Sentences with phrase «short wheelbase cars»

The short wheelbase cars are more like large sports saloons than limos.

Short wheelbase car powered by a twin - turbo V8 engine and 6 - speed automatic transmission.

Not exact matches

«The new AMG GT race car will have several advantages over the SLS - it has a shorter wheelbase, it's lighter, and more aerodynamically efficient... But the car is still in development so there's a lot to find out.»

The new car's wheelbase is 1.6 inches longer but its overall length is two inches shorter.

Just fractionally lower and shorter in length, the new car's only significant dimensional changes are in width - where it's 2.9 inches wider - and in wheelbase.

The Rolls - Royce Ghost appeared in a 2010, a short - wheelbase sedan designed to be less stately and more personal, a car for people who understand that a Rolls - Royce can be something to drive, not just something to own.

In the snugness of its cabin, its taut feel, and its urgency, the V8 Vantage reveals itself as a sports car pure and simple: light of weight, short of wheelbase, and long on power.

Spend any time behind the wheel of this car, and you, too, will feel like a master of the universe.The short - wheelbase, V -12-engined 7 - series looks understated but moneyed, a plutocrat's transport.

Even though Maserati pitches the Alfieri concept as a sportier alternative to the current GranTurismo (the concept has a 9.4 - inch shorter wheelbase and is 13.5 inches shorter overall), the two cars have very similar mechanical parts.

So the new car's 111.4 - inch wheelbase now is just 0.3 - inch shorter than the Chevy Impala's, though its overall length of 193.8 inches falls 7.5 - inches short of its full - size sibling.

Because the S - class is essentially a chauffeur - driven car in the all - important Chinese market, Mercedes designed the new luxury sedan first as a long - wheelbase model (W222) and then worked on the short - wheelbase (V222) variant.

Unfortunately, the short wheelbase leads to a choppy highway ride, and the car isn't as practical as other similarly priced subcompacts.

Spyker says that the car is capable of the same 4.5 - second sprint to 60 mph as the short - wheelbase C8, thanks largely to better traction off the line.

This is the understeer that most people comment on after an initial drive in this car, but on second acquaintance you find that it's not wash - out, scary understeer, it's telltale and workable, an invitation to play with the balance of the short wheelbase and use the throttle and steering to adjust grip throughout the corner.

Despite having the CTS's wheelbase, we expect the new Camaro to be at least five inches shorter overall than the luxury sedan and about the same overall length as the current car.

It's a small, short - wheelbase, relatively light (curb weight is still unknown) car that does without turbocharging, large - displacement engines, all - wheel drive, trick transaxles, or big rubber.

This car is also shorter in length and wheelbase compared to the new S - Class sedan.

Race was fun, but would have prefered if the car would have had a shorter wheelbase.

The A5 sports a slightly longer wheelbase when compared with the outgoing car, but the side profile remains as handsome as the older coupe, thanks in part to dramatically short front and rear overhangs.

And its ride comfort was not bad for a car with such a short wheelbase.

The 2.0 - liter four - cylinder, on the other hand, was a bit of a letdown, especially considering that its 146 hp and 146 lb - ft of torque has such a small car to move — the CX - 3 is nearly a foot shorter than the CX - 5 and has a 5 - inch shorter wheelbase than the Mazda3 hatchback, and it's lighter than both of those models.

The 4C's shapely body is draped over a wheelbase that measures only 93.7 inches, and the car casts a shadow more than a foot shorter overall than a Porsche Cayman.

Despite the roomier interior, the wheelbase is 3 inches shorter and the new car weighs about 100 pounds less than its predecessor.

This being a small car with a short wheelbase you do certainly feel those bumps and potholes, but the crucial point is that the car isn't unduly deflected or upset by them, instead maintaining a steady course.

The handling limitations we discovered are nothing less than we'd expect with a car with such a short wheelbase and tall profile - and not something that can really change without the car no longer being a two - seat, 2.7m - long city car.

The steering is sharp, and the wheelbase short, but the car feels like it's about to keel over, tippy as any canoe.

The extreme alignment that's meant to help this short - wheelbase, rear - engine car track straight and true means that the helm is always alive, writhing in your hands.

Most important in a Lotus, grip, balance, and steering feel are phenomenal in the 410 and the ride is better than ever, still pinch - yourself surprising in a car so flingable and performance focused, and with a relatively short wheelbase.

Summon its power reserves and the fully revamped twin - turbo V - 12 with 563 horsepower and 664 lb - ft that comes on full at 1,700 rpm emits a satisfying, muted roar and hustles the car from 0 - 60 mph in around 5 ticks for the short wheelbase model.

When the NSX was new, the Honda engineers were quite concerned about the car's straightline stability, as the combination of a 58 percent rearward weight distribution and a relatively short 99.6 - inch wheelbase (the 1997 Corvette C5 with its 104.5 - inch wheelbase had not yet made a long wheelbase respectable for sports cars) seemed to promise lots of excitement in the corners.

Smart still runs a staggered tyre setup to mitigate its short wheelbase and rear - engined layout - the front tyres are 185 - section to the rears» 205 — but there's more front grip than in the old model and indeed more than most traditional city cars.

The Huracan makes more fun at curvy streets because it is smaller and the wheelbase is shorter, also the car screams a little more, but shows nearly the same suspension comfort as the R8.

«Because of the short wheelbase you can change from understeer to oversteer in a snap second,» he says, but adds that the car is very adjustable, very open to suggestion: «You can do ten laps and have ten different experiences at the same corner.»

We tack into the first turn, a sharp - ish right - hander, and there's a real sense of the short wheelbase — the car feels so alert, so keen to change direction.

While its looks suggest it'll square up against the Volkswagen Scirocco, it's a more compact car, with smaller dimensions including a 143 mm shorter wheelbase.

The C&D article said the 911's short wheelbase gave it «ride jitteriness» - so neither car apparently provides reviewers with a reasonable ride.

«The short wheelbase makes it extremely lively, it feels more like a rally car.

Joining the 1976 car are a 1978, 911 3.3 Turbo, also wearing Martini livery (estimate: 85,000 - 100,000 euros, # 60,000 - # 70,000), and an ex Carrera Panamericana, 1975 911 short - wheelbase.

In 2007, a first - series example brought $ 4.95 million at an auction in Monterey, California, and Coburn's short - wheelbase car sold for nearly $ 11 million in Italy last spring.

The 1M's short wheelbase and lack of roll mean that it can feel quite a snappy car over the limit, but with the throttle set to Sport (the one and only setting you can change) you have the perfect tool to keep the rear wheels spinning just as much as you want - once sideways it seems to stabilise sweetly, albeit with a lot of tread being shed from the tyres.

Even at 70 mph on rough Chicago streets, there was very little jarring and none of the wiggles or choppiness I've experienced in other small cars with short wheelbases.

Unusually, the Swift is also a touch shorter than before (by 10 mm) though its wheelbase has grown by 20 mm, while it's both 15 mm lower and 40 mm wider, giving the car a sportier stance than before and promising good things for the eventual Sport.

Hyundai says that the car will be positioned between the Elantra and Sonata, which explains its size: at 185.4 inches long, 71.7 inches wide, and 57.9 inches tall, the Mistra is marginally smaller than the Sonata (189.8 inches long, 72.2 inches wide, 57.9 inches high), and with a 0.9 - inch - shorter wheelbase (109.1 inches versus 110.0).

The short wheelbase — and relatively stiff suspension of our SE model — makes the car crash over highway irregularities and skip like a stone on a lake over expansion joints.

With a shorter wheelbase than its sedan sibling, the Drophead turns in with a bit more agility, but this car does not by any stretch provide a sporting experience.

The car is 123 mm longer than before (143 mm with the more pronounced bumpers of the AMG Line models), 74 mm wider, and has both a wider track (wider even than the E-class saloon and estate) and a longer wheelbase (albeit shorter than the saloon / estate, at 2873 mm to 2939 mm).

Short wheelbase 911s have gone the route of the 911R, or towards original rally cars driven at Monte Carlo by heroes like Björn Waldegård.

The Project 50 car is a 1965 short - wheelbase Porsche 911, with a 2 - litre flat - six engine producing 128bhp behind its rear axle.

The older car is smaller in every dimension and rides on a wheelbase that's more than a foot shorter than the ’16 model, but side by side the difference in overall size is less than you might expect.

It may be slightly shorter than the old car, but the new X1's wheelbase is a significant 90 mm longer, and height is up by 53 mm.