What is smaller than a GMC Envoy, weighs more than a Chevy Tahoe, and gets the same fuel economy as a ford F-150 4×4? Answer: a Volkswagen Touareg. At 5580 pounds, this thing doesn’t need a diet, it need s liposuction to remove at least 1000 pounds of excess weight. Maybe the engineers need to start using the “lite” version of their design software. What’s next—a three-ton passat with duilies? It’s time to alert the FDA: The obesity problem in this country is worse than we thought! continue reading…
The new Z4 (cover story, January 2003) is a dramatic study in style. Admittedly, when I first viewed the new direction of BMW on the 7-series, I cringed, as did most fans. After seeing one in person, my opinion changed quickly, and that’s true of the Z4, although the car still seems a bit disjointed. The lines play well, but it’s difficult to view the car as a whole. Classic roadster proportions with a modern body make the car very long in the nose, and it falls off in the rear-as if they ran out of space and just cut it short and flat. The interior does give the sense of the baby Z8, although the beltline has been dramatically continue reading…
Stats
