Sentences with phrase «drive production car»

At this year's Tokyo motor show in October, Honda will finally reveal the production version of what it claims will be the world's fastest front - drive coupe, the new Civic Type - R, which used its 228kW 2.0 - litre turbo four to set a new front - drive production car lap record of 7:50 at the Nurburgring in Germany.

Spy photos of the BMW 1 GT reveal information about the brand's first front - drive production car despite being completely covered in camo.

With that said, at full wick the turbocharged 2.0 - liter four cylinder pulls with more than enough gusto to make this car very entertaining to drive, and it's worth remembering that this motor powered the Type R to become the front - wheel - drive production car lap record holder at the Nürburgring earlier this year.

Last year the Civic Type R became the fastest front - wheel drive production car ever around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with a lap time of 7 min 43.8 sec.

Nürburgring lap record On 23 June, the Mégane R26.R established a new lap record for a front wheel drive production car of the Nürburgring circuit with a time of just 8 minutes 17 seconds.

The Japanese brand is aiming to set new best times for a front - wheel drive production car at famous old circuits like Silverstone, Spa and Estoril, with more venues to be confirmed further down the line when behind - the - scenes admin has been straightened out.

Following the debut of the Honda Civic Type R Challenge 2018 car at the Geneva Motor Show — which will see a team of Honda racing stars attempt to break front - wheel drive production car records at famous European circuits in the FK8 Civic Type R — the Magny - Cours GP circuit in France has been conquered with a FWD record lap time of 2 minutes 1.51 seconds.

On each occasion, the Mégane Renaultsport R26.R set a benchmark for a front - wheel drive production car.

In 2014, Seat stunned the hot hatch market with the Leon SC Cupra 280, a 276 - horsepower three - door that lapped the Nurburgring track in 7 minutes and 58.4 seconds, becoming the fastest front - wheel - drive production car on the German track.

The 2018 Honda Civic Type R is the first ever Type R - badged Honda to be sold on American soil as well as is the fastest front - wheel drive production car to ever lap the Nurburgring...

Records are broken on a pretty regular basis, but it's not often a newer car can find itself in the top 10, let alone be crowned as the fastest rear - wheel drive production car on the «Ring.

Set to go on sale later in 2018 — months after the regular Megane RS is launched — the more extreme version of the small five - door hatch has been created, in part, to rival cars like the Volkswagen Golf R but chiefly to reclaim the prestigious lap record for a front - wheel drive production car at the world famous Nurburgring.

The Honda Civic Type R already holds the Nurburgring world lap record for fastest front - wheel drive production car.

The limited edition Trophy model lapped the 20 km circuit in Germany in 8 minutes and 07.97 seconds — the fastest time ever recorded for a front - drive production car.

The 306 - horsepower2 Civic Type R is first Honda Type R sold in America and the fastest front - wheel drive production car around the famed Nürburgring circuit.

Also expect Renault Sport to have a crack at beating the Civic Type - R's rapid 7 min 43.80 Nurburgring lap record (for a front - wheel drive production car).

That time has since been broken by the Seat Leon Cupra 280 last month when it clocked a time of 7:58.4, making it the first front - wheel - drive production car to clock a lap time of under eight minutes.

The front - wheel drive production car rivalry is turning into the Game of Thrones of the lap record list, with the crown having changed hands a bunch of times in the last few years alone.

The Seat Leon Cupra 280 — essentially a detuned Audi S3 / Golf R — has set a new Nürburgring benchmark for a front - wheel drive production car.

Honda has now vowed to follow up this achievement by sending a production Civic Type R around the Nürburgring Nordschleife later this year with the aim of setting a new lap record for a front - wheel drive production car.

Joining the Golf club can be great for enthusiasts, too, as they can choose from hot hatches like the GTI and Golf R. Indeed, a new Golf GTI Clubsport recently became the fastest front - drive production car to ever lap the Nürburgring racetrack.

The Civic Type R recently set a record for the fastest front - wheel drive production car to lap the Nurburgring with a time of only 7 minutes 43.80 seconds.

The Quattro immediately got a lot of buzz because after all, it was the very first permanent all - wheel drive production car.

It was introduced in the 1980 Audi Quattro, the first permanent all - wheel drive production car.

It set a record for a front - wheel - drive production car on the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a time of 7 minutes, 43.80 seconds.

At the time, it was good enough to set a new front - wheel drive production car record at the «Ring, though a few months later Renault took the title away with its Megane R.S. 275 Trophy - R, which completed the feat in just 7 minutes, 54 seconds.

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Toyota has hinted the rear - wheel - drive production car will pack a twin - turbo, inline - six engine and possibly a turbo - four, both BMW - sourced.

Before Jerry Seinfeld drove the production car for us in 2004, Porsche wow'd the world with a wildly exotic supercar concept that looked less like a soap - shaped 911 and more like a land speed record car wearing a Porsche crest from alternate future past.

Honda has already set a new lap record for front - wheel - drive production cars at the Nürburgring, eclipsing the Renault Mégane RS 275 Trophy - R's 7 min 54sec lap time by four seconds.

«The RMR Veloster is perfect for GRC by giving enthusiasts a glimpse of affordable, fun - to - drive production cars exploited to their full race potential in an action - packed rallycross series.

The 306 - horsepower hot hatch captured the Nurburgring lap record for front - wheel - drive production cars, and it might be the most hotly anticipated Honda debut in years.

The car has 310 hp and recently took the lap record for front - wheel drive production cars at the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany.

Competition to set the Nurburgring lap record among front - wheel drive production cars has become particularly fierce in recent years thanks to a new generation of hot hatches.

Not exact matches

It faces a catch - 22: It won't sell cars at lower prices that drive sales if it doesn't produce them locally, but local production won't be economical until sales rise drastically.

Apple is gathering advice on parts and production methods, focusing on electric and connected - car technologies, while studying the potential for automated driving, the source said.

In an effort to help develop a sustainable domestic supply of rare earth elements and lessen the United States» dependence on China for materials that are vital to the production of electronics, wind turbines, and many other technologies, two researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a method of extracting rare earths from the drive units and motors of discarded electric and hybrid cars.

Tapping the sponsorship of none other than lumbering, financially troubled General Motors and blending it with the skills of some of the most innovative, daring engineers in the vehicle business, MacCready has driven his small company to design and build a car that many observers think will make the biggest splash since the ’65 Mustang, and maybe even since the Model T. It's fast, it's sexy, and it's being rushed into mass production.

Go behind the wheel of this summer's biggest surprise box office hit with extensive bonus materials exploring its unique driving and music - infused production, including making - of featurettes on stunt driving with the cast, music, choreography, and orchestrating some of the best car chases in cinematic history.

A racing fanatic, his already - legendary status allowed him to begin production on a passion project centered around the greatest test of driving skill in the world: Le Mans, a 24 - hour car race in France.

To help keep the movie cost down, Sean Connery used his own car and drove himself during the production.

Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set of 26 deleted and extended scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director of the film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes of low tech behind the scenes moments which were shot mostly by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High Rolling, The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.

Lambo just unveiled the Aventador SV, its most powerful production car ever, and we recently featured it in a first drive before it made its debut at Goodwood.

A handful of renegade Acura engineers installed a three - pedal setup into an early production TL (the car is currently available only with an automatic) and begged management to drive it.

Acura's signature «jewel - eye» LED headlamps — also found on the RLX sedan and the forthcoming NSX super car — trickle down to the MDX, but the thin LED driving lamp assemblies used in the lower front fascia of the earlier concept were ditched on the way to production.

Proven technology then trickles down the ladder from race cars to production cars, and speed junkies like us get to feel like we're driving a race car between stop lights and past baby - on - board Subarus.

One of the most extraordinary and beautiful cars ever to reach production, the world's first hypercar (hitting close to 220mph while the McLaren F1 was still climbing off the drawing board) was vilified at its birth in 1992, by those who'd put down a deposit on its original # 361,000 price (which would rise to over # 400,000 by launch), for not having the 500bhp V12 engine, four - wheel drive and scissor doors promised in the concept and, at nearly 7ft wide, being too big for British roads.

Elon must not have taken kindly to this, and thanks to a new «Ludicrous +» driving mode, a stock Tesla Model S beats the FF 91 before the Nevada - based company has had time to bring its car to production.

Well, nearly — production of right - hand - drive cars has ended, with less than 100 UK examples left in UK stock.

The production details for right - hand - drive cars have been released as the first cars roll off the line at Ford's Flat Rock plant in Michigan, USA, with 100 «early bird» customers — who placed their orders back in May 2014 — expected to receive their cars before spring 2016.