Sentences with phrase «sports car engine in»

SRT claims this is the most torque of any naturally aspirated sports car engine in the world.

of torque — the most torque of any naturally aspirated sports car engine in the world

The old MR2 could be ordered with a 200 - horsepower, 2.0 - liter, turbocharged engine, one of the great sports car engines in the last 20 years.

Not exact matches

In episode 1 we find out how engine innovations from the racetrack have ended up in road cars, and meet some leaders in the sport to find out what makes them ticIn episode 1 we find out how engine innovations from the racetrack have ended up in road cars, and meet some leaders in the sport to find out what makes them ticin road cars, and meet some leaders in the sport to find out what makes them ticin the sport to find out what makes them tick.

Meanwhile, Ford's two plants in the Windsor area make larger engines for F - Series pick - ups, E-Series vans and the V8 for the Mustang sports car, which will continue to be made in Michigan.

I was able to sit in the sports car's front seat and even stick my head inside the engine.

It also turned out to be the last time a Cooper finished on the podium, as the team (which won titles with Jack Brabham in 1959 and 1960 and revolutionised the sport with its rear - engined cars) disbanded the following year.

The FIA met with various groups, including stakeholders in the sport, Liberty Media, and engine manufacturers from both within and outside of F1 in order to try and decide what engines F1 cars should use in 2021.

I feel like a sports car that's being kept in the garage as my tires rot and engine collects dust.

In 1961, when AC Cars in England lost Bristol, its engine supplier, Shelby contacted the company and outlined a plan to use the chassis to build a V -8-powered sports car, which AC approveIn 1961, when AC Cars in England lost Bristol, its engine supplier, Shelby contacted the company and outlined a plan to use the chassis to build a V -8-powered sports car, which AC approvein England lost Bristol, its engine supplier, Shelby contacted the company and outlined a plan to use the chassis to build a V -8-powered sports car, which AC approved.

Speaking of the Porsche 911, the rear - engine wonder finished ahead of the Porsche Boxster and Cayman twins by a single unit, putting the mid-engine Porsche sports cars in eighth.

The engine itself was basically a detuned version of that found in the S500 sports car.

Alpine started off as a small French automaker specializing in the production of racing and sports cars powered solely by Renault Engines.

We're sure this would endear the Miata to automotive journalists even more than ever, but we're not sure how sports car buyers would embrace such an engine, especially in the North American market.

But on the way back, our nutria brown Veyron atomized the statistics in a way only a sports car powered by a 1001 - hp engine can.

British sports and luxury car firm Bristol — best known in recent times for the short - lived V10 - engined Fighter — has released the latest teaser image of a new sports car set to be unveiled on July 26.

Ever since interest in front - engine, exotic sports cars revived, we've been waiting for a truly memorable automobile, something that would capture the spirit of our time, just as the Ferrari 365GTB / 4 Daytona did in its time.

Today's luxury cars may pack powerful engines, sport - tuned suspensions, and more apps than your stubborn friend's Blackberry, but the segment has devolved into a repetitive cycle of one - upmanship that measures differences in millimeters rather than milestones.

The low - slung Porsche sports car has rear - wheel drive, a flat - six engine in the middle of the car, and as many trunks as it has seats.

But the mix of midcorner lift - off and ambitious g - forces remains as hair - raisingly eerie as it always has been in Porsche's rear - engine sports cars.

The engine has no balance shafts and sports a flywheel made of tissue paper, and at 7200 rpm, the hugely undersquare four - banger's piston speeds are in exotic - car territory.

Sunbeam and Showers — We drive the National Motor Museum's 1914 12/16 Sunbeam / Bristol to Bournemouth — The Esso Vintage Vehicle Run attracted even more entrants this year / VSCC Shelsey Walsh — A report from Tom Trelfall on the Vintage Sports Car Club's hill climb / Trojan: Originality & economy — Tom Threlfall writes about an example of this unique car which dates back to 1910 / Re-birth of a Riley (part II)-- Peter Nunn continues his account of the restoration of his 1930 Monaco / Michael Sedgewick — Run Photographs of some of the many interesting cars taking part in this year's New Forrest Run / Mechanical stoppers — Peter Wallage explains how to get the best out of pre-war rod - operated Girling brakes / Property engines — M.W -Car Club's hill climb / Trojan: Originality & economy — Tom Threlfall writes about an example of this unique car which dates back to 1910 / Re-birth of a Riley (part II)-- Peter Nunn continues his account of the restoration of his 1930 Monaco / Michael Sedgewick — Run Photographs of some of the many interesting cars taking part in this year's New Forrest Run / Mechanical stoppers — Peter Wallage explains how to get the best out of pre-war rod - operated Girling brakes / Property engines — M.W -car which dates back to 1910 / Re-birth of a Riley (part II)-- Peter Nunn continues his account of the restoration of his 1930 Monaco / Michael Sedgewick — Run Photographs of some of the many interesting cars taking part in this year's New Forrest Run / Mechanical stoppers — Peter Wallage explains how to get the best out of pre-war rod - operated Girling brakes / Property engines — M.W - W.

The drivetrain is certainly an impressive technological achievement and an object lesson in systems integration, but it lacks the emotional appeal of a soulful, high - revving engine and that will count against it among certain traditional sports car buyers.

But in the same way that Porsche has made its other, more famous, sports car handle brilliantly despite its odd engine placement, Audi has achieved great things here despite the powertrain configuration.

Pushing the boundaries of high - performance technology today means something very different from what that original car embodied, so the formula for the New Sports eXperience is considerably different in the 2017 Acura NSX: The basics include a hybrid powertrain made up of three electric motors, a lithium - ion battery pack, a mid-mounted twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine and a dual - clutch nine - speed automatic transmission.

Mazda put rotary engines in everything from sports cars to trucks to ridiculously heavily Australian sedans, so why not put one in a bus?

But as Manuel Lage has discovered the first car to bear the name was an Alfonso Hispano - Suiza / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Three / Americans to the Rear — Concluding his series on American rear engined cars Karl Ludvigsen examines the role played by General Motors / Epicyclic Gearing — Workshop — Part Two / Settlers Special — A cut - down 1933 Riley Monaco shipped to Vancouver by an ex-pat in the»50s formed the basis for Miles Fenton's ideal supercharged special / Racing in the Rain — Alan Smith has been using his camera to good effect at motor sporting events for over 50 years / Ards TT 75th Anniversary — John Payne reports on the 75th Anniversary of the Ards TT / The Little Engine that could — Gavin Farmer celebrates the Jowett Bradford / It's quicker by Rail — Brian Heath's subject this month is a 1939 Railton long chassis special limousine.

Vintage Armstrong - Siddeleys — Bill Bishop writes about these high quality Coventry - made cars of the 1920s / 1938 Rootes Talbot — The restoration of a 3 - litre sports tourer is described by David Hawtin / «It was fun then» — Part one of an article by Bill Boddy recalling motoring memories from over fifty years ago / VSCC Wessex Trial — Tom Threlfall reports this event in his «Diary of a dilettante» / Retromobile Show Paris — Peter Russell drove to Paris in February to bring us his report / Invicta S - type in the rain On his rain - soaked excursion this month — The Editor drove an open 1931 4 1/2 litre / Vulcan in the twenties — Michael Worthington - Williams describes the diversity of engines used by this Lancashire - based manufacturer / Austin Seven sports re-creation — John Williams tells about the rebuilding of a 1924 «works» two - seater.

All versions of the car draw power from a 1.8 - litre turbo four - cylinder engine, also found in the Alpine A110 sports car.

David Venables reports, Steve Welsh takes the photographs / Alfa Romeo 1750 Part Two / Riac Pioneer Run 2010 — Now in its seventh year, the Run took place this year in June and a mildly damp Finbarr Frank Corry went along to enjoy the sight of pre-1911 cars being gently exercised in a non-competitive ambience / Lampredi's Ferrari V - 12 Sports Cars — Anthony Pritchard investigates the role of Aurelio Lampredi in the development of the Ferrari V - 12 engicars being gently exercised in a non-competitive ambience / Lampredi's Ferrari V - 12 Sports Cars — Anthony Pritchard investigates the role of Aurelio Lampredi in the development of the Ferrari V - 12 engiCars — Anthony Pritchard investigates the role of Aurelio Lampredi in the development of the Ferrari V - 12 engines.

The exceptional balance and spunky, but not overwhelming, engine take away most of the fear that comes with piloting sports cars in the wet.

Fitted with a monster 5.4 - litre V8 engine producing over 500bhp, it's set to compete in Touring Car and sports car races across the globe beginning later this yeCar and sports car races across the globe beginning later this yecar races across the globe beginning later this year.

Fast, fierce and more thoroughly engineered than the Z3 M, its hotrod ancestor, BMW's latest M3 - engined two - seater instantly asserted itself as a very serious contender in the # 40,000 sports car sector.

Advance to the Rear — French Style Much lest resistant to new technological ideas than their neighbours across the Channel the French came up with some highly imaginative proposals in the 1930s as Karl Ludvigsen relates / Vauxhall Velox & Wyvern — Buyer's Guide / Royal Restoration — Michael Ware looks back at the restoration of a Royal Daimler that was carried out for the Queen's Silver Jubilee / Commercially Speaking — Lighter Commercials / Dashboard Instruments — Part Two — Workshop / Cammy Sammy - Salmson Twin Cam / Classic Commemoration — Richard Cass reports on the Le Mans Classic / Singer Super Six — Michael Worthington - Williams recalls a Singer «buult like a battleship graceful as a yacht» / Coventry Cat — Fitted with the first engine entirely designed by Jaguar the XK 120 set the standard by which so many postwar sports cars are judged.

Fitted with a 4 - litre V8 engine mated to an electric motor and battery pack, the hybrid sports car offers up in excess of 800bhp and Mercedes says it will sprint from 0 - 62mph in less than three seconds.

-- James Fack looks back at a motoring milestone / Lampredi's Ferrari V - 12 Sports Cars — Anthony Pritchard investigates the role of Aurelio Lampredi in the development of the Ferrari V - 12 engines.

Once you're on the road in today's SLK250, though, the engine delivers good straight - line performance, even if this is no sports car.

Another area is dedicated to the Mazda rotary engine, famous for its role in sports cars like the RX - 7 and RX - 8.

First revealed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the lightweight open - top sports car is powered by a supercharged 3.5 - litre V6 engine, which together with a featherweight chassis results in more than 500bhp per ton.

The buzzy note of a sports - car engine plays in the background, but the only imagery shown is the view of a curving mountain road.

Our drive in the plug - in hybrid confirmed that two - electric motors and a four - cylinder petrol engine was more than a match for most large capacity sports cars.

Taken together, the stability control's lenient, tail - out sport mode; the transmission that thinks like a DTM driver; and the engine that has the muscle to rocket you down the straights, create in the C63 coupe a car that makes track driving deceptively easy.

Part of the reason for that is increased responsiveness, as you'd want when driving enthusiastically; part of the reason is that, in sport mode, the engine tries to keep the battery topped up to a level that allows maximum performance of the electric drive system, extracting the greatest total performance from the car without the sad face of an empty battery popping up on your instrument panel display.

This hardcore sports car makes 475 hp from a six - cylinder engine in standard form, and an even more intense 911 GT3 RS with more power and performance is rumored to in the cards for the Geneva show as well.

Designed in 1957 as a simple and affordable sports car, the Lotus Seven featured a tubular spaceframe chassis, aluminium body panels, a live rear axle, drum brakes and a 1 - litre four - cylinder engine from the Ford 100E saloon.

«Compared to the R8 Coupe, the engine sound in the open high - performance sports car now delivers an even more intense experience,» Audi board member for technical development Stefan Knirsch said in a statement.

While this geeky - looking subcompact has pretty much nothing in common with the iconic German sports car, both cars will have you questioning logic: it turns out the rear - engine Porsche handles better than many mid-engine competitors and the subcompact Fit is as cavernous as a small cargo van.

While previous estimates about a 450 - hp Mazda RX - 7 with a turbocharged rotary engine arriving as soon as 2017 don't look promising, Autocar speculates that a new Mazda RX sports car could debut in time for the original RX - 7's 40th anniversary in 2018 — that is, if Mazda's rotary development is going as well as Kogai says it is.

Given this recent history, it is almost unimaginable that Mazda, known for nifty sports cars and rotary engines, finds itself on track to report a ¥ 45 billion ($ 456 million) profit for the fiscal year ended March 31 and, if analysts are correct, set to double earnings for 2013 and possibly triple them in fiscal 2014.

The Eclipse is Mitsubishi's performance two - door sports car and is offered in coupe and convertible Spyder form, both with a choice of four - cylinder or V - 6 engines.