Hereford Times - 14th January 2016 - Page 121
Hereford Times - 14th January 2016 - Page 121
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| Date | 14/01/2016 |
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| Language | English |
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| Date of Publication | 14th January 2016 |
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r» herefordtlmes.com Thursday, January 14, 2016 THE HEREFORD TiMES 121 ‘1 Experience delights of roof-down driving EVEN if you’re a driving although from certain an- pleasure is the powerful tur- purist and wouldn’t dream gles it can look a little under- bo engine that you can hear of sacrificing handling pu- wheeled despite riding on 18- even more clearly . rity for open—air pleasure, inch alloy as standard. _ For the standard price tag of it’s hard to deny the allure It might be a relatively com- just under £40,000 the specifi- ‘ . 1 of a sports car on a sunny pact car from the outside but cation is decent, with all the ‘ day with the roof down. No inside it’s one of the few con- styling enhancements, satel- surprise then that BMW has vertibles that can take four lite navigation and leather taken its impressive M2351 passengers in reasonable included. However there Coupe and created a Con- comfort. are some notable omissions vertible version too. The boot is modest but still such as heated seats, while It wears the same sporty useful. 280 litres is over 100 the excellent automatic gear- additions as the Coupe with less than the Coupe version box requires further outlay, larger alloy wheels and taste- which is an inevitable price but the standard car will be fully larger bumpers front of afolding roof. enough for most buyers. and rear, while under the The ingredients of the bonnet you get the 306bhp M235i Convertible are just twin-turbocharged six-cyl- about perfect; lusty, six- V FACTS ATAGLANCE inder petrol unit. Upgraded cylinder engine, rear-wheel— BMW ”23:; gggven'b'ev brakes and suspension com- driveu typical sharp BMW Engine:3'o_|i"e petrol uni, plete the performance en- chass15 and afolding roof for ‘ producing aosbhp and 322nm hancements, while inside heightened pleasure. of torque there’s appealing trinkets Better still, the M235i Con- , Transmissi9Q:SiX-speed manual such as leather seats, vertible doesn’t disappoint ‘ gearbox drivnng the rear wheels It’s the exterior that grabs There’s an inevitable trade- , P°”°"“""°°' T” Speed . . . . 155m h, 0-62m h in 5.0 the attention first of course. off in sharpness With the p second: With theMPerformance ad- fabric roof but for 90 per Economy;33.2mpg combined ditions the 2 Series Convert- cent of the time this won‘t Emissions: 184g/km of coz ible shape is looking its best, matter; what gives greater ‘ rem-mm“... ._\ W £500 deposit contribution £750 deposit contribution on Transporter on Crafter Offers on used Volkswagen Vans you won’t be used to. 2 services for £99“ and deposit contributions available when purchased on Hire Purchase: 8.6% APR Representative. itcontribution *bh‘Qad‘dy South Hereford van Centre Centurion Way, Roman Road, Hereford, Herefordshire. Das WeltAuto. Telephone- 01432 508009 Used vans you can trust. Guaranteed. - ' ‘ . Commercial Find us on your sat-nav using HR11LQ. Vehicles www.vo|kswagen—vans.co.uk/southhereford ‘At the end oi the agreement and with llnal payments lull ownership wili transfer to the customer. Avallable when purchased with a litre Purchase agreement with : customer initial deposit required (must not he more than 90‘ at the man once) L750 deacsrt .rr. models and (500 deposit contribution towards all DasWelt Auto used Transporter, Caraveile. Caillornla, Caddy 8t Amarok models. Minimum balance must be £1,500.00. 18's and over. one: available on \ehide) up to -i ‘19de old ind outcome: In mum : ‘ in conjunctlen with any other oiler and may be varied or withdrawn at anytime. Subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply. Finance subject to status. Accurate at tune oi publication 01/201o Freepnst Volkswagen kommcroal VENUE Transporter Transporter Shuttle Caravelle and Caiilornia vehicles purchased irom Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle Financial Services, Ollei excludes petrol variants. Oller available on \ehicies up to in years aid min less thn 80,000 reiorden miles to- units r, to availability from participating Van Centres. Servlces must he used consecutively prior to vehicle reaching 8 years old. Available to 185 and over. Oliers are not available in (oniuntnon with my other oilei and may be \Jllz‘d oi w-tnutmn at an, tirr‘e Yams an (oi >ert tea ‘ + |
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