Sentences with phrase «engine wailing»

In Low, the CVT kept the engine wailing at 5,000 rpm, with peak power going straight to the wheels.

Mind you, the sensations you feel driving this car hard are only magnified with the top down — the air whooshing past, the engine wailing behind your ears, the squeaks and squeals of the nearby tires scrabbling for grip as your rocket into and out of turns.

The engine wails to its 8,700 rpm rev limiter, spewing out a rich and rounded but aggressive note that turbocharged rivals simply can't match.

Not exact matches

Mazda's wailing rotary - engined beasts are some of the most iconic, and current Mazda sportscar driver Jonathan Bomarito drove an old 767B (predecessor to the Le Mans - winning 787B) in the race at Laguna Seca.

It may be the reason you jam your fingers in your ears when a fire engine or ambulance wails close by.

The engine has found its voice too, building to a uniquely strident, visceral wail as it pulls to 8000rpm and beyond.

The engine is very special indeed: tractable, charismatic, smooth, powerful and with a wail more BDA than boxer.

Like the R8 Plus coupe, the R8 Spyder Plus sports a wailing 5.2 - liter V - 10 engine that packs 610 horsepower and 413 lb - ft of torque — an increase of 70 hp and 15 lb - ft over the regular model.

The brakes are amazing - although the peak g figure reflects our driving style rather than their effectiveness - as is the engine, which produces usable power from 3000 to 8200 revs and an amazing wail that defeats the sound - deadening properties of a crash helmet.

Progress comes at a cost of the old engine's intoxicating wail and instantaneous throttle response, but let's not be overly dramatic: The 488 still sounds delicious and revs so quickly that the LED shift lights on the steering wheel rarely have time to rest.

We might, eventually, stop mourning the loss of the Cayman's old flat - six engine but the replacement turbocharged four - cylinder found in the 718 isn't going to help us forget about the wailing, revvy unit that made Porsche's entry - level cars feel anything but.

The engine is bourbon - smooth at idle and makes a fantastic wail as it nears its redline, the twin turbos muting the exhaust note almost not at all.

It's also exciting just to listen to the wail of the 918 Spyder's 4.6 - liter V - 8 engine at full tilt.

Another alternative is the latest Aston Martin Vanquish, a 5.9 - litre V12 - engined GT car that can't compete with the F12 on pure firepower and thrills, but it makes a very appealing case for itself with svelte and subtler looks, it's gargling growl is easily a match for the Ferrari's wail in tone, at least, and its brilliant balance and well - judged grip levels make it friendlier and more approachable than the F12.

It's an overachiever of an engine, pulling like mad all the way to redline and filling the cabin with a ferocious intake honk, a sonorous exhaust wail, and just enough coarseness to say «sporty» without ever saying «thrashy.»

It's one of those cars that pounds all of your senses — the tingling directness of its steering, the hoarse wail of its flat - four engine, and the twitch of the chassis when you lift off the throttle.

While silky and refined, the 2979cc engine matched this with outright grunt and a soaring, tuneful wail.

But having driven our Four Seasons Audi RS4 sedan a few days before flying to Italy, I missed the RS4 engine's hooligan yell, a classic V - 8 woofle - and - wail sound track that's muted in the S5.

At about 6200 rpm, the flat six's howl becomes a wail as six flaps in the intake manifold kick open and the engine races to its 408 - hp peak just shy of redline.

The extraordinary intake wail and sonorous crescendo of the old six - cylinder engine has gone.

But every time I stepped on the gas I got that wailing, woeful reminder from the engine that, «Hey man, whatever power and torque I'm producing has to go through that thing, so don't come whining to me about ain't no power or nothin».»

The four - liter, flat - six - cylinder engine produces such a wail; a glorious sound that I never wanted to end.

Punch the accelerator, and the supercharger — essentially a belt - driven fan that pumps air and fuel into the engine under pressure — starts to wail, and the truck just squirts.

When your boot's into it, the engine sounds like no V6 I've ever heard — the wail sounds like it's from a thoroughbred with twice as many pistons.

Porsche did a good job with the Carrera's exhaust, hiding most of the boost noises, and the Macan V6 with its flat - six impression, but nothing is quite like the true wail of a naturally aspirated Boxer engine.

All we really know is that Honda's claimed this engine will make more than 276 horsepower and wail to a 7,000 RPM redline.

From the outset it was determined the engine should have a 4,805 cc capacity, develop 552bhp and rev to a wailing 9,000 rpm red line.

The engine comes to life with the kind of growl we like to hear from a six - cylinder, but it quiets down considerably at idle and in normal driving conditions, even though some of its wail gets pumped back into the cabin through the audio system's speakers.

Notably, Fuji Speedway isn't the only track that's witnessed the wailing engine or howling tires of the RC F prototypes.

Meanwhile, the engine's wail also builds to a roar that just adds to the frantic energy filling the coupe.

A member of New York City Engine Company 105, Jack sat in his customary place next to the driver of the fire truck, as it sped through the city, sirens wailing.

I listened to this album and I felt like I was standing on a grassy hill at the edge of my parents» farm, staring out at the cropland stretching out into the distance and hearing the mournful wail of a diesel engine as the boxcars rolled by along the tracks at the edge of the property.