She caused two automobile accidents and was pulled over twice by the police all in her first year of driving. According to TMZ, one of the plaintiffs involved is suing the 17-year-old reality star 'for being a negligent driver' after prompting a three car pileup just 18 days after obtaining her license on her 16th birthday. In the details recalled by the lawsuit papers, the woman who was driving the Subaru blamed the young star for starting the chain reaction that ultimately damaged the back bumper of her white SUV. The same accuser is also suing Kylie's mother Kris who is believed to be the registered owner of the black Mercedes. Around 5pm when the smash occurred, Kylie jumped out her vehicle and was seen standing on the sidewalk to check out the damages for herself. Luckily, no passengers were injured in the accident but both vehicle were badly damaged as the photos show the Toyota's back bumper stuck on the front of Kylie's car. Before leaving the accident scene, she exchanged insurance details and information with the other drivers. Kylie doesn't exactly have the cleanest driving record during her first year as a licensed motorist. In August of this year, she was involved in yet another car crash after driving in a brand new Range Rover after dinner at Katsuya in Glendale, California. Also in the same 12 month period, the youngest sibling of Kim Kardashian received a ticket for speeding and an additional one for having tinted windows and driving with a teenager. Most recently, she was spotted taking her rumoured new beau Tyga's expensive red Range Rover for a ride following a 12-hour hair appointment in Los Angeles. 143,000 vehicle herself, despite her previous series of accidents.
And adjustable-damping shocks are aided by two stabilizer bars to ensure the vehicle remains compliant when on the tarmac. Power comes from the same twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter found in the regular G550. It鈥檚 mated to a 7-speed automatic transmission and is rated at 416 horsepower and 450 pound-feet of torque in this latest application. Meanwhile, the all-wheel drive features 50:50 torque distribution between the axles and a low-range mode is standard. Although we鈥檙e talking about a vehicle aimed at buyers in love with the great outdoors, the cabin of the G550 4x4虏, like most G-Classes, is luxurious and well-appointed. For the 2017 model year, all G-Class variants get an updated infotainment system with a new 8.0-inch display screen as well as extra connectivity options including Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration. The G550 4x4虏 made its North American debut on Wednesday at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. To learn about some of the other vehicles appearing at the show, head to our dedicated hub.
You can lock the center differential, making sure power is always punted front and rear, and then independently lock the front and rear differentials, too, coaxing torque between the wheels as the terrain demands. Special graphics on the 12.3-inch infotainment screen show steering angle and degree of incline, or flip over to cameras at the corners when you need a little extra reassurance that there鈥檚 still some path left ahead of you. Suddenly the truck鈥檚 slab-like sides become a very useful indicator of where the edges of the G-Class actually are. Indeed I had to wonder whether Mercedes could not quietly slice away all that terribly clever - and cleverly capable - off-road hardware and make a G-Wagon for the road alone. Leave it with all-wheel drive, naturally, but also recognize that 99-percent of owners probably would need no more than that. Would that be a sensible segue, or a dilution of what makes the whole thing special in the first place?
Prime dashboard real-estate is given over to the differential controls in their gleaming billet of metal, after all. Put anything larger than the smallest of German coffees in the new cup holders, however, and in the process you鈥檒l block the infotainment shortcuts and clock. Dare to transport a Big Gulp and you might find you鈥檝e lost access to the HVAC controls, too. There, of course, lies the G-Class鈥?main dilemma. It is still the superlative off-road experience; this second-generation mixture of locking differentials, war-proof mechanicals, and canny software is still the gold-standard for venturing into the wilderness without sacrificing luxury. It鈥檚 not the SUV鈥檚 fault that the reality of how it鈥檚 used is so very different. If you鈥檙e designing such a beast, therefore, where do you stake your priorities? Cling to the traditions that help make the G-Class such an icon, or acknowledge the reality of its everyday life and lay things out for that instead?
Mercedes opted to hold its course, and for that reason I can鈥檛 help but recommend the AMG G63. If you鈥檙e going to be obstinately excessive, go the whole hog. Matte black paint, quartet of gleaming exhausts poking snoutish from under the running boards, and special red AMG pinstriping. Get the 22-inch wheels and the cream cabin leather of a shade so pale, so singularly unsuited to the off-road lifestyle, that it makes you gasp each time you clamber inside. Refuse to apologize for treating yourself to more speakers, more subwoofers. Try not to smirk when pedestrians flinch as the power door locks slam closed like a cell door in maximum security. Some things defy logic. Some purchases defy logical thinking. Sometimes sensible decision-making gives way to the lusts of your lizard brain. The G-Class makes little practical sense unless you really need a Baja-ready limousine, but that鈥檚 also really not the point. The point is that you want it because it鈥檚 big, and uncompromising, and a little bit silly, but all in the best possible way. The new G550 and AMG G63鈥檚 talents really do run more than skin deep, but seldom has that mattered less than with the 2019 G-Class.
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