Sentences with phrase «building special cars»

This Range Rover is the product of JLR's SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) team, whose work includes limited - edition specials, armour - plated cars and line - built special cars designed to match anything AMG or Bentley can turn out.

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Of course, the special effects people take over, and wonderful scenes of buildings being destroyed and cars being squashed by George are a matter of routine.

From this point on, storytelling takes a backseat to special effects as Smallville and then New York City are demolished in an extended sequence that sees buildings, a train yard, cars and even an orbiting satellite destroyed.

Jaguar and its Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division will, however, continue to focus on building upgraded versions of existing cars, rather than totally bespoke models with new bodywork.

Managing Director of Lister Cars, Lawrence Whittaker said: «2014 is a very special year for us, as it celebrates 60 years since Brian Lister built the first Lister car at George Lister Engineering.

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.

Bengt Ason Holm tells the story of AB Thulinverken / Miles of MG's — Malcolm Green relates the story of Ken Miles an Englishman who built and raced MG specials in the USA / Driven From Behind — Karl Ludvigsen begins his new series on the development of rear - engined cars precursors of the Volkswagen / Two Festivals — We report on the Silverstone Historic Festival and the Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nurburgring / Vin de Pays — Michael Worthington - Williams recounts the story of one of France's provincial car makers.

Mick Walsh gets behind the wheel of an historic Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 and in, Potent Perfection, reveals what makes this famous model so special / Doug Nye shares some marvellous glass - plate negatives from the early days of motor sport in Europe and describes the men and machines shown in The motor racing photography of Maurice - Louis Branger / Famous furniture designer Ambrose Heal bought a Sunbeam Twenty new in 1930 and drove it extensively across Europe / This much - loved car is still in the family today, as Matthew Bell discovers in Family Business / Designed and built by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe, the Ford - powered Dellows were among the most successful postwar trials cars.

Citroen - based CDW Special that nearly made it into production / Sunbeam three - litre — the car that STD built / Spirit of a Silver Ghost — article on daughter of the chauffeurs who drove AX 201 during its years of private ownership / Bentley's first Lagonda was built to challenge Rolls - Royce — Michael Bowler tries a 1938 V12 / Australian government bought a fleet of 1942 Chryslers in 1944 — one left assigned to the Prime Minister the next year / Automobile Summer Challenge / Austin Ulster and three - litre Bentley get a few problems sorted — Motorhouse

Mors: the true story behind the legend — In the first of a two - part series, Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges tells the story of the highly successful Mors racing cars / «Compare and contrast...» — Having owned examples of both, John Warburton explains the allure of the 30 - 98 Vauxhall and compares it to the sidevalve Aston - Martin / Impressions of an immortal — Karl Ludvigsen casts his mind back to the summer of 1961, when he drove a Mercedes - Benz W196 Grand Prix car when it was still quite new / Documenting decay — American photographer Brewster Moseley has made a special study of decaying Detroit iron in a Montana scrapyard, and shares some of the results / Made in Logansport: the Revere — Michael Worthington - Williams looks at the littleknown Revere of the late teens and»20s and its shady promotor, Newton van Zandt / Back on the Road — Neil Tigwell wanted to build his idea of what a post-war Riley Lynx could have looked like.

About one - third of the 32 Dodge Vipers currently in the build process here are 1 of 1 customization cars, a series that offers more than 8,000 paint choices, and other special order features.

Ferrari only ever built 39 units of the 250 GTO, a racing homologation special, and the cars very rarely change hands in public auctions.

Whether it was built to settle a vendetta like the Ford, or an exercise in technical superiority like the Bugatti, the personal project car rarely if ever makes financial sense for manufacturers, but usually creates some pretty special cars in the process.

Those tours, it would seem, will have to wait, as will Chevrolet's special program that allows Corvette buyers to watch their cars being built and purchase photos from the build.

Each car will come with a special numbered plaque denoting it's one of the 1000 DS3 Racings built.

Ford's SVT (Special Vehicles Team) started building production - spec cars for the 2005 model year, fitted with the largest V - 8 Ford made at the time, a 550 - hp, supercharged 5.4 - liter mounted behind the driver.

But anyone paying attention to BMW near the turn of the 21st century knows that it was building special sports cars back then — cars that would cement its reputation the world over.

It's the naughtiest Jaguar in years — a special XKR coupe built to celebrate Jaguar's 75th anniversary and imbued with chassis and engine tweaks that transform the car's character.

Part of Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations division, each of the cars have been meticulously built by hand.

Of course, it's conspicuous by design: BMW built only 200 Lime Rock Edition M3s and it's the first time Lime Rock Park has lent its name to a car, so the automaker wants you to know that it's something special.

Investing in the creation of a new Special Operations Technical Centre near its Coventry home, JLR's new building will create high - performance models, ultra luxury versions and limited run collector edition cars.

The Fiat 850 was built as a replacement for the 600 sedan, the Italian people's car that was the basis for many an Abarth special.

Porsche's Exclusive bespoke division has created some amazing cars over the years — building limited - run special editions for collectors and Porsche lovers.

Only 36 of these very special cars will be built, each incorporating several aerodynamic and design enhancements by the Shelby American designer Peter Brock.

The Vanquish Is Quite Simply Special On All Counts, With This Model Being The Last Hand Built Car To Come Out Of The Famous Newport Pagnell Factory, Which Will In Time Prove Another Interesting Aspect To The Global Collector And In Turn Increase Prices.

It marks a uniquely significant moment in which history has come full - circle, with a special run of 25 DB4 G.T. Continuation cars being built at same site as the original DB4 G.T.s were made almost sixty years ago.

Dodge Viper sales have been on a run since the brand repositioned the limited - production hand - built super car in September, and Dodge is building on the momentum, opening the system for dealers to place sold customer orders of the newly equipped 2015.5 Dodge Viper GTS and TA 2.0 Special Edition, which join the SRT and GT models in the Viper lineup.

The Vanquish Is Quite Simply Special On All Counts, With This Model Being The Last Hand Built Car To Come Out Of The Famous Newport Pagnell Factory And If We Study The Sculptured Exterior Body, Along With The Beautifully Hand Crafted Interior, It Is Not Hard To Understand Why These Models Have Only Become More Desirable On A Worldwide Scale, With Enthusiastic Collectors Now Wanting To Acquire One Of The Best Left To Purchase, With Exceptional Past Aston Martin Service History And Super Low Miles?

One of Aston Martin's most iconic models — the DB4 G.T. - is to be celebrated with a special series of 25 track - only continuation cars built to lightweight specification by Aston Martin Works at Newport Pagnell.

The car has an average - looking build and isn't a special color at all, but it seems very aerodynamic and helps me get around while saving me some gas.

Being a 2014 model it will probably also include the cylinder deactivation system and as it was built in 2013 it should have come with the special 50th Anniversary emblem on the dashboard... but what really makes this car stand out are the custom Hamann parts:

In practice and when viewed with the most objective of eyes, this car is a parts bin special - the 911 Porsche would build were it ticking the options boxes for you.

Joined this year by the Wolfsburg special edition, the German - built Golf R hatch and wagon range is the only passenger «car» to feature in this year's Top 10 list, the interest not surprising given its stunning 5.0 sec 0 - 100 km / h time and 250km / h electronically - limited top speed.

Lot # 1158 - This meticulously restored 1967 Mustang GT Convertible S - code was a special - order car built in the San Jose assembly plant.

Since nearly half a million Audi TTS's have been built, the German car manufacturing giant decided to release a special edition vehicle, which is the TTS Coupe competition.

Aston Martin have release a special Ultimate Edition of the Vanquish S to commemorate the last forty cars built.

The 1975 Buick Electra 225 Limited [12] was the longest four - door hardtop car GM ever built, as the Cadillac Sixty Special (which was a bit longer) was unavailable as a hardtop sedan since the mid-sixties.

Ferrari has built 30 cars in total, adding one special edition to the 29 that were originally planned.

There's a built - in child seat in the rear, special seats belts that automatically tighten in an accident and SIPS - side impact protection system, a series a structural improvements that stiffen the car's body.

German tuners GeigerCars has made a reputation building some outrageous special editions from American cars, including Corvettes, Camaros and Chargers.

There was one special edition Beretta: In 1990, Chevrolet built 7,500 Beretta pace cars to commemorate the car's being chosen as the official pace car for the 1990 Indianapolis 500.

Coupes are usually more expensive than the 4 - door because they generally do not build a «rental - car» special version of it.

The Chrysler Corporation built race - ready Dodge and Plymouth «package cars» equipped with special high - performance parts.

The Jaguar XJ220 Pininfarina is a special XJ220 built in 1995 for the Sultan of Brunei and his brother Prince Jefri, who commissioned a number of rare and one - off heavily modified cars based on expensive luxury cars.

This car's been around for a while now and, although it never feels poorly built or like Mercedes has skimped on the quality of the cabin materials, it doesn't feel as special as some other luxury cars out there.

Technical details for the racecars, which will be built at Jaguar's Special Vehicle Operations facility in Coventry, will be released next year, when the i - Pace production car is set to go into production.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

At the same time the craftspeople who build each Rolls - Royce motor car to roll down the line at the Home of Rolls - Royce at Goodwood are already preparing themselves for the painstaking work that will go into these very special final motor cars.

Making its debut at a special, custom - built Commodore Gallery at the brand's headquarters in Port Melbourne, Holden today celebrated 37 years of Commodore by bringing together more than 30 Commodores, from one of the very first 1978 VB Commodores, to concepts, exports and motorsport heroes, illustrating the history and evolution of Australia's favourite car.

Three different iterations of the sports car have been produced so far, with a couple of special - edition models built in the process.