Axel Griesinger
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Drive: BMW M440i xDrive Convertible – Long-Forgotten Qualities
18 Jun 2022, 10:24 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / The design of the new 4 Series remains a source of controversial discussions. But with the BMW M440i xDrive Cabriolet, the Munich-based company is introducing something that competes closely with the much more expensive and uncompromising M4 Cabrio...
Driven: Skoda Enyaq iV 80 - The Everyday EV
12 Jun 2022, 13:14 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / With the Škoda Enyaq iV 80, the Czechs currently have perhaps the best variant on the MEB platform (German for “Modularer E-Antriebs-Baukasten”) within the VW Group on sale. Because it is one thing above all: unpretentious. Even ...
Ridden: 2022 Kawasaki Ninja 1000SX - the Express Tourer
31 May 2022, 14:35 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / The Ninja 1000 SX has been successful on the market for 10 years. In 2020, the perennial bestseller has been redesigned once again. With facelift number 4, the Japanese have once again refined the character of the dynamic sports tourer. Is the Kawa...
Volvo XC60 Recharge T8 AWD Polestar Engineered – An SUV With Two Faces
25 Apr 2022, 09:19 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / The name of the Volvo XC60 Recharge T8 AWD Polestar Engineered is at least as complicated as its drivetrain. Back in the days when the angular Swedes still listened to badges like 246 GL or P1800 ES, the world was clearly simpler. What has progress...
Driven: 2022 Audi SQ5 Sportback TDI: The Beautiful Sovereign
17 Apr 2022, 16:12 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / The Audi SQ5 Sportback TDI may not be to everyone's taste visually with its fake tailpipes, air intakes and sloping roofline. But its heavy diesel engine may be giving its impressive performance one last time. Our test shows what else the hand...
Coming Home (Thoughts on the Audi RS7 Sportback)
27 Mar 2022, 08:33 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / Moments like these are rare and they will soon become much rarer. Perhaps it was one of the last experiences of this kind at all. Moonlight Night It was as though Heaven Had softly kissed the Earth, So that she in a gleam of blossom Had onl...
Driven: BMW M340d xDrive Touring – The Strong Argument
26 Mar 2022, 16:52 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / With the BMW M340d xDrive Touring, the Munich-based automaker is trying something new. For the first time seven generations, a self-igniting powertrain moves under the hood of an M Performance vehicle in the 3 Series. It impressively demonstrates w...
Driven: 2022 Opel Mokka-E – Electric Chic for Everyday Life
25 Mar 2022, 18:36 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / With the new Opel Mokka-e, the Stellantis owned and Germany-based brand not only wants to bring its new design language to a wider audience, but also wants to gain a foothold in the faster growing EV market. Therefore the city SUV in the variant wi...
Driven: 2022 Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.2 Diesel Q4 TI – The Rough Fine One
20 Mar 2022, 12:44 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / With the Alfa Romeo Stelvio 2.2 Diesel, the Italians not only have a compact luxury crossover SUV in their lineup that is so important for sales, but also, especially for the European market, a diesel engine that is still indispensable for this seg...
Porsche Winter Driving Experience: May the Ice Force Be with You
18 Jan 2016, 18:35 UTC · By: Axel Griesinger / Owning a sports car is pure luxury. To move a sports car in an appropriate manner is the high art of driving. But where can you do that nowadays at all? On the German Autobahn? As a German author, let me disappoint you: our highways are far wor...