Sentences with phrase «over a sports car»

So the Jag's a great car, and tempting, but the Porsche Boxster looms over the sports car market like those city - sized flying saucers in Independence Day.

Choosing a practical car with a high safety rating over a sports car will give your teen a reliable mode of transportation and contributes to more affordable insurance rates.

Not exact matches

Sproule, who counts stints at Jaguar, Tesla, and Nissan over his career, has been overseeing the luxury British sports car manufacturer's marketing and communications on a worldwide basis over the past few years.

Drivers are also favoring sports utility vehicles over cars.

In a sport that has ads plastered over nearly every inch of the drivers and their cars, it was a big deal for Bayne to namedrop the Christian charity.

But with the road car industry rapidly heading towards all - electric and autonomous cars, F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn says a decision needs to be made over whether the sport should follow the industry or forge its own path.

Over the years many aerodynamic tests have been carried out in our wind tunnel for passenger cars, for Formula 1, for motorcycling and for the sports equipment of world - class athletes,»

He's set to drive a 2012 - spec Lotus F1 car at Valencia on Tuesday, which'll be his first time driving a car from the sport in over six years.

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.

I just discovered this over the weekend, that when you put cars in sport - mode... it's automatically jumped up from being: okay this is fun, to: whoa this is awesome.

I spend most of my free time at the gym, playing sports, doing voice over work, and working on my car.

Yesterday, we reported that Forza Motorsport 7 will sport 4K textures and improved lighting on Xbox One X as well as over 700 cars, 30 different environments, and some new online mode features.

As the film opens, Jessie and her husband Gerald (Bruce Greenwood) are listening to a Sam Cooke song on the stereo of Gerald's expensive sports car, on their way to the bourgeois lake house where they hope to reignite their 11 - year marriage over $ 200 - a-serving Kobe steaks.

Since its founding in 1939, Ferrari has dominated the world of racing and has built some of the highest performing and most desired sports cars on the planet over its 70 + year history.

The car is remarkably light too; just over 1500 kg at the kerb (a 599 weighs 1688 kg), and this despite what must be a fairly sizeable contribution from the massively strong steel box - section chassis with honeycomb flooring and a couple of heavy duty roll - hoops designed by race - car engineer Max Boxstrom whose credits include the Aston Martin AMR - 1 sports racer that raced at Le Mans in» 89.

The original Spyder was a hugely appealing take on the regular open - top sports car, and it seems the new model is equally improved over the already - impressive Boxster GTS.

Doubts have been cast over Alfa Romeo's ability to build a high - performance, rear - driven super-saloon that could seriously mix the practicality of a four - door with the performance of a sports car.

With over half of the planned 2014 production having been sold, Lister's decision to remake the hand - built race and sports car has been a great success.

over all great fantastic Exotic car / Sports car.

While U.S. enthusiasts are losing their minds over legally - imported R32 Nissan Skyline GT - Rs, Japan has enjoyed Nissan's halo sports car for almost 50 years, beginning way back with the 1969 C10 Nissan Skyline GT - R.

We don't baby the car and we are averaging over 23 MPG which is impressive numbers for a 570 HP sports car.

Outside, new wheel arch and sill extensions lent the Twingo a sportier stance and covered the 40mm - wider track, while inside sport seats and a shift - light on the rev - counter were welcome additions over the standard car.

Porsche ended its prototype sports car effort after its dramatic win over Toyota in the ’98 24 Hours, and in the years since, Audi has dominated the LMP1 class.

Judge's Eye View — Nick Georgano's photographs of the European Concours d'Elegance / Lotus Blossoms — Anthony Pritchard relates how the Lotus Mark VIII set Colin Chapman on the road to success / Austin Healey Sprite — Buyer's Guide / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Pasquino's Little Gems — David Tarallo recalls the postwar Fiat - based sports - racing cars built by Pasquale Ermini / Closed Circuit Centenary — The 1902 Circuit des Ardennes was the first large scale motor race of its kind to be run over a closed circuit.

Karl Ludvigsen recalls how Frazer Nash had just the right sporting pedigree to appreciate the brilliant new sixes from Munich and Eisenach / London to Brighton — David Burgess-Wise braves the cold November weather to report on the most famous event in the old - car calendar / Douglas Ferreira and the Bond Affair Malcolm Bobbitt describes the unique relationship between the Bond Minicar and its intrepid sales representative, Douglas Ferreira / Auto Unions take on the Handicappers — Inspired by photographs from Ken Stewart's archive, Simon Moore takes a look at Auto Union's South African forays over the winter of 1936 - 37 / Seaton - Petter and the # 100 Car — Worthington - Williams unravels the story of the # 100 Seaton - Petter motor car, made in Yeovil, and examines the vogue for # 100 cars in the mid - to late - 19car calendar / Douglas Ferreira and the Bond Affair Malcolm Bobbitt describes the unique relationship between the Bond Minicar and its intrepid sales representative, Douglas Ferreira / Auto Unions take on the Handicappers — Inspired by photographs from Ken Stewart's archive, Simon Moore takes a look at Auto Union's South African forays over the winter of 1936 - 37 / Seaton - Petter and the # 100 Car — Worthington - Williams unravels the story of the # 100 Seaton - Petter motor car, made in Yeovil, and examines the vogue for # 100 cars in the mid - to late - 19Car — Worthington - Williams unravels the story of the # 100 Seaton - Petter motor car, made in Yeovil, and examines the vogue for # 100 cars in the mid - to late - 19car, made in Yeovil, and examines the vogue for # 100 cars in the mid - to late - 1920s

By Alan Marsh / The Uppercu Cadillac — Number 1 in a new series by Nick Baldwin entitled «The best that money could buy» / Art and the automobile, Part 3 — The conclusion of Michael Worthington - Williams's survey of early automobile advertising / Guide to motor museums, Part 2 — Details of over 300 motor museums in Continental Europe that are open to visitors / 1938 MC VA: «cheap but charming» — David Hawtin examines a beautiful example of this stylish sports car / VSCC at Brooklands — An account of this event from Tom Threlfall in his Diary of a Dilettante

But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special / Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.

Published by Veloce and presented in paperback, the book features a foreword by third - gen MR2 chief engineer Tadashi Nakagawa, which is fascinating in itself - showing that Toyota was just as concerned about the third - generation car's weight as their colleagues over at Mazda are each time an MX - 5 debuts - and then moves into the history of Toyota and its sports cars.

Vintage Armstrong - Siddeleys — Bill Bishop writes about these high quality Coventry - made cars of the 1920s / 1938 Rootes Talbot — The restoration of a 3 - litre sports tourer is described by David Hawtin / «It was fun then» — Part one of an article by Bill Boddy recalling motoring memories from over fifty years ago / VSCC Wessex Trial — Tom Threlfall reports this event in his «Diary of a dilettante» / Retromobile Show Paris — Peter Russell drove to Paris in February to bring us his report / Invicta S - type in the rain On his rain - soaked excursion this month — The Editor drove an open 1931 4 1/2 litre / Vulcan in the twenties — Michael Worthington - Williams describes the diversity of engines used by this Lancashire - based manufacturer / Austin Seven sports re-creation — John Williams tells about the rebuilding of a 1924 «works» two - seater.

One thing it certainly won't bust is the six - figure sports - car sales record, as Ford limits total production to 1,000 over a four - year period.

Although it's more compliant than previous Hyundai sports cars — notably the Genesis Coupe — the Veloster Turbo grows perturbed over rough road surfaces, especially when encountered in the middle of a bend.

The central theme of this year was «Peaks of Performance - Motorsport's Game - changers», and paid homage to cars so dominant, technically advanced, fast or expensive that rules had to be created to rein them in - think Group B cars, ground - effect F1 cars or some of the wilder sports cars that have dominated racing over the years.

He has driven it over a quarter of a million miles / Michael Worthington - Williams explores the history of the De Tamble car / Indiana Wants Me — The History of the De tamble Car / Vincenzo's V4 Brian Heath finds out what makes an Eighth Series Lancia Lambda particularly special amongst Vintage cars / Twenty Years of Action — Tom Threlfall looks at how motor sport has changed in the last 20 years / 20 Years of The Automobile — Workscar / Indiana Wants Me — The History of the De tamble Car / Vincenzo's V4 Brian Heath finds out what makes an Eighth Series Lancia Lambda particularly special amongst Vintage cars / Twenty Years of Action — Tom Threlfall looks at how motor sport has changed in the last 20 years / 20 Years of The Automobile — WorksCar / Vincenzo's V4 Brian Heath finds out what makes an Eighth Series Lancia Lambda particularly special amongst Vintage cars / Twenty Years of Action — Tom Threlfall looks at how motor sport has changed in the last 20 years / 20 Years of The Automobile — Workshop

We've reached a crossroads where two decidedly different sports cars are at a standoff over which has the right of way.

Four hundred miles strung over a full day of driving can be hard on the body in any vehicle, especially in a small sports car, and all the more so for my long - legged, 6 - foot -2-inch frame.

Fitted with a monster 5.4 - litre V8 engine producing over 500bhp, it's set to compete in Touring Car and sports car races across the globe beginning later this yeCar and sports car races across the globe beginning later this yecar races across the globe beginning later this year.

Like how a 4 - litre, 350bhp sports car weighing a smidge over a ton can be regarded as the mild - mannered version.

In Pom's Prince Henry, Vauxhall historian Nic Portway recounts the history of this important Edwardian sports car, precursor of the famous 30 - 98, and tells us why Pom's own car is such a joy to drive / Matthew Bell travels to North Yorkshire to meet the seasoned historic racer who has owned and competed in an enviable selection of sports and racing cars over the past 50 years for this month's Auto - biography: Neil Corner / Although 1.7 million were produced in its 10 - year lifetime, the Chevrolet Corvair is sometimes labelled a loser.

1991: Acura NSX Why it won: It distilled all of Honda's engineering experience and vast successes over the preceding quarter century while establishing new benchmarks for performance, affordability, and technology in exotic sports cars.

That didn't faze us when the car was $ 77,840 in 2009, but now that a GT - R costs well over $ 100,000, a much more deserving interior and refined drivability are needed to match competitors like the Mercedes - Benz AMG GT and Porsche 911 Carrera 4S; compare the GT - R with those sports cars here.

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

The next installment of Forza Horizon comes out September 27 and features over 350 vehicles, including everything from sports cars to off - road vehicles.

Over 70,000 E-types were sold during its 14 years of production and it is often considered to be the world's first mass - production sports car.

Britain has a rich pedigree of motor sports and sports car history, and there are discerning fans the world over that covet a true British sports car like a McLaren, as an alternative to the over-popular, over-brash marques like Ferrari and Lambo.

That said, there's a lot for sports car fans to lust over at this year's event, above and beyond the quirky home - market kei cars and crazy concepts whose ideas may never see the light of day.

Unfortunately the dual - transmission arrangement wasn't reliable and GM officials chose Jim Hall's Chaparral effort to fly the flag in international sports car racing over Arkus - Duntov's creation.

Lotus is far from the first manufacturer to put its sports car around the «Ring, but it's a mark of how serious the firm is about the new car's performance that over 2000 kilometres were covered there in two weeks of testing.

«Only a select number of drivers have driven the Lotus circuit over the years, but now anyone can get a closer look at where some of the most iconic British sports and racing cars have been tested and developed.»

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