Sentences with phrase «shifting gearbox»

Its powertrain is essentially carried over from the conventional Kia Niro hybrid, with a 103 - horsepower 1.6 - liter 4 - cylinder engine and 6 - speed dual - clutch automatic - shifting gearbox sandwiching the electric motor.

It's paired with a self - shifting gearbox that brandishes six forward ratios, a much more acceptable number.

Plus, the easy - shifting gearbox features Kawasaki's exclusive Positive Neutral Finder, which allows for easy and accurate shifting from first into neutral when stopped.

With Pontiac's trademark snarling exhaust sound, mag wheels, a slick - shifting gearbox, excellent handling, snappy acceleration and a full gauge package, the sporty Sunbird LE offers a lot of fun, performance and even a bit of luxury for the price.

It's mated to an eight - speed paddle - shifting gearbox.

The drive experience is further enhanced by the smooth and slick - shifting gearbox and the light clutch.

Just as surprising was the performance, with 620Nm of torque available from 1600rpm and a quick shifting gearbox, the E-Class rockets ahead anytime you push the throttle with urgency.

Here, the GT R was able to best the Corvette by two - tenths of a second thanks to its fast - shifting gearbox and nine - stage traction system.

The reason it is slower is that it isn't the fastest - shifting gearbox.

This little engine loves to rev, and the slick - shifting gearbox encourages it.

When the car is running in an odd number gear, the adjacent even numbered gears are pre-selected and are ready to make the shift immediately in the sequential - shifting gearbox.

This Ferrari 360 Spider F1 features the paddle - shifting gearbox and has covered a little over 13,000 miles.

What goes in the 320d's favour is the motor that's faster to hit 100kmph, a quick - shifting gearbox, a steering that is precise, benefits from a good ride and handling combo, and the fact that it is more efficient with a longer range.

All V - 6 Saturns come with a four - speed automatic transmission, a very smooth - shifting gearbox.

This week's test car is an LE coupe with the same 3.1 - liter V - 6, but instead of the three - speed automatic, it sported a five - speed manual transmission.With Pontiac's trademark snarling exhaust sound, mag wheels, a slick - shifting gearbox, excellent handling, snappy acceleration and a full gauge package, the sporty Sunbird LE offers a lot of fun, performance and even a bit of luxury for the price.

The quick - shifting gearbox, which can be controlled via paddles, does add to the occasion if you choose to change gear yourself, but you're never left craving that next open stretch of road to fully open the throttle like you might be in a more focused machine — not least because the fuel gauge falls at an alarming rate if you do.

He describes the RS» handling as «peppy and direct» and points out the power, sound and easy - shifting gearbox as his particular highlights.

Power is delivered through the company's «F1 SuperFast» automated manual transmission - at the time, the quickest - shifting gearbox Ferrari had ever made.

Now these are surprisingly good figures for a four - cylinder limo, aided no doubt by the slick - shifting gearbox which remains smooth and rarely hunts between gears despite so many ratios.

Other factors that help its case are the raised ground clearance, the punchy new petrol engine, the slick - shifting gearbox and the amount of safety tech that is on offer.

The CDTi 125 model is offered with the TecShift self - shifting gearbox that isn't the smoothest of its type but does take the strain out of down driving and multi-drop work.

Transmission: This slick - shifting gearbox can help Charade run like a bigger, more - expensive machine.

Our car came with the automatic transmission, a smooth shifting gearbox with a special feature.

Disappointingly, there's no automatic option for diesel engines at present, so if you want a self - shifting gearbox you'll have to stick with petrol power.

The slick shifting gearbox along with the light clutch makes it an easy car to drive.

The Audi Q3 S is more fun to drive than the regular Q3 versions, largely because of the slick shifting gearbox and the higher driver involvement.

Responsive and exhilarating, the torque - rich V - 8 and easy - shifting gearbox don't just turn the Challenger into an extension of your right foot, they transform that appendage into a fearsome instrument of bona - fide butt - kicking.

«No - nonsense interior, quick - shifting gearbox, and a really usable steering wheel with a small and ideal thickness, more like a race wheel.»

Absolutely great styling inside and out, quick shifting gearbox when equipped with the semi-manual f1 paddle shiftier transmission.

It'll be the first time Smith has raced a car with a paddle - shift gearbox and he's anticipating some issues getting to grips it, but how can anyone assume that this won't be resolved given that the 76 - year - old brings vast experience, and will definitely be hoping to teach a few of the younger drivers (including Ferrari juniors Marcus Armstrong and Robert Shwartzman) some tricks.

It's revolutionary semi-automatic paddle - shift gearbox was part of what made the car so quick... and so unreliable.

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

Why no other manufacturer has done it is beyond me, for it fuses the effortless control and excitement of a paddle - shift gearbox with the greater engagement of a manual.

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).

Ricardo is engineering a bespoke seven - speed paddle - shift gearbox, while Rimac is developing the hybrid battery system.

Both use an uninvolving paddle shift gearbox and both feel big and lazy by comparison to their predecessors.

The car uses a six - speed paddle shift gearbox, but how exactly this works with the complex hybrid drivetrain has yet to be revealed.

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.

Other than at - times jerky behavior from the seven - speed, paddle - shift gearbox, the car delivers to you the full experience without ever feeling high - strung or intimidating.

e-gear paddle - shift gearbox (six - speed manual optional), four - wheel drive, front and rear limited - slip diffs

This 695 has been developed with help from Maserati, utilising the standard 178bhp 1.4 Turbo T - Jet engine, along with a paddle - shift gearbox.

Like the 550 Maranello, a six - speed manual is the only available gearbox on the Barchetta — neither the 456M GTA's four - speed automatic nor the 360's F1 paddle - shift gearbox has made it into Ferrari's V - 12 flagship.

This twin - turbocharged 5 - litre V8 motor produces 1341bhp and 1011 lb ft of torque, and sends drive to the rear wheels through a seven - speed paddle - shift gearbox.

You could buy a pair of these for the price of one Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari — a similar car, save for an extra 45bhp, a five - speed paddle - shift gearbox and a smattering of carbonfibre and fancy trim.

Torque has also been raised by 37 lb ft to a slightly more muscular 369 lb ft. Mercedes» seven - speed twin - clutch paddle shift gearbox remains unchanged.

That powerplant has been highly modified, and is paired with a version of Volvo's I - Shift gearbox and a 200 - hp, 885 - lb - ft electric motor.

Haldex IV four - wheel drive transmission, single - clutch paddle shift gearbox, carbonfibre chassis and inboard pushrod suspension.

The transmission is a manual version of the seven - speed paddle - shift gearbox.

It gets a six - speed twin - clutch paddle - shift gearbox as standard and costs # 17,395.

Both petrol and diesel versions are also available with Direct - Shift Gearbox (DSG).