Sentences with phrase «autobahn run»

A full - throttle autobahn run near Munich revealed the latest M has no trouble reaching dizzying heights when the conditions permit.

There's just time for the mandatory autobahn run and fortunately the local stretch of the A45 is quiet enough to allow a decent run at maxing the GT.

From the parking spot to the flat - out Autobahn run, it never stops reminding its driver of the caged animal behind the rear wheels.

In reality, a leisurely driven 918 would return about 35 mpg, a brisk pace might bring that down to 25 mpg, and an unlimited autobahn run could drag that figure as low as 20 mpg.

The Astra wasn't very quick — though on a long, downhill autobahn run I could get the car up to 120 mph.

Not exact matches

After busy days, running around, open air meetings, driving the autobahn at white - knuckle speeds, getting to know our German and American hosts, listening to my husband preach through interpreters, and hosting barbeques in the former east Germany, we would settle all the teens into their rooms, and retreat to our spartan quarters.

The story is about an American backpacker caught up in a drug smuggling ring while trying to pull off a heist, taking him «on the run from his employers across Munich's high - speed Autobahn.»

August isn't the best time for top speed runs on the autobahn due to summer holiday traffic but at least trucks are a rare sight on Sundays.

To put that into perspective, a comparably equipped 200 - hp 2012 Audi A3 2.0 T Premium with a six - speed manual retails for $ 35,970, a 2012 MINI Cooper S (which is down 69 hp) runs $ 30,000, and the 200 - hp 2012 Volkswagen GTI Autobahn rings in at $ 29,995.

evo's Jethro Bovingdon goes for a top speed run on the Autobahn with a Nissan GT - R Track Pack.

We hit speeds in excess of 100 mph, and we were still running mid-pack on unrestricted stretches of autobahn.

So it runs through to a claimed 170mph, allowing Vauxhall to boast, somewhat disingenuously you might think for those who don't regularly frequent unrestricted autobahns, that it's the fastest car you can buy in the UK for under # 30k.

This fetish for winning magazine tests has led to a few anomalies, particularly Mercedes - Benz abandoning what it did best — solid, beautifully engineered cars that would run all year at 150 mph on the autobahn — to produce more stylish automobiles that drive like BMWs but aren't quite as good and feel cheaper.

Thats a problem if you run the car, like me, from A to B for business on the Autobahn every day.

But on long, delimited autobahn stretches, Alpina's supersedan will run away with the show, continuing up to 193 mph where the M760i is limited to 155 mph.

In fact, in 1995, a driverless Mercedes - Benz S - Class ran at speeds of over 100 miles per hour on the autobahn.

On the Autobahn, the RS Q3 rocketed from 100 to 160 km / h in what seemed and felt like the blink of an eye — officially, it runs to the metric ton in 4.8 seconds and on to its top speed of 250 km / h.

Reflecting its German roots, it feels right at home in the fast lane of an autobahn, where it can confidently be run to its limited 155mph top speed.

None of these conditions are wanted when hitting 60 mph in 3.8 seconds, running the Nürburgring in 7:32:00, or trekking down the German Autobahn at 190 mph.

Electronics will hold the U.S. car to 130 mph (same as today's GTI), but we managed 135 on the autobahn, running out of room before we could get to the claimed maximum of 146 mph.

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