Sentences with phrase «as sports cars with»

High - end vehicles, such as sports cars with huge engines, are slapped with a higher cost of coverage simply because the insurer will shell out more money to pay for potential damages or theft if these untoward incidents indeed happen.

With a total of sixteen exterior color options for you to choose from for the 2018 Porsche 718 Boxster, you have the option to play up the Boxster's status as a sports car with flashy bright colors, or instead focus on its status as a luxury vehicle with more subdued and sophisticated exterior color options.

Not exact matches

Questions have been raised about the outlook for the FF91, given LeEco's spiraling cash problems as well as its decision to pull out of a joint project with British sports carmaker Aston Martin to develop RapidE electric car.

Tesla was announcing itself as a real car company with the Model S, so von Holzhausen knew that his ideas would define the visual vocabulary of numerous vehicles to follow: SUVs, sports cars, coupés, probably even pickup trucks and vans.

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This was not easy, as the purchase of a car with an XM radio years before had turned me into a reasonable facsimile of a sports talk radio addict.

But what really makes Busch so formidable on flat tracks such as New Hampshire (those with little or no banking in the corners) is that he can control a loose race car (meaning the rear end slides up the track through the corners) as expertly as anyone in the sport.

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.

It seems as though almost every citizen in Russia with a car has a dash cam, and while this isn't sports related, it was too ridiculous not to post something about it.

It seems as though almost every citizen in Russia with a car has a dash cam, and while this isn't sports...

For value we pick the Hillman Husky ($ 1,639) as a utility car; the Volkswagen Camper ($ 2,786 fully equipped) for a special - purpose vehicle; the Peugeot sedan ($ 2,175) as a family sedan; the Aston Martin DB Mark III ($ 8,005) as a custom sports car; the MGA sports coupe ($ 2,785 with wire wheels) as a reasonably priced sports car; and the Mercedes - Benz 220S ($ 5,100 fully equipped) as a family car.

As the sport started a new development curve, the speeds of cars increased rapidly and with the introduction of new aero rules and wider tyres for 2017, they've got even quicker.

Brawn joined F1 as managing director of motor sports with the Liberty Media takeover of the sport, and has shared his thoughts on some of the features of this year's cars.

In Real Boys, Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor William Pollack took on what he terms «the Boy Code,» our lingering stereotypes of boys as «tough, cool, rambunctious and obsessed with sports, cars and sex.»

Pros: plenty of cup holders (2 for child and 2 for you), good size cargo area with reasonable access, car seat connects and releases easily, generous recline, durable, zippered canopy is great when you don't need full protection, simple fold Cons: cup holders are not large enough to hold kids sports bottle, suspension (or lack of) makes even small bumps in sidewalks jarring, unfolding isn't as easy as folding

And along with those things as youth sport parents, we need to know how best we can parent on the sidelines, or prepared on the car ride home, or the next morning after a blow that may cause a concussion, to be the best parents we can be and respond if our child needs us.

VERSATILE... My interests are as different as night and day with regards to music, movies, food, adventures, cars, sports.

Our hero is a brittle, unlikeable snob, played by Cumberbatch as Sherlock with a funny accent, a sports car and slightly improved interpersonal skills.

Almost as quickly as wife Maggie (Rosemarie DeWitt) mouths the f - word (as in foreclosure), the family loses its home, club membership, sports car and, the final indignation, must move in with Bobby's parents.

Beginning in 1965, Shelby and Ford led an all - out American assault on European sports car racing with the Daytona Coupe and GT - 40, culminating in the GT - 40's historic 1 -2-3 finish at the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hour, humbling the mighty Ferrari juggernaut as Henry Ford II proudly looked on.

As we started our year with the 2014 Infiniti Q50, the one thing we didn't fret about was the car's sporting personality.

In the 1950s, Triumph made wave with sports cars like as the TR2 and the TR3.

Mazda MX - 5 Cup / / $ 50,000 (ESTIMATED) / / Lap Time 1:55.8 Mazda's MX - 5 (a.k.a. Miata) has long been one of our favorite sports cars, blessed as it is with a brilliant chassis, just enough power to keep you grinning, and a relatively light curb weight.

The car also sports an 8.0 - inch display that includes Apple CarPlay and Android Auto friendly, with wireless smartphone charging available as an option.

We'll see if that actually pans out, but for now it's exciting to see that Toyota is making good on their pursuit of more engaging and driver - focused cars, with TMG and rally sport as an excellent testing ground for the GT86 / Scion FR - S.

Yes, BMW's partnership with Toyota will likely yield a successor to the celebrated Supra sports car as well as BMW's Z5 sports car, but a Lexus supercar?

The 942 project was not left stagnant, however, as the lengthened Porsche was reimagined with a set of tiny rear outward - opening carriage doors, very similar to the rear doors found on the erstwhile Mazda RX - 8 sports car.

The museum partnered with Porsche Cars North America and the collection of 50 sports cars is hyped as «the most comprehensive Porsche display outside of Stuttgart.&raCars North America and the collection of 50 sports cars is hyped as «the most comprehensive Porsche display outside of Stuttgart.&racars is hyped as «the most comprehensive Porsche display outside of Stuttgart.»

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.

This is the English automobile that invented the sports car in America, as many examples found a home with former World War II servicemen on both coasts of the U.S.. By the 1950s everyone had to have one, including Automobile's David E. Davis Jr., who drove an MG TF 1500 with a 1.75 - inch straight - pipe exhaust to California right after he got married in June 1955 and then raced it that October with disastrous consequences.

While cars like the Ford Fiesta ST undercut the base price of a 208 by quite a margin — the Ford starts at # 17,895 in ST - 1 trim — the 208 offers fairly strong levels of equipment, with a touchscreen infotainment system (nav is extra), LED indicators and DRLs, parking sensors, and leather and cloth sports seats as standard.

As we predicted when 2 +2 sports car concept was teased earlier, the wheel arches, headlights, and character lines all indicate shared DNA with the Lexus RC.

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.

As is the case with many sports cars, even ones as affordable as the FR - S / 86, sales have fallen every year since the car was launcheAs is the case with many sports cars, even ones as affordable as the FR - S / 86, sales have fallen every year since the car was launcheas affordable as the FR - S / 86, sales have fallen every year since the car was launcheas the FR - S / 86, sales have fallen every year since the car was launched.

reports on the finding of a veteran tram disguised as a bungalow / An early Aussie — Dennis Harrison went to see how the Bordwood Mill Museum is getting along with its bicentennial restoration / The charge of the Light Brigade — Peter Wallage gives tips on persuading third - brush dynamos to resume their charge / Automobiles in miniature / A sports car by accident — Mike Worthington - Williams concludes his history of the Prince Henry Vauxhall / Spanish Grandee — Brian Demaus delves into the history of the type 15T Alfonso Hispano - Suiza.

But even if you disregard the TT's reputation as the Hyundai Tiburon for chic women with impeccable taste and generous budgets, the TTS doesn't stir the soul the way a $ 50,000 sports car ought to.

This U.S. debut also marks the first time we've seen the Project 7 in white, which will be one of two standard colors offered for this limited - run sports car along with French Racing Blue — British Racing Green, Ultimate Black, and Caldera Red colors are also offered as optional upgrades.

Stefan Bellof did indeed drive a Porsche 956 to the fastest ever lap of 6:11:13 for a motorised vehicle in 1983... but it was for qualifying for the 1000 km Sports Car race, so technically it was never a production car... Admittedly some of the cars near the top of this list blur the definition of production car... if you was to go by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pockeCar race, so technically it was never a production car... Admittedly some of the cars near the top of this list blur the definition of production car... if you was to go by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pockecar... Admittedly some of the cars near the top of this list blur the definition of production car... if you was to go by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pockecar... if you was to go by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pockecar as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pockets.

Today's sports car makers are basically in a mad rush to be bestowed with as much Uruguayan engineering know - how as they can.

Notable cars to not reach reserve included a 1960 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione, a model commonly referred to as not only one of the best - looking Ferraris but also the last of the true dual - purpose sports / racing cars that could be driven with equal aplomb in both competition and on the daily commute to the office.

The NSX's $ 157,800 starting price with $ 1,800 destination charge puts it in a league with high - end sports cars such as the Audi R8 and Porsche 911 Turbo, though the hybrid system and electrified all - wheel drive also parallel the BMW i8 plug - in hybrid, which lives in this price territory.

In concert with the snick - snick of the short - throw six - speed gearbox, the light, progressive clutch, and the easily modulated brakes, the Miata provides as much driving pleasure as any sports car that costs three or four times as much.

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.

In a time when most sports cars have gotten heavy, soft and lost their song, Lotus comes out with the Evora and now the 400 as I have that ROCKS!

Simon Moore recounts the story / Calthorpe Minor / Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2011 — David Burgess-Wise soaks up the atmosphere of Montlhéry as this unique and historic circuit comes alive with the sights and sounds of prewar sporting cars and bikes / Motoring through Childhood: The Toy and Pedal Car Museum — Michael Ware visits this newly - opened exhibition of rare and interesting pedal cars in East Sussex / The Cars of Sammy Newsome — Many hopeful entrepreneurs entered the Motor industry after the Great war, some with links to the showbusiness celebrities of the tcars and bikes / Motoring through Childhood: The Toy and Pedal Car Museum — Michael Ware visits this newly - opened exhibition of rare and interesting pedal cars in East Sussex / The Cars of Sammy Newsome — Many hopeful entrepreneurs entered the Motor industry after the Great war, some with links to the showbusiness celebrities of the tcars in East Sussex / The Cars of Sammy Newsome — Many hopeful entrepreneurs entered the Motor industry after the Great war, some with links to the showbusiness celebrities of the tCars of Sammy Newsome — Many hopeful entrepreneurs entered the Motor industry after the Great war, some with links to the showbusiness celebrities of the time.

To put a point on it Daimler Benz just recently informed me that my 2011 Mercedes GLK3504matic with AMG sport pack [minor suspension upgrade and wheels] has now been grandfathered in as an» official» AMG vehicle qualifying the car and myself for the AMG owners club....

Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.

Of course it can be made to understeer if you don't listen to the howling tyres (it comes as standard with Hankooks, which are brilliant in the wet but lack response and mid corner grip in the dry), but if you turn the car in slightly slower and then commit to the throttle you feel the sport diff sending power to the outside rear tyre.

Our test car rode on the standard 18 - inch wheels and was optioned with the adaptive damping system and sport rear differential that's part of the $ 2,500 S sport package, as well as the $ 1,150 variable - ratio steering rack.

But with mk3 MX - 5s becoming extremely affordable (you can pick up a decent example for under # 7k) it's entirely possible to create a formidable sports car for as little as # 15,000.