Sentences with phrase «prototypes than the road»

In the late 1990s manufacturers went bonkers with the GT1 regulations and produced cars more akin to full - blown Le Mans prototypes than the road car - based category it was meant to be.

Not exact matches

Its prototype autonomous cars have driven farther than any other company's offering, even on some public roads in California and Texas.

More than that, you've got everything from your Le Mans Prototypes to road cars like a Ford Escort.

Using more than 150 prototypes, Jaguar logged more than 120,000 hours on and off the road.

Refinement even beyond the engine is very good, with Mazda using a very stiff structure with damping nodes to cut down on resonance — even on rough roads, the prototype felt noticeably more solid than the regular Mazda 3 along for comparison.

Combined with the new seats, designed to keep the pelvis in a more natural, upright position, the prototype felt far more serene and pliant than its production counterpart, but lost nothing in terms of road feel (if anything, the slightly weightier steering was an improvement) or useful interaction.

Fifty years down the road, that Volt developmental prototype will be a much more valuable collector's piece than your garage conversion.