Sentences with phrase «much of a sports car»

We went to the backroads of Tennessee, not too far from the Maxima assembly plant, to see just how much of a sports car a large V6 sedan with a CVT can be.

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The following year, his ability was fully realised in a much improved Sauber car and three podiums over the campaign solidified his place in the sport, and the Telmex - Sauber money moan-fest was thrown firmly into the waste bin of F1 history.

By: Meika Rouda I didn't think much about getting older, all the cliches about midlife crises and affairs and sports cars and a deep reflection on how happy one is and whether life would be better if (fill in the blank)... So I was blindsided last weekend when one of my closest friends called me in -LSB-...]

Passenger cars have been generating much of the buzz around electrified transportation, but automakers are changing that with a suite of new electrified trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles that could soon hit the market.

I don't care much for sports, xbox, cars or the normal type of guy things.

The stereotypical image of the midlife crisis is the man taking off with a much younger woman in his new sports car, or the woman going clubbing with her son and his friends.

Back in the 1970s, two Formula One (a form of car racing much more popular in Europe than in the US) competitors, the Englishman James Hunt and the Austrian Niki Lauda, livened up the «sport» (OK, I'll stop putting that word in quotes now) with their intense rivalry.

Having spent a small amount of time in the current WRC car last year, Loeb has admitted that the temptation to return to the sport was too much to resist.

Even in C43 form, the new Benz ragtop doesn't come off as a hard - edged convertible version of a serious sport sedan, but rather, evokes a movie soundtrack song title repeated by this reporter much too often when writing about such cars: «Oh, to be alive and in a convertible.»

Much to the joy of purists and fans of Lamborghini's current range, what we won't see anytime soon is its sports cars with turbocharged engines.

For some, it's a triumphant accomplishment of American engineering creating a formidable performance machine that rivals the performance of European sports cars costing twice or three times as much.

Lamborghini isn't giving much else away, but promises the SUV will have «the distinctive dynamic design DNA of a Lamborghini super sports car.»

I spent much of my time with the car shifting at 2000 to 2500 rpm, gently loafing around city streets, which would be considered heretical in a true sports convertible.

For a car to deliver so much performance — indeed, McLaren has clearly produced one of the quickest road - legal sports cars of all time — yet be so approachable is a staggering achievement.

Instead, it is a much more affordable sports car with a minimum life cycle of six years and more ambitious sales targets.

In concert with the snick - snick of the short - throw six - speed gearbox, the light, progressive clutch, and the easily modulated brakes, the Miata provides as much driving pleasure as any sports car that costs three or four times as much.

Hyundai previously showed the far wilder, sportier HND - 9 concept to preview the idea of a «classic premium sports coupe,» but the Vision G Coupe looks much closer to a production model than that flashy show car.

Much of this is little changed from 2016, but the show car sports a concept finish called «Titanium Blue Me Away» satin paint.

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.

The impending return of TVR to the sports car fold has caused quite a stir in the last few weeks — so much so that the company has decided to allow interested parties to put deposits down for its first car.

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.

All that stuff is part of the reason today's sports cars are so portly, and the 4C will have nothing to do with that, thank you very much.

This car makes no attempt to pass itself off as a shooting brake - style sport sedan, though with its much lower center of gravity, enthusiasts should find it more interesting than, say, a BMW X5.

«It's luxurious, yes, but this car is much more of a sports sedan than I was expecting.

This drive so much like a sports car that when you get out and look back at the car, it just doesn't make sense to your brain that you just got out of an SUV.

Cozy, comfortable, and coupe like but also a bit truck like, the 1800 isn't so much a sports car; it is more of a tourer.

Much like the current Corvette ZR1 stands at the top of the heap of sports cars right now.

I miss some of the features I've come to expect in $ 60,000 sports cars — an iDrive - like knob I can spin, a touchscreen I can grease up with my dirty digits, and a massaging seat that gropes me — but not nearly as much I thought I would.

There was much grumbling among Fiat dealers when it was revealed Maserati dealers would be selling the Alfa 4C sports car, which they said they'd been promised, along with the rest of the coming U.S. Alfa line - up.

Considering the state of sports car popularity these days, the Fiat 124 Spider Lusso may better define the car as a stylish roadster with capabilities that go undiscovered — much like the off - road capabilities of all those Jeep Wranglers everybody seems to buy these days.

In Southern California, many consumers don't like to buy sports cars with manual gearboxes because they'll spend too much of their road time in stop - and - go jams.

Just as there isn't much point in burdening this excellent and very comfortable grand touring car with a wide variety of inappropriate sports - oriented features that are clearly antithetical to its true purpose, which is surely long - distance travel in great comfort.

Our sports cars will become much more obviously true sports cars, and the next generation of DB9 will be more of a grand tourer, something that's for that long journey.

This is a problem for Porsche, since much of the market for $ 60,000 sports cars is made up of middle - age men looking to compensate for their receding hairlines and expanding beltlines.

Fortunately, the Bavarian boffins at BMW have forsaken their market research - driven proliferation of concatenated crossovers (momentarily) to focus their skills on a task once much more common for them: building a sports car.

After two years of meager fiscal returns and the expense of re-engineering the Classic for 1963, American Motors likely viewed redesigning the Ambassador for 1964 a much more sound investment than a sports car.

A more practical vehicle that could help Lotus turn the tide on the sales side would put much - needed funds in the coffer to build more of the feather - light sports cars we love.

Aston Martin has never claimed the DB9 to be an out and out sports car, instead the company has directed it towards the more relaxed world of the GT class, which this aptly named run - out model is pretty much faultless at being.

For my taste, the grille is much too big, and the surfaces around it too diverse, with elements pointing up and down at various places, with only the top and bottom of the grille and the bar below the chin inlet emphasizing the horizontal.This is again a very good - looking car with some conventional contemporary elements and a few others out of the past, like the inverse - curved backlight that recalls the 1974 Citroën CX and some Pininfarina sports cars from about the same period.

But what we do know, just by looking at it, is that the Karma is a beautiful and highly dramatic automobile, unlike anything else on the road today and yet very much like dozens of the most beloved sports cars of the past.

Jaguar hasn't so much bet the farm on it, but Jag's entire reputation as a sports car maker on the success of the rear wheel - drive F - Type (although all - wheel drive versions are available).

Combined with a track full of other cars sporting decent AI (or a track full of real players in the game's online modes) it gives you almost as much to think about as you would in a real race.

Families who are keen on sports and recreational activities and who are looking for a versatile car that can adapt to all manner of transportation tasks quickly and easily are also catered for by the new R - Class as only Mercedes knows how: the four seats in the rear fold flat individually, allowing the load capacity to be expanded to as much as 2385 litres (VDA measuring method), a figure which clearly eclipses the load space offered by estate cars.

It is distinctive and performs very well, which should take much of the onus away from driving a crossover instead of a sports car.

Porsche may be a sports car manufacturer at heart, but cars are pretty much the «other side» of its business these days.

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C5 and C6, to me, are just fast, good handling sports cars, but the styling of neither does much for me.

For a relatively modest sum you too can own a part of the American dream and lay the smackdown on much more expensive foreign sports cars.

But I couldn't ignore the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, a car that smells much like the shoe department of a Sports Authority: an overwhelming whiff of gymnasium rubber that never disappears into the background, but always lingers right at the tip of the nose.

Alright, let me be honest and tell you a few things that I dislike about this car: - Gas Mileage (Hyundai claims it gives you 25 mpg in the city, which is not true, I get not more than 23 mpg in the city for sure)- Traction Control (The traction can not handle the acceleration and the wheels would start spinning, even on the dry roads, not sure what to blame)- USB port - The built in USB port does not support android, at least not in my case, therefore I have to rely on Bluetooth or AUX)- Dull Alloy Wheels - The dullness of alloy wheels for the SE trim does not compliment the car over all, but eh, I can't complain much as it is a BASE model Now, the things I absolutely love about this car: - Great Turn Radius - Beautiful LED lights (even with base model)- Highway mileage (35 mpg even driving at 75 miles an hour, you might get better than 37 mpg if you drive at 55 miles an hour)- Spacious trunk - Great leg room for rear seats - Just enough power to accelerate quickly and merge on to the highways / freeways - Amazing Brakes - Sports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportSports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportSports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportSPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportSPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sportssportssports car.