Sentences with phrase «favors high horsepower»

Here goes: On Spring Mountain's 2.2 - mile - long course — a fast, sweeping track that favors high horsepower — the 175 - hp, 2675 - pound MX - 5 Cup was only 7.9 seconds slower than the 530 - hp Porsche.

Not exact matches

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.