Showing off its new compact crossover and shell be the x e forty in the snowy astri and else in the swedish manufactures s. U. V. Family its the smaller brother of the exceed ninety and x c sixty. Six if those are current tester monitors korat explains the x e forty as well was first model based on its new Compact Modular architecture which is soon to be rolled out in other models as well when designing completely new architecture like this he says its always a challenge to get everything working in practice the way it should in theory. But so far it all seems to have worked out quite well. So yes. This test car has a one hundred forty kilowatt four cylinder two board chair. Diesel engine it takes the sprint from zero to one hundred in seven point nine seconds reaching its top speed of two hundred ten Kilometers Per Hour the car maker rates the compact s. U. V. S fuel consumption at five point one liters per one hundred kilometers all wheel drive is standard on the x. C. Forty along with an eight speed out of magic transmission the version we tested with a top level momentum trim starts at forty four thousand eight hundred euros. But all the head of the month is fine c x c forty handles like a classic very smooth very dignified and very comfortable the steering might not be as tight as with a sports car but it most definitely gives the trevor a feeling of security thats not all hidden from him im afraid of. The new smaller platform offers all the strengths and features already familiar from the x c sixty and ninety including the drivers assistance systems and safety features buyers can select a roof color that sets it off from the body and provides an individual touch. Doesnt isnt what i meant to really likes are all the features included in this compact and shell be that volvo had previously reserved for hire in classes the big display in the center and the twelve point three inch digital instrument cluster in front of it but id sort of course think a dial a communist and you know fog. The interior design is just as modern as the exteriors. As in the x c sixty the x e forty s. Infotainment system is displayed on a nine inch touchscreen is just another feature. Sure the x c forty shares with higher model ranges. Blocked off a stretch of road so much as could try out how the x c forty handles winter driving. Not to this model not to us realizes that if he doesnt watch what hes doing hell start sliding and land in the snow banks either side of the track but the car makes him feel in control even if it does fishtail a bit now and then he brings it back with relative ease. Come i mean there are. Ways to die. Since the e. S. C. To sport mode it responds noticeably later which makes for more agile handling. In the model. Market a. Product is just entering. Then its back out onto the open road. My father on the whole much as thinks the x e forty is quite a snazzy car with its many customizable options and the different colors its for anyone who likes to stand out in a crowd at a price that should keep the competition at bay of course with all the extras this will doesnt come cheap but that can be said about any car so the n. C. Forty me will be worth a very close look. At the cyclists. Who talk about mabel vs ops then figure i stand next to. The civic has been a mainstay in hondas line up since it hit the market in one nine hundred seventy two its tenth generation ruled out in two thousand and fifteen. Over the decades in between the civic became a global success for honda now ranking among the ten best selling cars in the world. And the compact contests are ongoing cinnamon points to the broad selection buyers have in the compact class like the hyundai i thirty or the opel armstrong or the v. W. Golf but intense competition has pushed them to become too similar making them rather conventional and even a bit stuffy here japans honda civic is a breath of fresh air. In its early models the c b two was fairly conventional then in two thousand and five the designers started developing more distinctive versions of their bestseller with contours recalling something between a race car and a spaceship below tapered rear hatch gives it a fastback profile set off with not one but two spoilers. Inside hondas put in state of the are digital displays. And an entirely button free sat nav. And placed even more controls on the Steering Wheel thats. The first thing andre notices about the civic is the low seats and feels more like climbing into a sports car than a compact on the road of course a low seats reinforce the sports car feeling there and he misses that in other compaqs its a food thats from. The test car stirred quite conventional a with the turn of a key twenty nine hundred euro sport plus and higher trims change that to a push button ignition with adaptive dampers. And all hundred notes of the hondas civic. Interior digital instrument cluster displays a Great Variety of information but it doesnt offer a virtual cockpit with a sat nav like the v. W. Contactless as an option but the boost pressure indicator is fun a scale from zero to plus may not be much of a tactical upgrade but it is somewhat satisfying to watch the boost pressure rise thats not the point i get this book is full of on just about the stuff and not a book by fox and so with something. In response to increasing demands for efficiency honda has also turned to turbo charging the variable valve timing system v. Tech is used to enhance performance in the high river range now its been up to my eyes for turbo charging with electronic waste gates and smaller turbines that tourney officially at low river ranges that adds up to a far more responsive accelerator pedal underrates fuel consumption at five point eight leaders of premium per one hundred kilometers. A pop the stuff comes this is combined with a very direct shift typical for honda but to andres taste is occasionally a bit notching. An extra Thirteen Hundred euros equips the civic with a c. V. Will keep a said distance to the vehicle ahead. Often of what even if the civics engine does somewhat resemble a race car when andre opens it up as it screamed on safety and the range of standard assistance systems is quite right i get heads up. Among them is the traffic sign recognition a lane keeping assist and a collision warning and mitigation braking system the entry level civic comes with all the safety features and starts of less than twenty thousand euros in germany the hondas civic is a marriage of maverick design and practical features. Opal presents the new insignia g. S. Im british although its one hundred ninety one kilowatts dont make it any more powerful than the top of the line regular insignia ople has beefed it up in other areas. The front air intakes on either side help make the insignia appear whiter its also been dropped by ten millimeters giving it a lower center of gravity prices in germany started forty five thousand five hundred ninety five year s. Will come to a new era see that is expanding its performance segment cooper to an independent top power brand at the same time the spanish car maker is also presenting its new logo. Its first model is the cooper a ticket with two hundred twenty one kilowatts in all wheel drive it combines sporting as an easy day to day use thanks to a spacious interior and trunk. And the future say that will be shifting its motor sports activities under the new cooper brand. Small cars are big hits with city dwellers and drivers a good fuel economy a high priority but this little runabout has another ace up its sleeve. Card test of i know guys and over introduces us to the skoda city go its closely related to the sea at me and v. W. Up but this city goes different because it runs on natural gas which is environmentally friendly and currently the best alternative to gasoline and diesel powered engine its at least until electric cars become more affordable phones of outside. The c. N. C. Variant uses the one leader three cylinder engine familiar from other city goes though its been specially optimized to run on natural gas the start stop system with regenerative braking which comes a standard also helps to save fuel on average the city go uses four and a half cubic meters of natural gas per one hundred kilometers and emits just eighty two grams of c o two per kilometer. And you have to know and so how does a c. And g. Vehicle run like any other he says if it werent for this little c. N. C. Tank display you think you were driving a gasoline powered car its peppier than a regular city go to because natural gas has a higher octane rating and thats reflected in the cars performance and a c. N. C. Tank has no effect on trunk space theres just as much as another city guess the cars engineers have done well. Thats on the engineer i would think. So theres room for at least two hundred fifty one leaders of cargo in the back. At the front the city go recently underwent a facelift the car. Now equipped with l. E. D. Daytime running lights in l. A. The headlights. Were testing the practical five door model but theres also a three door available for a slightly lower price. But lets get back to what makes this car different its natural gas drive compared to the conventional model the c. And she said the go costs around two thousand euros more. If god so why use natural gas right now to explains that it burns more clearly than gasoline or diesel and during combustion it produces twenty five percent less c o two you know particulate matter and a little mite region oxide a c. N. C. Vehicles eco balance is even better than an electric cars when the Electricity Generation is figured in he says an electric car produces some ninety grams of Carbon Emissions the city go see energy just eighty two. Yr are the technical specs in a nutshell with this fifty kilowatt engine of a natural gas powered city go can reach a top speed of one hundred sixty five Kilometers Per Hour on the highway though it takes sixteen point three seconds to go from zero to one hundred Kilometers Per Hour so its not the car for speed demons. With gas guzzlers filling up can be a frequent pain but high hopes says refueling a c. N. C. Vehicle is a piece of cake. He says you just have to drive up to the fuel pump put in the nozzle lock it in and youre done. A little filler neck for the natural gas is located next to the one for the gasoline. That i hold says the c. And shes engine is by valence meaning it can run on two types of fuel though its been optimized to run on natural gas the engine always runs on gasoline to start. As gasoline ignites more easily and the engine automatically switches over to see energy so never let the regular gas tank run dry or youll have a tough Time Starting the car. The city goes two separate tanks hold eleven leaders of c. N. C. And ten liters of gasoline you can fill a bullet for around twenty five year s. As if you go to sea and he city go cost more than the gasoline version but ryan also has natural gas is cheaper than gasoline and Public Utilities often provide subsidies or vouchers for phillips if you drive fifteen thousand kilometers year a c. N. C. Car should pay for itself in three to four years so its good for your wallet as well as the environment it. Is the perfect car for eco conscious penny pinchers. I know it can drive three hundred kilometers on a tank of c. And g. Invent philip for just thirteen europes no diesel can match that germany has some nine hundred national gas filling stations that number should grow but each requires an investment of some two hundred fifty thousand euros and he has a tip for c. And g. Car owners driving around southern italy they use another filling system there so get an adapter. There are around forty five hundred natural gas filling stations in europe mainly in germany italy switzerland and the czech republic. In duisburg mercedesbenz has presented the Third Generation of its top selling sprinter a lot of change since it first hit the streets in one thousand nine hundred five but one thing has remained the same the van has as wide a range of applications as ever. Just as the man was shafer points out this. Sprinters landed snake into the entire segment but is much more versatile than an ordinary transporter whether you carry people or goods are using as a weekend camper or for Customer Service or cds wanted to cover all the basis with the fee for the new Mercedes Benz is available as a panel van pickup or tour and offers a choice of Three Chances the interior is lean and uncluttered just as weve come to expect all controls for the multimedia and Driver Assistance Systems are right on the Steering Wheel or cd still offers plenty of variations over one thousand seven hundred different combinations. Springer is also impressive on the road it came onto the market with five engines to choose from as well as front rear are all wheel drive the all wheel drive comes with a seven speed automatic transmission. And to guarantee smooth sailing in the future the sprinters adapting it strive to go with the times. The electoral emotional explains the importance of electric drive not only for passenger cars but also for transport vehicles and this new sprinter has an electric model coming out soon as well and i know that if it is only a few companies the cell phone lot. Of course the east printer can be customized for a broad range of purposes. It can carry three of four battery elements depending on requirements for range of one hundred fifty to two hundred kilometers. Whats more the new sprinter is also safer and more network than previous generations. What kind of folk are moaning vague lists his favorite features. Networked Web Based Services make it possible to call of vehicle status information manage assignments and even monitor the cargo area all these data can also be called up remotely everything you need is right on board and you thought that i would be done. When it comes to driver assists the cross wind break cross traffic an active lane keeping assist come as standard for vehicles exceeding three point five metric tons. To manual the new mercedes been sprinter is just as versatile as the challenges it must rise to but other brands are also pursuing the same Global Design concept in the end it all comes down to one question how much will it cost. In germany prices start at just under twenty four thousand euro us. A former warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles is now home to one of the Worlds Largest private collections of porsches over twenty models dating from various decades are housed in this two story building. The owner is british born Magnus Walker he came to l. A. For one reason only its Pretty Simple it was sex drugs and rock n roll i moved there was a nineteen year old back in one thousand nine hundred eighty six so almost thirty two years ago recently i turned fifty so i spent nineteen years of my life in sheffield england thats where i grew up the steel town but as a kid id always dreamt of america i watched a lot of american t. V. Shows such as starsky and hutch dukes of hazard and i always had an affiliation for america and los angeles always loved america and American Music evil knievel and i suppose it was my destiny to end up in l. A. Its the place that i call home. And the warehouse really was his home he used to live right here on the upper floor but those days are over no i no longer live here i live right around the corner of this became a full time film location so it actually made more sense to financially not live here so what started out purely as an accident became basically my day job for me porter is a hobby its not a business what pays my bills is hollywood the film location and by that i mean we rent the building out that was sat in to Production Companies for commercial filming of t. V. Shows music videos film reality still shoe t. V. Commercials so ironically im in the film location business and a portion of hobby is just a passion project for me like i said its not a business i dont build custom a cause im just an enthusiastic like everyone else that loves porsche loves to build loves to collect and ultimately loves to drive i always say doesnt matter what language you speak whether its english german or japanese we all speak polish. As beef its a real enthusiastic mags walker also has his own garage in which he and fellow mechanics work on the cars. Second portion of our own is someone im most associated with his car number two seven seven he started life as the seventy one nine eleven t. Thats a car do all my trite days my club racing or my spirit of drives and so on this in most of the videos and magazine articles my nine hundred seventy one nine eleven t. V. Is my favorite porsche. And you can see why whenever he can and magnus gets behind the wheel and takes it out for a spin in and around l. A. Because he believes that porches are made to be driven. Just the greatest thing. Thats what i love about. This is my favorite. Color is all the sense of looks good good smells good taste good and the sounds. I hunt. Cause all over the world ive actually recently acquired two calls from Sydney Australia so its a global thing cause go all over the world and im able to find them and bring them back here to the warehouse in downtown l. A. These are all nine eleven so so my old timer go when it comes to porsche sports cause its one of everything the porsche has ever made in a sports car so the new quest is for an engine made engine rear engine both and water cooled so that its nine to four nine two eight nine four four nine six a on the front engine transaxle watercooled nine fourteen came in on the me the engine and then one of every generation of nine eleven for me i always have this mantra that says i expect the worst and hope for the best you know im not interested in low mileage concours type because im interested in drive a quality type because so it doesnt really matter every car ive ever own needs some sort of work on my own personal attention and details and touches put to the call so for me so long as a cause something im interested in it doesnt matter whether it runs or on drives if im interested in it its desirable to me so all the mountains. Some people might not even consider the wrecks sitting outside cars anymore but with a lot of love and elbow grease this urban i dont want as walker calls himself restores them to their former glor