Sentences with phrase «shift gearbox in»

The gearbox is the familiar seven - speed twin clutch unit, or Seamless Shift Gearbox in McLaren speak, driving the rear wheels through an open differential.

The team had developed the first semi-automatic paddle - shift gearbox in F1 and although it was clearly effective, it was also horribly unreliable.

Not because I prefer paddle - shift gearboxes in street cars, but because you don't have to take the damn thing in this case if you don't want it.

Not exact matches

For years, he was an essential cog in the Audi Sport, Joest Racing, and Champion Racing teams that routinely changed entire rear - end assemblies (suspension, gearbox, drivetrain, power steering pump reservoir, shift - control unit, clutch release bearing, air jack, and rear body support) in three minutes and change.

So rather than trying to send much of the 510 lb - ft of torque to the rear axle, I concentrated on enjoying the smooth shifts available from the short - throw, six - speed gearbox, which is a great box but, I might offer, no better than the one in the Roush Mustang that we drove a few months ago.

The auto «box is more than up to the task, though, and only loses a little to the Porsche's more sophisticated gearbox in terms of shift speed.

Stripped of air - con and stereo and fitted with PCCB brakes, a six - speed stick - shift gearbox and the smaller, lighter battery, it comes in under 1300 kg (the 1M tips the scales at 1570 kg).

There's no sledgehammer effect in your kidneys - there's simply too much mass being pushed forwards for that - but the V8's breadth of torque (that 900Nm is produced between 2,750 and 4,000 rpm) and the snappy shifts from the MCT gearbox are more than enough to deliver a suitably rapid and linear progression from slow to fast.

The five - speed manual gearbox's stubby shifter looks very sporting but earned «stiff, heavy, notchy» grumbles in the notebook.

Tweaks to the shift speeds of the eight - speed gearbox and the combination of BMW's xDrive four - wheel drive system result in an M4 GTS - beating 3.7 sec 0 - 62mph (BMW claims a 0 - 60mph time a tenth quicker) and a top speed of 189mph if you opt for the M Driver's Package.

It's been many years since I owned a stick - shift or front - wheel - drive car; I am, contrary to most in this business, a huge fan of double - clutch gearboxes.

The gearbox, with its snappy, short - throw shift, is a great partner for the sparkling six, and the brakes, while laughably grumbly (in finest M tradition) and a little over-servoed at the top - end of the pedal travel, stand up well to fast road driving.

The gearbox seems manual, there's a plate on the dashboard, in front of the shifter with the «position» for each of the gears... Don't think F1 cars had sequential gearboxes until late 80's.

The six - speed Xtrac sequential gearbox bangs off shifts like a rifle and any and all inputs from my hands or feet instantly alter the chassis — but not remotely in a nervous way.

Three driver modes adjust steering assist, throttle, traction, the magnetic suspension, and GM's in - house eight - speed, paddle - shifted automatic gearbox, also bequeathed from the Z06.

Back in the transmission's normal mode the shifts are slurred like a traditional automatic gearbox, but the same mighty performance is always on tap regardless of your driving mode.

And speaking of the gearbox, there are no changes to the seven - speed dual - clutch unit, so you get the same slightly lazy shifts in auto mode but much faster changes using the wheel - mounted paddles.

Even so, as the V - 8's angry voice reflects and bounces it ways up rock faces as the twin - clutch 7 - speed gearbox punches in shifts with a wicked ignition crack, you know the 570S Spider is a pretty serious supercar.

While all the new dual - clutch gearboxes slur their shifts together in an endless flow of silky smoothness, the Lambo changes gears hard enough to trigger the traction control system.

While some may consider its gearbox inferior for having six speeds rather than more, it sure makes shifting manually more satisfying and less likely to result in a paddle - induced repetitive stress injury.

He can tick off those arguments in about 30 milliseconds, the time it takes the Ferrari 458 Speciale's dual - clutch gearbox to shift gears.

That bone of contention — the gearbox — remains a six - speed, dual - clutch paddleshift affair, but Renault has revised it to deliver 50 per cent quicker shifts in its most exuberant Race mode.

Shifts come quick enough in manual mode from the paddle - shiftable dual - clutch gearbox (borrowed with some improvements from the Dodge Dart and Alfa Giulietta) when you don't feel like dictating every shift, the auto mode does a reasonable job of predicting when you'd like to drop a cog or shift into top gear.

The Tremec gearbox is a variant of the one used in the Viper; happily, shift efforts here are lower, but the linkage is notchy, with a strong centering spring that wants to keep you in the 3 - 4 gate.

In manual mode the nine - speed automatic gearbox provides snappy shifts on the way up the ratios, but doesn't feel quite so responsive on the way back down.

In addition to a more nimble chassis, the BMW offers greater range in character with electronically adjustable dampers, the ability to alter shift speeds in the dual - clutch gearbox, and the convenient «M» button on the steering wheel to activate your preferred settingIn addition to a more nimble chassis, the BMW offers greater range in character with electronically adjustable dampers, the ability to alter shift speeds in the dual - clutch gearbox, and the convenient «M» button on the steering wheel to activate your preferred settingin character with electronically adjustable dampers, the ability to alter shift speeds in the dual - clutch gearbox, and the convenient «M» button on the steering wheel to activate your preferred settingin the dual - clutch gearbox, and the convenient «M» button on the steering wheel to activate your preferred settings.

We initially kept getting lost in the seven - speed manual gearbox, but after many months, we can guide the shift lever through its gates with smooth flicks of the wrist.

Speaking of keeping it in a lower gear, shifting the RS4 is a blissfully simple task thanks to the wonderfully fluid and straightforward six - speed manual gearbox (the only transmission available) and perfectly tuned clutch.

It is, foremost, a lot of fun to drive, with accurate steering, a firm chassis, and an available six - speed manual gearbox (in addition to a quick - shifting six - speed automatic).

Yes, the PDK is an amazing gearbox and makes the new car faster, but we miss the heavy, positive clutch and the firm shift action that made the six - speed manual so brilliant in older GT3s.

The cable is pulling up the lever attached on the gearbox in order to shift...

A six - speed automatic is the sole transmission offered, but as we discovered while flinging the XKR - S Coupe about in Spain, the gearbox is quite good, and happy to «crack off shifts with a hammer - like punch.»

Fitted with the six - speed manual gearbox — which has a slightly notchy and rubbery shift — it'll reach 62mph in five seconds, topping out at a limited 155mph.

The engine is linked up to a paddle - shift operated sequential gearbox (with six speeds), and in combination with that low weight, 0 - 60mph is said to take just 2.5 sec, while the top speed is 170mph.

Shift paddles behind the steering wheel let the driver pick ratios in the dual - clutch gearbox, while split - level transparent display panels position useful information at a suitable distance from the driver.

When fitted with the electro actuated gearbox, the faster shift times (down to 100ms) and increase in power enable the GranTurismo Sport to accelerate from 0 - 62mph in just 4.7 seconds, reaching a top speed of 186mph.

With abundant torque on a wide band, there's no need to work the clutch pedal and gearbox as much as in the days of the peaky E30 M3, but we do it for fun — a rev - match feature helps execute perfect shifts, down and up.

This time we expect Audi will switch to a dual - clutch automatic for snappy and fast shifting, but spy shots of the TT RS coupe reveal a manual gearbox may be offered as an option, at least in Europe.

Sure, the headline number of 0.2 second to execute a shift is impressive and, because this is a dual - clutch gearbox, shifting doesn't interrupt power delivery, so you can bang off upshifts or downshifts in the middle of a curve without upsetting the chassis.

The 200 - hp turbo four - cylinder is lively without overwhelming the chassis (which can't be said for Chrysler's 283 - hp V - 6) and while the dual - clutch gearbox can be a bit timid off the line, once the clutch is hooked up in first it will snap off seamless, bullet - quick shifts on your way to sixth gear.

Check brake light switch works, as this could have an affect on the automatic gearbox «not in park» stuff safty disable, ignition on press brake jiggle shift lever in neutral and back to park, make sure brake ligths work.

When the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 hits showrooms later this year, it'll be the automaker's first car to get the new ten - speed automatic, a transmission Chevy claims is so dialed in that it shifts faster than Porsche's outstanding PDK dual - clutch gearbox.

A CVT with shift paddles is now available, but the transmission you want is the new six - speed manual — a gear - changing jewel that embarrasses the gearboxes in cars costing three times as much.

We would have preferred more obedience from the paddle shifter (finished in an electroplated surface with the Sport package), though those who put their faith in the computer's logic are likely to be less disappointed with the nine - speed gearbox, especially since the downshifts are nicely rev - matched and the upshifts relatively swift.

Here in North America, we got a 192 - hp version of the inline - four, and the gearbox had a standard H - type shift pattern.

The shifts from Hyundai's eight - speed automatic aren't as crisp as what you get from a ZF gearbox in a BMW or an Audi.

PDK may be named unimaginatively (it stands for Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe, or «Porsche double - clutch gearbox» in English), but it's practically psychic in its operation, choosing both the gear and the shift speed that you'd pick yourself.

Oh yes, and on the road it also rides less uncomfortably than before when in Strada mode thanks to new damper settings, and it benefits from a smoother - shifting auto mode within the gearbox.

Porsche experimented with a dual - clutch gearbox in the 1960s, shelved it due to persistent problems with rough shifting, and then resurrected it in the 1970s for a German government project.

There was and is nothing revolutionary about the six - speed ZF (in fact, most of the aforementioned competitors have moved on to more sophisticated gearboxes), but it does what it needs to do, which is to provide smooth, relatively seamless shifts when the Quattroporte's driver wants only to drive in automatic mode.