Just a few weeks after the new audi a six and i am premier to be a bad version has also hit the market. The estate car is four point ninety four meters long one point eighty nine why did nearly one and a half to leaders talk. Any more the state cars are very popular in germany says our current tester a man who was she for the eighty six avant is up there with b. M. W. s five series touring in the mercedes a class estate and he thinks that with this latest version of the audi a six zero but now has the edge over its rivals it looks really sporty and very classy especially if their rear of it when its gently curving roofline fifty thanks it really works. Wide and low the single frame grille dominates the front end. The a six avant is long and sleek the windows markedly trampas ojt be angled rims of the wheel housings emphasize that this is a card carrying the quatro four wheel drive. A contrast metallic band connects the l. N. B. Rear lights. The interior and the dashboard are pretty much the same as in the sedan the infotainment system has a huge screen let me think it is a second one for climate control. With no less than one thousand loud speakers the bang and olufsen sound system delivers three d. Surround sound throughout the cabinet. Theres lots of room for luggage in the trunk five hundred sixty five leaders rising to one thousand six hundred eighty if the rear seats are folded down. To a six of his he definitely made for long trips as you might know out of the seats are comfortable moments during quiet and the steering is light about being soft or imprecise so you can drive a long way and still arrive in pretty good shape sure amish you come on you know may told you no wait up when i want to seem to have a one off to attention on. For now the new eighty six of on comes with a choice of three turbo charged engines our test car was equipped with a top of the line fifty t. D. I. The two hundred ten killer one v six flings you from zero to one hundred in five point seven seconds out he says avar. Fuel consumption is five point nine leaders for hundred kilometers the base price for this version in germany is sixty thousand five hundred fifty euros. Six of the manual explains that the car has some autonomy as driving functions set up under the Steering Wheel with this lever and includes Cruise Control and the ability to keep a certain distance from the car in front thats useful in city traffic and on country roads this system knows when the speed limit changes and alters maximum driving speed automatically whether in seventy fifty or thirty Kilometers Per Hour you can even come to was stopping and these functions will resume when you start going again and its very handy he says it on the part that. Called Adaptive Cruise assist in the fish and see it says the functions are included in the optional tour pack outings precisions Collision Avoidance which will activate braking in an emergency is Standard Equipment and thirty nine other systems are also available in germany the tour pack cars two thousand euros. Cars or do the simian tunnel was driving functions are very useful says the man a while still he feels a tiny bit nervous driving along behind somebody else and he keeps his would have a ring over the brake you never know what a car really brake by itself so a slight sense of doubt is still there but that could just be him he said so far its worked fine above because he doesnt want to for this one thing yet. The eighty six doesnt steer itself thats still some way off the assistants do however help keep you centered in your lane so they do notice the steering audi is always trying to make things easier for the driver. I was city run about like a whirlwind. Our expert i know dies and over tested the v. W. Up g. T. I silent hes amazed it took both wagon forty two years to rule out a sporty car aimed at young people like this is three point sixty meters long and puts out one hundred fifteen or so but then his great grandfather from the seventys the goal g. T. I had one hundred ten or so power and way just eight hundred ten kilos can todays g. T. I compare it with yesteryears go. Opt out its a fun idea what im going to get a fundamentals with. Before starting out i hope takes a closer look at the car and genuine g. T. I is recognizable by features like a red line along the grille. Red Brake Calipers and the g. T. A. Racing stripes along the sides are indispensable the obscene t. I. A. Is available with three or five doors a larger rear spoiler slightly increases downforce and lengthens the roofline optically. I dont also points out the honeycomb grille is a g. T. I feature on the like the logo the interior combines traditional and modern elements. You know i hope insisted fabric seeds with a clark tartan are obligatory energy and a dash board can be ordered in various colors and especially striking what is called the cakes already says but its not a good idea to mix different patterns. And whats the mix but the. City colors generally have smaller trunks than other classes but if more room is needed the ups rear seats can be folded down and the variable boot floor lowered that can come in handy. The flat bottom limiter Steering Wheel with contracting red stitching is a real highlight to where the old golf g. T. I had a golf ball as a gear shift knob does not although its also a six year stick shift under the hood a turbo charged three cylinder engine is supposed to give the model real shift but does it lets find. A good twenty Kilometers Per Hour faster than its fast his predecessor its also far more responsive that makes it lots of fun on the road. It makes this friend from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour and eight point eight seconds thats a bit faster than the g. T. I go back in the day but its top speed was just one hundred ninety the up and go closer to two hundred. Thats probably what i know pinpoints two sources for this sporty engine sound a one leader three cylinder engine and a sound actuator under the front windshield hes impressed by the abs cornering qualities which are down to strong pampers and stabilizer its also wider than the old golf and it sits lower. Due to its compact size the v. W. Web comes in handy when searching for a parking spot in the urban jungle and helps keep the car on track out on me entering country roads sport. Doesnt have to mean uncomfortable this is for mention insurers it sticks to the road well while sweeping around curbs. Your rates consumption at four point eight leaders per hundred kilometers but even and this little city car a heavy foot will burn fuel at a quicker rate in germany the eb c. G. I. It was for around seventeen thousand euros as big sister the gold possibly sixteen thousand more almost twice as much. As i know says the different from the g. T. A. Govt of the one nine hundred seventy s. Of course a fair comparison would be with a modern culture here to the abbey shorter lighter snappier and cheaper making it an ideal city car for a younger buyers or dominic and i would i think a spot fits for you women. G t i a fresh wind whether youre in town or out in the country. Alternating with the International Motor show for regular cars in frankfurt the hanover i ate commercial vehicles trade fair takes place every two years and this time around there was plenty on offer including world premiers as well as lodges on the european and german markets increasingly manufacturers are focusing on digitalisation electro mobility and urban logistics. Going electric and autonomy is driving and both delivery vans and long haul trucks that are at the heart of strategies pushed by car parts maker xedit predicts often away for drives like the ones on display added stand break new ground as does its complete autonomy system for delivery vehicles its aimed at overcoming obstacles during the last mile which until now made human drivers indispensable for said evs innovation van and park. All on its own its still in development but Series Production isnt far off their pockets which theyre like a company c. E. O. Explains while the delivery man is bringing a frank age to the customers door a car parked in tells him where it is it also sorts the next package for delivery in this neck so all he has to do is pick it up and deliver it to the next customer. The vehicle also drives autonomys sleazy so delivery personnel can sit in the passenger seat and take care of other tasks while he drives because a fall by someone saying off the top. Over the next five years at a pretty big soften plans to invest over twelve billion euros in the fields of autonomy is driving and electro mobility. Vs a group brand opel has focused on redefining like commercial vehicles at the fair it showed up a new combo transporter built on a common group platform. For c. E. O. Says this shows how important carmakers Development Center is high because opel doesnt just want to grow in a segment a brand is now responsible not just for development at opel but for the group as a whole its a big responsibility he says and were happy to take it on and off on falcon for one thing but he went there for. The combo plays a key role in opals plans to expand in the segment its aiming to increase Light Commercial vehicle sales by twenty five percent and the next two years. Over a dime are the focus was more on Traffic Safety and accident prevention with its heavy duty trucks and busses new developments include an active brake is a system that reliably sees and calculates distances in for example slow moving traffic and is able to bring the vehicle safely to a full stop even when its driving it speak. To car makers sidebar to system tracks whats happening in the vehicles lines. But and can automatically brake when it detects pedestrians or cyclists. And higher mental concerns are also playing a role and daimlers development goals. Doesnt fit into a companys head says its work done aerodynamics for example by getting rid of the external mirrors but that doesnt mean the driver doesnt know whats going on to the rear the mirrors have been replaced by little knobs bearing cameras that deliver high res images that change alone has reduced Wind Resistance dramatically he says but it also affects safety because it gets rid of the blind spot that used to be caused by the large exterior mirror in front of the vehicle. Victim to be said of course if you did it all at the top. Moving on to ford which has to stand by in the lineup the ranger raptor and transit van the best selling pickup is a favorite with outdoor enthusiasts while the transition as when a commercial vehicle of choice for many for generations there are already four hundred fifty different ways to configure it and ford has increased that number with the threats of custom in particular the car maker has improved the models drive technology and networking ability. Is the one that threw for germany had it good or hammond says if theyve looked for efficient alternatives and this vehicle is the first move in that direction its a plug in hybrid that has a fifty kilometer from purely electric range so its clean in the city a real alternative for urban delivery he thinks the company is moving in the right direction by accelerating the Mobility Development youd have to give it to russia and david always i think if its the only its the story of. Boats wagon can top that its a craft or van covers one hundred seventy five kilometers on a single charge and v. W. Has plenty of other stuff in the pipeline not all of it. New model its renamed bokes wagon truck and bus h e the trade time group though it will continue to be a most wagon subsidiary and includes the brands m a n scanning of books wagon commercial vehicles in brazil and the brand rio in the past the group has traditionally focused on europe and brazil now trade time is ramping up to move on markets in north america and asia all in all a lot of exciting developments in the sector thats constantly on the move. The c. X. Three as swiftly as stablished as self as one of the moms this bestsellers now to make sure it stays competitive the car maker has updated the sam compact crossover s. U. V. He will give us the car test im going superman has found the biggest improvement of the good now all c x three engines follow the euro sixty tempi missions known as a gasoline engines do it without particulate filters and even better the diesel does it without your real injection you just fill up with diesel forget about the add blu ray and head off down town halls and the instant. We tested the c. H. Three with an eighty five kilowatt Diesel Engine an average fuel consumption of four point eight leaders per hundred kilometers is nothing to write home about but quite acceptable we probably wont see any hybrid or electric cars from august until two thousand and twenty. Days notice that in their model up to mazda always tries to lower interior noise levels as far as possible and theyve done a good job of it in the cx three but i think the added sound proofing to the body and even refined details of a sound Reduction Technology in the engine itself even under a turns the radio off and listens he can hardly hear the diesel would work. Anything at all and he speculates that this helps keep your nerves from getting frayed on long trips its one thats taken up to. A song to nothing but eternal japanese for oneness of driver and vehicle an essential part of his philosophy. Must mean what andare especially likes about this c. H. Three and about monsters in general is that the controls are extremely easy to use he doesnt have to work his way through any sub menus select a driving mode and then try them all to see which is best the car drives relatively conventional aside from the many drivers assistance systems of course but they actually work in the background he sees no mystery about them and they dont draw attention to themselves sex im great thinks of that as monsters unique selling point ok sad and thats all i noticed because i like instead of smack. Of course all wheel drive is available for the little as you that would take it over rough terrain and dirt roads easily enough. This car has the highest rim level a sports line the one chosen by fifty seven percent of c x three buyers included are l e v lights all around and back they have the same style as on the larger she x five. Inside the air vents and color accents overall the c. X. Three makes seven very good impression but the competition is never far away b. W. Snooty cries for example. About stuff im areas where that must have took care to make this she experience in more stylish with its a great country but it still doesnt offer as many customizing options as its competitors yet im gracies precisely this together with a simple handling as modest as recipe for the c. X. Three success and they dont subscribe to the notion that striking cover schemes or sophisticated can. They will convince young people to buy the car and they appeal to the buyer with the cars b. C. Qualities so andriy predicts that even after me to be used he cross hits the market see experience and will keep up with sales figures excited by a cut. The c h three starts had seventeen thousand nine hundred euros in germany but our test car with its high end trim broke through the thirty thousand euro mark. A blast from the past the huns a eleven hundred was an unsung trendsetter in one nine hundred fifty seven board wired in companies compact sedan helped to redefine the lower midrange segment as wish germanys economic miracle took off the growing middle class began to was sort of their individuality and look for a car to express it. As to how as current tester could have tells us the hands of eleven hundred was debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in march one thousand fifty seven still bearing the name go by as the eleven hundred alliance was a maker of three wheeler pickups and small trucks at the time entrepreneur a car war guard had bought up four car Makers Alliance borg and lloyd. Farm blood had founded go life in one nine hundred twenty eight back then minimalist three wheelers were in big demand partly because no drivers license was required for vehicles with engines smaller than two hundred c. C. s and three or fewer vehicles. Go i a stock with three wheels allowed gas guzzling two stroke engines well into the post war era building compact vans and pickups like this have four hundred. Thats accept kristoff sees no relation between those rattling three wheelers and the sleek compact sedan and indeed the eleven hundred precious little to do with a longstanding belying of quality it was powered by a newly designed four stroke four cylinder engine but even the otherwise inflexible car on board part realized that the persisting image problem could hurt sales so he replied hans a brand which had been part of his group before the Second World War that and so one thousand nine hundred fifty eight they go i have eleven hundred became funds all at one hundred. Are nearly sixty year old to scar has started rattling a little but in its day the hans it was state of the art the fully secret nice four speed transmission was gentle enough for the most delicate hands in one thousand sixty the antiquated dash mounted gear shift was replaced with a steering column mounted lever the semi automatic saxo mask could be ordered as an extra clutch pedal was now redundant a touch of the gear shift was enough to disengage and reengage the gears it was on that same crystal finds the position of the engine especially interesting is back down in front of the front axle pressing the front wheels firmly down making for impressive roadholding qualities of the hands of flies like a dart along the autobahn with its fifty five horsepower engine essentially reaching speeds of one hundred thirty five Kilometers Per Hour. Stuff like the head of sportiness and the attention to safety back then they may not have had all the airbags we have protecting us today but at least there was the foam rubber and the dashboard and in the roof and the pillars and terms of design the huns all have an awkward isnt typical product of the one. Hundred fifty s. He adds with rounded contours and flat sides whats called pantano styling and also practically obligatory the tail fins with integrated tail lights must have thomas on the toilet you have for us to get a look at that was a trend that came over to europe from the us on the whole christoff thinks the hounds of eleven hundred is a really smart midsize carcass about. Extraverted buyers could even order a luxury version it featured a two tone paint job and more chrom