Heaven’s so near - With the new Porsche Targa!
A facelift for the glass-roofed dynamo.

A new propulsion system for the Mercedes B-Class...
Now even more environmentally friendly with natural gas!
A clean alternative to the Diesel?
present it! The Porsche Targa


Ever since the first generation it’s been a fixture of Porsche‘s 911 series: the Targa. Originally a mere alternative to convertibles required by US safety regulations, the Targa concept was fundamentally revised in the 1990s. Since then its hallmark has been a generous glass roof that opens completely. The newest generation is available only with all-wheel drive and two engine variants of 345 and 385 horsepower, both with a new direct gasoline injection system. compare it! Mercedes B-Class: Natural Gas vs. Diesel


Dizzyingly high fuel prices, climate change and discussions about a carbon tax are reason enough for many drivers to search for alternatives to diesel engines. Manufacturers have taken note and now offer more models as natural gas variants. One of these is the new Mercedes B-Class, in showrooms since September. It’s bivalent, meaning it can run on either natural gas or gasoline, but it always starts in gasoline mode. Drive it! finds out whether it can keep up with the diesel model.inside it! Stress Test: Cars in the Torture Chamber


Many carmakers now provide guarantees of ten years and more against corrosion. But how can they know their models can withstand so much wear and tear? At Audi, test models are subjected to more than a decade’s worth of wear, condensed into a few very unpleasant weeks. With its gravel tracks, potholes, salty showers and more, this test center searches for eternal life for a car. The Inka Test, as it’s called, concentrates 12 years of driving into five months of extreme abuse, including tropical heat and arctic cold.examine it! Identical Cars


Is an Opel really an Opel, a Peugeot truly a Peugeot? More and more often, cars are something other than what they claim to be. Are manufacturers playing games with customers? What is really under the body? Constantin Beims followed the trail for Drive it! and found out some surprising things: Little distinguishes many models from one another. And for good reason. In a globalized world, cars are built in the cheapest places possible.