Jaguar - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - 2019 Jaguar F-Pace SVR spy shots - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Jaguar has started testing prototypes for a high-performance F-Pace SUV.

Spotted at the Nürburgring, the prototypes mostly resemble the existing F-Pace S but are wearing new, much more aggressive front bumpers.

The stock F-Pace S bumper and exhaust tips remain at the rear though these may change as development continues.

Handling the development is Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations. The team will no doubt be relying on lessons learned from the Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR program in tuning this high-performance F-Pace.

We hear SVO is also working on hotter versions of Jaguar’s XE and XF and evenLand Rover’s Range Rover Evoque.

But getting back to the F-Pace, it isn’t clear whether these latest prototypes are for an F-Pace R or a fully-fledged F-Pace SVR. Regardless of which it is, expect Jaguar Land Rover’s supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 under the hood.

The suspension should also be tuned for carving up race tracks, and the wheels, tires and brakes should also be upgraded accordingly. The prototypes already look to be sporting some massive brake discs.

It’s still early days in the development program so we’re not expecting this high-performance F-Pace to reach the market until sometime in 2018. It should arrive as a 2019 model.

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106206_2019-jaguar-f-pace-svr-spy-shots

by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

http://www.boscheuropean.com

Audi - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Audi Will Reportedly Buy Back 25,000 Cheating TDI Vehicles in the U.S. - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

By now you've heard Volkswagen is offering to buy back its U.S.-market 2.0-liter TDI-powered cars affected by the ongoing diesel-emissions cheating scandal. Those buybacks could expand to VW Group cars equipped with cheating 3.0-liter TDI V6 engines, too, as Audi will reportedly offer buybacks on some of its affected cars.

According to Reuters, Audi is in talks with both affected car owners and U.S. authorities about buying back 25,000 older vehicles equipped with the emissions cheating 3.0-liter TDI engines. German newspaper Der Spiegel reports that these 25,000 vehicles are too old to be fixed adequately.

There's no word whetherAudi has decided on a fix for its remaining cars. The automaker released a statement to Automotive News regarding the matter:

"We are working hard with U.S. regulators to reach an agreement an approved resolution for affected 3.0-liter V-6 TDI vehicles and thank our customers for their continued patience. The Court has scheduled a status conference for November 3, 2016 to discuss the matter further."

The 3.0-liter diesel in question was offered in the Audi Q5 and Q7 SUVs, as well as the VW Touareg and the Porsche Cayenne.

Since every proposed fix for VW's 3.0-liter V6 diesels has been rejected by U.S. regulators, there's no telling if owners will ever see a fix to make these vehicles emissions compliant. Bad news for owners, and bad news for Volkswagen Group, which may have additional, expensive buybacks on its plate.

source: http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/news/a31257/audi-v6-tdi-buyback/

by Brian Silvestro

http://www.boscheuropean.com

Range Rover - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Top Gear’s Range Rover Evoque Convertible review - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Aha, the Range Rover Evoque Convertible, just in time for…autumn.

Perfect timing, don’t you think? I mean, if you wanted a £50,000 open-top four-seater and sunning yourself and three passengers was priority, well you wouldn’t be in Britain for a kick-off. More to the point, a high-spec BMW 4 Series, Mercedes C-Class cabrio or mildly used Maserati GranCabrio will be just the job for sunny climes. 

The Evoque Convertible, with its full-time four-wheel drive, Terrain Response off-road tech and here tested with a sensible 2.0-litre Ingenium turbo diesel engine good for 177bhp, 317lb ft and 49.6mpg, is perhaps the perfect soft-top for the other 360 days of British life, when the weather’s refusing to get its shades on.

Oh come on. It’s hardly been properly engineered, right?

Tell you what, the Evoque makes for a surprisingly good soft-top on first impression. I remember doing a ‘tech day’ on this car a while ago, when the engineers talked me around the (considerable) obstacles they’d headbutted to cleave the Evoque in twain. One of the bits they were really proud of was the roof – not just how resistant it is to rain and dirt – but the quietness of its mechanism. 

Whirring and clanking would be totally out of place at this price, and the roof’s operation is impressively silent. And swift, taking 18 seconds to fold away, at up to 30mph. For this ability, and the joys of top-spec, bodykitted HSE Dynamic trim, you pay £47,500.

So, with your Teflon coat on, what’s it like with the roof down?

Roof stowed (with no consequence to the 251 litre boot, aside from the letter box you have to post luggage through to access it), the Evoque proves to be a decent drop-top, so far as buffeting goes. The windows stand tall above the beltline, so with the glass raised the cabin remains cocooned from all but the merest breeze. 

Drop the windows and sure, it’s draughtier, but even up to 60mph we’re talking a pleasant wind in the hair ruffle rather than a category five scalping. The hair boutiques of Soho will be devastated. 

You’ll stay warm too. No heated steering wheel is a major faux pax, but the heater is, as usual for a Land Rover, so effective it’s a wonder the plastic vanes in the vents don’t melt. And the heated seats seem potent enough to liquefy your insides. Maybe don’t have a strong curry before a winter evening’s al fresco motoring.

Erm, thanks. Roof back up, thanks. Any good?

Acceptably quiet for a cabrio, but the huge door mirrors generate the familiar Evoque bugbear of billowing wind noise, and twinning with gargantuan windscreen pillars, knacker junction visibility. The rear view is similarly pinched, so a reversing camera is standard, not that it’s much help when you’re desperately scanning your blind-spot on a spray-soaked motorway.

However, the rear seats are of a usable shape and size – although that’s slightly skewed by the fact a hard-top three-door Evoque is hardly commodious. Still, the seats aren’t token tribute acts – you could reasonably put adults back there – just as comfortably as in the conventional German cabrios.

And what about the same old rubbish touchscreen that controls all the infotainment functions?

Gone. Hoo-flipping-ray. Convertibles use the InControl Touch Pro system that’s finally making inroads into the Jaguar Land Rover range. It is a superb touchscreen – fast, responsive, intuitive and beautifully rendered. Ironically, this is the most modern an Evoque interior’s ever felt, despite being five years old, and that’s entirely down to the rebooted media centre. At last. 

So assuming you have the necessary nerve to drive around in a convertible miniature Range Rover, you’re actually getting quite a good piece of kit?

Not so fast. No, seriously. The Ingenium diesel engine is not the most thrusting of turbodiesel powerplants, even for a 2.0-litre, and when laden with some 280kg of pillar, sill and bulkhead stiffening, not to mention the roof’s hushed mechanism, it’s swamped. Claims of 0-62mph in 9.7sec and 121mph for this lump feel generous.

The Evoque – any Evoque – clearly isn’t a car you brake late and turn hard in, so effects of the weight gain aren’t too, um, heavily felt there, though the brake pedal is admittedly very squidgy – a tactic to disguise the car’s mass, for sure. But so far as accelerating goes, this feels like an underpowered machine, and the indecisive nine-speed gearbox isn’t a helpful ally. I drove a six-speed automatic Kia Sportage last week that offered smoother step-off, kickdown and more sensible gear selection than than this Range Rover. 

Does it flop about on your cruddy British roads?

The good news is there’s no perceptible wobbling of the rear-view mirror or windscreen pillars, and the steering column stays where it was fixed in the factory. The bad news is that there’s a resonance, a general crashiness, about the stiffened chassis that doesn’t take kindly to uneven roads. I’m not saying it’d be better with flex, but the rumbly ride is a telltale clue the Evoque wasn’t conceived with a convertible model in mind.

But come on, you just wouldn’t would you?

I wouldn’t. I left my house at six in the morning under cover of darkness to test the roof-down behaviour. In late October. Thank goodness for that nuclear heater. But purely objectively, this car isn’t the dog’s dinner you might have expected. Or even secretly hoped it would be. Regardless, enough people ‘would’ to make this thing viable. Land Rover isn’t in the habit of making unpopular products lately.

On the other hand, it is the slowest and less composed cabrio you can buy for this kind of money. And £47k is a lot of money. Which brings it back full circle – the Evoque Convertible is a car solely for the relative handful of people who really, really like the idea of driving around in an Evoque Convertible. 

Photography: Ollie Tenant

source: http://www.topgear.com/car-reviews/land-rover/20-si4-hse-dynamic-2dr-auto/first-drive

by Ollie Kew

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Aston Martin - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - The AM-RB 001 supercar will corner at 4G and makes 4,000 pounds of downforce - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Something wicked this way comes, courtesy of Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing. Their co-developed supercar has been hyped for some time now, but the full measure of its power had not yet been realized.

The Wall Street Journal spoke with project engineer David King to understand the caliber of car under construction and the revelations are staggering. Due to its sophisticated aerodynamic design, the AM-RB 001 will generation 4,000 pounds of downforce. That’s enough for the track-specific variant to drive upside down (assuming the right speed is achieved). Road going examples won’t make quite as much downforce, but they’re still certain to hold fast to the pavement.

“Nothing remotely like it has ever been tried on a road car,” said King. The amount of downforce will be controlled by an active suspension system based on driving conditions. In addition to the air-flow pressure, the supercar will corner at 4.0G, roughly equivalent to modern Formula 1 cars.

So it will grip very, very well. What about acceleration? With just 2,200 pounds to get moving and a 1,000-horsepower V12 providing thrust, speed won’t be an issue. Reportedly, the AM-RB 001 will go from a standstill to 200 mph in just 10 seconds. For reference, the 1,341hp Koenigsegg One:1 supercar hustles to 186 mph in 11.92 seconds. Power to weight ratio rules all, kids.

Thought we’re talking about the AM-RB as if it’s right around the corner, production is still a few years off, and when models are assembled, all will certainly have been spoken for. Only 175 road cars and 25 track cars are planned, each with a price tag of at least $3 million. While that may sound like a lot, consider that the collaboration car will almost certainly be the quickest vehicle on the market when it goes on sale. The ultra wealthy tend to fork over small fortunes for that kind of prestige.


source: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/aston-martin-red-bull-001-supercar/
by Miles Branman

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BMW - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - BMW i8 Spyder not due until 2018 - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

BMW in March confirmed plans to add a convertible version of its i8 plug-in hybrid sports car, having first previewed the car in concept form as far back as the 2012 New York auto show.

Sadly, the i8 convertible, which may be called an i8 Spyder, like the concept, won’t be in showrooms until 2018.

The information was revealed by BMW CEO Harald Krueger on Tuesday, Reutersreports.

A launch in 2018 means the open-top car will be arriving towards the end of the i8’s life cycle. The i8 went on sale in 2014 and is expected to undergo a mid-cycle update in 2017. Among the updates is expected to be a boost in horsepower and electric range.

As for a successor, there are rumors BMW will go down the pure electric route. The automaker is already involved in the Formula E Championship and is investigating fielding its own team. The automaker has also hinted at a new flagship model  arriving in 2021 that’s meant to be an electric car with self-driving capability. It’s possible that the new flagship, code-named the iNext, is in fact an i8 successor.

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106690_bmw-i8-spyder-not-due-until-2018-says-ceo

by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

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Jaguar - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Jaguar working on rivals for Tesla Model S, Model X - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Jaguar is reportedly planning to launch two electric cars by the end of 2019.

We’re not talking about electric versions of existing cars but new additions to the lineup.

One will be a sedan and the other an SUV.

The information was reported by Automobile, which also claimed the development of the electric cars came at the cost of performance-oriented models like a replacement for the XK and a supercar along the lines of the C-X75 concept unveiled in 2010.

The first of Jaguar’s electric cars is said to be the sedan, which will sit at the top of Jaguar’s range alongside a next-generation XJ. It’s said to feature a sleek design that will be almost coupe-like, allowing the next XJ to take on a more conventional three-box design. The electric sedan will rival the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S as well as a similar electric sedan planned by Mercedes-Benz.

Likewise, the electric SUV is expected to be the pinnacle of Jaguar’s SUV range. It will take on Tesla’s Model X as well as Audi’s upcoming Q6 e-tron. A test mule for the electric SUV has already been spotted.

It’s not clear if the vehicles will be offered exclusively with electric drivetrains or if plug-in hybrid options will be available.

In addition to luring away Tesla buyers, the electric cars will enable Jaguar and its sister brand Land Rover to meet tougher emissions standards coming into force in the near future, particularly in China where the government is also heavily incentivizing electric cars to combat pollution.

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1096886_report-jaguar-working-on-rivals-for-tesla-model-s-model-x

by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

http://www.boscheuropean.com

Range Rover - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - 2017 Land Rover Discovery design and details video - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Land Rover on Thursday took the covers off its new 2017 Discovery.

The vehicle is the British firm’s rival to premium three-row SUVs like the Audi Q7 and Volvo XC90, but as you’ll soon discover the Discovery is loaded with innovative technologies that make it versatile both on and off the road.

The latter is vital as the Discovery is the replacement for Land Rover’s LR4, still one of the most capable off-roaders in the premium segment. In this regard you get a four-wheel-drive system with a low-speed setting; generous entry and exit angles; a 900-millimeter wade depth; adjustable air suspension; plus Land Rover’s Terrain Response driving modes selector and All-Terrain Progress Control crawling feature. We also like the electronic tow bar which conveniently tucks away when not in use. (Max towing is 8,201 pounds.)

Of course, most Discoverys are likely to spend more time circling the shopping mall car park than tackling the mud, sand and snow in the rough outdoors.  Thankfully, Land Rover included numerous convenience features to make city life easier. For example, the seats can be folded away electronically, including by smartphone control, providing over 88 cubic feet of storage. There are also electronic sensors to allow you to open the tailgate with just a wave of your foot.

New electronic safety aids include automatic emergency braking; automatic steering for parking; and lane change assist, which makes steering inputs if a potential accident due to a vehicle in a blind spot is detected when changing lanes. There are also the familiar blind spot and rear cross traffic warning systems now standard on most cars.

The 2017 Land Rover Discovery is due in showrooms in mid-2017. Pricing will start at about $50,000, before destination. On offer at launch will be a supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 with 340 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque, and a turbocharged 3.0-liter diesel with 254 hp and 443 lb-ft.

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1105099_2017-land-rover-discovery-design-and-details-video

by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

http://www.boscheuropean.com

Audi - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - 2018 Audi RS 3 debuts with 400 horsepower - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Audi’s new RS 3 has finally landed.

The car is a compact sport sedan with essentially the same mechanical package as the TT RS—and it’s coming to the United States.

Audi pulled the covers off on Thursday at the 2016 Paris auto show, and in the process likely unsettled the folks over at Mercedes-AMG. That’s because the RS 3 is packing a turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-5 delivering a V-8-like 400 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque. The rival Mercedes-AMG CLA45 only has 375 hp and 350 lb-ft from its turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4.

Paired with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission and all-wheel-drive system, the turbo-five will rocket the handsome RS 3 from 0-62 mph in 4.1 seconds and see it easily reach a governed 155 mph top speed. Should you wish to go faster, Audi says it will happily increase the limit to 174 mph.

The potent powerplant isn’t the only change over the regular A3 sedan. The RS 3 also benefits from a widened track, uprated brakes, lowered suspension and unique settings for the stability and traction control settings. As an option, Audi is offering a more aggressive suspension tune with adaptive dampers.

There’s also the aggressive body with pumped fenders adding as much as20 millimeters of girth to accommodate the wider track.  At both ends are custom bumpers and the rear you’ll also spot a trunk lid spoiler, a distinctive diffuser insert and large oval exhaust tips. The RS 3 also benefits from the exclusive color options Nardo Gray and Catalunya Red.

Inside, a dark-toned theme welcomes the driver and passengers with illuminated door sills bearing the “RS 3” name. Nappa leather sport seats with RS logos on the headrests, a flat-bottomed steering wheel and RS logos on the dash are standard. Optionally available are more contoured RS sport seats with integrated head restraints, as well as a digital instrument cluster.

The RS 3 is confirmed to land in local showrooms in the summer of 2017. It will likely arrive as a 2018 model.

Audi is also using the Paris auto show for the debut of its new Q5 and A5 Sportback.

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106389_2018-audi-rs-3-debuts-with-400-horsepower

by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

http://www.boscheuropean.com

Mercedes - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Mercedes previews first of ‘EQ’ electric cars with SUV concept - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Mercedes-Benz’s much-hyped electric car concept has finally made its 2016 Paris auto show debut.

Like Volkswagen’s own I.D. concept on display in Paris, the star of Mercedes’ stand previews the first of the automaker’s next-generation electric cars.

The concept is called the Generation EQ, and as previously reported the “EQ” in the name is the badging that Mercedes will use to denote its future electric cars. It apparently stands for “Electric Intelligence.” Individual models are expected to be called EQC or EQS, with the last letter denoting the car’s positioning in the Mercedes model hierarchy.

Mercedes, of course, is not new to the electric game. It was an early investor of Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] and has been offering electric cars for several years, though these have been niche products limited to a handful of markets. The list includes the Electric Drive versions of the Smart ForTwo, B-Class and SLS AMG.

With Tesla taking electric cars mainstream, every automaker worth its salt is racing to offer rival products. The production version of the Generation EQ will be launched before the end of the decade to take on not only the Tesla Model X but also Audi’s planned Q6 e-tron. (We're hearing in 2018 or 2019.) It will then be followed by a handful of electric Mercedes models, all based on a modular “skateboard” platformwhere the batteries are stored in the floor and an electric motor is mounted at one or both axles. Mercedes previewed the platform at a tech briefing in June.

In the Generation EQ, there are two electric motors delivering a combined output of approximately 400 horsepower. They form a “through-the-road” all-wheel-drive system and should offer brisk performance, especially thanks to the more than 516 pound-feet of torque. Mercedes quotes a 0-60 mph time of less than 5.0 seconds.

Powering those motors is a lithium-ion battery sourced from Deutsche Accumotive, a battery company owned by Mercedes’ parent company Daimler. Deutsche Accumotive already has a battery factory up and running and is extending this in preparation for Mercedes’ next-generation electric cars. Mercedes says the production version of the Generation EQ will have more than 70 kilowatt-hours and range of at least 300 miles on a single charge.

Charging can be done via a high-speed “wallbox” installed in the garage or using wireless inductive charging. The latter will debut on the 2018 Mercedes-Benz S550e plug-in hybrid. Currently, charging capacities from 50 to 150 kilowatts are possible. In the medium to long term, a charging capacity of even up to 300 kw is planned. (Known as Combined Charging System, or CCS for short.) With the latter, you could add around 60 miles of range in 5 minutes.

It’s not just the technology of Mercedes’ next-generation electric cars being previewed here. So is the exterior and interior concepts. For the exterior, Mercedes design boss Gorden Wagener says the goal was to combine the elegant lines of typical Mercedes design with a distinctive, modern look that suggests electric power. Wagener referred to this as an “electro-look.”

This was done by streamlining the body—you’ll notice there’s no grille, side mirrors or door handles—and adding numerous LED detailing. Meanwhile, an intentionally reduced side view, broad shoulders and large 21-inch wheels give a dynamic look.

Inside, the designers wanted a driver-oriented cockpit with simple, touch-based controls with the same electro-look as the exterior. Dominating the dash is a floating wide-screen display that provides vital driving information as well as serving as the main hub for the infotainment system. The rest of the cabin resembles a classy lounge and includes additional screens to keep occupants entertained.

It goes without saying that the Generation EQ concept also features the latest driving aids from Mercedes, which rely on highly accurate maps from HERE. For example, the systems know such things as the precise position and radius of a roundabout. Mercedes’ upcoming electric cars won’t be able to drive completely on their own but in some situations should have self-driving capability, such as on the highway or in heavy traffic.

The Generation EQ has the ability to display the highly accurate maps.This makes it possible, for example when searching for points of interest, for restaurants, shopping opportunities and tourist attractions to be especially highlighted. So that the driver isn’t overloaded, only those buildings and information that are relevant for navigation are displayed.

The concept also integrates vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology. The latter is particularly important as it is helpful for the driver to be informed about nearby recharging opportunities. As soon as the vehicle determines that the destination cannot be reached on the available battery charge, it advises the driver of appropriate options on the navigation map.

Germany’s automakers are rushing to launch new electric cars due to the improvements made to battery technology in recent years as well as more generous incentive programs, particularly in China. The Volkswagen Group wants 30 electric cars in its lineup by 2025. Many of these will be Audis, with the brand with the four rings targeting as much as 25 percent of its sales to be electric cars by that date.

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106380_mercedes-previews-first-of-eq-electric-cars-with-suv-concept

by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

http://www.boscheuropean.com

Jaguar - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Bridgestone and Pirelli developing new tires for... the Jaguar XJ220? - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

The Jaguar XJ220 is a supercar that often gets unfairly left out of the conversation of all-time greatest cars.

This is because the XJ220 arrived at a time when the Porsche 959 and Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] F40 had already captured the hearts and minds of auto-loving folks around the globe and McLaren was about to drop its F1. Jaguar also made the mistake of promising the car with a V-12 and then launching it with a V-6.

Still, it's a car that was king of the production car overall speed title. Guinness recognized it thusly thanks to its 217.1 mph top speed, which kept the Jag in this place until the McLaren F1 came along.

Close to 300 were made, and the remaining cars are surely cherished by their owners. However, we what may not be so cherished is the limited availability of parts for the car. Remember, production ended over two decades ago.

There's a shop in the United Kingdom that actually produces parts for the XJ220 should one of the cars require something. It's called Don Law Racing  and recently it teamed up with Bridgestone to develop a new tire for the remaining Jaguar XJ220s that exist on the planet.

This falls in line with the 25th anniversary of the car in 2017. Bridgestone is developing the new tire in cooperation with the original Jaguar engineers and test drivers that worked on the XJ220, and it's using a pre-production chassis to make sure it all works as planned. The new tire is sized as 255/45ZR17 for the front and a massive 345/55/ZR18 out back.

Interestingly, Jaguar’s own classic car department Jaguar Classic has teamed up with Pirelli to also develop a tire for the XJ220. Pirelli’s tire will be a P Zero design that will look like the classic tires used during the XJ220’s heyday but with the latest tire compounds and technologies. This includes internal damping within the tire to even out shocks, lessen noise, and provide more precise control while increasing comfort.

If you're planning on hitting that 217 mile per hour top speed in your XJ220, perhaps you should wait until your new tires are ready. You might even grab another mph or two with that new rubber.

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106072_bridgestone-and-pirelli-developing-new-tires-for-the-jaguar-xj220

by Jeff Glucker

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Aston Martin - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - This Is What It Looks Like When An Aston Martin V12 Grenades Itself - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

There’s a certain amount of cringe factor when it comes to expensive things meeting their end in an undignified way. It’s the train wreck that you would never wish on your worst enemy, but for some reason, can never look away from. Case in point: this Aston Martin V12 that met its untimely end with its internal engine components shitting the bed, carnage aplenty. You have been warned.

The early model 2005-2006 Aston Martin DB9 was one of the best looking and sounding cars ever made. It has no bad lines, and its subdued yet powerful exhaust note meant that its performance, much like the Wu Tang Clan, wasn’t nothing to fuck with.

However, it did have an Achilles’ heel in the fact that Aston Martin quietly told its hard-of-hearing owners to change the oil every 10,000 miles, which led to problems with some cars having serious oil starvation issues from a design defect that didn’t allow for changes in oil viscosity over time.

What this essentially means, to the layperson, is that the engine, while usually providing plenty of oil to lube all the metal bits spinning at tremendous speeds, would stop providing the precious lube in key areas.

If the engine is revved with no oil in it, you’d have direct metal on metal contact and the high-strung components would unravel in a matter of seconds, which is exactly what we have in this video, with the last two cylinders on each bank of Aston Martin’s hand-build 6.0 liter V12 completely and utterly destroying themselves while notably pissed-off mechanics complain about the build quality of a $150,000 supercar.

source: http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-an-aston-martin-v12-gre-1785541358
by Freddy Tavarish Hernandez

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Range Rover - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - Range Rover Sport Gets Updated Infotainment, New Safety Tech for 2017 - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Get ready to say goodbye to the aging LR4 and hello to the new Discovery.

The handsome SUV makes its world debut this month at the 2016 Paris auto show and will be on sale by mid-2017, arriving as a 2018 model.

Although it’s aimed at soccer moms—it’s Land Rover’s rival to three-row, seven-seat luxury SUVs such as the Audi Q7 and Volvo XC90—it’s still every bit as capable as its predecessor when heading off-road, as you’ll discover in these promotional videos.

In developing the Discovery, Land Rover drove prototypes in more than 20 countries and racked up more than a million miles. Land Rover describes the SUV as “unstoppable” on any surface, including grass, mud, rocks, sand, snow and even the race track.

Of course, they had a good starting point as the Discovery makes use of Land Rover’s aluminum platform found in the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport SUVs. Known as the Premium Lightweight Architecture (PLA), the platform should also bring significant improvements in efficiency and dynamic qualities over the LR4 thanks to reduced weight.

The covers will come off the Discovery on September 28, the eve of the Paris auto show. To learn about some of the other vehicles appearing at the French event, head to our dedicated hub.

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106102_land-rover-shows-off-new-discoverys-off-road-skills

by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

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BMW - Repair and Consignment Sales Redwood City - A behind-the-scenes look at the Pennzoil BMW 'Joyride' video - Bosch European Redwood City - (650) 368-3000

Well, at least they call it a behind-the-scenes look. This is more of a quick peek at why Pennzoil came out to the Northern Canadian Rockies to sling a BMW M6 coupe around on the ice and snow. I'm not complaining because you get a few more beauty shots of a fun car doing awesome things, but you also get what is essentially a commercial for Pennzoil.

The main gist here is that Pennzoil needed somewhere very cold. That's because it wanted to show that it's synthetic oil is fully capable of handling the wickedly cold temps you find in the far north of Canada. In fact, the video shows that the Pennzoil stuff pours freely while some standard stuff looks like honey.

To be fair, Pennzoil picked its own 0W synthetic oil and compared it to some 20W conventional oil. Of course it's going to look like that when it's 14 degrees outside. Regardless, it's just cool to see a BMW sliding and drifting on a road (among other places) where you don't expect it. The main takeaway here is that Rhys Millen is pretty awesome and can really handle a car.

If you still need more BMW ice-road truckers action, take a look at the 360-degree video that Pennzoil released:

source: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1106286_a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-pennzoil-bmw-joyride-video

by Jeff Glucker

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