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Car Spotting: TVR Sagaris Spotted: A93 Aberdeen to Perth Production Year: 2005 Power: 283kw/385bhp Torque: 473 Newton Metres Weight: 1078 Kilogramms Engine Type: 6 cylinder, in line Displacement: 4 Liters
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E DITOR I A L BMW, BMW, BMW and a bit of Audi and TVR What do you expect from a kid from Munich who once got trapped inbetween a headrest and a steering wheel in an e32 v12 when he was 2 years old and hadn’t quite figuered out how memory seats work? Of course I became deeply attached to the brand. Munich is an interesting place to grow up as a petrol head. Almost all of my friends first cars were BM’s and wherever you go BMW is pretty much omnipresent. There also is an abundance of BMW car meets, one of which we visited. You will find the fotos on page X. We went on a road trip to Croatia with ann e30 and an e91. You will find the same e91 in our piece on future classics but there is an Audi in it too. Don’t get me wrong this is not a giant advertorial for BMW but every petrolhead will have owned a BMW at some point and the cars BMW produce are still unique in their drivetrain layout. Very few mainstream manufactureres dare to still produce rear wheel driven cars that you can also use to carry all your luggage on a skiing holiday and let you switch off all safety systems. TVR took it one step further. Their cars made do without any Safety system other than seatbelts. But these concepts seem to come with a use-by date. TVR is no more and BMW just presented their first front wheel drive car (2 series). This is reason enough for us to have a look back at some of their milestone cars.
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This Car Spotting Editorial 1 Future Classics Owning a Halo Car A Car Called Brunhilde Roadtrips: Croatia
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If you think these cars could not possible fit in a vintage car magazine, you are wrong. What you see here are two future classics. Here’s why: The BMW e91 has the charme of the e36 range. It is not very pretty, but it looks modern and aggressive but it is very capable it is the perfect car to keep if it is your only car. There is a lot of space, this model has all wheel drive, power is sufficient to have fun and it is ridiculously frugal. The owner of this car claims he can get 47 mpg without driving particularly careful. Audi’s last convertible A4 looks a bit more dated but it really does not matter. In my eyes it
is timelessly pretty and may I stress it is the last A4 cabriolet. Audi stopped building A4 drop tops all together. Audi has refined the classic “bathtub” shape and the s-line trim makes it look rather sporty. Every time I see the alloy wheels I get a little bit frustrated, that they are only available to Audi drives. They are gorgeous: Elegant and sporty. The interior only amplifies what you get on the outside. The BMW’s looks and feels a lot more modern. The climate control is very easy and safe to operate while driving. The switches are very well laid out
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but the radio is rather disap-
nicely upholstered with black
in the BMW radio stations are
pointing. Unless the previous
leather to suit the leather and
easy to select. But the A4 in-
owner has ordered the idrive
alcantara Sports seats.
terior layout is not particularly
system it feels a little basic. The Audi’s interior is fantastic. The material quality is great. Although early models might have problems with the soft
good, switches and knobs are
BMW: A typical E-era cockpit: Bland but functional and granished with a rather ugly steering wheel. The material quality is excellent.
touch paint on the door handles. Everything feels much
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in odd places and sometimes it takes a while to find what you are looking for, even when you are used to driving the car. The climate control panel is awful.
You also get a decent radio
It is cluttered and located deep
nicer than in the BMW. The
even if you did not order the
down in the centre console.
steering wheel is chunky but
MMI navigation radio. There’s
You have to take your eyes of
has just the right size, it is
a big display and other than
the street for several second
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to make proper adjustments.
more and the tires will grip and
like a petrol engine if it weren’t
I’ve driven the A4 for several
get you our of trouble. I have
for the sound and the massive
months and unfortunately I
driven the car with Continen-
amount of torque from as low
never got used to the awkward
tal Sports Contact 3 last year
as 1000rpm. You can’t feel
AC panel. But it is nothing
and I have to say while they
any turbo lag and the gearbox
compared to the quirks you
don’t have as much grip as the
is precise and allows you to
need to get used to when you
Michelins the car felt more re-
shift quickly. The weight of the
drive a truly old car.
clutch is nicely judged and
But the quality of leather
the brakes are responsive
cannot be excused this
and overall very confi-
particular car has done
dence inspiring. The
less than 40k miles
Audis engine has
and one of the
noticeable turbo
seats already
lag and the
shows signs
lazy au-
of wear.
tomatic
Driv-
gearbox
ing them
does not
couldn’t be
help the feel
more different.
you get when
The Audi always
you step on the
feels front wheel
throttle pedal.
driven and when you
Both suspensions are
reach the limits of grip it will under steer and then it will under steer and then it will under steer some more. But grip levels are high in the dry especially with the 235/40 R 18 Michelin Pilot Sport Rubber. The Audi will turn in very willingly and when you think you have reached the maximum angle you just turn in a bit
great everyday setups. sponsive on the Continentals. Although the BMW is 4-wheeldrive it feels inherently rear driven. The BMW feels more neutral in fast corners and the owner says you can get it sideways if you are aggressive enough. The engine of the 320xd is it’s party piece.
The Audi is slightly stiffer but both have a well-judged amount of comfort. The BMW’s electric steering is devoid of true feel but it is more direct that the Audis system and allows you to place the car on the road just as precisely as in the Audi.
MM
It revs freely and feels almost
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The prices of the A4 Cabriolet are stable and likely to appreciate. But its gearbox and the engine feel dated. The BMW has the nicer drivetrain overall.
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A4 B7 Cabriolet 2.0 TDI ABT
BMW 320xd touring
Trim Level: S-Line
Trim Level: Future Package, Comfort Package
Production Year: 2007 Power: 125kw/168bhp Torque: ? 320 + X NM Weight: 1600 Kilogramms Engine Layout: in line 4, transversly mounted Engine type: Diesel, 16 valve Displacement: 2 Liters
Production Year: 2011 Power: 135kw/181bhp Torque: 380 NM Weight: 1580 Kilogramms Engine Layout: in line 4, transversly mounted Engine type: Diesel, 16 valve Displacement: 2 Liters
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“The KW V3 suspension is too soft. It bottomed out in the Foxhole .�
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A Car Called Brunhilde
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“It’s so German it needs a Ger-
man name and it’s a she” , Mike said. Mike was my friend before he decided to give my car a name. I tried to fight it but at some point the name just stuck like a real-
Left: Changing the exhaust gas return valve: Be prepared to have bleeding hands afterwards. The valve is between the firewall and the intake manifold.
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ly bad nickname someone gave you in highschool. Mike was also witness of the ups and downs I had with the car. Ups: It is rearwheel drive. Most people find it effortlessly cool (much cooler than the owner could ever be). It will
drift very nicely on wet Scottish roads. It is very quick. It will do 240kph/149mph and it has 210kw of power (which is around 280 bhp). It is very, very comfy. Downs: Fuel, it uses a lot (17mpg ). The steering is rub-
Centre left: Brunhilde’s fuel pump and pump relais broke because of a broken wire. The street was too narrow for the tow truck to get in so she had to be lifted out.
Centre Right: Changing the control arms in my Garage. (Not recommended) Right: New drilled brake discs because the old discs got too hot and warped on the Nuerburgring.
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bish it uses 3 tie rods and only 2 whishbones to connect the wheels to the subframe but it weighs close to 2 tonnes. Needless to say it will develop a decent amount play in the steering system unless you change the entire front axle
construction every 70k Miles. And even then you will be lucky to have less than 2 fingers wide of play at the wheel. So it’s not that mutch fun to place it accurately on a quick B-road. (Brunhilde is more of an A-road cruiser. You can get
down a nice sweeping A-road at silly speeds.) The brakes, oh well they much like the front axle construction they are too small for such a heavy and powerful car. The brakepedal feels spongy and has a long travel even with
brand new pads and discs. It will slow effectively but it’s not an experience that will be particularly confidence inspiring. The ride is soft but controlled but there will be a decent amount of body roll when cornering and even more dive under braking. Lastly there’s the gearbox. It is a 5 speed ZF
automatic. And that is it’s biggest problem: It’s an automatic. The box also has a bad reputation and tends to brake quite frequently. It also revs the engine uneccessarily high in city traffic and is generally faily unpleasent unless you are very agressive with it then it will actually stay in alow gear under
breaking and in tight corners. It is behaves surprisingly sporty. Well thers’s a lot wrong with Brunhilde but you just have to love her. It is part of the whole experience of owning an old car there will always be things to fix and worry about. But in the end you get to drive something very special. MM
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Data sheet BMW e34 540i Engine: 4 Litre V8 Gearbox: 5-speed automatic Power: 210 kw Tourque: 400 NM Weight: ca. 2000kg 0-60mph: 6.2 sec Top Speed: 149 mph
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