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We have followed the actual improvement with the Korea–only car; Hyundai Equus for quite a while now, & also it isn’t likely to be marketed overseas, we are still thrilled to discover Hyundai competing towards the top level – although just in Korea.

A few leaked pictures of what exactly is presumably the assembly Equus have come up online, which is even more an authentic looker. Along with styling cues obviously motivated by the kind of Mercedes–Benz & Lexus – and also slightly helping of Bentley – there is simply no doubting the Korean giant’s motives using the 3rd-gen Equus.

The new Hyundai EQUUS comes with a range of deuce convoluted engines: The”‘Lambda” 3.8 V6 engine along with the award-winning ‘Tau’ 4.6 V8.

This years Hyundai Equus is going to be available with 2 engine choices: the 216kW (290 h . p .) 3,800cc Lambda V6 engine with 315Nm (233lb-ft) of torque, & the 4.6 litre Tau V8 engine making 273kW (366 h.p) & 440Nm (324lb-ft) of torque. Each engines can also be found in the particular Genesis luxury sedan. Hyundai is additionally likely to put in a more powerful 5. litre V8 engine for the lineup. To maximise power when downplaying emissions and fire intake, each locomotive engine quality all-aluminum appearance, continually adjustable quantity control device timing, adjustable air generalisation devices & is copulated to 6 — speed transmissions.

The actual ‘Lambda’ V6 engine, great for 213 kw & a top torque rating of 358 Nm, cedes a good telling gas preserving rating of 10.8 liters per 100 kilometre. The ‘Tau’ 4.6 V8 engine, known as Detroit-based guards Automobiles as 1 of 2009’s ‘Best 10 locomotives’, delivers 269 kW & 439 Nm of torsion with a fuel thriftiness rating of 11.4 liters / 100 km.
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Ford -150

With 22,500 miles on the odometer, the F-150 paid a dealer visit for its third scheduled maintenance stop, a $43.61 oil change, full inspection, and tire rotation. Senior editor Loh took the Ford on a camping trip and found it especially accommodating.

“Campsites filled up, so we had to change plans at the last minute and stay at a hotel with unsecure parking. Relieved to find that almost all the camping/climbing gear stashed in the truckbed fit into the cab without issue.

The sucker is huge. “Much credit to the Ford engineers who crafted the flat rear floor and flip-up seats.

There really is so much room in the back, I wonder if they could’ve moved those rear seats forward a bit so they could recline (even a little). That would be a feature few, if any, full-size trucks provide.”

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Mercedes Benz E350 vs BMW 535i

These two have been fighting for sales supremacy in the hotly contested executive-sedan segment for decades, and they’ve sparred in nearly as many magazine comparison tests as have the Mustang and Camaro. The lead has swapped back and forth from time to time, and just as the Camaro owns the winning record in the ponywars, BMW has finished ahead of Mercedes more often. But each time one of the players rejiggers its formula, it’s a brand-new game.

Last year’s E-Class reboot marked a welcome return to Mercedes-Benz’s “designed to a standard, not to a price” ethos, with vastly improved fit, finish, materials, and general solidity. In the bargain, it delivered world-class aerodynamics and held the line on weight, which helped improve performance and fuel efficiency. And yet in February’s eight-car match-up, the Mercedes finished two places behind the test-winning lame-duck 535i. So why read on? Surely the new and improved 5 is a slam-dunk winner, right?

Both cars feel sure-footed and stable while tearing down the open highway at a hundred and plenty.
Not so fast. If you’ll recall, the last redesign of the 5 was not universally acclaimed as a great leap forward. Some of its electronic chassis aids (like Active Steering) were accused of robotizing the driving experience, the Gen-1 iDrive drew criticism, and the Dame-Edna-bespectacled face and flame-surfaced styling did not appeal to all eyes.

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At 7500 miles, the Outback stopped in at Subaru of Thousand Oaks for its first maintenance visit. For $147.52, the dealer performed an oil change, a full inspection, and a tire rotation.

After only four months with us, the Outback has already amassed over 10,000 miles, thanks in part to roundtrips from Los Angeles to Carson City, Lake Tahoe, and Las Vegas. Senior photographer Brian Vance observes, “I like being able to take out the entire rubber rear cargo mat and shake the dirt off of as if it were a giant floormat.” Ougarov logs, “The four-banger has plenty of grunt and doesn’t feel underpowered while the CVT, a transmission type I normally don’t like, works well and is in a vehicle perfectly suited for it. The harman/kardon sound system is better than that of every other Subaru I’ve been in before though, curiously, a number of stations were missing from the Sirius channel list.” Read more »

At first glance, it would appear there is no car in BMW’s lineup less fitting of the “Ultimate Driving Machine” moniker than the roughly 17-foot-long, 2-and-a-half ton, V-12-powered 2010 BMW 760Li (various X SUVs notwithstanding). But after hitting the test track and rolling around L.A.’s mean streets in the top-of-the-heap 7, one thing’s for certain: It’s quite the machine.

In terms of actual driving capability, BMW has clearly infused the latest-generation 7 Series with some voodoo magic, because a car this big has no business running neck-and-neck with the likes of the M5 at the test track. Yet that’s exactly what happened.

The 760Li’s roughly 900-pound weight disadvantage against the M5 is easily offset by the big, twin-turbo 6.0-liter V-12. Codenamed N74, the engine puts out 535 horsepower and 550 pound-feet of torque though a new ZF eight-speed automatic. Despite the impressive power numbers, this engine is more Rolls-Royce than Lamborghini in its demeanor – fitting, considering that it serves as the base for the Rolls-Royce Ghost’s 6.6-liter mill. Barely audible at idle, the 12-banger moves the big sedan without any fuss or violence, even with the accelerator buried in the floor. But despite its relatively composed demeanor, the 760Li is sport sedan quick — 60 mph arrives in just 4.1 seconds and the quarter mile in 12.4 seconds at 115.5 mph.

The big going power is augmented by big stopping power in the form of 14.7-inch discs up front and 14.6-inch disks at the rear that require only 107 feet to bring this sedan yacht to a complete halt from 60 mph.

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