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Remember that nasty recession in 2009? Car makers certainly do; especially the big American trio of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. Despite budget cuts and government bailouts, the automotive ménage à trois could not save all their brands and GM had to cull Oldsmobile, Hummer, Pontiac and others.
A gruff, off-beat sound usually accompanied by a whistling turbo charger can only mean one thing: five cylinders. With even numbers being the preferred stencil for engine manufacturing, the five-pot is just as quirky and potentially unbalanced as those little three-cylinders.
Dis nie elke dag wag ‘n president van ‘n land self ‘n motor mag bestuur nie, die veiligheidsdienste van die staat hou nie van die gedagte nie. Maar president Obama het nou-die-dag darem die kans gekry om self weer agter ‘n stuurwiel in te klim en waarskynlik die kortste toetsrit in die geskiedenis af te lê – omtrent 12 meter!
Ná veertien dae en 9 000 km in Suid-Amerika het Volkswagen met sy renweergawe-Touaregs dit weereens gedoen; hulle het die eerste drie plekke in die wêreld se taaiste tydren gewen!