Sentences with phrase «electronic limiter»

While it's not as practical as its hatchback European cousin, the 400 - horsepower, five - cylinder RS3 Sedan is still as mental as it ought to be, hitting 60 mph in just 4.1 seconds and carrying on to 174 mph top speed (if you opt for a special package that removes the 155 mph electronic limiter).

Flat - out, the four - wheel drive Golf R can accelerate from 0 - 60mph in a claimed 5.1 sec, and despite utilising power from a comparably small 2 - litre four - cylinder engine, it'll keep on accelerating until it bounces into its 155mph electronic limiter.

When you order the optional Dynamic package, the electronic limiter doesn't cut in until 190 miles per hour.

AMG claims the C63 S will keep on gunning until reaching an electronic limiter at 180 mph.

It's in - gear where the biggest differences will be felt, though both AMG models also offer the option of extending the electronic limiter to 186mph from the usual 155mph, and with over 600bhp at its disposal it's not hard to imagine the SL 65 passing the double - ton if unleashed entirely.

Considering the A5 also boasts a 5.8 - second 0 - 62mph time, and will keep accelerating until the electronic limiter calls time at 155mph, that's pretty impressive.

The larger diesels can all do the 0 - 62mph sprint in less than eight seconds (6.6 sec for the C250d) and the hybrids are commendably brisk; the C300h is a 6.4 - second - to - 62mph car (topping out at 152mph) while the plug - in hybrid C350e covers the same sprint in 5.9 seconds and reaches an electronic limiter at 155mph.

That means a swifter 0 - 60mph time, down from 4.7 to 4.4 sec, while the top speed's electronic limiter has been raised from 155mph to 186mph.

BMW's M4 is two - tenths quicker and if it had its electronic limiter removed could run on beyond the Aston's top speed, too.

Top speed is limited to 155mph, although Audi can remove the electronic limiter, upping that figure to 174mph.

The engine powers the Giulia QF from 0 - 62mph in 3.9 seconds and on to a claimed top speed of 191mph - no electronic limiter in place there - while the noise it makes gives it character.

Still in second gear, with the motor bouncing merrily off its electronic limiter, the car slews in completely the opposite direction, then begins another of its trademark, arcing slides.

There's one that'll do almost 70mpg, and another that, were you to remove its electronic limiter, can bit almost 200mph.

Top speed is pegged at 155 mph, but if you opt for the Dynamic package, Audi will raise that electronic limiter to as high as 174 mph.

Mercedes - Benz says that the car will hit 200 mph without any electronic limiters, but it ships with a 155 mph electronic inhibitor.

The 0 - 62mph sprint takes 4.2 seconds, and if you opt to remove the electronic limiter, it'll keep accelerating to 186mph.

As a result, the TCR - badged Golf GTI can hit a top speed of 264 km / h (164 mph) with the electronic limiter removed, making this car the fastest GTI of the current model range.

Acceleration is truly brutal, getting from 0 - 62mph in just 4.3 seconds, and only stopping at 155mph when the electronic limiter cuts in.

With the electronic limiter removed, the S - Type R could reach 191 mph, and with simple supercharger pulley upgrades and ECU modifications, can be tuned to produce in excess of 500 bhp with a top speed in excess of 200 mph.