Sentences with phrase «as a road car»

The overall shape and silhouette of the car must remain the same as the road car.

However, it also stands on its own as a road car.

Couple that with a stiff ride and a look - at - me wing, and the GT R really stops making sense as a road car.

But the twin - turbo V6 remains in very much the same configuration as the road car.

Although Ford conceived of the new GT as a road car first, the decision to build a race - spec version was made almost immediately, and both versions were developed in parallel.

There isn't much point branding your game a simulator if it doesn't feature things to make it that way, example is that all vehicles in Pure Farming 2018 are real farming vehicles, and as well as some road car brands include Mitsubishi, DAF, McCormick and Landini just to name a few.

Of course the subsequent N24 was not sold as a road car yet could be made road legal after modification.

Although the Inter series were built as road cars, many owners used them frequently in competition, and they acquitted themselves well, despite the heavier bodies and full interior trim, relative to their sports racing peers.

The person who keeps the Ford GT as a road car better have austere tastes because there is no frivolity in this cabin.

The sports car is a product of collaboration between Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing to create a car entirely usable and enjoyable as a road car.

Bearing chassis number 06701, the 275 GTB / C Speciale has spent its entire lifetime as a road car since it was delivered from the factory in May of 1965.

It spent all of its life as a road car, while its sibling, chassis number 06885, went on to finish first in its class and third overall at the 1965 Le Mans 24 - Hour race — to this day the highest - place finish for a front - engine vehicle at the endurance race.

Under the skin, the car is much closer to its roadgoing cousin: The carbonfibre MonoCell II chassis structure is the same, as is the basic suspension layout, while it uses the same 3.8 - litre, twin - turbocharged V8 and seven - speed dual - clutch transmission as the road car.

So 1046 was sold for next to nothing, and at one point, it ended up in Belgium, painted gold and carrying a backup camera so it could serve as a road car.

It's making a car go that fast yet possess the polish and finesse to work as a road car that takes time, commitment and a rare ability to sweat over the details.

The Alpine A110 GT4 retains the same aluminium chassis, double - wishbone suspension and 1.8 - litre turbocharged four - cylinder engine as the road car.

«They also make changes to mount an alternator, as the road car doesn't run one.

It's the same electric power steering rack as the road car and Niffenenger told me development took loads of time and effort.

Not sure how practical as a road car next to the cheaper and not that much slower Exige S Cup.

In contrast with its racing mission, this particular car was used as a road car in California by its original owner, Steven Earle of Santa Barbara.

The Radical SR8 LM that went round in 6 min 48sec last year did so on the same tyres it drove to and from the circuit on, yet some would say that a Radical is too specialised to be classed as a road car.

Of course, we've managed to drive one of the handful of cars converted for road use (where it's the very definition of automotive escapism) but on track it's as beautifully balanced as the road car, transmits the same quality of messages through its controls, and punches even harder courtesy of that extra 83bhp.

As the regulations dictate, the Vantage GTE uses the same turbocharged Mercedes - AMG V8 as the road car.

After the handful of GTO homologation specials (racers disguised as road cars), the California Spider is the most auspicious child in the Ferrari 250 family.

The eight - setting Motec traction control and 12 - setting Bosch ABS system can be dialed in from a ««Knight Rider» - style steering wheel, and more than twice the downforce as the road car is delivered courtesy of an adjustable rear spoiler the size of a park bench.

The Slovakian - built Praga R1R is about as extreme as road cars get.

Instead, a naturally - aspirated V6 — one that uses the same block, heads and dry fuel sump as the road car — will be found underhood.

But cars developed with the sole purpose of lapping the Nurburgring quickly are very often ruined as road cars.

Despite the roadster's weekend racing pedigree, Mazda approaches the new Miata as a road car first and builds its experience around delivering the sensation of speed.

The Ferrari 275 was given that task, and for the most part, it had the kind of success as a road car and a race car that the 250 would be proud of.

The 4C is a road car, sold as a road car, and it is crap on the road.

Although the full details on the car aren't out yet and the preliminary photos show a prototype that will be further revised before the official launch, Aston Martin promises that the AM - RB 001 will be «an unprecedented fusion of form and function» and a vehicle that will be «entirely useable and enjoyable as a road car, but with the capability to perform like no road car before it on a race track.»

The engine is the same 1.6 - litre four - cylinder, the shell is the same as the road car's, and things like suspension pick - up points (and the type of suspension itself) remain the same.

BMW's mid-engined supercar celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2018, and as well as road cars, there are various racing cars, as well as a rarely - seen Schnitzer BMW M1 Turbo.

Barker agrees: «The cars now look too little like road cars — or aren't available as 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.

Only Porsche and Mercedes built their homologated racecars in numbers and Mclaren built numerous F1s, though it built them as road cars first, racecars second — which means the F1 road cars are not compromised for driving on the road.

However, as a road car, it doesn't work.

As a road car, it will attempt to set the fastest time of the weekend with 1999 Indy 500 winner and McLaren test driver Kenny Bräck at the wheel.

In fact, as a road car it's more fun than the Turbo and as a daily it's much more usable than the hardcore, track - focussed versions.

236 lb ft of torque — the same as the road car — is transmitted via a limited - slip differential and six - speed sequential» box controlled via paddles mounted on an XAP steering - wheel.

As a road car the CLA 45 can be perfectly civil and nearly docile.

As a road car, be prepared to live with certain compromises.

As road cars are concerned, the base 469 - hp GT is more than quick enough, but the GT C brings one huge advantage over lesser models — rear - axle steering straight off the GT R. Below, 62 mph, the rear wheels turn in the opposite direction of the fronts, and above, all four wheels turn in the same direction.

As a road car, the way the engine and gearbox has been synchronized, one actually doesn't miss the double - clutch gearboxes in some similar cars and the assurance from short distances during braking also doesn't go unnoticed.

But as a road car, it needed refinement in more ways than one.