A reworked Porsche Panamera and a moderately priced SUV. Plus, Drive it! attends a fabulous VW Beetle meet.Present it! Porsche Panamera 4SPorsche has launched a revamped Panamera. It comes with a brand new engine and transmission, an improved chassis and redesigned look which is much more in line with the Porsche brand.The luxury sports sedan Panamera 4S has a 2.9-litre V6 twin-turbo engine with an output of 324 kW. The Panamera 4S can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.4 seconds, and Porsche claims it uses just 8.2 liters per 100 kilometers. The car is fitted with Porsche Advanced Cockpit which has touch-sensitive controls and allows for maximum connectivity.Examine it! Skoda Kodiaq World PremiereSkoda presented its new SUV in Berlin at the start of the month. 600 journalists from around the world attended the unveiling of the Kodiaq, billed as "a bear of a car" and named after one of the biggest species of bear on earth, the Kodiaq.It is a beefy, brawny vehicle without any fussy ornamentation. It is spacious and powerful and has a fancy infotainment system.Test it! Mazda 3 4-Door SedanThe Mazda 3 is serious competition for the Volkswagen Golf. It comes as a hatchback and as a fastback. Its dynamic form embodies Mazda's KODO design philosophy, which is all about muscular vigor, dynamic poise and elegant detail. We tested the top-of-the-line diesel version. It proved to be powerful and sporty with excellent handling and a spacious interior.Examine it! The 2016 Beetle SunshinetourIt's a Bug's life on the Baltic. Every summer, the world's largest Beetle fan community gathers in Travemünde for the Beetle Sunshinetour. This year's motto was 'Crazy - not for sheeple'.The meet featured 650 tuned and imaginatively designed VW Beetles owned by three generations of drivers - a new record for the Beetle Sunshinetour! The motley crew of Beetle-maniacs and their lovingly designed and pampered automobiles gave this event a flair all its own.Vintage! The Mercedes 280 E/8The Mercedes 280 E/8 was aimed at customers for whom the S Class was just beyond reach. The series was launched in 1968 and reached its zenith in 1972 with the 280 E sedan.Most of the 280s had a 4-cylinder engine under the hood. A newly developed 2.8 liter, in-line 6-cylinder engine gave the top-of-the-line model 185 horsepower - impressive for the time - and broke the key 200-kilometer-an-hour mark, reaching 100 km/h in just 9 seconds. But the 6-cylinders guzzled 14 liters of gas per 100 kilometers. In the early 1970s, the 280 was among the fastest sedans on German roads.