Sentences with phrase «designed as a sports car»

It wasn't designed as a sports car, and it doesn't try to behave like one.

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They will create their own sports car designs which they will use as a starting point for an artwork inspired in futurism, using oil pastels, colour pencils and possibly water colours.

The new all - aluminum XK is touted as the saviour of the company and it may well be, offering the opportunity to extract design from the stagnation of retro looks, but surely a smaller, less expensive sports car would make Jaguar exciting to younger buyers again.

Arguably, the biggest break from the past may be how the car feels: the sport suspension isn't as harsh as before, nor does the new power steering design provide as much feedback as previous models.

Revealed at the 2017 Tokyo motor show, the concept revives the classic IsoRivolta badge from the 1960s, and is billed as a «contemporary gentleman driver's sports car designed specifically to compete at the highest international levels».

You might not accept this in a BMW 3 Series or Mercedes - Benz C - Class cabrio, but you should expect this in a two - seat sports car designed to be as lightweight as possible, no matter its configuration.

But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special / Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.

Low - tension ignition — Tom Threlfall explains the early form of electrical ignition in his article «Oh illustrious spark» / Californian extravaganza — The premier old - car meeting of the year at Pebble Beach is reported by Nick Baldwin / Bugatti Type 13 and B «b «Peugeot — Mark Gillies compares these two early French cars — both designed by Ettore Bugatti / Alvis: The vintage years — The development of the company and its models is recounted for us by Michael Worthington - Williams / 1926 Sunbeam 3.4 litre super sports — This month the Editor gives us his impressions of one of the finest sporting cars of its day / 1935 Armstrong Siddeley restoration — Zoe Harrison describes the fifteen - year rebuild of a 17hp model / Gordon Bennett Rally — As usual this event attracted some very impressive machinery.

Advance to the Rear — French Style Much lest resistant to new technological ideas than their neighbours across the Channel the French came up with some highly imaginative proposals in the 1930s as Karl Ludvigsen relates / Vauxhall Velox & Wyvern — Buyer's Guide / Royal Restoration — Michael Ware looks back at the restoration of a Royal Daimler that was carried out for the Queen's Silver Jubilee / Commercially Speaking — Lighter Commercials / Dashboard Instruments — Part Two — Workshop / Cammy Sammy - Salmson Twin Cam / Classic Commemoration — Richard Cass reports on the Le Mans Classic / Singer Super Six — Michael Worthington - Williams recalls a Singer «buult like a battleship graceful as a yacht» / Coventry Cat — Fitted with the first engine entirely designed by Jaguar the XK 120 set the standard by which so many postwar sports cars are judged.

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.

ASTRO II XP - 880 After experimenting with two rear - engined design studies — the 1967 Corvair - based Astro I and the ill - conceived XP - 819 V -8-powered prototype — various departments within the GM hierarchy finally settled on mid-engined sports cars as the most appropriate platform for advanced engineering.

Designed in 1957 as a simple and affordable sports car, the Lotus Seven featured a tubular spaceframe chassis, aluminium body panels, a live rear axle, drum brakes and a 1 - litre four - cylinder engine from the Ford 100E saloon.

In terms of styling, Autocar says that the sports car will incorporate design cues from the GT4 Stinger as well as the elegant Kia GT four - door - coupe concept shown in 2011.

The black, white, and grey colors combined with the blue - accented wheels suggest Nissan's design team sees the BladeGlider as the next step in street - legal high - performance electric sports cars.

While the market sector may not have been familiar to the Stuttgart - based sports car specialist, the company's approach to designing and engineering the Cayenne was the same as for any other Porsche product — an SUV it may have been, but it had to remain true to Porsche's heritage.

The Mercedes 190 SL was designed as the smaller, less - expensive sibling to the company's all - conquering 300 SL sports cars.

This stylish sports car is not just a design study, as the EXP 10 Speed 6 is said to be powered by an advanced hybrid drivetrain.

The artist described his design as a «blueprint transferred onto the bodywork,» and indeed, the car appeared to sport a graph paper grid pattern on every surface.

The Coupe's already sporting stance is enhanced by the blade nose design which apes that of the existing Renaultsport Clio, while extended sills, a rear diffuser and a centrally mounted exhaust pipe leave no doubts as the car's intent.

Acceleration is awesome as is the braking, This is the best sounding car on the road \ This car doubles as a daily driver and as a track monster Mercedes designs this to be the ultimate sport sedan and they don't disappoint

The 860 Special Edition is designed to move the 86 slightly upmarket and see whether the low - volume sports car can appeal to an, ahem, more mature and slightly more well off consumer, stereotypically described as having a mid-life crisis.

The classic Porsche sports car design reveals itself at the rear: sleek at the top, broader as you approach the rear wheels — a homage to the 911.

As with the legendary racing sports car from the 1952 season, the vehicle featured consistent lightweight design throughout and a spaceframe that supported the engine, transmission and axles and left no room for conventional doors.

Powered exclusively by the 380hp supercharged V6 found in the F - PACE S, the First Edition includes unique interior and exterior design enhancements that pay homage to the original C - X17 concept car unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show as well as sports car - derived performance technology including Adaptive Dynamics2.

«As with the CC100 Speedster Concept, many of the design cues visible in DP - 100, such as the light blade rear lamps, could also feed through into future sports cars that we'll launch in the offline world so the importance of this project should not be underestimated.&raquAs with the CC100 Speedster Concept, many of the design cues visible in DP - 100, such as the light blade rear lamps, could also feed through into future sports cars that we'll launch in the offline world so the importance of this project should not be underestimated.&raquas the light blade rear lamps, could also feed through into future sports cars that we'll launch in the offline world so the importance of this project should not be underestimated.»

This grand estate will also serve as the location for a myriad of exclusive events including private viewings of new Aston Martins with Design Director Marek Reichman and test drives of the marque's current line - up of handcrafted high performance sports cars.

Designed to suit all sports car fans, the Lotus Elise Cup 250 is available for the first time as a roadster as standard, with a hard top available as an option.

The dramatic 370Z Roadster, designed from the outset as a convertible, is ready to join the awesome GT - R and thrilling 370Z Coupe to complete Nissan's sports car offering.

As another vehicle developed autonomously by Mercedes - AMG it combines unique design, high comfort and outstanding sports car engineering with an athletic, four - door fastback layout.

That, of course, led to the great classic designs of the iconic DB family (DB2, DB2 / 4, DB4, DB5 and DB6), which created Aston Martin's reputation as a manufacturer of the world's most beautiful sports cars.

In its unique and truly outstanding design, the new 911 GT3 stands out from the start as a thoroughbred production sports car and a production - based racing car all in one.

Born as the winning project of a global design competition the sports car concept was later refined thanks to input from Honda's Japan and U.S. offices.

The company described the concept car as a «stunning sports car,» specially designed to deliver «head - turning looks whilst providing superb driving enjoyment whether on the road or at the track.»

The Vision IsoRivolta draws upon Zagato's 98 - year history of building stunning sports and grand touring cars, using the company's signature design cues, such as the double bubble roof and dual rear humps.

It rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line as an «SS» production car with sport tuned suspension, heavy - duty engine cooling, and front disc brakes, then went to Yenko for an engine upgrade (LS1 427 cubic - inch), Muncie four - speed close ratio manual transmission, 4.10 -: 1 rear differential, a specially designed hood, and special paint graphics.

This time, though, Toyota wasn't hamstrung by having to offer family - car practicality, and rather than being based on an existing hatchback, the GT 86 has been designed specifically as a no - compromise sports car in its own right.

Features a targa top that was also used for Toyota's legendary convertible sports cars, the Toyota Sports 800 (a.k.a. Yotahachi) and the Supra Powered by THS - R (Toyota Hybrid System - Racing) that is infused with hybrid technology refined by the TS050 Hybrid Design While completely embodying functionality as a genuine sports car, the GR HV SPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 Hsports cars, the Toyota Sports 800 (a.k.a. Yotahachi) and the Supra Powered by THS - R (Toyota Hybrid System - Racing) that is infused with hybrid technology refined by the TS050 Hybrid Design While completely embodying functionality as a genuine sports car, the GR HV SPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 Hsports cars, the Toyota Sports 800 (a.k.a. Yotahachi) and the Supra Powered by THS - R (Toyota Hybrid System - Racing) that is infused with hybrid technology refined by the TS050 Hybrid Design While completely embodying functionality as a genuine sports car, the GR HV SPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 HSports 800 (a.k.a. Yotahachi) and the Supra Powered by THS - R (Toyota Hybrid System - Racing) that is infused with hybrid technology refined by the TS050 Hybrid Design While completely embodying functionality as a genuine sports car, the GR HV SPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 HSports 800 (a.k.a. Yotahachi) and the Supra Powered by THS - R (Toyota Hybrid System - Racing) that is infused with hybrid technology refined by the TS050 Hybrid Design While completely embodying functionality as a genuine sports car, the GR HV SPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 Hsports car, the GR HV SPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 Hsports car, the GR HV SPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 HSPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 HSPORTS concept features LED headlights, aluminum wheels, and a rear diffuser similar to the TS050 Hybrid.

In fact, what would become colloquially known as the «Mezger» engine after the engine designer, Hans Mezger, had its roots in the racing engine designed for the 935/78 «Moby Dick» of 1978, the most extreme racing 911 ever built by the factory for international sports car racing.

These new Porsche models ultimately went on to become the winningest sports car design in racing history — as well as one of the most highly coveted sports cars ever devised.

Isuzu representative Bryon Farnsworth said the Rodeo's engine design takes into account that most people use their sport - utility vehicles as cars instead of taking them off - road.

The 911 ultimately went on to become one of the most successful designs in both racing history and sports car history — as well as one of the most highly coveted sports cars ever devised.

Oriented around the driver, the slim Y design of the dashboard, like double silver wings and connected to the climbing center console, is inspired by the LM002 as well as by current Lamborghini super sports cars.

Not only will the mini sports car have its own place in the lineup, but it will also be designed as a replacement for the Alfa Romeo 166 in the Italian car representation.

The new BMW 8 Series is not designed to be a Porsche 911 - fighter, as it's not a pure sports car.

The «special» went on sale Aug. 25 in Japan.First shown as a design study at the last Tokyo Show, the V - Special comes with the classic British sports car specs of wood - rim steering wheel, shift lever and brake lever grip - not to mention a British racing green paint finish.Within the color - coordinated interior, the seats and panels are trimmed in light brown leather.

The Mulsanne Speed may well be regarded as an anomaly among luxury cars, chiefly because it's a luxury car at heart that's trying to be something it isn't designed to be: sporting.

Critical knowledge: Next - generation lightweight sports carGas - electric hybrid powertrainShares design cues with Civic coupe as well as the past CRX sports carLightweight construction and high - torque powertrainProduction vehicle based on the CR - Z concept on sale August of 2010IntroductionHonda's CRX sports car, a 2 - seat version of the Civic that was produced from 1984 to 1991, is the stuff of legends.

What makes this model stand out is that is was built using the same design and style as a sports car, only on a larger scale.

This move would make way for the production of a small sport - utility wagon, designed to compete with hybrid car - truck models such as the Toyota Rav4 and the Honda CR - V.

The expressive design of the front immediately catches the eye, using elements which are mindful of the SLS AMG super sports car, and with a radiator grille which for the first time has been designed as a «soft nose» and is not integrated into the bonnet.