling is partially
affected by this imprecise body control and the Ghibli’s electronic steering
system, which has inconsistent weight and feel, doesn’t help. I got quite
annoyed with it at one point and threw the car up an open stretch of road,
whereupon the one great handling trait became apparent - the Ghibli likes to be
driven with a rough hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Treated thus it’s a road
smoker of considerable menace and star of its own road movie as it spins up the
inside rear tyre and steers on the throttle while wagging its tail like an
eager pup and howling defiance at any and everything. Indeed, turn off the
traction control and the Ghibli is so old-school driftable you wonder whether
they did any chassis development outside the race track. What a test programme
that must have been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Sure I was grinning at
the end, so much so I went back and did it all again, but that’s really not
enough to get this car on the same shopping list as its German or
Coventry-created rivals. Maserati oozes glamour and the Ghibli looks great and
seems well made - although only time will tell there. The engines are powerful,
but the diesel is far from mellifluous and its ride is terrible. Sure, it
responds if you drive like you stole it, but in everyday motoring that’s not
enough, even if it has a Maserati badge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">THE FACTS</span></u></strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ENGINE/TRANSMISSION</span></u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">: 2,987cc V6 turbodiesel, ZF eight-speed torque converter
automatic transmission. Rear-wheel drive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">PRICE/ON SALE</span></u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">: Range starts at £48,830 for the turbodiesel as tested,
£52,275 for the standard 330bhp Ghibli and £63,415 for 410bhp Ghibli S. On sale
in October.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">POWER/TORQUE</span></u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">: 270bhp @ 4,000rpm, 443 lb ft @ 2,000rpm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">TOP SPEED</span></u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">:155mph<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ACCELERATION</span></u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">: 0-62mph 6.3sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">FUEL ECONOMY</span></u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">: 36.2mpg/47.9mpg EU Urban/Combined.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">CO2 EMISSIONS</span></u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">: 158g/km<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">VED BAND</span></u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">: Band G £175 for the first year, £175 thereafter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">VERDICT</span></u></strong><u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The allure of this exotic
Italian marque is undoubtedly strong and the Ghibli looks the part. Its cabin
is lovely, too, while the diesel engine ticks the right boxes for fuel economy,
CO2 emissions and power and the handling is enjoyably old-school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The diesel engine is
noisy, however, while rear seat space is tight and the ride quality is
appalling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">TELEGRAPH
RATING</span></u></strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">:
Three out of five stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">RIVALS</span></u></strong><u><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">BMW 535d M sport from
£48,000<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Powerful and charismatic,
313bhp straight-six diesel, 155mph, 0-62mph in 5.5sec, 50.4mpg and 148g/km.
Spacious, good looking and fine riding as long as it’s not over-tyred.
Expensive, well made and covetable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 CDI
AMG Sport from £54,240<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The car with which
Maserati would like the Ghibli to be compared, an angular, four-door hatchback
oil burner: 265bhp, 47.1mpg, 162g/km, 155mph and 0-62mph in 6.6sec. It just
doesn’t seem the same sort of car, though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jaguar XF 3.0 V6 diesel S
from £56,025<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: 17.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Expensive, but Ian
Callum’s exterior and Alistair Whelan’s interior are attractive, different and
witty and Mike Cross’s ride/handling compromise is unsurpassed; 275bhp ‘Lion’
V6 gives 155mph, 47.1mpg, 159g/km and 0-62mph in 6.4sec.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-22960499258814034652013-07-02T22:16:00.000-07:002013-07-02T22:16:37.695-07:00KIA PRO CEE'D GT REVIEW<h1 style="background-color: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: Broadway; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>KIA PRO CEE'D GT REVIEW</u></span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal;">The Kia Pro Cee'd GT is the Korean brand's
first truly sporty car, but is it a match for the best new hot hatches?<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">You
could argue that the new Kia Pro Cee'd GT is proof of the Korean brand's
growing confidence. It's the company's first "performance-oriented"
model and the first of its cars to be sold in the UK with a turbocharged petrol
engine. Kia goes so far as to say that it "marks quite a significant
change" in direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Let's
not get carried away, though - Kia doesn't actually use the term hot hatch,
preferring the less suggestive "sporting hatch". It also asserts that
the car shouldn't be judged against hard-edged cars such as the Renaultsport
Megane and Vauxhall Astra VXR and it's keen to point out that the cheapest Pro
Cee'd GT costs almost £6000 (£5850 to be precise) less than the basic
Volkswagen Golf GTI.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Even
so, the Pro Cee'd GT certainly looks like a proper hot hatch. The standard Pro
Cee'd's handsomely sculpted shape is a good place to start and although the
additions for the GT are the usual mix of sill extensions, deeper bumpers and
larger wheels, the sporty makeover is unusually well-judged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Distinctive
"ice cube" LED daytime running lights dominate the front of the car,
while there are restrained twin exhaust tailpipes at the rear and the 18in
alloy wheels don't look too large or outlandish.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mechanical
changes over lesser Pro Ceed models are limited to tweaks to the MacPherson
strut-front/multi-link rear suspension, with increased damper rebound and
compression rates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There's also a larger rear anti-roll bar, while the
electrically assisted power steering has been "tuned for a more direct and
sporting feel" and the Flex Steer function that allows drivers to select
varying levels of assistance on other Pro Cee'd's is absent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Power comes from a turbocharged four-cylinder petrol
engine that's related to the one used in the Hyundai Veloster Turbo. Peak power
is 201bhp, with peak torque of 195lb ft available from 1,750- to 4,500rpm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">That's
no match for the Ford Focus ST, which develops 247bhp and 266lb ft. The
Renaultsport Megane and Vauxhall Astra VXR both have more than 250bhp and the
Golf GTI - the least powerful of the mainstream mid-size hot hatches manages
217bhp and 258lb ft.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In fact, the Pro Cee'd GT is a closer match for the Ford
Fiesta ST and Pegueot 208 GTi, which have 180- and 197bhp respectively. The Kia
is heavier than those two and has less torque, however, so it isn't as quick as
either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">It is, nonetheless, a decently rapid car. Kia quotes a
0-60mph time of 7.4sec, which is half a second behind the Fiesta ST, but still
pretty nippy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Working the engine hard - a key part of any good hot
hatch's appeal - isn't as enjoyable as it ought to be, though, because although
the engine has plenty to give at the top of the rev range, it sounds
increasingly coarse as it nears the redline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Even when revved moderately, the soundtrack is mundane -
there's not the suggestive growl or hearty whine that you expect. Overall noise
levels are low, however, so the Pro Cee'd GT is one of the most refined and
easy-to-live-with sporty hatches around.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The
ride is surprsingly civilised, too, with a forgiving nature over most surfaces,
whatever the speed. While this degree of slack in the suspension benefits
comfort, it inevitably blunts the handling compared with the more focused
set-up that you get with many rivals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Body movement is reasonably well controlled, but there's
more initial lean through corners than you might expect and you can feel the
car's bulk shift around as you change direction. The steering reacts quickly
and is well-weighted, but it feels inert around the straight-ahead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Michelin Pilot Sport tyres help to provide good grip, but
if you push hard understeer takes over and the front wheels will edge
predictably wide of your intended line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In all, the Pro Cee'd GT is a car that you can drive
quickly with confidence, but you're likely to have more fun in five minutes
with a Fiesta ST than you would in a week with the Kia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Inside, the Pro Cee'd GT gets a similarly restrained
spruce-up to the outside - it's the usual tale of leather-trimmed, red-stitched
steering wheel, shiny black trim and supportive, generously bolstered seats. It
looks good, and build quality is excellent throughout.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">As
with any Pro Cee'd, there's plenty of space for four plus luggage, making this
one of the most practical cars in its class. Only the new Skoda Octavia vRS
will have a significant advantage for space.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">At a fiver less than £20,000 the Pro Cee'd GT looks like a
lot of car for the money - you pay much the same for mid-spec versions of most
of the mainstream hatchback rivals and there's also the reassurance of Kia's
seven-year warranty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Running costs are nudged up by a surprisingly inefficient
engine, however: EU Combined fuel economy is 38.2mpg - 1mpg less than the much
more powerful Focus ST and 8.9mpg less than the Golf GTI.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Standard equipment is comprehensive. Basic "GT"
trim includes air-conditioning, cruise control, automatic headlights, reversing
sensors, Bluetooth, electrically folding/heated door mirrors and part-leather
seat trim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Upgrading
to GT Tech bumps the price up to £22,495 and adds luxuries such as satnav, a
reversing camera, keyless entry, rain-sensing wipers, climate control and xenon
headlights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A limited-run GT 1st Edition model will also be offered:
50 will be available in the UK, for £23,995. Additional standard kit includes a
range of cosmetic upgrades and an electric sunroof.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Stick to the basic car and the Pro Cee'd GT is an
affordable sporty(ish) car that's also sensible everyday transport. It's a
shame that Kia didn't make a grander gesture and attempt to build a full-fat,
rip-snorting hot hatch, but maybe that's a step too far for now...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><u>THE
FACTS</u></span></strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Kia
Procee'd GT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Engine/transmission:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1,591cc four-cyl turbocharged petrol. Six-speed manual
gearbox, front-wheel drive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Price from/on
sale:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">£19,995/now<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Power/torque:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">201bhp @ 6,000rpm/ 195lb ft @ 1,750-4,500rpm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Top speed:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">143 mph<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Acceleration:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">0-60mph in 7.4sec<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Fuel economy:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">38.2mpg EU Combined<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">CO2
emissions:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">171g/km<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">VED band:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">H<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Verdict:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Quick, stylish and affordable, but not as much fun as a
hot (or even "sporting") hatch should be and the engine is
characterless and thirsty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Telegraph
rating:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Three out of five stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-14342134897230961782013-07-02T02:32:00.000-07:002013-07-02T02:32:00.253-07:00NEW MAZDA 3 REVEALED<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>NEW MAZDA 3 REVEALED</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><b> </b>Mazda's
new five-door hatchback has been unveiled simultaneously at five locations
around the world.</span></div>
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New York and Melbourne. It's the third production car in Mazda's new
generation, featuring the company's "Kodo" design language and
SkyActiv technology, following the CX-5 crossover and 6 family car.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is Mazda's catch-all term for technology which improves economy and reduces
emissions, including lightweight engines, transmissions, body and chassis.
Other fuel-saving measures include "i-stop", which switches off the
engine when stationary, and "i-Eloop", Mazda's brake energy capture
system.</span></div>
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will have the choice of a 99bhp 1.5-litre petrol, two 2.0-litre petrol engines
(with either 118bhp or 163bhp) and a 148bhp 2.2-litre diesel. Fuel economy and
emissions figures have yet to be confirmed, but given the efficiency of the
drivetrains in other recent Mazdas expect the 3 to be one of the most
fuel-efficient small hatchbacks on sale.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> The new car is longer, wider and taller than the outgoing model. The
wheelbase has been increased by 60mm, and Mazda promises the cabin will be
roomier than before. Boot space increases from 340 litres to 350 litres,
although this is still 30 litres less than the luggage room in a Seat Leon or
Volkswagen Golf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 17.75pt;"> Advanced technology includes a head-up display, a seven-inch
infotainment screen and mobile internet connectivity, including
"Aha", a cloud-based service with more than 30,000 stations including
radio, podcasts, audio books, personalised location-based services, and
Facebook and Twitter audio feeds. The steering wheel is lower for a sportier
driving position, while the windscreen pillars are set further back for better
visibility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Jeff Guyton, Mazda Motor Europe President and CEO, said:
"Everything about the all-new Mazda3 is exciting, from the way it looks
and feels to its dynamic performance, nimble responsiveness, reliability and
operating costs. We already have big expectations for this model’s success in
terms of sales, but I suspect it may even surprise us.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The previous-generation 3 made up a third of Mazda's global sales.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Prices
have not been revealed, but expect a slight rise over the £15,995 starting
price of the old model. The official on-sale date hasn't been confirmed, but
the car should be shown to the public at the Frankfurt motor show in September
with deliveries starting soon after.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-51912181866423178002012-10-11T04:47:00.002-07:002012-10-11T04:47:28.862-07:00TOYOTA RECALLS 7.4m CARS<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Broadway; font-size: 27.0pt; font-weight: normal;">TOYOTA RECALLS 7.4m CARS<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 200%;">138,000 UK cars hit by faulty electric window switches. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Toyota
is recalling 7.4 millions cars worldwide, with 138,000 models affected in the
UK, over a fault with electric window switches. Vehicles affected in the UK
include the Yaris, RAV4, Auris and Corolla models built between September 2006
and December 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAsek0ULSltxpWq-iN15ldu-7q_K0fmigRIHoHlTZ3qxq90vz87XgTsD1jtwoFHuPAIRJ9SL0gTSEcqXmx7SgdS7rIVUifW5dZLHV1PD1QSHl-qHHOEXg5Yk8w21WruvvrFJ_LdkudVrW/s1600/toyota-recall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAAsek0ULSltxpWq-iN15ldu-7q_K0fmigRIHoHlTZ3qxq90vz87XgTsD1jtwoFHuPAIRJ9SL0gTSEcqXmx7SgdS7rIVUifW5dZLHV1PD1QSHl-qHHOEXg5Yk8w21WruvvrFJ_LdkudVrW/s400/toyota-recall.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;">The problem is down to electric
window switches, which over time could begin to feel uneven or
notchy. The manufacturer said that there had been no reports of accidents,
injuries or deaths caused by the problem. Toyota has also warned that owners
shouldn't attempt to solve the problem with standard shop-bought lubricants as
this could cause the part to overheat or melt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;">A statement from Toyota said:
“Toyota places the highest priority on customer safety and the quality of our
vehicles. We are constantly monitoring the performance of our vehicles
through a variety of sources. “From time to time, we become aware of a
situation where a certain component or aspect of the vehicle does not meet our
strict standards.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;">Toyota will be contacting owners in
the next six weeks if their car is part of the recall. The work should take no
more than one hour and will be free of charge. If owners are concerned then
they can call customer relations<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="skypepnhtextspan">01737 367600</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"></span> or check with their
local dealer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Consolas;">Other countries affected include
1.39 million in Japan, 1.4 million in China and 2.47 million cars in the US,
while Canada, Australia and the Middle East are also subject to the recall.
Other cars recalled worldwide include the Vios, Matrix, Camry, Highlander,
Tundra, Sequoia, xB and xD.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-45194941183790847542012-10-06T09:01:00.000-07:002012-10-06T09:01:03.812-07:00BMW CONCEPT ACTIVE TOURER<br />
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The front-wheel-drive BMW Concept Active Tourer has debuted
at Paris. The <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">BMW</span> Concept Active Tourer (CAT)
was the centrepiece of BMW’s Paris Motor Show stand. While it’s a concept in
name, the CAT previews the first front-wheel-drive BMW production cars, which
will arrive in late 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Concept Active Tourer is aimed straight at the <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Mercedes B-Class</span>. it’s a five-seater and almost the
same size as the Mercedes, at 4,353mm long, 1,834mm wide and 1,560mm tall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Importantly, the CAT is designed so that, despite using the
same platform and engines, it won’t steal sales from the all-new <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">MINI</span>, which debuts at the end of 2013.The new engine layout
means there’s no need for a long bonnet, and it's also brought about some
careful rethinking of the traditional BMW design language for the Concept
Active Tourer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">To
give the car a sporty stance, the BMW kidney grille is tilted forward, while
the headlights are swept back and flow out to the flared wheelarches, which
cover 20-inch wheels.The glasshouse has been moved forward, to give more
interior space, but the traditional upswept windowline and kink are present.
Tail-lights reminiscent of those on the <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">6 Series</span> and a
short overhang complete the look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzZUG4SJs2cIoqlCrAX4NSbXgckLECDJLlk0hRN_pJLIb5s8txnI1XwkSSMsNJEHt1XglMuOnNLMFf1z-thgpc9zLIg7E9fHXdHetfqDtwrbOvAtPTN_9tkA0X9boqpN12IW1WfdywixM/s1600/bmw-cat-2_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzZUG4SJs2cIoqlCrAX4NSbXgckLECDJLlk0hRN_pJLIb5s8txnI1XwkSSMsNJEHt1XglMuOnNLMFf1z-thgpc9zLIg7E9fHXdHetfqDtwrbOvAtPTN_9tkA0X9boqpN12IW1WfdywixM/s400/bmw-cat-2_0.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Inside,
the dash is still angled towards the driver, but the area ahead of the
front-seat passenger is curved up to the windscreen, allowing more light in.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsq_O1tgzEaXs5G31icMyipwDfXhtzroFWQlYo2oSLax2O5lq8wwezRB9XynDqMPsUvvFaq40R1H7wSDYlG9qqNCuzQAjt1rKSmA3WQunKZR9auRlu0xbOEwxR7Yza_NM_FVP9sVKCtfg/s1600/bmw-cat-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsq_O1tgzEaXs5G31icMyipwDfXhtzroFWQlYo2oSLax2O5lq8wwezRB9XynDqMPsUvvFaq40R1H7wSDYlG9qqNCuzQAjt1rKSmA3WQunKZR9auRlu0xbOEwxR7Yza_NM_FVP9sVKCtfg/s400/bmw-cat-3.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
front seats are mounted high for good all-round visibility, while the rears
split 40:20:40 for maximum practicality.Neat tech touches include a full-colour
head-up display, black panel dials from the <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">7 Series</span> and a
central 10.25-inch multifunction display screen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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novel concept idea is the ‘cool shade’ panoramic roof. This is made of two
sheets of glass with a particle film suspended between them. It can be switched
from opaque to clear at the touch of a button.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is easing purists into the switch to front-wheel drive by showing the CAT with
a plug-in hybrid powertrain as seen in the i8 supercar concept. The 134bhp
1.5-litre three-cylinder turbocharged engine drives the front wheels, while the
rears are boosted by a 67bhp electric motor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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system switches automatically between petrol power, electric power alone –
which gives a range of around 19 miles – or both in tandem, for 200Nm of torque
and quick acceleration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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allows the CAT to sprint from 0-62mph in less than eight seconds and hit a top
speed of more than 120mph, while also returning a claimed average of 113mpg and
emitting less than 60g/km of CO2.Economy is further boosted by the hybrid
system getting information from the sat-nav, automatically switching to the
most efficient drive source for the planned route.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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concept features three driving modes – Comfort, Sport and Eco Pro. In the
latter mode, the sat-nav also includes preview assistant, which gives the
driver tips such as “remove foot from accelerator” if a tight bend or speed
limit is approaching. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CAT will form the basis of BMW’s first front-wheel-drive car, which will be
available with petrol, diesel and hybrid engines. A five-seat model will arrive
first, followed by a seven-seater.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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car’s name is currently being decided, with 1 Series GT a possibility. However,
as the CAT breaks from the BMW norm so much, an all-new naming structure is
also being considered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All-new
Range Rover is bigger and lighter, and it has made its public debut at the
Paris Motor Show, <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Land Rover</span> has unveiled the new <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Range Rover</span> - and it's the most significant model to
wear the famous badge yet. Why? It's a whopping 420kg lighter than the car it
replaces, despite measuring 27mm longer than the current car. And key to the
weight loss is the extensive use of aluminium; almost the entire body is now
made of the lightweight metal for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There's an
all-new aluminium chassis underpinning it all, too, which means an overall
weight of around 2,150kg. In fact, the bodyshell of the new Range Rover
actually weighs less than that of the <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Evoque</span> and the <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">MINI Countryman</span>. Range Rover's new design language,
established by the Evoque, is very much in evidence. While some familiar cues
remain like the vertical side vents and boxy profile the narrow, swept-back
headlights, less upright grille and sportier windscreen angle are recognisable
from the baby Range Rover. With a Cd of 0.34, this is the most aerodynamically
efficient Range Rover ever. A contrasting roof colour is available for the
first time, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Inside, the new
Range Rover echoes the elegant and simple cabin of the Evoque. The mess of
confusing buttons on the centre console of the outgoing car has been replaced
with a few dials for the climate control, and very little else. All the
controls for the sat-nav and stereo have now moved on to an eight-inch
dual-view touchscreen on the dash, surrounded by touch-sensitive 'hot key'
buttons.Material quality is improved, too. The dash is finished in high-
quality leather, along with the door panels, the seats and even the headlining.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There's an
all-new steering wheel half-finished with a choice of woods that match inserts
placed throughout the cabin. One criticism of the old Range Rover was the
limited legroom in the back, but an extra 120mm has been freed up for rear
passengers, by stretching the wheelbase by 50mm.It's around 20mm lower than
before, too, which with longer rear doors makes climbing into the back is
easier. Buyers also have the option of an Executive Class pack, inspired by the
£120,000 Range Rover Ultimate. This consists of two luxurious massage seats in
the rear, split by a wooden centre console.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Accessing the
boot is simpler, as a powered split-tailgate is fitted as as standard. The
bottom half is now shorter so it¹s easier to lean across, plus it¹s strong
enough to sit or stand on.There's very little wrong with the way the old Range
Rover performs on the road, but Land Rover claims an improved air-suspension
system and even greater refinement.The weight saving is certain to sharpen up
the handling, and adaptive dampers and retuned suspension will also help here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will be more economical and faster than before, while an entry-level 270bhp V6
diesel will be added to the line-up for the first time. Fuel economy betters
the TDV8¹s 30.1mpg, at around 40mpg, and CO2 emissions will be cut to below
200g/km.A model powered by the new 3.0-litre supercharged V6 petrol engine
could be available later, and a hybrid will eventually arrive, too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unchanged, with the latter now capable of accelerating from 0-62mph in around
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new Rangie will be just as capable off the road as on it thanks to central and
rear-locking differentials, a deeper wading depth of one metre, and an updated
Terrain Response system which can pick the best settings automatically. Customers
will be able to order the car shortly, with prices starting from around
£65,000. Deliveries start early next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Three
years after its launch, the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Kia Sorento</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has
had a makeover. We drove a top-spec KX-3 model, which comes laden with kit, but
costs over £35,000. Its nose has a narrower ‘tiger snout’ grille that blends
into the large headlights. Squared-off bumpers get vertical fog lights, 19-inch
alloys fill the arches and the ride height has been lowered 10mm to improve
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">Inside, the kit list reads like a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Range Rover</span>’s.
Highlights include a panoramic sunroof, keyless go, heated and ventilated
leather seats, touchscreen sat-nav and a 10-speaker, 495W stereo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in those impressive seats, but while second-row headroom is good, kneeroom back
there could be better. The two third-row seats flip up from the boot floor with
minimum effort and actually offer reasonable space. Those rear-most passengers
get their own air-conditioning vents, too, which should make long journeys more
bearable in the very back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">The 194bhp 2.2-litre diesel carried
over from the old Sorento is the only engine choice for UK buyers. It’s still a
little noisy, but superbly torquey, with 422Nm available to make light work of
the Sorento’s hefty 1,999kg weight in KX-3 specification.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 200%;">New for the facelift is exhaust gas
recirculation, which boosts fuel economy by 5.7mpg to 47.9mpg. CO2 emissions
fall 22g/km to 155g/km for lower-spec manual models. Sadly, the six-speed
automatic in the car we drove has also been carried over unchanged it still
never quite knows what gear to be in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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impressive, aside from slight engine note intrusion and wind noise on motorways.
The ride is soft and the body rolls under hard cornering, but the Sorento is
incredibly sure-footed thanks to four-wheel drive that sends up to 50 per cent
of torque to the rear if slip is detected. The suspension has been revised with
a wider track and tyres. This improves grip, and while you can adjust steering
weight, there’s never any feel. Overall, the Sorento is a very reassuring car
that will get you to your destination in any weather.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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after the <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">three-door</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>arrived
in UK dealers. The new car is 58mm longer than its predecessor, making it 35mm
longer than the current three-door. It also gets a 380-litre boot, which is in
an increase of 10 liters over the old Sportback and 30 liters over the current
three-door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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changes limited to an extra pair of doors and a set of roof rails. It gets the
same nose and gaping grille as the three-door, with Audi’s design language
apparent throughout. Interior quality will be top-notch, too.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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meaning there are two petrol and one diesel motor at launch. The mid-range
2.0-litre TDI diesel will be capable of 0-60mph in around 8.5 seconds while
returning more than 60mpg average fuel economy. Buyers can choose between
base-spec SE, mid-range Sport or flagship S line trims.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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£620, with prices starting at £19,825 for a 1.4 TFSI Sportback SE. A top-spec
1.8 TFSI Sportback S line will cost you £27,180 and all models should be in
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-36795867163204111832012-10-02T04:54:00.000-07:002012-10-02T04:57:20.578-07:00AUDI S3 REVEALED<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Audi has unveiled its new 296bhp Audi S3 hot-hatch at
the 2012 Paris Motor Show.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">All that power comes from a new
2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, which easily eclipses the 276bhp
on offer from the <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Vauxhall Astra VXR</span>. It’ll out-perform
almost every other hot-hatch on the market, too, thanks to a 0-62mph time of
5.1 seconds. Go for the six-speed manual rather than the DSG, and that
increases to 5.4 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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predecessor, and that’s despite it being larger than the car it replaces. The
drop in weight combined with the standard fitting of the Audi Drive Select
system, which includes adaptive dampers should make for impressive handling. As
you'd expect, Audi's quattro four-wheel drive system is standard, too. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Another benefit of the reduced weight, is the improved
fuel consumption which is now up to a fraction over 40mpg whether you go for
the manual or automatic gearbox. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">The S3’s makeover is typically subtle, with LED
daytime running lights as standard, a specific ‘S’ grille finished in an
aluminium-look paint and some large air-intakes mounted either side of the
front bumper. At the rear there are four oval exhausts mounted in a grey
diffuser and a large roof spoiler. The usual grey wing mirrors and ‘S’ badges
complete the look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Meanwhile, inside there’s an additional boost pressure
dial in the instrument binnacle, there’s a flat-bottomed steering wheel and new
sports seats finished in a choice of materials, from part leather and cloth to
Alcantara and Nappa leather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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early next year, and while there are no details as to UK pricing, the newcomer
will start from 38,900 EUR in Germany. This suggests a price-tag of just over
£30,000 in the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-75665363924561997052012-10-01T05:46:00.000-07:002012-10-01T05:46:25.547-07:00Ford Fiesta at Paris 2012<br />
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facelifted<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Ford Fiesta</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has
made its Paris Motor Show debut.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The
revisions include a new face, with gaping grille, sculpted bumper and
redesigned headlights. Inside the changes are subtle, but the car now benefits
from Ford’s new infotainment system, which gives the owner greater control over
the car’s safety features.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The updated Fiesta will go on sale early next year,
with prices for the entry-level 1.25-litre petrol starting at around £10,000.
What’s more, you'll be able to buy it with Ford’s revolutionary new 1.0-litre
EcoBoost engine giving peppy performance and super-frugal running costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Completing the range will be Ford’s flagship Fiesta
ST – which packs 178bhp from its 1.6-litre turbocharged engine, making it a
firm rival for the upcoming Peugeot 208 GTi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-88659369018851876192012-10-01T05:35:00.001-07:002012-10-01T05:37:06.433-07:00VOLKSWAGEN UP! GT AND ELECTRIC UP! CONFIRMED<br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The range-topping GT and electric
Up! models will arrive in 2013<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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range-topping<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Volkswagen Up! GT</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has
been approved by VW’s board, and is expected to be launched next year. The car
will be powered by a 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo engine which develops 109bhp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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news was confirmed by Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, VW’s board member for product
development, at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Paris Motor Show</span>. Hackenberg has been closely involved in
the Up! GT’s development, as we tested his own prototype earlier this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also added that a compressed natural gas (CNG) powered<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Up!</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will go on sale in mainland Europe
later this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">There’s currently no refuelling infrastructure for
CNG in the UK, but with tighter emissions rules like London’s Congestion Charge
Exemption being lowered to 80g/km, the Up! CNG’s 79g/km CO2 figure makes it
more attractive and is something VW is currently evaluating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">An<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">electric Up!</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will also be launched in the first
half of 2013, and will become VW’s first production electric car. This will be
followed in 2014 by an all-electric Golf.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">VW will expand Up! sales globally after the arrival
of the higher-powered GT, but the car will not be sold in North American
markets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Further ahead, a more spacious version of the Up! is
a possibility, although the Bulli concept - which drew on VW’s classic Camper -
is on ice, thanks to negative feedback given at VW’s customer clinics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-43119148098299712732012-10-01T05:31:00.000-07:002012-10-01T05:31:09.368-07:00VW PLOTS MORE SUVs<br />
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<span style="font-family: RobotoBoldCondensed, serif; font-size: 27pt;"><u><span style="color: red;">VW PLOTS MORE SUVs</span></u><span style="color: #111111;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Volkswagen’s board member for product development, at
the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Paris Motor Show</span>, Auto
Express has learned that a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Nissan Juke</span>-rivalling SUV is just one of a number of new
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the subject of the small SUV, Hackenberg said “I
think it’s a very interesting segment, although our offering will be different
in different countries. I think the A0 or A- size (which is the size of the
Nissan Juke in Volkswagen speak) is very important, so I would imagine [we’ll
see the car] not next year but 2014. We have started work.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will use the new modular MQB platform, along with the next Polo, and be offered
with front and four-wheel drive. They will also use VW’s new engine range,
which will include a three-cylinder diesel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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likely to be built in North America, the car will feature three rows of seats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03997892196010248212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6778518457975185869.post-88977906366997881482012-10-01T04:36:00.001-07:002012-10-01T04:36:37.975-07:00JAGUAR F-TYPE <div style="text-align: justify;">
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car, for sale convertible, xk8, xkr, jaguar, convertibles for sale, the motor
show 2012,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Paris Motor Show, 2012 Paris Motor Show,
E-Type, F-Type, Jag, Jaguar, Jaguar E-Type, Jaguar F-Type, With the upcoming
Paris Motor Show next week, more and more releases are hitting the web! The
latest is the official release of Jaguar’s F-Type, which has been named their
E-Type successor. The first picture of the car was leaked on the web, causing
Jag to release an official image of the new ride, but it’ll still make its big
public debut at next week’s Motor Show.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";">As
you can tell by the photo, the F-Type borrows some design cues from last years’
C-X16 concept, while under the hood is said to be a V6 3.0-liter supercharged
engine that pumps out 335 hp and 332 lb.-ft. But Jag will also offer a more
powerful, supercharged V8 5.0-liter that will output somewhere around 503 hp
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpwr513QHAiRve15qX0f_RAauMBQN82jJhQTBmPNvhSEaMLmi0KdnlBvxQKdL8XibNCQNueP2joLIXu5nwil0ynIm43U-QhteDKLcNBseJ-1GGpGN2-SxvJpqg53U1SsojSv5kEB-46Vc/s1600/a-look-at-the-bmw-mc-1_800x0w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpwr513QHAiRve15qX0f_RAauMBQN82jJhQTBmPNvhSEaMLmi0KdnlBvxQKdL8XibNCQNueP2joLIXu5nwil0ynIm43U-QhteDKLcNBseJ-1GGpGN2-SxvJpqg53U1SsojSv5kEB-46Vc/s400/a-look-at-the-bmw-mc-1_800x0w.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The latest off BMW's concept assembly line is a stubby, decidedly
unsexy eco-car equal parts Mini, VW bug, and Trabi -- that's getting its very
own sub-brand. They call it the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #202124; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Megacity Vehicle</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or
MCV, and its latest design was<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #202124; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">just revealed last week</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It's an all-electric car--similar to the Nissan Leaf or<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #202124; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">the Chevy Volt</span>--and as the name suggests, it's designed
explicitly to putter around big cities (just like<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #202124; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Ford's newest concept</span>). The details of its design are
murky, but what we do know is this: It'll be a rear-wheel four-seater. It'll
have a lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic body to offset the heft of
the battery. And, unlike most of BMW's green concept cars (see<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #202124; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">here</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #202124; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">here</span>) it'll actually be mass produced.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Obviously, BMW is known for its sexy, high-performance wheels, and
obviously, the Megacity Vehicle is something of a departure -- and not in the
cool, arthouse way of the Chris Bangle era. If the renderings are any
indication, the MCV is cool but a tad safe. And maybe that's the point.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The car is the direct product of market research on city dwellers,
who are expected to make up more than 70 percent of the global population by
2050. BMW is recognizing that it needs to change course to respond to a
shifting demographic. As the company's design director, Adrian Van Hooydonk,
told<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #202124; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wallpaper</span></em>: "The car will be attractive but not
controversial" which is the car-world equivalent of calling a girl
"nice."</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That brings us back to the
sub-brand. Is it really necessary? Van Hooydonk goes on to say that it
"offers a chance to innovate as well as feature BMW's customary design
quality and detailing." Reading between the lines, he might be alluding to
idea that the BMW brand itself limits the scope of the kind of green vehicles
the company can produce. If BMW is going to stretch its appeal beyond law-firm
partners and i-bankers to bleeding-heart city folks (still rich, but blessed
with a soul), it'll have to add another dimension to its playboy image. Or
maybe BMW's merely creating a pleasant little ghetto for its crunchier
endeavors, at a safe remove from the company's standard fare. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It's salient to
note that this sort of sub-brand strategy has worked pretty well for BMW already,
with the Mini brand and it's probably no accident that the MCV looks so much
like the Mini in profile. Building these things off of a mini platform would
save a lot of money. Whatever the story, we've got until 2013 to mull it over.
That's when the car's scheduled to go into production.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">HERE COME SELF DRIVING CARS.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">The
notion of self-driving cars is at least 70 years old, and Google showed it to
be a real-world possibility earlier this year with well-publicized tests of its
own autonomous vehicles. Indeed, in the past six months just about every major
automaker has announced some type of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle
project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">So
the issue isn't whether technology can deliver self-driving cars. The questions
instead are when they will be ready for market and, more importantly, when the
market might be ready for them.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">In
addition to some complex questions about insurance and liability involved in
cars that drive themselves, there's the issue of whether car buyers, who have
been steeped in the belief that cars are vehicles of personal freedom, will now
be willing to give up the wheel. What's the problem that self-driving cars
would solve for consumers? Why would we want them?</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Self-driving
cars could lead to substantial decreases in automobile accident rates. They've
been trending downward. The Census Bureau counted 5.5 million auto accidents in
2009, the last year for which national data is available, versus a peak of 6.7
million in 1995. But cars that take human driver error out of the equation
could result in a much faster rate of decline, automakers and safety experts
say.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">SURRENDERING THE WHEEL</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">At
some point "it will be silly to continue driving, because your reactions
are not as fast and you are not as safe" as a computer-controlled car
loaded with advanced safety systems, says Nady Boules, head of General Motors
Corp.'s electric and control systems research lab.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">That's
not an argument that's likely to win over the driving enthusiast who would
never think of ceding control to a computer and a bunch of electronic sensors.
But if car owners think seriously about the possibilities, even the most
die-hard "don't take my steering wheel" types might find occasions
when letting the car drive itself makes sense.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Driving
a twisty mountain road is fun, for instance, but it might be nice to read the
paper or play a hand of cards with fellow passengers while the car's
electronics take care of daily commuting chores or a long, mind-numbing highway
trek.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">In
addition to greater safety and freedom from boring drives, automakers also cite
improved fuel economy as a reason to bring on self-driving cars. And there's a
market-driven reason they're interested: Automakers want to ensure that they
don't lose two important groups of car buyers.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">John
Hanson, head of safety, environmental and quality communications for Toyota
Motor Sales U.S.A., says that baby boomers, a significant part of the nation's
car-buying market, "are getting older and their reactions are slowing, but
they still want personal mobility." And younger people aren't as
interested in driving, he says. "They are more interested in social
interaction and connectivity." Autonomous driving, he says, can serve the
needs of both groups.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">DRIVERS STILL NEEDED</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Still,
we're far away from the day when you can load the grandparents in the backseat
and tell the car to take them to their doctor appointment. Autonomous cars that
won't let the driver take control are possible, but no one is yet seriously
considering that scenario, says Ford Motor Company technology spokesman Alan
Hall.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">That
could change "far out in the future with a real intelligent transportation
model," he says, but Ford's belief is that as things stand now, "the
driver always needs to be engaged in the driving process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"The
driver is still the driver," Hall says.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">That
belief is shared by other automakers and, it seems, by regulators. It certainly
is reflected in the widely publicized decision by Nevada lawmakers to
"legalize" driverless cars. In fact, the state's law merely set up
regulations for testing such vehicles on Nevada highways. It explicitly
requires two licensed drivers in each vehicle, ready to take control if the
autonomous systems fail.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">CARS COULD BE READY BY 2025</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">People
who get paid big bucks to know about these things say that the technology
behind autonomous driving has largely been developed now. The remaining
technical hang-ups are miniaturization, cost containment and system
integration.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">GM's
Boules says the self-driving car can be ready for the mass market by
"sometime in the next decade."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Daimler
research chief Thomas Weber is even more optimistic. The technical issues will
be resolved soon and preconditions for autonomous driving will be in place by
2015, he told interviewers earlier this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Google
has been testing its fleet of self-driving cars for several years. The vehicles
have collectively run up more than 300,000 miles on real streets and highways
without an accident, although there are reports that the human monitors who sit
in the driver seats have had to intervene a few times.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Carmakers
don't see huge technical barriers, either. "We could make one now,"
says GM's Boules.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">ARE PEOPLE READY ? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">But
who wants them? As with so many things, a military application might lead the
way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"The
military is interested in self-driven vehicles because they are a way of
pulling personnel out of harm's way," says autonomous driving researcher
J. Christian Gerdes, who heads the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford
University (CARS). "But just three years ago, you wouldn't have heard
these conversations among automakers."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">A
big unknown is whether consumers will want this technology once it is ready for
the market. Like iPads and bacon-flavored ice cream, cars that can drive
themselves could fulfill a need most people don't yet know they have. Ford, for
example, "is still very early in the process of getting usable feedback
from consumers," says Hall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"There's
still a lot for us to learn in the evolution and rollout of driving assistance
technologies, including listening to customers about how they value these
technologies and what they want to see happen," Hall says. Ford wants to
know from consumers how autonomous driving technologies "improve and take
away from the driving experience."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Safety
agencies and automakers also will have to put on a concerted consumer education
drive to get people comfortable with the idea that the car can drive itself, Boules
says.</span></div>
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the meantime, companies like GM "are spending a lot of effort and
resources to try to understand driver behavior in the instances when the driver
is relinquishing command, or taking it back," Boules says.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">To
see what robotics are best for, and where humans have the edge, researchers at
Stanford teamed with the Volkswagen Group and Oracle Corp. a few years ago to
outfit an Audi TTS sport coupe with autonomous driving gear and send it up
Colorado's Pikes Peak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Cars
reach the summit via a 12.42-mile stretch of road that has about 160 turns and
rises 6,500 feet from just about halfway up the 14,100-foot mountain. No easy
Sunday drive. Yet the test car made the climb sans driver and without incident
in 2010, and did it at a real-world average speed of just under 30 mph, versus
about 44 mph for a professionally driven stock TTS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Stanford
continues to build and test self-driven racecars. Gerdes says the idea is to
use them to push technology to the edge, and to learn from how they fare
without drivers in control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">If
you could order up an autonomous car today, what you'd get would be expensive
and eye-catching but not in a good way. Google's test cars have what looks like
a metal pail mounted on the roof. Inside is an array of 64 laser sensors that
create real-time, 360-degree maps as the car moves through traffic, helping its
brain locate it precisely and identify surrounding objects.</span></div>
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car has a few dozen additional sensors as well. They give it awareness of
traffic and other conditions in its immediate area. That information enables
the control software to make driving decisions. The price tag for that rooftop
array alone cost $70,000 when it was initially deployed in 2007 at the
automated vehicle trial sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA), says GM's Boules. It
might be cheaper today Google isn't talking. But the array still is expensive
and looks goofy on top of a car. Google can get away with that, says Boules,
but GM and other automakers can't.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"It's
not well-integrated into the car design," Boules says. "To replace
all that with other sensors integrated into the car that can achieve the same
results and be cost-efficient is a tall order. We need coordination among
suppliers, systems integrators, universities and the auto industry."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Still,
he says, "DARPA showed it can be done" and ongoing tests and trials
of autonomous driving systems by BMW, Daimler, GM, Toyota, Volkswagen Group, Volvo
and others continue producing advances that are hastening the arrival of the
driverless car.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">SORTING THE LEGAL ISSUES</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Building
competitively priced vehicles with autonomous driving capabilities is only part
of the battle, though. Developers will have to persuade motorists and
regulators that the systems work flawlessly. And myriad legal issues must be
resolved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Persuasion
will be the job of safety advocates and automakers' marketing departments,
using the results of years of testing to show consumers that self-driven cars
will work. The legal issues, however, will have to be tackled by lawyers,
insurers, lawmakers and the auto industry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">One
place where the issues already are being contemplated is Stanford University,
where Bryant Walker Smith is trying to come to grips with how society might best
ready itself for the driverless vehicle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Smith,
a research fellow at both CARS and Stanford's Center for the Internet and
Society, says that the key issues are insurance and legal liability, operating
regulations, data security and privacy.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">A NEW INSURANCE APPROACH.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">On
the liability front, Smith says he sees autonomous vehicles bringing a shift in
the way insurance is applied and paid for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Instead
of individual motorists purchasing separate policies for each vehicle, he sees
manufacturers insuring the cars and consumers paying the premiums through
higher car prices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">One
thing Smith insists is not a problem is the question of whether such vehicles
are legal or not. Technology progresses because new technologies are
automatically legal in the U.S., he says. Lawmakers have to outlaw something to
make it illegal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Still,
vehicles are regulated and driverless vehicles will be no different. Several
states including California, Florida and Nevada — are already preparing the
ground. That leaves 47 states to go.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Broadway; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">FAULTY HUMANS, FORGOTTEN SKILLS ?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">It's
not a lack of technology that will keep self-driven cars off the roads for
years to come, say Boules and other experts. Instead, their introduction will
most likely be slowed by the legal complexities inherent in regulating them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Stanford's
Gerdes says there still is a technology issue to consider: Computers are only
as good as the humans who program them. "If you say putting a computer in
place of the human driver makes a car safer, you've got to remember that the
computer is susceptible to human error."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">Gerdes
also wonders if people's driving skills will atrophy with increased reliance on
automation. He suggests that ongoing driver training programs should accompany
automated driving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">"Driving
is a combination of reflexes, informed judgment and experience-informed
decision- and prediction-making when we need to avoid or get out of problem
situations," he says. Until the computers get all that down pat, "it
would be a mistake to think that all this is really ready to go."</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4LQIG8JyyTpbU7JWkmTicIDuHVDoT10Cbf_xtmrYmTwVuLScO3jDZY1MyIbdWq73AIuvLjR2-CCb-do0ofKeZhYkmyJbyox50ZEnuG1WijxwLFLC0SA0ECe9mM0OeMSmuMvIHUhhsJGY/s1600/Capture-3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4LQIG8JyyTpbU7JWkmTicIDuHVDoT10Cbf_xtmrYmTwVuLScO3jDZY1MyIbdWq73AIuvLjR2-CCb-do0ofKeZhYkmyJbyox50ZEnuG1WijxwLFLC0SA0ECe9mM0OeMSmuMvIHUhhsJGY/s320/Capture-3.PNG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Maserati will
show its GranTurismo MC at this week’s Paris Motorshow and recently dropped
info on their latest iteration of the GT platform, the GranCabrio MC. The
convertible’s most noticeable change is in its exterior design, which has been
taken from the MC Stradale coupe and is 48 mm longer than the GranCabrio’s
standard and sport versions. It’s also more aggressive in appearance than the
other versions with its wider front fascia.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4LQIG8JyyTpbU7JWkmTicIDuHVDoT10Cbf_xtmrYmTwVuLScO3jDZY1MyIbdWq73AIuvLjR2-CCb-do0ofKeZhYkmyJbyox50ZEnuG1WijxwLFLC0SA0ECe9mM0OeMSmuMvIHUhhsJGY/s1600/Capture-3.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4LQIG8JyyTpbU7JWkmTicIDuHVDoT10Cbf_xtmrYmTwVuLScO3jDZY1MyIbdWq73AIuvLjR2-CCb-do0ofKeZhYkmyJbyox50ZEnuG1WijxwLFLC0SA0ECe9mM0OeMSmuMvIHUhhsJGY/s400/Capture-3.PNG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">The back end
has also been reworked with the large rear spoiler that now provides even more
downforce in order to keep the large MC version on the road. No info on what’s
under the hood has ben released yet, but it’s assumed that it will use the same
4.7-liter Ferrari-sourced V8 as the MC coupe that pushes out 444 ponies and 376
lb.-ft. of torque and is mated six-speed automatic transmission. More info will
be released on the GranCabrio MC as the week goes on!</span></div>
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