Preview! Mopar 2013 Jeep Wrangler
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The dash-cam footage shows three passenger cars waiting for the green light at an intersection when all of a sudden, the driver of a red MPV makes a hasty U-turn – and for a very good reason as you will soon find out.
You see, on the other side of the road, a large lorry carrying several tons of logs appeared to have some sort of mechanical problem – presumably the braking system – and overturned at the intersection freeing its load.
According to Ukrainian media, amazingly, no one was seriously injured in this scary accident.
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B&B Automobiltechnik is a German tuning brand that specializes on VW Group, BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz products, but now it wants to become known for its Land Rover projects as well, beginning with theRange Rover Evoque.
The base 2.2-liter turbo diesel in the ED4 (2WD) and TD4 (AWD) models makes 148Hp (110kW / 150PS) and 380Nm, but with B&B’s Stage 1 package these figures are boosted to 177Hp (132kW / 180PS) and 450Nm respectively. A Stage 2 kit bumps output to 197Hp (147kW / 200PS) and 475Nm.
For the 188Hp (140kW / 190PS) 2.2-liter SD4 diesel, the Level 1 package increases output to 227Hp (169kW / 230PS) and 480Nm, and the Level 2 to 241Hp (180kW / 245PS) and maximum torque of 500Nm.
Moving on to the Evoque’s 2.2-liter turbocharged gasoline engine that in factory trim produces 236Hp (176kW / 240PS), the first stage kit bumps output to 268Hp (200kW / 272PS), the second to 282Hp (210kW / 286PS) and the third to 295Hp (220kW / 300PS).
The latter allows for a 0-100km/h (62mph) sprint in 6.5 seconds and a top speed of 230km/h (143mph).
In addition to the power packages,B&Balso offers a 30mm lowering kit, a sports exhaust system that adds another 5Hp to all engine variants, a six-piston high performance brake system and a choice of alloy wheel designs in sizes from 19- to 22-inches.
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If there is a next time, the men seen in this video footage trying to make their lives easier bybringing a truck into the water in order to load it with some sort of (assumingly empty) tanks from a boat, may want to try a different approach.On the bright side, the playful German Shepard seen in the beginning of the video made a quick sprint out of the water as soon as the truck began to roll back towards the water.
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A truck loses control on a bridge in southern Brazil and is left hanging over the guardrail.
Report by Katie Lamborn.
Incredibly no one was hurt after two trucks crash into each other throwing one driver out the truck.
This video starts out pretty normal, but quickly escalates into the usual craziness we have become accustomed to from Russian dash-cams.
You will see driver of a black Skoda Octavia notchback overtaking the lorry equipped with the camera and getting behind another truck.
At this point, from what we understand, the two truck drivers were communicating with each other through a CB radio system and decided to slow down and squeeze the Octavia…
The Octavia driver was apparently scared by the move and made a run for it on the side road but he didn’t quite make it….
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In China, a lorry was filmed carrying a total of 18 trucks (!) spread out in two rows. Now that’s what we call being efficient – not to mention being a hazard for the rest of the road users…
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One particular owner of the previous generation GL-Class had no need for the extra seats and was looking for a way to up the luxury ante for the rear passengers. Here is where Bulgarian design studio Vilner stepped in.
The company’s solution was to ditch the two rear rows of seats and replace them with a pair of individual seats (with softer padding) sourced from the front passenger compartment of another GL-Class model while also designing a new center console complete with an armrest, cup holders and an aluminum iPad cradle.
Vilner then reworked the entire cabin adding extra doses of soundproof material from Ground Zero and dressed the interior in a mix of lavish leather and Alcantara. The final touch came with a new high-end audio system that can be controlled by an iPad.
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