Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Saturday, February 6, 2016
2016 Lamborghini Huracán Spyder LP610-4 in Miami - first drive review
According to our Editor-in-Chief Jon Quirk, the new Lamborghini Huracán LP610-4 Spyder could be the most desirable version of the Huracán range yet. Watch his first drive video and let us know what you think!
Mercedes GLC SUV 2016 review - Carbuyer
The Mercedes GLC is a premium SUV aimed at stealing sales from the popular Audi Q5 and BMW X3, and also the more left-field Lexus NX and stylish Range Rover Evoque. It comes with a choice of diesel engines, as well as a plug-in hybrid and, with stylish looks and an interior lifted from the C-Class saloon, it's sure to be a success. Watch our review to see just how good it is!
2016 Subaru WRX track day review - Sandown Raceway - Video
If you're after a practical sports car and you've got around $40,000 to spend, the turbocharged all-wheel-drive 2016 Subaru WRX seems to have a lot of the goods. But just how good is it? And how well can it handle a day on track? Well, conveniently, we're back again at Sandown Raceway for another weekend warrior track test to find out.
Priced from $38,990 for this base six-speed manual version, the fourth-generation WRX undercuts its STI equivalent by more than $10,000.
Ok, so it doesn't get the STI's borderline rally-spec rear wing, but the WRX does come standard with a boot-lip spoiler, 18-inch alloy wheels, quad exhausts and, importantly, a brand-new engine.
While the new STI makes do with the same 2.5-litre four-cylinder as the previous model, under the mandatory bonnet scoop of the new WRX sits an all-new direct-injection 2.0-litre, outputting 197kW of power and 350Nm of torque.
Inside, there’s a 6.2-inch colour touchscreen, some carbonfibre-look trim, a digital boost gauge, and a red-stitched leather steering wheel and sports bucket seats. But what's it like on track? Let's find out...
With the help of Subaru's famous symmetrical all-wheel-drive system, the new WRX claims a 0-100km/h time of 6.0 seconds. That’s actually slower than the old 2.5-litre WRX, but it’s fast enough to be quicker than both the more expensive Volkswagen Golf GTI and identically priced Ford Focus ST - both of which are front-wheel drive only.
Pedal placement is pretty bang on for heel-and-toe shifting and the gearbox is a nice short-shift unit. It’s quite notchy but it’s accurate.
The steering is on the lighter side for a sports car, but it’s very consistent and plenty accurate.
Sandown Raceway is notoriously hard on brakes, but while these Dunlop tyres are just warming up, and providing good grip, the brakes are just starting to become a little bit of a weak spot.
With good grip from the Dunlop tyres, and helped by the all-wheel-drive system and a torque vectoring system, you can pretty much just point and shoot with the WRX. Which makes it straightforward to drive fast but a lot of fun too.
To offer this sort of performance and fun for this much coin is impressive. But to have this ability for the same price, is pretty remarkable.
The 2016 Subaru WRX is the only legitimate four- or all-wheel-drive sports car you can buy for anywhere near this price. The nearest genuine rival would be the Audi S1 at a touch under $50k, and that’s STI territory. So it certainly has value on its side.
As for our question of how it can handle a day on track? Well, apart from some fairly warm brakes, the new WRX not only enjoys them, it eats them up.
2016 Hyundai Genesis 5.0 V8 Ultimate Review - Video
In the US, Hyundai offers a V8-powered version of its Genesis luxury sedan. But Australia - despite its strong history as a nation of V8 lovers - does not get the powered-up version.
So, what's under the bonnet? It's a 5.0-litre V8 petrol engine producing 313kW of power and 519Nm of torque, which is about 30 per cent more than the V6 engine currently sold in the Genesis model sold here in Australia.
The US model tested here - the Genesis 5.0 Ultimate - gets additional safety equipment over the Aussie model, too, including rear cross-traffic alert and active lane-keeping assistance.
What it misses out on, though, is the brilliant Australian steering and suspension tune, which transforms the car sold here into a brilliantly confident and competent driver's car.
So, can the V8 engine account for its dynamic shortcomings? Watch the video to find out.
MERCEDES-BENZ 190 SL Convertible 1962 - Test drive in top gear - Engine sound - Video
We took out this little brother of the famous 300 SL and experienced why this car has risen in value so much over the last couple of years. We love to hear your comments on our videos. Feel free to leave one!
The Mercedes-Benz 190SL is a two-door grand touring convertible with an optional removable hardtop that was produced by Mercedes-Benz between May 1955 and February 1963. A prototype was first shown at the 1954 New York Auto Show.
The 190SL was sold alongside the faster, more expensive Mercedes-Benz 300SL, which it closely resembled both in its styling, engineering, detailing and fully independent suspension, both cars having double wishbone suspensions at the front and swing axles at the rear. However, the 190SL did not use the 300SL's purpose-built tubular spaceframe W198 platform, but was built on a shortened and monocoque R121 platform that modified from the W121 small saloon.
The 190SL was powered by a new, slightly oversquare 1.9 L straight-four SOHC engine (Type M121 BII), that developed 105 PS (77 kW; 104 hp) (or 120 gross hp) that earned itself a reputation for not running that smoothly mostly due to the difficulty in properly synchronising the twin-choke dual Solex carburetors, and that, in detuned form, was later also used in the W120 180 and W121 190 models. The four-cylinder engine block of the 190SL was based on the six-cylinder engine of the 300 SL. The 85 mm bore was transferred unchanged from the larger engine to the smaller, although the stroke for the 190 SL was reduced from 88.0 mm to 83.6 mm.[4] The car was available either as a soft-top convertible (initially priced at DM 16,500/US$ 3,998) or with removable hardtop (DM 17,650/$ 4,295). Optional was a third-passenger transverse seat that could even fit an adult. During its first years the 190SL was available as a sports-racing model with small perspex windscreen and spartan one-piece leather covered
Friday, February 5, 2016
2016 BMW 2 Series 225xe Active Tourer - Video
BMW adds a plug-in hybrid, all-wheel-drive variant to the BMW 2 Series Active Tourer model range. The BMW 225xe – a BMW 2 Series Active Tourer variant with eDrive – offers a combination of sporting ability, economy and everyday practicality unique in its segment.
3-cylinder combustion engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and 136 hp / 100 kW. Electric motor developing 88 hp / 65 kW, total system output: 224 horsepower / 165 kW, peak torque: 385 Nm / 284 lb-ft. (Fuel consumption combined: 2.1–2.0 l/100 km [134.5–141.2 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 49–46 g/km).
Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 6.7 seconds, top speed: 202 km/h (126 mph).
Operating range on electric power: up to 41 kilometres (25 miles).
Top speed on electric power: 125 km/h (78 mph).
3-cylinder combustion engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and 136 hp / 100 kW. Electric motor developing 88 hp / 65 kW, total system output: 224 horsepower / 165 kW, peak torque: 385 Nm / 284 lb-ft. (Fuel consumption combined: 2.1–2.0 l/100 km [134.5–141.2 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 49–46 g/km).
Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 6.7 seconds, top speed: 202 km/h (126 mph).
Operating range on electric power: up to 41 kilometres (25 miles).
Top speed on electric power: 125 km/h (78 mph).
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