Sentences with phrase «expect of a sports car»

The precise gearshifts take place in milliseconds with no discernible interruption in the flow of power — as you would expect of a sports car.

The latest Panamera models are therefore equipped with a newly developed 8 - speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK), which translates the tremendous drive force of the respective engine into the acceleration expected of a sports car.

The way that all components interact and harmonize enhances agile handling and consequently the driving pleasure that an Audi TT offers — just as you would expect of a sports car.

Not exact matches

Expect to see powerful sports cars, more S.U.V.s, a growing number of hybrids and all - electrics and a lot of beautiful sheet metal.

For a sport that measures lap times to the thousandth of a second, you wouldn't expect there to be many occasions where two cars set identical lap times.

You don't buy a sports car, and expect it to do the work of a tractor.

«From the sport I am expecting change in terms of how exciting it is to drive these cars.

Yet there's not even the faintest hint of the roar you'd expect from the nifty little sports car we're in.

Not that is has stopped any of the other sporting car brands, but a heavy vehicle with a high centre of gravity doesn't naturally fit the con brio attitude that you expect from an Alfa Romeo.

Most of this challenging and inspirational route could have been created solely to delight the driver of a new Porsche 911 Carrera S. Germany's iconic sports car provided huge reserves of power and grip while riding better than expected on poor surfaces.

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You can not really expect Alfa Romeo to build a semi-perfect road / sports car that can truly rival a Porsche that has had years of perfecting and error correction.

Although the prospect of an all - new MG sports car will likely excite a very passionate fan base, we don't expect to see the E-Vision on UK roads anytime soon.

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«It's luxurious, yes, but this car is much more of a sports sedan than I was expecting.

The smallest and most powerful of the group, the Macan drives like you'd expect a Porsche to drive — a sports car in crossover clothing.

That kind of focus on nimbleness and driver feedback is expected on a sports car, but it's a pleasant surprise in a seven - passenger crossover that weighs more than 4,000 pounds (about 200 pounds lighter than before).

Cars equipped with the sport exhaust gurgled on the overrun as expected, confirming that particular option for the top of our hypothetical list.

But the boxer configuration isn't the most emission friendly, and with Subaru already confirming an electric car for 2021 and its next Forester SUV expected to be offered with a hybrid powertrain, the Japanese firm may be forced to turn to hybrid technology if it's to continue to offer the outright performance expected of its sports saloon.

Fact is, though, that the fiberglass - bodied Cobra Daytona coupe is tame — or at least tamer than we'd expect a purpose - built sports car to be — and Shelby American wanted it that way when it decided to build 50 recreation Cobra Daytona coupes to celebrate the anniversary of Bob's big win.

We'd not expect that to turn the Fortwo into a sports car — though we were still enamoured by the car's sense of fun in our first drive of the coupe.

I miss some of the features I've come to expect in $ 60,000 sports cars — an iDrive - like knob I can spin, a touchscreen I can grease up with my dirty digits, and a massaging seat that gropes me — but not nearly as much I thought I would.

As you'd expect of a GT4 - spec race car, the McLaren 570S GT4 sports a laundry list of aerodynamic, safety, and lightweighting upgrades compared to the standard supercar.

The ride of the Dynamic - optioned RS was sports - car firm, as expected.

Vice president of SUVs and sports cars Wolf - Dieter Kurz won't speculate about overall volume, but he says expects GLE Coupe sales to be about 25 to 30 percent the regular GLE's numbers.

Direct injection and turbocharging will almost certainly be part of the program, and based on Mazda's successes in trimming what little fat was on the MX - 5 Miata, we expect a production RX sports car to have a curb weight far below 3,000 lb.

Honda designer Makoto Harada admits that the long hood of the sports model «is not rational, but it underlines the emotion, the driving pleasure one expects of such a car.»

This is confirmed by the interior, which whilst being tailored with a more sporting look, still features the range of creature comforts you'd expect from a new car sporting the Flying B.

The Mercedes - Benz AMG GT is expected to be a smaller, more nimble sports car that will take on the likes of the Porsche 911, as compared to the larger and heavier SLS AMG GT it replaces.

We've been talking about Alfa Romeo's impending arrival in the U.S. for years now, but enthusiasts will have to wait a bit longer than expected for the arrival of the Italian brand's first model, the 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C sports car.

Expected to debut sometime this year, the next generation of Porsche's iconic sports car will feature an evolutionary exterior design and feature some new elements that should help differentiate it from the car it replaces.

The second car on Volvo's «60» platform is the largest, widest, and important to this pick, the lowest wagon in its class by overall height, which at this point includes very little that is sold in the U.S. Volvo isn't expecting the crossover - and sport / utility craze to turn soon — after all, the automaker makes bags of money on the XC90 and XC60 — but if anything on the road draws modern customers back to the station wagon, this will be the car.

There's a sport mode here that makes the transmission extra happy to change gears, and pushing this car is actually kind of fun, something I wasn't expecting at all.

Now let's consider what you can expect of a Porsche: sports car sensations.

A lot can be expected of a genuine sport car.

On the heels of the plug - in hybrid BMW i8 sports car and plug - in BMW i3 city car, prototype testing means we could be seeing the BMW X5 eDrive arriving earlier than expected.

Jaguar is expected to reveal a new sports car in concept form at the Frankfurt motor show next month.The company told Automotive News Europe that a new concept was «likely» to form the centerpiece of...

In real - world conditions, you should expect figures similar to those of more conventional combustion - engine powered sports cars.

Now let's consider what you can expect of a Porsche: sports car...

The 2016 Mercedes - AMG GT S is expected to arrive at dealerships in April of 2015, and as more and more drivers anticipate its availability, there are more comparisons being drawn between the new sports car and its competitors.

Even sports car maker Porsche is getting in on the act: the Mission E is the first all - electric car from Zuffenhausen and you can expect incendiary performance, a choice of different power outputs (think Carrera, Carrera S and - maybe - even Turbo model ladder) and charging times of around 250 miles in just 20 minutes.

We're getting our first official look at elements of the upcoming Mercedes - AMG GT sports car ahead of an expected September debut.

A lot can be expected of a genuine sports car.

Offering race car - inspired power and performance, this well - equipped five - passenger sedan gives drivers all of the creature comforts normally associated with a full - sized luxury sedan, with the power and performance that one expects from a refined sports car.

Midturn, where you would expect the higher center of gravity to pull the car over, the Countryman stays refreshingly flat thanks to an optional sport - tuned suspension.

Once the driver aids, like traction control, stability control, and automatic braking are turned off, the Camry will eagerly spin the front tires off the line, a flourish expected of something that shares its powerplant with a mid-engine sports car.

Steel and aluminum are two key ingredients in the production of the Chevrolet Corvette, but President Trump's upcoming tariffs on imported steel and aluminum aren't expected to have a big effect on America's Sports Car.

Honda's new CR - V mini sport - utility began arriving at U.S. dealerships this week after a few weeks» delay, caused by its brisker - than - expected sales in Japan.There just weren't enough of the cars to go around, so Honda had to wait until a second plant began production in Japan before the U.S. introduction.This is Honda's first attempt at building a sport - utility, and it already has won a lot of raves.

Although these sports cars aren't expected to make up a large percentage of the German automaker's...