Predictably, the eight -
cylinder car hits hard on the top end, and gets frisky with big throttle lifts or heavy deceleration.
Not exact matches
We managed to
hit 205 mph on a closed test track before having to brake for the next bend, and the
car was feeling more stable by the second, while the
cylinders were only just
hitting their stride.
With the 616 - hp twelve -
cylinder engine, the Flying Spur can
hit 60 mph in 4.3 seconds and tops 200 mph, but we doubt most customers will really notice that the V - 8
car is significantly slower.
Even the four -
cylinder will
hit 60 mph in «well under 6 seconds,» and Oppenheiser also says the new Camaro SS will run quicker lap times than a fifth - generation
car with the 1LE package.
Even on the standard V - 6 Camaro, it wails not unlike the F - Type S. It's a very distinctive war cry,
hitting a raucous tonality more in line with classic six -
cylinder sports
cars of yore than modern V - 6s.
With a massive 13.1 - liter four -
cylinder pushing out 200 hp, this white behemoth became the first European
car to reach the 125 mph mark, going on to
hit 142 mph on Daytona Beach in 1911.
The 2018 Dodge Challenger seems to be only muscle
car that hasn't been
hit with a four -
cylinder engine option.
With a 16 -
cylinder W16 engine producing 1,183 bhp of maximum power and a peak torque of 1,500 Nm, accelerating from 0 to 100kmph in 2.5 seconds, the Veyron
hit a world record top speed of 431.072 kmph for a road going GT
car.
We didn't have enough unlimited autobahn to
hit those lofty heights (for a three -
cylinder engine), but we climbed beyond 160 easily enough and the
car was rock solid, stable and comfortable.
Lotus has announced full specs overnight for its latest Elise variant, the Elise Cup 250 — a model that carries the mantle of the fastest four -
cylinder Lotus sports
car ever to
hit the road.
For that you got a 247bhp four -
cylinder with a big ol' turbo on it that didn't really wake up until after 3000rpm, but drive it right and the manual - only
car would
hit 62mph in just 6.1 seconds; still quick enough by front - driven hatch standards today.
We'll see the 1.8 - liter gasoline engine here, as well as a 140 - hp, 1.4 - liter turbocharged gasoline four -
cylinder — expected to return at least 40 mpg combined — that will debut as the
car hits the North American market. . .»