Sentences with phrase «so much horsepower»

Also, for a car with so much horsepower and torque, the acceleration is not that great, especially at freeway speeds.

The device supposedly includes a trackpad - like touch panel, high definition screen (well, as HD as one gets on a handheld), and so much horsepower inside that it drains the battery in a snap and overheats.

With so much horsepower, acceleration is extremely strong, and the M5 is comfortably faster than many sports cars on the market.

The Bonneville remains front - wheel drive, and there's just so much horsepower you can feed a front - drive car until you are saddled with a bad case of torque steer, which is the tendency, under hard acceleration, for the car to try to steer itself left or right.

«When you think of a freshman congresswoman going to Washington with so much horsepower behind her already, it can only mean good things.»

Not exact matches

My understand standing is horsepower (which is 33,000 ft - lb) is the amount of work your car can do in a minute so if my car have a max of 690 horsepower, that's how much force my car can lift and keep moving, and torque is the same but with how much force is needed to get all the compounds moving inside the engine so if its 400 torque then that's how much force is needed to get the vehicle moving and after it moves the horsepower pick up.

So we made it to Daytona Beach in the Camaro ZL1, if not quite to Daytona International Speedway, where — since the Daytona 500 is a restrictor - plate race — we would have arrived with more horsepower than any car NASCAR had at the track this weekend, and for that matter, at least as much horsepower as any entry in the Rolex 24 at Daytona sports - car endurance race a few weeks ago.

How is it that a tiny, bright green, 84 - horsepower economy car earns so much praise from the demanding scribes at Automobile Magazine?

With 350 horsepower, big Brembos, and an all - wheel - drive chassis of unmistakable sporting intent, the RS offers so much performance and old - fashioned driving fun for $ 36,000 that it must signal the beginning of the end.

We can not put so much torque and horsepower on the front axle.

I do wish Honda would consider an optional engine choice, something larger and pushing 220 to 240 horsepower — not so much for performance, but for utility.

No other competitor offers lightweight and strong carbon fibre chassis construction, incredibly striking dihedral doors or as much horsepower in a sports car weighing so little.

The SR trim line offers a sport mode and the 300 horsepower is ample enough for fun, but not so much as to get you in trouble.

Because the engine develops so much torque and horsepower, an inexperienced driver could have trouble.

If you consider a high performance car one capable of going through a 40 mph curve at 60 mph, but flat - out horsepower isn't so much of a requirement for you, then the Honda Civic Si Sedan is the car you're seeking.

If a theme is mandatory, let's call it the shameless return to horsepower, not so much by the import brands, but by the domestics.

This was still not an engine that could stand up to the size and bulk of the Hummer H3, so in 2008, the Alpha H3 emerged, which featured a much more appropriate 5.3 - liter V - 8 that generated a healthy 300 horsepower.

He also owns a hot - rodded R32 GT - R that'd been detuned to 600 horsepower, so his car guy credentials are very much in order.

With 241 horsepower on tap, the IS 200t has enough power to be an enjoyable ride, but not so much as to get you in trouble.

Yes, this isn't as much horsepower as the previous MX - 5, but peak horsepower and torque come in lower on the 4th generation so you get more power at lower speeds.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

The turbo 1.5 - liter CR - V is incredibly responsive with 190 horsepower and its sporty CVT transmission, making the commute so much more fun than ever.

The primary difference between the two models is not defined so much by the gap in horsepower but rather the difference in sound and feel when operating at low speeds.

However, consider for a moment if you would, the look of embarrassment you'd leave on the face of the driver of pretty much any performance - oriented machine if you ordered your E63 AMG S 4MATIC Wagon with the badge - delete option, so they wouldn't get a hint — until you unleashed upon them the full fury of that 577 - horsepower turbocharged V8.

Mazda might have been well advised to dial the engine's output back to 220 horsepower or so — more power than the competition, but not too much for the 3 to handle gracefully.

The nonhybridized, 5.0 - liter engine which I love so much in the GS F, makes 471 horsepower and 398 pound - feet of torque — good for a 0 - 60 mph time of 4.4 seconds.

«This car's performance isn't measured by horsepower, but it is so smooth and has so much torque at the bottom that it really accelerates,» said Andretti.

The fact that the Titan doesn't offer the latest and greatest gear doesn't matter so much when buying used, where most shoppers will be perfectly happy with its strong build quality, its 317 horsepower 5.6 - liter V - 8, and its available four - wheel drive system.

In stock form, that 2.9 - liter manages to pump out 174 horsepower per liter, but with the engine putting out 208 horsepower per liter, there could be a strain on internal components, as they may not have been designed to accommodate quite so much power.

With 205 horsepower from a naturally aspirated 2.0 - liter boxer four engine, the 86 is powerful enough to get things humming, but not so much as to get a novice in trouble.

Even so, a much more powerful update of the Maxima's 3.5 - liter engine could easily add 40 horsepower to the current total of 290.

The bigger, more powerful Altima, with an available 240 - horsepower V - 6, is a solid, handsome sedan that is almost exactly the size of the Maxima, and much cheaper, with a well - equipped model listing for $ 22,000 or so.

Both cars offer the same EPA - rated mileage and horsepower, so depending as much on choice of nameplate, buyers essentially have to decide between a Lexus 300h or Avalon.

It's much more sophisticated than the 3.8 - liter V - 6, but even with an extra 40 horsepower, feels so much like the older engine that I had to pop the hood just to make sure it wasn't.

The engine is the same naturally aspirated V8 I love so much in the GS F, and here it makes 471 horsepower and 398 pound - feet of torque.

With so much additional horsepower standard, the 2011 Mustang received enhancements to its chassis to maintain the outstanding balance and driving behavior Mustang owners expect.

We are surprised we could fit so many performance vehicles with this much horsepower in one place!

This like well cared for, Quicksilver Metallic 2016 GMC Canyon SLE 4 Wheel Drive 3.5 L V6 4x4 truck comes equipped with a powerful and responsive, 3.5 L, V6 engine with 305 horsepower / 269 Torque / smooth shifting 6 speed Automatic Transmission / 8 Inch Touch Screen Infotainment System / Overhead Console / Leather Wrapped Steering Wheel / SLE Package and So much more!

The ultimate question, of course, isn't so much whether the Wii U can run this tech or that but whether it is possible to shorthand the Wii U's horsepower — by ascertaining which game engines it can run — in order to assure prospective customers of Nintendo's next console that it will be able to run the processor - intensive games made by the likes of EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Take Two and the rest of the major third - party companies.

So it now has more horsepower under the hood, that much is assured, but is that chip enough to boost the Note 10.1's mass appeal?