Sentences with phrase «body as the sports car»

Now think of your body as the sports car and processed foods like potato chips, fast food, and refined sugars as diesel — they make you feel heavy, slow, and they gum up all your organs.

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At the start of 2015 you may remember Ferrari revealing this future F1 concept, that was basically their subtle way of giving the governing body a kick up the arse to change the sport as soon as possible and make F1 cars look awesome again.

When the road followed the unpredictable curvatures of a mountain, body roll obviously was not as well snubbed as in the best sports cars, but it was mighty impressive for a four - door luxury sedan and is without a doubt best in its class.

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.

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.

There are six - figure sports cars that don't marry steering response, grip and body control as cohesively as this.

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.

As the crucial halo car for Honda's premium brand, the mid-engine Acura NSX will combine the magic of the original, aluminum - bodied NSX sports car with the technology of a hybrid whose electric motors power the front wheels and provide for torque vectoring, as welAs the crucial halo car for Honda's premium brand, the mid-engine Acura NSX will combine the magic of the original, aluminum - bodied NSX sports car with the technology of a hybrid whose electric motors power the front wheels and provide for torque vectoring, as welas well.

Add Air Body Control and you'll be amazed by how well this heavy, all - wheel drive coupe can maintain its composure just as well as a handful of today's newest sports car.

And though there are some participants who want to press harder and some who do, I learned that the club's comparative paucity of maximum testosterone has led some to defect from the VSCCA to competing sanctioning bodies such as the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association or the Vintage Racing League or even the more well - known Sports Car Club of America.

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.

Combined with the body parts by ABT Sportsline the sport coupé from Ingolstadt becomes as assertive as it becomes a super sports car.

The new lighter and tighter body is achieved through increased use of high strength and ultra high strength steel, the addition of a larger front tower strut brace (as used in sports cars like the Nissan 370Z), and a new rear structural support built into the rear pass - through / parcel shelf.

The exterior is characterized by the new TECHART GrandGT styling package for the Sport Turismo models, 22 - inch TECHART Formula IV wheels, a TECHART sport exhaust system with titanium / carbon fiber tailpipes as well as a custom painted car body in Racing Green.

Sure, there's a bit of body roll, but you have to remind yourself that this is a car you step up into rather than stepping down, as you would in a sports car.

Body A true sports car is always a light car, and the Audi quattro concept shines in this discipline as well.

Some are lightly disguised future production vehicles, while others exhibit an environmentally friendly theme.Here's a look at a few of the more interesting concept vehicles on display at the show, which closes Monday: AUDI ALLROAD QUATTROThe German automaker has been building all - wheel drive cars for years, so it's no surprise that a beefier version of the A6 station wagon is on the way.The Allroad Quattro show car uses many of the same mechanical and suspension parts as the A6 wagon but wears a sport - utility wagon body complete with large fender flares and huge tires.

As the M4, it is available in either coupe or convertible body styles (the four - door M3 variant is covered elsewhere) and it offers sports car performance with the promise of everyday usability.

The Urus is undoubtedly a Lamborghini, taking cues from the LM002 as well as the super sports cars that are fundamental to Lamborghini heritage: the Urus has outstanding proportions, adopting the two - thirds body, one - third window ratio of Lamborghini super sports cars.

As Weil explained, while this 2019 concept is based on today's car, some extremely subtle tweaks — especially the clever surfacing on the body — have transformed its stance into something closer to the original R50 model and certainly more sporting than the current Mini.

As an option, buyers can equip the A3 Cabriolet with a sport suspension that lowers the body by 15 mm (0.59 inches), or a S line sport suspension dropping 25 mm (0.98 inches) from the car's height.

Sports cars, such as the Chevrolet Corvette, often have bodies made of exotic materials, such as fiberglass or aluminum, making them very difficult and labor - intensive to repair properly.

The new car sports a bigger, sleeker, sexier body as well as numerous structural and equipment improvements.

The GTU is a cosmetic upgrade, a street version of the car that will race on the 1988 International Motor Sports Association's GTU racing circuit.Technical notes: The Beretta is built on a 103.4 - inch wheelbase, same as the compact N - body Pontiac Grand Am.

Set to be produced in only 99 units, just like the coupe, the Vanquish Zagato Volante follows in the footsteps of the 1987 V8 Vantage Volante and the 2003 DB AR1 as an exclusive Zagato - built sports car with a bespoke body.

Minor body roll showed it wasn't as dedicated a sports driver as some cars you can buy, but few owners will put it through these paces.

The design of the BMW i8 body is as groundbreaking as the plug - in hybrid sports car's concept as a whole.

Finished mostly in black, the sports car has bright - red stripes on its lower body, as well as red accents on the front bumper, front fenders, side mirrors, rear wing, and wheels.

But it's a vehicle Chrysler hopes to transform into reality very soon, based on a concept called the Dodge Intrepid ESX2, a plastic - body machine capable of getting 80 mpg while holding the family and its vacation luggage.The ESX2 is a concept car sporting injection - molded plastic body panels as a substitute for steel in an attempt to reduce weight, boost mileage, simplify production - and reduce cost.

This generation of RS4 is (up to) 80 kg lighter than the old one (deep breath: the body by 15 kg, engine by 31 kg, front and rear axles 6 kg each, steering system 3.5 kg, sport differential 1 kg, quattro driveline 12.5 kg, ceramic brakes 8 kg and, if you spec them, milled wheels 8 kg), but is still a 1715 kg car; about the same as the C63.

JUKE fuses the best qualities of a sports car, including a sporty driving position, dynamic handling and powerful engine, with the best aspects of an SUV — such as a robust lower body, raised ground height, improved visibility and confident stance.

The Allroad Quattro show car uses many of the same mechanical and suspension parts as the A6 wagon but wears a sport - utility wagon body complete with large fender flares and huge tires.

Based on the Rapide and using the almost infinitely flexible VH architecture, the new saloon draws inspiration from the highly sought - after William Towns - designed Lagonda of 1976 and features many of the same cutting edge engineering techniques seen in modern Aston Martin sports cars such as the use of carbon fibre body panels.

The new car, perhaps surprisingly, has drawn inspiration from the William Towns - designed «wedge» Lagonda (1976 — 1990) and features many of the same cutting edge engineering techniques seen in current Aston Martin sports cars such as the use of carbon fibre in the body panels.

The car is easily recognizable as a fully - fledged AMG family member, since it sports a muscular body and a low and wide stance.

The car also had many unique body features such as rhombus - pattern cover on the air inlets and outlets, continuous aluminum lip spoiler, glass roof with two large transparent sections, glazed engine compartment behind the seats, NACA duct in the middle of the roof for cooling of the bigger V12 engine, optional carbon fibre lining of the engine compartment, LED headlights with color temperature of 6,000 kelvin, 365 mm (14.37 in) three - spoke flat bottom diecast magnesium core sport steering wheel upholstered in Valcona leather, aluminum application on the center console, 24 - piston (total) brake calipers (red six - piston monobloc aluminum front calipers, fixed rear calipers) and ventilated carbon fibre reinforced silicon carbide ceramic brake discs.

The car featured many unique features such as a Jet Blue exterior colour, the front curve of the front wings borrowed from an Audi TT and Audi Nuvolari quattro GT, 20 - inch wheels, a twin - turbocharged V10 FSI engine with a rated power output of 610 PS (449 kW; 602 hp) and 750 N ⋅ m (553.17 lb ⋅ ft), a single - frame radiator grille, aluminium sports suspension with magnetic ride shock absorbers, dark interior colours, the body of the car made of aluminium and carbon fibre as well as distinctive wing mirrors designed by S. Arbin.

In simple terms, the V12 Vantage Roadster combined the well known V12 5.9 litre engine with peak output of 510bhp as already in service in the DBS, DBS Volante and V12 Vantage coupe within the V8 Vantage Roadster compact body to make Aston Martin's most exhilarating open - top sports car.

As you can see from the pictures this a convertible sports car with sleek rounded body panels and a V8 engine.

Leaked pictures of the car sporting tints and well - polished body panels is reported as the example that will be brought to the venue on Tuesday.

Instead of a car with wildly unreliable electrics and a body prone to rust in Phoenix, Arizona, the updated 124 Spider uses the gold standard for two - seat sports cars — the Mazda Miata — as its basis.

Though its bodywork is not a complex as the X-Bow's, lacking actual bumpers and side skirts, it's a bit more intricate than the Atom, a sports car employing almost no body panels.

The shape of the body falls away as it approaches those square shoulders of the fenders; to my eyes it gives the tail a hint of classic sports cars like the Aston Martin DB5.

After identifying a large set of hedge fund managers, they match managers to cars and car characteristics via VIN Place, Autocheck, cars.com, cars - data and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, categorizing cars as sports cars, minivans or other based on body style.

The Lost Crown can best be described as a sports car body with a compact car engine.

There are plenty of different parts to choose from, allowing you to create many different styles of car — karts, sports cars, vintage vehicles or silly karts such as a cardboard body with a toilet seat.