Sentences with phrase «in sports car designed»

The days of German, Italian and British leadership in sports car design are numbered.

The standard in sports car design.

Not exact matches

Guests of Italian descent included House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., the highest - ranking Italian - American in U.S. politics; former race car driver Mario Andretti, who sported socks designed like a checkered racing flag; fashion designer Giorgio Armani; actor John Turturro; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; and actor - director Roberto Benigni.

They will create their own sports car designs which they will use as a starting point for an artwork inspired in futurism, using oil pastels, colour pencils and possibly water colours.

The car is remarkably light too; just over 1500 kg at the kerb (a 599 weighs 1688 kg), and this despite what must be a fairly sizeable contribution from the massively strong steel box - section chassis with honeycomb flooring and a couple of heavy duty roll - hoops designed by race - car engineer Max Boxstrom whose credits include the Aston Martin AMR - 1 sports racer that raced at Le Mans in» 89.

While Kia executives in South Korea have been less enthusiastic in the past about the prospect of a sports car, certain high - ranking figures like design chief Peter Schreyer have vocally promoted the concept.

From the original concept car — still one of the best automotive design exercises in history — that debuted at the 1993 Detroit auto show to the first - generation 986 Boxster to the 987 to the 981 unveiled in 2012, Porsche's now 20 - year - old production sports car has taken it from all sides.

«Our job is to faithfully re-interpret famous Alpines of the past and project Alpine into the future with a beautifully designed, agile, high - performance sports car,» said Alpine managing director Michael van der Sande, in a statement.

Like that concept, it's likely that the new Yamaha sports car concept was developed in partnership with Gordon Murray Design.

The new patent describes a system that is designed to reduce the inaccuracy and inconsistent feedback inherent in existing steering setups - potentially making the next generation of sports cars steer with greater precision than those available today.

You might not accept this in a BMW 3 Series or Mercedes - Benz C - Class cabrio, but you should expect this in a two - seat sports car designed to be as lightweight as possible, no matter its configuration.

Cars in My Life — Nick Baldwin reflects on some of his all time family favourites / The Greatest Race III — Marc Douezy's story of the 1914 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France moves on to the pre-race scrutineering and practice / Working on a Chain Gang — The Editor drives arguably the rarest pre-war Frazer - Nash sports car / Travelling First Class — Zoe Harrison assesses Austin's flagship limousine of the 30's — the Mayfair / The French Brooklands IV — Bill Boddy's epic story of the Montlhery track reaches its final lap / Missing Link — Frank Lugg tells us why he thinks Guiseppe Coda was an unsung hero of early Italian car design / Vital Spark — Roy Berry journeys westward to visit a magneto specialist / Dew Drop — Michael Worthington - Williams on the cars of Harold E Cars in My Life — Nick Baldwin reflects on some of his all time family favourites / The Greatest Race III — Marc Douezy's story of the 1914 Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France moves on to the pre-race scrutineering and practice / Working on a Chain Gang — The Editor drives arguably the rarest pre-war Frazer - Nash sports car / Travelling First Class — Zoe Harrison assesses Austin's flagship limousine of the 30's — the Mayfair / The French Brooklands IV — Bill Boddy's epic story of the Montlhery track reaches its final lap / Missing Link — Frank Lugg tells us why he thinks Guiseppe Coda was an unsung hero of early Italian car design / Vital Spark — Roy Berry journeys westward to visit a magneto specialist / Dew Drop — Michael Worthington - Williams on the cars of Harold E cars of Harold E Dew.

But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special / Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.

Low - tension ignition — Tom Threlfall explains the early form of electrical ignition in his article «Oh illustrious spark» / Californian extravaganza — The premier old - car meeting of the year at Pebble Beach is reported by Nick Baldwin / Bugatti Type 13 and B «b «Peugeot — Mark Gillies compares these two early French cars — both designed by Ettore Bugatti / Alvis: The vintage years — The development of the company and its models is recounted for us by Michael Worthington - Williams / 1926 Sunbeam 3.4 litre super sports — This month the Editor gives us his impressions of one of the finest sporting cars of its day / 1935 Armstrong Siddeley restoration — Zoe Harrison describes the fifteen - year rebuild of a 17hp model / Gordon Bennett Rally — As usual this event attracted some very impressive machinery.

With photographs by Steve Welsh / Auto Union sports cars — In the 1930s, keen to enhance the earning potential of its contract with Auto Union, the Porsche design office proposed a sports version of its mid-engined Type 22 GP car.

Monkey Business — Anthony Pritchard recalls Harry Lester and his MG specials and the small but determined team who drove them in competition / Brighton Bound — Our correspondent on Veteran matters Elizabeth Bennett reports on the 2001 London - Brighton Run / Rainbow's End — Designed by Frank Rainbow the Swallow Doretti was a brave attempt by an engineering group to make a British sports car for the American market / Baldwin's Brescia — Nick Baldwin has owned a very special Brescia Bugatti for a number of years.

But this 1994 AZ - 1 from Autozam, which is a sales channel of Mazda's in Japan, was actually designed and made by Suzuki, is considered one of the rarest Kei sports cars.

1946 H.R.G. Aerodynamic — This interesting but not very successful sporting car is assessed by H.R.G. expert Ian Dussek / Registration records, Part 6 — David Hales continues his series of articles explaining what records survive and where / 1932 Singer Junior restored — David Hawtin talked to the owner of this splendily restored family saloon and discovered why it was an advanced design for its day / Origins of the small car — The development of the early voiturette is traced for us by Bryan Goodman / Car badges — In Part I of this article Michael Worthington - Williams illustrates well - known and not - so - well known examples / 1934 TT Ford V8 — The Editor describes this inexpensive but capable performer that excelled in road racing trials and sprints / Brooklands 200 - mile race — The last race using the outer circuit was run in 19car is assessed by H.R.G. expert Ian Dussek / Registration records, Part 6 — David Hales continues his series of articles explaining what records survive and where / 1932 Singer Junior restored — David Hawtin talked to the owner of this splendily restored family saloon and discovered why it was an advanced design for its day / Origins of the small car — The development of the early voiturette is traced for us by Bryan Goodman / Car badges — In Part I of this article Michael Worthington - Williams illustrates well - known and not - so - well known examples / 1934 TT Ford V8 — The Editor describes this inexpensive but capable performer that excelled in road racing trials and sprints / Brooklands 200 - mile race — The last race using the outer circuit was run in 19car — The development of the early voiturette is traced for us by Bryan Goodman / Car badges — In Part I of this article Michael Worthington - Williams illustrates well - known and not - so - well known examples / 1934 TT Ford V8 — The Editor describes this inexpensive but capable performer that excelled in road racing trials and sprints / Brooklands 200 - mile race — The last race using the outer circuit was run in 19Car badges — In Part I of this article Michael Worthington - Williams illustrates well - known and not - so - well known examples / 1934 TT Ford V8 — The Editor describes this inexpensive but capable performer that excelled in road racing trials and sprints / Brooklands 200 - mile race — The last race using the outer circuit was run in 192In Part I of this article Michael Worthington - Williams illustrates well - known and not - so - well known examples / 1934 TT Ford V8 — The Editor describes this inexpensive but capable performer that excelled in road racing trials and sprints / Brooklands 200 - mile race — The last race using the outer circuit was run in 192in road racing trials and sprints / Brooklands 200 - mile race — The last race using the outer circuit was run in 192in 1924.

Advance to the Rear — French Style Much lest resistant to new technological ideas than their neighbours across the Channel the French came up with some highly imaginative proposals in the 1930s as Karl Ludvigsen relates / Vauxhall Velox & Wyvern — Buyer's Guide / Royal Restoration — Michael Ware looks back at the restoration of a Royal Daimler that was carried out for the Queen's Silver Jubilee / Commercially Speaking — Lighter Commercials / Dashboard Instruments — Part Two — Workshop / Cammy Sammy - Salmson Twin Cam / Classic Commemoration — Richard Cass reports on the Le Mans Classic / Singer Super Six — Michael Worthington - Williams recalls a Singer «buult like a battleship graceful as a yacht» / Coventry Cat — Fitted with the first engine entirely designed by Jaguar the XK 120 set the standard by which so many postwar sports cars are judged.

Mick Walsh gets behind the wheel of an historic Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 and in, Potent Perfection, reveals what makes this famous model so special / Doug Nye shares some marvellous glass - plate negatives from the early days of motor sport in Europe and describes the men and machines shown in The motor racing photography of Maurice - Louis Branger / Famous furniture designer Ambrose Heal bought a Sunbeam Twenty new in 1930 and drove it extensively across Europe / This much - loved car is still in the family today, as Matthew Bell discovers in Family Business / Designed and built by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe, the Ford - powered Dellows were among the most successful postwar trials cars.

In the flip side, sports cars are normally designed with only two seats.

«But there is something very emotional about a sports car that conveys the ultimate in the sense of performance and design.»

Design chief Peter Schreyer has been a vocal supporter, though other executives in South Korea are believed to be less enthusiastic that the brand can support a sports car.

Designed in 1957 as a simple and affordable sports car, the Lotus Seven featured a tubular spaceframe chassis, aluminium body panels, a live rear axle, drum brakes and a 1 - litre four - cylinder engine from the Ford 100E saloon.

Recent advancements in supercharger - rotor design have diminished parasitic losses to the point that the Corvette ZR1 is the first sports car able to pair more than 600 hp with 20 mpg in EPA highway mileage tests.

The body design is beautiful and very classy, yet it handles like a sports car in performance!

In terms of styling, Autocar says that the sports car will incorporate design cues from the GT4 Stinger as well as the elegant Kia GT four - door - coupe concept shown in 201In terms of styling, Autocar says that the sports car will incorporate design cues from the GT4 Stinger as well as the elegant Kia GT four - door - coupe concept shown in 201in 2011.

The black, white, and grey colors combined with the blue - accented wheels suggest Nissan's design team sees the BladeGlider as the next step in street - legal high - performance electric sports cars.

Achieving good design in any product category is hard work, and if the majority of your business is sports cars, there's the added problem of maintaining an instantly identifiable look while moving forward.

DS executives spoke to Auto Express, saying «If we have a sports car, it'll be unlike any other sports car in its design.»

You can feel every bump, but I guess that was intentional in the design since it's a sports car.

The DeTomaso Pantera was an Italian - built, mid-engine sports car, designed in Italy by American transplant Tom Tjaarda while at Ghia and fitted with a good, ol' American V - 8 (a Ford «Cleveland» 351).

Henrik Fisker is madly in love with sports cars — and has been since he was a student at the Art Center College of Design (Europe) in the late 1980s.

Honda will have six other concepts on display at Tokyo; three motorcycles, including a 250cc - like electric sports bike (the RC - E), two city cars, the Micro Commuter and the N Box, and a curious mobility scooter called the Townwalker, which is designed to fold neatly into the car when not in use.

These Sports Series McLarens are designed to be more useable every day than Woking's more focused efforts, lowered sills being one of several attempts to make the car less of a hassle in daily use.

Budd said the look was «similar to many European sports cars,» but these very proportions were also remarkably similar to a certain sports car being developed in a design studio in Dearborn.

Blasi, who studied transportation design at Germany's Pforzheim University, one of the oldest design programs in the world, says she is inclined to sports — especially skiing — but not particularly to sports cars.

You couldn't say that it's particularly original - think of a Sixties Brit sports car design cue and you'll find it in here somewhere with a Jag - ish chromed grille, Austin Healey - like wings, and other features strongly reminiscent of various vintage Marcoses and TVRs.

What the hell does a gecko have to do with an über - niche, BMW - powered sports car that draws its stylistic inspiration from classic British designs but is built in Germany?

Anxious to establish a reputation in international racing, Alfa assigned Giuseppe Merosi the task of designing a competitive sports car based on the 40 - 60 HP.

That seemed cheap for a rust - free California example of a criminally underrated Alfa sports car with a lively chassis, great»70s Giugiaro design, and one of history's most sonorous V - 6 engines — all in a package that weighs 2800 pounds.

I dedicated the award to my talented team at the Aston Martin design studio, a group of passionate individuals who work together to create the most beautiful sports cars in the world.

The package additionally includes exclusively designed 20 - inch M light - alloy wheels along with a sport exhaust system featuring customary M twin tailpipes in black chrome that lend an unmistakable sporty note to both the look and the sound of the car.

Powered exclusively by the 380hp supercharged V6 found in the F - PACE S, the First Edition includes unique interior and exterior design enhancements that pay homage to the original C - X17 concept car unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show as well as sports car - derived performance technology including Adaptive Dynamics2.

«As with the CC100 Speedster Concept, many of the design cues visible in DP - 100, such as the light blade rear lamps, could also feed through into future sports cars that we'll launch in the offline world so the importance of this project should not be underestimated.»

The first new sports car designed by the English automaker in 50 years, the Jaguar F - TYPE combines aggressive and tasteful styling with refined, commanding performance.

Furthermore, the Cerium Grey mirror caps, V12 badges on the C - pillars and M logos on the sides of the car and M sports exhaust system with flap control and galvanised Cerium Grey twin tailpipes in exclusive design are among other worth noting exterior features.

Back in action for 2017, the new model gets a fresh design, performance upgrades, interior modifications and other slight tweaks that will have fans looking at the rear - wheel drive sports car in a whole new light.

Designed by Alfa Romeo engineers and made at the Maserati plant in Modena, this captivating coupé with two racing bucket seats uses materials and design solutions like carbon, aluminium, and rear - wheel drive derived from the 8C Competizione along with technologies from Alfa Romeo's latest models, all thoroughly revised to maximise the new car's sporting appeal.

From its original design, the car evolved into a sports car, and further prototypes were tested both in Japan and in California.