Sentences with phrase «gearchange driving»

Nor does it have a diesel - style wait - surge - gearchange driving style — owing to the supercharging method of induction, it's much more linear than any diesel, feeling more like a naturally aspirated engine — just one with a little more urge than you'd expect.

Not exact matches

On the way we talk aesthetics (unique and vastly better in the flesh than photos), Vipers (great engine, terrible gearchange, tricky handling on the limit), Fighters (even better engine, miraculously improved gearchange, utterly trustworthy handling on the limit), car collector, publisher and evo friend Simon Draper (whose early - build car supplied many of the first driving impressions, including our first encounter with the Fighter in issue 078), and all that stems from an aerodynamics - first, aircraft techniques approach.

It's paired to a 9G - Tronic nine - speed automatic transmission — with obligatory gearchange paddles for manual control — and uses 4Matic permanent all - wheel drive.

It features a «Sport» mode to sharpen gearchanges, and which will still work when the gearbox is left in «drive» — revving the engine out to its redline and changing down aggressively to keep it in the zone.

The gearchange is smooth, light and quick, the brakes are strong, the pedal layout and driving position are just right.

Few cars in the evo car park could provide such satisfying spur - of - the - moment B - road blasts, the combination of a rev - happy naturally aspirated 2 - litre engine, sharp steering and gearchange, superb grip levels and a small, easy - to - place footprint made it the office weapon of choice for «just going out for a drive».

It's easier to drive smoothly than the petrol, but its low rev limit at 5500rpm means gearchanges have to be more frequent when pushing on.

Sure, it's still huge fun to drive, and key Mini elements like the smooth gearchange and the sound build quality are all intact, but here they're offset by a hectic and occasionally unpredictable personality.

• Over time that fantastic gearchange can get a tad sticky through a lack of lubrication of the linkages, so go up and down through the box on a test drive and make sure all's well — pay particular attention to the change between second and third gears.

However, as a general rule, if you keep the standard adaptive dampers in their softest setting and select Efficient mode via the Drive Performance button - for tamer accelerator response and less aggressive gearchanges, etc - the M5 bumbles around in a more relaxed fashion than the always more aggressive - feeling Mercedes - AMG E63.

The i20 is easy to drive thanks to its light steering and a slick gearchange.

Cars fitted with manual gearboxes are easy to drive smoothly around town, thanks to a slick gearchange and positive clutch.

Hyundai offers three driving modes (Sports, Normal and Eco), optimising torque split and gearchanges to get the best out of it if you want to crack on.

Nissan has added hill descent control to four - wheel drive models in addition to an enhanced version of D - Step Shift Logic to the standard Xtronic transmission — the software makes the CVT behave more like a conventional automatic transmission by adding a «gearchange» feel.