Adria Serie 70 S 573 Ds

Advantages: Fun; Styling; Handling; Practicality
Disadvantages: Cost of car and extras

...(and any car from the original film) from Venice to Brighton (pictures will be added). We headed south, doing Edinburgh to Dover in one hop, with the car perfectly behaved on the motorway, and very happy to cruise along at 70mph. On the continent it proved itself a confident tourer at even faster speeds. Never missed a beat, 6000 miles added in the space of two weeks. We got to play on a couple of racetracks as well - the tight motorbike circuit at Adria had the car working beautifully, and the open space of Monza let you open out (before realising you were holding up the Cooper S Works behind). Reading all of this you might begin to wonder if there are ANY downsides at all - and unfortunately I have to say there are. The primary problem comes with cost. The car itself isn't cheap, but the extras (there to allow you to 'personalise... Read review

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Advantages: Owning a BMW
Disadvantages: not many

...The BMW 3-series is one of the most popular class of BMW with great build quality, comftibility and amazing looks, the BMW 3-series was released in the 70's and are still competing well against other cars of the same class The 3-series comes in a range of engine capacitys ranging from 1.6 to 2.8 also in coupe or 4 door models which give the driver a wide choise to choose from the range. I was quite disapointed that one of the reviews said that the car had very poor handeling which is not true also the review stating why BMW are still making rear wheel drive cars this is because its allways easyer to push some thing than pull it which gives BMW such graet handleing and performance. i would anybody cosidering to buy one to buy it now.... Read review

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Advantages: Smooth Ride, Performance, Reliability
Disadvantages: Trim Quality (rattles etc.)

...I bought the car (on a "P" plate and registered new in 1997) in 2001 with 40,000 miles on the clock. Since then Iv'e done 25,000 miles in the car. The car is spacious enough for a family of five with enough luggage for a week. With the back seats down (they fold flat) its amazing how much junk you can get in there. During the test drive I was impressed with the smooth ride and the performance, and nearly two years later I still am (and I've had some fast cars in the past). The hydro-elastic suspension gives you a flat ride, as it evens out bumps and even pot-holes. But its not as good as the DS19 that I drove in the '70s. Acceleration is as good as any standard 2.0 litre saloon and better than many, but I cannot testify to top-end speed. Reliability in this period has been excellent, with services every 9,000 miles. The only... Read review

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