Sentences with phrase «cylinder deactivation so»

Paired with a seven - speed automatic transmission, the new engine also features cylinder deactivation so it should be more fuel efficient than the V - 10 it replaces... but that's only if you can resist the temptation to let «er rip.

Driving a 650 - hp super car in Eco mode sounds pretty lame (wait until they hear it was an automatic) but the LT4 is one of the first supercharged engines with cylinder deactivation so we gave it try.

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It would also have to improve fuel economy — think cylinder deactivation and a transmission with more than six speeds — so as not to adversely impact the company's CAFE standing.

Aside from a very lovely windmill farm, this is perhaps the least exciting stretch of highway in the Midwest, so I get into the right lane, set cruise control to 77 mph, put the Corvette into Eco mode, and let cylinder deactivation turn the V - 8 engine into a V - 4.

A so - called Bentley mode splits the difference between Comfort and Sport, and cylinder deactivation and a new auto stop / start system help draw a road trip - friendly 72 - mile increase in cruising range from the 22.5 - gallon fuel tank.

The V8 - which also features cylinder deactivation tech - manages 25.9 mpg and 254g / km, so you should get around 100 more miles per tank.

Though Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter says it wasn't always easy pitching an even faster Corvette to GM's notorious bean counters, the final car has very little compromise — most notably the Aero package means the ZR1 can't be sold in Europe, and also eschews (thankfully) the silly skip - shift feature and cylinder deactivation, so customers have to eat the gas guzzler tax on this one.

Sure, since it has cylinder deactivation you can get close to the manufacturer claimed highway figure (9.6 l / 100 km) if you're careful, but even so the figure you get is still higher - at a constant speed of 105 km / h, its trip computer showed a current consumption figure of 12.0 l / 100 km on level ground.

It's the first time I've noticed cylinder deactivation kick in so roughly in a Honda product.

Gimmicks like cylinder deactivation do not work while towing anyway so don't let the mileage fool you if you plan on towing.

This a species of cars most easily to associate with the notion of physiotherapy on wheels, everything is there to make the occupants happy, from the serenely comfy seats with massage function, to the so - called noise cancellation system which eliminates negative engine vibrations — successfully concealing the cylinder deactivation reverberations in the process.

Bentley has added a cylinder - deactivation system to its big V8 engine, so the Mulsanne runs on four cylinders when it's cruising gently.

So the cylinder deactivation and the new start / stop system might be very important from an environmental point of view, but you have to admit those carbon fiber parts both outside and inside the MY2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP700 - 4 make it look so much better... just imagine a Nero Nemesis bodywork with high gloss carbon fiber parts... I'm sure it would be stunninSo the cylinder deactivation and the new start / stop system might be very important from an environmental point of view, but you have to admit those carbon fiber parts both outside and inside the MY2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP700 - 4 make it look so much better... just imagine a Nero Nemesis bodywork with high gloss carbon fiber parts... I'm sure it would be stunninso much better... just imagine a Nero Nemesis bodywork with high gloss carbon fiber parts... I'm sure it would be stunning.