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Drivers Log.(News)(Product/service evaluation)
MORRISON: I was a bit lost on the appeal of this car-until I looked at the numbers and the price of the regular BMW 760i. This version is cheaper by a few thousand dollars, has more juice by 62 hp and 72 lb-ft and weighs 500 pounds less. It suddenly makes sense: It's the ultimate bargain baller-mobile. Okay, maybe not quite a bargain, but it's a pretty bad machine.
But someone tell me if I'm crazy: The iDrive in this sucker seems like an older, more convoluted version. It uses different display icons from what I've become used to, and the radio is more confusing than it has been for me in ages. What gives? Why doesn't this have the new version?
FLORADAY: I loved being able to meander through traffic around town and not have to deal with the high-strung tendencies of an M car. When I really wanted to open it up, I booted it and waited a half-second for the downshift. Speed comes quickly, and it's rock-solid and inspires confidence.
These tuned German cars seem to defy physics. On an empty stretch of flat, straight highway, I floored it, and I couldn't get to a speed where I noticed a drop-off in thrust. And the larger ventilated discs from the 760i quickly brought me back to reality.
The wheel-mounted buttons for manual shift control did bother me. They aren't well integrated, and as far as I can tell, there's no way to get the transmission back into auto mode without shifting to neutral and back to drive. Paddle shifters ...
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...paper describes a debate about national fuel-economy standards for sport-utility vehicles...classroom. The subject of automobile fuel economy benefits from a familiarity with thermodynamics...statistical physics This discussion of SUV fuel-economy standards has been used in Thermal ...
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