Sentences with phrase «of purist driving»

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For nearly four decades, the BMW 5 - Series has walked the tightrope between luxury and sport, satisfying the demands of both buttoned - up executives and driving purists.

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.

For brand purists fretting over the arrival of front - drive BMW models such as the X1, fear not: Fröhlich is an avowed enthusiast and insists that though front - wheel drive will help «deliver a more diverse range of products,» RWD will remain BMW's core architecture.

Built for purists, they're designed for driving with both hands firmly on the steering wheel and with a heightened sense of awareness.

There was outrage from purists and enthusiasts back when BMW's M - division revealed its first performance SUV, the X6 M. Not only was it a cumbersome SUV, it was four - wheel drive and turbocharged — the antithesis of what BMW M had previously stood for.

It's one of the supposedly heretical cars from BMW that made the jump to front - wheel drive and it has purists pulling their hair out.

Some of these anomalies are legislative — no airbags, for instance, then no American market — and some are simply because, although Ferrari is aiming to produce a purists» driving machine with the Scuderia, it also wants to attract the largest possible audience.

It's one for the driving purists — and I count myself as one of them».

The A4 Cabriolet comes with a choice of multitronic and Tiptronic automatic transmissions (unfortunately for driving purists, no manual transmission is available).

The US - market Golf R's lack of a manual transmission option will rub some driving purists the wrong way.

For performance purists it's tough to match the driving dynamics of a fast RWD car.

The purists will love this car because of its generous power resources and driving dynamics.

Critical Knowledge: First sport sedan from Porsche 4 - passenger seatingV - 6 and V - 8 powerplants6 - speed manual or PDK dual - clutch transmissionPure Porsche driving dynamicsArriving in late 2009IntroductionPorsche stunned purists in 2002 with the introduction of the 2003 Cayenne SUV.

A favorite of automobile purists, the manual transmission is regarded as the trans that provides the most authentic driving experience.

The X5 M and X6 M luxury SUVs already had all - wheel drive, of course, but the M5's version of the xDrive system has the great distinction of offering a two - wheel drive mode that will be the joy of driving purists and drift enthusiasts alike.

While that may not please the purists, those that drive their Cayman every day will be grateful for the improvements this new tech brings in the way of lower emissions and better fuel economy.

It'd be fair to suggest the purists weren't best pleased; by satisfying emissions regulations, Renault diluted much of the Clio's fizzing character and fun - to - drive ethos.

As a driving purist and occasional race car driver, I'll take the BRZ because of the way its rear - wheel drive chassis frees you to drive it at slip angles a front - wheel drive machine simply can not achieve, but the Fiesta ST's mid-range torque and aggressive character do make it a hugely enjoyable street machine.

The Acura TL has a strong reliability record and a good dose of performance with its premium ride quality, but with no rear - drive model in the lineup, driving purists my overlook the Acura in favor of a BMW, Infiniti or Cadillac.

While Evo purists no doubt will howl in pain — and competitors over at Subaru about to unleash an all - new WRX STI no doubt are grinning with glee — Mitsubishi makes no apologies for its latest interpretation of the all - wheel - drive sports sedan.

Aside the pain of having to upload all the tracks manually - which is quite a pain - the dubious area is around the quality of the tracks you can listen to and, ultimately, what it probably comes down to is that Cloud Drive and Cloud Player is one for the purists.

With 65 stages in total, there's plenty of replay value for driving purists, but there isn't any live action footage of the real life WRC to contextualise the career and immerse you into the world of rallying.

The number of pre-installed apps on the Zoom is a little crazy, and it's likely to drive Android purists nuts.