Sentences with phrase «road racer for»

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The RAC Foundation's director Steve Gooding commented: «It is very welcome that public money will be available for those councils who come up with credible plans for improving the 50 most risky roads.»

A further report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, also funded by the RAC Foundation, published in May 2012, said the economic rationale for road pricing was «compelling» and recommended a move to a widespread system of road pricing.

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Ford's reborn GT is the latest car to be confirmed for PCARS2, as both a road car and and Le Mans - winning racer.

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Transforming the SX4 from an econobox to a brazen road racer wasn't much of a stretch for Suzuki.

The Challenge Stradalé is a different creature entirely, feeling more like a racer for the road.

Hayman suggested that if you want to up the «road» half of the road - racer equation then perhaps you might want to leave in the more thickly padded standard seats rather than ticking the option for these Carrera GT fixed buckets, and I agree, but right now I want these.

After Peugeot racers proved that Henry's invention was valid with several grand prix and Indy 500 wins, the French firm Ballot et Cie hired him to design engines for racing and road use.

We track down the roads we used for last month's road racers story — great sections minutes from the circuit.

Cars In My Life — Variety is the spice of David Cole's motoring life / Enjoying The Open Road — Michael Bowler makes some suggestions for the pre-season preparations of your pride and joy / Motoring Memories — We up the tempo with a selection of heavenly bodies from the CK Bowers archive / A Page From The Leaf — Dr R Elliot - Pyle chronicles the development of the twin - cam engine used by Lea Francis in the»20s / Sunbeam's First Victor National Motor Museum director — Michael Ware has traced a surviving early British racer / The Bradley Tapes — WF Bradley recalls a strange relationship to Ronald «Steady» Barker / Modern Values — Vauxhall's Ten proved to be a winner with British families — Jonathon Wood discovers why / Believe It Or Not?

In this instalment we look at Dan's involvement with the Lotus marque and his exploits at wheel of his Mark VIII, Eleven and Elite / The 1919 Indianapolis Ballots — David Burgess-Wise reveals the history of the five - litre Ballot racers, four of which were built for the first post-war Indianapolis 500 in 1919 / Back on the Road Michael Ware's regular feature on reader restorations

I would get to see a record attempt by pro road - racer Richie Stanaway to break 7 minutes for a lap of the Nürburgring's Nordschleife (the original North Loop).

In this month's cover story, Back on Track: Leyland - Thomas No 1, David Burgess-Wise tells the story of Parry Thomas's first Leyland Eight racer, destroyed in a war - time air raid, and the recent re-creation built around a collection of original parts / Steve Welsh reports from this year's Goodwood Revival, the world's biggest historic motor racing event, with highlights including an all - Ferrari Lavant Cup and a tribute to Bruce McLaren / Inspired by a 1956 Motor Sport article, Justin Marozzi takes his Bristol 405 on a 1000 - mile round trip to the Lake District in his article Filton Fashion / We bring together another group of unrestored cars and lead them on a scenic tour round Rutland, Britain's smallest county, for The Oily Rag Run / In Woodrow: Stockport's sporting cyclecar, John Warburton samples the sole surviving example of this unusual light car built by a hat manufacturer in the north of England / Jörg Sierks visits two world - class concours for An Elegant Weekend, held on opposite sides of the English Channel / Edwardians to Ostend — Stefan Marjoram took his sketchbook and camera on an exciting Continental road trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sproad trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford SpRoad, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sports

A half - cage is also installed for safety, rigidity and a suitably road - racer look.

You're sitting in a fixed - back carbon bucket seat and holding an Alcantara - covered steering wheel for a reason: the V12 Vantage is no freakish over-engined dragster, no soft straight - line train, it is a gentleman's road - racer.

Unfortunately for the black and white pup, the road was part of a rally course for dozens of racers including Uruguay's Fernando Zuasnabar, who was quickly approaching in his Mitsubishi Evo.

The no nonsense road racer attitude combined with high quality, luxury touches is an appealing contrast, reminiscent of an old 60s Ferrari built for GT racing.

In short, the Evolution is a proper racer for the road and packs enough grunt to shame even the fastest of hypercars.

Racing «sports cars,» like the incredibly efficient (but also insuperably ugly) Prototype racers that now fight for overall victory at Le Mans, have absolutely no visual linkage to anything any of us would want to be seen driving on the road.

The Formula Ford racer was modified for «road legal» status via wheel covers, lights and indicators, wing mirrors and a horn.

Although designed primarily to take on BMW's rivals on the race track, amongst them Mercedes - Benz's rally car turned DTM racer, the Cosworth - powered 190E 2.3 - 16, the public would get to experience the M3 too, as the Group A rules of the time specified that 5000 road - legal examples of the car would have to be built in its first 12 months for it to be homologated for competition use.

Alright, so we're talking mellow in the context of a road - racer with no air - conditioning and physical control weights, but still you can stroke it along at a decent pace without that uneasy sense you're two steps behind it and clinging on for dear life.

Inside, the short - throw gear lever for the Xtrac six - speed sequential gearbox and tiny racing steering wheel were reminders of the close alliance between the road car and the racer.

Prices are appropriately astronomical for these two top - shelf road racers — count on a base price of more than $ 300,000 and a long wait to own the Ferrari versus about $ 265,000 and more ready availability for the Aston.

Unlike most other GT1 projects with designs on Le Mans, Nissan built the road car necessary for homologation first and developed the racer from it.

For ultimate involvement there is the option of a six - speed manual gearbox, or if you want to feel closer to the racer within, a seven - speed Sportshift II paddle shift transmission offers incredibly fast gear changes and allows you to focus completely on the road ahead and revel in the V8 howl.

We've been waiting a long time for Aston to build a truly extreme road racer in the mould of a 911 RS.

There's Rod, holder of the record at Pikes Peak for so many years that they started calling the place Millen's Mountain; there's Steve Millen, rally driver, road racer and performance parts maker at Stillen; there's Rhys, son of Rod, himself a rally driver, successful Pikes Peak racer and driver of who - knows - how - many stunts in all those «Fast and / or Furious» movies; and now there is Ryan, a lad so polite you almost want to hire him on the spot to do public relations work at Disneyland, maybe for a souped - up version of Autopia where the cars leave the track and drift wildly through the Magic Kingdom.

Lastly on the aerodynamic trickery is the world's first top mounted, movable rear wing on a road car, inspiration for which was taken from Le Mans racers to increase the efficiency of the underside of the wing.

Late in the decade, Vince Piggins devised the Z28 option for the Camaro, and a Trans - Am series road racer was unleashed.

Mopar carried a line of «special parts» for super stock drag racers and developed its racing parts division called Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road and racing use.

This brake kit is for the hard - core road racer while also being suitable for street use.

Automatic transmissions are the best bet for drag racers but can perform sluggishly in turbocharged road racers.

March 18, 2013, Auburn Hills, Mich. - Configured in - house by the Chrysler Group's SRT (Street and Racing Technology) team in collaboration with professional road racers, the exclusive, street - legal and single - spec 2014 SRT Viper TA (Time Attack) package is specifically built for the performance enthusiast driver who likes to exercise their machines at the more than 150 road - race courses around North America.

«This is a great platform for amateur road racers and we are proud to be a part of the crowning of a National Champion.»

Mopar carried a line of «special parts» for super-stock drag racers and developed its racing parts division called Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road and racing use.

Many of the world's greatest motorcycle road racers will descend upon Mazda Raceway on July 7 - 9 for the Motul FIM Superbike World Championship GEICO U.S. Round featuring MotoAmerica.

Aimed at the top end of the track day market, club racers, National GT and perhaps a future GT3 class, the DBRS9 was a pure race car and not homologated for use on the road.

For the 2016 SEMA show Hyundai Motor America and ARK Performance have partnered once again to create the ARK Road Racer Elantra Concept.

Sure, as this video shows, the Megane GT is far from being a track racer, but the sporty suspension and the slightly revised aerodynamics should make it a fun car for weekend getaways on twisty roads.

The vintage racer is set up on the stiffer side, though the listing says it can be adjusted for road use.

The most significant design change for the Mk2 is a switch of the automotive platform to the Land Rover Discovery 4 rather than the off - road racer platform previously offered.

BMW built 167 road - legal versions based on the European ETCC - spec racer for homologation purposes.

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The iM is based on a Corolla-esque hatchback offered by Toyota globally, with tuning partner Troy Sumitomo (of Five Axis) drawing his inspiration from European road racers to create a more aggressive look for Scion.

«We want to thank the Panoz Motor Sports Group for making Mosport what it is today — a world class racing venue that hosts some of North America's best road racing series and a place of inspiration for generations of racers in Canada,» said Alan Boughton, Managing Partner, Canadian Motorsport Ventures, Ltd. «We are excited to pour our racing passion and business expertise into Mosport and look forward to working together with local government and tourism authorities to take this historic race facility to the next level in delivering the best excitement and entertainment motor racing has to offer.»

It's an off - road - oriented truck optimized for low - speed work; it's no wannabe desert racer.

Home» Special Coverage» 2013 Geneva Motor Show» Wild Lamborghini Veneno is a 750 hp road - legal racer; limited to just three units, and they are all spoken for

Granted, MINI is not a car for everyone, as demographically it's aimed at those who love spirited driving and a vehicle that handles like an SCCA road racer instead of a highway comfort dream machine.