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Source: Edmunds * When designing the Maserati Ghibli, Maserati drew on its rich experience as creators of the finest grand touring cars in history.

It's a grand touring car in the grandest possible sense.

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He later went on to race in the British Touring Car Championship and sports car championships, as well as Grand Prix MasteCar Championship and sports car championships, as well as Grand Prix Mastecar championships, as well as Grand Prix Masters.

If it's a cold night in Chicago, pack the kids in the car and take a grand tour of local neighborhoods with the best holiday lights.

In a bid to keep his very expensive racing team afloat, famed race car driver Briggs Cunningham created a line of high - performance grand touring sports cars, including this gorgeous 1952 Cunningham C3 Continental.

Even the high - performance M6 is, in essence, a powerful grand touring car that feels more at home on the highway than on winding roads.

Excess road noise and a little bit of harshness over sharper bumps are the car's main faults in grand touring — style driving, and both appear to be largely to do with the narrow sidewalls.

In The great all - rounder, Simon Charlesworth discovers what makes the car so appealing to drive / For this month's Auto - biography, Matthew Bell travels to Milan to meet Corrado Lopresto — the well - known collector and view his 150 examples of Italian exotica / In Dealing with a Delage disaster, Douglas Blain tells how a major mechanical failure almost took the sole - surviving 1914 Delage Grand Prix car off the road for good, while Philip Guilfoyle explains how modern technology was used to create a brand new engine block / Doomed by its audacity and now largely forgotten, the Hotchkiss - Grégoire was a technological tour de force.

War Horse Vauxhall — David Burgess-Wise examines the rôle played by the Vauxhall D - Type in the First World War, and drives the example in the manufacturer's collection / The Pomeroy Trophy at 60 — Peter McFadyen tells the story of the VSCC's event for finding the best sports touring car, and explains the arcane formulae behind it / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part three — In the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappearin the First World War, and drives the example in the manufacturer's collection / The Pomeroy Trophy at 60 — Peter McFadyen tells the story of the VSCC's event for finding the best sports touring car, and explains the arcane formulae behind it / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part three — In the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappearin the manufacturer's collection / The Pomeroy Trophy at 60 — Peter McFadyen tells the story of the VSCC's event for finding the best sports touring car, and explains the arcane formulae behind it / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part three — In the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappearIn the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappeared

Automobiles of the world — The monthly extract from «Automobiles of the World» / Twin Cam Rarity Rare Nacional Pescara cars / 1939 Hotchkiss Grand Sport — The editor drives a prime example of a performance car of the thirties / Lucas Motoralities — In the first of a series of articles on lighting Peter Card looks at the products which enabled Lucas to dominate the British market in the early days of motoring / Edwardian Tourists — An album recording a 1913 tour provides an interesting insight to motoring as it once was - a relaxation for gentlefolk / Marendaz Special Handsome is as handsome doeIn the first of a series of articles on lighting Peter Card looks at the products which enabled Lucas to dominate the British market in the early days of motoring / Edwardian Tourists — An album recording a 1913 tour provides an interesting insight to motoring as it once was - a relaxation for gentlefolk / Marendaz Special Handsome is as handsome doein the early days of motoring / Edwardian Tourists — An album recording a 1913 tour provides an interesting insight to motoring as it once was - a relaxation for gentlefolk / Marendaz Special Handsome is as handsome does?

Grand Touring — Edward Eves looks at the early years of Hispano - Suiza / From Red TO Green — Alan Smith recalls the day when Vanwall finally vanquished Ferrari / Cars In My Life — Some Math is memories by Peter Bloor / Mystery Midget?

Even at those temps, though, the Miata is more than tolerable, what with a great heater and, in this Grand Touring test car, fabulous heated seats.

This $ 33,000 2016 Mazda6 Grand Touring, with its sumptuous and nicely bolstered leather seats, was one of the most expensive cars in this comparison, though Capparella priced out a «decently equipped»» 6 Touring and came up with a competitive sticker price of $ 25,815.

In grand touring cars, we've seen gorgeous road - capable racers like the Ferrari GTO and the Ford GT40 evolve into very exotic supercars like Koenigseggs and Paganis, all still very much in the same molIn grand touring cars, we've seen gorgeous road - capable racers like the Ferrari GTO and the Ford GT40 evolve into very exotic supercars like Koenigseggs and Paganis, all still very much in the same molin the same mold.

Just as there isn't much point in burdening this excellent and very comfortable grand touring car with a wide variety of inappropriate sports - oriented features that are clearly antithetical to its true purpose, which is surely long - distance travel in great comfort.

Tesla ended 2017 with Musk now building anticipation for a new semi truck, apparently named «Semi,» which he says will have a 500 - mile range and will begin deliveries in 2019, with a new Roadster model — actually a 2 +2 targa grand - touring car capable of more than 250 mph and 0 - 60 mph in 1.9 seconds — arriving at dealers a year later.

The entry - level Sport model tends to appeal to «purist» buyers who want a simple car, and the Grand Touring model speaks to shoppers who want every modern technology in their car.

Thanks to the 2008 NC Miata Grand Touring with a power - retractable hardtop that my wife, Donna, and I own, I was part of the four - car drive with two NAs and the new ND featured in David Zenlea's wonderful story.

Central to this shindig will be a» grand tour» for 300 cars and their owners around Italy, with stops in historic locations, nights in sumptuous hotels and ear - melting cavalcades over historic passes.

In this particular Mazda 6 Grand Touring car, there are six airbags, whiplash - reducing seat headrests, anti-lock brakes with electronic brakeforce distribution, brake assist, traction control, stability control, blind - spot warning, cross-traffic alert, radar - controlled cruise control, lane - departure warning, automated city braking, forward obstruction warning, and high - beam warning.

[39] The 2014 Mazda6 Grand Touring also won in a comparison against the 2013 Honda Accord EX-L in the June 2013 issue of Car and Driver.

Ryan Eversley won both races of the 2010 SCCA World Challenge Mid-Ohio Grand Prix in the touring car class.

As ever, the manual gearbox enjoys the world's shortest throws (a six - speed in my Grand Touring test car, although a five - speed is standard in the base model).

Garcia, 28, of Barcelona, Spain, has raced with distinction in the European Touring Car Championship, the World Touring Car Championship, and the Grand - Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

The V12 car plays the long - striding, rich and enigmatic grand touring coupé very well — but it was unusually softly sprung and light in its controls by Aston's standards.

The BMW 5 Series for 2014 represents one of the most complete luxury car lines in the industry, offering a base turbocharged sedan, a powerhouse high - performance M version, diesel - powered and V8 models, a hybrid and a somewhat controversially styled Grand Touring wagon / SUV.

Many manufacturers accepted our offer, and now there are many «ideal» Grand Touring cars represented in the game.

In 1998 with the withdrawal of Nissan Motors due to financial problems and Honda, to concentrate on its Formula One program and also realising it would be less expensive for them to race their NSX in the Japanese Grand Touring Championship series (although both Nissan and Honda did take part in British Touring Car Championship after leaving JTCC; those programs, however, were run by their European branches), it left Toyota as the sole factory manufacturer to have cars competing using their Corona EXIVs and ChaserIn 1998 with the withdrawal of Nissan Motors due to financial problems and Honda, to concentrate on its Formula One program and also realising it would be less expensive for them to race their NSX in the Japanese Grand Touring Championship series (although both Nissan and Honda did take part in British Touring Car Championship after leaving JTCC; those programs, however, were run by their European branches), it left Toyota as the sole factory manufacturer to have cars competing using their Corona EXIVs and Chaserin the Japanese Grand Touring Championship series (although both Nissan and Honda did take part in British Touring Car Championship after leaving JTCC; those programs, however, were run by their European branches), it left Toyota as the sole factory manufacturer to have cars competing using their Corona EXIVs and Chaserin British Touring Car Championship after leaving JTCC; those programs, however, were run by their European branches), it left Toyota as the sole factory manufacturer to have cars competing using their Corona EXIVs and Chasers.

Its top - of - the - line grand touring interior would look just fine in a car costing twice as much.

And in what amounted to the most surprising (and potentially entertaining entry, Gordon Ting re-cast the eco-friendly Prius as a Grand Touring racecar, and a car that frankly we'd consider driving.

Taylor tallied a win in the Grand - Am Rolex GT driving a Camaro, and Magnussen won the Danish Touring Car championship in a Camaro.

The Maserati GranTurismo, a two - door, four - passenger luxury grand touring car was introduced to the U.S. market in 2008.

In loaded Grand Touring trim, the car weighs just over 3,300 lbs., so this engine proves more than adequate except perhaps when driven at elevation, which saps power from normally aspirated engines.

The new AMG GT S is a midsized grand - touring car housing a 4.0 - liter twin - turbo V8 under its extended hood, which makes 503 hp in GT S guise.

In Sport mode with the adaptive suspension firmed up, the near -4,000-pound Stinger felt planted through gradual, high - speed bends and handled side - to - side weight transfers remarkably well with an acceptable amount of body roll for a grand touring - type car.

The seats hold you firmly in place while the brakes more evenly brought the car to a stop and slowed it more confidently and more smoothly than in the Grand Touring.

More information about the 2012 BMW 6 Series: For buyers in the market for a true grand touring car, the BMW 6 - Series is among the best choices on the market today.

After the release of the Lexus brand in the Japanese domestic market in 2005, Lexus sanctioned the entry of four SC 430 coupes in the Super GT series of the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship in the GT500 class.

FIA GT3 cars, luxury - brand sports or GT (Grand Touring) vehicles compete in PWC's GT Class.

Ferdinand Porsche, who designed the original Volkswagen Beetle, may have relied upon a massaged Beetle engine in creating his first sports car in 1948, but today the Porsche lineup includes sports cars, SUVs, and a grand touring car.

Buy a Mazda6 Grand Touring, opt for the Technology Package, and a brake energy regeneration system bumps the car's city and highway fuel economy ratings by 2 miles per gallon each, to 28 in the city and 40 on the highway, for a combined rating of 32 mpg.

Garcia has raced in the European Touring Car Championship, the World Touring Car Championship and the Grand - Am Rolex Sports Car Series.

The Miata Grand Touring RF is the best - handling passenger car in the world for use on public roads.

In 2012 alone, Porsche customer teams raced the 500 hp production - based Grand Touring race car in 131 races, won 41 of them and clinched numerous championshipIn 2012 alone, Porsche customer teams raced the 500 hp production - based Grand Touring race car in 131 races, won 41 of them and clinched numerous championshipin 131 races, won 41 of them and clinched numerous championships.

Chicago Auto Show attendees are treated to more than 1 million sq. ft. of the latest cars, trucks and SUVs to hit the market including more than a dozen vehicles that made their global or North American debuts during the show's Media Preview, including the 2019 Volkswagen Arteon; Subaru 50th Anniversary Special Edition Vehicles; Nissan Armada Snow Patrol Concept; Nissan 370Zki Concept; Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and Plug - in Hybrid; Toyota TRD Pro Package; 2019 Ford Transit Connect Wagon; Fiat 500; and the Slingshot Grand Touring Limited Edition.

- Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe: This is a vehicle built in the fine tradition of a European grand touring car.

In addition, the Vantage N24 was also very eligible for the new European GT4 series, the Grand - Am Cup and SCCA Touring Car Class in the USIn addition, the Vantage N24 was also very eligible for the new European GT4 series, the Grand - Am Cup and SCCA Touring Car Class in the USin the USA.

Bentley was well established in the exclusive market of Grand Touring motor cars with their two - door coupes and four - door saloons.

ALTON, Va. — Local driver Johan Schwartz captured the Touring Car pole position Saturday at VIRginia International Raceway after provisional pole winner Vesko Kozarov was disqualified in technical inspection in preparation for Saturday's 40 - minute sprint event in the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport.

In the Grand Touring class for production sports cars the E-Type proved competitive in - period right from the start, Graham Hill celebrating the moIn the Grand Touring class for production sports cars the E-Type proved competitive in - period right from the start, Graham Hill celebrating the moin - period right from the start, Graham Hill celebrating the mode