Not exact matches
«A
quick glance inside the
car is enough for you to feel that this is a Volvo with a totally different dynamic presence
than previous models,» says Jonathan Disley, head of interior design.
The GT3 RS's naturally aspirated 4 - litre flat - six is carried over from the
previous - generation
car (and the current GT3), with power increasing by 20bhp to 513bhp at 8450rpm (200rpm higher
than its predecessor) and torque rising by 7 lb ft to 346 lb ft.. There's a new titanium exhaust with 91 mm diameter pipes, a revised intake system and a new engine management system that account for the slightest of gains in the sprints (at 3.2 seconds it's a tenth
quicker than the old
car to 62mph) but will have a bigger impact on the
car's as - yet - undisclosed Nürburgring lap time.
Since the
car weighs about 350 kgs less
than the
previous generation Q7, it shall be a lot
quicker with the bigger engine.
The brakes on our test
car bit
quicker and harder, slowing the vehicle faster
than in
previous models.
For starters, it's Lotus»
quickest street - legal sports
car, having lapped the Hethel circuit in 1 minute 24 seconds — 0.8 seconds
quicker than the Exige Cup 430 and 2 seconds ahead of the
previous 3 - Eleven.
More children born, more adults living longer, more
cars on the road, more factories making this and that, more books and movies and plays and musuem shows, newer computers and snazzier iPods, and «new and improved» everthing under the sun, year by year, faster and faster, always wanting to live «better»
than the
previous generation, always wanting «new and improved gadgets and
cars and airplanes, and
quicker getaway vacations, and more and more consumerism and materialism and ownership and «I want mine» and if we keep at this kind of «civilization» we are going to get slaughtered at some point when the whole thing collapses.