Appreciate that, thanks for watching!

@@GeoMarfil it was meant as a joke. in reality I pressed hard on it

Thanks for watching! 330e

They are Adidas Grand Court, I think.

@ Thank you 😊

Oh, good point, I thought so too before making the video, but I configured one with the M Sport Pro pack and it still doesn't appear to have one. I used the configurator on the German website.

It does have that effect, yes 😃

There is more room in a Spark than in a Mini, yes. If that's what you're looking for then the Mini isn't for you.

Thanks for watching!

To each their own. I think the Model 3 looks okay, but isn't what I'd call pretty. Thanks for watching!

@@OneTireFire 👍Right, on the positive side I think with some minimal changes they really improved the front, so its now one of the better looking EV fronts.

I kept it in battery-saving mode a lot of the time, too.

Yes, they have gone up in value recently, even the 1.9. Six-cylinder cars can fetch $20,000 easy these days

@@OneTireFire да я очень удивлен, да и современные машины стали плохого качества

It's one of the prettiest cars of its era.

@@misjakoning Thank you very much for watching!

Thanks for watching! I have my BMW with an N47 mapped to 210 hp and it's great. I don't see why you couldn't get that much out of the B47.

@OneTireFire After the warranty period, I Will take a look at it. Thanks for your reply!

@@joeferreira657 under 5 l/100km with a light right foot

Thanks for chiming in, good to know. They're robbing you over there in the UK, my second-fav country in Europe after Romania.

Haha yeah we getting shafted in he UK. We don't even have any government incentives/ subsidies like most EU countries do. For example in the Netherlands you can get the RWD LR for (€46k - 3k govt = €43k) £36k. The same car is £45k. That's a bit more than 20% price difference.

@ UK is the “ cash cow “ for the rest of Europe 😡

@@KreolaBoy Yes, absolutely. BMW somehow managed to make even the overweight XM handle well. I have a video of that on the channel if you want to check it out.

only gripe I have with German cars is reliability....too high maintenance

@@KleYou94 Oh, right, fuel consumption. I forgot to mention that. I reset it when I got the car and averaged 7.6 l/100km with mostly urban driving.

It does and doesn't at the same time 😅

@@maurizioturco2670 Thanks for watching!

The funniest comment yet! Thanks for watching :)

There was a lot of talk when this was first revealed about how it looked like a Ceed. It almost became a meme. Seeing it in person, I thought it looked nothing like the Kia, though. It's a good car and if you like diesels, the 120d is really sweet, even with the power downgrade.

@@umairahmed9582 Yeah, they really outdid themselves with this new Ceed 🥲

To be fair, the Kia Ceed drives really really well, so it's not an insult. This drives even better, though, and you can feel the BMW-ness when you drive it quickly around some bends.

It sure is!

Thanks for watching! What the boost function does isn't well documented. It downshifts, temporarily enables the engine's sport map and squeezes everything out of the electric motor. I'm not convinced it makes much of a difference, though.

I think it also pass automatically in sport mode

@@maurizioturco2670 Temporary sport mode, like the "sprint" mode that some models have.

Thanks for watching! The engine noise is reduced, but you can still tell it's a diesel. I personally like the rumble of a diesel under the hood. Wind noise is minimal but road noise on the 19inch wheels is more pronounced than I would expect.

It's aite

Wow, that's really good value for one of these. It will be interesting to see how tariffs affect its price in Europe.

I can't understand why they nerfed the 120d, giving it just 163 hp even with a 20 hp / 55 Nm electric motor helping out under the hood. It pulls strongly, sure, but it would have been even better with the full 190 or 200 hp. The touchscreen trend has sadly touched the entire industry. It's the manufacturers that mostly benefit from it as they are able to cut costs by eliminating physical controls and relocating everything to a touchscreen that they can get for cheap in bulk. The only truly impressive touchscreen that doesn't make me miss buttons (that much) is the one in the new Mini, but even that is hampered by wonky software. I do think it looks better than before and the materials inside the cabin in the areas you touch frequently feel fantastic. It's also really well screwed together and to me it felt premium. And for a front-wheel-drive car, it's really good around some bends.

How do you know its a cheap interior, have you touched it?

Yeah, I agree Domagoj's design direction was questionable at best and his legacy will still be felt until the end of the decade probably. All the Neue Klasse models that have yet to be released were designed under him and I'm not convinced they look good. This F70 looks really sweet in person, much less like a Kia Ceed than I thought just by comparing photos.

@@aaronfreimark7535 As was I, lol, but I was happy it was’t the four-cylinder 😅 This one drove great and it went and sound pretty good too. It was really fun to drive. V8s must be awesome…

@OneTireFire I will say with that exhaust, it does sound pretty good!

Do people use different oils? Why would you not stick with what the manufacturer recommends?

@OneTireFire unfortunately yes! Many in the hot climate countries like Saudi Arabia use thick oil!

@@sergioalcazar6472 Oh, my, that blows. Gonna read more about this on the nhtsa website.

Okay...

@@Seba-ch3yq Mulțam fain 🤓

@@lolkevandewitte1713 Thanks again! I drove a diesel Ghibli briefly a few years back, but I didn’t have it for long enough to do a review. I would absolutely LOVE to get a chance to try the Trofeo. Maybe when the channel grows and I start driving more viewers’ cars :)

Kind words, I appreciate that. Thank you for watching! I have a Ghibli review on the channel, if you want to check it out. It's the 2-liter mild hybrid model, which I liked a lot. Oh, and if you want to own a Giulia, might as well make it the Quadrifoglio :D

@ thx! I will look it up! The compliment was well deserved: you nailed it! And the QV? I’m a bit to old for that (60…). I think a tuned 2.0T will do, or a tunend 2.2JTD, the one you tested. There is a good tuner Here in Holland (Squadra tuning). Brings the diesel to 240hp, and 540Nm (!) at 2500rpm, should be sufficiënt for me😊 oh yes, I subscribed😊

Thanks! My thoughts exactly.

The steering on the one I drove was a real highlight. It was so quick yet natural and very direct. It felt better than most other modern electric steering racks and I'm judging it through the eyes of a driving enthusiast. My tester had Hankook tires, which were fine, but I too would change to a different brand of tires and I expect to see improvements. I'm more of a Goodyear guy, so I'd go for some F1 Eagle Asymmetrics for it :D

All credit to the owner who custom-made it.

It depends. If you don't accelerate hard, the petrol engine will only start in normal driving after the battery dips below halfway full.

Yeah, very Italian, right?

No, it's the Euro model.

@@scewtersource Hello, welcome!

Good point, although the M2 is far from perfect.

@@hafidfardane4876 Thanks for watching! It’s a great car. You’ll love it. The color is Blue Reflex Mica and my tester was pretty much fully loaded.

Cheers, Steve, thanks for watching!