Sentences with phrase «engine kicked down»

When I needed to pass, the engine kicked down quickly and off I went.

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The in - engine footage from the trailer of Ronaldo preparing to take a free kick, sweat dripping down his face?

The smooth - shifting automatic kicks down quickly when called upon, but the act brings on a significant amount of engine noise as the four - cylinder ramps up the rpms.

Here, it gladly holds the engine at higher rpm and kicks down more readily when you jab the accelerator.

The automatic transmission complements the engine by willingly kicking down a gear — or a bunch of gears — when you step on the gas pedal.

It also makes for instant responses when you ask the gearbox to kick down and the engine to get on with it.

Its CVT is programmed to behave more like a traditional automatic and kicks down once the engine reaches its 6000 - rpm redline.

We press harder on the pedal, feel the kick - down point and then the V - 8 engine gruffly starts up.

Under normal use the engine stays impressively subdued, but requests for big acceleration - the sort that would get an automatic kicking down to its lowest available ratio - result in it accelerating to peak revs, resulting in a noise out of keeping with the character of the car.

When you let off the accelerator the battery kicks in so the engine doesn't slow you down like you may be used to.

Not until you push the gas pedal hard on kick - down does the voice of the engine finally becomes audible: discrete, cultured and as mannered as a petrol engine.

The new six - speed automatic transmission is also well suited to the 3.0 - litre SD engine, kicking down enthusiastically while still shifting smoothly on motorways.

Keep a lid on this and the eight - speed auto manages the engine's revs well, changing smoothly and kicking down quickly with decent response if you need a burst of acceleration.

In Drive, the transmission used its eight gears to keep the engine humming along at a sedate 2,000 rpm until I kicked down the gas pedal.

For example, the «kick down» function triggers instant downshift when the accelerator pedal is floored, while the «brake assistance» function anticipates downshifts under braking to profit from the slowing effects of engine braking and also engages the ideal gear for reacceleration.

There's torque available in more or less equal measure right across the rev range, the engine will hold speed on steep hills without kicking down more than one gear and there's little in the way of obvious turbo lag.

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The P400e can operate in EV - only mode at speeds up to 85 mph, at which point the gas engine kicks in because it's the more efficient way to move down the road.

Adaptive shifting takes into account a number of variables including engine torque gradients, kick down, longitudinal and lateral acceleration, hill detection, friction detection and downshift detection in determining shift patterns.

To determine the appropriate shift mode, the transmission's software takes into account variables such as engine - torque gradients, kick - down events, longitudinal and lateral acceleration and grade changes.

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The nine - speed automatic transmission shifts a lot to find optimum engine speed, and is slow to kick down.

If the battery is almost run down and it's not in recharge mode, the Clarity functions as a hybrid, meaning the battery still retains 1 - 2 miles of juice for short EV bursts, or to reinforce the combustion engine power and kick fuel economy up to 42 mpg.

The car coped well although on long inclines the gearbox kicked down automatically and you could hear the engine working hard.

The stop / start engine does run out of breath fairly quickly, but the six - speed automatic is willing enough to kick down a couple of gears to keep up momentum.

In the «Sport» and «Sport Plus» mode of the standard Sport Chrono Package Turbo and during kick - down in normal mode, the eight cylinder engine delivers fully 800 Nm with the so - called overboost function.

The electronically controlled engine torque management system provides quick wide - open - throttle up shifts and quick two - step (4 - 2 or 3 - 1) kick - down shifts that are smoother than would be otherwise possible without this feature.

Kia has calibrated the engine for lively step - off, which is welcome, but once the transmission is in second or third, any incline or requirement for more torque or power is met with a kick - down response.

Kick - down on the transmission lags at speed and the idle - stop feature feels rough when the engine fires up.

While I accept the kick - down facility should override the manual shifting — in the event of an unforeseen emergency — I'm not sure why the same logic doesn't apply when the engine has reached maximum revs.

the quiet inside the cabin is some noise from the engine in high - demand situations, such as when the transmission kicks down to a lower gear for passing.

Above 6,500 - rpm, where most engines are winding down, the 4.0 - liter's pre-workout is kicking in — hard.

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The intelligent software takes into account variables including engine torque gradients, kick - down events, longitudinal and lateral acceleration, grade changes, friction detection and downshift detection to determine the appropriate shift map.

Sony's Mobile Bravia Engine tech kicks into action when viewing photo and videos, just as it does on the manufacturer's phones, and on a tablet the effect is even more staggering, making colors appear even bolder and images sharper, while cutting down on visible noise.