A month his current is at the movies but hes actually at the Geneva Motor Show and theres plenty to see the cars for any taste fast and slow expensive and she figured out and small cars that drive themselves in cars begging to be driven electric cars and conventionally powered cars. With a new a six out he has rung up the curtain on the eight generation of a successful executive car like earlier versions the controls are completely digitized other highlights include parking garage pilot assists as well as an Adaptive Cruise control was stop and go. Toyota also one veiled the new hours which says goodbye to diesel despite so hes doing almost from toyota germany says the new ours is much less cluttered than it used to be and the car makers are introducing two new hybrid variants. The latest incarnation of. Ours is four centimeters longer and three centimeters wider than its predecessor. Alexis on the other hand used the motor show as the global launch pad for its new crossover s. U. V. Us the futuristic design is as obligatory as the brands diablo grill despite its compact dimensions the u. X offers a spacious rear seat the car that is tailored to driver comfort. Smart emphasized the paradigm shift taking place in the industry from now on its adding the initials e. Q. To all its electric models. That get the brand c. E. O. And it of being clear says the decision has been made to offer only electric drives in the u. S. And canada starting this year and in europe from two thousand and twenty onwards. Porsche was also good for a surprise the mission he crossed three small concept car brought the future of electric power just a little closer to the crossover c u v packs four hundred forty kilowatts of power and porsche says it has a range of over five hundred kilometers. This clavinet based but carmakers head of sales and marketing says he thinks porsche really managed to take everyone off guard you could see that in peoples faces and wow the company is planning to invest over six billion euros at electric cars over the next five years he says whatever i mean just you know. The day before the motor show began v. W. Rolled out another member of its all electric id family the ideal vision this elegance of dan provides a glimpse of votes wagons automotive vision for the latter years of the coming decade. And about a dunce of on it comes out in two thousand and twenty two months as doesnt see the vision being nearly as far along as this. Concept car it wont use an augmented reality headset studies up to it being the if it works why is my ts miller is all for evolution and he sees things becoming a reality in the next fifteen years the v. W. Is already in visioning right now its in the base that i have been going in. For the near future skoda sees the urban crossover as sporty compact and stuffed full of Cutting Edge Technology a highlight of the vision x. Is an especially sustainable drive concept in combination with natural gas electric and gasoline powered. By autos godas down hard meyer explains that the vision x. Can reduce c o two emissions by over twenty percent at its driven with bio gas its even one hundred percent c o two neutral. A racer with all electric drive presented by saying that sports car division is conspicuous its continuous output is three hundred kilowatts and peak output is five hundred twenty nineteen itll be entered in a competition of all electric touring cars. Monsters vision coupe a not only has a forward looking design but also a new engine concept. Up one fund as much tennis as and been able to find out when or if the vision to play will go into production he thinks its interesting that the car has a conventional engine most is invested a lot of time and money in internal Combustion Engine make overs the result is the sky active x. Which like a diesel works with compression ignition saddam. As a modest points out that although many Combustion Engines have grown thrifty there are some cars where he fishes he is in top priority like the floor and mustangs wallet its a guzzler he says bullets matric if lito fall off its get done. And i noticed a wish that. This limited special edition with his three hundred forty one kilowatt engine commemorates fifty years since the classic film of the same name starring screen legend and racing enthusiastic steve mcqueen. Would take this yellow if i wanted to make it to the track it handles well anything it doesnt get much credit. For c. B. S. Is also unveiled a new sports car the ford or coupe a version of its a m g g t s it offers a choice of our six or v eight engine so without quotes of three hundred twenty to four hundred seventy kilowatts after the s. L. S. And g. T. This is the next model to be developed independently by am g. The driving dynamics for this mean machine xcel its top speed is three hundred fifteen Kilometers Per Hour other comments are seen easy him seems to be as many as good players Mission Accomplished after the final test drives hes enthusiastic about the g. T. S. His performance on the track but emphasizes that the family can also come along and it has a spacious trunk with. Another exclusive right is bentleys pentagon hybrid s. U. V. It teams have a three leader gasoline powered v. C. Six an electric motor with a range of fifty kilometers on electric power only takes about two and a half hours to charge at a station and seven and a half hours from home outlet the interior has all black cherry bentley is famous for. Weve already committed that by twenty twenty five one hundred percent of our products will have a hybrid option or for electric. Jaguars i pace is all electric now but is it really made by jaguar. Oh yeah what a lot of us warns that just because its branded as an jaguar that doesnt mean its all jaguar many parts and components for the i case come from suppliers of them pays functionally thought of. One supplier magna has even started building entire models for other car makers. Not to us as seen past present and future today at the Geneva Motor Show and now thinks the future isnt owned by the big manufacturers it can also be revealed in student projects like this solar car made at the Balkan University of applied sciences powered only by sunlight. Compact and shoe fees have become the vehicle of choice for millions of drivers one reason hondas h r v is already heading into its Second Generation car tested times uganda wants to see what its got that other subcompact s. U. V. S havent. Let alone you know that many might think this is hondas first crossover s. U. V. But in fact the introduced one back in one thousand nine hundred ninety that soon disappeared but you know hundred is a building on the jets and an effort to establish the h. R. Vini and the crossover segment the same crossover that went. The fronts back sweeping headlights and sporty freesia are the latest examples of hondas new trademark look. The body borrows heavily from coupe a design while rear door handles hidden in the seat pillar reinforced the dynamic aesthetic. In back corky every detail writes command attention. You have to form the sounds you assures anyone who has down subodh space in the back of the h. R. V. That hes sitting comfortably he can imagine that anyone over a meter he five might feel waged in. The hole the fuel tank isnt build in under the back seat like in most cars she says but under the front seats of the one advantage of areas i for play this. Leaves enough space for one hundred calls magic seats. Explains that magic seats for up to accommodate booky items that would otherwise be difficult to transport for example potted plants on which this is a much more convenient way to carry this kind of load he says need some like me feel. The not the little but a disadvantage is that if youd like to relax during a long trip youll quickly discover the limitations of placing the fuel tank there but cons you could live with that a couple fog. Get a thick huff. And overall the h. R. Vs interior leaves a respectable impression alongside the touch screen display it features a touch based automatic climate control. The economy mode help see if you will by slightly altering throttle in transmission response. Its activated by a button bearing a plant icon on the dash. Of. The economy times you have a size is that the econ mode is a clever way to save fuel even when switched off the green l. N. B. Indicator reminds the driver to plan ahead that also makes the Cruise Control more reluctant to hit the gas well Cruise Control usually applies seventy five percent of acceleration to maintaining speed and econ mode it feels more like twenty five percent if you have from once one of those polled said that coughed. In other words an econ mode it can take the Cruise Control up to thirty seconds to accelerate from one hundred kilometers an hour to one hundred twenty. We test of each year viz diesel version with a one point six liter i need tech engine even with relatively low c o two emissions are just one hundred four grams per kilometer and fuel efficient operation a compact as you ve makes no compromises on performance with eighty kilowatts carrying it from zero to one hundred Kilometers Per Hour in ten seconds and to reach fuel consumption at four leaders per one hundred kilometers and germany the each r. V. Starts in just under twenty four thousand euros but they can then turn as you pointed out that the market for crossovers is huge with every car maker competing for a slice. To the pint he thinks the chevy is a very substantial vehicle the diesel in his test car had plenty of pep any fish and besides he personally like the touch sensitive controls and the panoramic roof. Of all of this this new position. But does the h r v have what it takes to compete in the hard fight sector. Of the foundry does the model disappear in the next few years to the contrary he perceives it gaining a foothold in the market cross or was it meant to tell you. Month that our current tester in his paper he says the job is a lot like eating chocolate even if your head says you dont really need it its almost impossible to resist temptation. Today temperatures are two below zero celsius but it feels like minus eight she says kind that that might not sound like ideal weather for testing your convertible but honestly who could resist. A mazda m. X. Five is one of the few convertibles where you can open the roof in just seconds by hand. And the car has no glove compartment just a little Storage Space between the seats. The m x five per is the wife at the push of a button and classic roadster style it has a six pm manual transmission. The previous generation was really is just last year but these cars history stretches back much further than that and its twenty five years on the market four generations of the popular m. X. Five have sold over a million times across the globe the latest model offers a choice between two. Types of gasoline engines. A bit of a in a says shes testing the smaller version of that it still feels and handles like a true sports car so efficient and compact the little convertible weighs less than a ton. And this is where all its pep and power come from. Mazda says is proprietary Sky Active Technology has significantly improved efficiency and. The ninety six kilowatt frontmen engine makes a particularly sprightly showing at higher speeds with rear wheel drive the m x five can hit one hundred kilometers an hour and eight point three seconds and as a top speed of over two hundred. The japanese car is certainly a joy to look at one of the top is up or down. The front skirts and small spoilers emphasize it sports car qualities while the sweeping hood and bulging wheel arch fab become trademark features. A compact rear and dual exhaust roundoff it sleek silhouette. Performance white and responsiveness combined to produce a great driving experience the best place to enjoy it is unwinding country lanes. Its one of eunices favorite features about this version of the m x five is the low slung seats with an agreed view down the hood of a car and she says it almost feels like the bulges on either side arch all the way. Through the cars interior having of the great roadster feeling. Three m. X. Five offers for different equipment lines were testing that top of the line version of the sports line package puts the r. P. M. Gauge at the center of the dash and. A range of functions are controlled via a color display commands are fed into the system through the Center Console and. Speakers are integrated into the headrest to ensure a quality sound experience even when the top is down. Thats the caddo course in his points out you cant fit whole watts into this little sports car but on paper at least it should be able to carry. The trunk closes dam x. Five has passed its first has for daily use. But dont forget todays test is taking place in very chilly conditions how does the convertible shape up as transport during the cold time of the year that as that thing is quickly finds the efficiency and for heating which makes even the top down driving an option in winter its a little drafty she says but still provides a great convertible experience. When it comes to karst the m. X. Five is hard to beat in its class in germany the basic model can be had for twenty three thousand euros. That means that all in all in his finds the car is so much fun to drive youd buy it straight up if you listen to your heart but in this case you might want to listen to your head as well and since the car is just over one point two meters high theres not a lot of room left for that that when the top is down. If youre over a meter seventy five in height you should definitely try out the seating before making up your mind. Today your test driver christophe hour is taking an unusual brazilian best seller for a spin v. W. Brasilia built in one thousand nine hundred eighty in the fiftys presumably came one of the w. s most important markets back then the German Company only offered two models the beetle and the classic van. Even so instead. Gained access to Global Markets helping turn volkswagen into the european car maker with the highest turnover. To be out in all its the crew stuff relates the history of v. W. In brazil in one nine hundred fifty three it opened its first foreign plant in brazil and at first they built a beetle there would she would. And the most popular car in brazil for decades so popular even that it got its own nickname for scott one of those the classic v. W. Bus also took south america by storm by the late one nine hundred sixty s. Word of lighting then had a v. W. Doughboys it and later chairman of the Company Began initiating new tailored models christophe explains of course the fundamental platform for it all was the good old beetle but as i was trained to not truly dead who to hide it taking. Its platform frame and separate Buddy Technology that was both simple and robust made the practically indestructible v. W. The perfect starting point for developing new models although the way the beetle was constructed was already outdated by the one nine hundred seventy s. The underlying concept would remain vibrant for years to come. Because. Johns push a very clear demands will be made on the new brazilian v. W. Christophe explains it would have to be even more practical more efficient and more spacious than the beetle. Its said that after forty different prototypes the engineers put together and shamir a combining all the best features in a sixteen hundred c. C. s motor is from the beetle the four segments from a karmann ghia and then mounted to a Station Wagon style body from the v. W. Type three on top and three of the series was launched in one nine hundred seventy three says christophe and was named after the countrys capital brasilia this one is in specially good shape he thinks like its just left the factory apart and once its got to him at this complex they can tell you at the boy sixty four they depart but thats good although they have a lot of sea level to hide. And at first the v. W. Brasilia was also available with five doors for tax purposes the fastback model was initially marketed as a small delivery van. Bit by bit the new Station WagonGroup Popularity across the continent because of the comedy stuff notices that the combined rear engine and drive make the brasilia fairly unstable at high speeds and light considering it wasnt easy to reach the cars top speed of one hundred thirty eight kilometers an hour on brazils dettori is highways ads no big deal. Marsha pianka stably was the one who came up with the brazilians somewhat peculiar design he apparently was inspired by the variance of wolfs words type three and four Station Wagon models appropriately called vary it these two had a modern and spacious two box frame that was from selfsupporting but mounted just like the beetle. To save it from the ravages of time the previous owner wrapped the interior in plastic not very attractive but effective. In the. Company of the signed me the general idea behind the fast back christopher thanks is to provide more cargo space and make loading easier but with the brasilia thats not really a case where loading still is extremely high and theres hardly any space in the trunk thats because the fifty four horsepower air cooled four cylinder box engine with one point six liters displacement is right below with on it of course and good old beetle style its not as laughable but upright with huge fans and that takes up room lifestyle how. The v. W. Brasilia is certainly not a perfect car owners often complained it has serious rust issues legend has it that even light collisions could cause rusted through floor panels to drop out taking fashions years without. Cuts displaying piece defects kristoff says roughly a million v. W. Brasilia as were manufactured and sold in brazil over ten years they also spread to mexico and nigeria where the car was kristen ve got it and even if the brazilian was always something of a ruling anachronisms buyers could even get it with a one point three ethanol motor towards the end of its production life come on that i think that you tell the. Ethanol is a commonplace alternative to gasoline in brazil today most brazilian vehicles have socalled total flex and ships that can handle any mixture of the two fuels regardless of ratio. In europe the v. W. Brasilia has remained a rarity only a few of them can be found in portugal or on the canary islands.