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komotar
11-13-2005, 11:54 AM
Ok, first the 5 series. The 530m xi. BMW had a presentation of their 4 wheel drive. I didn't attend, but the chief editor came back to the office with the car. So I took it for a quick spin that wasn't so quick. It took me 2 hours to return the car. Every time I drive a BMW I get amazed at how firm and excellent the ride is. The handling and the quality of the materials is one level above the competition. I love the 5 series. You feel like you're one class above the Merc E or the Audi A6...

And these days everyone is buying them with the M package.

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The C5. Poor handling, but then again, this car wasn't men to be a racer. The V6 rumbles quietly under the bonnet. The gearboxs violently puts the car into motion whenever you put it into D or R. I mean with other cars, the car gently starts to go forward or backward. This one jumps of it's place. I didn'l like the jumpy french. The seats are comfy for long trips. The car pulls just fine, but in the end, I just didn't like it. It lacks the X factor.

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The Fiat Idea. Well, if the little engine doesn't go anywhere it sure sounds like it's a racer by heart. It was a 1,4 16v and at the end of the rev range it sounded like the engine wanted to escape from underneath the bonnet. Funny actually. A car that didn't impress me with anything. Just a car. Well, the colour did fit it well :roll:

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Now here's a fiat I fell in love with!!!
Nothing really stands out when you take the whole car and compare it with the other small cars. But as a whole it's just brilliant. The looks and the funky interior make it fun as hell! Seriously, I never got bored of it.
The handling is decent and in the narrow city streets really bring this car to life. Enough space for a small car like this. A 1,3 multijet diesel engine feels alive in the little thing. The acceleration is modest but in a city you don't notice it that much.... When I first got my hand's on it I didn't really like it. BUt boy was I about to change my mind. This is a small car to own. 100 %!!!
The inside is as plastic as it can get but it just didn't seem to bother me :D

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This car I call a sheep in wolf's clothing......it looks fast but....well it can barely move from the line :wink: The inside really surprised me. Very livley interior. The steering wheel sit's well in the driver's hand's. Very good, I must say. The sporty character is very much visible and felt on the twisty roads. I quite liked the little yellow Jazz. 1,4 l engine with 80 or so hp. Enough for sexy young mommy's driving around the city 8)

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OMG, this is a car I will long remember. It's apauling ride and "handsome" looks will haunt me for all eternity :(
The interior styling is getting better and better but seriously guys, put some real suspension on that car. The body roll makes you feel the Citroen 2CV is it's blood brother.

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The Peugeot 607. I personaly thing the styling is cool. The ride is miles better than in the C5 but I did many more km's in this car so my oppinion could be wrong. The car had a 2.7 diesel engine. Pulls nice and I to a top speed of 245 according to the speedo. Nice. I like the colour and the seats are great. A real cruiser, I really don't know why more of them weren't sold.

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More of the same can be said for the Vel Satis. The amount of space is just silly. And as long as you drive normaly this car is a first class cruiser. Seriously, it glides over the rough patches of asphalt. Unbelivable. But if you wan't to go fast around a corner....well, let's just say you'll be wanting to step out an hold your head in a toilet after the first few corners. It's really not ment to go fast. I like the car very much and it deserves to be sold in higher numbers. The seats make you wan't to go to sleep even if you just woke up :wink: really comfortable.

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The XC 90. Drives like a car. Very good ride. Great quality feel and one of the few SUV's I'd own. The looks are very fresh and silver suits it very well. I don't know how this car is off road, but I've heard it's really bad. It feels much more at home in the urban areas.

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The Toyota Hilux. Very good off road and imense fun on twisty gravel roads or on damp or wet asphalt. It's very tail happy and easy to control. And inside it's not as bad as I thought it would be. The engine was a diesel 102hp. It barely moves on the normal road or on the highway, but off road or on the narrow little deserted roads, it's enough.

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The Toyota Avensis cravan. 150hp diesel engine. The car has a sporty character. It lays very good on the road. Better than I expected. The inside is good but soul and passion is absent like withalmost all the Toyota's. In general, I like this car. It can be driven fast, and the chasis copes well with fast driving. Suspensio does work very well.

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The Mercedes R500

We got this car for a couple of days and then we had to drive it to a racing track in Coratia, where AMG had an event going on. Pics next week. Anyway, I did quite a few km's in this car. It's big, maybe too big. Goes well in a straight line. Cornering I'm not so sure about :wink: Top speed somewhere around 240km/h. The interior feels classy and VERY well made. Merc really has picked up their game. The car is virtualy silent at high speeds. And it's an eye catcher. People were stopping in the streets and taking photos :? I think it's an interesting car, but not my cup of tea. Just too big and corny.

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Hope you enjoyed the report.

Pehtren
11-13-2005, 12:07 PM
:D yes i did

i like the bimmer :drool: my favourite :D

and i too like the looks of panda :D

xc 90 and peugot 607 are just fine but i would rather choose a german car :twisted:

and the merc R would look pimpish with some 20" crome rims on it 8) :lol:

thanks for the pics and report :D

carguy_88
11-13-2005, 12:17 PM
cool id have the bimmer too..with m5 look wheels..LOL

can u tell me what u do for alving?? u work ina magazine or smthg?? :roll: :D

:mrgreen:

komotar
11-13-2005, 12:20 PM
cool id have the bimmer too..with m5 look wheels..LOL

can u tell me what u do for alving?? u work ina magazine or smthg?? :roll: :D

:mrgreen:


yes, I work for a magazine called Auto+Sport.

carguy_88
11-13-2005, 12:22 PM
oh boy..u got the job i want..... :roll:

do u have a link to the magazine site?? :mrgreen:

dutchmasterflex
11-13-2005, 12:26 PM
sweet toyota hilux drift :) are they as durable as they used to be?

sadly, north american toyota has taken over the truck department over here and we have our own truck line up.. tacoma and tundra.. but they do have a X-runner version of the tacoma that can out handle a 350z :D

komotar
11-13-2005, 12:31 PM
oh boy..u got the job i want.....

do u have a link to the magazine site??


not yet, it's in the making.


@ dutchmasterflex

Well, I think Toyota's reliability is as present here as it is present with all their cars.

The Hilux seems very tough and rigid. I think it's in for a long life full of heavy duty work....

LOL at teh X-runner comment. Yeah, it sure looks fast. 8) googled it a bit and it doesn't look bad at all 8)

carguy_88
11-13-2005, 12:40 PM
id like to see a comparison between the new and the one JC killed (or not) in tp gear... :mrgreen:

TT
11-13-2005, 01:25 PM
Lot of cars again! Some nice ones in there! The R500 might not be the more interesting MB of the moment, but it's the newest, and that makes it cool! I understand what you mean about the BMW! Luckily it has some proper wheels and not those stupid 10 inches one some ppl insist to buy to save some bucks. LOL at the oversteering HiLux

nejcdolinsek
11-13-2005, 01:34 PM
Looks like you've had a busy month! :D

OMG, I'm in love with the Panda too! I think its one of the coolest cars on sale :P

I really think that the steering wheels in the Citroens completely RUIN the interior! They look like doughnuts! :lol:

Its interesting how little Vel Satis' they sell, considering its actually a good car :?

And as for the R-class: How does it compare with the B-class? In terms of looks, I definetely preffer the B-class, although I wouldn't exactly go so far as to call the R ugly... theres something about its headlights that make it look like a giant frog. BUT, I have to say the rear looks really good, IMO...

BTW, have you had the chance to drive the new ML? I've had the pleasure of being driven around in it for quite some time this past summer, and I have to say its a very good car... one of the few SUVs that I'd even consider having. (AND its faster in a straight like than a Cayenne S.... :wink: )

komotar
11-13-2005, 01:44 PM
Looks like you've had a busy month! :D

OMG, I'm in love with the Panda too! I think its one of the coolest cars on sale :P

I really think that the steering wheels in the Citroens completely RUIN the interior! They look like doughnuts! :lol:

Its interesting how little Vel Satis' they sell, considering its actually a good car :?

And as for the R-class: How does it compare with the B-class? In terms of looks, I definetely preffer the B-class, although I wouldn't exactly go so far as to call the R ugly... theres something about its headlights that make it look like a giant frog. BUT, I have to say the rear looks really good, IMO...

BTW, have you had the chance to drive the new ML? I've had the pleasure of being driven around in it for quite some time this past summer, and I have to say its a very good car... one of the few SUVs that I'd even consider having. (AND its faster in a straight like than a Cayenne S.... :wink: )

the ML answer. The last one in my post.

http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=29078&highlight=mercedes

I liked the car very much. A big improovment from the previous model...

About the R class. It looks a bit wierd from the front and the side. I also like the looks of it from the back...

The B class is prettier. We're getting it tomorrow for a week. I only drove the car for a few miles untill now, but I can tell you it ( the B) feels like an A class only a bit bigger, where as the R class feels really HUGE and is a nightmare if you have to manouvre it around narrow city streents in night time wit the tainted back windows :x Otherwise, the R really feels more exclussive then the B. Much more exclussive, and it should.

gucom
11-13-2005, 03:42 PM
wow nice review, as always :D the jazz pictures are very very very nice 8)

ARMAN
11-13-2005, 06:30 PM
Thanx Komotar :P Cute little Jazz :)

SilviaEvo
11-13-2005, 07:07 PM
sliding in a truck :shock: thatd scare the shit outta me if i did that here! but the 5 is my favorite out of all of them the R class is really disgusting looking though.

dingo
11-14-2005, 04:49 AM
Nice stuff, are you doing this as a fulltime job now?

THe pics of the Jazz are my favourites, though the colour isn't to my liking. :bah:

Thanks. :D

komotar
11-14-2005, 05:15 AM
Nice stuff, are you doing this as a fulltime job now?

THe pics of the Jazz are my favourites, though the colour isn't to my liking. :bah:

Thanks. :D


fulltime, yes. :D

We were joking around at the office, that the Jazz colour reminded us of mustard. :wink:

Wutputt
11-14-2005, 03:59 PM
This car I call a sheep in wolf's clothing......it looks fast but....well it can barely move from the line :wink: T

I first red 'wolf in sheep's clothing', but when reading further, it felt something wasn't really right...LOL I really hate those slow poser cars. What's the point of it? On the other hand, I'm a big fan of wolves in sheep's clothing. Especially the look on the face of poser when you leave him for dead at the traffic lights or on a twisty just pulls a giant smile on my face :D




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This corner looks familiar to me :P It really is your favourite oversteer corner isn't it?



Thanks for these reviews, I really like them, and most of the pics are true beauties!

komotar
11-14-2005, 04:19 PM
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This corner looks familiar to me :P It really is your favourite oversteer corner isn't it?




Thx for the compliments


lol.

yes, it's not the most interesting. But it's an uphill corner, the speeds are not high and if you go over the limit in a left corner, you usualy turn the car around going to the left. And at that corner there is nothing there but grass. That's why every fun car I get, I take it there...


and it's very close to my house and almost no traffic going on, but the person driving and the photographer are always linked with a couple of walkie talkies in case there is a car or people somewhere near...

Wutputt
11-14-2005, 05:15 PM
yes, it's not the most interesting. But it's an uphill corner, the speeds are not high and if you go over the limit in a left corner, you usualy turn the car around going to the left. And at that corner there is nothing there but grass. That's why every fun car I get, I take it there...

and it's very close to my house and almost no traffic going on, but the person driving and the photographer are always linked with a couple of walkie talkies in case there is a car or people somewhere near...

That really is a good back up. I use it as well sometimes, but for a bit different reason: the car up front has to warn for cops or possible speed traps :lol:

chest3r
11-14-2005, 07:24 PM
yes, it's not the most interesting. But it's an uphill corner, the speeds are not high and if you go over the limit in a left corner, you usualy turn the car around going to the left. And at that corner there is nothing there but grass. That's why every fun car I get, I take it there...

and it's very close to my house and almost no traffic going on, but the person driving and the photographer are always linked with a couple of walkie talkies in case there is a car or people somewhere near...

That really is a good back up. I use it as well sometimes, but for a bit different reason: the car up front has to warn for cops or possible speed traps :lol:

Street-Racer!!!! :mrgreen:

The Citroen C5 is really ugly!! :x ...just like most of all Citroen's :roll:

Komotar: You're a really lucky guy. That's the kind of job I would like to have. 8)