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Auto
Africa 2004
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Broadcast
dates : 31st October 2004
4th November 2004 |
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In
contrast to the massive show of strength on Mercedes
stand, the BMW expo was a model of restraint.
But in terms of performance there is nothing restrained
about the new M5 mega-sedan, due here in June 2005.
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This
is the fourth-generation M5. Launched in Europe a few
months ago, it’s set to rock the establishment,
despite its slightly pin-stripe suit appearance.
A zero-to-one-hundred in four-comma-seven seconds, a
top speed of two-hundred-and-fifty kilometres-per-hour-limited, but close to three-hundred with the speed limiter removed, a
seven-speed sports-manual gearbox with lightening-fast
manual changes, and a V10 engine.
Nothing
understated about that!
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Volkswagen’s
stand was a mix of on-and off-road performance elements,
and these came together in its Paris-Dakar lookalike
showcar, called Concept T.
It’s fitted with a V6 engine churning out a
hundred-and-seventy-seven kiloWatts, and has four-Motion
all-wheel-drive to go with those chunky, almost
amphibious-looking tyres.
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The
VW Golf GTi has had rave reviews in Europe, and its
performance is competitive in the highly-charged
boy-racer league with a six-speed gearbox and a
seven-comma-two-second naught-to-one-hundred.
Overseas the new GTi is available with the amazing new
Direct Shift Gearbox, the world’s leading edge
transmission system we reviewed in the Audi TT a short
while ago.
With DSG, the zero to one-hundred is cut to
six-comma-nine seconds, well in keeping with the bigger
alloys, deep-throat air intakes and low stance.
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