Should the 4 - litre flat - six feature, it could be paired with the GT department's superb six - speed manual «box as well as a PDK transmission, it should offer substantially more
performance than the old car.
Not exact matches
Or it could be that the analytic portions of the brain are like a high
performance car: They require more maintenance in
old age
than an ordinary model.
Packing an all - new 2.9 - litre twin - turbocharged V6 it also offers greater
performance than its predecessor, while a rear - biased all - wheel drive system, an optional locking differential for the rear axle and a 60 kg weight reduction compared to the
old model give the latest RS5 extra credibility as a driver's
car.
We've included the Swift Sport in our list of small
cars, given its likely price and
performance figures, but while it won't match the
cars above for punch, it has a real chance of leaving a few with bloody noses in terms of good
old - fashioned fun — the new Swift is small, far lighter
than most superminis, and Suzuki knows how to tune a good chassis.
The new
car uses a 3 - litre TFSI V6, which offers comparable
performance to the
old 4.2 - litre thanks to a high - spinning supercharger capable of 23,000 rpm - which is far more effective
than using twin turbos on the same engine.
Nissan has ruled out a next - generation GT - R until at least 2020, by which time the Japanese
car - maker's halo
performance car will be more
than a decade
old.
The stronger all - round
performance will be helped by the fact that the new
car is 170 kg lighter
than the
old model, while the body is also stiffer, which helps to improve refinement and safety.
The ATS - V feels more like an
old - school
performance car than the C63 and the M4.
Most automobile companies are announcing that they have a new
car or upgraded version of the
older ones, but actually the
performance is just the same, they are just revamp it's exterior and interior, and selling if for 10 - 20 % higher price
than the Previous models.
Where the
old car needed the extra grunt of the bigger diesel to extract good
performance, the new one is more
than 300 kg lighter and delivers similar levels of
performance despite the displacement deficit.
- Loyale: Replaces the
old DL and GL models and offers better
performance, a nicer interior and contemporary styling, all for less money
than the
car it replaces.
New
cars generally cost more to insure
than do
older model vehicles, unless an
older car delivers high engine
performance.