Sentences with phrase «m810f bodyshell»

Nevertheless, the Maybach's bodyshell incorporates the largest one - piece side panel now being made in series production.

For my training folder I tracked a bare, painted bodyshell the length of the line and, after a whole week, saw it fire up and drive off the end.

«This allowed [engineers] to adapt the bodyshell at the front end and on the floor to meet the particular needs of the cabriolet,» the press release says, which we figure amounts to extra bracing in those parts of the bodyshell.

As well as introducing a driven front axle, it's also the debut of the wider 991 bodyshell — as before, an extra 44 mm across the hips — that will also be used in future Turbo and RS high performance 911s.

As Paulster2 says, it really depends on the vehicle - some will fit straight out of the box, others won't as there may be differences in the bodyshell (for example, I seem to remember the Peugeot 205 GTi shell was slightly different to the standard model, so in that case it wouldn't have fit).

The whole bodyshell is effectively one big wing but designed to eliminate lift at speed, hence one of the aerospace - trained engineers at Bristol's factory near Filton airport telling Toby it was «the worst wing we ever made».

Luckily the bumf also talks of a «stiffer bodyshell, uprated suspension, lower gearing, enhanced dynamics, and new Recaro sports seats».

It may boast an aluminium bodyshell, but it's a big machine with a 6 - litre V12 wedged between the front wheels.

The standard car's bodyshell was kept, the rest thrown away.

Compared to the S90, torsional rigidity is up 45 per cent and weight is down 230 kg thanks to the bodyshell, largely constructed using carbonfibre, and weight distribution is 48:52 front: rear.

But on urban or B - roads the body control is poor, and the dampers seem to run out of ideas very quickly, after which the intrusion of a pothole seems to be transferred straight into the bodyshell, complemented with a bang or a creak from the interior.

The good news is, almost all the serious performance enhancements available in the European - spec GTI will make it into the 2015 GTI for the U.S. Naturally we'll be getting the new, more spacious bodyshell with independent rear suspension, plus the electric - assist steering that features a variable - ratio rack - and - pinion to reduce the number of turns that the steering wheel requires to go from lock to lock.

Aluminium has been used in the bodyshell and for various suspension components to save weight, although the GLC Coupe 350d is no lightweight at 1845 kg.

In order to create a staff car for the Swedish Army, Volvo took the bodyshell from its homely PV800 taxi cab — nicknamed sugga, which translates to «sow» — and married it to a rough - and - tumble four - wheel - drive truck chassis.

But Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann argued that at minus 100 kilos, plus 30bhp (making 661, or 670 PS) and with a bodyshell, aerodynamics and suspension extensively reworked to generate more grip, not only would the Murciélago SV offer «an utterly unparalleled driving experience», but it would actually need its four - wheel drive to exploit the extra potential.

Much of the weight loss comes from an aluminium bodyshell.

The BMW 550 (saloon only) has disappeared from their configurator quite recently, the 540 falls 50 bhp short of the MB, and that engine hasn't yet found its way to the «touring» bodyshell yet.

The 2014 BMW i8 can hit 62 mph in 4.4 seconds with an average fuel economy of 94 mpg — both achieved in part thanks to the car's lightweight carbon fiber - reinforced plastic bodyshell and aluminum chassis.

Often thought of as merely a tuner, Ruf actually qualifies as a car manufacturer under German regulations, and thanks to a close relationship with the Porsche factory is able to ship in brand new bodyshells to which it attaches its own VIN plates.

Only a four - door, no - sunroof bodyshell has been certified for import to the U.S. from Wolfsburg, and the Golf R comes standard with a Euro - market electric parking brake instead of the manual one fitted to our GTIs.

The boxy bodyshell, complete with déjà vu round headlamps, turn signals on top of the front fenders, and the spare wheel mounted to the outside of the side - hinged rear door, looks eerily familiar.

However, the remaining core can still make over 40,000 cars a year, although the relaunched TF, with its complete bodyshell and engine coming from China, won't use anything like that capacity.

This happens in the world's most captivating storeroom, at a long table surrounded by an array of obsolete original Porsche parts and rare Ruf spares, and with a carbonfibre 964 bodyshell suspended overhead.

The XE is one of the most aluminum - intensive cars the British automaker has ever developed, with a claimed 75 percent of the car's bodyshell composed of the lightweight metal.

It's been in storage since 1983, having raced up 78,000 miles in its previous life, and will be returned to the road in total matching - numbers configuration with its original engine, bodyshell and gearbox restored by Jaguar Classic technicians.

All GTS models are based on the wider 911 bodyshell, be they two - or four - wheel drive.

It's got the latest quattro hardware and a high - revving 444bhp V8, all wrapped in a coupe bodyshell, but is the all - new RS5 a genuine M3 beater?

In the meantime, delivery times on the LP640 were extended more than once as the supplier of the carbonfibre bodyshells went into administration.

Thanks to an unusual bodyshell that uses high - strength carbon - fiber, aluminum, and steels, the F 015 does away with B - pillars, meaning that the suicide doors provide a wide, uninterrupted access portal into the interior.

Packing the 271bhp engine from the Renaultsport Megane 275 Trophy - R into the smaller, lighter Clio bodyshell has resulted in Renault's fastest road car to date.

Factor in a bodyshell, aerodynamics and suspension all extensively reworked to generate more grip, and Lamborghini's argument that the SV actually needs its four - wheel drive to make good on the extra potential doesn't seem quite so fatuous.

90 per cent of the overall structure is made of the former, helping to keep the bodyshell down to a skinny 231 kg weight.

Better suited to the large bodyshell are the 2.0 - litre petrols and diesels.

The twin turbo unit from the Nissan is mounted in the back of the RS1, then covered up with a full bare carbon bodyshell.

The Corvette's standard ladder frame and fiberglass bodyshell were eschewed in favor of a complex tube - frame chassis (which some allege was inspired by that of the Mercedes - Benz 300 SL), wrapped in magnesium body panels.

The kerb weight is 125 kg less than the previous - generation SL63, an all - aluminium bodyshell and carbonfibre bootlid (which can be gawped at up close when the folding metal roof is being stowed or closed) the main contributors.

In other words, the gender of the Punto's rather feminine bodyshell has been reassigned macho - plus.

Polished brake calipers blend with an exposed carbon fibre tonneau cover — finished in a deep gloss — a feature nodding to the Vanquish's entire carbon - fibre bodyshell.

For the bodyshell, therefore, our engineers used very thin, but nevertheless extremely stiff, sheets of steel.

The audio system features 12 fully active loudspeakers and amplifier channels including a patented 100 - watt active subwoofer integral to the vehicle bodyshell.

The prototype captured in these spy images is using a current model's stretched bodyshell and its rear track is slightly wider.

These were the aims when developing the bodyshell for the new S - Class — a third - generation aluminium hybrid bodyshell.

The convertible bodyshell: light and torsionally stiff The intelligent combination of innovative and proven materials, as well as modern production technology, gives the BMW 3 Series Convertibles a particularly light but at the same time very stable body — BMW's body development specialists have achieved the highest level of torsional stiffness ever in a BMW Convertible.

The subwoofer is connected to the bodyshell via this aperture, transmitting the impressive sound.

The completely new Ian Callum designed XK was unveiled in 2005 at the Frankfurt Motorshow and was an instant success, the new aluminium monocoque bodyshell reduces weight considerably, which gives increased performance and fuel economy.

These include e.g. the lightweight and torsionally rigid aluminium bodyshell plus powerful and efficient V8 biturbo engines.

And for impressive sound quality, FrontBass takes advantage of the C - Class bodyshell by utilizing the rigid front frame members as resonance chambers for an under - dash subwoofer.

All of this goodness begins with a core that is stupendously rigid in its bodyshell, thanks to AMG thickening up the walls of the hollow sills and filling them with more boxed - off chambers.

Weight - saving technologies can be found throughout the bodyshell and chassis of the Range Rover Evoque, including a steel body structure with over 18 % Boron / high strength steels in key load - bearing areas.

The audio system features 12 loudspeakers and amplifier channels including a patented 100 - watt subwoofer integral to the vehicle bodyshell.