Driving at the limits: With the Porsche Cayenne GTS at the Arctic circle... Racing car legend, Walter Röhrl, demonstrates tricks for driving on ice...

The Avant versus the Estate. The Audi A4 versus the Mercedes C-Class.
Which station wagon is leading the pack?
test it! The Porsche Cayenne Endurance Test at the Polar Circle


You do not have to be a Formula One racer to take it to the limit. When road conditions are anything but optimal during winter months, with snow and ice, driving can be very hazardous. At a test circuit in Sweden, rally legend Walter Röhrl teaches us some tricks to get around safely on icy roads.compare it! The Audi A4 Avant vs. The Mercedes C180 T


Our comparison of two luxury station wagons proves that a big engine is not necessary to carry a lot of cargo in style. The Audi A4 Avant faces off with the Mercedes C Class T model. The Audi’s 1.8 liter turbocharged engine generates 160 horsepower and the C180’s small 1.6 liter motor with a compressor packs 156 horsepower. Both consume around seven liters of fuel per hundred kilometers.picture it! Chasing a Speed Record with a Natural Gas-powered Car


A number of carmakers have been making efforts to develop alternative energy sources to power automobiles, including natural gas. Recently, teams have been vying for a speed record with natural-gas powered vehicles. We accompanied a group in the northwestern German town of Papenburg, which tried to beat the 250-kilometer per hour record set by a Rinspeed Porsche. They were hoping to clock 260 kph. They face plenty of competition.spot it! The MZ Motorcycle Museum


There was a time when the world’s biggest motorcycle factory was in the city of Zschopau, in the Erzgebirge of southern Saxony. The factory was established in 1907 by a Danish industrialist who built fittings for steam engines and then switched to making motorcycles after World War I. After more than 80 years of production, the factory closed its doors for the last time in late 2008. All that remains is a museum in Wildeck Castle, filled with the factory’s products. They include the RT125, of which more units were made than any other German motorcycle, and the popular ES250/2 . We take a farewell look at a German motorcycling tradition.inside it! The Deadly Blind Spot


Drivers of all vehicles are familiar with the blind spots that their rear view mirrors do not cover. For truck drivers, the blind spot on the passenger side of the vehicle is especially big and dangerous especially to bicyclists and pedestrians. An additional wide-angle rear-view mirror introduced in recent years has failed to solve the problem, so now traffic safety lobbyists are urging adoption of the DOBLI-mirror in front of the windshield. It eliminates the entire blind spot, and is credited with significantly reducing traffic casualties in the Netherlands.vintage! The Mercedes 300 SEL 6.8 AMG


The grandaddy of the Mercedes tuning subsidiary AMG is the 300 SEL 6.8. In 1971 to everyone’s surprise, it finished first in its class at the 24-hour race at Spa in Belgium. Afterwards it disappeared, but now a replica of the 1725 kilogram racer has been built. The 6.3-liter V8 engine generates 320 horsepower and sprints from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in 6.7 seconds. It reaches a maximum speed of 221.