Sentences with phrase «as a sports car engine»

A technical highlight is the new 2.0 - liter TDI Clean Diesel; thanks to conversion to the world's leading direct injection diesel system — common rail injection — the turbocharged engine is as quiet as a gasoline engine and as powerful as a sports car engine (320 Newton - meters maximum torque).

A technical highlight is the new 2.0 - liter TDI Clean Diesel; thanks to conversion to the world's leading direct injection diesel system - common rail injection - the turbocharged engine is as quiet as a gasoline engine and as powerful as a sports car engine (320 Newton - meters maximum torque).

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It also turned out to be the last time a Cooper finished on the podium, as the team (which won titles with Jack Brabham in 1959 and 1960 and revolutionised the sport with its rear - engined cars) disbanded the following year.

I feel like a sports car that's being kept in the garage as my tires rot and engine collects dust.

There are only two areas — engine characteristics as well as clutch and gearbox action — where the ultimate Japanese sports car fell somewhat short of our expectations.

Alpine started off as a small French automaker specializing in the production of racing and sports cars powered solely by Renault Engines.

Proper rear - wheel drive, naturally - aspirated, manual - gearbox sports cars are few and far between as it is these days, even if you completely ignore unique aspects like the RX - 8's Wankel rotary engine and its coupe-esque, suicide - doored body style.

Ever since interest in front - engine, exotic sports cars revived, we've been waiting for a truly memorable automobile, something that would capture the spirit of our time, just as the Ferrari 365GTB / 4 Daytona did in its time.

As was the case with many boutique sports cars at the time, Ferrari provided the chassis, engines, and transmissions while custom coachbuilders like Carrozzeria Touring, Ghia, Vignale, and Pinin Farina (then still two separate words) styled bodies to fit the chassis.

The low - slung Porsche sports car has rear - wheel drive, a flat - six engine in the middle of the car, and as many trunks as it has seats.

But the mix of midcorner lift - off and ambitious g - forces remains as hair - raisingly eerie as it always has been in Porsche's rear - engine sports cars.

Reports from earlier this year suggest that the new Supra will likely be based on the same platform as the next BMW Z4, with power coming from either a BMW - sourced turbocharged engine or a hybrid drivetrain, possibly with front - wheel electric motors which could endow the rear - wheel - drive sports car with all - wheel drive.

But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special / Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.

Say you just bought a new Porsche 911 Carrera as you were looking for a more basic, focused rear - engined German sports car and didn't want to spend 911 GT3 money.

As if these outputs were insufficient for a car with a 2 - litre engine, later editions sported FQ - 360 and even FQ - 400 designations and power to match.

Fast, fierce and more thoroughly engineered than the Z3 M, its hotrod ancestor, BMW's latest M3 - engined two - seater instantly asserted itself as a very serious contender in the # 40,000 sports car sector.

Advance to the Rear — French Style Much lest resistant to new technological ideas than their neighbours across the Channel the French came up with some highly imaginative proposals in the 1930s as Karl Ludvigsen relates / Vauxhall Velox & Wyvern — Buyer's Guide / Royal Restoration — Michael Ware looks back at the restoration of a Royal Daimler that was carried out for the Queen's Silver Jubilee / Commercially Speaking — Lighter Commercials / Dashboard Instruments — Part Two — Workshop / Cammy Sammy - Salmson Twin Cam / Classic Commemoration — Richard Cass reports on the Le Mans Classic / Singer Super Six — Michael Worthington - Williams recalls a Singer «buult like a battleship graceful as a yacht» / Coventry Cat — Fitted with the first engine entirely designed by Jaguar the XK 120 set the standard by which so many postwar sports cars are judged.

ASTRO II XP - 880 After experimenting with two rear - engined design studies — the 1967 Corvair - based Astro I and the ill - conceived XP - 819 V -8-powered prototype — various departments within the GM hierarchy finally settled on mid-engined sports cars as the most appropriate platform for advanced engineering.

Part of the reason for that is increased responsiveness, as you'd want when driving enthusiastically; part of the reason is that, in sport mode, the engine tries to keep the battery topped up to a level that allows maximum performance of the electric drive system, extracting the greatest total performance from the car without the sad face of an empty battery popping up on your instrument panel display.

This hardcore sports car makes 475 hp from a six - cylinder engine in standard form, and an even more intense 911 GT3 RS with more power and performance is rumored to in the cards for the Geneva show as well.

Designed in 1957 as a simple and affordable sports car, the Lotus Seven featured a tubular spaceframe chassis, aluminium body panels, a live rear axle, drum brakes and a 1 - litre four - cylinder engine from the Ford 100E saloon.

While this geeky - looking subcompact has pretty much nothing in common with the iconic German sports car, both cars will have you questioning logic: it turns out the rear - engine Porsche handles better than many mid-engine competitors and the subcompact Fit is as cavernous as a small cargo van.

While previous estimates about a 450 - hp Mazda RX - 7 with a turbocharged rotary engine arriving as soon as 2017 don't look promising, Autocar speculates that a new Mazda RX sports car could debut in time for the original RX - 7's 40th anniversary in 2018 — that is, if Mazda's rotary development is going as well as Kogai says it is.

This is the type of efficient yet diabolically fun engine every sports car maker needs to do well as CAFE standards ramp up in the U.S.

However, I would regard any leak fix as a temporary solution - may last months or a couple of years... What is the car / engine as some engines are more temperamental especially sports car engines...

The 1990s saw an explosion of motorcycle engines in kit cars and lightweight sports cars, but beyond a hardy few that trend has more recently made way for downsized turbocharged powerplants, such as those in the KTM X-Bow and Zenos E10 S.

It's worth noting that renowned Mazda tuning firm BBR has already announced a tuning package for the 118bhp petrol car, lifting its output to as much as 185bhp with a new engine chip, exhaust manifold, induction system and sports exhaust.

With body - on - frame construction and a fairly agricultural 1.3 - liter overhead valve engine, the MG was far from modern or refined in post-war America, but it gave thousands of people their first taste of what a sports car should feel like and served as a gateway drug to both racing and more expensive, more powerful sports cars.

The new sports car is based on the same architecture as the SLS and will likely be powered by Mercedes» new 4.0 - liter V - 8 engine.

The engine exhales through ports at the base of the front fenders, and is rated at 260 hp (194 kW), just as it was in the GM sports cars.

Apart from the many - ratio'd manual» box, this Carrara (as in the marble) White car has also got the # 1084 Sport Chrono Package Plus that includes dynamic engine mounts, the # 1772 sports exhaust and, most intriguingly of all, Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control, which adds another # 2185.

As if to highlight the Forester's unique attributes, that most powerful petrol engine, which is currently more potent than the Subaru BRZ sports car, is set to make up more than 25 per cent of total sales.

Earlier reports had suggested a 450 - hp, turbocharged rotary - engine Mazda sports car could debut as soon as 2017.

It may not be as powerful as other crossovers on the list, with a 2.5 - liter four - cylinder engine providing 187 hp and 186 lb - ft of torque, but the CX - 5 is basically the sports car of the compact crossover segment in this price bracket thanks to great steering and handling.

Associations with the super sports car are evoked courtesy of the four air vents in the style of jet engines, as well as the centre console finished in brushed aluminium.

As with the legendary racing sports car from the 1952 season, the vehicle featured consistent lightweight design throughout and a spaceframe that supported the engine, transmission and axles and left no room for conventional doors.

Toyota also referenced to its first sports car, the Sports 800, given that both this car and the 86 share a boxer engine layout, [6] as widely used by project partner and 86 manufacturer, Ssports car, the Sports 800, given that both this car and the 86 share a boxer engine layout, [6] as widely used by project partner and 86 manufacturer, SSports 800, given that both this car and the 86 share a boxer engine layout, [6] as widely used by project partner and 86 manufacturer, Subaru.

Alright, let me be honest and tell you a few things that I dislike about this car: - Gas Mileage (Hyundai claims it gives you 25 mpg in the city, which is not true, I get not more than 23 mpg in the city for sure)- Traction Control (The traction can not handle the acceleration and the wheels would start spinning, even on the dry roads, not sure what to blame)- USB port - The built in USB port does not support android, at least not in my case, therefore I have to rely on Bluetooth or AUX)- Dull Alloy Wheels - The dullness of alloy wheels for the SE trim does not compliment the car over all, but eh, I can't complain much as it is a BASE model Now, the things I absolutely love about this car: - Great Turn Radius - Beautiful LED lights (even with base model)- Highway mileage (35 mpg even driving at 75 miles an hour, you might get better than 37 mpg if you drive at 55 miles an hour)- Spacious trunk - Great leg room for rear seats - Just enough power to accelerate quickly and merge on to the highways / freeways - Amazing Brakes - Sports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportSports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportSports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportSPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportSPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportssportssports car.

The new BMW M3 Sedan and new BMW M4 Coupe from BMW M GmbH see a return to a six - in - line engine configuration, as used on the second and third generations of this iconic sports car.

New Mazda RX concept car set for Tokyo Motor Show as Mazda confirms intention to bring the rotary engined sports car to life

The Audi - sourced twin - turbo V8 is a highlight, as it makes nice sounds, especially at wide - open throttle, but you're always acutely aware that this is 2.5 - ton car rather than a nimble sport sedan — though it is about 100 pounds less than the W12 - engined Continental GT.

Alongside the two V8 engines the new four - door sports car is also available as the Mercedes - AMG GT 53 4MATIC + (fuel consumption combined 9.1 l / 100 km, CO2 emissions combined 209 g / km) with the innovative AMG six - cylinder inline engine.

The Mazda 6 is classified by the maker as a «sports sedan,» but it's a popular family car as well — a front - wheel - drive vehicle that's available in several trims, with a choice of engines and various optional upgrades.

Pros: Excellent economy, low company car tax, rear legroom is ok, not too bad a spec for an entry level BMW, I forgot IPod interface is good if you buy the # 8 ebay lead or the # 68 BMW one Cons: Noisy rough engine, If you have your hand on the gear shift when it restarts it will whip your wrist off, gutless even in sport mode, nothing as standard, if your used to a Ford or VW (no split seats, no ski slot, no heated mirrors, no leather wheel, no storage space, seat adjustment last seen on a Datsun 120y (yes I am that old) uncomfortable seats.

The standard version of the CLA 45 AMG, which has been available since June 2013, has the perfect genes for a competitive customer sports racing car: As the world's most powerful four - cylinder engine in series production, the turbocharged AMG 2.0 - litre unit generates 265 kW (360 hp) and maximum torque of 450 newton metres.

For as much space as it has, it's a serious performer too: the widened track increases cornering stability, a limited slip differential helps put the power down, sport - tuned exhaust lets the engine sing, and optional carbon - ceramic brakes are like what you'd find on a dedicated track car.

Described by the vendor as excellent overallOriginally optioned with 5 - speed «dog - leg» gearbox, LSD, TRX Alloy rims, and Sports SeatsOnly four recorded keepers and 113,000 miles.MOT: April 2019Original owners handbook, with old MOTs and original bill of sale and most tax discs Exterior: 4/5, Interior: 5/5, Engine: 5/5, Transmission: 5/5, Running gear: 5/5, Electrics: 5/5, Vehicle history: 4/5 For a full condition report, view this car on www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/bmw-635csi-9639.

The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is a heavy hitter on the used sports car scene, as it comes with an aluminum frame, a larger and more powerful engine, and a stiffer suspension when compared to the already formidable standard Corvette.

The CLA 45 AMG isn't for the faint - hearted: its engine has been tuned to deliver 376bhp and its 0 - 62mph time of 4.2 seconds is faster than some sports cars that cost twice as much — an Aston Martin V8 Vantage takes longer to do 0 - 62mph, for example.

Already, your choices for manual transmissions are limited to small economy cars (and then sometimes only on the cheapest trim line with the smallest engine), sports cars such as the Mazda MX - 5, and higher end sports cars and sports sedans.