Sentences with phrase «sports car standards»

Handling comes up to Porsche sports car standards.

In this form, it rides remarkably well by sports car standards — even on 20in alloy wheels.

By the company's sports car standards it's a very large, heavy vehicle, but it surprises with its athleticism.

The powerful four - wheel, anti-lock brakes and responsive rack - and - pinion steering are up to sports car standards.

The firm ride is perfectly acceptable by sports car standards.

All told, our car lists for $ 68,060, some $ 15,000 more than the base Stingray but still an unseemly bargain by sports car standards.

Not exact matches

That's for two nights in a standard five - star hotel room, two pub meals for two, two restaurant dinners for two, car rentals for two days, two pints of beer, four liters of soft drinks or water and some shopping: a pair of jeans and sports shoes.

Would you say a 12 - cylinder sports car performs the same as a standard 4 - cylinder, economical vehicle?

No doubt the rev - matching six - speed that will be standard on the upcoming ATS - V was earmarked from the get - go, and our guess is it will feel right at home in that more hardcore sports car.

The car has a stanced look, sitting 0.8 inches lower than a standard Golf on its sport suspension and 0.2 inches lower than a GTI, making the big, 18 - inch wheels that are unique to the R fill the wheel wells even better.

Plus, I still got to find a car in the same size range / category, that can manage the insane speeds that the Mini can carry thorough the bends (also a standard cooper with sport / stiffer setup).

The Volkswagen Golf R's visual transformation begins with a sport suspension, dropping the car 0.2 inch lower than a GTI and 0.8 inch lower than a standard Golf.

While cars like the Ford Fiesta ST undercut the base price of a 208 by quite a margin — the Ford starts at # 17,895 in ST - 1 trim — the 208 offers fairly strong levels of equipment, with a touchscreen infotainment system (nav is extra), LED indicators and DRLs, parking sensors, and leather and cloth sports seats as standard.

The standard sixteen - inch wheels might have been a little more spine - friendly, but for maximum cushiness you definitely don't want to specify the lowered and tightened sport suspension fitted to our test car.

Bolstered sports seats should provide rather more support than the standard car's particularly flat items.

Outside, new wheel arch and sill extensions lent the Twingo a sportier stance and covered the 40mm - wider track, while inside sport seats and a shift - light on the rev - counter were welcome additions over the standard car.

This U.S. debut also marks the first time we've seen the Project 7 in white, which will be one of two standard colors offered for this limited - run sports car along with French Racing Blue — British Racing Green, Ultimate Black, and Caldera Red colors are also offered as optional upgrades.

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.

Our car is fully loaded with 19 - inch wheels (18s are standard in Europe but this may be how the S4 arrives in the UK), Continuous Damper Control and the clever sport differential.

Zoe Harrison investigates / The French Brooklands — Bill Boddy begins his series on Monthlery France's answer to the famous Surrey track / Record Breaker — Tom Threlfall and Nick Baldwin reminisce about one of Britain's most famous post war sports cars / Standard Issue — In the early days Standards were quality cars.

1910 Panhard Levassor — Alvaro Casal Tatlock recounts the rescue and restoration of this Edvardian in Uruguay / Standard Flying Twenty and caravan — This elegant 1930s double - act is described and photographed by Paul Shinton / 1920s Essex — Kit Foster writes about the evolution of this inexpensive American four passenger «coach» / Jewel — made in Bradford — The story of John E Woods and the cars his company made during the wars / 1929 Delage DMS — The Editor drives in style on this month's «Excursion» / Hill - climb at Caerphilly — BryanDemaus continues his series of articles on pre-war hill - climb locations / Model Ts and Beaulieu Autojumble — Peter Brockes reports on this year's Beaulieu Autojumble and Dave Fitton photographed the Model Ts / 1935 Maserati sports - racer — The continuing history of the resurrection of this 4CS by owner Ken Painter.

2006: BMW 3 - Series Why it won: Aside from the 1995 M3, we'd never before named the 3 - series, one of our favorite cars of all time, as AOY, and this new E90 - chassis was still the gold standard of premium sport sedans.

Of course it can be made to understeer if you don't listen to the howling tyres (it comes as standard with Hankooks, which are brilliant in the wet but lack response and mid corner grip in the dry), but if you turn the car in slightly slower and then commit to the throttle you feel the sport diff sending power to the outside rear tyre.

Our test car rode on the standard 18 - inch wheels and was optioned with the adaptive damping system and sport rear differential that's part of the $ 2,500 S sport package, as well as the $ 1,150 variable - ratio steering rack.

The RS - spec ultra-wide tires (255 / 35R19) and rear - biased all - wheel - drive (with standard sport differential) work beautifully with the lowered, firmer suspension to send this car whipping around corners.

Other upgrades for the Korean Hyundai Elantra Sport include 18 - inch wheels, HID headlights, leather sports seats, a new body kit with a front splitter and rear diffuser, a flat - bottom steering wheel, upgraded brakes, and a multilink rear suspension instead of the standard car's torsion beam design.

Unlike many modern sports cars, the Camaro ZL1 makes use of a standard torque - converter automatic instead of a fancy dual - clutch setup.

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.

1920s Delage duo — Dennis Harrison tells us about a 1928 D.M. Weymann saloon and a sporting 1926 DISS / Electro - plating of car parts — In a further article in our series on technical subjects John Teague explains nickel plating and chromium plating / Art and the automobile, Part one — Michael Worthington - Williams on the history of automobile art commenting on some colourful early advertisements / Roydale: British - made Edwardian — The history of the little - known make is recounted for us by Malcolm Jeal / Austin 12/4 restoration — Mike Burgess describes how he rebuilt his 1928 Burnham saloon / 1933 Avon Standard Special — A report on this sporting open 4 - seater from Zoe Harrison / Alvis 12/50 sports saloon — David Hawtin recalls his recent encounter with a 1927 example / Castle Three cyclecar — The story of this Kidderminster - made «runabout» is related by A.B. Demaus / School of motoring — Malcolm Jeal has discovered that training courses were being offered by the Institute of Automobile Engineers in 1920 / MC raid on New England — How some early MGs invaded the USA.

The brake discs measure 300 mm front and 262 mm rear, the largest in the Ceed range, whilst the steering has been tuned for a more sporting feel, removing the selective variable ratio steering in the standard car.

The Macan's sport - tuned suspension is never uncomfortable like the rough - riding BMW, though I wouldn't call the Macan «comfortable»; our test car had standard coil springs and fixed - firmness shock absorbers.

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.

Although its future product program is still very much a work in progress, Maserati may make its own Q4 / AWD system standard on all upcoming sports cars.

But, when you consider that a standard Exige kitted - out with the sports seats, up - rated brakes, exhaust, Ohlins suspension, air - conditioning and other goodies costs at least # 36,000, a further # 8K seems more than reasonable for what is one of the quickest, rarest and most accomplished cars Lotus has ever built.

Adding mostly luxury features to Scion's two sports coupes, the Monogram Series cars will be sold in relatively limited numbers (2000 FR - S and 2500 tC vehicles) and can be optioned in any of the standard body colors with either six - speed manual or automatic transmissions.

As you'd expect of a GT4 - spec race car, the McLaren 570S GT4 sports a laundry list of aerodynamic, safety, and lightweighting upgrades compared to the standard supercar.

Even on the standard V - 6 Camaro, it wails not unlike the F - Type S. It's a very distinctive war cry, hitting a raucous tonality more in line with classic six - cylinder sports cars of yore than modern V - 6s.

Reliable components were used for Subaru's attempt on its own record — Mark Higgins once again took up driving duties, while a near - standard specification WRX STI sports saloon (albeit the latest 2015 model year car in this instance) was his tool.

The 356B, a hugely respected sports car in the»60s, is not quick by today's standards.

Going against the current downsizing trend at AMG, the SL65 retains the old car's twin - turbo 6 - litre V12 and a prodigious power output — new manifolds, wastegate ducts and a sports exhaust system see power rise from 604 to 621bhp, while torque remains at an electronically limited 737 lb ft.. Both figures compare very favourably to the new SL63's 530bhp and 590 lb ft in standard trim.

This is the type of efficient yet diabolically fun powerplant every sports car maker needs to do well as CAFE standards ramp up in the U.S.

This is the type of efficient yet diabolically fun engine every sports car maker needs to do well as CAFE standards ramp up in the U.S.

TechArt's sport springs reduce the ground clearance of a standard Boxster by 35 mm, or 25 mm in cars fitted with Porsche Active Suspension Management.

The power increase over the standard car comes about thanks to a new twin - scroll turbocharger, STI - tweaked ECU and sports muffler.

There's a bit more roll than we'd like and the turn - in response could be sharper, but that's by car - geek standards: There's no «performance» or «sport» variant aimed at us as yet.

The 911 Turbo packs a bit more punch in the engine department and has even more standard equipment, but is still a very high spec sports car rather than true GT.

Our latest group test pits three sports cars against each other, all of them sitting around the # 50,000 mark in their standard forms.

An active sport differential is also an option, linking to Audi's standard Quattro AWD system, which in normal circumstances sends a 60 per cent majority of power to the back of the car, with the remaining 40 going to the front.

The Edition 1 model is based on the more powerful Mercedes - AMG GT S that comes standard with a 4.0 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 engine pumping out 503 hp and 479 kb - ft of torque (the non-S version of the new sports car makes just 456 hp and 443 lb - ft).

In the UK, the car was available to order in black or grey, with a part - Alcantara and carbon fibre interior, sculpted sport seats and copper coloured 19 - inch alloy wheels all coming as standard on top of the equipment listed above.