New VW Passat Review: BETTER than an SUV!?
Sell your car for free with Carwow: https://bit.ly/Sell-Your-Car-For-Free-2308 The Volkswagen Passat is now only available as an estate! The question is, has Volkswagen added enough updates to make it a suitable competitor for your next car? And should you choose it over other estates currently available? Let’s take a closer look… Starting with the design, it clearly mirrors the design of other recent VW releases. We’re in the R-Line edition, which means it comes with a few updates over the standard car, such as a more aggressive black bumper and grille. It also comes with Matrix LED lights as standard, as well as an LED light bar stretching across the car. Along the side, there’s black trim around the windows, and at the back, it’s all fairly plain and neat. Nothing too exciting, but then again, nothing too annoying or fake either! Step inside and the Passat is pretty smart. Given it’s the R-Line it comes with some Alcantara trim on the dash and even a set of sporty seats in the front. If anything, it seems like a bit much for an everyday family car like the Passat! There’s a large infotainment screen on the middle of the dash, and there’s also a digital dial screen for the driver. There’s loads of storage to be found throughout, and the centre console is super clean and minimalist as the gear selector has now moved to the steering column. When it comes to engines, the entry-level is a 1.5-litre turbo petrol that can deliver 150hp. There are also two plug-in hybrids available. Both use the same 1.5-litre turbo, but whereas one produces 204hp, the range-topper can deliver 272hp. The new Passat range starts from £38,500, while the range-topping R-Line trim starts from around £43,000. So should you choose it over the competition? You’ll need to stick with Mat and find out for yourself! Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:19 Price 00:47 Design 01:39 Interior 04:44 Back Seats 06:14 Boot 07:30 Annoying Features 08:49 Good Features 09:43 Engines 11:48 Town Driving 14:25 Motorway Driving 15:54 Country Road Driving 17:23 0-60mph 17:50 Verdict
2024-08-31T10:12:06Z
FIRST DRIVE: BMW M5 Touring – Now It Makes Sense!
The future is heavy. So heavy that the new hybrid BMW M5 saloon weighs 35kg more than the non-hybrid X5 M SUV. And yet, could adding another 40kg – to turn M5 saloon into M5 Touring – suddenly make it the fast Five you want? See, a 2.5-tonne super-saloon doesn’t really work from a dynamic point of view. But, seen through the lens of fast, practical transport, can a booted version of the M5 makes sense? Sure, the M5 Touring is 75kg heavier than the equivalent M Division SUV (no, really!) but a lower centre of gravity will forever be a winner. Then there’s the kudos of driving a hot wagon, too. Is then, the M5 Touring the M5 to have? Over to Top Gear Magazine’s Tom Ford… Subscribe to Top Gear for more videos: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToTopGear WANT MORE TOP GEAR? Listen to the Top Gear Magazine Podcast: https://topgear.podlink.to/Podcast Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.topgear.com/newsletter-signup MORE ABOUT TOP GEAR: Welcome to the official home of Top Gear on YouTube. Here you'll find all the best clips from your favourite episodes, whether that’s Ken Block drifting London in the Hoonicorn, Chris Harris in the latest Porsche 911 GT3 or classic Top Gear clips from Clarkson, Hammond and May. You'll also find the latest performance car reviews from the TopGear.com crew, our brand new series American Tuned with Rob Dahm and the fastest power laps from our in house performance benchmark: The Stig. This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/
2024-11-05T23:01:00Z
The 10 Most Reliable Cars REVEALED!
Change your car with Carwow: https://bit.ly/Change-Your-Car-0711 Thanks to Warrantywise Extended Car Warranties for providing the data used in this video: https://www.warrantywise.co.uk/ We’ve teamed up with Warrantywise to compile a list of the top 10 most reliable used cars you can buy in 2024! There are a couple of stipulations for cars included in this list. First, we’re focusing on cars that are at most ten years old. Second, the only cars included in this list have either had their manufacturer warranty expire or the owner bought an additional third-party warranty. What’s more, we’ve also excluded cars with fewer than 100 warranty plans, and vans are completely different, so they’ve been excluded, too. Either way, a whole range of different cars are included in this list, from seven-seaters down to small cars, and even a pickup truck! The question is, do you own one of the cars included in this list? Let us know in the comments!
2024-11-07T11:14:43Z
Driving the Diablo SVR - Lamborghini's First Factory Race Car! - TheSmokingTire
What's it like to drive Lamborghini's first ever factory race car? That's the question we set out to answer in today's video! Thanks to Curated and The Concours Club, a private club race track in Miami, we get the chance of a lifetime to sample an incredibly rare piece of Lamborghini history! The Diablo SVR was a track-focused version of the lightweight, rear--drive Diablo SV, built for a spec racing series mirroring Ferrari Challenge. While the series has, over 30 years, morphed into SuperTrofeo, it's wild to imagine going wheel-to-wheel in these beasts! Thanks to Curated for letting us try their car and The Concours Club for a safe environment to do it! IG: @theconcoursclub Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@theconcoursclub Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TSTPOD for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to https://off-the-record.sjv.io/c/2765520/1021446/13139 New merch! Grab a shirt or hoodie and support us! https://thesmokingtireshop.com/ Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Follow us! https://www.instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.instagram.com/therealzackklapman Check out our PODCAST! Over 100,000 listeners and counting! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4nl2RnapQB8ChnkuPMfjnu Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-smoking-tire/id496797178 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9jMlJ6VEd0YQ?sa=X&ved=0CA0QrrcFahcKEwiQ5Oeno4ruAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ NEW SHIRTS! https://www.blipshift.com/tst Driving the Diablo SVR - Lamborghini's First Factory Race Car! - TheSmokingTire #diabloSVR #lamborghinidiablo
2024-10-21T15:39:19Z
2025 Porsche 911 GT3 992.2 // REAR SEATS, WEISSACH PACKAGE & SOUND!
00:00 Intro 01:07 GT3 Touring 06:03 GT3 Weissach GET Dragy 25Hz GPS at our store: https://AutoTopNL.shop code “community” for €15 discount Superior accuracy works anywhere with any vehicle ️ no 3G/4G needed Subscribe to be the first to see new content! http://bit.ly/2aWQXw9 Check out our 100-200 GPS Scoreboard https://bit.ly/2PSakev Check out our Brand Store: https://AutoTopNL.shop Instagram: http://bit.ly/22Yp1yw AutoTopNL Facebook Fanpage: http://on.fb.me/1jlG5pQ #AutoTopNL UK: Auto-Top is an honest and pure car filming and testing company. We're not interested in eco & green (unless it's like, really superfast). Screaming exhausts, whining superchargers and blowing turbo's is what we want to hear! We review all sorts of performance cars. In the different playlists you can enjoy exhaust sounds, acceleration tests (0-100, 0-200) with launch control, onboard cams and the revving sound of each car. Exotic cars, hothatches, power sedans. We have it all! DE: Wir nehmen alle möglichen leistungsstarken Autos unter ein Lupe. In den verschiedenen Playlists könnt ihr ausreizende Sounds genießen, Beschleunigungstests (0-100, 0-200) mit Startkontrolle, onboard-Kameras und den hochtourigen Sound der Autos. Exotische Autos, sportliche Kompaktwagen und kraftvolle Limousinen. Wir haben sie alle! FR: A travers les différentes playlists, vous pourrez apprécier des bruits d’échappements, des tests d’accélérations (0- 100, 0-200), des caméras embarquées ainsi que le son à l’accélération des voitures. Des voitures de rallyes aux berlines surpuissantes en passant par des bolides hors-norme...nous avons tout ce qu’il vous faut ! PL: Testujemy i oceniamy samochody - w naszych playlistach posłuchasz dźwięku silników, obejrzysz testy przyspieszenia (0-100, 0-200) z launch control, kamerami wewnątrz kabiny i wibrującym dźwiękiem każdego samochodu. Egzotyczne auta, hothatch, sportowe sedany - znajdziesz je wszystkie tutaj! IT: Auto-Top è una società che si occupa di riprese e test drive. Non siamo interessati a macchine che consumano o inquinano poco (a meno che non siamo veramente veloci). Noi vogliamo sentire scarichi che urlano e turbo che soffiano!! Facciamo recensioni su ogni tipo di auto sportiva. Nelle nostre playlist troverai sound di scarichi, riprese onboard, test di accelerazione con launch control (0-100, 0-200) e il suono unico e riconoscibile di ogni auto. Supersportive, hothatches e berline cavallate.. Proviamo di tutto!! ES: Auto-Top es una empresa de pruebas y grabación de coches sincera. No estamos interesados en la ecología. Tubos de escape rugiendo y motores echando humo, es todo lo que nos interesa oir! Hacemos reviews de todo tipo de coches. En las listas de reproducción podéis encontrar desde sonidos del ultramundo hasta tests de aceleración (0-100, 0-200), cámaras a bordo de los coches, hasta el sonido de aceleración de cada coche. Coches exóticos, coches compactos, deportivos. Lo tenemos todo!
2024-10-18T16:30:09Z
NEW Jaguar revealed - Type 00!
Change your car with Carwow: https://bit.ly/Change-Your-Car-0312 Jaguar has finally unveiled its first new car since the controversial and divisive rebrand! And what a car it is! It’s called the Type 00 Concept, and it’s meant to preview a four door coupe that’s due to be unveiled in late 2025. However, it’s totally different to anything Jaguar has ever unveiled before. For starters, it’s super minimalistic on both the interior and exterior. There’s an absolutely huge grille design at the front (not that it will be used to cool the engine, given that this will be an EV!), and around the back, the taillights are hidden inside some horizontal line design elements. What’s more, there’s not even a back window! The minimalism continues on the inside, with every surface being white, smooth and simple. Bar a long brass spine that runs through the whole cabin, that’s pretty much it! But why has Jaguar taken this direction? Well, recently Jaguar hasn’t been innovating. It was workin non a replacement for the XJ in 2019, but then it was all scrapped at the last minute! Since then, sales have been falling, fast! Only 64,000 cars were sold in 2023. In comparison, Porsche sold 320,000 cars in the same period, while BMW sold a colossal 2.2 million cars! But will the gamble pay off? Stick with Mat and see for yourself!
2024-12-03T01:04:00Z
Range Rover Sport SV vs Audi RS6 GT: Track Battle
Practicality and performance don’t often go together, but we all get a little excited when they do. Case in point: the optional back seats in the new Porsche 911 GT3 Touring. That’s one end of the scale though – a performance car with a sop to being sensible. At the other end of the scale (literally and figuratively) are properly practical cars that have had the wick turned up considerably. Like these two: the Range Rover Sport SV and the Audi RS6 GT. The former is the fastest version of Range Rover’s sportiest SUV, a follow-up to the outrageous previous-generation Sport SVR. The latter is a run-out version of Audi’s über go-faster estate, complete bespoke bodywork and manually adjustable coilover suspension. Each costs over £170,000. But are these proper performance cars, or just jack-of-all-trades machines that don’t quite hit the mark? Over to Top Gear Magazine’s Deputy Editor, Ollie Kew, to find out. With a little ‘help’ from The Stig… Subscribe to Top Gear for more videos: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToTopGear WANT MORE TOP GEAR? Listen to the Top Gear Magazine Podcast: https://topgear.podlink.to/Podcast Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.topgear.com/newsletter-signup 00:00 Intro 00:49 The Stig 02:48 Audi RS6 GT 06:45 Range Rover Sport SV 10:55 Conclusion MORE ABOUT TOP GEAR: Welcome to the official home of Top Gear on YouTube. Here you'll find all the best clips from your favourite episodes, whether that’s Ken Block drifting London in the Hoonicorn, Chris Harris in the latest Porsche 911 GT3 or classic Top Gear clips from Clarkson, Hammond and May. You'll also find the latest performance car reviews from the TopGear.com crew, our brand new series American Tuned with Rob Dahm and the fastest power laps from our in house performance benchmark: The Stig. This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/
2024-11-17T16:00:09Z
Audi Just Made A Three-Seat F1 Car… For The Road!
There have been a few cars that have bought Formula 1 technology to the road, from the likes of the Ferrari F50 and McLaren F1, through to the Mercedes AMG One and the Aston Martin Valkyrie. But the first one was conceived way back in the 1930s… And it’s only just been finished! Why? Because Auto Union (now rolled into the Audi brand) came up with the idea to clothe its Grand Prix cars in sleek bodywork and sell them to rich folk. But it never got beyond the sketch phase – until Audi Tradition recently pulled out the original plans and decided to build the car, with every single part utterly bespoke. This then, is the priceless Auto Union Type 52, the newest, oldest ‘F1 car for the road’. Over to Top Gear Magazine’s Rowan Horncastle… Subscribe to Top Gear for more videos: http://bit.ly/SubscribeToTopGear WANT MORE TOP GEAR? Listen to the Top Gear Magazine Podcast: https://topgear.podlink.to/Podcast Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.topgear.com/newsletter-signup 00:00 Intro 00:50 History 02:37 Walkaround 05:41 Drive MORE ABOUT TOP GEAR: Welcome to the official home of Top Gear on YouTube. Here you'll find all the best clips from your favourite episodes, whether that’s Ken Block drifting London in the Hoonicorn, Chris Harris in the latest Porsche 911 GT3 or classic Top Gear clips from Clarkson, Hammond and May. You'll also find the latest performance car reviews from the TopGear.com crew, our brand new series American Tuned with Rob Dahm and the fastest power laps from our in house performance benchmark: The Stig. This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service & Feedback https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/
2024-11-02T16:00:30Z
2025 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Premium 4WD - Luxury SUV in Detail
2025 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Premium 2.4T AT 4WD - Interior and Exterior Design in Detail. Subscribe. Special thanks to: https://www.instagram.com/toyota_lviv_diamant/ Watch This Next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D52iODMu8G8&list=UULFgV6iVN6IdBvGXD3tqoUmKA The 2025 Land Cruiser Prado is a masterful combination of off-road capability and premium features, building on Toyota's iconic legacy. First introduced to the U.S. market in 1958, the Land Cruiser remains a symbol of durability and adventure. The latest 250 series continues this tradition with enhanced technology, refined styling, and exceptional off-road performance. With a starting Price of $56,450 USD or €59,000 in Europe, it is now more accessible than the previous generation while delivering remarkable capabilities.At its heart is the turbocharged i-FORCE MAX hybrid powertrain, which generates 326 horsepower and 465 lb.-ft. of torque. This hybrid system integrates an electric motor within the bell housing between the engine and the 8-speed automatic transmission, offering superior performance and efficiency. With an estimated 23 MPG combined fuel economy, it balances power with practicality. Designed for rugged conditions, the TNGA-F platform, shared with the Tundra and Sequoia, provides enhanced handling and stability. Its towing capacity of 6,000 pounds adds to its versatility, whether navigating city streets or remote trails.Engineered for adventure, the Land Cruiser Prado comes standard with a range of off-road aids. The center and rear locking differentials ensure maximum traction in challenging conditions, while the Stabilizer Disconnect Mechanism (SDM) improves suspension articulation at the push of a button. Multi-Terrain Select (MTS) offers customized settings for driving on mud, sand, and dirt, and CRAWL Control acts as low-speed cruise control for demanding terrains. Additional features like Downhill Assist Control, Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), and an automatic limited-slip differential (Auto LSD) further enhance its capabilities.For navigating technical trails, the Multi-Terrain Monitor (MTM) leverages cameras to provide real-time visuals of the surrounding environment, helping drivers avoid obstacles. Paired with the 6,000-pound towing capacity, this makes the Prado a versatile choice for off-road enthusiasts and everyday drivers alike.Inside, the Land Cruiser Prado prioritizes both comfort and connectivity. Depending on the trim, drivers can opt for an 8-inch or 12.3-inch multimedia touchscreen, equipped with wireless Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ compatibility. The optional 14-speaker JBL® premium audio system enhances the driving experience, while the Qi® wireless charger and multiple USB-C ports ensure devices stay powered. Premium features, such as a digital rearview mirror, Head-Up Display, and center console cool box, are included in the Premium Package for added convenience.The 1958 grade pays homage to the Land Cruiser's origins with retro-inspired styling, round LED headlamps, and a heritage grille, complemented by modern features like heated fabric seats, Smart Key System with push-button start, and off-road essentials. The higher Land Cruiser grade adds SofTex®-trimmed heated and ventilated seats, rectangular LED headlamps, and advanced trail-ready components like Rigid® LED fog lights and a Stabilizer Disconnect Mechanism (SDM). Toyota Land Cruiser Specifications- Powertrain: Turbocharged i-FORCE MAX hybrid- Power: 326 hp / 465 lb.-ft. torque- Transmission: 8-speed automatic- Drivetrain: Full-time 4WD with a two-speed transfer case- Fuel Efficiency: Estimated 23 MPG combined- Platform: TNGA-F global truck platform- Towing Capacity: 6,000 lbs- Infotainment: 8-inch or 12.3-inch multimedia touchscreens with wireless Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™- Off-Road Features:- Center and rear locking differentials- Multi-Terrain Select (MTS)- Stabilizer Disconnect Mechanism (SDM)- CRAWL Control- Multi-Terrain Monitor (MTM)The 2025 Land Cruiser Prado is available in seven exterior colors, including Trail Dust and Heritage Blue, with select models featuring a Grayscape roof for added style. This rugged yet refined SUV is equipped to haul passengers, gear, or both, ensuring it's ready for any journey. Black Bentley Flying Spur https://youtu.be/a0Ae_azzsgk Mercedes Maybach GLS 600 https://youtu.be/F_j1GFGPfpw Brabus Maybach GLS 800 https://youtu.be/TwDCgYJXmxg Bentley Bentayga V8 https://youtu.be/lyS5cs58TbA Mercedes AMG G63 by Keyvany https://youtu.be/tjMsvLd7eLM Mercedes AMG G63 Brabus G800 https://youtu.be/RjocMccyxqc Lamborghini Urus by Keyvany https://youtu.be/69RS-0FBdT0 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ https://youtu.be/ezF-o6jRCLQ Rolls-Royce Phantom by Mansory https://youtu.be/KW_OOY0PxSc Rolls-Royce Cullinan Black Badge By Mansory https://youtu.be/qL9Ncu1SlJ4 Rolls-Royce Dawn Black Badge https://youtu.be/qP-2MlpVtjk #LandCruiser #LandCruiserPrado #LandCruiser2025 #Toyota #carsgarage
2024-11-21T10:45:02Z