Sentences with phrase «of engine layouts»

Yet not all sports saloons are the same, and as our countdown shows there's a wide variety of engine layouts, transmission systems and even energy sources.

sports cars usually feature the other two types of engine layout: rear - engine and mid-engine.

Not exact matches

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Google is making hundreds of algorithm updates each year and they continue to alter the layout of the search engine results pages (SERP).

Sadly Ferrari too went to the more efficient V10 layout for 1996 and the unique sound of a 12 cylinder engine was lost to F1 for good.

The next top - of - the - line GT retains the current front - engine layout and the familiar transaxle gearbox.

But to do so (add the turbos) they've had to change the engine layout from transverse to longitudinal and that caused a lot of problems.

The engine's transverse layout remains, but the exhaust has been moved to the front side of the engine for packaging reasons (like it was two Accords ago).

The main factors in this are lowering the engine by 0.4 - inch and pulling it roughly 2 - inches closer to the center of the car for a true front mid-engined layout.

The 650 - hp Corvette Z06 is already pushing the limits of the current front - engine, rear - drive platform, which means a mid-engine layout is perhaps the only option GM has to take the «Vette to the next level.

This year's lineup featured a diverse cast of sports cars, luxury SUVs and sedans, and conveyance appliances with price tags ranging from affordable to unobtainium, and engine outputs between putting and thundering from all manner of cylinder layouts, aspiration configurations, and electrification applications.

Each of these spawned more specific lists of desirable traits: «Front - engine, rear - wheel - drive layout, suitable kickback in wheel, hair in the wind» went under Driving Performance.

The M178 engine uses a «hot inside V» layout, meaning both of its turbochargers sit inside the valley formed by the two banks of four cylinders.

This prototype presaged the general shape and front - wheel - drive layout of the Golf, but its engine was the air - cooled boxer four from the Beetle.

Between the host of engine options — 5.0 - liter V - 8s, 5.2 - liter V - 8s, and the EcoBoost turbocharged 4 - cylinder — and its rear - wheel drive layout, the Ford Mustang makes for one of the best packages to build around.

Under the skin it's very similar to Renault's new Twingo (which also heralds the return of the four - door Smart Forfour) and shares its rear - engined, rear - wheel drive layout.

Likewise, the i8 Roadster's suspension tune, fabulously rigid carbon chassis, and inherent balance — due in part to the unusual engine / motor combination and layout — rewarding good driving whatever the pace, but always hinting at the possibility of more.

The main advantages of this architecture are proportion — it supports a mid-front engine layout — and weight.

The engine feels almost a bit too much for the layout, and under full load a hurricane of gases blasts out of the twin tailpipes.

st of all, The Chrysler Platform LX is CHRYSLERS PLATFORM which came from the LH Cars, The LH Cars were FWD but due to its engine layout (North - South) it was cabable of being RWD / AWD but $ $ $ prevented them from doing so, the 1st Gen RWD 300 sedan platform uses the LH platform with Mercedes pieces such as Firewall, floorpan, Transmission, Rear Suspension (which uses a totally different geometry than Mercedes therefore not directly from Mercedes) to complete the platform.

With a low introductory price, a host of engines including a supercharged 6.2 - liter V - 8 churning out 650 horsepower and 650 lb - ft of torque, and its rear - wheel drive layout, the Camaro is one of the most heavily used cars on the SEMA floor.

At six - tenths it doesn't have fine enough levels of tactility in the controls to make it particularly memorable, but push harder and the G37's meaty V6, the weighty steering and honest front - engined rear - drive layout make it very entertaining.

That's what you get when you combine permanent all - wheel drive, the traction of a rear - engine layout, an angry twin - turbo, 3.8 - liter flat - six, and a cadre of fanatical German engineers who think Sir Isaac Newton was a wimp.

At least Mercedes has an enticing new engine ready regardless of layout — a twin - turbo 3.0 - liter V - 6 good for as much as 450 hp.

The vehicle presents a range of simple interior and exterior structural components that can be altered without affecting the rudimentary three - box layout that separates the engine, passenger, and cargo compartments.

The engine and rear - drive layout is identical to the Aston Vanquish coupe's, with 565bhp and 457 lb ft of torque from the AM11 5.9 - litre V12.

The Twingo represents better value for money, undercutting the Brabus Forfour by over # 3000, but Smart's offerings are better to drive, exhibiting more of the characteristics of their rear - engined layout than the ESP - strangled Renault.

This is as opposed to the typical layout for V - engines of two right - turning turbochargers, which affects throttle response.

Although Palmer indicated that the car doesn't need to have a mid-engine layout, he indicated that it's easier to get 50/50 weight distribution with that configuration and that most of the cars in that price range place the engine behind the driver.

The cockpit lies farther back in the body than on previous models, and the engine also has been lowered and pushed back closer to the firewall for more of a front - mid-engine layout.

The rear - mounted electric motor and rear - wheel - drive layout of the ID hatchback mirrors that of the original Beetle in 1939, which used a rear - mounted boxer engine and was rear - wheel drive.

The Mazda RX - 8 benefits from placing the powerplant low and far back in the engine bay in what Mazda calls an advanced front - midship layout, which lowers the center of gravity and improves vehicle balance.

The transmission layout — which is natively rear - wheel drive, with the engine mounted well back in the nose, behind the front wheels — will make a big difference to the driving dynamics of future Bentley models.

And so it is with the new Lusso: The cabin is a gorgeous «twin - cockpit» layout (as an option, the front - seat passenger even gets a personal 8.8 - inch color touchscreen with engine performance gauges and infotainment controls), the armrests are softer than before, noise insulation is vastly improved, the climate - control system is more efficient and 50 percent quieter, and in the center of the dash lies a beauteous 10.25 - inch HD touchscreen for easily controlling and displaying everything from navigation to climate controls to Apple CarPlay.

It's mid-engined layout and flat six engines provided a combination of fine handling and a suitably sporting performance.

To accommodate its 90 - inch wheelbase (the shortest for a Ford since 1908), the Econoline adopted a mid-engine configuration, placing the engine behind the front axle; consequently, the layout precluded the use of a V8 engine.

It's a good one, Hyundai's version of this once - classic engine layout.

The new crop of C63s begins arriving in U.S. showrooms this March starting with the sedan that will be offered in two flavors: The C63 and the even hotter C63 S. Both are powered by a 4.0 - liter twin - turbocharged V8 closely related to the engine that powers the aforementioned GT sports car, which features a «hot inside V» layout for the two turbochargers, meaning they're mounted inside the V portion of the engine to produce a more compact package and provide optimal response time.

In automotive design, an M4, or Mid-engine, Four - wheel - drive layout places the internal combustion engine in the middle of the vehicle, between both axles and drives all four road wheels.

Voting took place after stringent testing at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, after which points were allocated for Exterior Design & Styling; Interior Use of Materials; Interior Layout; Technology; Engine Performance; Gearbox & Transmission; Engineering Integrity & Build Quality; Ride Quality & Refinement; Steering & Handling; Affordability; Value for Money; and Overall Excellence.

The use of a mid-engine layout enlarged the cargo area, as the engine compartment was relocated forward of the load floor (which was flattened).

four - seater concept follows the formula for the German automaker's original Beetle: a rear - engine layout intended to keep production costs low and provide packaging advantages over today's crop of front - engined minis.

There are different engine layouts and designs but most of them work in the same basic way.

The UKL2 platform may mean the end of the sweet - sounding straight - six engine in the top 1 - series, too, as a transverse engine layout will almost certainly enforce a switch to a four - cylinder, with twin turbos to boost its power output.

With a twin - scroll layout as well as direct fuel injection they claim this powerplant delivers the responsiveness of a naturally aspirated engine as well as «the most exhilarating soundtrack any turbo has ever yielded.»

The Premier's longitudinal engine mounting layout was inherited, as was the front suspension geometry, and parts of the braking system.

«The classic front - engine, rear - wheel - drive layout of a performance sedan has distinct appeal not just for the Korean market,» Kia design chief Peter Schreyer said, «but also for the European and American markets.»

But while the 919 Hybrid runs a unique V4 engine, the unit being readied for the Boxster and Cayman will follow the lead of Porsche's classic six - cylinder with a 180 - degree horizontally opposed layout as part of a modular engine strategy.

The model is expected to feature a rear - wheel drive layout, with a choice of turbocharged four - cylinder petrol and diesel engines, shared with the Sportage.

Reports out of Europe suggest the layout - transverse - mounted engine, front - wheel drive - will remain the same.