Not exact matches
Friends and relatives are mourning a bank executive and mother
of two from New Mexico who died after she was partially pulled
out of an airplane when an
engine blast caused a passenger's window to burst.
Imagine looking up the exhaust
blasting out of the biggest jet
engine in the world.
The
engine feels almost a bit too much for the layout, and under full load a hurricane
of gases
blasts out of the twin tailpipes.
There's some understeer, but with that huge hit
of torque and excellent traction control setup, it's relatively easy to just edge the tail wide as the corner opens
out and then
blast onto the next straight with the
engine snorting and bellowing behind.
Few cars in the evo car park could provide such satisfying spur -
of - the - moment B - road
blasts, the combination
of a rev - happy naturally aspirated 2 - litre
engine, sharp steering and gearchange, superb grip levels and a small, easy - to - place footprint made it the office weapon
of choice for «just going
out for a drive».
No word yet on alternate
engines, but we know the base offering is a 6.6 - liter Duramax diesel that
blasts out 350 horsepower and 700 pound - feet
of torque.
The Audi TTS uses a high - output version
of that
engine that puts
out a whopping 292 horsepower and 280 lb - ft
of torque, enough to
blast the TTS from 0 - 60 in just 4.6 seconds.
If you see this, pull over as soon as you can and immediately turn on the heat to full
blast so you can let some
of the heat
out of the
engine.
Blasting out of the pits, the sound was just amazing; indeed just starting this
engine at standstill is a pleasure.
The 1.8 - liter
engine cranks
out plenty
of power, making the car a
blast to drive.
I found myself driving for a while in third gear, just to hear the great
engine note
blast out of the quad exhausts.
What started
out as a test
of this new
engine has become something much richer and more rewarding than we could have imagined, in the form
of Mega
Blast.
In many cases, this works
out beautifully - as long as you have enough horsepower to
blast your way past the limitations
of the game
engine.
Background: Cliff Harris
of Positech Games, makers
of Gratuitous Space Battles,
blasted out Mark Rein
of Epic Games, makers
of Gears
of War, Unreal Tournament, and the Unreal
Engine, in a blog post.