Sentences with phrase «race car performance»

Dr Bez added: «The new V12 Vantage S is our most extreme Vantage to date — engineered to bring race car performance and technology to the open road.

Unfortunately, all that race car performance means the engine will need to be rebuilt every 31,000 miles.

This race car performance is matched by authentic motorsport styling.

However, the aesthetic external beauty and race car performance makes every car enthusiast tip their hat to the reborn British phenomenon, the 2006 Lotus Elise.

Not exact matches

The strength, stamina, and conditioning, combined with the exceptional physical and cognitive skills needed to consistently take a race car to the extreme edge of performance and control — that's what makes a race car driver an athlete.

One - on - one appointments were all business, and the event was capped with heart - pounding race car driving at the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

There were still some epic performances though, notably at the final race of the season in Japan when Alonso put in an absolute giant - killer of a weekend, starting with qualifying, where he put his car 18th on the grid.

Honda does seem to have been getting on top of things in recent races, so it'll hopefully give us an idea of just how much this upgrade improves the cars performance at a power circuit like Spa.

«I think once the playoffs started last year you really saw where the cars were and the increase in performance, especially on the 1.5 mile race tracks,» Harvick said.

1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve put in some impressive performances and could have scored points or even podiums on a few occasions, but the car just kept letting him down; he didn't finish a race until the 12th round of the season!

They're supposed to be equalised through Balance of Performance, but generally speaking the DPi cars have had the edge since they became a thing in 2017 and with Alonso in an LMP2 - spec car (and one which has had recent updates, too) it looks somewhat ominous, even in a race as long, gruelling, and unpredictable as Daytona.

Four - time WRC champion Sebastien Ogier has dabbled in circuit racing on occasion, but in nothing that comes close to the performance of an F1 car.

Team owner: Dietrich Mateschitz Team principal: Christian Horner Advisor: Helmut Marko Chief technical officer: Adrian Newey Head of aerodynamics: Dan Fallows Chief engineering officer: Rob Marshall Chief engineer (car): Paul Monaghan Chief engineer (performance) Pierre Wasche Race team manager: Jonathan Wheatley Race engineer (Daniel Ricciardo): Simon Rennie Race engineer (Daniil Kvyat): Red Bull featured articles

The Recaro Performance BOOSTER High Back Booster Car Seat has racing - inspired side impact protection, memory foam for comfort, 11 - position headrest, and a coolmesh air ventilation system to keep your child comforted in whatever weather.It also has side body impact protection, designed to protect the 5 most vulnerable areas of a child: head, neck, face, torso and pelvis.

«This discovery means that the fibrous structures found in limpet teeth could be mimicked and used in high - performance engineering applications such as Formula 1 racing cars, the hulls of boats and aircraft structures.

The game also features the largest roster of high - performance cars in Need for Speed history including race cars such as the Pagani Zonda F,

Spielberg's precise pacing takes Lucas's obstacle - around - every - corner script and Harrison Ford's top - of - his - game performance and turns it into a rollicking good time culminating in the iconic mine car race.

The best moment of his performance was an early scene where he is racing at breakneck speeds and sees a friend getting killed in a car crash in the rear - view mirror.

In a bid to keep his very expensive racing team afloat, famed race car driver Briggs Cunningham created a line of high - performance grand touring sports cars, including this gorgeous 1952 Cunningham C3 Continental.

The race car has 10 % more power, at most (depending on balance of performance — BoP).

Built from carbon fiber by Multimatic, which also develops Aston Martin racing cars, the Vulcan has been developed purely for on - track performance in keeping with FIA racing rules.

When Jaguar finished its highly - successful D - Type racing program, the company converted a number of remaining D - Type chassis to a road - going spec, hoping to capitalize on Americans» appetite for hi - performance cars from Europe.

These 250 GTOs are prized above all other cars for their design, history, performance, and racing success.

Maloney reminds us that Volvo has always had a performance heritage, whether in rallying, the British Touring Car Championship, or even American street - stock road racing, where it fielded a blisteringly fast Volvo 850R station wagon.

``... we combined what is usually impossible: the quality and performance of a racing car with the practicality and durability expected from a road - homologated supercar which can be used as a day - to - day vehicle», said Phillippe Gautheron, Chief Engineer of Campos (who provided the Sandracer's roll cage and chassis).

These were the race cars that cemented BMW's reputation in the United States as a manufacturer of high - performance cars endowed with European panache.

Teaming up with its performance and racing partner, Polestar, Volvo has created the C30 Polestar Performance Concept, an exercise based on the C30 that won the 2009 Swedish Touring Cars Championsperformance and racing partner, Polestar, Volvo has created the C30 Polestar Performance Concept, an exercise based on the C30 that won the 2009 Swedish Touring Cars ChampionsPerformance Concept, an exercise based on the C30 that won the 2009 Swedish Touring Cars Championship (STCC).

The King Cobra has been fitted with three Ford Racing performance packages that any Mustang owner can bolt on to their car.

Audi is preparing two slightly different body designs with different aerodynamic performance, which can be switched depending on which track the car is racing.

The NSX GT3 is a race car that allows a pro driver to fully extract the maximum performance potential against the best GT3 cars and drivers but still lets a gentleman racer feel comfortable behind the wheel and turn the lap times needed for a multi-driver endurance series effort to succeed.

Here he tells the story of this remarkable car / Auto - biography: Colin Crabbe — Matthew Bell hears from Colin Crabbe about his life and career as an adventurous hunter of historic cars from the four corners of the globe / One hundred years of cussed motoring — In the centenary year of Leslie Hounsfield's singular design, Gerry Michelmore explains the peculiar joys of the two - stroke Trojan / Moretti 750 — Its enticing looks have always threatened to outshine its performance, but the tiny Moretti is now getting the recognition it deserves, explains Karl Ludvigsen / The Paris - Ostend race of 1899 — Nick Jonckheere tells the story of the gruelling long - distance road race, and the plucky Brits who took on all comers / Invicta's Baby — The 12/45 was meant as Invicta's saviour, but only a handful were sold.

I've been lucky enough to feel that natural high in road cars, race cars and record - breaking cars, but nothing approaches the stimulant - like effects of the Venom GT's all - out performance.

The result is a thoroughly practical and street - legal racing car, an accessible high - performance driving machine.»

The central theme of this year was «Peaks of Performance - Motorsport's Game - changers», and paid homage to cars so dominant, technically advanced, fast or expensive that rules had to be created to rein them in - think Group B cars, ground - effect F1 cars or some of the wilder sports cars that have dominated racing over the years.

And while much anticipation is for the race, there's at least much excitement (probably more) in the journey and road trip, as performance cars and their owners make the pilgrimage to motorsport's headline fixture.

The prosaic moniker belies an extraordinary concept with an astounding performance target: a road car that will deliver race - car levels of acceleration, cornering and braking.

I'm eager to get into a final production Vantage on real roads — and a race track — but there's no doubt the new car is a step forward in both performance and depth of engineering.

The 2011 Le Mans 24 hour race means a huge pilgrimage for top performance cars.

Now, Audi plans for its two newest race cars to, in conjunction with the expanding road - car lineup, prove its commitment to performance product more than ever before.

Better still, Mate Rimac has an even greater desire to one day produce a car that isn't taking part in the performance arms race with Bugatti, Koenigsegg et al — the new Alpine A110 and products from Lotus both came up in conversation.

Krell says it was able to duplicate its home - theater performance in the RLX, with high - end parts such as lightweight magnesium - cone tweeters, Zylon «super-fiber» — a material used on race cars — for the six mid-bass speakers, and an amplifier with a claimed third less distortion than competitors.

As exciting as the performance of the 991.2 GT3 RS is, many of its race car - style details are just as tantalising.

The turnkey nature and accessible performance of these new Audi race cars, however, really stand out.

Yet for all of Audi's performance credentials established during more than 35 years of professional competition in rallying and road racing and by its first Rennsport production car, the 1994 RS2, the marque has suffered a bit in terms of its messaging.

You know as well as me that those two cars are the 1962 250 GTO and the 1984 288 GTO - both were defined by performance and an intention to go racing.

Lieberman suggests that, depending on the 919 Hybrid race car's performance against the competition this summer, GT4 models could either switch to a turbocharged, inline - four plug - in hybrid powertrain or add a hybrid - assist to the current flat - six setup.

With famous race circuits pre-loaded into the car's memory, drivers who take their Pistas out on track can view detailed maps, analyse their performance and receive helpful tips.

When conversation turns to early -»70s race specials, everyone thinks of the 2.7 RS and its ducktail bootlid, but the CSL was by far the more radical machine, even before it sprouted rubber sideburns, because the car on which it was based, the 3.0 CSi, offered far less performance than a 911 2.4 S.

We have spent countless hours on creating a balanced package for performance oriented Volvo drivers, using the same philosophy and methods as for our race and performance cars,» stated Thed Bjork, Polestar's development driver, in a statement.

Based on the lone teaser photo, this could possibly be a hardcore variant of the exotic car that's been tuned for better performance on the race track.