Sentences with phrase «production road car»
The car was produced between 1966 and 1973 and at that time it was the fastest production road car available.
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Quite simply, it is the fastest production road car the brand has ever offered to customers.
«Our aim is not necessarily to be the fastest in absolute top speed but to be the quickest and most rewarding series production road car on a circuit», says McLaren Automotive Managing Director Antony Sheriff.
The Kuwait / Geneva car also had a regular six speed manual transmission and thus AML confirmed the Sportshift box, as used on the race cars, was not to be offered on production road cars.
The 2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 follows in the footsteps of the 2014 Camaro Z / 28, which was the first high - volume production road car ever to use DSSV damper technology from Multimatic.
«By exploiting the fundamental capability engineered in to the F - TYPE from day one, the Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division developed the brand's lightest, quickest, most powerful F - TYPE and its fastest and most powerful series production road car ever with functional enhancements to the chassis, driveline and aerodynamics.»
The current Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is powered by the supercharged LT4 V8, which delivers 650 horsepower and 650lb - ft of torque, making it the most powerful production road car that General Motors has ever offered.
None of these characteristics erode the essential magic of the F1, but they do provide a lingering impression as you jump from the first McLaren production road car to the SLR — a car seemingly defined by its bipolarity.
This is a list of V12 - engined production road cars produced since 1945, sorted alphabetically by make (and sub-sorted by year of introduction):
It features grand tourer racing cars modified from production road cars complying with the FIA's GT3 regulations.
The idea was also successfully adapted to production road cars by Nissan, in their March Super Turbo.
The 170 mph projectile not only shot to fame as the fastest production road car in the world but is also universally accepted as Aston Martin's and indeed Britain's first ever «Supercar».
Audi claims the new A8 is the first series production road car to have been developed expressly for what it describes as «highly automated driving».
The Z / 28 is the first high - volume production road car to employ racing - derived DSSV ® (Dynamic Suspensions Spool Valve) damper technology from Multimatic.
[29] The Super Sport has a 431.072 km / h (267.856 mph) top speed, making it the fastest production road car on the market [4][30][31] although it is electronically limited to 415 km / h (258 mph) to protect the tyres from disintegrating.
A long - throw six - speed manual sourced from Getrag was the only transmission on offer in the CSi; when it first appeared in the 850i, this gearbox gained the distinction of being the first six - speed manual to be paired with a V - 12 in a production road car.
As well as displaying the production road car at Geneva, Subaru also showed off a racing version which will compete in the Nurburgring 24 - hour race in June.
Just like in previous Ferrari Challenge cars the engine has largely remained the same as on the production road cars except for some enhanced breathing by means of a racing exhaust system and some engine management tweaks and fine blueprinting.
But despite its undeniable ability to tear up roads at speeds few current series production road cars could ever hope to match, it lacks the sheer occasion that comes with driving the Ferrari.
The engine is a remarkable feat of engineering and truly compelling on the run, providing both standing start and in - gear accelerative qualities bordering on preposterous for a series production road car.
But despite its ability to tear up roads at speeds that few current series - production road cars could ever hope to match, it lacks the sheer sense of occasion that comes with driving the Ferrari.
The latest iteration of the sporty 2 +2 features an independent rear suspension; sophisticated, modern powerplants; and all the bulk that comes with being a volume - production road car in a world of stringent safety regulations.
Ever since the company started building series production road cars, we've waited, hoped, and prayed that another center - seat McLaren would hit the road.
One area we'll see that F1 influence is in the engine bay, where if the latest report is accurate, Aston Martin plans to stick the highest - revving engine ever put into a production road car.
The BMW M4 GTS is the first production road car to be fitted with such innovative technology.
This is the first series - production road car to eschew conventional light bulbs for LEDs.
The McLaren P1 has finally arrived in production guise at the Geneva Motor Show complete with its 903bhp «hybrid» power and the promise of performance more extreme than any production road car -LSB-...]
Central to the A45 AMG's blistering performance is its new turbocharged engine, which is described as the most powerful 2.0 - liter four - cylinder unit to ever see service in a series production road car.
That's 26psi boost, which is an amazing level for a production road car.
The direct shift mechanism means upshifts are made in just one tenth of a second, among the quickest for any production road car clutch system.
«It would have a level of racetrack performance never before seen in a series production road car.»