Unveiled its latest generation eighty six a few days in advance of the official World Premiere on the geneva motor shows big stage lets have a look at audi sporty new sudan. The m m thought if i designed it well sabers explains that audi decided to develop the sportiest a six of all time and they wanted to keep the best qualities of the previous eighty six the core elements here and at the same time create an entirely new is sign language one thing. And this is what that language works like when spoken complet will sabers points out the all new architecture for the front the single frame grill that greece has every audi in defines his face is noticeably flatter and wider like that makes the new a six sporty in the head and taillights in particular have a super three dimensional design and a chrome bar and back further enhanced is the aerodynamics. And surely a range of four engines will be offered for the new a six starting with a two hundred fifty kilowatt v sixty f. S. A. Followed by two six cylinder turbocharged diesels without ports a one hundred seventy and two hundred ten kilowatts all the engines come with a quadrille four wheel drive system. And automatic transmissions later the smallest will be a one hundred fifty kilowatt four cylinder diesel with front wheel drive on mine and might always win all of us off ski describes what he calls a mild hybridization for all the engines and adding that they decided on automatic transmission to get the greatest efficiency they developed a new generation of transmissions as well as a new rear axle differential so theyd have several points to cut down on c o two there are two automatic transmissions to choose from the classic Torque Converter for engines putting out five hundred meters and more annoyed and the new generation dual clutch transmission for front wheel drives and as an automatic with the quatro ultra this one is for torch limited to five hundred meters or less. Another very convenient technological features the option to under lock the a six using a smartphone a car is able to recognize the phone and load all that users preferences. In many ways the a six is modeled on its big brother the eight especially and its luxury is and state of the art cockpit. That stomach music and outings luisa shmeat caller points out that every vehicle has two monitors the standard equip the lower and upper displays are eight point six inches the upper one is ten point one inches in higher trim lines and these two screens have eliminated all the buttons so the driver and passenger can work everything from touch screens and this allows for an intuitive operating concept with both a haptic and an audio feedback libration or an audio signal which makes things easier for the driver and think that this has been is it when she presses a control a little paulse or an audio signal confirms her selection so the driver can use the multimedia interface while concentrating on driving on the bus not to the can still also be operated by voice. Yes and what addresses for example can be entered on the keypad another relatively intuitive and very quick integrated future is handwriting recognition so if youd like to drive to berlin for example you can simply write berlin across the screen and it guides you tube or land well yes it. Doesnt is that she says out he is quite aware that its not easy to write legibly while driving thats why it was so important to make the operation as intuitive as possible the driver can even write each letter on top of the previous one story through and the system finds the address relatively fast and on top of. Praises for a new audi a six are likely to start at around forty four thousand euros in germany. Proposition not as correct as if youve ever been to the jungle and encountered venomous snakes poisonous spiders or even one piece that steal your thoughts maybe not but theres another kind of jungle that most of us are familiar with but with concrete jungle of the city on the biggest threat here is that you might be overlooked or overlooked someone else by meeting today is trying out a car designed exactly for this kind of jungle that b. M. W. Next to. B. M. W. Calls its new compact s. U. V. Exceptional extrovert and athletic build on the x. One platform its designed to appeal to a new kind of urban but sports loving car buyer. So were going to take it for a spin in the city where the x. Two is meant to be right at home. In the front of his driving in the city like in. The real jungle is a matter of sheer survival and so when choosing a car the first thing is to make sure you have a good overview so you can see everything going on around you and here you would describe the x. Two s. Every the window why it is very high and the you out the back isnt brilliant either. Hes sitting quite low down which he wouldnt have expected of the x. Eeriest so he doesnt feel like he has the best view of the road. Its been sneeze or that means i dont know if ya da is the best thing about blake. Because im to thank you. But much as finds other points that he does like while driving through the city. The underdogs i sticking with their theme to survive in the jungle its important to convey the right kind of image and here the edge to definitely delivers it has a powerful dominant presence that persuades the other animals in the jungle that is to say other road users to show some respect so theyre more likely to lead the man even if he doesnt deserve it or able to. Afford it is this guy least fed into i will. Be thanks to has been awash with a choice of three engines either a one hundred forty one kilowatt gasoline powered one with front wheel drive or two diesels one hundred forty and one hundred seventy kilowatts and all wheel drive more versions are set to be introduced after the market launch were testing the smaller diesel but it still has plenty of pulling power. But isnt that its not my business in the city you often have an even roads potholes railway or tram lines that you have to cross and so he wouldnt choose the suspension that comes with the sport x. Package that hes testing heat up for some. After suspension so as to not get shaken around as my father that led by nice old boys to shoot it. So you may want to skip that and pick another feature from the long list of acts or is available. The interior is typically b. M. W. Dominated by the Center Console with all the most important controls anyone who has driven one of the more recent beamers will immediately feel at home in. The sport seat suffer a good balance of sporty design and comfort. Space in the rear seats is somewhat limited by the cars design and the low roof line. Having tried up a city jungle we now head off into the wild b. X. True may have been designed for the city but we soon sense that its actually more in home out here in the open road. Once you got me its not so important have a good overview and high seating position which was all but essential for the city and out here mt is notice is the car has great traction the all wheel drive provides that extra pick up and the sports suspension thanks for the lateral grip so rounding curves was really fun. As a. Father but these are life. And sure many of the x. Two comes in four different trim level the m. Sport x. Version were testing and then and a sport model which is a little more restrained and two more basic versions which are several thousand euros cheaper. But. Overall martha says the x. Two is a very solid typically b. M. W. Outside and in it he really likes the Exterior Design as its less conservative than the x. One. Otherwise like every s. U. V. Henris b. M. W. Calls it as may be the real benefit is not much greater than from your average compact car which sells for a lot less. And here you can even argue that the seats are higher so this thinks you might just as well buy a b. M. W. One two or three series as the x two. Feels that will give you just as much for your money would. Survive. If. Prices for the car we tested started just over fifty thousand euros in germany. Will hands on feel the Second Generation to be sixty and the summer to plug in hybrid versions will be added to the ranch continuing its trademark focus on safety volvo has now added a semi autonomous driving feature for benz that reaches speeds of one hundred thirty kilometers an hour in germany the v sixty is a starting price of just over forty thousand euros. This m b two hundred electric van now goes significantly farther thanks to a new forty kilowog per hour battery this one says it now has a range of up to two hundred eighty kilometers on a single charge in germany prices for the panel van started just under thirty nine thousand euro. Hyundai is introducing a new s. U. V. To its model range but unlike the tucson santa fe the new cone is classified as a small car our test reminder while shaffer knows it will face fierce competition. He says in the booming small car segment s. U. V. S are as common as grains of sand at the beach so for a new one to stand out from the crowd there must be Something Special about it and whether kona thats its design. Scores points with it striking good looks big black wheel houses really show off the light our lawyer wheels which can be as large as eighteen inches. At the side since dynamic lines are complemented with matt silver accents. The crossover has three hundred sixty one leaders or trunk space which can easily be expanded to one thousand one hundred forty three leaders by folding down the rear seats. Twenty alights round off the rear end and the sloping roof line merges seamlessly into the roof spoiler. And days mockers shrink says if the cone is a real s. U. V. With its own platform and all wheel drive that youth is not just a packed twenty its a true s. U. V. With an attractive choice of gasoline engines one hundred twenty or one hundred seventy seven or spy work with a dual clutch transmission since the cone is so small the one hundred seventy seven horsepower engine can propel it from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour in seven point nine seconds so its great fun. Were testing the more powerful version of the kona with a one point six liter gasoline engine and one hundred thirty kilowatts a power that allows the crossover to hit a top speed of two hundred five kilometers per hour. They own that came out of us says the kona is really pleasant to drive and smooths out the effects of uneven ground well its not the sportiest of vehicles around curves well its. Its a bit too loud for his taste but not excessively so meaning that you can easily drive it for long stretches and the all wheel drive does have its advantages in adverse weather conditions so you always have good traction maybe they can but that would be easy david. I mean being upfront about the best effects on. The Exterior Design is also reflected in the cars interior including the color of the paint job. In the home if you want to have thinks that the interior is very nice looking and well arranged all of the buttons you really need can be found here on the Steering Wheel but the highlights or the accents around the air vents and on the gears shift and the seat belt to match. The s. U. V. A small leak in headroom in the back is more than adequate. For showing says that the kona extends the companys s. U. V. Range they had the large size tucson and the midsize santa fe but they didnt have a small s. U. V. S even though this is a growth area and customers were asking for one so naturally they wanted to enter this segment with an attractive and hes pretty sure it will take the market by storm zygmunt submission. I think the. Says its not just the cone is designed as forward looking its drive systems are two plans to introduce an all electric co now with a range of up to four hundred kilometers later this year and he cant wait to test it. See i has invited an automotive journalist to a driving Safety Training session in and spoke to test the limits of both car and driver in winter conditions Sebastian Starr explains what drivers have to watch out for all the fun even he points out that the first thing we need in snow is good winter tires obviously the snow tires on this Station Wagon are optimal if theyre new on the tread is deep and the traction good at least is that not to also important are the wiper blades drivers should always check the wiper blades because the streaks the bad ones leave on the windshield are not only annoying they just seriously amiss here visibility. Must despise that. Side then he simulates a situation where the headlights are covered with snow. Yes if. They happen to be cleaned up that not only so you can see the road in a heavy one time snow fall to the other drivers can see. And if the hood is carrying a heavy load of snow its a good idea to clear that off as well so it doesnt blow up onto the windshield and hamper visibility to save us. Some of the snow should also be scraped off the roofs so wont blow onto the cars following along behind and obscure their vision at least yet this photo. Exist i dont fuck yes anybody can type on the spine. Also very important is the proper seat position so the drivers feel safe submerged in conducts what he calls a wrist test he lays his wrist on top of the Steering Wheel and voicing my fogs down. And asked to make sure his shoulders dont pull away from the back seat of the uniform homes in. If they do he knows he has to push the seat forward but this time they do it so hes ready to go. With a two hundred twenty one kilowatt engine under the hood in all wheel drive on the road it can be lots of fun to drift across the ice in this cia Station Wagon and racing mode the cooper handles very nimbly all the stability assistance systems can be switched off. Sebastian explains that hes deactivated the electronic stability control this is known as the fun mode but only four tracks away from public roads as we can see he only keeps one hand on the Steering Wheel because its harder to maintain full control with both hands around it especially when drifting on snow and ice once would be. Nice. In tricky conditions winkies drivers should steer and accelerate very cautiously in small doses and with a sensitive touch but at this test site sebastian can just step on the gas and tackle the snowy geraint head on. Yes i was going on to remarks that the leon cooper has a holiday clutch which means that the car tends to operate like a front wheel drive but as soon as the front wheels start spinning the electronics register the sudden loss of traction and activates the rear wheel drives to baguettes the car moving quickly especially in snow. On the surface although one does not. Exist. This special all Wheel Drive Technology is quite impressive and really. Second increments it distributes the power to the wheels that need it most car buyers would do well to take the opportunity to test their limits in training sessions like this one theyll learn how to react in dangerous situations so they can stay safe on the road and have plenty of fun doing it. Travelling in style in a car fit for a queen a vintage rolls royce the name alone conjures up pomp and pageantry and the exterior of this british vehicle as something regal about it so its Little Wonder that my position and his nine hundred sixty two silver cloud three turn heads wherever they go. When you want us all those modified tells us that when people see the car they stop and stare more than if you were driving a v. W. Beetle people are happy to see it and thats nice even since great to him by his own foyer. Strode into school with. The rules is hard to over here to with his eight cylinder two hundred horsepower engine the silver cloud three has a top speed of one hundred eighty kilometers an hour but modified has never pushed his card to the limit because his silver cloud is strictly a pleasure vehicle it was built in one nine hundred sixty two and then shipped to the us after a year later it was registered in california later the car returned to europe my friend purchased it in the netherlands in the year two thousand. With its long hood and flowing lines the silver cloud threes design is timeless even today its still an eye catcher. Its also over five metres long because it was made for people who could afford a chauffeur its hard to believe that month later originally planned to buy another brand of car. He says he intended to purchase a porsche and went with his wife to the porsche dealership he was really excited because owning a porsche had been his childhood dream thoughts might have bought for because its. On the obvious but then he said to himself be so simple and consult the internet first on that one out there he found a table which listed car brands in alphabetical order not far under p. For porsche he so our come from rolls royce and a couple guns and this is whats come of it this is his porsche he jokes for. Mumford didnt find his own silver cloud on the net but rather at a dealership that was around eighteen years ago and hes kept a close eye on emily ever since. Them on here he says when you sit back here and look past the windshield wipers on the hood you can see the winged figure of emily also known as the spirit of ecstasy. All you feels thats a site like no other its just great. This is on. Top of. My food bush who is also happy to share that experience with others and for really special occasions he has something stowed away in the trunk a red carpet thats enough to make anyone feel like a v. I. P. Little details like this give the car a character all of its own one trip really stands out of my friends of mine. And i might as this may help us he says once he was picking up a bride to be and her two sisters the groom was already at the church waiting for his bright when one of the sisters started crying. When her tears were flowing and she says i havent got a tissue my make up will be ruined by chance for months id had some kleenex in the glove compartment so he handed her once and she replied oh youre a real professional he says driving wedding parties is just nice and fun thats. For sure. Plus is a us. Painter and sculptor Charles Sykes created rolls royces famous hood ornament he was commissioned to create a figure that would compliment the elegant appearance of the brand scars sikes described emily as a graceful little goddess and the spirit of speak the fabric billowing from her outstretched arms makes it look like she has wings and is flying off into the horizon. Controversial worms to sit behind the wheel of his rolls and gaze at that horizon even if he didnt get his fortune but cant get enough of a silver cloud three he wouldnt trade it for any porsche in the world. Next time im driving enjoying the wind in your hair even at freezing temperatures weve put the most m. X. Five to the test. And all the latest from the International Geneva motor show