Sentences with phrase «favor higher engine»

A few also allow an alternate automatic mode, often called «sport» mode, where gear selection is still fully automatic but the transmission will favor higher engine speeds (at which the engine will produce the highest horsepower and / or torque) by up shifting later when accelerating and downshifting earlier when slowing.

Not exact matches

The current i8's three - cylinder, range - extending internal combustion engine will be ditched in favor of three high - revving (25,000 rpm) electric motors producing a total of 750 hp and more potent batteries capable of delivering a 300 - mile range.

The original 2.2 - liter flat six was replaced in favor of a high - compression, 240 - hp 2.7 - liter engine, along with a full roll cage, uprated brakes, SC rear fenders, and Lexan windows.

While most automakers are switching to smaller, turbocharged engines to achieve higher EPA numbers and entice buyers (as well as meet new government - mandated CAFE requirements), Acura has chosen instead to drop the RDX's turbocharged four - cylinder in favor of a normally aspirated V - 6.

Unlike most high - power, high - profile muscle car builds, whatever check - writer commissioned this psychopath eschewed the traditional big - block gas engine in favor of a 6.7 - liter Cummins I - 6, putting down an insane 1,500 hp and 2,500 lb - ft of torque to the rear wheels.

Poor fuel economy, high emissions, high oil consumption, and reliability concerns were all reasons the rotary engine fell out of favor.

Chevrolet is adding a four - cylinder turbocharged engine to its all - new 2019 Silverado pickup truck, in hopes of having the most economical full - size pickup truck for those buyers — a clear minority — who favor high mpg.

Activating this mode adjusts the shift program of the automatic transmission, favoring higher gears and lower engine speeds.

The Si sacrifices its high revving, naturally aspirated engine in favor of a turbocharged unit, which means that it will have more torque and can be tuned to produce more power.

I can't imagine that the matching engine would ignore the best asks in favor of a higher price, in the event of a normally liquid security, not some unicorn $ 900 per share thinly traded stock.