Sentences with phrase «standing start in»

He accomplished this from a standing start in 1986, and even now has a workforce numbering only 20.

The Audi RS7 Dynamic Edition counts on 560 horsepower and 516 lb - ft of torque from its twin - turbo, 4.0 - liter V - 8 engine, and seeing that an eight - speed automatic transmission and standard quattro all - wheel drive are also along for the ride, it should be no surprise that this four - door automobile can reach 60 - mph from a standing start in a very quick 3.7 seconds.

The «cooking model» 4S launches to 100km / h in 4.2 sec with optional Sports Plus and gets to 200km / h from a standing start in 15.9 sec.

Coupled with a new ZF eight - speed close - ratio automatic transmission and state - of - the - art engine management software, the GT Speed despatches the zero - to - sixty sprint in 4.0 seconds (0 - 100 km / h in 4.2 s), reaching 100 mph (160 km / h) from a standing start in just 9.0 seconds.

The only way I could get the car to really break traction was to dump the clutch from a standing start in a manner that was, well, pretty pointless.

The acceleration isn't as effortless as the electric torque supplied by the hybrid, but is still plentiful enough to reach 62 mph from a standing start in just 6.1 seconds.

LAKEVILLE, Conn. — Elivan Goulart swept TCA competition at Lime Rock Park by taking the win on Saturday afternoon in the No. 70 S.A.C. Racing Mazda Global MX - 5 Cup Car, leading flag - to - flag from an exciting standing start in the 40 - minute race.

Performance figures aren't yet available, but the wagon should be able to hit 62 mph from a standing start in less than six seconds.

The 2015 Porsche Cayenne is of course well known for its ability to cut through a slalom course with the poise of a sports sedan and for its ability to launch to 60 miles per hour from a standing start in just 4.5 seconds (when found in 520 - horsepower Turbo trim).

It's powered by a new 1.8 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder gasoline engine that makes 280 metric horsepower and 390 Nm (288 lb - ft) of torque, allowing the compact hot hatch to accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in 5.8 seconds and complete one kilometer from a standing start in 25 seconds.

More impressively, AMG expects the sedan to hit 60 mph from a standing start in less than three seconds.

In the previous version of the Camaro ZL1, 60 mph arrived from a standing start in 3.9 seconds; it's very reasonable to expect the 2017 to beat that number, although there's no such data just yet.

This means that its 510 - horsepower, 5.0 - liter supercharged V8 has the ability to sprint to 60 mph from a standing start in 4.6 seconds.

Connected with a seven - speed automatic transmission instead of the nine - speed found in the GLE Coupe, the C450 AMG Sport 4Matic can hit 62 mph from a standing start in just 4.9 seconds, making it quicker than any of its rivals from this perspective.

Paired with a sport - tuned eight - speed automatic transmission, the new Lexus GS F can hit 60 mph from a standing start in a yet - to - be-disclosed amount of time, but my money is on around 4.6 seconds considering the not - exactly - extraordinary power - to - weight ratio.

With both systems operating, the quattro will sprint to 100km / h from a standing start in 6.8 seconds.

Call for this two - liter power pack to give of its best, and it will catapult the three - door S3 hatchback up to 100 km / h (62.14 mph) from a standing start in 5.7 seconds (5.5 seconds with S tronic), and continue at a similarly determined pace until its governed top speed of 250 km / h (155.34 mph) is reached.

Sonata turbo will get up and go with the best of them, and accelerate to 60 - mph from a standing start in the high five - second to low six second range.

The 911 GT3 4.0, available exclusively with a six - speed sports transmission, sprints to 100 km / h (62 mph) from a standing start in 3.9 seconds, its gearing designed for the racing circuit taking it to the 200 km / h (124 mph) mark in under 12 seconds.

Its turbocharged 1.4 - litre powerplant is an amazingly torquey engine that pulls away from a standing start in second gear without riding the clutch to any great degree.

All - wheel drive is standard with the Turbo S, as is a seven - speed dual - clutch automated manual transmission, and the car launches itself to 60 - mph from a standing start in a mere three seconds.

60 - mph arrives from a standing start in the neighborhood of five seconds with the Grand Cherokee SRT's throttle pinned to the floor, aided and abetted by a specially - tuned four - wheel drive system as well as a launch control feature.

Producing 313kW of power and 569Nm of torque, the Grand Cherokee SRT8 can reach 100km / h from a standing start in the low five - second range.

The baddie Caddy will hit 60 mph from a standing start in just 3.7 seconds, but it does so in one of the most terrifyingly abrupt ways I've ever experienced.

In factory testing the 812 has managed to reach 100km / h from a standing start in 2.9 seconds.

The Focus has a top speed of 84 mph and gets to 60 mph from a standing start in a respectable 10.1 seconds.

All of that grunt is fed to the rear wheels by either a seven - speed dual - clutch automated manual transmission or a traditional six - speed manual transmission, and given that the car is a little lighter than it was before it's possible to hit 60 - mph from a standing start in a very respectable 4.1 seconds.

The 2.5 TFSI catapults the new Audi RS 3 Sportback to 100 km / h (62.1 mph) from a standing start in 4.3 seconds — the best in its class.

When equipped with the DSG gearbox, the model can hit 60 mph from a standing start in an estimated 4.9 seconds, but its biggest advantage might be in the low weight of its MQB platform.

At the opposite extreme, the MINI Cooper S can hit 62mph from a standing start in just 6.9 seconds, yet can still return a reasonable 52mpg in automatic form.

With the i30 N needing 6.1 seconds to hit 60 mph from a standing start in range - topping trim, the Veloster N should be just as quick.

It accelerates to 100 km / h from a standing start in 6.6 seconds and has a top speed of 240 km / h.

I can't think of a single rational reason to build a 555 - horsepower, 5300 - pound SUV that rockets off a standing start in a manner that would make Wernher von Braun proud.

It stormed to 60 mph from a standing start in just 3.2 seconds, to 120 mph in 9.2 seconds.

Harvey Keitel delivers an exuberant standing start in one of the best - balanced mid-engined cars of the era, leaving a nonplussed Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta literally standing in his dust.

A head - to - head race for the endurance athletes, the individual pursuit sees riders begin from a standing start in pairs on opposite sides of the track, who literally «pursue» each other for 4000 metres (3000 metres for women).

On the final test run one train had covered its mile from a standing start in 120 seconds, the other in 119.

Not exact matches

Richard Plepler, the perma - tanned chief executive of HBO, was on hand to announce that his network would be launching a stand - alone online service, known as HBO Now, and that it would be available exclusively on Apple TVs, iPhones and iPads for three months, starting in April.

The only business Allen Grove ever started was a small lemonade stand in his youth.

China's capital stands out ahead of its Asian peers in terms of the scale and valuation of its start - up scene.

The Canada Pension Plan started operation 50 years ago in 1966 as a stand - alone program based on a federal - provincial partnership.

«Two years after commodity prices started returning to life in the spring of 2016, many long - standing themes for the North America metals and mining industry look familiar on the surface but are in fact richly different on a closer view,» explained Goldman analyst Matthew Korn.

«Getting a raise starts six months before, when you start standing out and adding extra value to your organisation,» said Alan Kearns, a career coach in Canada and founder of CareerJoy.com.

There's a temptation when you stand in front of an audience — or, in Trump's case, every human in America — to just start talking and hope that what comes out of your mouth is coherent.

My first entrepreneurial experience started very much the same as most children in America — I launched a lemonade stand.

co name, which hails from Colombia, is catching on with start - ups that think it can help them burnish their brands and stand out in Cybespace, where it's often hard to be heard among the crowd of competing names.

The 5G plan announced on Tuesday by the third - largest wireless carrier stands in start contrast to the emphasis from bigger competitors Verizon (vz) and AT&T, which are both running trials for fixed wireless Internet service using 5G to serve homes and businesses.

When it starts doing the opposite, it's time to take a stand and put email in its proper place in your life priority list.

People who have a big portion of their assets in stocks and mutual funds stand to lose the most if the market tanks as they are preparing to or starting to withdraw money from their accounts.

In recent years, he's started a company called HVF (standing for, enjoyably, «Hard, Valuable, and Fun»), a firm designed to fund projects looking to leverage data and joined Yahoo!'s Board of Directors.