Sentences with phrase «bonded aluminum chassis»

It starts with the Lotus bonded aluminum chassis that weight just 68 kg, then adds lightweight components such as a lithium - Ion battery (which saves 9 kg from a comparable Sport model), redesigned front clam panel with mesh grille and wider air openings (8.7), carbon race seats (6 kg), forged alloy wheels (5 kg), and carbon access panel, roll hoop cover and engine cover, new rear light clusters, and polycarbonate rear screen (6.3 kg, combined), as well as optional two - piece brake discs (saving 4 kg) and optional carbon sill covers -LRB--0.8 kg).

Based around a new bonded aluminum chassis, the Vantage is powered by a 4 - litre twin - turbo V8, putting it's 503 horsepower down through an 8 - speed automatic and an electronically - controlled limited slip differential.

The low mass is due to the lightweight carbon - composite body and bespoke extruded and bonded aluminum chassis.

The new SUV (Codenamed L405) is expected to be based on a lightweight rivet - bonded aluminum chassis inspired by the current Jaguar XJ.

A modest four - cylinder engine packaged in a remarkably lightweight architecture — composite body panels over an epoxy - bonded aluminum chassis — made the car far more significant than any recent Lotus.

And, yes, detractors can correctly point out that the bonded aluminum chassis debuted back in 2005, which is eons in car years.

Not exact matches

The engine sits lower in a new iteration of Aston's bonded - aluminum chassis, which again features adaptive dampers and standard carbon - ceramic brakes.

When the Elise was announced back in 1996, Lotus boasted the world's first production - car chassis made of epoxy - bonded aluminum extrusions.

Fashioned out of aluminum extrusions, castings, and pressings and bonded with aerospace adhesives, the chassis is remarkably stiff, and gigantic front and rear antiroll bars help keep the car planted under all circumstances.

Sitting near the shores of Loch Ness, the 24 - mile long bathtub of the mythical monster Nessie, the Astons» cutaway chassis reveal their own buried mysteries: The latest VH bonded aluminum structure, with a more - rigid rear subframe and uprated suspensions, wheels, tires, and brakes.

Furthering the new Vantage's sporty nature is its heavily revised chassis, itself an evolution of the bonded aluminum structure in the DB11.

Key Chassis Features • New MacPherson strut front suspension system with aluminum control arms and subframe • New multi-link rear suspension with floating subframe • New fluid - filled front and rear suspension compliance bushings • New front and rear stabilizer bars utilizing bonded bushings • New Adaptive Damper System (Touring trims) • New Dual Pinion Variable Ratio Electric Power - Assisted Steering * • Vehicle Stability Assist ™ (VSA ®) with Traction Control • Power - assisted 4 - wheel disc brakes • 4 - channel Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with Brake Assist • Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBD) • Electronic Brake Booster (EBB) • Vehicle Stability Assist ™ (VSA ®) with Traction Control • Agile Handling Assist • New noise - reducing wheels * ^ • Straight Driving Assist • Agile Handling Assist * • Hill Start Assist • Electric Parking Brake (EPB) with Automatic Brake Hold * • Indirect Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

To save weight and strengthen the chassis, more aluminum was employed, along with greater use of adhesive seam bonding in place of welding.

The original build featured leather, heavy duty cooling fan, heat shields, powder coated chassis, rack and pinion steering, bonded body floors and foot box, seat tracks, glove box, ceramic coated black side pipes, aluminum engine compartment, correct bent shifter, trunk mounted battery, original - like Smith counter gauges, and pin - drive Halibrand Cobra cast knock - off wheels.