Sentences with phrase «gear acceleration figures»
Measuring in - gear acceleration figures against the Koleos is tricky because of its CVT gearbox, but the 30 - 70mph figure in the Kodiaq was also the fastest on test — it took eight seconds flat, where the Renault did it in 9.5 seconds and the Kuga 8.4 seconds.
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The gear ratios and final drive have been shortened by around 15 per cent on this model to give punchier acceleration, which helps to drop the 0 - 62mph figure to 6.7 second, down from 6.9.
Gearing for the new eight - speed automatic also enables the large SUV to extract more from its unremarkable output figures, with sufficient acceleration available for most scenarios.
The Japanese car maker promises that new gear ratios help boost performance, but acceleration figures haven't been published yet.
First gear is good for 51 mph, but we didn't match those quoted acceleration figures on this day, recording 0 - 60 in 4.1 and the quarter in 12.4 at 115.3 mph.
Oddly, with more gears to spread the workload, the DSG car posts the same acceleration figures and its fuel consumption rises mildly from 4.4 L / 100 km to 4.6 (or from 101g / km of CO2 to 105).
Basically, this fully automatic gearbox mode uses sensors for longitudinal acceleration and braking, plus lateral forces, and plugs them into some kind of equation to figure out which gear you should be in.
The odd thing about the top speed figure is that the GT C Roadster gets its higher top speed even as the transaxle running shorter seventh gear and final - drive ratios for harder acceleration, though it runs a taller first gear than the stock unit.
During hard acceleration, it tended to hesitate while it tried to figure out which gear was best and then surged when it made its choice.
The combination of a more powerful, higher - revving engine and shortened gear ratios produces impressive acceleration figures, allowing the 2007 911 GT3 to reach 60 mph from a standstill in 4.1 seconds (0 - 100 km / h, 4.3 sec.)
Thanks to its short gearing the ST's mid 6 - second 0 - 60 mph time means that its arch nemesis, the Golf GTI, is initially quicker off the line but the ST has higher peak power figures and remains a fast car, in - gear acceleration is especially strong.