Saturday, September 15, 2018

Honda Accord

The annoying dual-screen solution of previous Accords disappears in favor of a bright tablet-style central screen with real moving buttons on both sides for major functions and knobs for both volume and tuning. Thankfully, the HVAC controls remain separate. Sound quality from the multi-speaker infotainment system is better than adequate, although this is one area where Honda is clearing a deliberate gap between the Accord and the recently revamped TLX.
Grab the oversized plastichrome door handle and take a seat; you’ll be greeted by a charming combination of analog speedometer needle and full TFT-screen instrumentation. There’s no attempt to blow the buyer’s mind with elaborate startup screens or animations, but the information is presented in a clear and usable manner that matches the old double-barrel analog setup for visibility, even under conditions of direct sun.Read more at www.oktilli.com

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE

The ZL1 1LE combines the freight-train power of the old ZL1 with the track-focused running gear of the Z/28. The 300-pound-lighter Alpha platform displays its racetrack pedigree unashamedly whether it’s underpinning a rental-rat V6 Camaro or an F-117-folded-sheetmetal ATS-V. Add in the gloss-black wings-and-splitter aero package that made our white test example look like an anime Stormtrooper, and the result is a car that attacks NCM Motorsports Park with enough ferocious ability to make you think that the “C” in “NCM” stands for “Camaro,” not “Corvette."
Truth is, the 650-horsepower, 6.2-liter pushrod V8 finds a much happier home here than it does in the Corvette Z06. The Camaro may have to cut a much larger hole in the wind, even with the so-called “flowtie” hollow Chevy emblem in the gaping grille, but the same bluff front that costs the ZL1 several MPH down the main straight of our test track also makes cooling the engine a much simpler matter.Chek more at www.oktilli.com

Porsche Panamera Turbo


How it drives is the most striking part of the Panamera. You expect it to be good. You don't expect it to be this good. This Panamera Turbo, which has no hybrid tech on board whatsoever, weighs in at approximately 4,400 pounds. That is not light. It's the sort of weight that'd make you expect the Panamera to be relaxing on the highway but floaty and unresponsive in corners.
As expected, it is relaxing on the highway; the ideal GT car. You can gobble up hours at high speed effortlessly. A road with corners is where you need to drive it, because it masks its heft so well that it defies physics. This is something Porsche knows how to hide thanks to supercar projects like the 918 Spyder.For more click www.oktilli.com

Porsche 911 GT3

There’s more deliberate atavism on offer here than just a clutch pedal. On track, this GT3 exhibits much of the old bobbing-nose, loaded-tail behavior that characterized fast air-cooled Nine Elevens but which was largely smothered in the early 991-generation cars. It was the only one of our test cars to feel genuinely nervous on NCM Motorsports Park’s back straight and it was the only one that would occasionally hunt the front wheels around under braking. These are behaviors straight out of the greatest-hits catalog and they reinforce the idea that the manual GT3 is aimed at people who have considerable pre-existing experience with the Porsche brand.For more chek www.oktilli.com

Lamborghini Huracan Performante

The Huracan was a big step in the right direction. It looks like a greatest-hits album of every great mid-engined Lambo to date, it handles urban traffic as well as a BMW M3, and it performs at a very high level both in a straight line and around a road course. Many autowriters, your humble author included, prefer it to the Ferrari 488GTB, particularly in LP580-2 RWD form. Still, there’s some room for improvement in two critical areas: raw racetrack speed and sheer outrageousness.
Enter the Huracan Performante. Ten seconds spent looking at the thing will confirm that it’s got a full Miura SV’s worth of mojo. The base Huracan’s sleek and clean shape has been over-festooned with Super Trofeo-style aero hardware rendered in “Forged Composites,” a kinda-new material best understood as carbon fiber that has been sliced, diced, suspended in resin, then pressure-stamped. Of particular interest is the rear wing, which as part of the ALA computer-aero system is capable of applying uneven aerodynamic pressure to the car to help it get through high-speed corners.Chek more at www.oktilli.com

Bugatti Chiron

Here's how badly the Bugatti Chiron messes with your mind: I just did 217mph on an ordinary Portuguese highway in daytime traffic and came home slightly disappointed that I didn't go faster.
We could have done 236mph if we'd waited until the next off-ramp, no question. That's the car's electronically limited top speed in its normal driving setup. Insert a second key down between the driver's seat and the rocker panel and the ride height and spoilers reconfigure themselves in a low drag mode that subs stability for the ability to slip through the air, and the speed limiter is raised to 261mph (420kmh). What'll it do without that limiter? We'll have to wait until next year to find out when Bugatti conducts a maximum attack run at VW's Ehra Lessien test track, but at least 280mph seems likely.Read more at www.oktilli.com

BMW M5

Half the point of an M5 is the ability to A) run 150 mph all day long with no pain or undue stress, B) fit car seats or two grown adults in the back, C) look like you’re a respectable citizen, and D) feel like you’re driving around in a quiet supercar. The other half is some slidey-funky-schnitzel drifts. With the nannies off, this car does that. It even does tidy little side-slips in all-wheel-drive Sport mode, with stability control on. You just grab the car by the scruff, and goofy things happen.
You have to wonder how many customers will take advantage of that. The truth, of course, is that it barely matters. Cars like this sell on possibility and fantasy. What normal person finds the limits of a 600-hp sedan with 10.5-inch-wide rear tires? What normal person even goes looking? If you track an F90 M5, you are a rare dude. If you track the car and slide it enough to catch bugs on the side windows, you’re even more rare. And good for you. Good for BMW for making this happen.Click www.oktilli.com for more