Sentences with phrase «huge torque reserves»

It pulls away smoothly: the re-calibrated transmission changing up at the earliest opportunity thanks to its huge torque reserves.

Those same modern EFI tricks mean the Camaro's big 6.2 - liter V8 is perfectly content puttering along in traffic, and huge torque reserves allow the car to be left in fourth gear for just about any driving over 15 mph; at the same time, a sixth gear means the SS cruises at 80 mph on the highway turning fewer than 2,000 rpm, so there's a tremendous amount of flexibility in the powertrain.

Leave it in «Drive» and the auto gearbox will change up early, keeping the revs barely above tickover, and letting you roll along using the engine's huge torque reserves.

Not exact matches

Acceleration times only tell half the story though, and the M3 is an astonishingly fast car with such huge reserves of torque that its performance is always available and only a twitch of your right foot away.

Despite its hatchback origins it performs well on track, with a limited - slip differential, huge grip reserves and a strong turbocharged 2.0 - litre engine that develops 316bhp and 295 lb ft of torque.

The key to this is tall gearing to make the most of the huge reserves of torque.

Generating well over eighty per cent of its maximum torque from just 2000rpm, Alpina says the B7's engine has been optimised for huge reserves of torque low down for exceptional engine response.