Sentences with phrase «engine from its slumber»

The «key» slots into place and, as I hold it there, the electrics come to life and the needles on the twin dials do their initial sweep before settling down on their pins again, at which point the cabin is filled with the whirl of a high - speed starter motor waking the 750bhp, 553 lb ft, 7.3 - litre V12 engine from its slumber.

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You step down on the right pedal, there's nothing and then all of sudden it seems like the engine wakes up from a short slumber and you take off.