Sentences with phrase «pound curb weight of»

The car rewarded gentle throttle pressure with an EV icon lighting up on the instrument cluster, meaning it had entered electric drive mode, although the nearly 4,000 pound curb weight of the car made that lighted icon a rare occurrence when taking off from a stop.

The outer body of the new Audi, which Ingolstadt insiders describe as being close in size to the second - generation TT coupe, will also use a combination of steel and aluminum in an effort to bring it in below the 2,778 - pound curb weight of its predecessor.

But there is no smoke without fire, and in this case the fire is lit at random by the 5,379 - pound curb weight of Bentley's first foray into off - road territory.

Not exact matches

Engineers were able to whittle the Evoque's curb weight down to a svelte 3582 pounds by adopting a number of lightweight materials.

Curb weight totals just 2743 pounds (1244 kg), meaning the Venom GT has a power - to - weight ratio of 1 hp / kg.

The curb weight is 3300 pounds, or 280 pounds less than that of the Turbo.

Without so much as a wink, Ferrari promises a curb weight of about 3600 pounds.

Aluminum construction isn't just for bragging rights By using aluminum for the 2016 Cadillac CT6, engineers kept the base curb weight of this long luxury sedan below 3,700 pounds.

With Hank loaded to his 8,000 pound curb weight and towing another 5,500, we'd crossed some of North America's harshest desert country and traversed several mountain climbs in the final week of a sun - crisped spring that was already bleeding into summer.

However, as our European bureau chief Georg Kacher observed, «the Alfa Romeo 4C's trump card is a waiflike curb weight of roughly 2500 pounds.»

The thrill of 207 lb - ft of nearly instantaneous torque tugging at 3400 pounds of curb weight is short - lived.

Curb weight of this example is said to be a little more than 1,800 pounds as a result.

With more aggressive camshafts and fuel mapping and a free - flow exhaust, power increases from 385 to 411 hp, and torque gets bumped from 405 to 434 lb - ft - plenty of juice to contend with the Raptor's 6006 - pound curb weight and meaty off - road tires.

How about 1985 pounds of curb weight and an equal dose of downforce, a power - to - weight ratio that dusts a Ford Shelby GT500 and a 0 - 60 mph time of 2.7 seconds?

The LFA tips the scales at 3460 pounds; the heavier SLS has a curb weight of 3573 pounds.

The headline figures are 565 horsepower at 6,800 rpm (up 20 hp) and 467 lb - ft of torque (up 4 lb - ft) from the 3.8 - liter twin - turbocharged V - 6, plus a 3,933 - pound curb weight and a price of $ 111,585 for the Premium model — an increase of $ 8,200.

As a result, it ended up with a spec sheet at once thick and thin: a curb weight of less than 1200 pounds; an air - cooled, horizontally opposed two - cylinder engine of just 375 - cc displacement; front - wheel drive; independent suspension, rack - and - pinion steering, and almost no creature comforts.

The car's stronger, lighter body structure, resulting in the aforementioned 250 - pound weight reduction, translates to a curb weight range of 2,875 to 3,225 pounds for the new car, with the turbodiesel on the upper end.

The 2016 Acadia has a curb weight of 4,656 pounds when equipped with front - wheel - drive, whereas the equivalent 2017 GMC Acadia drops below two tons, to 3,956 pounds.

At a curb weight of 2,465 pounds, it's not as light as I'd expected.

Fueled - up curb weight should come in around 3,265 pounds, all for a 0 - to -60-mph time of about 2.9 seconds and a top speed of 216 mph.

Because this TC Electric is also the vehicle that debuted at the Chicago Auto Show, its cargo hold is loaded with commercial parts bins and racks adding a couple of hundred pounds to the curb weight.

Though the C63's 3,803 - pound curb weight and 51/49 front - to - back weight bias can't match the GT - S's more track - focused setup, it does manage a commendable job of rolling with the high - speed punches.

-- a fairly low curb weight of 2182 pounds, aided by fitting an aluminum hood to the steel body (a saving of more than fifteen pounds), by using resin bumpers front and rear (almost nine pounds each), by going to a stainless steel tubular exhaust manifold (nine pounds), and by using a motorcycle - type battery with reduced liquid volume (six pounds).

In conjunction with a low 2,650 - pound curb weight, the roadster is capable of 4.4 - second 0 - 60 mph sprints.

A number of weight saving measures, including lighter wheels, a lighter battery, removing sound insulation, and replacing emblems with printed decals, allowed nearly 55 pounds to be stripped from the car, bringing its curb weight down to a lithe 1875 pounds.

The lack of a folding softtop and the abundance of carbon fiber helps keep the Jaguar F - Type Project 7's curb weight to 3494 pounds, or about 176 pounds lighter than an F - Type V8 S convertible, helping the car rocket to 60 mph in just 3.8 seconds.

The more compact V - 8, along with its smaller cooling system, helps shave an impressive 253 pounds off of the DB11's curb weight.

That grunt, along with the dual - clutch transmission's quick shifts and a relatively low base curb weight of 3,369 pounds, makes for sprightly acceleration.

Carbon - fiber body pieces contribute to a low curb weight of roughly 1,982 pounds, and Honda even tested and fine - tuned the car's aerodynamics using a full - scale model and a real wind tunnel.

Again, a list of incredible superlatives made the rounds: a hybrid drivetrain with an aggregate power output of 903 hp, a curb weight of 3303 pounds, a carbon - fiber monocoque, an adjustable suspension and active aerodynamics, 0 to 62 mph in 2.8 seconds, a governed top speed of 217 mph, average fuel consumption of 28 mpg, and production of only 375 units at $ 1.15 million each.

Credit the low curb weight — around 2,330 pounds for manual transmission models — and an impressive (for a Miata) 148 lb - ft of torque.

Curb weight totals 3957 pounds, a figure kept in check by extensive use of high - strength steel and aluminum.

The AMG look, inside and out The coupe isn't any smaller than the sedan, nor is it any lighter - its 3816 - pound curb weight is about 160 pounds heavier than the 2011 version of the four - door C63.

With more extensive use of high - tensile steel as well as aluminum body panels and suspension components, the result is a 4753 - pound curb weight, which is only 22 pounds heavier than its predecessor.

This, coupled with the car's lithe 1200 - pound curb weight, translates into a 0 - 62 mph time of 2.8 seconds, a 0 - 100 mph time of 5.8 seconds, and a top speed of 208 mph.

Also, thanks to a curb weight of just 3,351 pounds, the bad bull will stop from 62 mph in just 98 feet, effectively relocating your eyes and internal organs back to where they belong.

At Summit Point Raceway, both the 392 and R / T Scat Pack were fast, fun, and surprisingly balanced steeds, despite Clydesdale curb weights of roughly 4,400 pounds.

Improved aerodynamics and a dainty curb weight of less than 2,000 pounds helped it achieve those benchmarks.

Although the curb weight of the S model is bound to exceed the 3,455 pounds recorded for the i8, the extra 150 - plus horses should nonetheless provide a clear performance advantage.

Thanks to lighter - gauge aluminum body panels and a sprinkling of carbon - fiber composites, the 458's curb weight is held to 3400 pounds, less than 100 pounds more than the F430.

Given the size of the 2014 Chevrolet Equinox, its substantial curb weight of 3777 pounds (the second highest of the group) is not exactly a revelation.

It's a smooth setup that Toyota has perfected over the years, and fuel economy remains right around 30 mpg, which is impressive considering the hybrid model's hefty curb weight of 4,600 - 4,700 pounds — about 350 pounds more than the RX 350.

With a curb weight of only 3472 pounds, that V - 12 will be able to move the new raging bullfrom 0 to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds, with a top speed of 217 mph.

A glance at the final spec sheet confirmed the competition's worst nightmares: a body and chassis made entirely of carbon fiber, a curb weight of 2500 pounds, a BMW V - 12 making 627 hp, 0 to 62 mph in 3.2 seconds, a top speed of 240 mph — and no ABS, traction control, power steering, power brakes, or airbags.

The aluminum - intensive chassis shown at the 2014 New York auto show will help the 2016 Mazda MX - 5 Miata shed about 220 pounds compared to today's car, so we expect the curb weight of a base model with a soft top to run around 2260 pounds.

The mid-mounted engine makes for weight distribution of 42 percent front and 58 percent rear, and the car's curb weight is 3,803 pounds.

The Maloo's 3,794 - pound curb weight is an obvious anchor to the powerful engine; the optional six - speed automatic transmission shifts cleanly but feels outdated; and the starting price of about $ 56,000 (more than $ 80,000 Australian) means it would notionally compete with seriously desirable performance cars including the BMW M2, the Cadillac ATS - V, and the Ford Shelby GT350.

All this means that the Vantage undercuts the curb weight of the DBS by nearly 200 pounds.

Just as with the 911, an all - new body structure — a mix of aluminum and steel — replaces its all - steel predecessor, helping trim about seventy pounds from the curb weight despite an injection of growth hormones.