Sentences with phrase «gt class cars»

In the racing world, Collins has raced everything from LMP1, LMP2 and GT class cars, to NASCAR racers.

It'll also be worth keeping an eye out for the occasional R - GT class car - not least the Abarth 124 Spider being campaigned in Monaco by French star Francois Delecour.

Not exact matches

Because of the different classes at the Le Mans 24 Hours, we often see prototypes and GT cars colliding during the course of the famous endurance event.

He won the GT class of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in his first professional car race, in 2005.

The 50 - strong grid of cars is split into three different classes - Prototype, GT Le Mans and GT Daytona.

During the races they have to deal with traffic from the slower GT300 class, which features GT3 cars and Japan's own JAF - GT category.

More importantly, vehicle speed for all classes has been restricted at certain locations around the track that are most likely to cause cars to go airborne, as happened in the Nissan GT - R crash.

The GT3 class was banned from further competition until safety and speed restrictions were rectified and enforced, after a violent Nissan GT - R GT3 race car crashed during the VLN Endurance Championship race at the Nürburgring on Saturday, March 28, flipping over the safety fence and killing a spectator.

As the McLaren Sports Series will enter into a contentious class of sports cars including not only the Porsche 911 but also the new Mercedes - AMG GT, the next Nissan GT - R, and the upcoming Maserati Alfieri, price will be an important consideration.

At # 93,391 the Panamera GTS certainly is among the more expensive cars in this class and it's undercut by the RS7 by some # 9000.

It was the car to beat in the GT class during the late 1950s, earning the unofficial «Tour de France» moniker after its four consecutive race wins at the road race of the same name.

Other favorites included a 1998 Dodge Viper GTS - R, a limited - production version of the Viper GTS coupe built to homologate all the aerodynamic aides found on the GT2 - class race cars that ran in international events including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

How on earth is Bentley going to transform the two - ton Continental GT into a world - class racing car?

Always looking for a competitive edge, Ferrari built the 250 LM as an «evolution» of the dominant 250 GTO and tried to register it as a GT - class (production - based) race car with the FIA governing racing body.

As such, and with only 32 cars built instead of the requisite 100 to qualify as a new GT entry), Ferrari was forced to campaign the 250 LM in the more competitive Prototype class.

But unlike the original car, version 3.0 is competing only for GT class honors rather than trading paint — well, carbon - fiber — with Porsche, Audi, and Toyota for overall wins in the prototype class.

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A # 23k price tag puts the Proceed GT somewhere between cars in the Polo GTI and Golf GTI (or Fiesta and Focus ST, or Clio and Megane RS) classes — those two models specifically will set you back # 19,500 and # 27,550 respectively in their three - door, manual forms.

Two more cars will run out of the U.K. in the WEC under the Ganassi banner, but most of the personnel will come from Multimatic, notably team manager George Howard - Chappell, who ramrodded the teams that scored GT class wins at Le Mans with Ferrari and Aston Martin.

You would think that with Subaru readying a GT300 - class version of its new BRZ rear - wheel drive sports car, Toyota would be doing the same with its GT 86.

The hybrid LM P1 cars may lack the aural magnitude of Le Mans racers of yore, but many of the GT - class machines still bellow like banshees.

Other nods to BMW heritage on car number 25 include images of the M1 race car from 1980, the BMW V12 LMR which claimed a Le Mans and Sebring win back in 1999 and a picture of an M3 GT which claimed every title in its class in the 2011 American Le Mans Series.

Given that the previous GT featured one of the most composed and communicative chassis in its class (enough to land it the title of evo's Car of the year in 2005), the new, lighter car has a lot to live up Car of the year in 2005), the new, lighter car has a lot to live up car has a lot to live up to.

His GT cars achieved class victories at Sebring and Le Mans.

Prepped for racing, these Ferraris won their GT class at Sebring in 1959 and 1960, while a car entered by Chinetti's North American Racing Team and co-driven by Bob Grossman and Fernand Tavano scored fifth overall at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Aston Martin has never claimed the DB9 to be an out and out sports car, instead the company has directed it towards the more relaxed world of the GT class, which this aptly named run - out model is pretty much faultless at being.

It wasn't until the FIA officially sanctioned the GT rally car class (R - GT) mid-way through 2013 that we said «OK, this is a real market now.

The rules governing the GT classes require that a certain number of road versions of a racing car must be built before it can be homologated, or approved, for competition.

Until the Suzuki Swift Sport arrives later in 2018, the Up GTI essentially has the hot city car class to itself — yes there's the Renault Twingo GT, but the less said about that the better.

These cars won their class (GT 1.6 litre) at le Mans 3 years in a row: 1960-61-62.

Just 100 of these limited - production versions of the Viper GTS coupe were built to homologate all the go - fast aero bits found on the GT2 - class race cars that ran in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, among other races.

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The Test Day was the first time the 2016 - spec Corvette C7.R appeared at Le Mans, which meets this year's Automobile Club de l'Ouest regulations for top - level GT cars that compete in both GTE Pro and the IMSA GTLM class.

Toyota Supra had such competitors as Nissan Skyline GT - R / GT - S, Mitsubishi 3000GT / GTO, Dodge Stealth, Chevrolet Corvette, Honda / Acura NSX and other sport - cars of the mid-size class.

The twin Corvette C6.R race cars (chassis Nos. 5 and 6) are beginning their third season, and are scheduled to be retired in preparation for new global GT class rules that will take effect in 2010.

In 2008, the second - generation IS 350 was entered in the Super GT race series in the GT300 class (cars with approximately 300 horsepower).

A race car based on the Lexus LF - CC entered the 2014 Super GT GT500 class, replacing the SC 430.

If the exhilarating rush of a big V8 - powered coupe or convertible that handles with the confidence of a world - class GT car sets your sporting senses tingling, you'll love the 2010 BMW 650i.

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But for Aston's hopes to become reality, the DB11 Volante needs to prove that it's a capable open - topped GT car that's better than rivals such as the Mercedes S - Class Cabriolet.

In the 626 GT Turbo model, Mazda soups up its world - class package with a 120 - horsepower, turbocharged engine and other high - powered equipment that lift the sports sedan toward the performance - car circle.

Aston Martin has unveiled the Vanquish Volante — a new luxury sports car bringing open - top motoring to the super GT class.

CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Victory for Gavin, Milner in No. 4 Corvette Sixth victory for team at action - packed street circuit LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 8, 2017)-- Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class at Saturday's Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach in the No. 4 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.

The competition consists of seven classes of vehicles: grand touring (GT); grand touring amateur (GTA); grand touring sport (GTS); grand touring Cup (GT - Cup); touring car (TC); touring car A-spec (TCA); and touring car B - spec (TCB).

The popular Series boasts a paddock of more than 70 race cars and consists of six classes of vehicles: grand touring (GT); touring car (TC); grand touring sport (GTS); touring car B - spec (TCB), touring car A (TCA) and Porsche GT - Cup (GT - Cup).

Entered in the event's prestigious Concept Cars and Prototypes class, the DBX Concept defies conventional thinking about the high luxury segment and points to a bold new future for GT travel in the 21st Century.

Lamborghini also plans to expand its racing program in North America by participating in GT Daytona (GTD) class sports car competition with the Huracán GT3 starting in 2016.

The series moved existing touring cars into a new GTS class, while changing the rules for the touring car class to reduce costs and keep cars closer to stock.

For most buyers in this class, the deciding factors will be how it looks and the way the car drives, and the Quattroporte GTS won't disappoint in either of these areas.

Through 18 hours, the trio of Gavin, Milner and Jordan Taylor found themselves battling multiple cars for the class lead in some of the best GT racing the event has produced in recent memory.