Sentences with phrase «cylinder powered car»

Apparently the M235i will take the place of the expected 235i model, which may leave it as the sole six - cylinder powered car in the 2 Series lineup.

Quick feeling car, 5 - speed transmission, sliding moon roof, heated seats, aggressive stance (for a naturally - aspirated 4 - cylinder powered car).

How often have you heard of manufacturers claiming wonderfully low consumption figures for their 1 litre turbo three cylinder powered cars, only for naturally aspirated competitors to be no worse in the real world?

Not exact matches

A Time Magazine reporter who test drove the «Nano» earlier this month reported that while the car is easy to operate and comes with ample legroom, turning on the air conditioner noticeably sapped power from the tiny two - cylinder engine.

Now what type of race cars need a six - cylinder hybrid power unit...?

«This means that the generator has many sweet spots,» says McDonald, who likens the concept to a car engine that saves fuel by shutting down cylinders when the driver demands less power.

The hot Swift has switched to turbocharged power — a first — using a slightly - modified version of the 1.4 - litre four - cylinder Booster Jet engine from the Suzuki Vitara S. Peak power is up by 4bhp over the old car, arriving earlier in the rev range at 5500rpm.

The Ford Fiesta EcoBoost is powered by a 1.0 - liter, turbocharged three - cylinder that nets an impressive 45 mpg on the highway, higher than any other non-hybrid, gasoline - powered car on the market.

Reality Is Over-rated The engine shop at Shelby American knows how to get power, and the liquid - cooled, twin - screw, Kenne Bell supercharger between the cylinder banks of the 5.8 - liter Ford SVT V - 8 in our test car is the solution.

Morego's mods focus less on power than drivability, magnifying the characteristics of the standard car, so it still sounds detectably five - cylinder, still has a delicious torque surge at 2000rpm, still has the general demeanour of a rugby flanker.

But mass, number of cylinders and power output all directly influence a car's efficiency.

The Hams Hill engine plant currently looks after the four - cylinder engines that power the smaller cars in BMW's range - including the X1, 1 - Series, 3 - Series and all Mini engines - pumped out over 440,000 engines in 2011 alone.

Established in 1894 in Tours, France, Delahaye first produced belt - driven cars powered by rear - mounted, single - or twin - cylinder engines.

That car will hold on to its six - cylinder power unit and is tipped to apply mild hybrid tech with a 48V electrical system, which could support an electrically assisted turbocharger.

All versions of the car draw power from a 1.8 - litre turbo four - cylinder engine, also found in the Alpine A110 sports car.

Plans for the car call for a plug - in hybrid EV that will have a two - cylinder BMW motorcycle engine to power the rear wheels and an 80 - hp electric motor to feed the front wheels.

Like the A5's four - cylinder, the S5's V - 6 engine is strong, with good mid-range acceleration and on - demand torque (max torque of 369 lb - ft arrives at just 1,370 rpm), but ultimately lacks the frenetic surge of power you might expect from a car with a 354 - hp rating, despite an estimated 4.5 - second 0 - 60 mph time.

That's a significant jump, but the additional ratios in the transmission (both the four - and six - cylinder engines get a new six - speed auto) make much better use of the power: whereas the last car shifted into third gear at 89 mph, the new one does it at 49 mph.

This hardcore sports car makes 475 hp from a six - cylinder engine in standard form, and an even more intense 911 GT3 RS with more power and performance is rumored to in the cards for the Geneva show as well.

It makes the car feel sluggish and takes away from the refined four - cylinder engine that powers this car.

This is exciting news for those who have expressed their concern that the standard car's 2.0 - liter, 200 - hp boxer four - cylinder is simply not enough power for the capable, balanced rear - wheel - drive chassis.

At its heart is a 2 - litre four - cylinder Ford Duratec that uses a supercharger to boost power to 310bhp and torque to 219 lb ft.. Both these figures are delivered way up the rev range (7700rpm and 7350rpm respectively), which gives a big hint as to this car's fast and frantic character.

The 2016 Prius» 95 - hp, 1.8 - liter four - cylinder engine shuts down at a stoplight in that familiar way, and when the light turns green, there's that familiar moment of silence as the car begins to accelerate with its battery - powered 53 kW motor, then the engine lights off, and the car accelerates smoothly as it swaps gear ratios.

-- Jonathon Wood looks at some upmarket Hillmans and Humbers — better known as Sunbeam - Talbots / Books For Christmas — The Automobile's guide to the very best of festive old - car reading / Cars In My Life — Chris Gordon concludes his motoring memoirs / Six Of The Best Norman Painting on Morris's first off - roader / Deep South — Michael Worthington - Williams heads off to the land of cotton on the trail of the Hanson / Italian High Performer — Part One of Edward Eve's reassessment of Alfa Romeo's immortal six - cylinder power plant / By Nash To Merano — Mike Bullett and Sandy Burnett report on the recent Alpine Raid by Frazer Nash enthusiasts.

The 2002 vintage of this car came with the 6 cylinder engine and virtually every option that you could ask for, power seats, self dimming mirrors, burlwood dash, etc..

Alfa Romeo says this is the fastest time around the «Ring for cars packing less than 250 hp; the Alfa Romeo 4C is powered by a 240 hp, 1.7 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder engine mated with a six - speed dual - clutch transmission.

Six - cylinder cars get a bump in power to nearly 325 hp — as much as the last - generation SS — thanks to better - flowing cylinder heads that feature integrated exhaust manifolds.

The four - seat Eclipse is Mitsubishi's performance two - door sports car and is offered in coupe and convertible (Spyder) forms, both with a choice of four - cylinder or V - 6 power.

«Ford is upping the power and torque on both the EcoBoost 4 - cylinder and the GT's V - 8, though it didn't say how much, until the car goes on sale this fall,» said Todd Lassa reporting from Michigan.

The second - generation RS, launched in 2009, looked wild, sounded plain naughty with its turbocharged 2.5 - liter five - cylinder engine and delivered an almost cartoonish driving experience — warbling like a Quattro rally car, weaving around under power and arcing into lift - off oversteer if you wavered for even a millisecond on the throttle mid-corner.

In reality, the car was a featherweight at 2700 pounds, and it was powered by a 2.3 - liter four - cylinder.

With 314bhp, double world champions Sébastian Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia have marginally more power at their disposal than last year from the car's mighty turbocharged four - cylinder engine.

He tried his hand at customizing his father's Torino, a hodgepodge of a car with a Rambler American body restyled by Pininfarina, powered by an old Kaiser L - head engine fitted with an OHC cylinder head conversion, made and marketed by Renault.

The hot hatch is the most powerful front - wheel drive car Honda has produced up to this point, with 305 hp and 295 lb - ft of torque pushed out from a 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder, and the hatch has plenty of suspension, braking, and aerodynamic mods to help keep up with that power.

The Roadster is offered with a choice of two six - cylinder engines, running gear donated by either the BMW 330i or the M3; my guide, marketing director Olaf Sewald, admits that only one buyer opted for the lower - powered car last year.

This particular car uses the same turbocharged four - cylinder petrol engine that powers the inspired Golf R — only stoked from 296bhp to 325bhp — and a dual - clutch DSG gearbox.

While Mazda has been wildly successful at selling sports cars along a more basic formula — think the lightweight, four - cylinder roadster format of the MX - 5 — the company built its name with cars powered by Wankel rotary power units.

Effectively, the 217bhp petrol car uses the engine from Volkswagen's Golf GTI, while the 276bhp engine is the SEAT Leon Cupra 280's power unit — developments of the EA888 four - cylinder used across the Volkswagen Group empire.

While Carroll Shelby cemented his name into legend with the numerous Mustangs and Cobras with his trademark handling and power know - how, the Shelby name also found its way to some front - wheel drive four - cylinder cars.

Of course, performance isn't that different than in a four - cylinder Chevy Equinox, Ford Escape, Honda CR - V, or Toyota RAV4, but of those cars, this Mazda feels like it's the car that would make the best use of extra power.

Only 700 units of this car will be sold worldwide, and only 300 of those will make it to the U.S. Lucky buyers will get a car that's nearly identical to the concept shown a few months ago, with a 3.0 - liter, twin - turbo inline - six cylinder that uses a water injection system to bump power from the stock M4's 425 hp to a heady 493 hp.

Our $ 23,905 roadster rides on sixteen - inch wheels; and it's powered by a 167 - hp four - cylinder connected to a five - speed manual (Touring and Grand Touring cars come with a six - speed).

The four - cylinder gets the car up to highway speeds reasonably well, but like other compact - car engines, it has modest power to spare for high - speed passing.

This car is powered by a 426ci 8 - cylinder engine and a 3 - speed automatic transmission with 11:1 compression and original Max Wedge heads.

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Both cars are powered by an electric motor and a twin - turbo three - cylinder engine with 228 hp and 236 lb - ft of torque to the rear wheels.

One of 57 Ford factory race cars produced in 1966, this Fairlane is powered by 427ci 8 - cylinder engine and 4 - speed manual transmission.

This model, which is powered by a 2.0 - liter turbo four - cylinder with 280 horsepower and 306 pound - feet of torque, isn't blindingly fast, but it feels quick, which does more to make the car feel fun.

The 1.8 - liter four - cylinder engine provides adequate power for those 2002 Audi A4 cars with front - wheel drive, but can feel weak in the Quattro models.

Sources say it uses a driveline similar to BMW's original Active Tourer concept car shown at the 2012 Paris motor show: A 1.5 - liter three - cylinder turbo gas engine powers the front wheels, and an electric motor drives the rear wheels, with a combined 190 hp.