Sentences with phrase «drive coupe for»

Subaru and Toyota have been jointly working on a new rear - wheel - drive coupe for a while now and although Toyota has been kind enough to give us several previews with its concepts, Subaru has been pretty quiet.

Not exact matches

This stylish and sporty coupe has a 471 - horsepower V8 engine and looks stunning, angled from back to front for the sleekest drive.

At one point I was so scared as the speed limit in UK is 70 mph on motorways and he drove at the car's maximum (we have BMW 3 series sports coupe if you are wondering) speed for 30 mins.

The last time I spent any quality time in a Corvette Stingray was when I drove a coupe from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Houston's Johnson Space Center in the company of Apollo 7 astronaut (and longtime Vette aficionado) Walt Cunningham for an online episode of «Epic Drives.»

If you like Caterhams, sports coupes or tuned Porsches you're in for a treat, and as ever we've got test drives of the latest performance cars too.

At least one source believes the small sporty coupe, set also for the ’16 model year, will instead be based on the front - wheel - drive Tru 140S concept that was unveiled alongside the Code 130R.

The firm will instead concentrate on its SUV sales — with the XV, Outback and Forester remaining on sale — while the BRZ rear - drive coupe, which is twinned with the Toyota GT86, currently has a waiting list and Subaru UK is pushing for bigger stock levels in 2013.

The interior couldn't quite match some German alternatives for quality but a low - slung driving position and uniquely - styled dashboard made the RX - 8 feel special inside - and by coupe standards it was practical too.

As a result, the thinking has long been that to evaluate stylish and spendy 12 - cylinder flagship coupes like these, with seating for two - plus - two and price tags for two - plus - 14, you might as well concentrate on psychographics instead of fast driving and simply point your swish ride toward the tony Hamptons at the eastern end of Long Island.

Powered by a 598 - cc air - cooled two - cylinder motorcycle engine driving the front wheels, both the sedan and sporty companion hatchback coupe (Z600), which arrived a bit later, sold for a good deal less than the Volkswagen Beetle.

Based on the European testing standard, Smart says the 2017 Fortwo Electric Drive will return approximately 99 miles of range per charge for the coupe, and 96 miles for the cabrio.

There is no way I would buy this and I think the best plan is to buy a Giulia and wait for the Giulia coupe, it's faster, better looking and might well be the better drive

In this form, the Altima coupe isn't a bad choice, with styling cool enough to drive on a date, decent steering and handling, and Japanese reliability all for less than $ 24,000.

Motor Trend recently got their hands on a 2015 BMW i8 for the latest episode of Ignition, and host Jonny Lieberman takes the exotic i8 hybrid through a full battery of testing and hard driving to see if this gas - electric coupe achieves true sports car status.

MT claims that the new sports coupe will eschew the front - engine, rear - wheel - drive form that was long a hallmark of the Supra (and, for that matter, the FT - HS concept).

Brian Heath reports / The motor museum at Chauffailles — Bryan Goodman visited this French museum which offers cars for sale and charges for admission / 1947 Sunbeam - Talbot — A lovely example of this 2 - litre drophead coupe from the Rootes Group is described by Zoe Harrison / The Cole: made from 1909 to 1925 — Michael Worthington - Williams relates the history of this Indianapolis manufacturer / 1932 Riley Monaco «Plus Ultra» — This month the Editor gives us his impressions of his drive in this quicker version of the Riley Nine / The Flanders 20 — Part II of his article on Walter Flanders Finbarr Corry describes his encounter with a restored example of the 20hp model.

Subaru is keeping the excitement up for its upcoming rear - wheel - drive 2 +2 sport coupe by slowly releasing teaser videos up until its arrival around springtime of next time.

We see huge potential for a practical, rear - drive sports coupe like this — think of it as Toyota's answer to practical hot hatches like the VW GTI and Ford Focus ST — but for now, we'll have to satisfy ourselves with simply ogling this ultra-cool concept.

A direct competitor is hard to find, though on performance terms perhaps the S63 AMG version of the new Mercedes S - class coupe will come close, while for badge kudos, the # 227,107, 651bhp and four - seat / four - wheel - drive Ferrari FF could be seen as an unconventional rival.

The ATS coupe will be offered in right - hand drive soon for the U.K..

The V - 8 engine — Bryan Goodman lists V - 8 engine manufacturers up to 1939 with special attention to the Ford V - 8 and its many applications / Louis Vuitton Concours D'elegance — The scene at the Hurlingham Club for the filth Concours D'elegance in June / All about the Gwynne — Nick Baldwin and others visit Bill Peacock the doyen of Gwynne affairs in Cornwall / Made in Burton - on - Trent — Mike Worthington - Williams traces the historical progress of the Ryknield Baguley Ace and Salmon manufacturers / 1902 «Curved Dash» Oldsmobile — A beautifully preserved example of America's first volume - produced automobile is described for us by David Hawtin / MG NA Allingham Coupe — The Editor charts the history of the six - cylinder MG NA Magnette and test - drives a coachbuilt 1934 Allingham coupe owned by Keith Portsmore / Gordon Bennett Trial — Zoe Harrison reports on the 90th anniversary of the Isle of Man trial.

Engine: 2.0 - liter, 16 - valve DOHC flat - 4 / 148 hp @ 6,200 rpm, 145 lb - ft @ 4,200 rpm EPA mileage: 25/34/28 mpg (city / highway / combined) All - wheel drive comes standard on every Subaru sold in the U.S. (well, except for the sporty BRZ coupe), and the Impreza sedan is the cheapest of the lot.

And for Camaro fans without the requisite $ 54,995 for a ZL1, that character trickles down to SS coupes for 2012 with the standard FE4 suspension, which revises the front and rear dampers and specs new antiroll bars to address the terminal - understeer issue that made the Camaro feel so unwilling when driven hard.

Worry not, as the three - pointed star has let us in on all the dirty details for the newest drop - top: 563 hp from the same 6.2 - liter V - 8 as the SLS AMG coupe, rear - wheel drive, and a convertible soft top that can be lowered at speeds up to 31 mph.

The second tC arrived for 2011 and, like the first, was a front - wheel - drive coupe that came in one well - equipped trim level.

I usually choose the Dunlop SP Winter Sport 4D for my snow and ice tire on the rear - wheel drive coupe, using the same steel wheels.

In most other respects, the Audi R8 Spyder matches its coupe progenitor, with a 12.3 - inch Virtual Cockpit color display for the driver, a four - mode Drive Select function, audio speakers integrated into each seat for top - down listening, and a minimalist interior with racy touches like a steering - wheel - mounted engine start / stop button.

Pricing for the 2015 BMW 2 Series xDrive models is only $ 1800 more than for rear - drive cars, although the sticker prices for all 2 Series coupes rise slightly for 2015.

The 435i coupe is a fantastic sports car for the driving enthusiast.

Last Friday night, after watching the Detroit Tigers annihilate the Los Angeles Angels 12 - 2, I handed the keys to our orange 1 - series M coupe tester to road test editor Chris Nelson for the drive back to Ann Arbor.

I can't fault anyone for choosing the sublime rear - drive BMW 335i coupe over an A5 if they intent to spend more time attacking a track than favorite back roads, but the A5 comes across as a much better real world car than BMW's coupe.

The verdict: I took the Volkswagen Beetle out for groceries and just kept driving; the cute little coupe's spunky engine and plucky road manners prompted giggles and smiles for miles.

For the money, you won't find a more capable, track - ready rear - wheel - drive coupe.

And sure enough, this 5,185 - pound sport / utility vehicle — sorry, sports activity coupe, per BMW marketing — slows just enough for us to screech around a hairpin, where we promptly nail the throttle and let the all - wheel - drive system and torque - vectoring rear differential figure out what to do with 553 lb - ft of torque.

Just like any BMW, it drives and handles like an extension of your arm and your leg, even for such a big and heavy coupe.

All ATS coupes offer tour and sport driving modes for steering effort and automatic transmission mapping, but here they affect damping as well.

The Camaro will be left hand drive in the UK and sold in limited numbers, with a build allocation of just 15 coupes and 3 convertibles for 2015.

The compact, rear - drive sporty coupe was said to preview a production rival to the Subaru BRZ and Toyota 86, but last we heard plans for such a model had been shelved.

Why it matters These rear - wheel - drive coupes are unlike anything else on the market, especially for less than $ 30,000.

1940: Drives for the first time in his uncle's new Ford V - 8 coupe — and crashes it into a stone wall.

(I drove a Civic Si coupe to southeastern Ohio for our All - Stars gathering in late 2005, and I had a sore back when I finally pulled into the Holiday Inn.)

What it is: This aggressively styled four - seat coupe debuted for 2015 as the RC 350 with a 306 - horsepower, 3.5 - liter V - 6 engine and a choice of rear - or all - wheel drive.

The torque output also remains the same as the quattro equivalent at 398 lb ft. Dropping all the four - wheel drive peripherals has resulted in a 50 kg weight drop for the coupe and 40 kg for the spyder, but the 0 - 62mph dash has suffered slightly, now 3.7 and 3.8 sec respectively.

If the coupe version had also been launched BMW could have made a softer roadster for those more interested in cruising and a more hardcore, driver - focussed coupe for those looking for driving thrills.

However, by deleting the all - wheel - drive system and using small brakes and wheels, the LP 580 - 2 tips the scales at just 3,062 lb, compared to 3,134 lb for the regular Huracán coupe.

There is no Subaru BRZ STI, and it's very unlikely there ever will be a Subaru BRZ STI, a production version of the rear - wheel - drive, turbocharged coupe you've pined for.

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Just days after the production - spec Camaro coupe picked up plenty of plaudits and fans at the Detroit motor show as a Black edition, this all - black convertible has been driving the Australian streets for some fine - tuning.

Couples that once drove sporty little coupes or hot hatchbacks trade in the keys for minivans and SUVs that do a better job of carting around the family and all their stuff.

A convertible drives into showrooms in late 2016 or early 2017, and look for a C - class coupe shortly thereafter.