Sentences with phrase «more powerful sports cars»

The light and nimble sports car sprints from 0 to 100 in just 3.9 seconds, making the X-Bow-R a very potent weapon even against more powerful sports cars.

Between Mercedes - Benz» AMG models, Audi's RS cars and BMW's M Division cars, we're getting more and more powerful sports cars coming from Europe.

The forthcoming Focus RS and Volkswagen's Golf R both have gobs more power and torque, albeit at a slightly higher starting price, but then so does the cheaper Focus ST.. The JCW has size on its side, though, and the resulting power to weight ratio makes for a city car that can squirt out of bends and away from stoplights with as much alacrity as far more powerful sports cars — up to a certain speed.

With body - on - frame construction and a fairly agricultural 1.3 - liter overhead valve engine, the MG was far from modern or refined in post-war America, but it gave thousands of people their first taste of what a sports car should feel like and served as a gateway drug to both racing and more expensive, more powerful sports cars.

All of this performance potential combined earlier this year to set a blistering lap time of 7 minutes, 50 seconds on the challenging Nürburgring racetrack, beating the previous front - wheel - drive production lap record, not to mention more powerful sports cars.

Wenders admits that some will look at an i8 and see only what it could have been: a better, more powerful sports car, a successor to the mid-engine BMW M1.

Follow a more powerful sports car along a broken B - road and it'll spend its time weaving and braking around road imperfections, the driver wincing at the prospect of buckling a wheel, but in the Swift, you can simply breeze along.

Everything we mentioned above about the MX - 5 Miata's low - mass design philosophy and its giggle - inducing chassis tuning helps propel it past much more powerful sports car options, proving that it's not just tire smoke and big displacement motors that can stir the blood.

Not exact matches

Expect to see powerful sports cars, more S.U.V.s, a growing number of hybrids and all - electrics and a lot of beautiful sheet metal.

The 20th Winter Games will bring 2,500 athletes from 85 nations — including a powerful U.S. contingent — to Turin, Italy, a city known more for its cars and its shroud than for sports.

With the Z51 package, what's already a powerful and exhilarating sports car goes straight to eleven: slotted brake rotors, electronic limited slip, multi-mode performance exhaust (which boosts output by 5 horsepower and 5 pound - feet), performance suspension, dry - sump oil system, and more.

The acceptance of ridiculously powerful saloon car has now come full circle, with cars like this now being no more subtle than a sports or supercar.

Today's luxury cars may pack powerful engines, sport - tuned suspensions, and more apps than your stubborn friend's Blackberry, but the segment has devolved into a repetitive cycle of one - upmanship that measures differences in millimeters rather than milestones.

For now, enthusiasts can keep their hopes up that a more powerful factory Toyobaru sports car may be on the horizon.

While economic uncertainties and fears of high gas prices brought scads of new economy and hybrid cars to showrooms, 2011 also saw more powerful supercars and more thrilling sports coupes hit the market.

As if to highlight the Forester's unique attributes, that most powerful petrol engine, which is currently more potent than the Subaru BRZ sports car, is set to make up more than 25 per cent of total sales.

The Edition 1 model is based on the more powerful Mercedes - AMG GT S that comes standard with a 4.0 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 engine pumping out 503 hp and 479 kb - ft of torque (the non-S version of the new sports car makes just 456 hp and 443 lb - ft).

The E63 S packs a wet - sump version of the 4.0 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 shared with the AMG GT sports car, except the sedan's engine is more powerful, thanks to twin - scroll turbos.

From the base Boxster to the more powerful Spyder and Black versions, this little drop - top has been a beloved classic in Porsche's popular high - end sports car line since its inception in 1996.

It's the only car in this class with the sort of rear - wheel drive set - up that's more usually found on sports cars, and it comes with a wide range of fairly powerful engines — both petrol and diesel — and is available in either three - door or five - door versions.

With 410 kW (557 hp) it is the more powerful of the two new open - top sports cars.

Featuring a more powerful 138kW version of the standard car's 3.9 - litre V8, the special two - door came with sports dampers and new front and rear anti-roll bars that increased roll stiffness by 25 per cent.

For those who are seeking even more thrills with their compact sedan, the Figo Aspire Sports edition is the car you should consider since the tweaked suspension makes the dynamics even better while the powerful diesel engine makes the car super fun to drive.

Infiniti's Q50 sport sedan adds a trio of new, more powerful, more efficient turbocharged engines for the 2016 model year, giving new car shoppers a choice of four engines in all.

The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is a heavy hitter on the used sports car scene, as it comes with an aluminum frame, a larger and more powerful engine, and a stiffer suspension when compared to the already formidable standard Corvette.

More dynamic, lighter, more powerful and faster: Audi presents the limited production version of its R8 high - performance sports car — the R8More dynamic, lighter, more powerful and faster: Audi presents the limited production version of its R8 high - performance sports car — the R8more powerful and faster: Audi presents the limited production version of its R8 high - performance sports car — the R8 GT.

Ferrari have created the F12 Berlinetta, a more powerful, fuel - efficient sports car.

The engine is actually more powerful here than in the firm's new sports car, making 476 PS from 5,500 to 6,250 rpm and 650 Nm from 1,750 to 4,500 rpm.

The powerful rear end underscores once more the special role of the Ibiza Cupra as the new benchmark among compact sports cars — the yellow of the broad bumper frames the substantial, matt - black, diffuser and the trapezoidal exhaust outlet.

Toyota and Subaru are rumoured to have resumed working together again on an updated version of their 86 and BRZ sports cars, to be fitted with larger, more powerful engines.

These are more expensive, powerful and sports cars, but Acura models are unified with the main lineup of Honda cars.

The smaller but more powerful 1.4 - liter turbo makes this car quite fun, especially if you opt for the available sport suspension.

Built as a larger, more comfortable and powerful successor of the first cars, the 911 originally sported a flat, four - cylinder, boxer - style, air - cooled engine, which was switched out for an air - cooled flat - six, which remained a fixture until 1998.

There are two engines available: a 3.0 - litre diesel and a more powerful 3.7 - litre V6 petrol from the Nissan 370Z sports car.

Were the Supra given a more conservative rear wing, a high output V - 8 and a massive price cut, it might better be able to compete with such cars as the Pontiac Firebird Formula, Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and Ford Mustang GT - sports cars which offer powerful eight - cylinder engines and equal or greater performance at about half the price.

It is no secret that Jaguar strives to design the most powerful luxury sports cars in the market and with a V8 engine, pumping out 500 horsepower, we could not be more impressed.

Thanks to its S - Class clothes, the new AMG E63 and its more powerful sibling should be true sleepers ready to ruin the days of sports car owners who dare to challenge.

Its engine has again become more powerful yet fuel efficient; the 520 horsepower, 4.0 - litre, turbocharged and direct - injected TFSI V8 gasoline engine — paired with Audi's quattro all - wheel drive system — will shoot the S8 from 0 - 100 km / h in just 4.1 seconds, faster than some purpose - built sports cars.

While that's down compared with the 2012 Honda Civic Si we tested earlier, the Focus only gives up 1 mph to the more powerful, sport - tuned car.

Impressed by the Mustang's performance credentials, Ford decided to build a more powerful version of the new coupe to compete in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events all around the nation.

It's not for everyone, as some will seek a raw sports - car experience and others will trend toward the larger, more powerful muscle coupes of Detroit.

It has a different (read: more powerful) engine and a slightly higher price than the base model Cavalier.Our test car sported a peppy, 2.4 - liter, twin cam, 16 - valve four - cylinder engine rated at a respectable 150 horsepower.

The Bottom Line The 2016 Mazda MX - 5 Miata is a playful and perfectly balanced roadster that delivers more smiles per hour than many more powerful, more expensive sports cars.

There is a definitive and ongoing trend among new car manufacturers, which involves developing increasingly more powerful sport coupes.

Those in the know at Ferrari have offered their kind assurances that this 3.9 - liter will not share the dubious fate of last year's less powerful 4.3 - liter V8, which sounded more like a muffled electric toothbrush than a high - performance sports car.

As you would expect from Porsche, the new Cayenne not only looks more powerful, it is, with engines offering as much as 500 horsepower, and with new dynamic technologies that allow the Porsche of SUVs to perform more like a nimble sports car, yet be fully capable of towing a trailer or blazing along unpaved terrain and through inclement weather.

Step up to the more powerful turbo 6 - cylinder, put the transmission into the second of two «sport» modes, and you're looking at the same sprint taking place in the 5 - second range, quicker than many quite sporty sports cars.

McLaren has developed a series of upgrades for the MP4 - 12C that make the high - performance sports car a little more powerful and «yet easier to live with».

Even so, an extra 50 or more Tuningwerk horsepower creates quite a handful of a sports car, and one that is so powerful that driving it safely on the road can become part of the thrill and challenge.

It's not the most objective of assessments - after all, someone who's used to the most powerful exotics could consider a more common model like a Mustang GT to be outside the realm of «fast» - but in general, a quick car is one that has a bit more pep than the average commuter without crossover over into the sport category.