Sentences with phrase «gt test car»

At just $ 38,265, our Challenger GT test car costs about half of what a loaded Hellcat does, but frankly, where we live the GT makes a lot more sense.

Our higher spec GT test car featured multiple - color mood lighting, excellent sports seats and the equally excellent EDC gearbox - the latter is throughly recommendable, unlike the 4Control four - wheel steering system which may make your rear passengers carsick.

Our silver GT test car's V - 6 and stick shift proved a potent combination.

Not exact matches

It's one of the major events on the GT and prototype racing calendar, with a vast array of cars hitting the track for the test.

He sounds like he is looking forward to getting behind the wheel of the new Mercedes AMG GT - R in real conditions having tested the car at the Nurburgring.

It'll be his first race in the Super GT series, racing a Honda NSX - GT for Team Mugen, and he's already been out testing the car at Suzuka.

Although the FIA aren't currently involved (the car hasn't even been crash tested yet), the idea is that Formulino E will eventually be able to form a support series to both Formula E and the upcoming Electric GT series.

Our test car has rear - wheel drive to match the 2016 Mercedes - AMG GT S, but all - wheel drive is available.

Behind it sits a GT3 - spec R35 GT - R test and development car, engine removed and a new aero kit plain for all to see.

My test car arrived wearing handsome but restrained GT Silver Metallic paint ($ 710) and a gorgeous, black and Bordeaux red leather interior ($ 4,820).

The magazine recruited an experienced test driver that had put in hundreds of laps at the «Ring, got a factory - fresh and correct GT - R, etc. etc. and the pronouncement: There was no way that car could lap at the claimed time.

I think given how this car is positioned Carrera GTS would seem like a better rival for twin test.

I tested a Mercedes - AMG GT3 race car about a year ago and excitedly anticipated the chance to drive the street version, the AMG GT R, ever since then.

The GT - R's performance capabilities remain a big draw even at the $ 116,880 price tag of our test car.

Low - volume sports cars like the GT - R aren't often crash - tested, so crashworthiness ratings aren't available.

This test brings together some of the greatest analogue super cars, including the the mighty McLaren F1, Ferrari F40 and F50, Porsche Carrera GT, Noble M600, Pagani Zonda F and Lamborghini Murcielago LP670 - 4 SV.

My focus for the day was to test and work on the chassis setup for two dedicated race cars and an M4 GTS, but I had to at least try the M2 around the 2.0 - mile track.

Even as I trundled up seven floors of our parking structure this morning, the multiple speed bumps didn't make me cringe the way they have in some other recent test cars I've driven over them, such as the Nissan GT - R.

Last but by no means least is the Mercedes - AMG GT S. It's not as focused as some of the cars above, but it's already dispatched the likes of the Aston Martin Vantage N430, BMW i8, Nissan GT - R and almighty Porsche 911 Turbo in previous evo tests — meaning there's little doubt as to its ability.

As before, the mildly turbo - cushioned throttle response and linear power delivery conspire to make the acceleration feel less brutal than the figures suggest, but the eye - popping rate at which the GT sprints between the seemingly endless bends of Spain's Massis del Montseny mountain road KTM has chosen as a driving route (Carlos Sainz used to test here, apparently) is testament to the car's raw speed.

Although we didn't launch our Bullitt test car to the altitude seen above, the drive route through the city and to Santa Cruz gave us plenty of time to appreciate the advantages the Bullitt had over the stock Mustang GT, and they weren't just cosmetic.

Even without the TracKey's race mapping, the Boss engine is significantly modified over a standard Mustang GT's 5 - litre V8, with a new intake and new camshafts helping lift power from 412bhp to 444bhp, although curiously the torque drops by 10 lb ft to 380 lb ft.. It's the only car in the test with a manual gearbox and it's a really good one, with the pool ball - topped gearlever sitting perfectly in the palm of your hand and movement around the gate feeling tight and precise.

Today the GT - R is making mincemeat of the three cars in our main group test.

After our R - GT win in the 2015 Monte Carlo Rally, a quick turn - around of the car was required before it set off for customer testing in Ireland.

The fact that this car has a slightly revised fascia with larger front air intakes, the Continental GT's optional 21 - inch wheels, and reshaped exhaust tips leads us to believe that this car is a test mule for a higher - performance Bentley.

(The only quicker car that Automobile Magazine has tested is the much lighter Porsche Carrera GT.)

As our R - GT project must sell customer cars to cover its costs, a series of tests in the UK and Eire were lined up for February, so the car had to be re-prepared without delay.

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Now here we are in the summer of 2009, and the Quattroporte has evolved into three distinct models after last fall's facelift: the base car, still powered by the 4.2 - liter V - 8; the 4.7 S, which was our test car, with a new 4.7 - liter version of the V - 8, and the Sport GT - S, also powered by the 4.7 - liter V - 8 but with a sportier suspension and a bit more horsepower.

Chris Harris tests the three most hardcore GT cars on sale - the new Bentley Continental Supersports, Aston Martin's DBS and the Ferrari 599 HGTE - at a blustery Bruntingthorpe.

We then tested the other, completely stock GT - R and found it produced a solid 506bhp with 485 lb ft, but before any conclusions are jumped to about the Y - pipe, I should point out that this car had only covered 1500 miles, so probably had a considerably tighter mill than Godzilla 2.

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.

In 2005 Track and Race Car magazine published the results of a comprehensive test of a range of cars, from the Porsche 911 Carrera S, Ford GT, BMW M5 to the Caterham CSR 260.

Schedule a test drive in the 2016 Mercedes - AMG GT S and be one of the first to drive the new sports car when it arrives at Loeber Motors this April.

Top Gear recently tested the new KIA Stinger GT on the Nurburgring and claimed it to be a good, neutral handling car with good body control and accurate steering.

The Chevrolet Spark GT (sold as the Beat in India) which is manufactured in Talegaon, Maharashtra, has failed the Latin NCAP (the New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean) frontal crash test scoring a zero for both adult and child safety.

The test car, provided by McInerney Ford, Orlando, was stickered at $ 9,995, in return for which it provided such notable parts as a 108 - horsepower, electronically fuel - injected engine and a sharp - shifting, five - speed manual gearbox that moved the GT with dispatch.

Maserati Quattroporte GTS Car Tested: Maserati Quattroporte GTS; Road Test No. 665 Price OTR Mumbai: Rs. 2.87 crores The Maserati Quattroporte GTS offers the best of both worlds — luxury and performance There is no sanity in this world.

Motor Trend picked an interesting set of cars to put up against each other in a single test, an all wheel drive Nissan GT - R, and a couple...

Analysis and physical testing of structural components suggest that this car is the safest GT car on the track.

Motor Trend has a long term Nissan GT - R test car that Arthur St. Antoine recently posted an online blog.

The test car was a Grand Touring with the $ 2,180 GT Technology Package, which includes Radar Cruise Control, the sensor for which is mounted behind and to the right of the grille logo.

I tested both RWD and AWD Stinger GTs back - to - back against those cars, along with an Audi S5 Sportback, base Porsche Panamera and Infiniti Q50, and the Kia more than held its own despite what promises to be a much lower price tag.

GOTEMBA, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan — After setting a production car lap record at Germany's famed Nurburgring, the Nissan GT - R NISMO N - Attack Package brought that performance to Japan's Fuji Speedway in tests in early March.

GT - R Blog managed to find specifications and video of the new endurance race car version of the Nissan GT - R testing in Japan.

The engine, was by then the well tried and tested all alloy V8 designed by Tadek Marek that had made it's first appearance in January 1967 at the Racing Car Show in London and raced by Lola in their Type 70 Mk III GT.

GT Line gets sports styling and LED headlights, while the new GT trim of the test car means 19 - inch wheels, panoramic glass sunroof, keyless entry leather seats, adaptive cruise control, massage seats and electric tailgate.

The preposterous list of vehicles that the E63 beats or ties to 60 mph includes Mercedes - AMG's own GT S sports car, the McLaren 570GT, and the dozen - plus non-Turbo 991.2 Porsche 911 Carreras we've tested.

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Boy racers looking for a bit more punch from a V - 6 cabriolet and a purer sports - car experience for less than $ 40K, however, might want to look elsewhere — starting with a test - drive of the Nissan 350Z roadster or the 2007 Pontiac G6 GT Convertible.