Sentences with phrase «series production car»

It's much more technically challenging, and more meaningful, to develop a car that seeks to be the fastest - ever series production car on a racing circuit.

If those numbers seem puny today, it must be noted the first Turbo was also the quickest, fastest series production car then available (0 - 60 mph in 5.2 seconds, top speed 160).

In 1989 the Z1 and 850i were the first BMW series production cars to be equipped with a multi-link rear axle.

With 300 the new benchmark and so many series production cars now capable of 200, we could all be forgiven for thinking membership of the 200mph Club is as exclusive as Amazon Prime, yet the flippancy is misplaced — truth is, relatively few of us can claim to have driven at more than 3.333 miles per minute.

And as the C7 can run on just four cylinders up to 90 mph, the EPA rates its mileage as 17 city, 29 highway; it should be better than any other 450 - hp - plus series production car available now.

This puts it at the top of the tree in terms of current US series production cars, and the most powerful car GM has ever produced.

The outgoing GT4 wasn't a limited series production car and sales figures show that it actually out - sold the 2.7 in the last - generation Cayman.

So when VW claims its Golf GTI Clubsport S is the new King of the Ring, it's talking about how it just broke the record for front - wheel - drive street - legal series production cars thanks to a 7 minute, 49.21 - second rip through the Green Hell with German race car driver Benny Leuchter at the helm.

More than 80 percent of the drivetrain incorporated in the i30 series production car combined with upgraded race - capable technologies led Hyundai i30 Turbo to win the SP2T class and finish 71st overall.

The limited edition Reventón — a work of automotive art — and the Sesto Elemento «technology demonstrator» were forerunners of this philosophy: the Aventador is the first Lamborghini series production car embodying this vision.

The R8 RWS marks a significant step for Audi, for this mid-engined model is the firm's first rear - wheel drive series production car.

For this list, we focused on series production cars from mainstream manufacturers, giving a pass to Koenigsegg, because well, the company's trying so hard, and its cars are pretty badass.

Despite the weight reduction, the long - wheelbase version is, at 5238 mm long, the biggest series production car BMW has ever built.

In 1956 the front brakes were changed from drums to discs, the TR3 thus becoming the first British series production car to be so fitted.

«With the new A 45 AMG we have well and truly achieved our aim of developing the most dynamic, powerful and efficient four - cylinder series production car,» comments Tobias Moers, Head of Overall Vehicle Development and Board Member of Mercedes - AMG GmbH.

The Jaguar XKR - S is Jaguar's fastest series production car, and is as sure a sign as you can get of the potential Jaguar has.

Jaguar has revealed their fastest ever series production car — the 186mph Jaguar XKR - S — at Geneva.

That's more than any series production car in the world now that the Bugatti Veyron has inhaled its last quad - turbo breath.

Built by Nissan Motorsports International in Japan, it has aerodynamic, suspension and engine upgrades, and with the optional «Track Pack» fitted it's the car that's set the fastest ever time for a series production car around the Nurburgring, at 7.08.679.

Porsche's 911 R shares the same ethos, but it's not a series production car.

For the first time since the F40 of 1987, Ferrari has fitted turbochargers to a series production car.

The chassis has been completely revised for the M3 / M4; it's completely new from the series production car (the standard 3 - series).

Both concepts are previews of the series production cars set to be revealed over the course of next year.

«But on the other hand, if you look at the tradition of M we came from being the first company picking a series production car and making a high - performance car out of that.

The concept car unveiled to visitors attending the Australian International Motor Show in 2007 hasn't changed much in the transition to series production car, not outwardly at least.

The launch of this car marks Lamborghini's first use of four - wheel steering in a series production car; previously, it has featured in the likes of the limited - edition Centenario.

Thanks to the close cooperation between racing engineers, racing drivers and developers, the Audi R8 has seen a clear performance increase — this benefits both the series production car and the R8 LMS developed on the basis of this.

The ceramic brakes from AMG keeps under the control the extra power of 140 HP while the adaptive suspension has new springs from Brabus while the characteristics remain the same like in the series production car.

Production car racing in Australia was revived in 1981 when CAMS introduced regulations for «Group E Series Production Cars», officially redesignated to its current «Group 3E Series Production Cars» name in 1988.

The basic structure and the stretched greenhouse of the series production car remain basically unchanged.

The 8 Series Concept provides a preview of the 8 Series production car, which BMW says will arrive in 2018.

The model is said to have «the quietest interior of any series production car» — quite an interesting statement given that we're talking about a convertible model.

The Vision B was a car ahead of its time, but at the same time, it was transformed very quicly in a series production car, named the B - Class.

In 2013, the Mercedes - Benz CLA attained a Cd figure of 0.22 — marking a new all - time low both within the Mercedes - Benz model portfolio and amongst all series production cars.

The V8 engine's cylinder block and cylinder head are from the upcoming 8 - series production car, and has more than 500bhp at its disposal as per race regulations.

As the vehicle is getting less than a year away from production, the company confirmed that the concept vehicle unveiled in 2015 (see below) is «quite close to the series production car».