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Honda Fit goes big but in a smaller package new 2015 has 79mm of The subcompact segment in Canada had been a bit additional rear seat room, stale, until this past year, the largest cargo area, when we witnessed a class leading passenger number of new entries into volume and more front this segment. shoulder room than its In 2013, Nissan introduced competitors. That’s all the Versa Note hatchback good stuff but the design and earlier this year Nissan of the rear seats and carThe Fit has the followed up with the Migo floor make all of that cra, the least expensive car space race won. room even more useful. on the market ($9,998). Honda has what they Zack Spencer The latest entry is the call Magic Seats: an Honda Fit, the only vehicle in this comoutrageously simple rear seat design petitive class to come with an amazing that allows the seat bottom to flip up, array of seating options that make it a making the rear seat floor accessible to wonder-on-wheels. store large or tall objects. This would be a great place to transport a dog, almost Looks like a kennel on wheels. Since the fuel In an age where most cars get bigger tank is placed under the front seats from one generation to the next, Honda instead of the typical location under has bucked the trend and actually the rear cargo floor, this allowed the shaved 41mm off the overall length of designers to lower the rear floor offering this new 2015 Fit, but improved interior a much deeper cargo area. Combine this volume. The way they achieved this is by with the ability of the rear seats to fold, stretching the wheelbase and shortening plus the front passenger seat to be rethe front and rear overhangs. This move clined to help transport extra long items also helped in the styling department the Fit has the space race won. by producing more of a wedge front surface with a sleeker front windshield. Drive The Fit now looks longer, sleeker, and Honda has a new line of engines it less top heavy. Priced from $14,495 calls Earth Dreams, a less than subtle $22,595, the Fit, on paper, might not mocking of Mazda’s Skyactiv. The look as attractive as the top selling essence of this new engine technology Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio. But when is taking variable valve timing and direct the buyer factors in the versatility of this injection, plus a lighter design to help in vehicle and the fact it has the highest power delivery and fuel consumption. retained value in this class, according to The new 1.5L engine has eleven per cent Canadian Black Book, it can offer good more power, at 130hp, plus more torque value. at 114 lb.-ft. but is 27 per cent lighter than the old engine. The power goes Inside to either an all-new 6-speed manual As attractive as the new exterior is, the that is available on all trim levels or a interior has always been the real story. new continuously variable transmission There is no other car in the subcompact, that expands the gear, ratio range by or even the compact class, that has the fourteen percent. What this means in same functionality and flexibility. This
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the base $14,495 DX trim. Move up one step to the $17,295 LX trim and Honda includes a huge 7-inch touch-sensitive Display Audio system and heated front seats (my favourite). There is also the $19,195 EX trim with alloy wheels, paddle shifter and moon roof, but the big news is the inclusion of the $21,295 EX-L Navi trim. This is the EX trim with leather and navigation, making the fit downright opulent. This isn’t the least expensive car in this class but on the whole it offers so much more than just a price point. This car is all about smart money. The Lowdown Power: 1.5L 4-cylinder with 130hp Fill-up: 7.0L/5.7L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: $14,495-$22,595 zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca
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Richmond Review · Page 21 racers – Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo! hybrid units. Driving the Q50 – designed to be a It was fascinating to see – as much as BMW 3 Series rival – was especially we were allowed – how great minds interesting given the road and weathand skilled hands turn out a differer conditions thrown at us. The least ent model every year virtually from challenging portion was the time scratch. aboard the train beneath the English Infiniti’s association is a very smart Channel to move for the upFrance, as you market carmakarmak“Infiniti’s association is a will read! er. There is much ver very smart move for the The weekend at for the Hong the races was up p upmarket carmaker.” Kong company definitely the to to learn but its ultimate F1 experience in terms of people people have much to teach bbecause the race view and the ostentatious of Nissan of the parent company – Nis ss – inhospitality (visit the extended stories volvement volv vo l ement in n hybrid and picture galleries online at drivewayand and el an eelectric ectric powerp bc.ca). plant plaan pl nt technology. techn no Auto West Infiniti is pleased to share Th is This is year, year, F1 F moved this thrilling ride. from V8s ffrro om mV 8s to turbo charged cch haarrge ged 1.6-litre 1.6 1 keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca
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how his signed cap had raised aised a $150 for a teenager dyingg of cancer. The sale had assisted in n sendd A recent trip to Europe, as a guest ing the kid and his family for a last of the Infiniti-Red Bull Racing team, vacation together before hee died. rivalled any trip I have taken in recent He visibly gulped and expressed essed years for fun and excitement. his pleasure at helping such ha My first encounter came when I worthy cause. When he walked ked attended the Monaco Grand Prix in into the room in Spa, Belgium, um, 2013. I was lucky enough to be driven the other week, he grinned, shook around the Paul Ricard Circuit, after my hand nd and the race, by “He took the wheel of his reachedd for my now four-time world F1 chamVettel special edition FX50 new hat to sign while others pion Sebastian and burned some rubber for clamoured for Vettel. Few my amusement.” his attention. on the world’s It capped, you racetracks rival might say, a great weekend, which the young German’s driving skills began in Milton Keynes, home of but it was his inter personnal skills the team’s factory. The behind-thethat impressed me more. Earlier this scenes tour took a small group of us year, we reunited behind the wheel of around an extremely hi-tech produca Q50 at Mosport, in Ontario, for a tion centre, employing more than track day, when he again attempted to grey what remains of my hair. Before 600 people. All dedicated to turning we roared off at high speed, I told him out two winning cars for two boy
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Top Secret: Inside the Infiniti-Red Bull Racing factory profiles are fed in and tested virtually by the drivers on any of the F1 circuits Milton Keynes, England: The security programmed into the machine. It was here seemingly rivals that of the most likely overworked this year as the old V8 top-secret government institutions. engines were replaced with turbo-pow“Without the proper finger you can’t get ered 1.6-litre V6 hybrid powerplants. in,” says Red Bull’s Silvia Halfar, grinThere are no ning while produnderground ding the fingertunnels beprint scanner. tween the four The door clicks buildings so open to the when a secret Infiniti-Red Bull race-winning Racing factory, part is prowhere we would duced what observe the happens? hi-tech proSilvia laughs: duction tech“Well, then we niques behind “Without the proper finger you put it on a tea the success of four-time world can’t get in,” says Silvia Halfar, trolley, cover it with a towel F1 champion grinning while prodding the driver Sebastian and wheel fingerprint scanner. Vettel and the it across the four Construcroad.” tors’ Championship titles earned by the Shortly before leaving, we visit the team. operations room, where live data is anThe design genius is indisputably Adrian alyzed and information fed back to the Newey. With ten Constructors’ Champiracetrack. onships under his belt, won with three “After one race the winning team different teams – Williams F1, McLaren Tweeted a picture of and now Infiniti-Red Bull – he has no their ops rival. “Adrian draws up to 100 designs (car parts and components) a week and I mean draws, literally,” informs Silvia. His work is scanned and 3D printers generate models for testing. It’s not a one-man show: more than 600 people design, test, build and assemble the hundreds of thousands of parts required for the race cars driven by Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo. Every season, the 110-strong design team produces a new car, which conforms to the strict F1 regulations. A super computer tests every part virtually, before a new model hits the former Concorde jet wind tunnel in nearby Bedford. Its processing power is a closely guarded secret but it’s greater room…we could see who was in the than 35,000 iPads combined. room and what programs they were Different parts are designed for evrunning on their monitors.” ery racetrack, sometimes within 24 With that, the exit door buzzed and the hours of a race. The race simulator is out of bounds but we learn new part cool air rushed in to take our places. By Keith Morgan
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Milton Keynes, England: As we each climbed into a gleaming Infiniti Q50 sports sedan, one killjoy warned the road to the Belgian Grand Prix would be like a dance – quick, quick, slow. The tour of the Infiniti-Red Bull Racing factory had us pumped and ready to roar Sebastian Vettel-like, along the UK’s motorway network to Folkestone, Kent. There we would take Le Shuttle train beneath the waves of the English Channel to France and on to Spa, Belgium. It would be a 600-kilometre drive (374 miles) and take less than six hours. The doomsayer was right, try ten hours!
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“The four-time F1 champ influenced the production of the sharp-looking Q50 we drove to race weekend. “ However, plain sailing it was not as we encountered motorway chaos to the EuroTunnel. It was equal parts low-gear slow crawl, near-posted speed limit bursts – enabling a few paddle-flipping-gear changes – and parking pauses long enough to test the eight-position power seat adjustments and play with the large dual touch screen infotainment displays. The navigation system ‘lady’ suggested we take the M25 the opposite way around London. Whoops. Should have ignored her. Nevertheless, this was all a blessing because the car was forced to perform in adverse conditions and its mettle/metal was truly tested. Extended time at the wheel of a 328-horsepower 3.7-litre V6 version (starts at $37,500) and a Hybrid ($10,000 more) with a 3.5-litre engine left me scratching my head about which would be my choice. Both provide a quiet, comfortable drive, not averse to a sprint when necessary, all aided by a seven-speed auto transmission that is as a smooth as a baby’s you-know-what. All-wheel-drive would be an option I would choose on either model.The drive mode selector offers snow, eco, standard, sport and personal settings – my drive partner and I invented the new exceptionally slow mode. Interestingly, the constantly changing speed limits flashing above helped “Along the way, show off the predictive forward reflective signs collision technology. If you trust the car ahead, the radar-controlled gizmo urged us to visit will govern your speed and braking such historic automatically. You soon figure whether he’s locations as trustworthy or not. In addition, Dunkirk, Bruges lane control keeps you on the and Brussels.” straight and narrow should you drift into that passing car you were alerted to by another warning system. Thanks to the $320 flexi pass, we rolled with ease onto the train and smirked at the lineup with the $120 tickets. About 40 minutes later, we were enjoying the French countryside, travelling for extended periods at the construction zone speed of 30 klicks. Darkness enveloped the road ahead but our way through Belgium was lit by the most spectacular electric storm. Ah yes, the windshield wipers performed efficiently in a downpour of Biblical proportions. Along the way, reflective signs urged us to visit such historic locations as Dunkirk, Bruges and Brussels, but we steamed on determined to reach Spa, birthplace of Agatha Christie’s fictional detective Hercule Poirot. Vettel showed off a prototype of the super-powered Q50 Eau Rouge version, named for the Belgian track’s famous corner. Perhaps a repeat of the route, including scenic diversions, in a production Eau Rouge would be fun. Just saying. Contact keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca
2014 Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps
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vegetables, oven roasted pumpkin and port wine jus. The Chateau Villa Bel Air 2011 from Bordeaux was the perfect flows freely on qualifying day Saturday complement. and race day Sunday. Icy treats, desserts, anyone? – 1,000 As a guest of Infiniti-Red Bull Racing, calories a look. one feels duty bound to get value for the Time to take a pit stroll, access via the championship F1 team’s ‘Millionaires’ trailer park’, generous contribution to “The Paddock where owners wine and the Belgian coffers. Judging dine. On Saturday, the Club offers a by some race goers uneasy team’s garage boomed with magnificent view music but now the crew gait after the victory by Infiniti-Red Bull’s Daniel of the fast and the was in serious race mode. Ricciardo – not our crowd, of Outside they practiced pit fashionable.” course – they were closer to stop changes, as they do their consumption targets. daily at their Milton Keynes HQ. (They The Paddock Club offers a magnificent hold the world record for a wheel change view of the fast and the fashionable, in 1.923 seconds!) Every oneperhaps the most cutting edge hundredth of a second can mean conspicuous among the latter category the difference between a being my suit designer pal Duncan win and loss. Quinn, from New York, in his red suit. It Knowing they was so eye-catching that Sebastian Vettel remarked on its sharpness. While he drew the admiring looks of the Shell F1 gals, the rest of us made for the never-ending buffet. It featured such culinary delights as veal shank and rack of spring lamb, served with sweet corn terrine, sautéed summer
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo wins at Spa
were working so hard, I almost felt guilty tucking into the gratinated lobster, arugula and artichoke salad, while quaffing the Mumm’s champagne.
Sebastian Vettel practice laps
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Topless Fiat flawed but that’s part of its charm by Alexandra Straub
The top is down. The sun is shining. It’s not a bad day to be stuck in downtown traffic. John Legend’s “All of Me” comes on the radio while behind the wheel of the 2014 Fiat 500C. As I wait in the Georgia Street parking lot, I listen intently to the song. Some lyrics of the song are: “Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.” Hmmmm.
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pressing the Sport button helps it feel a little peppier. The 5-speed manual transmission is hardly a chore, even when I’m just inching along at a snail’s pace. While its imperfections should cause me to think about ever wanting to drive or own one, I still can’t seem to stop loving this little car. I like its quirkiness and the fact that it’s not perfect. I love the exterior colour: Espresso. It sparkles in the sun and has a warm richness to it. When matched with the two-toned leather-trimmed bucket seats, it looks stylish and chic. Bringing the outside in, the espresso paint also colours to life the dash. Combined with ivory touches, it has an upscale ambiance. The tester, being the Lounge trim of 500C, it has an MSRP of $23,995. That comes with keyless entry, a chrome shift knob, leather-wrapped steering wheel (and the aforementioned leather seating surfaces with heated front seats), 4-wheel disc brakes, ABS, hill start assist and more. When not stuck in traffic, the 500C actually remains quiet on the open road, with the top up, of course. It certainly doesn’t handle like its race-primed sibling, the Abarth, but still manages to turn on a dime when required. Furthermore, if you want to shed some light on the cabin, there are three settings you can use at the push of a button. One is a sunroof-like option, the next goes about 2/3 of the way down, and the last is all the way down. Either way, you have options on how much Vitamin D you’d like to consume. alexandra.straub@ drivewaybc.ca
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As I contemplate this, it applies directly to the pintsized Fiat I’m captaining. In fact, there are imperfections about this four-seater that drive me crazy but I can’t seem to dislike it. One example is the sound that greets you as you enter its cabin. There is nothing melodic about it. No mellifluous dingdong ding-done; just a harsh monotone noise that seems to stay longer than an uninvited party guest. Even passengers commented on how annoying it is. The volume buttons on the dash really should be knobs. You should be able to crank up The awesome Beats premium audio system in a hurry, not push by push. (It’s worth the additional $495 price tag.) Visibility is mediocre at best, especially with the top up. The canvas roof doesn’t allow for great visibility when backing up – top up or down – but thankfully there are backup sensors that help guide you into the spot you want to be in. The trunk only hosts 269 L. Unless you’re packing light, or just ditching the bags and merely bringing a debit card with you on a road trip, fitting four people inside and their luggage will be a challenge. On the plus side, the drop top doesn’t take away any precious space when open. Then there’s the optional TomTom navigation that sits atop the dash and cuts into one’s forward visibility. An awkward spot for GPS system. Pairing a Bluetooth device isn’t that straightforward either. Not to mention, the 500C, with its 1.4L engine and humble 101 horsepower and 98 lb-ft of torque isn’t a stable stallion. Despite its lack of power,
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