Sentences with phrase «with manual transmission cars»

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDEGE, California — My first encounter with a manual transmission car occurred in the early 1990s in my dad's 1984 Ford F - 150 pickup in the parking lot of a park.

I tried it once with a manual transmission car along with several workmates that helped to push the car.

Not exact matches

He wanted to get the best gas mileage he could for his 100 mile daily round trip so that meant our car came with a manual transmission.

Some people might take issue with the fact that the game includes no options for manual transmission or any kind of damage effects that hinder your ability to drive the car the more you wreck.

Thus, the base car gets VW's underwhelming 2.5 - liter five - cylinder paired with a five - speed manual or a six - speed automatic transmission.

It's good to know that Ford will allow Focus buyers to option their cars with premium features like touch - screen navigation and leather seats while still keeping a manual transmission.

The second - generation Toyota Safety Sense system, launching in the middle of next year on certain models, adds a pre-collision system with day / night pedestrian protection and day bicycle detection function, lane - departure alert with steering assist, lane - tracing assist, road sign assist and full - range dynamic radar cruise control (except on manual transmission cars and trucks) with enhanced forward recognition and acceleration / deceleration.

When he was at Ferrari, he says the brand spend 10 million euros to develop a manual transmission for the California convertible, and ultimately just two customers ordered their cars with the row - your - own option.

Like other SH - AWD models, the TL SH - AWD currently isn't offered with a manual, but Acura engineers claim that the transmission swap transforms the car.

I'd noted from the window sticker that my test car was equipped with optional radar - guided adaptive cruise control (part of the $ 1,100 Safety package) and was curious how the system would deal with the manual transmission when traffic ahead forced the car to slow down.

With its 5.0 - liter Ford Racing - tweaked V - 8 engine and manual transmission, the wide - body drift car is built for epic power slides and burnouts.

The engine is paired with either a six - speed manual or a six - speed automatic in Quattro models; the front - wheel - drive cars will be available with the continuously variable Multitronic transmission.

The car is equipped with a short - shifting 6 - speed manual transmission.

Over three years, Vignale only made 329 cars, all with the same 2.0 - liter four - cylinder and manual transmission as the TR3.

As on the last Speed3, expect Mazda to offer only a manual transmission; the company has no experience with dual - clutch gearboxes and is unlikely to put a traditional automatic in such a performance - oriented car.

There are automotive unicorns like, say, a CTS - V wagon with a manual transmission, and then there's the Hoonicorn RTR, Ken Block's insanely brilliant, 1965 Mustang - based, 845 - horspower monster mashup built specifically for the rally car star's upcoming Gymkhana 7 video.

As one of only 137 1970 Challenger R / T models with the 426 Hemi engine and a four - speed manual transmission, this Dodge was already pretty special when Escalante's father bought it new after falling in love with the car at the Detroit auto show.

The regular car's transmissions are a six - speed manual across the range, with a «stepped CVT» as the automatic option on the petrols and a nine - speed torque converter auto on the diesel.

Owing mainly to the fact it has a far plusher interior than the race car, curb weight for the street - legal M6 is 4,220 to 4,250, depending on whether the car is equipped with a six - speed manual or a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission.

A true page out of the traditional Ferrari history book, the 1964 Ferrari 275 GTB / C Speciale contains within a 320 - hp (70 hp more than the standard GTB road car), 3.3 - liter dry - sump V - 12 engine with six Weber 38 DCN carburetors, mated to a five - speed manual transaxle transmission.

And the Legacy is a bigger (but not much heavier) car, with 170 horsepower and a six - speed manual transmission.

Although a six - speed manual and a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission are currently offered in some M cars, the next M5 may be the first non-crossover to wear an M badge and be available exclusively with an automatic gearbox.

My test car came with the slick - shifting manual transmission; the Golf R is one of the few cars left in the performance realm to offer a shift - it - yourself option.

This car is a well - sorted example, with service records and a desirable manual transmission.

Some cars protect the sanctity of the manual transmission, while others advance performance with the latest technology.

Although all three cars here are equipped with manual transmissions, the new model's improved M - DCT seven - speed dual - clutch automatic is definitely worth a look.

One of the car's perceived shortcomings was the fact it came only with a four - speed automatic transmission, Subaru not having a manual gearbox capable of handling the 3.3 - liter engine's 230 hp and 228 lb - ft of torque.

The car overheated on 3 mile test drive and didn't cool off at all despite coasting the second half of that drive at 35mph with a manual transmission.

While this car comes equipped with a six - speed manual transmission, a seven - speed automatic is available.

Power drops from 167 hp to 155 hp for the U.S. - spec roadster, but crucially, the car's curb weight also drops 148 pounds, from 2,480 for the lightest current - generation NC Miata to a featherweight 2,332 pounds for the 2016 model year when equipped with a manual transmission.

My opinions haven't changed much from the last time I drove a CR - Z, other than the fact that this particular test car is equipped with a CVT with shift paddles rather than a manual transmission.

The fact that it can be equipped with one of the best, slickest - shifting manual transmissions in the world and handles like a smaller car is a bonus.

There's a big change in store for the 2014 BMW M6: coupe, convertible, and four - door coupe versions of the performance car will henceforth be offered with an optional six - speed manual transmission.

On the other hand, Eckert says «you need automatic transmissions or automatic gearshifts» to make fully autonomous cars viable, and «if you need to equip all cars with full automatics, this will be the last nail in the coffin of fully manual transmissions.»

Not coming up with what kind of car I wanted, I mentioned that I like manual transmission and not ready to go to a manual.

The cars were modified over the past few months by a volunteer crew, although the 2.2 - liter turbodiesel engines remain stock with about 173 hp and 310 lb - ft of torque, and will send power through an unchanged six - speed manual transmission.

Good answer, also think about racing cars moving to «auto» transmissions - when they were manual the time for a gar change meant that the wheels were not getting power - even a 1 second gear change with 2000 gear changes a race meant 2000 seconds of no power - these CVT etc avoid this...

The company will also offer the new GT8 with both a 7 - speed manual transmission, and a dual - clutch automatic for those wanting to pretend they're race car drivers.

We climb into a Chili Red JCW with a six - speed manual transmission, flip down a red toggle switch on the center stack to start the engine, and put the car into Sport mode.

A long - throw six - speed manual sourced from Getrag was the only transmission on offer in the CSi; when it first appeared in the 850i, this gearbox gained the distinction of being the first six - speed manual to be paired with a V - 12 in a production road car.

Applied automatically at medium to high speeds, the engine uses a fixed - gear transmission that provides a mix of power and efficiency similar to that of a fifth or sixth gear in a car with a manual transmission.

Our heroes will have plenty of performance at their disposal, as the Mini Cooper S is equipped with a 2.0 - liter turbocharged inline - four engine rated for 189 hp and 207 lb - ft of torque, enough to rocket the cars to 60 mph in 6.4 or 6.5 seconds, depending on whether buyers pick the six - speed automatic or manual transmission.

All of the special - edition cars come with a six - speed manual transmission.

The sense of disconnection continues with the transmission, which, despite being the best - ever Ferrari automated manual, removes the driver even further from the process of controlling the car's progress.

Although our test car didn't have Nissan's syncro - rev manual transmission, the seven - speed automatic did a great job of keeping up with aggressive up and down shifts.

ultiple cars, from a manual transmission Fiesta S to a couple of different Focuses and the Fusion... Fell in love with them all!

The 2.0 - liter TDI is one of a plethora of engines planned for the car — the U.S. market, however, likely would start out with only VW's ubiquitous 2.0 T gasoline engine (200 hp) and a manual or a dual - clutch automatic transmission, with a 1.4 - liter (140 - hp) option made available two years later.

Only one car here — the M3 — is available with a manual transmission, and both cars we've brought to the track use automatics with seven forward gears and paddle shifters on the steering wheel.

In our car, the 2.5 was paired with a new six - speed manual transmission.

With manual transmissions you «always» should start you car in neutral!