Bold and the Beautiful Must Watch Video Preview March 17-21: Sheila Meets Her New Granddaughter
B&B video preview for March 17-21 has Sheila learning the truth about Luna’s paternity.
The week of March 17-21 will be filled with many shocking announcements on The Bold and the Beautiful. This week’s video preview has someone celebrating, while another character is dealt a crushing loss. Here’s a glimpse at what’s ahead.
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Last week, Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) decided it was time to hand Forrester Creations back to its rightful owners. After his meeting with Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) and Eric (John McCook), it’s time to break the news to Hope (Annika Noelle). Carter goes to the cabin to talk to Hope about FC’s future. She’ll be stunned by his news and his announcement could have a rippling effect on their relationship.
Elsewhere, Ridge and Eric return to the Forrester Mansion to announce they have control of FC. Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), Taylor (Rebecca Budig), and Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) are excited by the news and ready to celebrate. However, Steffy’s joy diminishes when she learns that Hope and her fashion line will be staying with the company. “Forrester should have no involvement with Hope,” Steffy declares. Can Ridge and Eric convince her to put aside her hostility for the sake of FC?
Later, Luna (Lisa Yamada) shows up at II Giardino. It’s been a whirlwind week for the young woman. First, she found out her cousin Finn (Tanner Novlan) is actually her father. Then she was forced to defend herself against Steffy, who threatened to put her back in prison. She was then pardoned for her crimes and kicked out of Bill’s (Don Diamont) mansion. With no place to go, Luna turns to the only family she hopes she can count on, her grandmother. This week, Luna meets with Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) to reveal that she’s her granddaughter. Sheila is overjoyed by the news and immediately embraces her new grandchild. With Luna and Sheila together, one must wonder what chaos these two will cause.
Mercedes-Benz E-Class E450 Review: Is It A Sleeper?
With as much output as the Ferrari Testarossa, the E450 has a powerful engine under the hood and is a luxury fitting for a fat cat sitting at the back. But is it a driver’s car?
Highlights
0-100kmph in 4.5 seconds
375bhp and 500Nm from 3.0-litre straight-six
Costs Rs 92.50 lakh (ex-showroom)
What is a Sleeper?
In car guys’ terms, a ‘sleeper’ means a ‘car with a big powerful engine under the hood, packing in a lot of horsepower’. But that’s any performance car, right? Well, the Sleeper tag comes in if the external appearance of the said car doesn’t give you the slightest hint of just how much power is lurking underneath. But you must be wondering if the car you see in the pictures here is your regular new-generation E-Class. And we had already driven the new E-Class some five months ago when the sixth-generation E-Class landed on our shores. That one was the E200. It had a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine under the hood, which makes just over 200bhp and 320Nm. It’s rear-wheel-drive and can do 0-100kmph in just over eight seconds. You can also have the E-Class with a similar output diesel in the E220d guise.
But what you see here is not your regular E-Class. This isn’t the E63 AMG either; don’t get too excited yet. I wouldn’t have been able to hold my giggles if it was an E63. But this one, it’s the range-topper. Costing over 17 lakh rupees more than the E200 (with a sticker price of Rs 92.5 lakh ex-showroom), this one wears a 450 badge. But does it qualify as a ‘sleeper’?
Under the long bonnet of the E450 sits a straight-six. The 3.0-litre straight-six makes 387bhp and 500Nm. That’s good enough to clock the acceleration time from 0-100kmph in just 4.5 seconds. To give you a perspective, the output is almost 170bhp more than the E200, and the acceleration time is as good as the erstwhile Nissan 370Z or the Porsche 718 Cayman. Want to know some more cars this can keep up with – the Alpine A110S, the Jaguar F-Type RWD or even some American muscle cars? And these are some serious driver’s cars. But the question is – is this E450 a driver’s car?
Well, it is fast, for the starters. The single-scroll turbocharger is ready at boost as soon as you plant your right foot on the accelerator, and the acceleration time of sub-5 seconds is apparent, and all that 500Nm is felt the moment you wring it. The squat position just before the take-off also proves just how intense the horsepower is under the hood. But there’s no hiding the fact that this is a large, heavy sedan.
It will be bought by the fat cat sitting at the back to be chauffeured from one meeting to another. They won’t care about the AWD setup, which reduces the understeer and enhances the grip when tackling a corner. They won’t even bother when say at the traffic light GP this one can smoke almost anything standing next to it. This is a fat, hefty sedan that can crunch the minions the same way the owner sitting at the back does in their respective field.
Sadly, no, this is not the driver’s car you’d want it to be.
It doesn’t feel as eager and as light on its feet as the C-Class does. We have driven the C300, and it feels like a proper sprinter compared to this one. This one has matured a lot to assume the S-Class’s place after all. Similar to that middle-aged uncle we all know who tries to wear a hip t-shirt and sneakers to look and feel young, but he simply cannot escape the fact that with age (and dimension), comes maturity. The E-Class is now more mature. The bigger engine here is to make the commutes swifter rather than thrilling. It can easily sit at triple-digit speeds and can overtake at will. But it’s not there to give an adrenaline rush to the driver.
Apart from the engine, which is smooth, refined, vibration-free at any speed and quite responsive, too, the overall hardware largely remains unchanged. I still wish the E-Class came with a better set of tyres that were a tad grippier and a bit more silent. The steering feels light and easy at slow speeds. But I wish they were a bit more communicative. The ride isn’t too bad, either. It absorbs most irregularities without a bother. The gearbox, too, is smooth, quick-shifting and free from any lags or jerks.
