CAR Review: Range Rover Evoque Coupe 2.2D 2011

rangeroverevoque_carzpageBefore we start, we can simply clear on one thing: what kind of car is the Evoque should be? Hot hatch, sedan, SUV? Well, it’s a bit of all three really. The five-door will tend to appeal to buyers looking for you in other small SUVs like the BMW X1 and Audi Q3. But Land Rover sees the three-door coupe or in JLR parlance as a rival for cars like the Audi TT.
It is certainly looks good enough to pull buyers in TT. Is the cabin look like it’s straight out of a concept car to come?

Not quite, but it’s still a great place to be. The coupe has a lower roofline than the five-door, but there’s not a big difference in the back room – although not always in the back is the work of a moment. Both have real room for four, in contrast to the TT, and Peugeot RCZ. The seating position should suit all shapes, and despite the letterbox rear window, visibility is really good. Apart from the huge blind spot through the ear of the elephant mirrors and door pillar created clunky – blame the EU legislation on the mirror mess.

Jaguar cars get the rotary gear selector that from the center console, behind which rises a few buttons, which are to optimize the Terrain Response off-road system, switching between match, asphalt, sand and mud settings to the surface. And cars with the optional Dynamic pack get a different icon, a twisty road graphics. Select this and the dials of bright white on a red switch. Our flagship Dynamic felt safe luxurious and well screwed together, but as with cars like the Jaguar XF, there are a few areas to spoil the illusion – the slight effect of the glove compartment and center console cubby, for example.
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Insurance Fraud: City Gentlemen Claim Rural Prestige For Cars

Are you aware of the best possible way to save some bucks on your car insurance? I knew you were not. Well, claim your vehicle as farm machinery. But what if you don’t live on a farm? Will you be still saving some on your car insurance? Believe me, it is not an issue. According to Quality Planning, an organization validates policyholder’s information for auto insurance providers. The owners of more than 6,000 cars have done just that.

Last year, the San Francisco-based company performed a survey of 80,000 vehicles listed as farm equipment. By using geo-locating, they tracked down the areas to which these cars were registered and concluded that about eight percent of those vehicles lived in areas where less than one percent of the populace worked in agriculture. An Audi A4, one among these so-called firm vehicles, found on a ‘firm’ in Brooklyn, N.Y.

It is really smart move to save on auto insurance bills. Since vehicles in rural areas have less possibility of collisions or theft than vehicles in urban areas, owners of farm vehicles save 20% on their insurance premiums.
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CAR Review: Porsche Panamera Diesel 2011

porschepanameradiesel01_carzpageJust months after the start of the Panamera is Porsche’s hybrid gasoline-an alternative maximum efficiency GT: the Panamera diesel. It can, says Porsche, covering 745 miles on his 80-gallon tank. If you have a large bubble, an optional 100-gallon tank is set to be an option.

The Panamera diesel goes on sale from August 2011, and how the hybrid is only available in rear-wheel drive with an eight-speed Tiptronic automatic torque converter, not the PDK dual-clutch gearbox, which is offered to all other Panamera.
As the numbers of the new Porsche Panamera, diesel compare with the hybrid? The diesel is a strong struggle: it is 100kg lighter, emits 172g/km CO2 (167g/km or on the optional tires with low rolling resistance) is 159g/km, compared with the hybrid, and returns 43.5mpg, the hybrid is 41.5mpg.

In terms of performance, the 247bhp diesel ft and £ 406 of the hybrid is 375bhp and 428 pounds outclassed ft, while the diesel 6.8sec 0-62mph time and 150 mph top speed through the hybrid is 6.0sec and 167 mph are shaded. Crucially, however, the diesel is far cheaper to play, his £ 62,134 of the hybrid is £ 86,476.

In terms of price, it sits one level above the entry-level V6 petrol engine. The V6 petrol engine numbers: 0-62mph 6.3sec, 162 mph, 31mpg, 296bhp and 295 pounds ft.
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