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Monday, June 22, 2020

Jaguar type F

What is" Type f"

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Welcome, trust that it is the second of december and we ofthe autotester open our automotive advent calendar and today amseco de advent we have for you the fresh facelift jaguar s-type and mecan tell you a lot about it why this is a car where I am I wondered for a long time .


That's why I want to buy pretty much about this car and because Of course it's my job and what can I tell you there is this car now only with four cylinders and two eight-cylinder variants it does not exist anymore as a handshake but do not worry here is then namely with 575 hp in the trim levels to and we will get together today here in munich we do static will look at this car outside think about what's new to usOf course we will drive in unfortunately we can not ,


I will you what about the engines on the scale of the price tell everything just me and hopefully you too are interested and full review just conjure if your buckit has to stay tuned and after Incidentally, he finds us from www theautotester de on www the autotester the otherwise finds on instagram facebook youtube subscribed to all our content . 


The best thing is to open the bellInstagram also has such a face filter with tacho needle and face that pretty much cooler idea was mine now Let's start with me, I'm gorgeous and the new jaguar s-type have fun come on our started ocean review testo the history and the classification of our ft that means i will be you explain where does jaguar sports car come from where does he want to go and yes what is that competitive environment and there it was interesting in jaguar sees this caras successor of the type of the 1974 was hired and


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 I believe aloneVisually, the British have something pretty great magic on the wheels and meI'm fan of this car that you can but now let's say thatHistory of the 11th this came in 2013 in Germany as a convertible on the market in 2014 came the coupé Variation yes and if you then such a looks a bit farther then came the 2016 sva variant with 575 ps there was mineheart and 2018 then came Four-cylinder engine with 300 hp 300 is called he then asked himself many what should that be and others just that concepts are understood car to cruise .


Overall, the FCV is very successful because of magstadt until the end of 2018 Over 7,000 pieces in Germany sold and that is in the segment what in Germany the one with the Porsche Cayman or boxster pretty strong occupied very very well yes and now we have the new one here Model and what have the British gotwe of course think that silhouette let this happen because we have visually outside at facelift a few updates we haveyes now a four-cylinder engines two eight-cylinder engines continue naturallya coupe and a convertible and we have in a digital cockpit but that was now only a rough overview what we want to do it now is us this car 


what yes here with the 575 ps v8 compressor there is first outside inthe ft per equipment look So there is talk about the optics and that is a pleasure now Advent is first here in the efta equipment variant outside in the new color of a gray and you have to say a lot besides that I too little has changed now facelift and interested by of course, always the hood here in frontage changed a bit now even more flowing the air intakes here hanged a bit in the front and then we have LED headlights hereon it pixel led the yes and if 


I bend down here one zetathis is a work of art here and they are in the equipment variants writes for the lower two the sfv dynamic and more often couplesSo for the lower two they cost 1550 euro surcharge the equipment variants differ mainly here in the bumperarea of ​​the overall redesigned yes and he is in the entry level hegreat athletic during the then ever higher you are much more athleticism larger air intakes here in so a black outline with beautiful air  inlets down here down here a lip here always fiercely Jaguar 


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sign that r logo on it and then we have a nice one honey comb pattern here again with a black border when he is look at the grill has become wider grown a bit and this caracts from the front of my view yet voicere just when the sports car isI hardly personally look for good dispense light and if we the here look at the page then we comeOf course first to the rims in the 


Two-tone look here are 20 countering it fits very well jaguar sign of middle black-cromm here that's it very nice the whole muzzle is a bit even flatter yet more coherent and then we have it here a cream with an air intake the 

These then flow around the town halls wheels should be red here painted calipers on it like me very well a little bit has changed here down in the swells yes continue we have in here the door handles then disappear go back in again and we have here on this black contrast oh what a very nice back again really nice rims yes, and now if you go to the stern then you see the main change next to the light up front namely here yes this new form of the led taillights fis in black here and then is of course always the question why should 


Ithe one equipment variant or the others, of course, differ at the front of the bumper but also here at the exhaust end pipes at the entry level variant p300We have the one in the middle while we are you with the two larger engines each have two outside and at the biggest we still have such a firstnature here in the son diffuser behind the new one and


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 look at itTail lights here andy is very very nicely drawn and yes may be summarize and would be relatively tired mallet awakened when looking at this car optically viewers will change because it is one of the most beautiful cars on the market 


That's why the British have the car in detail modernized outside smaller throw in the tail lights what makes one at the facelift the narrowerThat's exactly what Jaguar did for the FCV also made here at the ledTail lights and look at the line Here, of course, is inspired by electric pace that's all one a bit rounder a bit softer beautiful signature here behind the has a huge recognition value in connection with the exhaust tailpipes he's on the model here now two times outside sitting with the flaps exhaust system back there it is rightGreat The exhaust system has this cross start finally working that's fine here diffuser fits really nice from behind with the dark jaguars sign on it is it a really successful British sports car look


 I would say trunk lid which is electric you need electric flap when sports car I do not know because it could you definitely save on it but especially look at what I am doingcoupé think how much space we have there in the back you have to compare it in the middle of the new elf of his there is already a trunk space at the fronta real fun when you're with the girlfriend over the weekend wegfahren wants to find there actually then the pieces of luggage both places and not just of her so now we'll talk about the rear spoiler is the sva variant yes fix here, the weather moves out of it nice is flexible if you go through to become the city of you go out for breaks or on the highway for more down or on the race track very flexible very well you get a bit of Porsche looked at or vice versa yes but what we do now is timesLet's talk about that interior and


 when I turn on the ignition continued to do that here Ventilation nozzles rausfährt that very much cool yes and then the interior is natural madly finished we have processed here are the sports seats in it great brown Yes give the good page stops are thin yet comfortable just sports seats we have up here the panoramic roof really niceOf course there is this car too as a convertible here is the infotainment something nice in there and we have in front now new 12.3 inches tall is digital cockpit and that is nice here to play through different Yes a view variants 


Here's something very very beautiful similar to Audi suits his sports car which they also used as gt can be very good up here man touchscreens system in there if you can then look up here now Can we make it to the navimap we have a rear view camera you can see well here and the steering wheelLies well in hand here it is based but we have this quick shifter here the new one should be even faster be switchable the s-class on the left we have the different driving modes from snow to then just to the race we have here Taste for the exhaust flap have thereRear still flexible the spoiler the rear spoiler does not drive out fixed rear spoiler you can Just look at the outside Yes and then we have the possibility to hold us or the passenger we have a glove box This is very convenient and otherwise


 I see the big one in front snout from here into a dark cockpit Yes and that's just right then sports car a real jaguar andJaguar always says in the interior yes we need especially in the highest variation in here just a lot luxury a lot of jaguar one has managed here with these three elements for the climate we have very few buttons here inside but also a regulator for louder quieter have a capaulin there here again a little space below the armrest with two usb plugs perforates the leather in the handle surfaces and then


 I imagine that ask what more do you want in such a waya jaguar and inside sports car and Speech was short about the digital cockpit you because that's the main Change we have 12.3 inches and wecan different here now select graphics one day to day or just full map on the front so do it the navi map if the Navi then different and then you come back here nicely and then we can, for example, left infopanel so the left side only there can let's get media on it you can strip the cover on it driver it is things and the same can we still on the on the right side, that's it very flexible system and fits very well to the car like find and prince far into the modern we come to the drives in our freshface-lifted jaguar s-type and go it is like the previous model with a four-cylinder the p300 in the beginning


 I have this engine in the sports car did not think 300 ps in a sports car four-cylinder what should that and then I realized reasonable entry price lowerConsumption is something simple for people just want to greet and thus completely okay


This engine is always with rear drive connected and he accelerates in 5.7seconds on 100 has its top speed at 250 km hach ieved and the engine has the advantage that you just standard consumption of 8.1liter has something very reasonable with the Larger two variants we are in there double-digit range of six-cylinder is now omitted in our Jaguar we only have two more left eight-cylinder and there we have the p450and the accelerator with its 450 ps and 580 newton meters maximum torque in 4.6 seconds at 100 speed has its top speed at 285km / h is reached a v8 compressor and in the larger development stage there are this engine then with the 575 ps that is the engine of the previously in the sva variant has lived the sensational 700 meters maximum torque and accelerated in3.7 seconds on pace 100 yes and then of course you can still say


 Jaguar has a little something learned because I have the v8 variants previously driven and you always have them on It was a great sound but my neighbors have found that not cool at all now we have a so-called quick start function in here can do that make car quietly at least at the eight-cylinder variants and that is thenfor the neighbors at least a bus and for all the others you wake up there can be thoughtful we come to Conclusion friends com was to Advents conclusion from here and the good news first from march 2020 could fit the convertible season the new model then at the


 The retailer can be ordered there already be and he will continue in kassel brome something very beautiful and built in england Maybe my opinion on the car he has the outside evolutive changes it has become more modern and has improve day the same time the beautiful silhouette keep in the interior ,

we have now with a digital cockpit more modernity of it continues in jaguarCompletely processed and the engine was choice is good for 1402 eight-cylinder is totally okay yes then of course my job always a little bit of criticism tooIt's hard to find now because we are not yet driven the car is according to experience, always a few kilos too hard but then we come to the price and that is with 64 1200 euro the entry level good then we haveHowever, the rear-wheel drive p300 variant we get the p450 as a tailor four-wheel drive from 92 1500 euro while we are yes then for the 575 hp variant already at least 125,000 euros on the table 


this car is now available in three trim levels ft ft paroubek and fdp yes it looks like you have that Choice I'm still fan you will findus from www the autotester de of course on instagram facebook youtube onwww.test.de looks at you there also one on face filter with I need a bit of a tacho needle play around.


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Saturday, June 20, 2020

Tesla Model Y

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 Yesterday I went and test drove a Porsche Macan base after having driven a Porsche Macan S last year because my dad is interested in getting either a Macan or Macan S and also the tesla model y and we test drove it today my friend Dylan asked what I thought about it so this video is for Dylan I’m going to talk about the first thing I noticed in the car how it looks how it feels how it drives and what I think it'd be like to live with let's start off with the looks.


 I think it actually looks really good it definitely looks much better than a model x and it's a well-done variant of the model 3 so looks wise I think from the back especially the rear three-quarter the car looks great with the upgraded rims that this test drive demo model had I think it's fantastic especially with the blue I personally would get a blue one I’d either go blue or fully blacked-out if I went black I’d do a murdered out kind of tint look,


 I think it's it looks fantastic inside the car is also very nice of course it's super simple on the interioryou to have a full glass roof which I think looks amazing but if you got rock chipsin it would be an absolute pain in the ass todeal with and I don't know how insurance deals with that but this isn't the firsttime all glass roof has been done on tesla'sthe model x has had it for a few years nowso looks wise I think it's a great looking car that's very subjective sothat doesn't matter the first thing I noticed when I gotinto it is there's a little camera up in the centernear the sun visors so I thought that was very interesting and I asked thetesla advisor why there was a camera thereand he said it is for internal surveillance of your car so it's a dashcam that faces inside the cabin where you can see theseats and that is for when the full self-drivingrobo taxi or kind of uber fleet of tesla cars comes outso that if your car is driving someone and that person is not you,


 Its fully autonomously driving somebody else you can view footage doesn’t know if you'll be able to see it in real-time live who's in your tesla but if something happens I’m sure for insurance you'll be able to say hey yeah this person threw up in my car so they're getting charged 150 dollar fee or this person scratched the seats or you know didn't have their seat Belton or whatever the case might be so that was the first interesting thing I noticed the second is the acceleration you have the option of chill mode or standard mode chill mode is actually really nice for everyday driving,


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 It is chill you put your foot down all the way it's not this gut-wrenching acceleration it feels really good it feels a little slower than a standard car but it’s nice it's very relaxed if you're just cruising going on a date recommend putting in the chill mode this is chill oh so my foot's all the way down this is the chill mode that's very chill so now if I go into driving and I go standard leave some space lets look at this all the way down wow what a difference holy shit when you put it in standard and keep in mind this was a dual-motor long-range model Y.


 it is blisteringly quick I think 0-60 isn’t put it up on the screen I don't know it feels really fast and that because of the instant torque teslas have always felt ridiculously fast in terms of acceleration because it has torque at any speed from zero to 60 it's really fast from 30 to 60 it's fast 60 70 plus and above you're not gonna be as fast as most gas cars that also doesn't matter so in terms of acceleration fantastic handling driving on you know on-ramps and off-ramps


 it does really well braking feels good it is definitely a heavier car because of all the batteries handling wise performance for the everyday driver who likes to be spirited there's nothing I can complain about at all so as a daily I’d say its actually a fun car it's not just good its definitely fun because of the acceleration and it handles well because of the low centre of gravity the seats are pretty comfortable the controls are intuitive you can figure out you know how to change your mirror with the little balls on the steering wheel and then you get used to the touch screen and the speed is there the only thing is,


 I notice myself speeding a lot more than usual because there’s no sound any sensation that you're going fast and so I found myself going from 60 to 80 instead of 60 to 70ish a lot more often and I’m sure that just takes some getting used to the other thing is you can change the steering from standard to comfort to sport mode and so it definitely becomes much heavier so you can see as I was trying to move the steering wheel gets a lot heavier in sport mode which is nice if you're doing some mountain driving then you can put it in the comfort modes in the front in terms of the fit and finish I don’t like the gloss middle I would probably wrap that or get some sort of decal skin for it,


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 because it's just a fingerprint magnet you have this kind of deep glove box that's underneath your elbows in the centre console it goes fairly deep and you have a lifted kind of shelf in there so you can fit some goods there then you click in the middle and it pops up you have another storage compartment and then in front of that you have this interesting looking piece and that’s so you can run the cable for your phone it doesn't have a wireless-charging dock yet but if you want to plug in your phone also this car doesn't have apple carplay but if you want to plug it in you can run the cable from below and there are USB ports in there when I was closing those sections they didn't close on the first try every single time,


so I don't know if it's an issue with me not knowing how to just click down and close I honestly don't think it is if it's with the fit and finish that tesla has and of course, there are panel gaps and there are some finishing touch issues that happen in the first generation of any car tesla's especially prone to it and known for it and so keep that in mind I’d say if you're going to order this car probably wait another few months until they have them figured out and even if you ordered today it does take two to three months to get your car so they might figure out some of those issues by then there’s a lot of videos covering range anxiety and how much range you’ll actually get in tesla so I won't get into that there is a regular glove box you can tap on the box 


There the voice controls are fantastic so if you just hold down on the right ball and then voice control comes up you can say navigate to wherever navigation works very well navigate to tesla Santana row now turn right onto story road already started this car had full autopilot and I found that to be a little bit scary in the on-ramps and off-ramps where I didn’t know if it was going to take full control and some of the lanes that I was in kind of ended early and would have other cars merge in so,


  I don't fully trust the system yet autopilot okay look this is doing a full on-ramp now I’m not touching the wheel 24 miles an hour I think it's the best of any car in terms of adaptive cruise control lane-keeping assist and also autopilot or autonomous driving type features but I don't fully trust it yet but to be honest, if I were to order the car I would pay the seven or eight thousand dollars for full autonomous so Dylan overall I think it's great there's a ton of space in the back so you can probably either get a roof rack for your surfboards which,


 I would recommend um if they make a roof rack for the all-glass roof if not you could get a C- sucker and I’m sure c-sucker would work on the model 3 perfectly well or you can get a hitch and put a rack on the back of the car if not you can open the trunk and with just two tabs in the back you just click these little buttons the seats fold down you have a huge trunk area so if it's just you and a passenger you have a ton of cargo room the car gets a lot of range I think iterated for 316 miles,


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 so I don't think range anxiety is a big deal I think it is very expensive for what it is right now a lot of people especially in California don’t need the dual-motor long range I would wait until 2021when they are coming out with a standard range which will probably be just rear-wheel drive which might be even more fun to drive honestly and is gonna is I would think seven to ten thousand dollars cheaper so overall those are my impressions of the model just upon the first test drive it's a good looking car it handles very well I’d say it's the best looking of the teslas actually,


 I really like that rear three-quarter angle it's very fast in the long-range dual-motor option I’m sure the performance pack makes it even crazier quick feeling and chill mode is actually very nice so those are my thoughts I hope that helps you out Dylan if you have any questions let me know and I’ll answer them via text if you' rewatching this and you're not Dylan thank you for doing that I hope you subscribe if you like these videos and I’ll see in the next one-piece. 



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Sunday, June 14, 2020

The 997 Porsche Turbo is the Best car under $75,000

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This is the ultimate everyday supercar, the 997 Porsche turbo. Now a snowball rally recently has completely worked my opinion on what is possible to drive year-round but let's check out something with a little more practicality.


 So this is the 997 generation 911 I remember when we reviewed the 2014 turbo as a lot of people were confused when we kept saying 991. That wasn't a mistake, it's actually both 991 and 911. So what do I mean by that. Well the number that a lot of people aren't familiar with, 997 or 991 in that case, is the internal code used by Porsche that designates a certain range of model year. So let's take a run back through history shall we?


 From 1963 to 1989 it was just called 911. From 1989 to 1994 we had the Porsche 964. Then we have the 993 generation from 1995 to 1998. Now that was the last of the air cooled Porsches. When they switched to water cooled for the 996 generation that upset a lot of purists hence why you're seeing a lot of these older 993s skyrocketing in value. 


So then we had the 996 which nobody really cares about because it's ugly from 1999-2004 and 2005 to 2011 we have the 997 that's what this is, this is actually a 2007, and then 2011 plus the 991 from the 996 generations to this car there was a radical overhaul thankfully the looks are much sharper we've got a new engine, new all-wheel-drive system .Under the hood in the rear of the vehicle, characteristic of 911s, is a 3.6 liter flat 6 twin turbocharged making 480 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque now that stock this vehicle is not stock and we'll talk about that in a bit. 


3,400 pounds, 5-speed automatic tiptronic transmission that's interesting you can either get a five-speed automatic in this year in 2009 we have the introduction of the PDK which revolutionized what it meant to have a fast shifting gearbox and honestly this tiptronic is not very good with its 3400 pound curb weight that 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds that's as fast as the much more expensive higher horsepower carrera GT so I mentioned this wasn't well thanks to a tune from APR on 93 octane it bumps from 480 to 560 horsepower and 660 pound-feet of torque on a hundred octane it goes all the way up to 610 horsepower and 700 pound feet of torque That's nuts.


 The best part is the tune only costs twenty-five hundred dollars the fact that you can get this car the base price of the 2007 turbo back then 130 grand, of course with Porsche just to have a seat belt that clips into a buckle is an option that cost a lot of money there now worth half that you can pick these up all day long for under 70 grand.


 Buy the tune and you've got an absolute monster of a car that's beautiful practical can drive it year-round pretty awesome let's put it in sport mode here so we've got porsche active suspension management or PASM for short that is a computer-controlled suspension constantly monitoring the road to allow to soak up bigger bumps in the road but also have a corner really flat when you're driving aggressively Porsche suspension is absolutely wonderful but my favorite part of all Porsches is the steering there's something about the size of the steering wheel the weight of the steering now they have gone from hydraulic power steering to electronically assisted power steering but they've done it in such a way that it still feels natural and you still feel that communication with the road there's just something about driving a Porsche.


 That special looking out over the hood it slopes down but you've got the two bulges where the front headlights are it feels like the sights of a gun pointed exactly where you want to go and just the smallest input in the steering wheel and the car darts from side to side it is so pleasing to drive now let's check out the Tiptronic transmission way way slower than the PDK down shift's wait and then a downshifted that's unbelievable i'm so used to from Porsche being almost the shift instantly.


 Oh my god even the upshift are slow huh wow I think you're going to get a pre-2009 porsche turbo you got to get it with the manual now it is very cold out we're on summer tire so the amount of grip is probably going to be low but it's nice having a rear-engine vehicle that's a lot of extra weight over the rear wheel for an extra take off its awesome seeing 911 take off from a standstill they squat down and just shoot forward with such speed it's really a sight to see now 0-60 on this car i imagine low three-second range is limited by the transmission now with the pdk gearbox i'm sure you'd be well into the mid to high to second range with 610 horsepower for sure the interior hasn't changed much over the generations we've got a very simple layout for chrono package gives us a lap timer in the center there we've got five round dial to give you information about the vehicle of course in the center is the tachometer because it's a Porsche race car that's the most important on the Left we've got something called the speedometer we don't really worry about that because this car is so quick it's best not to pay attention to that well.


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I really wouldn't make sense testing such a powerful car without at least experiencing the acceleration more than a handful of times so let's punch it Oh in those turbos spool up wow that is an exciting feeling i love the blow-off valve too i imagine with the tune the turbo spool and blow off is more aggressive than before. 


Well I apologize in advance because now after feeling that the rest of this video is going to be comprised of me making weird faces as the car accelerates brutally wow when those turbos kicks in that is fantastic one thing is if you do lose control in a 911 and you start to slide that rear and spins around quick i was doing some drifts in the parking lot and making sure to counter steer quicker than normal because otherwise a little bit too much gas and you spin a 180 instantly.


 Now i will admit one component of a supercar is the sound and to be honest 911 turbos pretty much sound like powerful vacuum cleaners those turbos sucks the life out of the exhaust and you don't get that beautiful flat six sounds like you do in the gt3 and gt3 RS it is a bummer because even the carrera s with the sports exhaust sounds better than a 911 turbo and you're paying much more for the turbo I'm hoping that after ferrari what they did with the 488 now I haven't actually been in one but I hear that they've done a decent job of making it sound naturally aspirated it's not as throaty and aggressive as the 458 but it's definitely less of a vacuum cleaner than the 911 turbo is so hopefully the next generation after that i'm hoping they'll bring an epic exhaust. 


The seats in the 911 are very very comfortable we don't have the largest side bolsters but something about the design that kind of reminds me of a penguin here hold you in place very nicely you also are set up in the perfect position for spirited driving instead of the seat exactly how you want to feel like you're on top of the road and visibility is absolutely incredible especially compared to its competitors something like an audi r8 the rear visibility.


 We've got a massive rear window side visibility and the frontal viewing area is great of course something special with the 911 is the ignition located on the left side of the steering wheel the reason behind that was in old racing they would actually start outside of their car they would jump in and put the car in first year and with the Porsche it was easier they figured out to put it on the left side so that you can slide the key into the keyhole while putting it in gear at the same time to start the race quicker pretty cool trivia well.

 I very much enjoyed my time with the 911 i do really think that this is one of the best if not the best sports cars under 75 thousand dollars you can pick some of them up for low sixties you throw tune on it and it is absolutely ridiculously fast even in stock form of course it is very fast as well such a fun car to drive it's comfortable its practical nothing you can really hate about the 911.


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2019 Corvette ZR1

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  2019 Corvette ZR1 The fastest Corvette ever made And with a base price of $118,900, the most expensive Corvette ever made So is the ZR1 worth the money and can it keep up with supercars of modern day.


 That's what i'm here to find out Special thanks to StreetSpeed717 for loaning me this car, this is his personal baby And I really appreciate it, I've got a link in the description below to his channel if you wanna check it out Under the massive hood of the ZR1 is a 2.6 liter, supercharged V8 Dubbed the LT5 It's actually very similar in architecture to the ZO6's LT4 Only the blower is 52% larger Let's go ahead and pop the hood.


 In fact the new 2.65 liter blower was so big That they had to completely redesign the hood in order for this to fit And in order to keep up with the amount of fuel required for the ZR1 at full load Not only does this have direct injection, they had to supplement it with port injection as well.


 All combined it results in a massive 750HP and 715PFT (Pound Feet of Torque) Oh yeah, and the top speed of 212 miles an hour Around the back we have a newly designed quad tip exhaust, That makes this ZR1 the loudest Corvette ever made And under full load when the exhaust is heated and up to temperature.


 It shoots massive blue flames Now not the type of flames where you accelerate and let off the gas and then is shoots flames for a couple seconds I'm talking about, when your flat out in the ZR1 it shoots a blue flame... the entire time your on the gas Like this is some sort of rocket ship Now you'll notice this wing is a little bit small for the ultimate track Corvette.


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 That's because it's one of two downforce options that Chevy calls the "low wing" The other one is the high wing and that produces 60% more downforce .Than the current ZO6 with the same levels of drag It's also fully adjustable up to 5 degrees If you look at the rear window A ton of tiny Corvette logos. That forms this nice gradient. Did they have to do that on the rear window?


 Absolutely not, but it's pretty cool that they did the front facia of the ZR1 now has 3 air intakes instead of one ,That helps feed air over the newly added radiators In fact there are 4 additional radiators over the ZO6 For a total of 13 heat exchangers.


 That's actually 3 more than a Bugatti Chiron has Cooling was  huge issue on the ZO6 When it was first released and Chevy didn't want to make the same mistake again Well the previous generation ZR1 featured a clear poly-carbonate window In the hood so that you could see the supercharger They didn't do that with the new ZR1 that's because, the power-train actually sits 3 inches higher than any other Corvettes So as an engineering challenge, developing a hood.


 That both fits over the supercharger and doesn't completely obstruct the view of the driver was quite difficult. They've done that... Sort of, Come around to the side of the ZR1 and you'll notice the massive wheel arches These are actually half an inch wider than the Zo6 to help incorporate the to help incorporate the wider 10.5 inch front wheel 285 section tires on the front 335's out back with Michelin Pilot SuperSports.


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 Is that enough to tame 755HP, just to the rear wheels We'll find out, the side profile of the ZR1 actually looks Very similar to the ZO6 Minus this large carbon fiber vent here doesn't have that ZO6 insignia looks a little bit cooler the interior of the ZR1 feels very similar to that of a ZO6 .


It's familiar yet still upscale and classy. We've got a plethora of carbon fiber Alcantara, leather and you can tell that Chevy took criticism into consideration with the C6 generation As they radically improved the interior for the C7 And even upped the game a little bit more in the ZR1 .


There are 2 trim options for the interior of the ZR1 We have the 1ZR package and the 3ZR package .The 3ZR being the more expansive upscale version.


 It comes with heated and ventilated seats, custom leather interior a ten speaker BOSE sound system it even had this camera in the front ,that allows you to see exactly where the curb is So that you don't smash the bumper of your ZR1 Into a curb, it also comes with PDR as standard.


 And a few other options as well With the 3ZR package you also get 11 interior color choices Instead of just one in the base package and because this is a ZR1 you have tons of space in the back like all Corvettes I love the fact that this is a full fledged supercar.


 Yet you can also carry around a lot of luggage 15 cubic feet of space let's compare that to the GT3 RS another car that's Close to this one in its competition on the track that only has 4.4 cubic feet of storage Not even close Alright well enough talking just stationary .


Let's go ahead and put this in first gear and take it for a spin [sounds of heavens gates opening] [and closing] This ZR1 is fitted with the optional Competition seats they grip you in place a lot better And they look a lot nicer than the normal GT seats If I had to describe .


The driving experience of the ZR1 with one word it would be brutal whether it's the sound or the acceleration Everything about the ZR1 is intense and raw Standard of the ZR1 Is magnetic ride suspension that scans the road Every single millisecond and can make corrections in as little as 15 milliseconds to make sure the suspension is set up optimally for for the conditions ahead.


 We have 3 different driving modes in the ZR1 That can be selected via this toggle in the center area here We've got "Tour", "Sport", and "Track" There used to be two additional modes, wet and eco On the ZO6 but, we don't need wet and eco On the ZR1 there's also four different exhaust settings as well There's "Tour "Sport" "Track" and "Pussy" I mean stealth mode, please never use stealth mode Not only are the driving modes customizable Changing the throttle response and steering effort Suspension layout The actual dash Display is customizable as well Your able to link them or make them independent of what mode your in track mode has this lovely horizontal display where the tachometer Revs this way, the rest look like familiar circular tachometers That's why I leave it in trac..


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 There's a brilliant heads-up display that has 3 different settings as well With varying amounts of information from what gear your in, RPM As well as speed, I like the track setting With all the performance data on that as well If you equip your ZR1, which this one doesn't have With the optional ZTK package that gives you Pilot Sport Cup 2's Instead of Pilot Super Sports for more grip You also get a re-tuned magnetic ride suspension With 30% higher spring rates in the front .


And 13% higher spring rates in the rear It also gives you a massive carbon fiber front splitter And the higher carbon fiber rear wing generating over 950 pounds of downforce At it's new top speed of 202 miles an hour, know the difference of ten miles an hour because Because of that extra drag caused by  the downforce .


The ZR1 has 2 transmission options A 7 speed manual fitted in this car And a 8 speed automatic having driven A ton of automatic ZO6's They have lackluster paddle response When you leave it in automatic mode, sure it upshifts and downshifts Pretty quick but having a car At that level of performance.


 When you clock the paddle there's a significant delay in downshifts It's just disappointing and that's why I think No matter what you should get your ZR1 with a manual Sure it's 755 HP With a manual it's definitely a handful And you might be a little slower in the quarter mile.


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 And around the track then the automatic equipped car But there no denying It's a heck of a lot more fun And you might notice on the steering wheel itself there's actually paddles Mounted behind it but what do the paddles do if i'm in a manual car Well both of them actually activate automatic rev matching I have that off right now and if i'm in third gear and I downshift into second I have to actually rev match myself .


Otherwise the car lurches and the wheels spin so Normal downshifts there, but if I click the rev matching button I'll shift back up into third Let's go to fourth watch this You all of the sudden seem like the best manual transmission driver ever Go into third perfect downshift, go into second, perfect downshift [exited giggles]  .


 It's totally cheating but it is a little bit fun Let's turn that back off though I can throw my own gears [A Car Lovers Music] [Parker Laughing At The Merciless Sounds That Exit A ZR1] This thing is scary 755 Horsepower [Sweet Mother Off V8's that exhaust note is beautiful]      *Parker didn't say that, that's just the only way to explain the noise* Oh wow it is a lot of power HaHa The steering feel in the ZR1 is fantastic It's nice and heavy it feels precise and direct Making the ZR1 feel nimble And easy to dance around the track It actually set the Virginia International  Raceway Lap Record Going around the track 1.4 seconds faster Than the new Ford GT That's a really big victory for Chevy especially considering .

The Ford GT with options is closer to $500,000 which is Essentially four times more than A ZR1, certainly not getting four times the performance In fact, actually this car is faster in every measurable statistic Now a lot of people have been referencing The 7 minute and 12 second.


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 Nurburgring lap time If in fact the ZR1 did actually set a 7:12 Nurburgring lap time That would be pretty embarrassing, the new generation GT3 RS With 245 less horsepower than the ZR1 Just did it in 6:56 That's actually not the case for the ZR1 Yes it did a 7:12, but that was recorded unofficially.


 By bystanders on the side of the road With there own measuring equipment, there's now way to know if there was traffic on the other side of the track Or if it was raining or snowing on the other side as well And they were simply testing the ZR1 Setting benchmarks, they weren't actually going all out for the lap time Considering the new Viper ACR Was able to do it in the low 7 minutes.


 Actually 7:01:03, this thing is surely Capable of a sub 7 minute lap time, what about acceleration statistics? Well as you'd imagine With a car that weighs 3,500 pounds And has 755 horsepower.


 They're pretty crazy 0-60 happens in a face ripping 2.85 seconds And the quarter mile in 10.6 At 134 mph That is serious speed, now how does that compare to it's more expensive foreign rivals Well a Ferrari 488 does 0-60 in 2.7 seconds, a little bit faster, and it does the quarter mile in In an identical 10.6 at 135 mph Second gear roll on the throttle, it's a little damp out [The elegant sound of a 755hp LT5 all american beauty of a Chevy V8] HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO The fact that this is stock and you can just buy this 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Goodness Oh my god that's ac... that is actually terrifying What's insane is, the ZR1 is now Offered in convertible form.


 That's right if you live in california and you want limitless headroom and weather isn't a concern you can get it in a convertible And the top can retract at speeds up to 30 mph Does it make sense to get a track performance monster as a convertible Not necessarily, but some people might want that.


 Another new feature although it's nothing new is the Performance Data Recorder (PDR), this actually comes standard With the 3ZR package, that gives you the ability to record lap times Both with data, also with audio and visual, there is a camera mounted on the back of the rear view mirror, there's also a dedicated Interior microphone for the PDR system as well But my favorite part is valet mode.


 When you put the PDR system in valet mode it records All around the front of the car So you can see what's  happening outside the car and it also records the audio inside So if you let somebody else drive your car Who knows Mike (StreetSpeed7171) might be recording me right now And upload some weird video in case I do something crazy in his car .


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A corvette actually captured my Gallardo While I wasn't driving crashing into a wall and catching air, thankfully it was on film so I could So I could figure out exactly what happened to my car. Just take this in .


 We have Mike aka StreetSpeed717 in the car now So you've had this car for it looks like 2,295 miles, and before that you had a ZO6 Yeah I've had 2 ZO6's, and 2 Stingrays And now a ZR1, so I've had the lineup, well except for a Grand Sport, I guess that's the one i'm missing What do you think of it so far Well this one it's an incredible machine, it's so, just crazy in your face aggressive And loud.


 The sound it makes bone stock It has such an aggressive crazy exhaust bone stock Ya know probably, i'm gonna make it louder at some point But it really doesn't need... This is one of the few cars that doesn't need to be louder And your not making an excuse like, "Oh, well it doesn't need to be louder cause I wanna daily drive it" Or so on and so forth, it actually doesn't need to be any louder because it doesn't freaking need to be louder, it is so loud .


But yeah, it's been a great 250,000 miles It had it's first track day, ya know where this car is supposed to be driven Did very well, felt very stable, was keeping up with  Mclarens all day long   And I'm not a track driver Ya know, I'm getting better I'm in no way an expert at all And I'm still keeping up with cars of that caliber that easily So you were saying something very interesting and that was .


This is the current highest horsepower manual car on sale Yeah, I mean this is one thing that i've touched on multiple times in my videos And I haven't heard anyone else say it, I haven't heard an interview, I haven't heard GM like boast about it But I feel like it's the case, and if it's not the case, so be it But, I feel like this is the most powerful production car you can buy with a manual transmission.


 And i'm not talking about like Koenigsegg or Pagani, who'll build you your own, Zonda But, you know, actual production cars And I feel like this is the most powerful one Yeah, cause the Demons only an auto The Zl1 Obviously less power, I can't think of anything either The only thing potential thing that could have more power than this is the new GT500 I'd rather have this though, cause it can lap a track and go crazy fast in a straight line We'll see about that, i'm excited to see that car Well dude thanks again for letting me drive this car It was raining earlier, so the fact that you trusted me out here In a 755 HP RWD car Appreciate that .


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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Audi RS5 is it really better?

 Oh the Audi RS5



To the casual on-looker the Audi RS5 looks no different than an A5 or an S5 In fact they probably don't even know what an RS5 is. It's sleek its sexy but so are most Audis but for the people in the know the Audi RS5 is something special.

 That more aggressive front grille the bulging wider fender flares, the dual oval exhaust, and that screaming naturally aspirated V8 that revs all the way up to 8300 rpms is the definition of a wolf in well an aggressive looking sheep's clothing. Under the hood of the Audi RS5 is thankfully a beautiful 4.2 liter naturally aspirated V8. It makes 450 horsepower and 317 pond feet of torque.

 In a world where every car seems to smaller twin turbo six cylinders or smaller boosted V8's this is a refreshing engine. Although unfortunately in the 2018 Audi RS5 the V8 is no longer. Going to a much smaller 2.9 liter twin turbo charged six cylinder. It does produce the same amount of horsepower and more torque but I'm sure were are going to miss that beautiful V8 rumble. So what are the performance figures on this car? Well 0-60 happens in 4.4 seconds.

 It would be faster but part of the issue is it weighs a ridiculous 4,050 pounds. Let's compare that to its competitors,  the BMW M4 and the C63 AMG. The M4 weighs only 3550 pounds it does the quarter mile in 12 seconds flat. The RS5 12.8 seconds. 

The M4 actually starts a cheaper cheaper price. 66,800 dollars as compared to this at just over 71,000 thousand dollars. The C63, it has more horsepower. 503 horsepower. It also weighs less, 3,800 pounds. And it has a quicker quarter mile time of 12.1 seconds.
 It does however cost a little bit more at a base price of $73,000. So it is the slowest of the group, it is also the fattest and it is somewhere in the middle in terms of price.



 Does that mean you should look away from the Audi RS5? Well no! If you are going to get a used one I think it is a hell of a good deal. This is a 2015 and obviously depreciation has taken its toll so you are no longer spending $71,000. It's got that beautiful V8, it sounds amazing, I mean on downshifts. This car has a resonator delete that makes it a perfect mix of loud but not annoying, no drone, and a perfect amount of verbal.

 We've got an S tronic gear box. It's a seven speed dual clutch system that shifts very very fast. I've got it in manual mode right now and up-shifts the second you click the paddle mounted on the steering wheel It up-shifts. They're not mounted on the steering column. That means when you turn the wheel it is still where you need it to be. 

The buttons are a little bit plastic-y. Kinda wish they had a nicer feel when you actuated the paddles, but that's alright. Now the steering feel, it's got electronic assisted power steering. Does that mean it's bad? No it does not. The steering actually feels amazing in the Audi RS5. Audis, when you put them in dynamic mode typically have stiff steering. Same thing applies here but it feels very direct.

 While it's less communicative than the M4 it feels similar to the C63, although a little bit heavier. It feels very confident and inspiring and because we  Quattro, Audi's all wheel drive system, that normally is %40 power in the front and %60 in the rear but can be moved all the way to %15 in the front and %85 in the rear you've got confidence around the turn. 

It's also got a rear-torque vectoring differential. That means when you go around a turn, of course distance wise the outside wheels have the be traveling faster than the inside. Well if you put the power down on corner out it will actually spin and apply even more torque to the outside wheels in order to help with cornering. And it works really well. On the interior it's typical Audi quality. We've got very soft nice leather.

 It looks appealing but there is nothing special whatsoever. In fact it is stating to feel a bit dated. Which of course it is. This is an older body style. It's going out of commission and the new one is coming in. Obviously that one will have Audi's virtual cockpit instead of the two analog instrument cluster displays here. We've also got a digital display in the middle that is telling me how much range I have left, what gear I'm in, how many miles are on the car, what time it is, so on and so forth.



 We've got a tachometer all the way to 8300 rpms, that is the redline of this engine, and a speedo that goes to 200mph. Let's do a little launch shall we? (Engine revving proceeded by evil laugh). Oh those downshifts sound good! (Engine revving) Oh this thing is a lot of fun. WOW! A lot of grip! Well I could probably spend the entire video ripping through the canyons and just making random noises about how good the exhaust sounds and how impressed I am with the gear box, which is lightning quick and very big strong suit of this car.

 Things I love about it: the exhaust note, absolutely that V8 piercing up to 8,300 rpms. Especially with that resonator delete on downshifts. WOW! The naturally aspirated V8 making 450 horsepower is obviously a plus. This gear box, boom boom. 

The shifts are so quick and that makes driving it so much fun. Another benefit, it feels lighter than  its 4,050 pound curb weight suggests. A lot lighter. Feels more in the 3,600 pound range which it is right smack honestly where it should be. If they cut 400 pounds off this thing it would be more of monster than it already is.

 I love the way the exterior of this vehicle looks too. I mean it is a competitive segment. Every thing looks good. The M4, the C63, uh the CTS-V but this definitely, I mean if you are an Audi person than the Audi RS5 is one the coolest looking vehicles that they've made in a long time. If you're looking to buy a used Audi R8 with a V8 in it, this is definitely something to look at if you re looking for a little more practicality. Oh man! I like this a lot. 

Things I don't like about it: It definitely weighs too much. They should have dropped about 500 pounds off the car. I know it is all-wheel drive and the M4 is not but I'm sure they could have had some weight savings somewhere. So I'm hoping in the future car uh they do a better job at reducing the weight. Other things I don't like: the interior is a bit dated. So if you are buying one the 2015 like this is don't expect to be state of the art in terms of all the electronics in the interior. The nav screen looks well like a bit of a joke but you know what? This is an older car so we can forgive it. Other than that, man this thing is fun.

 Whooo! Ride quality. It rides over bumps very very well. We don't have any body roll when you are pushing it through the canyons but over bumps its not jarring. It is totally comfortable. You could absolutely daily drive this thing. I mean obviously with the naturally aspirated V8 and any sort of lead right foot you are not going to get good fuel economy whatsoever but you know it's an Audi RS5. It's not about fuel economy.

 On the highway though the owner of this vehicle does say that he achieve pretty decent ratings although that is typical of any car. Well there you have it! I've enjoyed this Audi RS5. If you are looking for something that has a beautiful exhausts note, but is a little bit less common than your typical M4 is at east around these parts in southern California, Oh the Audi RS5 is an awesome pick. Well I hope you enjoyed this video. Like always please browse the channel and subscribe. I look forward to seeing you next video. LIKE GRAVITYYYY!!!! 

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