Sentences with phrase «engine in manual cars»

The upgraded engine in manual cars gets a flatter torque curve as well, helping improve responsiveness.

Not exact matches

The high - strung turbo engine builds boost fast, but with the manual you can keep the engine on boil more easily, resulting in a car that feels seriously quick, agile and, best of all, fun.

The engine is paired with either a six - speed manual or a six - speed automatic in Quattro models; the front - wheel - drive cars will be available with the continuously variable Multitronic transmission.

American cars won't get the two biggest weight savings options — about 35 pounds from the manual transmission's casing and another 35 - ish pounds from the crankcase in the 1.4 - liter four that'll be the base engine elsewhere — but they'll still weigh between 70 and 100 pounds lighter than the previous A4, depending on trim.

As in that car, the ’03 Cobra's engine is mated to a six - speed manual.

As one of only 137 1970 Challenger R / T models with the 426 Hemi engine and a four - speed manual transmission, this Dodge was already pretty special when Escalante's father bought it new after falling in love with the car at the Detroit auto show.

The five - speed manual, which is expected to account for 20 percent of sales, would not be our choice because of the car's reluctance to creep in traffic, the turbo engine surging with the accelerator but then inconveniently lugging in second gear.

We're all quite familiar with the Toyota GT86 by now: It's one of the very few cars with a semi-affordable price tag that allows you to indulge in the classic recipe of front engine, rear - wheel drive, a manual gearbox and a naturally - aspirated engine.

I don't understand why we don't see the MR2 Spyder on these lists more?!? I know the earlier ones were plagued with oil / engine - eating problems, but the later models are reliable to 100k + miles and cost similar to the same aged Smart Roadster above... but compared to the Smart, for your # 2k - # 5k you get a 6 speed manual gearbox, over 70 % more power (~ 20 % more weight) but this is packaged in a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, normally aspirated car with no traction control and a LSD as standard:)

Applied automatically at medium to high speeds, the engine uses a fixed - gear transmission that provides a mix of power and efficiency similar to that of a fifth or sixth gear in a car with a manual transmission.

Our heroes will have plenty of performance at their disposal, as the Mini Cooper S is equipped with a 2.0 - liter turbocharged inline - four engine rated for 189 hp and 207 lb - ft of torque, enough to rocket the cars to 60 mph in 6.4 or 6.5 seconds, depending on whether buyers pick the six - speed automatic or manual transmission.

When Mazda's highest - volume car went in for a redesign for the 2010 model year, it emerged with a more powerful engine (in the «s» models, at least), an additional gear for its manual and automatic transmissions, a plethora of new luxury features, and new styling led off by a front end that West Coast editor Jason Cammisa described as «an anime gremlin wearing an I've - been - naughty grin.»

To get all 260 ponies, you need to opt for the manual transmission; the engine in the automatic - equipped car is detuned to 235 hp, in deference to the four - speed automatic's fragility.

My father bought a new car and in the owners manual it advises to keep the engine running for a little while after stopping, the car in question is a 2016 Skoda Rapid with no turbo on it.

Car keys may be heading down the same road as the combustion engine, manual transmission, and rear - wheel drive — off to that big junkyard in the sky, at least if you believe the latest news coming out of Frankfurt.

No Idea, not in the czech manual nor in Haynes... I'm thinking 350 pounds, sort of standard for 4 cyls small car engines.

Milt Robson, a car collector from Atlanta, put a classified advertisement in Hemmings Motor News for his blue, 1971 «Cuda convertible with a Hemi V - 8 engine and a four - speed manual transmission, one of just two such cars built by Plymouth that year.

Great car with classic looks, an inline 6 engine up front, manual transmission in the middle and power going to the rear wheels through an LSD... says it all!

Even without the TracKey's race mapping, the Boss engine is significantly modified over a standard Mustang GT's 5 - litre V8, with a new intake and new camshafts helping lift power from 412bhp to 444bhp, although curiously the torque drops by 10 lb ft to 380 lb ft.. It's the only car in the test with a manual gearbox and it's a really good one, with the pool ball - topped gearlever sitting perfectly in the palm of your hand and movement around the gate feeling tight and precise.

The GranTurismo range was complemented by the introduction of the «S» in 2008, which in addition to increasing the engine size to 4.7 litres and its outputs to 433bhp and 361 lb ft, saw the car adopt the Cambiocorsa paddleshift manual transmission from the GranSport.

Both engine types will be available with 114bhp, 148bhp and 187bhp outputs, with entry 114bhp cars being available only in front - wheel drive form paired to a six - speed manual.

Apart from the many - ratio'd manual» box, this Carrara (as in the marble) White car has also got the # 1084 Sport Chrono Package Plus that includes dynamic engine mounts, the # 1772 sports exhaust and, most intriguingly of all, Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control, which adds another # 2185.

A manual car at 2500 RPM in 3rd gear will burn fuel at a different rate than when it is in 2nd gear at the same engine speed.

So here we are a decade later and the Fit is in its third generation and I've just spent a week driving one, this time with a 6 - speed manual, all the better to take full advantage of what the car's 1.5 - liter four - cylinder engine provides.

One of 57 Ford factory race cars produced in 1966, this Fairlane is powered by 427ci 8 - cylinder engine and 4 - speed manual transmission.

Under the skin, the Accord is one of the last cars of its type to offer a manual transmission, and you can even get a detuned version of the engine from the pocket - rocket Civic Type R in this family sedan.

The optional Sport Chrono package offers three settings in manual - equipped cars (Normal, Sport, and Sport Plus), while PDK models get a fourth mode, Sport Response, which «sharpens the responsiveness of the engine and the transmission to promote best possible acceleration.»

The only engine is a 2.0 - liter horizontally opposed 4 - cylinder engine, putting out either 205 horsepower in manual - transmission cars, or 200 with the automatic.

Finished in Sunbeam Silver Metallic over burgundy cloth, the car is a GS model powered by a 1.2 L 12A rotary engine mated to a 5 - speed manual transmission.

For the ultimate in low carbon performance, Range Rover Evoque customers can specify a front - wheel - drive manual car with the high - economy eD4 variant of the engine, to deliver a class - leading sub 130g / km * CO2 (coupé bodystyle).

Using those codes, the appropriate individual vehicle components or sub-systems (often a sensor, circuit, and the like) are then carefully tested, based on specifications set forth in your car's Factory Service Manual, to pinpoint the cause of the fault or the reason why the check engine light has illuminated.

The car continues to be built in South Korea and shares its 2.4 - litre inline - four engine, five - speed Sportmatic automatic or five - speed manual transmission with the Sonata.

With 90 percent of the car's mechanical ingredients new or improved, this 911 features completely new axle dimensions, electromechanical power steering, a downsized engine, a construction richer in aluminium than ever before and the passenger car's first seven - speed manual gearbox.

The cars worked very well with stick shifts because without a manual transmission the engines were impossible to keep in the power band.

Having a six - speed manual means you pretty much always have the right cog to make best use of the engine, which at 122 hp and 127 lb - ft isn't overpowering in a 2718 - pound car but proves swift enough in daily use.

The test car, provided by McInerney Ford, Orlando, was stickered at $ 9,995, in return for which it provided such notable parts as a 108 - horsepower, electronically fuel - injected engine and a sharp - shifting, five - speed manual gearbox that moved the GT with dispatch.

Most Customs and Custom 500s were fitted either with a base inline six - cylinder engine or a small - block V8 engine (289 cid in the early years, up to 351 by the mid - to late - 1970s [10]-RRB-, although the full range of large - block V8 engines, up to the 425 - horsepower 427 V8, and transmissions (from overdrive and 4 - speed manual to SelectShift automatic) were available for police customers and performance - oriented customers who wanted the lightest car possible.

Of course, if sporty is what you're after in a compact car, we'd recommend the turbocharged engine with the manual transmission for maximum performance and fun.

In addition to the engine, the six - speed manual sourced from the 2004 donor car jumps over to replace the original five - speed unit.

The trans has eco (with stop / start), sport and manual modes, and in sport and / or manual the engine pops and crackles like a rally car, which is very cool.

The initial focus for the collaboration is the design and development of a completely new family of car engines of 0.8 - 2.4 liters displacement, new transmissions featuring technologies such as automated manual transmissions (AMT) and dual - clutch transmissions (DCT), and support in implementing the manufacturing of these products.

This car on paper has a number of items that should bring in people such as potent V8 engine, a choice of automatic and manual transmissions, long list of standard features, and a price tag under the $ 50,000 mark.

Sprightly engine For power, the Civic EX-L uses a sprightly little 1.8 - liter four - cylinder engine, mated to either a five - speed manual or automatic, as in our car.

The base powertrain package in the 2008 Hyundai Sonata is a 2.4 - liter four - cylinder mated to a five - speed manual transmission, which complements the car's nimble handling better than the same engine in combination with the available four - speed automatic transmission.

A seven - speed dual - clutch automated manual transmission guides the eight - cylinder engine on its sojourns to the land of 9,000 rpm, and you'll see the other side of 60 - mph in under 3.4 seconds with your foot to the floor of this fast RWD car.

Mazda offers the car in two engine option combined with a 6 - speed manual or automatic transmission.

This car is one to watch because of its «Jewel Blue» paint scheme (only 855 Corvettes were sprayed this color in» 61) and four speed manual transmission with dual carb 283 - cubic inch engine.

In manual mode it snaps through the gears like a sports car, while four - wheel drive means you'll rarely see the traction control light flicker as the engine pulls you out of tighter bends.

Engine Size 5.3 l Mileage 144,000 miles Previous Owners 4 Bodystyle Saloon Seats 4 Transmission Manual Exterior Colour Caspian Blue Interior Trim Parchment Announced in 1977, the Vantage version of the venerable AM V8, produced 40 % more power and a 10 % increase in torque and was available only with a 5 speed manual transmission, creating the fastest accelerating production car in the world, with 0 - 60 mph in coming up in 5.3 seconds and a top speed of 17Manual Exterior Colour Caspian Blue Interior Trim Parchment Announced in 1977, the Vantage version of the venerable AM V8, produced 40 % more power and a 10 % increase in torque and was available only with a 5 speed manual transmission, creating the fastest accelerating production car in the world, with 0 - 60 mph in coming up in 5.3 seconds and a top speed of 17manual transmission, creating the fastest accelerating production car in the world, with 0 - 60 mph in coming up in 5.3 seconds and a top speed of 170 mph.

The often criticized too aggressive clutch engagement, notchiness of the 6 - speed manual in the G35 and engine vibrations transferred through the shifter and pedals in the G35 6MT cars was also addressed in the new G37 models.