«The steering has bundles of feel but is light and seems to twitch
the nose of the car into corners almost unnaturally fast at first,» he wrote.
Not exact matches
However, it didn't go well, with Katayama's
car smashing
into the back
of Yamaguchi's F3 machine — lifting it up
into the air and scooping it onto the front
nose.
Four hours» sleep last night, a glass
of wine at the office party, an antihistamine for a stuffy
nose, and here comes a
car full
of teens, head - on, drifting
into your lane.
The chief offender, however, is the opponent AI, which regularly pays no mind to your presence on each circuit and is particularly deft at muscling you onto the grass and turning your
car around by poking its
nose into gaps it really should have thought better
of.
There's simply no getting around the fact that the Conti GT has been, and will continue to be, a short -
nosed car that's packing a lot
of hardware
into a very small space.
So don't pile
into a turn, stand the
car on its
nose and heave the wheel, because it'll only mean you have more to unravel as you get
into the bend, during which time you will have used up all
of your available roadspace and more.
The front features a dual grille opening that channels air directly
into the two engine radiators positioned in the
nose of the
car, and in the centre
of the front inlets are two uprights that, along with a deflector, channel air towards the
car's flat underfloor.
Bomb
into a corner, and the Camaro's
nose stays on course, with little
of the early push that would spoil the fun in any performance
car.
Instead, the back end
of the Boxster starts to slide a bit and the weight in the rear begins to come
into play, gently tucking the
nose of the
car back
into the apex.
There are moments when I truly get the measure
of the
car — turning it in on the brakes, feeling the tail point the
nose into the apex, and then exiting with the steering wheel straight and the
car set up in an easygoing four - wheel drift.
Response is linear, the gearing is direct enough to make it pleasant to point the
car's
nose into the apex
of a corner and yet there's no nervousness around the straight - ahead.
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.
The expressive design
of the front immediately catches the eye, using elements which are mindful
of the SLS AMG super sports
car, and with a radiator grille which for the first time has been designed as a «soft
nose» and is not integrated
into the bonnet.
The design
of the front is completely new, but makes use
of elements which are mindful
of the SLS AMG super sports
car: the radiator grille, with the large star and eye - catching, bionic slats, is not integrated
into the bonnet but has been designed separately in the form
of a «soft
nose».
This top Trans Am has evolved from the era
of flares and flourishes
into a refined aero
car from its long lean
nose to its cleanly cut wraparound tail spoiler.
Something
of a cross between a station wagon and a van, it's a tall, boxy - looking contraption with a slide - away
nose — a vehicle that will be noticed, but not for its contributions to auto aesthetics.But, load the family and some cargo
into it, take it on a cross-country run to Grandma's, cruise side streets scouting out garage sales, and you're liable to end up loving the thing whatever your sense
of beauty.What the Nissan Stanza Wagon — a variant
of the Stanza
car line — has plenty
of is versatility and utility.
The 4S is about point - and - shoot performance; its grip levels are massive, giving you the option
of braking deep
into a corner, then getting the
nose keyed in and simply stomping the throttle on the way out — all the while, letting the
car sort out everything but the timing.
At the rear we'll have a special rear wing installed, not the usual single blade high riding unit usually seen on this kind
of car but a two part wing that extends from the middle where two struts can be raised or lowered depending on speed... to have the perfect balance
of speed, drag and down force on the rear axle... adjustable flaps built
into the front hood will have a similar effect on the front axle actually... much like a Formula One
nose cone the front hood has a custom system that allows «on the fly» modification
of the amount
of down force inflicted on the front wheels.
More frequent were problems I had where my
car would seemingly fall through a section
of track and
into the abyss (especially on that damned half - pipe track), but things move so fast it's hard to tell if these were actual glitches or just gravity getting revenge for my outright defiance and grabbing me if so much as the
nose of my
car breached the rail.
Touching your
car's
nose at the back
of another
car will rarely give any damage, but spinning
into a fence will usually provide a very sorry return to the pits for repairs.
Aside from the peculiar beauty
of rusting hulks on forgotten battlefields, anemone - covered battleships on the seabed and
cars being consumed by forests, these images introduce us to unusual stories: how a
car standing on its
nose in the Nevada desert has inspired an artist
into making a design feature from junked
cars, a Canadian schooner that sank in 1885 and rests preserved to this day in a harbor in Lake Huron, and a space shuttle left gathering dust in a hangar.