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At the heart of our all wheel drive sport activity coupe is a 300hp 3.0 Liter TwinPower Turbo 6 cylinder that is paired to an 8 Speed sport automatic gearbox with sport and manual modes, steeri...

Not exact matches

Our tester was equipped with all - wheel - drive, and while it was fine for whatever we threw at it in the suburbs and the big city, the proclivity toward a rear - wheel bias means that the Stelvio is more for the «sport» part of SUV than the «utility» part.

Think of it this way *: Blake stitched shoes are the rear - wheel drive sports cars of the shoe world.

After farming, the second largest cause of damage was recreational activities, including motorbike scrambling, water sports and off - road use of four - wheel - drive vehicles.

The angular concept car sported a lot of modern - sounding tech: a hybrid electric / gas power train that drove all four wheels, an onboard computer with digital displays for everything from the speedometer to the radio, and electronic maps to help you navigate traffic snarls.

Its best moments begin to address how sports can drive people nuts, but even that's ultimately thrown under the wheels of syrup and tripe.

The base price of the 2016 Toyota RAV4 LE with front - wheel drive goes up $ 620, to $ 25,250, and a new sport - oriented SE trim joins the lineup with a starting price of $ 30,525.

That's an incredibly quick «Ring time, regardless of the drive wheels: The 265 Trophy is only 31 seconds off the pace set by Porsche's 911 GT3 RS 4.0, and its time of 8:08 bests many of the top sports cars of the last decade, including the Honda NSX - R and BMW M6.

The low - slung Porsche sports car has rear - wheel drive, a flat - six engine in the middle of the car, and as many trunks as it has seats.

There is yet another chapter in the long story that is the promised Subaru / Toyota rear - wheel - drive sports coupe: at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Subaru will preview its version of the performance car with the BRZ Prologue concept.

After all, the FR - S falls neatly into a historic lineup of rear - wheel - drive Toyota sports cars and should give the Scion brand a huge dosage of street cred.

MT claims that the new sports coupe will eschew the front - engine, rear - wheel - drive form that was long a hallmark of the Supra (and, for that matter, the FT - HS concept).

On the road in sport mode Press «drive» and pull out of the hotel parking lot entrance South of Market, and the electrically driven rear wheels push the car very quietly through stop - and - go traffic in the socially conscious City by the Bay.

Subaru is keeping the excitement up for its upcoming rear - wheel - drive 2 +2 sport coupe by slowly releasing teaser videos up until its arrival around springtime of next time.

There are no plans to put it into production, even though the new bodywork would seriously increase the practicality of Toyota's rear - wheel - drive sports coupe.

So how on earth do you replace a car like the F12, which was surely one of the great front - engined, rear wheel - drive sports cars there has ever been, Amen?

In The Missing Link, Delwyn Mallett gets behind the wheel of the prewar car which bridges the gap between the humble Volkswagen Beetle and a long line of sporting Porsches / Auto - biography: George Cohen — Matthew Bell visits the retired psychiatrist who now devotes his time to driving old cars and building and riding motorcycles, especially single - cylinder Nortons / Douglas Blain takes to the road in a 1946 Talbot - Lago T26 Record, in its day probably the world's fastest saloon and asks, is it The last great Vintage car?

The two are teaming up to produce a pair of small, lightweight, rear - wheel - drive sports coupes that are nearly ready to go on sale.

The frozen tundra of northern Finland is not the first location you'd pick for the first drive of a 503 - hp, rear - wheel - drive sports 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.

You would think that with Subaru readying a GT300 - class version of its new BRZ rear - wheel drive sports car, Toyota would be doing the same with its GT 86.

Think of Subaru today and, besides the excellent BRZ sports car it codeveloped with Toyota, you most likely envision outdoorsy owners happily shuttling Fido around in a boxy, all - wheel - drive wagon.

170bhp, just over a ton, rear - wheel drive and an LSD; the 124 Spider has the basis of a great sports car.

Porsche and Bentley, on the other hand, will soon be linked by MSB, a new modular rear - wheel - drive / all - wheel - drive architecture that will be the foundation of the new Porsche Panamera, the Bentley Continental GT replacement, and the proposed two - seater sports car from Crewe based on the EXP 10 Speed 6 concept.

We first got an indication of Kia's sports - car ambitions with the GT4 Stinger concept car shown at the 2014 Detroit auto show, a rear - wheel - drive coupe powered by a 315 - hp, 2.0 - liter turbo - four.

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.

To the delight of sports - car purists, the 2016 BMW M2 will likely be rear - wheel drive only, although it will offer a choice of either a six - speed manual or seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission.

That would be an embarrassing number for a V - 6 sports car, but for a 450 - horsepower, four - wheel - drive pickup rolling on 35 - inch tires, it's some kind of miracle.

Porsche Porsche makes all - wheel - drive versions of its iconic 911 — but not its Boxster or Cayman — in a wide variety of the sports car's iterations.

Alfa has a future if Marchionne can build it up from a couple of aged Fiat - based front - wheel - drive hatchbacks not sold here, a very low - volume sports car, and the upcoming Giulia.

This version of Maserati's flagship sedan sports two critical new features: a V - 6 and all - wheel drive.

With 350 horsepower, big Brembos, and an all - wheel - drive chassis of unmistakable sporting intent, the RS offers so much performance and old - fashioned driving fun for $ 36,000 that it must signal the beginning of the end.

We've not yet driven this particular car, but the combination of the sports suspension and 19 - inch wheels is likely to be quite firm.

Called the RX - Vision concept, it's a preview of a front - engined, rear - wheel drive and Wankel rotary - powered sports car.

The previous - generation Porsche Cayman was one of this magazine's very favorite sports cars — so near - perfect, as I slid behind the wheel for my very first drive of the all - new 2017 718 edition, I mentally prepared myself to be disappointed.

Less ambitious than its earlier concepts, the «city sports» Quantino pairs this technology with a modest 80kW of electric power — that's 107bhp — split between four electric motors, for an all - wheel drive setup.

Like a leather - and suede - lined cabin with lots of hidden cubbies for storage; an understatedly handsome body with a big mouth, functional vents, and wide wheel arches; sport suspension; a supercharged V - 8 putting out 536 horsepower and 495 lb - ft of torque, driving the rear wheels; a dual - mode exhaust, a functional truck bed, and a towing capacity of more than 3,500 pounds.

The photo previews a higher - performance version of the upcoming Subaru BRZ rear - wheel - drive sports coupe.

Like other AMG 43 Benzes, the GLC43 sports an AMG - tuned 3.0 - liter, twin - turbo V - 6, here offering 362 horsepower and 384 pound - feet of torque, and its nine - speed automatic and full - time 4MATIC all - wheel - drive system were finessed by Affalterbach's finest as well.

And out of nowhere comes this (let's be honest) totally doofus idea: Toyota and Subaru team up to build a rear - wheel drive, normally aspirated sports car.

«The all - wheel - drive Focus RS corners with a sense of poise unmatched by any other sport - compact car,» followed contributor Michael Jordan.

Think of Alfa Romeo's new Stelvio Quadrifoglio instead as a taller, all - wheel - drive Giulia Quadrifoglio sport sedan — that's pretty much what it is, being based on the same chassis and suspension design, and featuring the same 505 - horsepower, twin - turbocharged, 2.9 - liter V - 6 engine and eight - speed paddle - shift automatic gearbox.

These two cars are the fruits of an almost interminably long gestation period in which Subaru and Toyota sought to build a fun, affordable, rear - wheel - drive sports coupe.

And sure enough, this 5,185 - pound sport / utility vehicle — sorry, sports activity coupe, per BMW marketing — slows just enough for us to screech around a hairpin, where we promptly nail the throttle and let the all - wheel - drive system and torque - vectoring rear differential figure out what to do with 553 lb - ft of torque.

Add Air Body Control and you'll be amazed by how well this heavy, all - wheel drive coupe can maintain its composure just as well as a handful of today's newest sports car.

Ultimately, time has proven that traditional rear - wheel drive (and no doubt the benefits of Japanese build quality) is the more successful formula for a sports car.

However, there are a handful of world unveilings, including the production versions of Subaru's and Toyota's jointly developed rear - wheel - drive sports cars, the BRZ and FT - 86.

There was even room for a front - wheel - drive sedan whose nickname, Four - Door Sports Car, has for decades been more of a marketing ploy than canyon - road reality.

I've never been a fan of the original Panamera, Porsche's first foray into the world of four - door, all - wheel - drive sports cars.

As for the rest of the 2014 Infiniti Q50, it's what we've come to expect from the Infiniti G37: a quite good sport sedan with a well - balanced, rear - wheel - drive chassis; a very strong, 328 - hp V - 6 that's well mated to a seven - speed automatic; and an attractive exterior and interior.