Innholdsfortegnelse for October 14, 2020 i Autocar

“ The Vision EQXX prototype will have a range of nearly 750 miles ” Mercedes-Benz will launch three new electric models – the EQE saloon, EQE SUV and flagship EQS SUV – as part of its rapidly expanding electrification programme. The models were confirmed in an investor presentation in which Mercedes also revealed plans to electrify its three other sub-brands – AMG, Maybach and G – with AMG beginning the process in 2021 (see p7). The iconic G-Class off-roader, as long rumoured, will go electric in the future, while the ultra-luxury Maybach line-up will double in size. And that’s not all. Mercedes is also developing a prototype EV, dubbed the Vision EQXX, that could offer the longest range of any battery-electric car yet produced. The newly confirmed EQ models will…

Audi sound engineer Stephan Gsell switches the Ingolstadt brand’s first electric sports saloon into its most aggressive drive mode, pins the throttle to the floor and says: “Listen to the sounds from the speakers in Dynamic.” To be honest, it’s hard to keep your focus on the synthesised ‘engine note’ as your innards are thrust into the seatback with the kind of relentless ferocity only a seriously potent EV can deliver. But that’s what this taster of the new E-tron GT’s moving capabilities is all about. Although the pandemic hasn’t interfered greatly with the car’s development, it has upset any plans for a glitzy unveiling, with next month’s Los Angeles motor show cancelled. Instead, we’ll be drip fed experiences of the car and this is the first: a passenger ride…

Volkswagen is swiftly following the debut of the Mk8 Golf GTI earlier this year with a more powerful and focused Clubsport version – reviving a name used on past limited editions and replacing the old GTI TCR. The new range-topping GTI variant raises the standard model’s 242bhp to 296bhp, thanks to a retuned engine management system, minor tweaks to engine internals and a ramp-up of turbo boost pressure. Torque also increases, to 295lb ft – 22lb ft more than in the regular GTI. Power is put through the front wheels via a standard-fit seven-speed dual-clutch auto gearbox. It’s not yet clear if a manual version will be offered. Volkswagen quotes a 0-62mph time of less than 6.0sec and a top speed of 155mph for the new Clubsport. By way of…

DRIVERS USING HANDHELD phones behind the wheel remains among the main concerns of UK motorists, data from this year’s RAC Report on Motoring reveals. The report claims that nearly one in five (18%) drivers aged between 17 and 24 have admitted to taking part in video calls while driving. This figure is more than twice that among drivers of all age groups, and the RAC blames the rise in popularity of video-based apps such as FaceTime and TikTok. The stats, compiled from a ‘representative’ UK sample of more than 3000 drivers, also reveal that 9% of those questioned admit to playing games on a phone while driving. However, the rates of those surveyed admitting to illegal phone usage while driving has actually dropped across the board. Back in 2016, the…

Given the negativity that has ravaged the car industry this year, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ commentary on the 4.4% drop in year-on-year UK new car registrations for September – traditionally the second-strongest month of the year, due to the plate change – was appropriately downbeat. SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes underlined this mood, emphasising the worst September sales performance this century: “During a torrid year, the automotive industry has demonstrated incredible resilience, but this isn’t a recovery. Despite the boost of a new registration plate, new model introductions and attractive offers, this is still the poorest September since the two-plate system was introduced in 1999.” It was this position that led the national headlines, the bad news exacerbated by the knowledge that September 2019 had itself been…

The Formentor really hits a mark, but this new Cupra Leon, wearing bronze badges and no Seat branding, is a different matter. I’m not sure yet whether that’s down to its powertrain or whether the wider line-up will share this model’s characteristics. Our test car is a plug-in hybrid with 242bhp and 295lb ft, courtesy of a turbocharged 1.4-litre turbo petrol engine and an electric motor. With a 12.8kWh battery, it has a 31-mile electric range, and you can set the minimum level it will discharge to, in case you want to save some juice for a low-emissions zone. Both drive units sit under the bonnet and drive the front wheels. Also front-drive, incidentally, will be 242bhp and 296bhp 2.0-litre turbo petrol models. And then the 2.0-litre 306bhp engine and…

The 316bhp Tiguan R may be the most exciting addition to Volkswagen’s newly facelifted, hugely successful family SUV line, but this eHybrid model is arguably the most significant. The reason why is simple: it’s a plug-in hybrid, so it offers the sorts of CO2 ratings that make such cars tempting business choices, while also affording private buyers who are able to regularly charge its 13kWh battery flexibility and lower running costs. The eHybrid’s powertrain is the same as that in the Skoda Superb iV and Volkswagen Passat GTE, having a turbocharged 1.4-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, an electric motor and a six-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. These elements combine for outputs of 242bhp and 295lb ft, all of which is deployed via the front axle. Select E-Mode to run solely on electricity…

MODEL TESTED 4MATIC+ PREMIUM PLUS Price £80,485 • Power 429bhp • Torque 384lb ft • 0-60mph 5.4sec • 30-70mph in fourth 8.2sec • Fuel economy 24.0mpg • CO2 • emissions 248g/km • 70-0mph 46.5m An early arrival to the premium SUV scene has worked out rather well for the car that was latterly redubbed the Mercedes GLE-Class. In its first-generation form, the M-Class – as it was formerly known – was shown to the public as far back as 1996, when the BMW X5 was still only a designer’s sketch and before either the Audi Q7 or Range Rover Sport had even been thought of. Over three and a bit model cycles, and after a mid-life nomenclature change intended to better identify the car as Mercedes’ middle-sized luxury 4x4, the…

Desperate for that post-lockdown car fix but bored of frothy catwalks? You need to take yourself to an auction. But not a corporate event drowning in branding and stuffed with ranks of ex-lease hacks; rather an old-school set-up with real motors, real bidders and coffee you can stand your spoon in. Just like Cannock Motor Auctions. It’s located almost bang in the middle of England, so most will be able to make its popular 11am Saturday sale in no time via the web of nearby motorways. If it isn’t too much hassle, pop over on Thursday or Friday to see if there’s anything that takes your fancy. Autocar dropped in on the first Saturday in September to experience Cannock’s third post-lockdown auction. Naturally, everybody had to don masks and stand…

Modern Porsche dealerships look like a cross between a motorhome lifted straight from the Formula 1 paddock. Not when I was growing up they didn’t. They were built into three old converted cottages in the middle of town. Or at least Porsche Centre Kendal – aka Parker & Parker – was. I’d gawp at cars in the window, not realising this was actually the oldest Porsche dealership in the country and that the same family had run it the entire time. It still is, they still do, but next year it’s all change, with a shift to all-new premises. “Our history dates back to my grandfather selling motorbikes in the early 1920s,” says Ian Parker, today’s centre principal. “We began selling cars with Volkswagens in 1953, then added Porsche in…

Since some of the world’s greatest drivers first attacked the Duke of Richmond’s driveway in anger back Speed has been an annual highlight, a celebration of automotive culture and Britain’s de facto motor show. Meanwhile, the Goodwood Revival, first staged in 1998, is the centrepiece of the historic motorsport calendar as a retro-fuelled showcase of insanely intense racing. Former British Touring Car champion Andrew Jordan is a regular at both events, having driven some of his tin-tops up the hill at the Festival and often competed at the Revival. “You don’t get the variety of cars and drivers at either event anywhere else,” he says. “They’re both brilliant.” This year, of course, both have joined the depressingly long list of cancellations. But rather than just pencil some dates into a…

Blast to Brussels Matt Prior’s article ‘Return to the Jabbeke highway’ (16 September) reminded me of one of my father’s visits to Belgium back in 1956. He used to make business trips to Brussels fairly regularly, but on this particular one his schedule was rather tight, so he wanted to get there as fast as he could. He usually used the mailboat to Ostend, rather than the roll-on/roll-off, because if he arrived as late as possible, his car was the last to be craned aboard and therefore the first to come off. On arrival at Ostend, he immediately found the AA man who was always on hand (he knew him well from previous visits) to ask if he could expedite a quick departure from the port. His car was first…

MILEAGE 4533 WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see if VW can succeed where rivals have failed and give us a fast crossover that’s as good to drive as a hot hatch At the international launch of the T-Roc R closely it would compare to what was then the outgoing (Mk7) Golf R. This was chiefly born out of the fact that, despite it being a taller, slightly heavier machine than its hatchback sibling, the T-Roc’s pace, traction and, crucially, body control didn’t seem to suffer much at all. Since taking on our long-termer, that curiosity has been at the forefront of my mind. So when long-time Autocar subscriber Richard Borgonon got in touch to kindly offer up his very own Golf R for comparison, there could be only one answer.…

Volkswagen Passat Estate Long-time reader Giles has been helping out his family: “My sister-in-law tasked me with finding her a new ‘old’ car for £10,000. She has zero interest and I’m a car nut, so I got her a nice Ford Fiesta. The dealer offered me only £200 for her trade-in, so I kept it myself. It’s a 51-plate Passat Estate V6 4Motion, owned by one family since new. It has been exceptionally well looked after, with only one scuffed alloy and a couple of light scratches. It runs like a dream; I’ve been running a Golf R32 for 10 years so know this fantastic engine well. It needs some brake attention and new tyres but otherwise is perfect. The interiors of these cars are so much better than later…

Land Rover Freelander 1.8 3dr £1475 Right, tin hat time. Whether you like it or not, the Land Rover Freelander will one day, maybe soon, be seen as a modern classic. Why? Partly because so many have been driven to death and numbers are dwindling, and also because Land Rover doesn’t and won’t make another car like it. Yes, there’s the lifestyle-oriented Evoque and family-friendly Discovery Sport, but those are still premium cars. This is a quirky, curvy high-riding runaround in the vein of the original Toyota RAV4 and an absolute steal at less than £1500.…

“ Autocar understands AMG’s fuel economy target for the new C63 is more than 94mpg ” Mercedes-AMG will radically reinvent the new, third-generation C63 super-saloon, due in 2022, with a high-performance plug-in hybrid powertrain that uses Formula 1 technology. Autocar has obtained additional technical details of the upcoming BMW M3 rival, which forgoes long-established V8 propulsion in favour of an advanced four-cylinder plug-in hybrid powertrain. It will be the first of a number of future AMG models to use the powertrain as a transition to fully electric propulsion. The 2022 C63 will adopt the M139 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo engine found in the latest Mercedes-AMG A45. Although the engine currently delivers a maximum of 416bhp, sources close to AMG suggest the combined system outputs for the C63 will approach 515bhp and…

Given the ever-increasing need for maximum production efficiency, it would be fair to assume that the platform-sharing Porsche Taycan and E-tron GT also share the same factory. But no. While Taycans are assembled in Porsche’s Zuffenhausen production base, the E-tron GT begins its existence 32 miles north in Audi’s Neckarsulm plant, where the R8 is also produced. The two seemingly unrelated Audi models don’t just share a building. They also share the same production line – a unique strategy for mass-produced cars, given that one is a large, heavy electric four-door and the other is a focused, mid-engined V10 petrol supercar. But despite the apparent complexity, Audi claims the E-tron GT was brought into production quicker than any other Audi. A factory spokesman told us that R8 production has been…

Jaguar has discontinued the XE saloon in the US due to poor sales and a shift to SUVs. Production of the model for the North American market – once core saloon territory for Jaguar – will end this year, with the 2021 XF, featuring a lower starting price than before, lined up to move in. The E-Pace small SUV will be the new entry point to the brand there. Jaguar sold just 886 XEs in the US in the first half of 2020 – although the XF, which has had its range slimmed down, was even weaker, with 349 units in the same period.…

LEXUS HAS STOPPED importing new examples of its CT hatchback, IS compact saloon and RC coupé as they are withdrawn from the UK with no replacements planned – although the V8 RC F remains. The three models are now listed online as having “limited availability of stock”, and a spokesman confirmed no more will be brought into the country. A new IS was revealed earlier this year, but the BMW 3 Series rival won’t be sold in Europe, due to dwindling demand. No replacement for the IS-based RC has been detailed; just over 1000 examples were registered in Europe in 2019. No CT successor is lined up, although Autocar understands that a new compact Lexus model is in the works.…

Seat’s push of the newly independent Cupra brand has now extended to its first bespoke model, the Formentor. Traditionally, Seat tried to pitch itself as the dynamic badge of the Volkswagen Group (remember Wolfsburg’s answer to Alfa Romeo?), but I’m not sure that it ever really managed it. So here comes Cupra to, perhaps, do the job instead. We’ll see. Seat is clearly serious about the Cupra project, because it has gone to the lengths of launching a vehicle of its own. At least, a vehicle as different as a Volkswagen Group model gets; we’re not talking Alpine A110 levels of differentiation here. The Formentor sits on the MQB architecture, like the Cupra Ateca crossover, and is even more cross or more over – whichever means it’s lower. It’s as…

Until last year, it was a 40-year tradition that Citroën’s biggest and most expensive model should be a large, likeable, slow-selling and fast-depreciating business saloon. In 2019, however, the company corrected that mistake by launching a distinctive SUV flagship, the C5 Aircross. Now, a two-model range of plug-in hybrids is catapulting the C5 Aircross to the front rank of SUV efficiency. The entry-level Flair PHEV costs a very reasonable £35,370, considering it comes with kit like climate control and traffic-monitoring nav, but the bargain is the Flair Plus, which costs less than £1500 more while adding more ornate 19in alloy wheels (instead of 18s), half-leather trim, an electric-adjust driver’s seat, radar cruise control and a hands-free motorised tailgate. The new PHEV powertrain takes the PSA Group’s Puretech 180 1.6-litre four-cylinder…

This is Jeep’s first plug-in hybrid – and it drives like it. Not terribly but with a bit of clunkiness and flappiness about its powertrain, and mushiness to its control weights, that betrays the fact that it has been produced by a firm getting to grips with some new technical challenges. We’ve already driven the 188bhp version in Italy; now we’re trying the range-topping 237bhp Trailhawk model on UK roads – and off them. Both cars use the combination of a front-mounted 1.3-litre turbocharged petrol engine and a 60bhp ‘electric rear axle’, with the Trailhawk getting a dose of extra ground clearance, better clearance angles, underbody skidplates and Goodyear ‘mud and sand’ tyres for its 17in alloy wheels. The Renegade was already a car that you had to be at…

RANGE ROVER SPORT P525 AUTOBIOGRAPHY DYNAMIC Still sweet to drive despite its elevated off-road abilities, and supercharged V8 is a riot. Seven seats are optional, mind. AUDI SQ7 TFSI Seriously quick and seriously refined. New petrol V8 perhaps not as special as the old diesel, but SQ7 remains a fantastically well-rounded performance SUV. BMW X5 M50i V8-engined X5 isn’t available with seven seats but offers enticing performance at an appealing price in this company. No doubt good to drive, too. MERCEDES-AMG GLE 53 4MATIC+ PREMIUM PLUS Creamy engine is appealingly slick but lacks punch in this company. Not quite as good to drive as the best, either. VOLVO XC90 RECHARGE T8 AWD R-DESIGN PRO Plug-in Volvo not a bona fide performance SUV but is swift enough. Hugely refined and comfortable,…

Another new 3 Series drives off the assembly line at Regensburg, north-east of Munich. It carries six, but given the narrow hips and Touring body, it’s clearly no M3. Neither is this shade of green one you’ll find in BMW’s brochures. Nor, for that matter, is the car going by train to the port of Bremerhaven, where most of the 1100 cars that leave Regensburg daily head for export. Instead, it’s loaded onto a carrier trailer and taken 120 miles south down Autobahns 93 and 9, and west along Autobahns 99 and 96, destined for Buchloe. Here, already benefiting from the fettled M motor and other driveline upgrades, more good things happen. It gains soft leather, the aero needed to travel seriously fast and some stripes that add another 5mph…

Williams buyers ready to invest The new owners of the Williams team will provide enough investment to operate “towards the cost cap” of $145 million (£113m) that Formula 1 will introduce next year, according to acting team boss Simon Roberts. But he noted that “we will only spend money and invest where it makes sense”. The storied squad was bought by US investment firm Dorilton Capital recently. Wolff’s Mercedes future still unclear Mercedes-AMG F1 team boss Toto Wolff says he has yet to make a decision on his future with the team, amid continued speculation. He told an official F1 podcast that he enjoyed working with Mercedes bosses but “like with any senior position in the past, we are looking at the future”, suggesting that he didn’t want to be…

Tesla Roadster £75,000 Ten years ago, your electric car choice was limited to of persuading drivers that there was potential for an engine-free future. But there was a highlight: the Tesla Roadster, which could crack more than 200 miles per charge (the first production car to do so), hit 62mph from rest in less than 4.0sec and, crucially, handle like a sports car. That’s no surprise, really, because the Roadster’s resemblance to the Lotus Elise is no coincidence: they share around 6% of their components and were both built in Hethel. The Tesla does have to lug around about 400kg more than its petrol-powered relation, but our road test of the time found that it could “canter around any bend at considerable pace” and offered “outright grip levels not far…

An owner’s view LIAM MURRIN “I bought my ST with its rod bearings on the way out, so I had its bottom end refreshed. Then I installed a factory-replacement K&N filter and a stainless-steel exhaust. I’ve had the odd problem over the years: the seat tilt handles went (a common weak point but easy to change), the plastic radiator cracked and the power steering can boil over. Otherwise, it has only ever needed consumables and touch-ups.” Buyer beware… ▪ ENGINE The engine was punchy enough in its own right but held at 148bhp to keep insurance costs down, so many owners have eked out a few extra horses using aftermarket air filters (go for cones over panels), performance exhausts and uprated cams, valve springs and throttle bodies. Avoid cheap brands…

THE NEW C63 won’t be the first performance plug-in hybrid offered by the Mercedes-AMG division. Due for market launch next year is a revival of the 73 engine designation in the form of a plug-in hybrid GT 4-Door Coupé putting out anything up to 800bhp. Conceived to bring the fight to the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid (itself expected to get a substantial power boost above the outgoing 673bhp variant next year), the GT 73 will retain a twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 as its main source of propulsion. Despite an anticipated substantial weight increase, the GT 73 should be the fastest-accelerating version of AMG’s bespoke super-saloon yet, with a 0-62mph time that is believed to dip below the 3.0sec mark. However, its primary reason for existence is to boost efficiency. An…

MERCEDES-BENZ HAS revealed the latest in its growing line of hardcore four-wheel-drive prototypes: the EQC 4x4. It’s a one-off conceived to explore the ultimate off-road capability of its first dedicated electric car. It also previews the sort of engineering detail that Mercedes is considering for upcoming models from its G sub-brand. This recently announced sub-brand will produce a new series of models – including a pure-electric G-Class – for buyers seeking extreme off-road performance. The fully operational EQC 4x4 is based on the standard EQC, complete with the same twin-motor electric drive system developing 402bhp and 561lb ft of torque. It was created by a small team headed by Jürgen Eberle, the engineer who also played a key role in the earlier G500 4x4 and E-Class All-Terrain 4x4. Eberle said:…

MERCEDES-BENZ CEO Ola Källenius has strongly denied rumours that the company is set to take a controlling stake in Aston Martin. “No, we’re not going to take industrial control of Aston Martin,” Källenius told Autocar. “But we have a very successful co-operation with Aston Martin and that will continue.” The Stuttgart-based company’s current 5% shareholding in Aston Martin was cemented in a technical partnership forged with its AMG division in 2013. Since then, the firms have increased their level of cooperation to include the supply of V8 petrol engines, electric platforms and, most recently, a sharing of hybrid drivetrains and intellectual property pertaining to the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 car, as well as the RP20 racer of Racing Point, which will adopt Aston Martin branding in 2021. Källenius recently hinted…

The first whiff of gunpowder has been smelled in the stand-off between car makers and environmental campaigners as plug-in hybrids start to make a serious impact on the sales charts. UK sales of PHEVs shot up 84% in the first nine months of 2020, despite the two-month lockdown pause. In September alone, 12,400 were registered, taking 4% of the total market. PHEVs are essential for reducing manufacturers’ fleet-average CO2 emissions under tough new European Union laws (which the UK has chosen to copy from 2021) because of their incredibly impressive official fuel economy figures. But environmental groups are questioning more than ever whether they achieve anything like those figures in reality. In a recent report that collated real-world figures from various studies, pressure group Transport and Environment described plug-in hybrids…

Compared with the monumental gamble Lexus took back in 2004 when it launched its revolutionary RX 400h – the first car in both the luxury and SUV sectors to feature a hybrid powertrain – you could almost accuse the brand of playing it safe with the all-new UX 300e. That’s because it’s simply the latest of a handful of similar-sized models designed to capitalise on the rising popularity of both SUVs and electrification. In the past couple of years alone, we’ve seen the launch of various electric crossovers such as the Kia e-Niro, Hyundai Kona Electric, Peugeot e-2008 and DS 3 Crossback E-Tense. However, with a list price starting at £43,900 and rising to £53,500 if you specify the range-topping (£9600) Takumi pack, you could argue that Lexus’s first all-electric…

The C3 supermini is now Citroën’s “most customisable car”, with a whopping 97 colour scheme options, up from a trifling 36. There are also new wheel designs, extra coloured inserts and interior trim packages to consider, along with a subtly redesigned front end. Chunky wheel arches and bubbly side panels inject a hint of crossover into its make-up, while a plethora of recessed oblongs bring artistic flourishes to a cabin that’s nowhere near as drab as many rival efforts. The infotainment system is simple to use, responds quickly to inputs and can be used without distracting you – a common pitfall of touchscreens. It’s a shame, then, that rear seat space is far from class-leading and the boot has a high load lip, making it a pain to fill with…

Brave new world, meet same old world. Electric cars (dear early adopter, here is a vehicle unlike any other), but they certainly don’t any more. At the launch of the new Volkswagen ID 3, potential buyers could make a shortlist of several similarly priced, similarly specified battery-powered cars. As it is, we’ve chosen just the one to pitch it against. Volkswagen says its new zero-emissions family hatchback heralds a third generation for the company, after the eras of the Beetle and Golf. Like the Golf, the ID 3 is joining an established class. A legend of Volkswagen history, the Golf arrived with a transverse-front-mounted petrol engine, driven front wheels and MacPherson-strut/torsion-beam suspension – specifications that were considered sufficiently ‘so what?’ that the Citroën CX beat it to the 1975 European…

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VOLKSWAGEN GOLF The Ruppert family vehicle that racks up the most miles and the fewest problems continues on its merry way with just a brief pit stop. It had been communicating for some time that it wanted an oil change, so it was booked in. That meant my daughter needed another car for work, and she turned down the opportunity of using my classics in favour of her mother’s 4.5-litre V8 Porsche. Anyway, two days of cover for a 23-year-old worked out at just £25. Meanwhile, the oil and filter change for the Golf came in at £90. That will see it through to its next MOT test in early 2021. If only everything in life were so simple……

Don’t confuse this second-generation BMW X1 The original sold well and introduced buyers to the concept of a mid-size BMW SUV, but it wasn’t very good. This all-new 2015 model was quite different and much better. Unusually for a BMW it was front-wheel drive, but it had new engines, a new chassis and new technology inside. Engine choices consisted of a range of turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder units. Diesels included the 148bhp sDrive (front-wheel drive) and xDrive18d (four-wheel drive), the 187bhp xDrive20d and the 228bhp xDrive25d. Those who prefer petrol could opt for a 138bhp sDrive18i or a 189bhp sDrive20i or xDrive20i. More expensive variants got an eight-speed automatic transmission and a choice of either front-wheel drive or part-time four-wheel drive, with torque sent to the rear wheels via an electrohydraulic…

ALFA ROMEO 156 GTA Exceeding its lower estimate of £7000 by £2450, this lairy 156 GTA – one of just 1973 saloon examples built – is a classy Italian alternative to somewhat less reputable, mid-noughties sports saloons, such as the Ford Mondeo ST 220 and Vauxhall Vectra VXR. Selling points include Alfa Romeo’s rev-happy 3.2-litre Busso V6 engine in 250bhp form, Brembo performance brakes and quicker steering than in the standard 156. As a bonus, this GTA is equipped with the six-speed manual gearbox, rather than the much-maligned Selespeed automatic option.…

Britain’s Best Affordable Driver’s Car. It’s no small Handling Day contest no doubt bears almost as much significance to the majority of our readers as the usually more hardcore machines that receive the overall Best Driver’s Car title. So when the current Ford Fiesta ST claimed the top spot over cars such as the Mazda MX-5 and Renault Mégane RS, we knew that this was a particularly special hot supermini. The fact remains, however, that even its ‘affordable’ £22,000 starting price pushes it well out of the realm of possibility for some. Happily, you don’t have to break the bank to nab a Fiesta ST – you just have to settle for a slightly older model. This, then, is the ST – or rather ST 150 – version of the…