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The V12 engine and Ferrari have a long history. It can be traced all the way back to the first road car to wear the prancing horse logo: the 1.5-litre V12 used in the 125 S of 1947 that produced just 116bhp. Over the years, that fabled engine has grown in size and power, fitted to iconic Ferrari models such as the 250 GTO, 550 Maranello and F12 Berlinetta. In short, whether you were playing in 1968 or 1998, if your Top Trumps card had a V12 Ferrari on it, you were laughing. Fast forward to today and the latest V12 from the Italian firm is its craziest yet. Indeed, the Ferrari 812 Superfast is fitted with a 6.5-litre V12 that produces a frankly absurd 789bhp. That means a 0-62 mph time of 2.9sec and it’ll get to 120mph before some hot hatches will manage the former. If you’re feeling confident (and have enough room), it will carry on all the way to 211mph. To ensure all that power isn’t wasted, there are various clever systems onboard to keep you on the Tarmac and beating lap times. But, of course, all this power and technology comes at a lofty price. The lucky few who have enough cash to consider one might also be considering other coupé GTs such as the Aston Martin Vanquish S but, given the 812’s aggressive nature, also proper performance cars such as the McLaren 720S.

A large hoard of cash has been found at the home of Sudan's ousted president Omar al-Bashir and he is now being investigated for money laundering, prosecutors say. Security services found euros, dollars and Sudanese pounds totalling more than $130m (£100m). The ex-leader was placed under house arrest after months of protests led to his removal. Reports say Mr Bashir is now being held at the Kobar high-security prison. A source in Sudan's judiciary told Reuters news agency that suitcases loaded with more than $351,000, €6m ($6.7m; £5.2m) and five billion Sudanese pounds ($105m) were found at Mr Bashir's home. The source also confirmed Mr Bashir was under investigation, telling Reuters prosecutors would "question the former president in Kobar prison". A picture carried by the Netherlands-based media outlet Radio Dabanga shows men in army uniforms standing over what appears to be several sacks full of cash. The money, which Radio Dabanga says was shown to reporters, was stuffed in bags designed to contain 50kg (110lbs) of grain. On Saturday, Sudan's attorney general said a new committee would be set up to oversee anti-corruption investigations. But despite moves to hold Mr Bashir and others to account, Sudan's army does not appear to have the confidence of protesters demanding civilian rule, BBC Africa correspondent, Alastair Leithead, says. 'Protesters want civilian rule' Alastair Leithead, BBC News, Khartoum The mass sit-in continues in the centre of Khartoum, amid a lack of trust that the military council is committed to handing over power to a civilian transitional authority. Each day concessions are announced, but there's little proof that what's been promised has been delivered. There have been no images of the former president in prison, nor any response from the generals over a demand they give up power to a civilian administration. The general public prosecutor's announcement that Mr Bashir is being investigated for money laundering after cash was found at his home is news the demonstrators would like to hear. The Sudanese military toppled Mr Bashir on 11 April but demonstrators, led by The Sudanese Professionals Association, have vowed to stay on the streets until there is a move to civilian rule. Mr Bashir, who ruled Sudan for almost 30 years, is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes in the country's western Darfur region. Sudan's military, however, says it will not extradite him and will try him in the country instead. Uganda would consider offering the deposed leader asylum if he applied, the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Oryem Okello told Reuters. Until this week, Mr Bashir's whereabouts since his removal were unknown. The coup leader at the time, Awad Ibn Auf, said Mr Bashir was being detained in a "safe place". He himself stood down soon afterwards, with Lt Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan named as head of the transitional military council. What's the latest with the protesters? Demonstrators remain camped out at military headquarters in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Huge crowds braved scorching heat and fatigue for a 14th day on Friday, demanding that the military council hand over the reins of power to a civilian authority. Plans to unveil a civilian body to replace the military council will be announced on Sunday, the SPA said in a statement. Ahmed Rabi, leader of the SPA, told The Associated Press that he and others behind the protest movement met the military council on Saturday. It is the third such meeting between them, with no sign of a breakthrough to end the deadlock. So far, the SPA has been uncompromising in its demands, fearful of a military-led administration stuffed full of Mr Bashir's allies. An SPA spokesman previously told the BBC that the group "completely rejected" the transitional military council leading the country, and said protesters seek the dismantling of state intelligence agencies and the "full dissolution of the deep state". What has the military said? Military council has announced a raft of new measures, including the end of censorship and new heads of the security forces. The council has arrested former government members and says it will put in place whatever civilian government and whichever prime minister opposition groups agree. Are military takeovers on the rise in Africa? But while the council promised not to remove protesters from their sit-in, it has also called on them to stop unauthorised roadblocks and "let normal life resume". "Taking up arms will not be tolerated," military council spokesman Maj Gen Shams Ad-din Shanto said last week.

Heaven's Vault is exquisite. I've finished my first playthrough of the archaeological sci-fi adventure, so the main narrative mysteries like "What happened to roboticist Janniqi Renba?" and "What exactly is Heaven's Vault?" are known. The reason I immediately headed into New Game Plus is that the real puzzle at the heart of Heaven's Vault is translating the world's Ancient hieroglyphics. That's still unfolding and it's absolutely stunning. As archaeologist Aliya Elasra I've sailed the cosmic rivers of the Nebula in my wooden spaceboat. I've docked at distant moons, pottered around farms and markets, and chatted with a varied cast of characters, including many little exchanges with my companion robot, Six. (Don't ask what happened to One through Five). The story mysteries provide a structure to guide your explorations but for me they were always secondary to the joy of collecting new text fragments and teasing out new meanings. Finding text fragments happens in a number of ways. There are artefacts with carved inscriptions—weapons, oil burners, lintels, sculptures… There are fragments of books. There is graffiti. There are murals. Some are obvious thanks to the UI immediately marking them out on the screen as areas to interact with. Others only appear if you explore the nooks and crannies of an area. When you find one you'll see it laid out on the screen as a string of symbols. The raw form is scripta continua—there are no spaces to separate words—so part of the puzzle is actually affixing meaning to particular groups of symbols and part of it is figuring out how to apply those symbols. To give you an example in English, say you had a string of text with no spaces which included the letters: "... T O G E T H E R…" Part of decoding the meaning is figuring out if those should be read as "together" or "to get her". At first context clues will be your main guide. If Aliya describes an artifact as also featuring the sign of the Empire, the word Emperor or Empress might appear. If the object has an obvious function, like a place of worship or a weapon, that might help too. You might also just look at the options the game provides and try to make the most natural-sounding sentence out of those. If your translation makes sense in multiple contexts Aliya will change it from a speculative meaning to a definite translation in her dictionary. These come in really handy because when you're dealing with unfamiliar words the game will show you words with similar symbols from your dictionary which might be related. One of the many things I love about this system is that it works on two levels. On one, you can pick your way through the game's language using approaches like context clues, educated guesses, and by matching the shapes of words you already know to new fragments until the game tells you you've worked out where the breaks between words are. For the hardcore grammar/linguistics/logic nerds (HOLLER!) you can grab your notebook and deduce more nuanced systems. At one point I took a break from visiting locations to pick through my dictionary and established that there are markers denoting the past-tense, signaling adjectives and verbs, and indicating that two concepts are tied to one another. My most insufferably smug moment was being able to translate fragments which Heaven's Vault wouldn't let Aliya decipher in-game yet. New Game Plus allowed me to start again but keep my existing dictionary. To keep up with my expanded knowledge the fragments are longer and more involved this time which is exciting! I'm also playing as more of a jerk so my interactions and choices are a little different. Heaven's Vault is not perfect. Sometimes info added to the in-game historical timeline is a little out of sync with what the character has learned from the conversation. The river is clunky to navigate and sometimes tells you you've gone the wrong way despite following Six's directions. Character reactions don't always make emotional sense. The camera settles in odd places. Aliya's knowledge of Ancient feels too small at the start. Walking around the moon of Elboreth is annoying. Oh, and sometimes trawling for artefacts feels very pixel-hunty. For me none of these are more than minor irritants, but I know others found them more abrasive. There's also the animation system. I really like it but I know that's not universal. If you stand still and then start walking again you'll see a ghostly image of Aliya in the spot where you paused for a second or two before it fades. To me that's a nod to the game's archaeology theme. Aliya's presence leaves imprints in the world, perhaps footprint or scent. They fade fast, but they're on the same spectrum as the artefacts. Heaven's Vault does a beautiful job of letting you unlock a language, and thus a dialogue of sorts, with the past, via a wonderfully engaging protagonist.

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Tesla's share price closed down 8.2% after the electric carmaker warned on profits following a 31% drop in vehicle deliveries during the first quarter. The firm blamed problems with shipments to Europe and China, where it began selling its Model 3 car for the first time. Total deliveries hit 63,000 in the three months to March, below analysts' forecasts which had already been cut. Tesla now expects quarterly profits to be "negatively impacted". The company encountered problems shipping the Model 3 to China in March after customs authorities suspended clearance because of misprinted labels on certain cars. Tesla also saw shipments disrupted in Europe following strike action at the port of Zeebrugge, where its vehicles are delivered before being distributed to a number of countries in the EU Tesla said that it had only delivered half the entire quarter's vehicles by 21 March, and that 10,600 cars were still "in transit" at the end of the quarter. The carmaker's shares dropped nearly 9% in early trading in New York to $265.9 each. 'Very disappointing' Analysts had expected Tesla to deliver 82,000 vehicles between January and March, but this was then reduced to 71,350. In the fourth quarter, Tesla delivered 90,700 cars. The Model 3 is key to Tesla's future. It is the company's lowest-priced car and Tesla is building a manufacturing site in China which will allow it to cut shipment costs. However, analysts were also spooked by a sharp fall in deliveries of Tesla's Model S and Model X vehicles. In the fourth quarter, Tesla delivered 13,500 Model S models and 14,050 Model Xs. But in the first quarter, that dropped to a combined 12,100 cars, which analysts at banking group RBC said was "very disappointing". 'Feeling loved' Meanwhile, Elon Musk appeared in a Manhattan court where a federal judge urged the billionaire to settle contempt allegations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission over his use of Twitter. The SEC has asked that Mr Musk be held in contempt of court for allegedly violating an agreement which restricted his use of social media to talk about Tesla. It followed a tweet last August by Mr Musk that he could take Tesla private for $420 per share. In a subsequent tweet, Mr Musk said he expected Tesla to produce 500,000 cars this year. At the hearing the SEC stopped well short of recommending Mr Musk's removal as chief executive or even from the electric car company's board. District Judge Alison Nathan gave both sides two weeks to work out their differences, and said she could rule on whether Mr Musk violated his recent fraud settlement with the regulator if they failed. Mr Musk declined to discuss the hearing as he left the courthouse, surrounded by a horde of reporters, photographers and television cameras, but said "I feel very loved here".

The number of measles cases reported worldwide in the first three months of 2019 has tripled compared with the same time last year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN body said provisional data indicated a "a clear trend", with all regions of the world seeing outbreaks. Africa had witnessed the most dramatic rise - up 700%. The agency said actual numbers may be far greater, since only one in 10 cases globally are reported. Measles is a highly infectious viral illness that can sometimes lead to serious health complications, including infections of the lungs and brain. Ukraine, Madagascar and India have been worst affected by the disease, with tens of thousands of reported cases per million people. Since September, at least 800 people have died from measles in Madagascar alone. Outbreaks have also hit Brazil, Pakistan and Yemen, "causing many deaths - mostly among young children". A spike in case numbers was, in addition, reported for countries including the US and Thailand with high levels of vaccination coverage. The UN says the disease is "entirely preventable" with the right vaccines, but global coverage of the first immunisation stage has "stalled" at 85%, "still short of the 95% needed to prevent outbreaks". In an opinion piece for CNN, WHO heads Henrietta Fore and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world was "in the middle of a measles crisis" and that "the proliferation of confusing and contradictory information" about vaccines was partly to blame. Why the sudden 'global measles crisis'? It is one of the most contagious viruses around, however, nothing about measles has changed. It has not mutated to become more infectious or more dangerous, instead the answers are entirely human. There are two stories here - one of poverty and one of misinformation. In poorer countries fewer people are vaccinated and a larger portion of the po[CENSORED]tion is left vulnerable to the virus. This creates the environment for a large outbreak to occur - such as those in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kyrgyzstan and Madagascar. But rich countries with seemingly high vaccination rates are seeing cases spike too. This is because clusters of people are choosing not to vaccinate their children due to the spread of untrue anti-vax messages on social media. It is worth noting these figures are provisional, the WHO says the true figures will be much higher. And that measles is far from harmless. It kills around 100,000 people, mostly children, every year. The pair wrote that it was "understandable, in such a climate, how loving parents can feel lost" but that "ultimately, there is no 'debate' to be had about the profound benefits of vaccines". They added: "More than 20 million lives have been saved through measles vaccination since the year 2000 alone." In response to recent measles outbreaks, calls have mounted in several countries to make immunisation mandatory. Last month, Italy banned children under six from attending schools unless they had received vaccines for chickenpox, measles and other illnesses. A public health emergency has also been declared in areas of New York, ordering all residents to be vaccinated or face a fine.

NEED TO KNOW What is it? Accessible dogfighting and baffling cutscenes, in that order. Expect to pay £50/$60 Developer Bandai Namco Publisher In-house Reviewed on Core i5 6500, GTX 1070, 16GB RAM Multiplayer Up to 8 players Link Official site $59.99 VIEW AT GAMERSGATE $83.09 View at CDKeys $84.99 View at GamersGate See all prices (12 found) ? Aerial combat games can be split down the middle, more or less, according to which half of the '90s they hark back to. Is it an ode to Afterburner, all effortless loops and rolls? Or is it the kind of rigorous flight sim which flew so high in the decade’s latter half, turning a correctly retracted landing gear into a real achievement and almost invariably taking its name from a plane (see Falcon 4.0, B-17 Flying Fortress et al)? You don’t need me to tell you that Ace Combat 7 is the former. You can see by the screenshots, by the very name, that this is about getting you up in the air and feeling like Maverick ASAP, laws of physics be damned. The latest in a 23-year-old series devoted to just that, no less. And on those particular terms, it’s a roaring success. As with its predecessors, there are two different flight models available here, one professing to offer a simplified handling experience while the other offers a deeper simulation. In truth, neither one is particularly taxing and the most discernible difference between them seems to be the necessity to use yaw controls in simulation mode. It’s Need For Speed handling in the air then, essentially, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. After an hour or so of chucking a fighter jet about with cartoonish abandon though, you do feel a desire to test your flight skills further than either model truly allows. No, instead that challenge must be gleaned from Ace Combat 7’s missions, which start off punishingly pedestrian but kick into gear three or four levels in and reveal an absolutely unhinged campaign. What begins as 15 minutes of shooting at radar towers and the odd enemy fighter quickly descends into boss fights against impossible constructions, battles with drone swarms, and navigational set-pieces straight from a Universal Studios ride. The demands of Ace Combat 7’s campaign are matched perfectly with its accessible approach to flight simulation, throwing improbable machines and scenarios at you simply because it can. Any veterans of the Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. games (I never did know what that acronym stood for) know how important that marriage of thematic and mechanical approach is: The pseudo-serious Clancy setting prevented those eponymous Hawx from ever getting too ridiculous, and tedium ensued as a result. There's no similar danger here. Ace Combat 7 keeps the early nineties arcade flight sim alive, prettier and weirder than ever Make it back to base after one of these delirious encounters and you’ll earn some currency to spend on new weapons, plane upgrades, and entirely new aircraft via a huge and elaborate tech tree. The improvements to manoeuvrability are subtle when you upgrade a plane, but weapon additions can make you much more effective in certain missions—plus each new jet speaks to the five-year-old in all of us who finds them impossibly, unspeakably cool. Ace Combat knows this very well, you suspect, as it lingers on shots of them in selection screens before your sortie. But is there enough variety? It seems ungrateful to even ask when you've just concluded a mission that requires you to navigate collapsing skyscrapers, but—no, there isn't, really. Despite all the bluster, it’s hard to shake the fatigue that comes with your hundredth dogfight or ground attack. The settings change, and sometimes the environment itself poses a hazard, but in the simplest terms the gameplay loop doesn’t evolve beyond aim, lock, fire. That’s as much a genre problem as anything Ace Combat 7 does wrong in particular, and if you’re reading this review you’ve likely already made your peace with arcade flight sims’ eccentricities. Still, that frustration exists. The negative side of this review has bigger fish to fry, though. Like ten minutes of utterly unengaging opening cutscene, in which we learn about a few fictional nations who’ve been at war for ages and about a big bomb that exploded. And loads of additional cutscenes between missions, which, hand on heart I really did try to follow, but something just happens to my neural pathways after I’ve passed my threshold for narrative nonsense and the words just don’t register anymore. Previous Ace Combats made it their ‘thing’ to bark absurd dialogue at you until it became endearing, and rest assured series fans, that “Just how penal is this penal colony?” line is back and referenced with a knowing smile this time. Despite that, this game appears to want to be taken seriously for large chunks, and it doesn’t have the characterisation—scratch that, enough of a semblance of sense—to merit that. Let’s not dwell on what’s ultimately a subjective aspect of the game, though. Let’s instead sing Ace Combat 7’s praises for looking great without taxing your PC overly (there’s even a downsampling option, egads!) and for keeping the early '90s arcade flight sim alive, prettier and weirder than ever

Publisher Capcom Reviewed on Core i-5-8400, GTX 1060, 16GB RAM Multiplayer No Link Official Site CHECK AMAZON Before I became familiar with Japanese media, I associated courtroom dramas with the no-nonsense rulings of Judge Judy or the uber-serious suspense of A Few Good Men. Meanwhile, in Japan's fictional courtrooms, the silly and the dramatic is found in equal measure, making it a hugely po[CENSORED]r genre. This is especially true of Ace Attorney, which imbues its trials with all the visual and stylistic trappings of an engaging anime serial. Ace Attorney is the latest in a line of HD remasters of Capcom's previously console-only games. Prior to Ace Attorney, hardly any visual novels were officially localised, and even now it’s still a niche that more commonly brings to mind dating games over adventure. Ace Attorney's courtroom setting and goofy humour still set it apart; both from visual novels and games at large. Trials range from ridiculous to genuinely suspenseful. Rather than just a collection of selectable player reactions, Phoenix Wright is one of the few main characters in this type of game who gets to freely express himself. While he often seems overwhelmed by the shenanigans around him, he genuinely cares—making me care in turn. You learn everything you need to know to become a winner in the courtroom during your very first case. Fresh from law school, defence attorney Phoenix has promised to get his best friend Larry Butz acquitted of murder. Your clients are generally hapless people like him, and in order to keep them out of jail, you have to identify the true culprit and then—to quote Wright—"put the pressure on until they squeal". First you listen to a witness's testimony, then pick it apart statement by statement during the cross-examination. You can ask a witness to clarify ("Hold it!") or expose inaccuracies and straight-up lies by presenting a piece of contradicting evidence ("Objection!"). All evidence is handily collected in the court record, which you can access at any time. Presenting evidence can be frustrating however, because not only do you have to present the right piece, it also has to be presented at the right moment. If a witness is elaborating on a prior statement in their next sentence, either seem like viable moments to object, but the game will only acknowledge the right sentence to do so. Get it wrong, and you'll be penalised and lose part of a health bar. The more is on the line, the more health you stand to lose, but you can save at any time from the options menu. Diagnosis: Murder Starting with the second of 14 episodes, you also put your Sherlock Holmes hat on and do some sleuthing ahead of a court date. Looking for clues out in the world is an unwieldy affair, as you have to move from screen to screen in a certain order and randomly click just about anything that could be of interest. Sometimes you move about aimlessly without knowing what to do next until a person appears out of nowhere or you've finished all available conversations. Ace Attorney is a hilarious game, highly dependent on wordplay and overdramatic witnesses Trials soon turn into lengthy affairs over multiple days, in which dramatic revelations and new evidence regularly provide interesting twists and turns. Yet Ace Attorney isn't just a 'case of the week' affair—over time you come to know an eclectic cast of main characters whose backstories intertwine with the seemingly unrelated cases you're trying to solve. Many episodes over the course of the trilogy involve Wright's assistant Maya Fey, who belongs to a family of spirit mediums who to help with investigations by channelling the dead, for example. Police detective and lovable village idiot Dick Gumshoe is another regular. Of course no trial would be complete without prosecuting attorneys, Wright's opponents in court. In the first game, this role is filled by Miles Edgeworth, a delightfully sour-faced fop who wears actual cravats as part of his everyday outfit. Edgeworth is my new favourite, because how many men do you know, fictional or otherwise, who can rock a magenta suit and a tragic backstory? Edgeworth provides a lot of the overarching story's backbone, as do the Feys. Ace Attorney does put a lot of stock in character development, and watching Phoenix relationship with his friends grow over time is heart-warming. As much as these characters grew on me though, the individual cases remained my main source of enjoyment over the course of the three games. Still, I appreciate the interplay between random trials and more personal stories. Murder, She Translated The localisation is Ace Attorney's actual star. Ace Attorney is a hilarious game, highly dependent on wordplay and overdramatic witnesses being completely oblivious to the gravity of the situation they find themselves in. There's more than one running gag that stretches over several episodes, and like SEGA's Yakuza series, it's often just Wright's deadpan reactions to everyone else's outlandish behaviour that makes each interaction so much fun. The localisation confers each suspect's linguistic ticks and is overall vital to helping you find out just when they say something that doesn't quite add up. To help illustrate the scope of influence the localisation has, you just need to look at names in the series. Each character’s name in the original is a pun. Take Phoenix Wright—his first name was chosen for its heroic sound, then modified into "Nick” by several characters, becoming a literal nickname. His original name is Ryuichi Naruhodo, and his surname is actually the Japanese way to say "right” as an affirmation. To justify using English names however, localisation moved the setting of the entire game. A drastic decision in order to accurately localise as many puns as possible, especially when the Japanese setting becomes increasingly obvious in the second and third games, but the frankly ridiculous puns give Ace Attorney its own charm. When it comes to having you uncover evidence, Ace Attorney uses a curious combination of very eagerly pushing hints onto you (complete with marking text passages of interest in red), and staying completely schtum. Every piece of evidence you collect will become relevant at some point, but sometimes you only find out by trial and error what Phoenix is referring to. When situations enter the territory of the absurd, cases turn into guesswork. The creative twists that make each criminal case interesting also make them so difficult to puzzle out. Still, Ace Attorney avoids feeling punishing. During my playthrough I only saw the game over screen once. Anime calls for drama and highly unlikely events the same way it calls for characters with candy-coloured hair Solving a puzzle feels great, thanks to the frankly smug way in which Wright explains his deductions. Ace Attorney would likely be half as long if Wright didn't announce his breakthroughs in the most dramatic fashion imaginable, followed by a lengthy explanation to make sure everyone's on board. "You want to know what this business card signifies? I'm going to tell you what it signifies!" Clickbait, in my games? Thankfully, a simple button press is enough to skip to the end of a sentence or to have the text run slightly faster.

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The verdict: It may be getting a bit long in the tooth, but even an aging battleship can pack quite a wallop. Versus the competition: Three-row luxury SUVs are not that common. The Toyota Land Cruiser-based Lexus LX 570 rivals the GLS in price and size, while American entries from Lincoln and Cadillac handily best the GLS on interior size, cargo room and towing abilities for comparable coin. As of this moment in 2019, if you want a three-row, seven-seat luxury SUV, you're going to have to spend a good deal of money. Your options are the Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class or the Land Rover Range Rover if you want something European, the Cadillac Escalade or Lincoln Navigator if you're OK with something American, or if you swing Japanese, there's the Lexus LX 570 or Infiniti QX80. Soon a new BMW will join the fray, the X7, and new, smaller crossover-style SUVs are coming from Lincoln and Cadillac — but for now, them's your choices, as they say. Of the six currently on the market, the Mercedes-Benz is one of the fresher ones, having seen its last facelift in 2016 (the Range Rover last saw an update in 2012), but it was just a mild refresh; it still uses a lot of older Mercedes-Benz systems and components. Does its age versus newer entries like the Lincoln Navigator put it at a disadvantage? Old-School Style The GLS' styling reflects the old-school look of Mercedes-Benz: more distinctive and upright than the swoopier styling seen on the brand's latest endeavors. The benefit of that upright styling is plentiful interior headroom and cargo space, but the look is starting to age — and it's likely to look even more out of date when parked next to the new 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE mid-size SUV, which will start gracing showrooms this year. The pressure is on from the competition, too, with the new Lincoln Navigator providing some interesting options for buyers and the Cadillac Escalade about to get a big refresh later this year. Given the GLS is one of the few remaining vehicles in the Mercedes showroom that hasn't seen a major update in a while, I wouldn't be surprised to see a fresh model in the very near future. Rolling Relaxation There are several flavors of GLS-Class. My test vehicle was the entry-level GLS450, powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 engine. It makes 362 horsepower and 369 pounds-feet of torque, and it's mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission that powers a permanent all-wheel-drive system. While this sounds like a healthy level of power and torque, it doesn't feel like it; acceleration is relaxed at best, with an emphasis more on smoothness than spirit. The transmission doesn't shift terribly quickly, and the overall experience comes across as unhurried and refined rather than sporting. Upgrade to the GLS550 and you'll get a twin-turbocharged 4.7-liter V-8 pumping out 449 hp and 516 pounds-feet of torque, or you can go all out and get the hairy-chested Mercedes-AMG GLS63, which is equipped with a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8 making 577 hp and 561 pounds-feet of torque. The three powertrain possibilities (each separated by a price jump of roughly $25,000-$30,000) mean there are options to suit everyone's power needs — provided you have the cash. The 3.0-liter V-6 is perfectly adequate for around-town use, highway cruising and people hauling. Upgrading to the larger engines doesn't appreciably affect tow ratings; the GLS450 and GLS550 are both rated to tow 7,200 pounds, while the GLS63 gets a slight bump, to 7,500 pounds. It's wonderfully quiet out on the highway, with more wind noise than engine noise making its way into the well-sealed cabin. The GLS450 handles like a big SUV: a bit floaty, a bit vague in the steering and somewhat top-heavy when changing directions. It doesn't have the active suspension that's newly optional on the high-tech GLE, but it wouldn't surprise me if the next one offers it. It feels heavy because it is heavy: The GLS450 is more than 5,300 pounds, and more powerful models are even portlier. It's lighter than the hulking American behemoths (despite the Navigator's aluminum body) but more than 300 pounds heavier than a Range Rover. Again, though, the whole idea here is that you're not driving this thing aggressively anyway, so why not make it a sedate experience all-around? It's cushy, comfy and rather slow. Mission accomplished. Fuel economy isn't great, but it is above average for the class. The twin-turbo V-6 with the nine-speed automatic and standard all-wheel drive nets the GLS an EPA rating of 16/22/18 mpg city/highway/combined. My results were a better than expected 20.2 mpg in a week's worth of city and highway driving. That's slightly better than the V-8-powered AWD Escalade's estimated 14/21/17 mpg and about even with the larger, twin-turbo V-6-powered Navigator's 16/21/18 mpg with all-wheel drive, both of which owe their numbers to their 10-speed automatic transmissions. All of them shame the Lexus LX 570 with its V-8, eight-speed automatic transmission and paltry 13/18/15 mpg rating. Classy But Dated Inside What makes you not mind the fact that the GLS450 isn't all that entertaining to drive are its interior accommodations. Yes, the interior is at least a decade old in terms of buttons, switches, climate controls and more, but despite its visibly aged style, it's still extremely nice in there. Top-quality materials abound, with real leather, real metal trim and beautiful wood adorning everything. It even smells like luxury inside thanks to the quality leather. My test vehicle included the $6,000 Grand Edition Package, which brings Designo Porcelain and Espresso Brown real Nappa leather with special stitching, light natural-grain striped wood trim and special badging. Seated amid this much comfortable leather, nestled in spacious, supportive, adaptive multicontour thrones with massage functions, you can overlook the fact that it looks like the climate-control knobs skipped an upgrade the rest of the lineup got. Visibility is excellent thanks to tall windows and an upright seating position. This genuinely feels like a proper SUV, not a car-based crossover and the compromised space that entails. Backseat Deficit Unfortunately, the front seats' spaciousness does not extend to the rows behind them. Second-row legroom is compromised; it doesn't feel nearly as spacious as the smaller GLE crossover SUV's backseat — and it's not, with 38.5 inches of legroom versus the 2020 GLE's maximum of 41.1 inches with its optional adjustable second row. There's plenty of width and headroom despite the seats sitting higher than the first row, stadium-style, but your knees are more likely than not to contact the first-row seatbacks. That's unexpected in such a large SUV but not that uncommon in old-style ones, most of which were built on rear-wheel-drive truck platforms. According to the spec sheet, the GLS has the least first- and second-row legroom of its competitors. The third row is decent but still best suited for small adults, children or very brief trips — you won't want to spend any time back there if you can avoid it. Getting in and out of it isn't as easy as in some competitors, as the actuation of the second row's tilt-and-fold function is manual, not powered, folding via a pull cord and handle behind the second row.

The world's largest aeroplane by wingspan has taken flight for the first time. Built by Stratolaunch, the company set up by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2011, the aircraft is designed to act as a flying launch pad for satellites. The idea is to fly the plane to 10 km (6.2 miles) before releasing satellites into orbit. Its 385 ft (117 m) wingspan is the length of an American football field. If successful, such a project would be a cheaper way to launch objects into space than rockets fired from the ground. The twin-fuselage six-engine jet flew up to 15,000 ft (4,572m) and reached speeds of about 170 miles per hour (274 km/h) on its maiden flight. he pilot Evan Thomas told reporters the experience was "fantastic" and that "for the most part, the airplane flew as predicted". According to their website, Stratolaunch aims to "make access to orbit as routine as catching a commercial airline flight is today". British billionaire Richard Branson's company Virgin Galactic has also developed aircraft that launch rockets into orbit from great height.

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After decades of speculations, concepts, and renderings, a mid-engine version of everyone's favorite American sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette, is finally on its way. This evening, Chevrolet officially acknowledged that the car is real, and told us when we'll see it in person. The C8 Corvette Will Officially Debut on July 18, 2019 Chevy posted this image to Instagram on the evening of April 11th. It's the first official acknowledgement that the mid-engine Corvette is real, and the date on the side corresponds with Chevy's teaser webpage for the upcoming 'Vette. It's official: We'll see this thing for real on July 18th General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced the C8's debut at a charity event in New York City honoring firefighters and first responders killed in the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Chevy didn't give any further details aside from the debut date, but the automaker did publish its first official photos of a mid-engine 'Vette prototype cruising around New York City: It Could Start Between $60,000 and $70,000 Hagerty reports that the C8 will start in the $60,000 to $70,000 range, where it'll be equipped with a new version of the current Corvette's naturally aspirated LT1 6.2-liter V-8. This engine, likely dubbed LT2, should make around 500 horsepower—up from the LT1's 460 horsepower. It Could Get a Fancy New V-8 A 500-hp V-8, good though that may be, is only where things should start. Hagerty thinks that Chevy is working on a twin-turbo overhead-cam V-8 for the C8, possibly with a flat-plane crankshaft.