Sentences with phrase «small sports car taking»

Northamptonshire - based MX - 5 tuner, BBR, has turbocharged the latest generation of Mazda's small sports car taking its power to 248bhp.

Not exact matches

Of course, how small the system really feels will relate to the type of car you have — an SUV will feel like it takes up less room than a sports car will, but you will be able to get it into both, which should tell you all you need to know.

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 Sports

Porsche Porsche 550, Audi R5, and Volkswagen BlueSport Porsche takes the lead in developing a small, mid-engine sports car for the VW Group Volkswagen first teased enthusiasts with a mid-engine roadster in 2009 with the BlueSport concept, just months before the German giant made a move to purchase Porsche.

Nissan's IDx Freeflow and IDx Nismo concept showed one possible direction that a small, rear - wheel drive, affordable sports car could take.

The Mercedes - Benz AMG GT is expected to be a smaller, more nimble sports car that will take on the likes of the Porsche 911, as compared to the larger and heavier SLS AMG GT it replaces.

What is also now clear is that Porsche has dropped plans for a sub-Boxster sports car, with Porsche boss Matthias Mueller saying ``... it may take another generation of customers before a small roadster fits in with Porsche».

The system takes its inspiration directly from technology employed in motor sport and, until now, seen only on a small number of prestige road cars.

Taking BMW's smallest sports cars one step closer to the bahnstorming new M2 coupe, which has just won motoring.com.au's second Australia's Best Driver's Car award for 2016, all three models score an extra 10kW of power and 50Nm of torque.

The concept looked like a cross between a sports car and an SUV and highlighted the direction Mazda was taking when producing their next small compact crossover.

Now, it looks like Mercedes may have the Porsche Cayman in its sights, and it'll take it on with a stand - alone small sports car.

2005 Nissan Murano SE Nissan positions its Murano as «the on - road SUV,» taking to the streets as a smaller, nonoffensive sport utility vehicle that's based on a car platform.

Take that silly «comfort» and «convenience» thing out of it, and the 4C is perfect: stunning racy Italian looks, beautiful small turbo engine, fabulous twin - clutch transmission, rigid carbon - fiber chassis, mid-engine balance, and most of all, maybe the quickest and most precise steering of any sports car on the road.