lol-lol

Toprak seemed opened to the idea but is in with a chance of the WSB Championship. Locatelli is quality as WSS 600 champion Gerloff I am not convinced. Always loads of promising talent as their a re dozens of great R6 riders who could setup to the R1M but you never know until they are in the mix. El Daiblo keeps scoring podiums, even in 3rd, the MotoGP title should be his.

I am going to drive a Lotus 7, "I am not a number I am a free man"

Rumours Crutchlow will take Vinales place for a while. Plenty of Yamaha web and Moto2 riders who will jump at the chance. So Diablo for the motogp championship, Yamahas first for a few years.

Vinales suspended for trying to blow his bike up !

These firms that promise one stop shop for selling in to Europe ie single VAT registration and handling all the VAT returns etc well good luck to them. It sounds more for parcel services and I am not sure that DHL and the like are worried and I think they will be doing something similar. We are doing container loads and usually for Multi National Corporations so they will do it all internally but it is still a multi-billion Euro headache for them anyways. We just do the customs movements ie export, import and Union Transit. We do not get involved much directly in Road Freight as Air Freight and Container movement is much more our thing, much cleaner, oh and a bit of trains these days which I think will grow and grow both from China and from EU Inland Clearance Depots and UK inland clearance depots. Devon police clocked an EU lorry doing 84 mph down Holden Hill on the A38, that is some kinetic energy.

BREXIT is now split milk but also a gift that keeps on giving in terms of a massive boost to turnover of international logistics companies and the employees, manna from heaven, or from British companies trying to export and EU companies importing in to the UK. Need to change the Octy next year but should be able to get a last vehicle without ISA. Ship has arrived in Bristol with over a thousand Long Range MG 5s so might try and get one of those or the next shipload.

I was definitely a Remainer and it is clear the Nissan in Sunderland, Toyota in Derby will make the cars to this spec and making the UK cars to this spec will add a bit of cost which will make for more expensive cars of course. Most EU safety things have been great ie mandatory ABS and seat belt wearing with all the warning when the driver or passenger are not wearing their seat belts, all good. I changed my mind about BREXIT when it started to feed so much extra revenue in to my company and our pay packets due to those thousands of extra customs entries ie full bonus this year and now a whole months extra salary in December, kind of won me over. We will see with this ISA stuff and hope much it might spoil driving but hopefully I will continue to have the option to use the motorcycle which, as with much of these regulations, takes several years more to usually get through to motorcycling. If driving on the road increasingly become dull until we eventually have autonomous cars well that is the way it is going, then having a bit of fun will have to go on the race track which is arguably where it should be anyways. Bike and car track days for fun, and then a respect for others bikers, car drivers, cyclist and pedestrians will happen due to the tech, inevitable. Maybe it might be set to limit plus 10% plus 2% like many speed cameras and then we can drive/set to drive at 79/80 mph on the motorways, Con government talked about doing this but again talk and no action. Hopefully it will not disrupt our distribution of Aston and Mclarens as they will be going to customers who will not be effected or have ways round.

Welcome to ISA - (intelligent speed assistance limiter) - UK to follow EU adoption on new cars. Like with the road tax changes will this make second hand cars more valuable ? At present looks motorcycles are excluded but suspect it is only a matter of time. Big Brother society ? Might people de-restrict saying they drive to Germany etc but it sounds like the system might be clever enough to upload the local speed limit at a country level, urban, country side etc by the sounds of it. Progress you are happy with ? What if one is doing an overtake and the system intercedes and put your life in danger ?

222 km real world tested range with an average speed of 120 kph. Not exactly close the car's quoted range of more like 360 kms. Car designers only achieving a drag coefficient of 0.288 is pretty poor. Mk 4 Octy is 0.24 as is the "normal" Ionic !!! Ionic 5 not a autobahn, autostrada, motorway car. 0.249[189] Škoda Octavia MkIV liftback 2020 0.24[190] Hyundai Ioniq 2016–Present 0.24[191] Kia Optima Hybrid 2016 0.24[c] Mercedes-Benz S 350 BlueTec[192] 2013 0.24[c] Mercedes-Benz C 220 BlueTec BlueEfficiency Sedan[193] 2014–Present 0.24 Tesla Model S[194] 2012 0.24 Toyota Prius[195] 2016 0.24 BMW i4 2021 0.236 Xpeng P7[196] 2020 0.23[197][c] Audi A4 2.0 TDI ultra (110 kW) 2015 0.23[198][c] Alfa Romeo Giulia Advanced Efficiency 2016 0.23[199][c] BMW 320d (G20) 2018 0.23[200] Tesla Model 3 2017 0.22[185] Porsche Taycan Turbo 2019 0.22[201][c] BMW 5 series (G30) 520d EfficientDynamics 2017 0.22[202][c] Mercedes-Benz CLA 180 BlueEfficiency Sedan 2013 0.212 (according to some sources: 1:5 model test)[203][204][205] Tatra T77A 1935[206] [207] [208] [209] 0.208 Tesla Model S[210] 2021

First article explains it quite well I think. The turbo engine must be a downsized version hence comparing the 1.2 TSI/TCE, the PSA 3 cylinder, Ford Ecoboost, usually 3 cylinder and not 4 but putting out up to 140 hp, then compare to a 2 litre NA engine and not the same capacity but compare similar HP. I find travelling just at the point where the maximum torque is ie just over 1500 rpm, which I feel is best exploited by auto gearboxes with 7,8, or 9 ratios. Also the brilliant double declutching in ECO mode ie both clutches are popped. Not sure I am up to the full engine shut down the latest VW cars do with just the reserve electrical system powering the power steering. A bit weird but something one get use to I suppose. All good for burning as little E10, E5 or diesel as possible.

Indeed two very distinct issues. Use of diesel vehicles in cities and the minute particulates ie the PMs 2.5, 10 that trigger lung problems and the CO2 which is causing climate change which diesels were generally quite good at lower figures than petrol vehicles and the dip in diesel sales has actually seen average vehicle CO2 go up. I am probably not a typical driver but it is good to hear my brother talk of his transition to from diesel SUV to mild hybrid turbo-petrol and his consistently mentions he is now getting better mpg out of the mild hybrid than he was on the diesel and not just on those sub 10 km trips but the long ones too. There is hope. The recalibration of CO2 and mpg under WLTP seems to have confused and depressed many. I am impressed what either of my cars do on my recent trips from Worcestershire to Oxford airport when taking the beautiful A roads rather than zooming round the motorway which can be 5 minutes faster but is nearly 20 miles further. MPG on the Fabia 3 1.4 diesel is showing 75 mpg and the Octy 3 1.4 TSI DSG 60 mpgs, wow ! Might even make some money at 45 pence per mile tax allowance. No towns driven though so not really polluting many people to but would love to be doing such journeys in an EV. Due to fill up the petrol car soon so will try and see how the E10 works out. Expect I will try and use Momentum 1 in 4 tankfuls.

India has been adopting Euro 6 level emission law a quite a rate and they are similar to Euro 6 for new 4 wheeled cars. Problems is with so many 3 wheelers and motorcycles which are back at Euro 4 level or even the dreaded, although fondly remembered by me, 2 stokes of course. Delhi and Mumbai are mega cities more than twice the size of London so have their problems and whilst India is growing economically about one and half times faster than China, ie nearly 10% rather than 6%, it has a long way to go its GDP per capita is still only just over $2,000 so still a very poor to China near $9,000 ie no longer a "Developing country" not that it gets preference in many trade deals. If this cars, even if Natural Aspirated, are EUR 6 equivalent and replacing some polluting Tuk-tuk that has got to be good. UK still has nearly a million Euro 5 and below polluting vehicles, which is still a significant percentage of the UK registered numbered so we have plenty to do ourselves. Birmingham clean air zone now been running over a month, even the 65 plate diesel Fabia is not charged thankfully. Clean Air Zone Daily charge Zone live Map Exemptions Bath No Charge Now Zone boundary Bath and North East Somerset Council Birmingham No Charge Now Zone boundary Birmingham City Council Portsmouth No Charge Late 2021 Zone boundary Portsmouth City Council Be interesting to see air quality improves https://aqicn.org/city/birmingham/ and we see a drop in that near 1,000 deaths a year in Brum from air pollution. E10 suppose to help CO2 by about 2% https://fleetworld.co.uk/e10-could-address-air-pollution-and-fuel-duty-concerns-in-short-term-appg-report-finds/

Mostly pretty bad........https://www.smmt.co.uk/vehicle-data/car-registrations/ (SMMT data) MG, Suzuki and Volvo seem to be done quite well, most other brands bad times. Mazda 2,252 1.83 2,805 1.60 -19.71 Mercedes-Benz 6,786 5.50 10,254 5.86 -33.82 MG 2,411 1.96 1,846 1.06 30.61 MINI 3,136 2.54 4,442 2.54 -29.40 Mitsubishi 451 0.37 929 0.53 -51.45 Nissan 3,855 3.13 6,575 3.76 -41.37 Peugeot 2,602 2.11 6,392 3.65 -59.29 Polestar 309 0.25 8 0.00 3,762.50 Porsche 1,149 0.93 2,295 1.31 -49.93 Renault 1,304 1.06 6,598 3.77 -80.24 SEAT 4,352 3.53 5,357 3.06 -18.76 Skoda 5,196 4.21 6,121 3.50 -15.11 smart 114 0.09 168 0.10 -32.14 Ssangyong 103 0.08 172 0.10 -40.12 Subaru 135 0.11 60 0.03 125.00 Suzuki 2,307 1.87 1,877 1.07 22.91 Toyota 9,160 7.43 9,899 5.66 -7.47 Vauxhall 4,952 4.02 9,771 5.59 -49.32 Volkswagen 12,454 10.10 15,617 8.93 -20.25 Volvo 3,994 3.24 3,958 2.26 0.91

Sadly we have not the roads, or rather laws and police enforcement, to properly fully use our cars. I have the 110 Kw version of the 1.4 TSI Octy 3 and it should be able to show well over 225 kph on the speedo on a good quite bit of motorway. Had an Octy 2 petrols vrs with the 147 kw unit and that was still puling like a train with 240 kph on the speedo. The Octy is a wonderful stable and aerodynamic platform no wonder it was chosen and achieved the sub 2 litre Land Speed at 367 kph. New mark 4 Octy, with its incredible Aero drag coefficient of 0.24 will help it sip fuel whether it is E10 or E5.

Not sure I would want to try and join an unrestricted part of the Autobahn with less than much 100 kWs. Usually travelling in a A6 or Golf. The manager in the Frankfurt office changed to Skoda K something and oh my God it did feel far less safe changing lanes at 200-220 kph. Mind you this guy did quite well in a 66 kw mk 3 fabia same as one my cars, respect. 3:20 in on this wierd video. Figure is on the speedo and not GPS but would have thought it is a good 190 kph. Diesel, I presume, is still dinosaur juice rather than plant extract so not running in to these lowering of spec issues ?

You mean Lexus who have less than 1% of the UK market and have declined 15% since last year. You may have spotted the reason for the failure ! Why are people not buying new cars I wonder ? This year looks even worse than last and I thought we were all getting back to driving. Is the chip shortage killing new sales that much ? JULY % Change MARQUE 2021 % Market share 2020 % Market share Abarth 270 0.22 213 0.12 26.76 Alfa Romeo 114 0.09 185 0.11 -38.38 Alpine 9 0.01 10 0.01 -10.00 Audi 10,184 8.26 12,017 6.87 -15.25 Bentley 103 0.08 158 0.09 -34.81 BMW 7,863 6.38 11,446 6.54 -31.30 Citroen 1,858 1.51 3,330 1.90 -44.20 Cupra 593 0.48 0 0.00 0.00 Dacia 1,688 1.37 2,558 1.46 -34.01 DS 235 0.19 228 0.13 3.07 Fiat 1,613 1.31 1,949 1.11 -17.24 Ford 8,567 6.95 18,814 10.76 -54.46 Genesis 27 0.02 0 0.00 0.00 Honda 2,837 2.30 3,322 1.90 -14.60 Hyundai 5,959 4.83 5,425 3.10 9.84 Jaguar 1,288 1.04 2,746 1.57 -53.10 Jeep 517 0.42 555 0.32 -6.85 Kia 7,829 6.35 9,110 5.21 -14.06 Land Rover 3,240 2.63 5,730 3.28 -43.46 Lexus 1,114 0.90 1,309 0.75 -14.90

The top of the Range Aygo is well spec'd and has some good safety bits on it, still would rather have a Sandero TCE 0.9 and several thousands in the bank. The Corsa is currently the best selling car in the UK and is available with a 75 hp NA engine and some turbo petrol and diesel Parker's neatly sum up my experience with these NA town cars. And as we try and keep to the thread it does sound like these types of cars are going to find it tougher with the lower calorific E10 fuel. https://www.parkers.co.uk/car-buying/2019/which-vauxhall-corsa-is-right-for-me/ =========================================================================================================================================================== Which Corsa engine is right for me? At launch, the Vauxhall Corsa is offered with a choice of four different powertrains. These are: 75hp 1.2-litre non-turbocharged petrol, paired to a five-speed manual gearbox 100hp 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol, paired to either a six-speed manual gearbox or an eight-speed automatic gearbox 102hp 1.5-litre diesel, paired to a six-speed manual gearbox 136hp electric motor with a single-speed automatic transmission Which of these is best for you depends totally on the kind of driving you do. We’d recommend the 75hp 1.2-litre unit only for those who spend the vast majority of their time in towns and cities and rarely venture onto faster roads. Alternatively, it could be a good low-cost option for younger drivers looking to minimise their insurance costs. Its power deficit means it’s not particularly relaxed on fast A-roads and motorways, and there’s little in reserve if you need to overtake. In addition, the five-speed gearbox leaves the engine revving loudly at high speeds. We think the best petrol choice for most drivers is the 100hp unit. It’s still peppy around town but much more relaxed on the motorway, and the six-speed manual gearbox is useful for refinement. It’s also likely that this engine will return better real-world fuel economy, as it doesn’t need to be worked as hard as the 75hp model. =================================================================================================================================================================

The one that is made in the Czech Republic ie the Kolin plant which Toyota have just bought out PSA half of on January 1st this year ? You surely can appreciate the difference between your fabulous mark 3 Octavia, not sure if you have the fabulous 7 speed DSG or the 6 speed manual. With the 1.4 TSI one has bags of torque (250 nm) from 1500 rpm, and I am sue to getting mid 50s mpg out of mine. What is the Aygo, 93 Nm ? If there are two cars which highlight the difference for a non-turbo and turbo these are good examples. And the road tax and emission ? Considering the Octy has nearly 4 times the boot space, can hold 5 in comfort, which is the better to drive anywhere except in a car park ? We have to be particularly carefully about emission in towns and that means town cars should be EVs or ultra low emission considering the 40k deaths a year in the UK alone. Not the Bideford and Barnstaple are too high on the danger list for this I would expect but even Worcester has its emission black spot roads.

The idea of driving most natural aspirated cars, barring those specialist high revving or high capacity ones, on Germany Autobahns would either scare the willies trying to use the fast lane or confine me to the slow lane with the lorries and it is sounding that E10 will make things worse. There are a mass of stories ie E10 is even worse in cooler weather, very bad if left static in a car left standing over weeks. Appears a big deal if power is marginal in the first place.

Ford have dropped the 2.3 Ecoboost engine ? Heard they had some problems and had even dropped the HP to stop some of the failures. Could have/should have used the T5 or new 2 litre turbo engine. In the odd application NA still have a place, like motorcycles, The 812 is one of the most polluting cars left in production at over 350 gms/km, V8 Mustang around 300 gm/km. The road tax will be very high, not that the Ferrari owner is likely to be bothered but we should be in terms of environmental damage. I bought a 1.2 HTP for one of the kids about 8 years ago as a low insurance runabout, it was the 60 hp model and we only traded it in a year ago but when I think of the road tax on that as the CO2 was over 120 gm/km, about a grand paid to HMG. It was the lack of torque that annoyed me when driving it as it only had 5 gears as it would not pull a 6th gear I would have thought with only around 100 Nms of torques. We have to reduce our CO2 output as a country and world and the UK Gov is trying to make those who pollute pay for polluting through the Road Tax Year 1 levy and on-going higher payments for. Sadly said goodbye to the 2.5l Type S Jag as the road tax was getting silly. Could get over 40 mpg on a run but we should be aiming for 60 mpg plus and if that has to be on E10 then so be it for the greater good. I use eco on the Octy 3 DSG and it is amazing how much better it is, about another 25 miles per tankful and over 57 mpg and it goes back soon after a 4 year lease and something technical good to follow, EV hopefully, petrol-turbo hybrid at worst. Anybody seen any power-torque curves comparing pure tankfuls of E5 and E10 ? Can always use an occasional tankful of E5 Momentum to offset I suppose.

High Torque and Power, HTP. Think there is a trade description case there.

I did ask if you had any link to stats that only 40% were turbo. I still believe N.A. engine s are pretty much for that crumby base model edition and it is more about the main base load of driving, delivering is done by turbo motors, thank God for the same of emissions etc. but also that turbo motors will adapt to E10 better as their enhanced electronics, especially with the auto boxed versions will electronically compensate for the lower calorific value E10 fuel where manuals N.A. cars will left flayling for the lost hp.

Do you what has held the record for the fastest forced induction production car in the world ? Skoda Octavia at 228 mph. Two way figure, was producing around 600 hp. One of the great pluses of turbo over N.A. is more power is much easier to get. I believe it will also adapt to E10 better than N.A. through the electronics.

You only see part of the Mazda range in the UK or even in Europe as several of the Japanese manufacturers now regard Europe as the poor third of the World's car market. In the States they have the CX9 which is a significant model and the 6 is already turbo over there were it is not here odd really, maybe due to California. I expect Mazda find it difficult to deal with the extra costs turbos add compared to payback and they have quite down with advance combustion chamber design etc with their SkyActiv tech running higher compression than almost anybody else which is a good factor to engine efficiency. The 1 lire MPI, like Dacia/Renaults SCE sell a few but all the mags say avoid if anything but a City car. As Clarkson say for the UP that the accelerator is more of a switch of full on to full off the a throttle to partially use in the excellent episode in the Ukraine with the Fiesta and the Sandero. We will be seeing electric "turbo", really a supercharger, on more cars but which every type of turbo it is it looks the growth will continue even with more EVs being around. https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/automotive-turbocharger-market?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI15vz-KOm8gIVDu3tCh1uhgYeEAAYASAAEgL7-vD_BwE

Really ? I would have thought most major manufacturers and models, like the focus, have not had NA models since around 2010. Do you have an official stats/link on that ? It is not so important whether there is actually a vehicle sat on someone's drive that is NA but who is doing the bulk of mile, a general slow and dirty NA car or a cleaner, faster and more economical, thermally efficiently, turbocharged vehicle. I had a 2.0 MX5 hardtop with retractable roof for a year or so I know how slow they are even compared to 1.4/1.5 turbo. People kept coming up and asking to make hairdressing appointments to, what is that all about ?