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Order The Oxford Review (Woodstock, ON) Commande: 16454 Date: 07.07.2016 Page: 46 Circulation: 31000 Page(s): 1 / 1 2016 MERCEDES BENZ G550 Impresses teens disappoints everyone else Jil Mcintosh There aren t many cubbies to strictly for soft surface off road Driving stow stuff where you can easily ing with no sharp turns reach it and the single front seat So why do people still buy Mercedes G Class cupholder is a miniature basket these things Because it s big and may be a stalwart ball net clipped to the side of the in your face you definitely get transmission hump but you do noticed and you re probably the off roader but still get a cigarette lighter only one on your block who owns on the road it s a Should you want to carry two one If I was spending the cash Smarts the rear seats fold and on an off road capable machine punishing letdown tumble for extra cargo space but I d get a Range Rover which Every now and again even that s a chore because the automakers come out with sin releases are on the bottoms of the gle purpose vehicles that so seatbacks Ifyou re short enough spectacularly fulfil what they are to fit behind the wheel you re intended to do that it makes your not tall enough to reach across jaw drop An example is Mer the cargo compartment to pull cedes Benz s massive brick on the levers wheels the G550 Tumbling the rear seats also It initially arrived decades ago requires removing their head when utility vehicles were only restraints unless you re carrying meant to get you through any passengers you ll want to do that thing comfort and handling be anyway since between the tall damned But while other SUVs headrests and the gate mounted evolved and added good on road spare tire you can t see anything performance to their portfolios out the back The standard rear the G550 remains a dinosaur view camera is a welcome fea from another era ture but like all Mercedes sys Originally designed as the mil tems it requires the stereo to be itary style Gelandewagen back in on for the screen to work Other 1979 it s an incredible off roader manufacturers can override the thanks to three locking differen music off button whenever the tials that can essentially turn it vehicle is put in Reverse so why into a tank But virtually every not here G Class today spends its life on That magnificent engine really city streets where the luxurious scoots this heavy vehicle along interior is at odds with ancient but nothing else on the G550 driving dynamics that just don t keeps up with it You have to cut it anymore And that s really manhandle the steering wheel an odd thing to have to say about wrenching it around corners and my tester the G550 which starts then hauling it back to straighten at 127 200 It s the entry model it out The tall narrow design there are also two AMG tuned makes it feel tippy on bends My versions that go as high as 621 tester had adjustable damping horsepower an 1 850 option which didn t There are no complaints about really help matters In Comfort the fabulous new engine the G550 mode it felt like I was driving a gets for 2016 a twin turbo 4 0 plastic bag full of water while in litre V8 that chums out 416 hp Sport mode the shocks are kid versus 382 ponies in last year s ney knockers on rough version along with 450 pound pavement feet of torque The seven speed While its rough stuff ability is automatic the only transmission amazing even getting it all set up choice is beautifully smooth And can be tricky because the G550 that s pretty much where the has to be rolling in neutral before goodness ends you can switch the permanent You can all but fit a Smart four wheel system into or out of Fortwo into the huge cargo com low range Once the centre differ partment but the front seats ential is locked you can further don t go far enough back for any lock either the front or rear axle one beyond a 29 inch inseam to or both All four wheels can turn sit comfortably and drive it and at the same speed for ultimate rear seat space is equally tight go anywhere power but it s © UNLICENSED REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED / REPRODUCTION INTERDITE SANS PERMIS © GMOHA 7027 RefNo: be5453 Order The Tillsonburg News (Tillsonburg, ON) Commande: 16454 Date: 06.07.2016 Page: B10 Circulation: 5279 Page(s): 1 / 1 NextAMG E63 to go AWD But if11 have the AMG GT s4 0 L twin turbo V8 with around 600 horsepower NICKTRAGIANIS DRIVING CA Mercedes Benz will be doing things a little differently when the redesigned E63 rolls out After speakingwith AMG head Tobias Moers at the launch of the GT R Top Gear says the next Mercedes AMGE63 will join the V6 powered E43 in sending its kick to all four wheels It s going to be four wheel drive but we are going to intro duce a completely new four wheel drive system one which we ve never had in the company Moers said That s going to be the biggest step we ever did with Cadillac CTS V and Lexus GS F say rear wheel drive dynamics hood of the E63 But unlike the a generation still power their rear wheels But aren t going anywhere 503 horsepower in the C63 S On first blush it s certainly the one saving grace is that the Naturally Mercedes AMG s and AMG GT S expect the E63 disappointing to hear especially system will be fairly lax in terms twin turbocharged 4 0 litre V8 to pump out around 600 horse since rivals such as the BMW M5 of distributing torque That is to engine will appear under the power much like its rivals © UNLICENSED REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED / REPRODUCTION INTERDITE SANS PERMIS © IJOI 6553 RefNo: be4adf Order Frontenac Gazette (Kingston, ON) Commande: 16454 Date: 07.07.2016 Page: 21 Circulation: 9601 Page(s): 1 / 2 Regional Roundup Frontenac Farmers Market Now Middle Road The little country church June 15 to July 20 This enjoyable exer in our 11th year Saturdays 9 a m at the top of the hill Friday July 8 from cise starts at 7pm weather permitting 2 p m May 21 Oct 29 All local 5 00 7 00PM Cost is 15 for adults and you will be made welcome by the farm products 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