Sentences with phrase «production car bodies»

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Built on a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale chassis with nearly 10 inches chopped out of it, the 4.7 - liter, V -8-powered show car with a curvaceous body reportedly needs few changes to be production - viable.

Ferrari's 250 series of cars was the first indication of volume production from the brand, with race cars and road cars sharing many chassis and engine components and more body styles on offer than ever before.

Always looking for a competitive edge, Ferrari built the 250 LM as an «evolution» of the dominant 250 GTO and tried to register it as a GT - class (production - based) race car with the FIA governing racing body.

Who Dares Wins — Douglas Blain reckons the SS100 a real prewar masterpiece — is definitely his type of car / The Bradley Tapes — The first in a new series recalling the life and times of renowned motoring journalist WF Bradley / A Celebration Of Speed — David Venables reports on the ever - popular Festival of Speed at Goodwood / Jumble Giant — Michael Ware previews the grandady of them all — the September Beaulieu Autojumble / Bean's Talk — JonathonWood tells the tale of an early attempt at mass production / Best Buy — Michael Bowler selects some more first cars for under # 10000 / Bespoke Motoring — Malcolm Green's in - depth guide to special bodied MGs from 1929 to 1955 / French Connection — Michael Worthington - Williams on the cars of Marcel Violet.

Winds of Change — Long - term Tatra owner Delwyn Mallett surveys the pioneering use of wind tunnels in automotive body design, focussing on the influential work of Hungarian aerodynamicist Paul Jaray / The very first Jaguars — Celebrating 80 years since the first use of the Jaguar name, Paul Skilleter looks at William Lyons's initial forays into mass production and explains what these early cars are like to live with / Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2015 — David Burgess-Wise reports from the historic banked circuit south of Paris and from the hundreds of rare pre-1940 cars and motorcycles entered selects his personal highlights / «Home, Allaston» — Mike Allaston's family photograph albums detail the careers of his father and grandfather as professional chauffeurs.

With a sleek two - door coupe body, the E-Vision is still a world away from its classic British roadster namesake, but it does give us a clue into the future of MG design to be spread amongst its current, albeit limited production car range in the UK.

The last BRZ concept we saw had a translucent body to show off the drivetrain and kept us guessing about the production car's final design.

The production car will be based on the aggressively styled Rapide AMR concept, and sketches show a car with a wide body, large hood vents, and unique grille.

When Group B rally cars were legislated out of the World Rally Championship at the end of the 1986 season, Lancia needed a production - based alternative to tackle Group A. Key technologies from the Delta S4 Group B, namely four - wheel drive and turbocharging, were then applied to the narrow - bodied Delta HF 4WD to create a very short - lived (yet able) road car and, for 1987, a WRC championship - winning rally car.

There will be no mix of internal - combustion - engine cars and BEVs in production on a single assembly as is the case at General Motors and some other automakers, though it's possible for the vehicles to share a paint shop and portions of a body shop.

The production model of the car that will share a platform and an engine from BMW (see above) will be different, as there are many body lines that couldn't be reproduced in a factory.

Morgan has also worked hard to improve comfort and usability with the AR Plus 4, adding soundproofing throughout the hood and body of the car which you don't see on a standard production Morgan.

«Many of the people who worked on this project were also instrumental in developing the road car» he said, adding that this insider knowledge meant there were few structural compromises in removing half of the roof and the rear hatch from the five - door production body.

This Tesla Model X prototype was spotted near Tesla headquarters in Palo Alto, California, and looks to be more production - ready than previous Model X concept cars, with smaller wheels and tires and a bit more black cladding on the body.

Electric GT Holdings, Inc. announced today that the FIA, motorsports» international governing body, has officially sanctioned an all - Tesla racing series called the Electric Production Car Series.

Mitchell chose Elkhart Lake as the venue to preview his stunning Mako Shark concept car in June 1961; the Shark's sharp - edged body and hidden headlights foreshadowed key features of the production 1963 Sting Ray.

It carries on as a unique pickup, defying the usual body - on - frame rule for car - type unibody production.

These shots show the car at a later stage in its development, at which point the production body would ordinarily come into play, but this particular car is still using a standard A-class shell.

Body profile: The Corvette C6.R race car is now virtually identical to the Corvette ZR1 street car in appearance, as GT rules require production - type fenders with simple flares to accommodate wider tires.

Whether that's true (thereby bestowing on VehiCROSS an attention to detail normally found in high - buck sports cars), or it's that the process of sticking ribbed body panels and poly - propylene cladding together is production - intensive, is a moot question.

Test cars with the full production body will follow; there's still some time, as the GLA isn't expected to launch until late 2019.

These functions may sound far - fetched but it's understood Mercedes - Benz is seriously considering advanced body monitoring systems for production cars.

A futuristic teardrop body design and enclosed rear wheels, as well as so - called e-mirrors using rear - facing cameras in place of conventional mirrors and a flat underbody, have netted an exceptional 0.19 coefficient - of - drag rating — a record for a road - legal production car.

In the interest of enhanced driving dynamics and safety, the body came with a significant increase in torsional stiffness over the former model, and the fourth - generation BMW 5 Series was the first large - scale production car worldwide made almost completely of light alloy.

Some are lightly disguised future production vehicles, while others exhibit an environmentally friendly theme.Here's a look at a few of the more interesting concept vehicles on display at the show, which closes Monday: AUDI ALLROAD QUATTROThe German automaker has been building all - wheel drive cars for years, so it's no surprise that a beefier version of the A6 station wagon is on the way.The Allroad Quattro show car uses many of the same mechanical and suspension parts as the A6 wagon but wears a sport - utility wagon body complete with large fender flares and huge tires.

It's especially notable the way the body seems to incase the beltline, ultimately creating a two - piece look — something you don't see in production cars today.

Through its design alone, this concept car already came with a wide range of features destined to be taken up again by the first MINI, short body overhangs front and rear, round headlights and the re-interpretation of the hexagon radiator grille providing an outlook at important styling elements on the production model to follow later.

The new GT Corvette C6.R race car will be based on the production Corvette's chassis and body design.

The body sits 20 mm lower, active shutters in the grille reduce turbulence at speed and the hybrid's new look hides elements that help lower the coefficient of drag from an already impressive 0.25 CD to 0.24 CD — you'd be hard pressed to find a more slippery production car for sale.

Critical Knowledge: The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo (GT) is an all - new model for 2010Replaces the 5 Series Touring (wagon) Unique styling foreshadows future 5 Series designFive - door hatchback body style with unique dual - action tailgateNearly 60 cubic feet of available cargo spaceChoice of 6 - or 8 - cylinder turbocharged powerplantsStandard 8 - speed automatic transmissionIntroductionBMW's 5 Series is a midsize luxury performance car that has been in production since 1972.

This round of spy shots shows more of the vehicle, as BMW removes fake body panels and headlight coverings as they near a production version of the i3 city car.

They wrap around you the same way a custom Italian suit hangs perfectly on your body, but again, there's no guarantee they'll make it through to the production car.

The mid -»50s also saw the debut of the limited production and breathtakingly beautiful 507 sports car, which had an alloy body and used the 502's V8 for propulsion.

One feature only carried over to tiny number of production cars is the charcoal windscreen surround; most production cars have body painted windscreen surrounds.

Externally, the car broke new ground (and broke from its Camaro corporate twin) with a sleek, aerodynamically efficient body featuring fold - away headlights — a feature that would remain a Firebird trademark until production ended in 2002.

The Ferrari 360 was the company's first production car with the chassis, body shell and even the suspension wishbones all constructed from aluminium.

-- 2010 Dodge Challenger Furious Fuchsia editions commemorate 40 years of Dodge muscle - car performance — Limited - edition Furious Fuchsia exterior answers customers» desire for the return of more Dodge brand high - impact heritage paint hues — 2010 Dodge Challenger R / T Classic edition is available in all - new Pearl White performance seats and Bright White A-line body - side R / T stripes — Dodge Challenger SRT8 ® Furious Fuchsia edition features unique 20 - inch SRT forged aluminum wheels with Satin Black painted pockets, serialized dash plaque, Pearl White leather SRT performance seats with Furious Fuchsia accent stripe and retro - inspired chromed quad exhaust tips — Limited - production run of Dodge Challenger R / T Classic editions and only 400 Dodge Challenger SRT8 editions in Furious Fuchsia available

The following is a list of production cars, SUVs, and light - duty pickup trucks available in the United States that currently have a body - on - frame construction.

Inside of five years, BMW has gone from carbon fiber on race cars to the CF body panels of the i3 and i8 EVs / plug - in hybrids, to the Carbon Core 7 Series with worldwide production of about 50,000 units a year, to the 5 Series with production of more than 350,000 units a year.

With the well - known problems of its predecessor, the Vega, which included production issues, reliability problems, and a serious propensity for corrosion, the team reworked the international platform such that the Chevette shared not a single body panel with another T - car and reworked the underbody extensively to enhance corrosion protection.

Each COPO Camaro race car is built by hand starting with production hardware, including the same body - in - white used for production models.

«However, the low drag features on the C6, such as the sleek body and flush headlamps, lend themselves to an easy task of converting the production design into a low - drag race car.»

Not so much with the 370kW engine, but it would be great to see that full body kit on a production car one day.

«However, the low - drag features of the C6, such as its sleek body shape and flush headlamps, lend themselves to converting the production design into an aerodynamically efficient race car.»

This 2 +2 (4 - seater) body - style coupe will replace the existing Q60 in 2016, and if the dimensions of the newest prototype accurately represent the production model that will follow, this car may be similar in size to the current production model 2015 Infiniti Q60.

Functional and Intimidating Design The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is the widest Challenger ever and first - ever, factory - production muscle car with wide - body fender flares.

The Continental GT is the first production car ever to have an entire body side made from the Super Formed process; a precision technique with aluminium which allows more complex, sharply defined body lines.

The 2017 Civic Body - In - White was designed to allow amateur and pro race teams the ability to build new race cars without having to tear apart a production car, making it easier to go racing with the latest touring car chassis tech at an affordable price.

The pilot production cars we tested weren't up to familiar Honda build quality, based on the fit of the body seams, but the HR - V's unibody is tight and less prone to vibration than some competitors.

Its twin - turbo engine, state - of - the art at that time electronically controlled chassis, all - wheel drive system and aero body helped it become the world's fastest street - legal production car after reaching 317 km / h.