Sentences with phrase «[in road cars»

The road cars define the critical fantasies that animate the brand, that evoke its deep history, and that provoke sane people to part with hundreds of thousands of dollars for the privilege of being what Ferrari calls a «client.»

In episode 1 we find out how engine innovations from the racetrack have ended up in road cars, and meet some leaders in the sport to find out what makes them tick.

Google also introduced PlaNet, which identifies where a photo was taken without using geotags — instead relying on landmarks and clues such as types of vegetation, languages on signs, architectural styles, and the side of the road cars are driving on.

If you do have to go, try not to take the biggest gas - guzzling off - road car in your car park for a trip down the freeway.

You could maybe use it to power that engine-less F1 showcar that you have sitting on your driveway, or if you're feeling particularly mad, you could swap it with the engine in your road car.

Hosted by the Daytona International Speedway, there have been Ferrari Challenge races, historic endurance and F1 machine demo runs, more modern F1 Clienti cars taking to the track and a load of road cars on display.

He continued: «Jean Todt thinks they are the spirit of our times, and this may be true for normal road cars.

It'll also be the lightest McLaren road car since the «F1» at just 1198 kg, so a quick look at these numbers and you can already see that it's going to be very, very, very fast.

Formula E becoming a lightning rod for car makers wanting a place to develop future road car technology should be a good thing for F1.

Road cars, supercars, hypercars, classic and modern racing beasts — the Goodwood Festival of Speed really is the best and biggest celebration of all things motoring and motorsport.

In the late 1990s manufacturers went bonkers with the GT1 regulations and produced cars more akin to full - blown Le Mans prototypes than the road car - based category it was meant to be.

One idea that F1 has toyed with is introducing lower - profile tyres in order to be more relevant to both road cars and other championships.

The new Aston Martin Vantage road car was revealed earlier today but now it's the turn of the GTE version that will race in next year's World Endurance Championship and boy is it a stunner!

Reigning WEC champion and former Red Bull «number 2 driver» Mark Webber drove his Porsche 919 Hybrid as part of the launch of the new Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid in an effort to demonstrate how technology from motor racing can transfer to road cars.

The car is based on the Riley / Multimatic MkXXX LMP2 chassis and features an aggressive - looking aero package, which takes styling inspiration from Mazda's road cars.

This was a huge reason behind the introduction of the current engine formula, as small - capacity turbo engines with a hybrid element were all the rage in road cars when F1's 1.6 - litre V6 hybrid units were first announced.

But with the road car industry rapidly heading towards all - electric and autonomous cars, F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn says a decision needs to be made over whether the sport should follow the industry or forge its own path.

«Even the road car is going to be extraordinarily fast on a track in the right hands.

We already knew the Vakyrie was going to be something completely revolutionary in terms of road car production, but it's sound like it could be about enter into folklore on the race tracks as well.

The American was training close to Rimini in Italy on Wednesday when a road car collided with his bicycle.

The new engine formula will still have to remain technologically relevant to road cars and ensure that F1 stays as the «pinnacle of motorsport», so chances are they'll still be hybrids of some kind.

He feels it shouldn't be a «battle of resources» like it currently is and he doesn't believe the claims that the hybrid power units are aiding the road car industry.

Maybe if you're going down the road in your road car and you put your hand out the window and you do this, you might swerve to the right.

The legendary Italian manufacturer sees the all - electric series as relevant to the future of its road cars.

For a long time there's been a feeling that Formula 1 technology should attempt to mirror and influence trends in the road car industry.

Now, as you might expect, there are few hurdles to jump through when it comes to turning a race car into a road car, but thankfully for Roddario, there was a precedent.

Of course this technology has trickled down to road cars and also helped push endurance racing forward at the same time.

With the standard of electric vehicles becoming more impressive and the release of hybrid and fully - electric road cars on a rapid increase, it makes total sense that manufacturers are keen to associate themselves with a fully - electric racing series.

The FIA has been considering whether to alter future LMP1 rules in order to make the cars look more like road cars, just as in the much - missed GT1 era of the late 1990s.

Porsche's decision comes as the company sets out targets of launching its first range of electric road cars, following on from the Mission E concept, in the near future.

Being a racing car, all the bits that make the road car such a whale have been removed.

It won't have the road cars W12 engine either, unfortunately (imagine how a racing version of that might sound!)

Nissan is the world leader in producing mass - market zero - emission road cars, so its presence in Formula E makes total sense.

With a new Vantage road car in the works for 2018 however, Aston Martin Racing has also taken the opportunity to build a new GTE car ready for next year's assault on the World Endurance Championship.

Audi has already paid homage to how much Le Mans has had an influence on their road cars, and now there's a video directly celebrating years of success in endurance racing.

Using a race or road car as canvas to showcase the creativity and design of some of the world's best and most famous artists really is a wonderful thing.

There are 563 parking spaces at New Portman Road car park, which is, unsurprisingly, located at Portman Road, IP1 2BP.

55 spaces are available at Portman Road car park, IP1 2DW.

It's even a great choice for a more off - road car, like a Jeep.

• Paul Drayson, in the story on electric car racing (24 September, p 26), referred to the innovations that motorsport in general, not just F1, has brought to road cars.

Schumacher hopes that refining the batteries and charging technology behind KERS will lead to improved hybrid / electric road cars.

Participants drive a 12 mile loop of Nottingham in an instrumented on - road car, this route is also programmed into a high fidelity motion based simulator meaning participants can then drive an identical route in the simulator.

The group chose to look at two different vehicles — an open wheeled Penske - Reynard - Honda racing car and an Audi TT road car — to compare how different car shapes and characteristics would affect their gravity - defying capabilities.

We will add the remark, however, that it is contemplated by the merchants of our Western states, to communicate their orders for goods, etc., by means of the telegraph, instead of abiding the slow and tedious progress of rail - road cars.

New video confirms nine vehicles, ranging from vintage racers to modern road cars.

Ford's reborn GT is the latest car to be confirmed for PCARS2, as both a road car and and Le Mans - winning racer.

From my ideal road car, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, to the absolutely monstrous Aston Martin Vulcan.

More than that, you've got everything from your Le Mans Prototypes to road cars like a Ford Escort.

Only time will tell if that is the case, however a free car each month will certainly help to keep Project Cars fresh without any additional cost and it will be interesting to see if this will be the route to provide road cars to the community.

Two of which will be race cars, one is a road car, and the fourth is a concept car.