I think this car would be plenty quick with that engine, and possibly smoother off the line, as well. (autoweek.com)
The reality is that the SNP's current remarkable success is built on a don't - scare - the - horses approach to policy; a pitch to the middle classes with all the party's old radical edges smoothed off. (totalpolitics.com)
Those messy buttons on the Mk1's centre console have been smoothed off with touch - sensitive switches in the Mk2. (autocar.co.uk)