Sentences with phrase «smooth freeway»

The diesel engine gives up a bit of low - end acceleration, but exchanges it for smooth freeway manners and impressive fuel economy.

Just think of it like turning a dirt road into a smooth freeway.

Even on Northern California's relatively smooth freeways, we felt a fair amount of impact vibration and harshness while sitting in back, an unbefitting sensation for such luxurious chairs.

On smooth freeways, though, you do adjust to making smaller inputs, and the hydraulic assist delivers far more natural effort levels than the electric power steering that's such a bummer in the Z4.

Not exact matches

Rather, it's a delirious five - minute sequence that involved shutting down an active freeway off - ramp for two days, hundreds of dancers hoofing and singing their hearts out on top of color - coded cars, and an extraordinary amount of co-ordination to make it seem as if it's all happening in one seamless, smooth - as - hell single shot.

Merging onto a freeway or overtaking another vehicle can often be accomplished by just squeezing the throttle a little harder — without the need for the velvety smooth, quick - shifting 8 - speed automatic to downshift.

As always, turbo torque comes on low in the rev range — peak grunt is available at 2100 rpm — making passing on the freeway «silky smooth,» as downshifts are rarely needed.

While the ride is fairly calm on well - maintained freeways, it's busy on anything less smooth, with lots of head and body movement to occupants.

Shifts were smooth and pretty much seamless, sharpening when we got aggressive with the throttle (we passed a Tesla on the 101 freeway!)

It doesn't happen all the time, though it happens most often after going up a hill, getting off the freeway, or after heavy acceleration.The next stop after a few minutes of slow easy driving usually yields a smooth idle again.

The R8 eats up curving freeways at speeds of more than 120 mph with a smooth and stable ride and makes greedy work of winding hill climbs.

Rather than a smooth rotation of the steering wheel and tires, what I feel as I make those slight corrections at freeway speed is nothing, nothing, then too much.

We didn't drive on the freeway, or some perfectly smooth race track.

The ride quality is exceptionally smooth and the interior is quiet, making it great to take on the freeway.

It would certainly make sense for the Honda Fit / Jazz and Civic models, since a six - speed dual - clutch sequential manual with smooth automatic shifting could improve fuel efficiency, not only with lower revs at freeway speeds but also by lowering the weight of the transmission compared to a conventional automatic transmission.

On the freeway the Edge delivered a smooth, easy drive, with good noise damping in the cabin.

The ride is anything but stiff, though we're sure the smooth roads in rural Germany didn't challenge it nearly as much as a Chicago freeway will.

After a day of driving the 2009 Nissan Maxima through some curvy roads, as well as some extensive time on the freeway, we can report that the Maxima's V6 engine delivers good low - end torque and smooth operation.

It is quiet and smooth on the freeway.

Big Prius Has a Nice Ride As long as you plan your passes, the 2012 Prius V is actually enjoyable on the freeway, as its longer wheelbase makes for a smoother ride.

Once under way, the turbocharged four - cylinder is a smooth runner on the highway, and it's nice to see the average freeway economy numbers on the high side of 30 mpg.

Sitting on the freeway near Seoul in sixth gear and flooring the right pedal resulted in a smooth but still reasonably rapid surge, though dropping it back to fifth seemed a more fun alternative.

Apart from squeezing into cramped parking spots, it felt most at home out on smooth, open freeways, lazily revving around 1700rpm in sixth at 100km / h with just a hint of tyre and wind noise.

And while our drive of the RF along Tokyo freeway was unlikely to unseat any dynamic blunders, the car felt well acquitted on smooth corners, with excellent road - holding, predictable front - end grip and lithely rear - drive dynamics we've come to know and love.

At speed, the X-TRAIL cruises along comfortably, however, it doesn't deliver the smoothest transition from stationery to freeway pace.

Great comfort - the car drives like a dream on the freeway (like a boat)- very smooth, although not the best cornering.

There were moments I found myself going above 130 km / h on the freeway without noticing due to its quiet and smooth ride.

There's plenty of poke in the low end for pulling into traffic, or for towing, ample upper end to run steady and smooth on the freeway, and virtually no evidence of diesel - ness other than the badges and the fuel filler (which is fitted with a handy AdBlue filler neck for the treatment tank refill).

Eight speeds Similarly, although the eight - speed automatic works well as an all - purpose transmission, with smooth shifts and very tall gears to improve freeway fuel economy, it falls just a little short of full sport performance.

The suspension delivers a very smooth ride at speed on the freeway, while cabin noise is kept to a minimum, giving the Maxima luxury car qualities.

Driving the 2015 Mercedes - Benz S550 Coupe along one of my usual test loops, combining city streets, the freeway, twisty mountain roads and a scenic stretch of coastal highway, I enjoyed the incredibly smooth ride quality and able cornering, the low growl of the engine, and the high fidelity sounds coming from the 24 - speaker Burmester audio system.

It is a smooth ride at higher speeds on the freeways and has the power when you need it.

With its 18 - inch wheels, the ride quality on the freeway feels smooth, but the economy car suspension becomes much more apparent at slower speeds.

On one hand, I like that the SVR's smooth and quiet freeway ride makes 90 mph feel like a calm 65.

Together, these two smooth operators can send either LS variant from a stop to freeway cruising speed in about six seconds.

Around town and on the freeway the Grand Cherokee felt equally tractable, easy to maneuver in tight quarters and smooth riding at high speeds.

Spritely off the line and good passing power on the freeway, and I like this 1.4 liter turbo — it's smooth.

A silky smooth ride meant that it was the one everyone wanted for long freeway slogs or trips between dinner and the hotel.

Otherwise, driving down the freeway is smooth and comfortable.

Beyond the basics, we also help new drivers to develop defensive driving skills, freeway vision techniques and strategies, smooth steering on winding roads, stable speed in heavy traffic, and a fuel - efficient driving style.