2012年5月16日星期三

Jaguar obd2 2.2D (2012) long-term test review

The new V12 supercar won't be called DBS, however. Aston is sitting on a rich box of memories, with nearly a century's worth of names in its back catalogue - so they could revive an old name, such as Vanquish, or create a new badge for its newest car. Saab Parts UK is confident that the hand-finished final obd2 will find loving homes. 'These cars will carry a sentimental value for Saab fans around the UK, and are the last and best equipped examples of Saab’s Convertible lineage,' it said in a statement. The company estimates there are perhaps 90 new Saabs in total still remaining unsold at dealers around the UK. The A3 is at the vanguard of the latest round of Golf-class VW Group cars, and underpinned by the versatile MQB architecture. Scaleable from Polo to Passat size, and offering a 40kg weight saving over current equivalents, MQB will underpin a projected three million cars per year once the platform transition is complete. That's an awful lot of new models. Theoretically, the new 2014 2-series range may be offered in xDrive guise to battle the Audi A3 Quattro and the Mercedes A-class 4Matic, but so far no final decisions have been made. 'Trax provides Chevrolet an entry into a growing small SUV segment and delivers the flexibility, great fuel economy and obd2 -like handling that urban explorers require,' said Susan Docherty, president and managing director of Chevrolet Europe. But the XF, like all Jaguars (and all classy women, come to that) needs to be finessed. If you adjust your mindset, ease back on the right foot, give the engine the time it needs to rustle up its cheeky little torque number (332lb ft is plenty creamy enough, if not the full Nigella) and accept that squealing off the line isn’t going to get you there any quicker, then it works. That’s when Jaguar’s peerless qualities of fine ride, blissful cabin refinement and suave ambience make themselves known. And suddenly it all makes sense. Standard equipment includes the Sound Symposer already introduced in the 911, a free-breathing sports exhaust that changes its voices from roar to thunder at the push of a button, a stiffer and 10mm lower version of the obd2 air suspension, and the Sport Chrono pack which spices up chassis and drivetrain.

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