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Okay, it's not the most affordable rear - drive coupe in Australia (see the Toyota 86) but it has a lot of substance, a sophisticated image and that all important German badge.
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That's a lot of two - door, rear - wheel - drive coupes in a market that increasingly favors high - riding boxes.
Smart is currently leasing its Electric Drive coupes in a test program, but plans on selling these green electric cars starting in early 2012.
Not exact matches
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.
With the exception of the rear - drive BRZ coupe and vehicles equipped with a manual transmission, the EyeSight active safety suite is available on every Subaru model sold in the U.S. market.
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.»
Unlike traditional four - wheel - drive vehicles, the UX concept has a «low ground clearance and a coupe - like driving position, reinforcing the dynamic performance promise embedded in the compact packaging of the design,» according to Lexus.
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.
Distribution duties remain assigned to a nine - speed automatic, which is mated to Benz's 4MATIC all - wheel drive system in the coupe, but sends power only to the rear wheels in the convertible.
Arguably the best 1 - series, it's fun to drive, but too plain and uninspiring in other areas to compete in a coupe dust - up.
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.
Available in one trim with most optional features installed as dealer accessories, the front - wheel - drive tC coupe comes with a four - cylinder engine and a manual or automatic transmission.
In 1983, Toyota and Dan Gurney's All American Racers began an IMSA Camel GT campaign with the last of the rear - drive Toyota Celica sports coupes.
When he became old enough to drive, Dicham made sure his first car was as interesting as those from his childhood, picking up a Panhard coupe in tribute to his grandfather, who worked at the automaker.
First, Nissan's design director, Shiro Nakamura, confirmed at a media event in Britain that the next version of the fast but slow - selling supercar from Japan will remain a front - engine 2 +2 coupe with all - wheel drive.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The chance to drive across the desert in a V -8-powered sports coupe was a too romantic of a premise to pass up — it reeked of Americana and freedom.
The 911 Cabriolet is remarkable in that it's no less practical than the coupe and drives just as brilliantly.
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.
It will be offered exclusively with the same nine - speed automatic transmission used in the C300 sedan and coupe, with a choice of rear - wheel drive or 4Matic all - wheel drive.
There is yet another chapter in the long story that is the promised Subaru / Toyota rear - wheel - drive sports coupe: at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Subaru will preview its version of the performance car with the BRZ Prologue concept.
Like the standard mid-engine 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C coupe that we've already seen and sampled in Europe, the 4C Launch Edition employs a peppy, all - aluminum, 237 - hp, 1.7 - liter direct - injection turbo - four that drives the rear wheels through a 6 - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission.
Sumptuous interior and impeccable execution aside, AMG - tuned CL coupes always wow me with just how well they perform, especially when driven in anger.
The coupe's driving position — unlike the Mini's, in which the steering wheel is horizontally angled like the one in Ralph Kramden's bus — mandates a stretched - out, relaxed approach.
The Scion tC was mildly refreshed last year in an effort to make it more appealing while it shares showroom space with the more capable rear - wheel - drive Scion FR - S sports coupe.
The rear - drive Japanese coupe felt like an old friend when I first sat in the comfortable, supportive driver's seat and turned the old - school key to ignite the quirky flat - four.
What it is: The 6 Series comes in three body styles — coupe, convertible or four - door Gran Coupe — and with a menu that offers three engines and rear - or all - wheel drive.
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.
Compared with the Tuscan coupes we've driven in the past, the Convertible's chassis is a big improvement, thanks largely to a bit of engineering Vallium having been applied to the hypersensitive steering.
The clip shows off all three 2013 A5 variants — including the coupe, Cabriolet, and verboten - in - America Sportback — driving in a setting that seems to be the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, but quickly morphs into a digitally - altered world of its own.
When we drove the coupe version on the international launch in Spain two months ago we found much to enjoy about it — in fact, we reckoned it to be one of the most enjoyable fast TTs ever.
Perhaps the fact that I drove a 2017 Subaru BRZ right afterward — a tight, perfectly balanced coupe with one of the best shifters in the game — tainted my perspective on the WRX.
Douglas Blain has recently driven possibly the most original example in the world / Restoring Pride — Behind the scenes at one of the UK's premier vehicle restoration specialists / Cars in My Life — Guy Griffiths concludes his fascinating motoring memoirs / The French Brooklands IV Bill Boddy continues the Montlhery story / Viking Longship — The Editor samples a 1939 Rover 16 Tickford coupe a model which typified all that was Great in pre-war Britain / Silver Arrow — Lawrence Mitchell tells the story of a real American icon — the last and rarest Pierce Arrow of them all / Minor Miracles — Malcolm Robertson reports on two antipodean early series Morris Minors / Opposing Forces — Bryan Goodman looks at hte principles behind early series Morris Minors The First Cooper — Michael Worthington - Williams has researched an early manufacturer from the plains of East Anglia.
Available in roadster and coupe versions, both with all - wheel drive, the TTS is powered by a 265 - hp, turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine.
As I left the circuit, driving the R8 coupe road car from earlier in the day and listening to its exhaust crack on the overrun, I didn't feel far removed from the race car I had climbed out of an hour earlier.
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.
The CLA's four - door - coupe styling is supposed to imitate the larger Mercedes - Benz CLS - Class, and will be the first front - wheel - drive Mercedes - Benz model ever sold in the U.S.
We found this infotainment system to be one of the best on the market in our first drive of the 2016 Audi TT coupe, as the interface is highly intuitive and functional.
The C43 has more in common with an all - wheel - drive hot hatch than a rowdy coupe.
Wonderbox The C63 coupe provided our first opportunity to drive the 6.2 - liter together with the seven - speed Speedshift MCT wet - clutch automatic transmission in a C - class body.
The mid-engine, rear - wheel drive coupe can accelerate from 0 - 60 mph in 4.3 seconds, with a top speed of 177 mph.
The Carrera and wide - body Carrera S offer the choice of rear - wheel drive or four driven wheels — both in coupe and convertible body styles.
Taken together, the stability control's lenient, tail - out sport mode; the transmission that thinks like a DTM driver; and the engine that has the muscle to rocket you down the straights, create in the C63 coupe a car that makes track driving deceptively easy.
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.
We also measured zero - to -60-mph and quarter - mile acceleration times in the now -565-hp, all - wheel - drive coupe.
The second tC arrived for 2011 and, like the first, was a front - wheel - drive coupe that came in one well - equipped trim level.
With the coupe, I'm confident enough to drive harder, braking in a straight line and then holding the throttle steady through a big downhill corner.
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.
Coupled to a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission and Quattro all - wheel drive, the engine rockets the Audi TT RS coupe to 62 mph in 3.7 seconds, while the convertible hits the benchmark in 3.9 seconds.