Sentences with phrase «road car standards»

Taking advantage of the inherent packaging advantages offered by contemporary electric drivelines, the Generation EQ's lithium ion battery is mounted low down wholly within the floor of the new structure, providing it with an ultra-low centre of gravity by contemporary road car standards.

Not exact matches

Steel tubing in the chassis and framing helps make the car strong enough to meet or exceed road - worthy safety standards.

By 2025, Honda plans to come up with cars with «level 4» standard automated driving functions, meaning they can drive themselves on highways and city roads under most situations.

Cai said Beijing would also take 300,000 obsolete vehicles off the roads this year to help to raise fuel standards and promote new energy cars.

By 2030, Canada's Clean Fuel Standard is expected to reduce carbon pollution by 30 million tonnes — equal to taking more than seven million cars off the road.

With the standard of electric vehicles becoming more impressive and the release of hybrid and fully - electric road cars on a rapid increase, it makes total sense that manufacturers are keen to associate themselves with a fully - electric racing series.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito today asserted that proposed legislation to limit the number of new app - hail cars on the road is based on concerns over traffic congestion, pollution and labor standards — not the plummeting value of the city's once - coveted taxi medallions.

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030 — akin to taking 15 million gasoline - powered cars off the road in one year — by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK - based research firm Cerulogy.

The former was as standard a romantic comedy as can be — beach walks, bumper car rides — with the improvised dialogue gimmick; Douchebag, an indie road movie, a sort of Sideways Greenberg with mumbling.

Rohit Baluja, president of India's Institute of Road Traffic Education, noted that many cars manufactured in India for export already meet more stringent safety standards, so it's just a matter of more stringent regulatory requirements for domestic - market models.

Cars with that service can do Google searches via the standard MMI with the results sent to the navigation system; the wireless data service also enables the navigation system to use Google Earth images together with the road maps.

Admittedly, as the engine doesn't really get going until after 3000rpm it's less of an issue when you're enjoying a quiet road and from about 4500rpm it definitely pulls harder than the standard car.

Just for fun we take a ride in the car lift, emerging onto the roof to discover a car park, in one corner of which sits a standard R32 GT - R road car.

Without sacrificing ride comfort, your car can run with far stiffer springs — in the case of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, twice as stiff as standard — reducing squat, dive and roll, and keeping the tyres in better contact with the road surface, while improving steering response and stability, too.

A handful of road trips in the Maxima the last couple of months sharpened our view of what, exactly, this car is: a comfortable V -6-powered semi-premium midsize sedan with a stiffer - than - standard suspension (thus «SR» for Sport Rally).

A true page out of the traditional Ferrari history book, the 1964 Ferrari 275 GTB / C Speciale contains within a 320 - hp (70 hp more than the standard GTB road car), 3.3 - liter dry - sump V - 12 engine with six Weber 38 DCN carburetors, mated to a five - speed manual transaxle transmission.

The Peugeot 208 GTi is an impressive hot hatch in standard specification and a spectacular one in GTi by Peugeot Sport trim, continuing Peugeot's recent (and very welcome) return to performance road car form.

On the smooth roads we drove the car on it isn't immediately obvious, although with miles there's a realisation that perhaps the rear view mirror doesn't quiver over bumps like the standard Abarth's is prone to do.

It's slightly different to the standard hill climb as it's harder to actually see the cars in action, but if you have even a passing interest in off - roading, the selection of vehicles is not to be missed.

Though with the standard VXR happy to exhibit torque steer on bumpier roads, a more powerful Superchips equipped car is likely to follow suit.

The matt black M4 features the signature tri-colour M Performance stripes as well as a number of special upgrades that seperate it out from a standard road going car.

Other than standard maintenance this car is road worthy with 164,000 miles.

A drive in the standard C63 in the hills around Faro, Portugal, amply demonstrates the ease at which the car eats up twisting roads and highways alike.

Though few other details have been revealed, photos and videos of the car in a new railroad tunnel beneath London signal that the convertible will have similar off - roading capabilities to the standard Range Rover Evoque.

We're driving the same roads in a CTS with the 321 - hp, normally aspirated 3.6 - liter V - 6, eight - speed Aisin automatic transmission, optional Magnetic Ride Control suspension, standard Brembo brakes, and optional 19 - inch tires, which is the car that most people will buy.

While both standard steel - spring chassis and cars fitted with the optional Air Body Control pneumatic suspension were on hand, differences between them were all - but - imperceptible on the splendid roads around gloriously sunny Barcelona.

By the time the larger tyres have been fitted the weight of the Schnitzer wheel and tyre combination is the same as the standard car, but to get that much extra rubber on the road without a weight penalty is a good effort.

Racecars, 1 side only is standard (as the load is asymmetrical, even on road courses (as they're primarily right hand turns and the driver is typically alone and on the left side of the car)-RRB-.

Yes, the engines can be found in the off - roaders from Coventry and you might be able to swap a steering wheel or wing mirror, but Bowler doesn't chip away at a standard road car to find the race car underneath.

The front and rear tracks are wider than standard, and the enormous 10in - wide rims are right on the Group A limit, being 2in wider than the road car's.

It all means the M4 GTS should be a much more aggressive car in dynamic terms than a standard M4, with a wide range of adjustment to allow owners to tweak their cars for specific circuits and road use.

This road version looks nearly identical to the racing car, and there isn't much shared with the standard 3 Series except the core chassis and the hood.

Where the standard car's nose would weave around as the four - wheel drive system frantically shuffled torque around, the Limited simply hunkers down and fires along the road.

Many cars have the expensive carbon - ceramic brakes option but the standard iron discs are entirely adequate for road use.

Of course, the GT4 is a stiffer - sprung car than the standard models, which gives it even tauter body control and roll resistance, but in proper Porsche Motorsport tradition is also rides a bumpy road surface with abundant damping quality.

Ride quality is excellent for a modern large - wheeled car (21 - inch wheels are standard), absorbing all but the most sudden and substantial or road imperfections without untoward impact on the occupants.

With the standard road car completing a lap of the Nordschleife in 7 min 43.8 sec back in early 2017, there's a very real possibility of the pickup dipping under the eight - minute mark...

A selectable off - road mode — also standard — activates a hill descent system as well as altering ABS and ESP settings, and shift patterns should your car have a DSG automatic gearbox.

The carbon - ceramic brakes (also standard) are typical PCCB fare, lacking in initial bite but pretty fearsome after that, and if we're being picky the car's extra width might bring some traction benefits but it also makes the car less useable on tight British roads.

In either car, the standard six - speed automatic transmission needs grooming: It holds higher gears coming into corners, delaying needed downshifts until moments too late, and hunts through gears on hilly roads.

Choose sensibly proportioned wheels and a set of standard tyres and you're looking at a car that is comfy but able to do things off - road that no competitor can, despite the fact that the average buyer will never use it.

Both cars feature Bilstein dampers, though the GTS has standard two - mode adjustable units with a softer - than - SRT road setting and a firmer - than - SRT track setting.

The Boxster is the ideal car to drive quickly up an unfamiliar road soaked in meltwater; the balance is perfect and this standard, non-PASM suspended car is beautifully taut and composed at speed.

Well, having tested my car on the rolling road in standard tune, a quick ten - minute download had it running the Stage 1 97 RON map (for super-unleaded petrol only), so Charlie fired up the cooling fans again and went for another power run.

Crossovers satisfy the needs for a larger cargo area than a standard car's trunk, a higher seating position to see the road better, and a somewhat more rugged look to the vehicle that says either male enhancement, or «soccer Mom not on board.»

Typical entries range from second hand standard road cars to European Touring Car Championship vehicles and GT3 sports cars like the Porsche 911 GT3.

It's a safe car, too, with a five - star crash - test rating from Euro NCAP thanks to standard kit that includes seven airbags and a host of driver assistance aids, including autonomous emergency braking, which continuously monitors the road ahead for obstacles and can brake to help avoid or mitigate a collision.

• New front - wheel drive record set on Magny - Cours GP circuit, with a 2 mins 1.51 secs lap • WTCR driver, Esteban Guerrieri, achieves record lap in standard production car with road tyres • Record further reinforces Civic Type R's position as a class benchmark • Type R Challenge 2018 aims to break records at 5 legendary European race circuits

The same high standards that have informed every McLaren road car ever built continue to define every one of those pre-owned cars sold through the McLaren Qualified programme.

The manual transmission variant of this impressive Honda Civic sedan is said to be generating a healthy mileage of approximately 10.8 Kmpl on the city roads, while the mileage considerably increases on the highways, where it apparently gives 14.8 Kmpl, when driven under standard conditions, which is said to make this stylish sedan, one of the most fuel efficient car in its segment.