Sentences with phrase «motorway runs»

Linked to a competent EAT6 six - speed automatic transmission the engine is vigorous and does a decent job of moving the 5008 GT around, whether you're doing high - speed motorway runs or attempting to overtake.

On motorway runs its very hushed and composed.on B roads its agile and responsive.The engine has great torque making overtaking easy, it handles well and its quiet.

This feeds power to all four wheels, with Land Rover's now - familiar Terrain Response programme optimising the chassis for everything from motorway runs to sand dunes.

Oh, and it's frugal too: We averaged over 60mpg on several motorway runs.

The most impressive thing is that the GTi and Peugeot Sport are capable of achieving figures in the mid-forties on a motorway run and low - forties should be within reach of most.

IMHO it depends on the journey you are doing though - if you've just pulled straight off a long motorway run, it's worth letting it run for a minute or so, but if the last few minutes of your journey were pottering slowly through a busy residential area, it's probably not needed, as the engine has been under little load for a while, and so will have cooled somewhat already.

On anything other than a long motorway run, if you can achieve an MPG figure north of 20 you have better self - restraint than we do.

Bear in mind that low prices are no guarantee of low running costs either: the supercharged lump guzzles fuel (you might just nip 30mpg on a motorway run), parts can be expensive and rust is a constant issue on Mercedes of this era.

The Mercedes is equally capable pottering around town as it is stretching its legs for a long motorway run.

The first motorway run resulted in 58.5 mpg on the computer with 70 mph cruising.

Impressive enough, although we saw an indicated 70.6 mpg showing on the trip computer after a motorway run.

During our time with an entry - level Cayman 2.0, we saw the trip readout hit 39mpg on a longer motorway run.

In practice we found that the car will get very close to and often exceed that mark, with close to 30mpg possible on a careful motorway run.

Use it to its full potential and you'll probably get around 20mpg, but on a motorway run we reckon you could easily get more than 30mpg.

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Atlantia, which runs more than 5,000 kms in toll motorways, said the total equity value for the whole of its Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) unit was 14.8 billion euros ($ 16 billion).

You can cruise roof - down on motorways at realistic speeds without significant buffeting, and when you run with the roof up you really wouldn't know you're in the Spider, such is its integrity.

Car: BMW 3 series 2011 Efficient Dynamics Engine: 2.0 L diesel Any behaviors: none car runs smoothly, tested it last night on motorway and had no warnings.

My run home from the rendezvous with Dobie takes all of ten minutes, but as the route includes four roundabouts, two motorway slip roads and a short squirt of country lane, at least eight of those minutes involve me driving like a complete tit.

The diesel engine tested here doesn't feel as keen as its torque figure suggests, but as a cheap to run company car choice it's hard to fault, with little fuss at motorway speeds and just enough grunt to make the odd country lane interesting.

Fuchs dubbed the finished work «Fire Fox on a Hare Hunt,» and said it represented a hare running across a motorway at night, and leaping over a burning car — the «primeval fear and bold dream of surmounting a dimension in which we live.»

The rest of the day is spent avoiding motorways and hammering across the countryside to Arezzo and Borgo san Lorenzo, past the Mugello race circuit, up the Passo del Giogo to Firenzuola, and finally onto the familiar territory of the Futa and Raticosa passes for the run to Bologna and the humble - sounding Grand Hotel Majestic.

The official combined fuel consumption is 72.4 MPG but my day to day use in and out of cities via motorways and A-roads showed 48.7 MPG to 53.4 MPG, even though I was always pressing on and running «against the clock».

This blend of performance, ability on the motorway and low running costs make it our top pick for high - mileage drivers.

During a 45 - mile run that encapsulated urban roads, country lanes and motorway, we achieved 69.8 mpg, still a way from the (optimised) official claim but fairly impressive nonetheless.

A diesel - electric plug - in hybrid powertrain enables zero - emissions running in town and low CO2 on motorway jaunts.

The fuel consumption thus far is a little disappointing - only 39mpg on a 50m motorway trip, but my previous C220 coupe with same engine would be 50 mpg on the same run.

The set - up translates well to motorway and dual carriageway work too, effortlessly running along with no effort required from the driver.

There's a mode to save your battery power to run on petrol power alone (on a motorway leading to a city, for example).

Navigation - based Smart Cruise Control (NSCC) automatically controls the speed of the vehicle automatically before it enters the curve on a highway or motorway to control the curve to run safely.

Considering it's only a 1.4 - litre engine the performance is pretty good (though I haven't run it loaded up) About 25 % of my driving is on motorways and, so far, the car is returning 37.7 mpg, not too far away from the official 39.8 figure.

Round town you expect and get high 30s to 40 but on a run, motorway or A road you will not exceed 42mpg.

Drivers side seat holds you in a good position and is comfortable on long runs, Sport mode comes in very useful when going up hills on the motorway.

Not terrible, but the BMW M2 we ran last year fared better on those motorway journeys.

Pen y Fan is 886 meters above sea level, or 2,907 feet in British imperial measurement and can seem benign and easy on a cool spring day, with hundreds of others climbing the well - trodden path known as the «M4» (after the nearby motorway that runs through south Wales) up the mountain.

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To explain further: if you try to run blindfold across a busy motorway, it's very likely you will be run over and seriously injured or killed.

A modern diesel is nearly as efficient as a power station, when run on a motorway, and so the electric vehicle is bound to be less efficient than a diesel on the open road (but not so in town).

Exeter has great transport links, with the M5 motorway beginning at Exeter and running through to Bristol and Birmingham and the train lines running to all areas of the UK.