Sentences with phrase «sort of sports car»

- One of the stars at the upcoming Central Florida International Auto Show will be the new Isuzu Vehicross - sort of a sports car for off - road.

The 2.0 - liter horizontally opposed Subaru four's 205 horsepower feels like, well, 205 horsepower, but to repeat, if you're as inclined toward this sort of sports car, it's plenty.

I've driven all sorts of sports cars.

Not exact matches

Formula E has just revealed its new car and it looks like a sort of futuristic cross between a traditional single - seater and a sports prototype.

I have all sorts of hobbies like; boating, water sports, snow sports, off roading, race car driving, swimming, partying and clubbing.

VSCC Lakeland — Trial Tom Threfall reports / Business and pleasure — Meet a happy Danish enthusiast who makes a living out of his hobby / Keeping the flag flying In the early 30s — John Black gave Standard a new image — and saved the company / Lost in the Wash — Michael Ware tells of Malcolm Campbell's ill - starred plans for a rival to Brooklands / Sit - up - and - beg - sort - out The pre-war and early post war Ford Eights were similar but... Bill Ballard sorts them out / A sports car by accident — M.W - W on the legendary Prince Henry Vauxhall / The Freehollow Flyer — Chris Edwards concludes his story of the Gordon England Austin 7 found in an American barn / «For ordinary usage and for racing» — Keith Clare found a 1913 Singer Ten with a chequered history in New Zealand / The Geelong Sprints — Australia's answer to the Brighton Speed trials / Rallying to Ballarat — Peter May reports on the VCC of Ausralia's Melbourne to Ballarat Rally / Body language — The final part of Mike Worthington - Williams» magnum opus on body styles.

The Super 200 is a lot of fun and full of the sort of energy that a small sports car should have.

In the 60 years since John Cooper's sports car née cheap, cute city commuter, Mini has built cars of all shapes and sizes for all sorts of buyers.

The BMW i8 is a familiar sort of exotic sports car, sleek but seductive, yet it's been created to behave in a way that makes such a car possible in the twenty - first century.

You could say that this little sports car is sort of a modern version of Morgan's 3 Wheeler.

You know the sort, the ones that worry the likes of proper sports cars and could even keep the tail end of supercar - dom in check on a slightly damp track.

«I've got a garage here, and I've driven it in my Viper ACR,» Gilles counters, adding something about how easy it is to drive the big V - 10 sports car quickly, and that he holds a track record of some sort.

It's the only car in this class with the sort of rear - wheel drive set - up that's more usually found on sports cars, and it comes with a wide range of fairly powerful engines — both petrol and diesel — and is available in either three - door or five - door versions.

Inside the cabin, the RX - 8's innovative two - person backseat and reverse - opening rear half - doors provide the sort of practicality no other sports car can match.

Even if you still can't wrap your head around any sort of Lamborghini SUV, be it an LM002 or an Urus, take comfort in one very important fact: The Urus» success will almost singlehandedly bankroll the company's commitment to future super sports cars, including Lamborghini's nascent electrification efforts.

It helps that Porsche routes some of the sound directly into the cabin, and every lift of the gas pedal — even at sedate cruising speeds when you run the car in sport mode — produces the sort of trailing throttle burbling and cracking reserved usually for GT - class race cars.

Then it occurred to me that, as a small car from a GM division, it sits in a sort of blind spot: Chevy makes good pickups, good sports cars and good SUVs, plus some okay crossovers.

The assumption was that Honda was developing some sort of compact sports car, when it was really this Vision Gran Turismo concept all along.

It seems to go without fail when we get a convertible or sports car at the office that some sort of weather phenomenon hits, rendering the best attributes of these vehicles useless.

The concept of concept cars is changing.For decades, automakers» concept cars (and trucks) were wild, futuristic vehicles that sported all sorts of exotic shapes and Flash Gordon - like electronic gizmos.Their primary mission was to draw attention to manufacturers» displays at auto shows.

Well, if Lotus has its way, a roadster version of the sports car could arrive as early as late 2016, packing all sorts of goodies like a two - part carbon - fiber roof that can be removed manually.

Generally speaking Tourings, Station Wagons, Sports Wagons, Shooting Brake, The Advants sort of cars is much better received in Europe then here in North America.

Yes, we know there are all sorts of one - off Lingenfelter, Saleen, Hennessey, Spyker, and other heavily breathed upon V8 - powered sports cars out there — we play «Need For Speed» too, OK?

It encompasses all sorts of outstanding stunts and achievements over the years: towing trains, scaling dam walls, tackling giant speed bumps and racing 999 steps up a mountainside in an SUV that's faster than a sports car.

A problem: It sort of stacks up at the rear of the car, meaning it hides almost everything except tall sport utility vehicles in the rear - view mirror — you have to depend on the side mirrors.

One of the options on my sport model is the paddle shifters, which makes driving the car sort of like a game.

It sounds a bit like the car is sporting an aftermarket package, which it sort of is.

You do have to make the cabin attractive, even if it isn't a sports car of sorts, which the LaCrosse isn't pretending to be.

It sort of reminds me of how the Volkswagen Golf R was setup, which is another sport compact that's quick, offers all - wheel drive, but is priced at about $ 10,000 more than the ST. Bump stiffness over road ruts is stiff, which I'm thinking has more to do with the stiff sidewalls on the performance - oriented Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 tires fitted on the car.

How every once storied automaker these days is «Americanizing» in the words of that Ferrari dude that was let go a while back (alright, that's sort of the word he used), building crappy luxury SUVs that can barely navigate a speedbump, making lame four - door sports cars, and entry - level econoboxes, just sickens me.

The Jaguar F - Type is considered a successor of sorts to Jaguar's E-Type convertible, a sports car that was manufactured between 1961 and 1974.

And that's sort of the idea here, to have a really aggressive, ultra-fast two - seater, something that car take on the sharpest sports cars on the market.

According to Tobias Moers, Board Member and Head of Overall Vehicle Development for Mercedes - AMG GmbH: «The new SLS AMG GT demonstrates the sort of potential which lies in AMG's super sports cars.

While, a gasoline - electric hybrid of a very different sort is Acura's all - new NSX sports car that will finally go on sale here this year.

As we discovered in the F - Type sports car at our Australia's Best Driver's Car comparison earlier this year, the same supercharged engine in the F - Pace makes a lot of noise — and noise of the good sort tcar at our Australia's Best Driver's Car comparison earlier this year, the same supercharged engine in the F - Pace makes a lot of noise — and noise of the good sort tCar comparison earlier this year, the same supercharged engine in the F - Pace makes a lot of noise — and noise of the good sort too.

I've brought all sorts of cars in the past to my parents's house for them to check out, many of which were sports cars.

And if you have that sort of financial flexibility when you hit your retirement years, you'll be happy that didn't spend all that money on a cruise or brand - new sports car.

In the context of F1 2012 it acts as a tutorial of sorts, providing newcomers to the series a chance to learn a little about the sport, such as what the hell KERS and DRS are, and how to handle the cars.

Waiting to buy a vehicle until you've sorted out your insurance needs may save you hundreds of dollars because some vehicles, such as sports cars, can carry higher insurance rates.