Sentences with phrase «like under heavy acceleration»
It's a right of passage for any high - horse street car to drive through the long turn - one tunnel under the track and, um, demonstrate what the car sounds like under heavy acceleration.
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«The V - 6 provides decent power and the transmission shifts gears with commendable smoothness, but under heavy acceleration those shifts don't happen until high in the rev range, and so it sounds like the engine is struggling even when it isn't,» said managing editor Amy Skogstrom.
Chief problem seemed to be the loose feeling from the rear axle, causing it to tramp like an old Capri under hard acceleration and — more alarmingly — judder and shiver under heavy braking, as if the tyres were gripping too hard and almost pulling all the rear ironmongery clean off.
The design also maintains the benefits of a CVT, which can freely adjust the gear ratio to simulate changes like multi-gear automatic transmission under heavy acceleration.