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A year after the launch of its award-winning MK3 Golf, Volkswagen has further strengthened its range with the addition of the Vento - the saloon version of the Golf. It replaces the Jetta, but unlike its predecessor is more of a car in its own right, rather than a booted Golf. Like the Golf, however, it is available with a strong range of petrol engines (1.6, 1.8 and 2.0) as well as an impressively refined and economical 1.9 turbo-diesel. There will also be 2.8 VR6, which with a top speed of around 140 mph is easily a competitively priced alternative to a BMW 325i.
Mercedes-Benz has upgrades its SL range with a few styling tweaks as well as the replacement of the six-cylinder 3.0 engine with two new 2.8 and 3.2 V6 units, both of which have the same power output as the original smaller engine. There is also an exceptionally powerful 6.0 V12 engine which joins the already excellent 5.0 V8 that was previously the range-topping model.
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“We are fighting in the quarrel of civilization against barbarism, of liberty against tyranny. Germany has become a menace to the whole world. She is the most dangerous enemy of liberty now existing.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
“If Germany is to become a colonising power, all I say is, “God speed her!” She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind.”
—W.E. (William Ewart)
“If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.”
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)