Sentences with phrase «supercar territory»
The phrase "supercar territory" refers to a place or a level of performance where only exceptionally high-powered and expensive cars, known as supercars, operate and excel. Full definition
On thrust alone it's in supercar territory and it causes you to critique the rest of the car by the same unfairly high standards.
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The front engine, rear wheel driven all - American sports car is one of the sweetest handling machines this side of supercar territory.
Now, the German automakers are coming on strong in the compact supercar territory.
Performance is now in proper supercar territory, and the car changes the way it responds to throttle inputs.
Anything around the four seconds mark is deep into supercar territory, but it never feels quite as ballistic as the numbers suggest.
With a 0 to 60 mph launch time of 4.5 seconds the I - Pace is in what was considered supercar territory not too long ago, and it lands firmly among performance EVs today.
Unlike Ferrari and Lamborghini, who so far avoided more affordable supercar territory like the plague, McLaren will launch the P13 to take on high - end Porsche 911s like the GT3 and the turbo.
Now the RS 3 Sportback has been upgraded and joined by the first sedan version, and both cars deliver a neck - stretching 294kW of power and 0 - 100 km / h acceleration in just 4.1 sec — topping their Mercedes - AMG A 45 hatch and CLA 45 sedan rivals and bordering on supercar territory.
Lotus describes the GT3 as being «as bold a road version as we can get away with», and says that the new car should hit 60mph in under 4sec and reach 100mph in less than 10, putting it firmly into premier - league supercar territory.
No, predictably it's the 518bhp, 5.2 - litre V10 engine that moves the R8 up the credibility rankings, taking its performance into pukka supercar territory.
Sure, you can option out a 911 to near supercar territory, but besides Hurley Haywood or Walter Röhrl, who can really make effective use of all of that power?
Overall mechanical and performance details are scant on the Ford GT, but we have previously learned the Ford GT engineers benchmarked the 2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale, which puts the GT deep within supercar territory, and pushing near the realm of hypercars.
The new front - mounted V8 is also potent enough, when equipped with either a new seven - speed manual transmission or a six - speed automatic with paddle shifters, to propel the Corvette from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds - pure supercar territory.
Known as the «most capable model in the iconic car's 62 - year history,» the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 enters supercar territory with an aggressive design, advanced technologies and nail - biting.
And in Turbo S guise, the top trim, the Panamera broaches supercar territory, getting to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, according to Porsche.
This number puts it in serious supercar territory.
And of the LC 500h, he wrote: «The LC 500h continues my enthusiasm for Toyota's hybrid systems, from the Prius through the Lexus version of that car, the CT 200h, to this near - halo vehicle, which is more or less intended to give the BMW i8 a run for its money without tripping into supercar territory.
Powering the RS5 Sportback is a 2.9 - liter TFSI V6 biturbo engine paired with an eight - speed Tiptronic gearbox, giving it the ability to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in under 4 seconds — supercar territory not long ago — and reach an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph.
Yet when you acknowledge you are talking about a machine with performance squarely in supercar territory and a chassis that could teach many supercars a thing or two, the number comes into focus.
According to Mercedes - AMG, the GT Concept is capable of hitting 60mph in less than three seconds — putting it squarely in the middle of supercar territory.
Despite performance figures from its 6.4 - liter, 465 - horsepower Hemi V8 knocking on supercar territory, the new SRT8 is said to 13 - percent better fuel economy than the last generation.
Thirty years ago, that was supercar territory.
A launch control system helps the RS record a deeply impressive 0 - 62mph time of 3.9 seconds, which is supercar territory.
A top - end model stickering for about seventy grand might or might not be affordable for you, but there's no doubt the 4C, which can lap the Nürburgring in 8:01, is close to supercar territory.
The new car delivers 331bhp per ton (up from 239bhp per ton)-- which should be enough to push the Exige's performance into supercar territory.
The new 2019 Jaguar F - Pace SVR is a 550 - horsepower beast that can blast to 60 mph in a tick above four seconds flat — dipping into supercar territory.
With the 1713 kg XKR - S GT's tweaks, though, the 0 - 60mph time improves, falling 0.3 sec to 3.9 sec, plonking it firmly in supercar territory.
With an output of 625 hp and 635 lb - ft of torque «plus,» it enables the new Z06 to truly tread in supercar territory.
Sprint times with either transmission will be quick, but obviously not in supercar territory.
Since debuting in the United States in 2009, the GT - R has elevated the Nissan brand into supercar territory, where it rubs elbows with the Porsche 911, Chevrolet Corvette, and even models wearing Ferrari's prancing horse badge.
Hot hatches are ever more powerful - some of them come close to supercar territory, with 0 - 60 mph times of less than 4 seconds!
That's supercar territory.
Still not supercar territory.
It's called the RS7 Performance Package and yes, there's a lot more power at your disposal and this means Audi is pushing it into the supercar territory.
You're looking at 0 - 62mph in 3.4 seconds, which is supercar territory.
Moving into supercar territory, something really exciting is about to come Italy.
0 - 186mph in under a minute sounds like supercar territory, but the Jaguar XJR575 will do it with a statesman relaxing in the back of its long - wheelbase body.
Top speed of 305 km / hr is also in the supercar territory.
Oh, and you'll get to 60 - mph in 3.1 seconds from a standing start, which puts the F12berlinetta squarely in supercar territory.
Curb weight is 1,100 pounds, promising 6.96 pounds per horsepower — supercar territory.
At an event last night, Elon Musk finally gave us the D: A dual - motor, all - wheel - drive version of the Tesla Model S. On the top - of - the - line P85D, that second motor brings the max speed up to 155 mph and 0 - 60 mph down to 3.2 seconds — firmly in supercar territory.
This isn't quite Tesla's «ludicrous» mode, but for all intents and purposes, this is supercar territory and it doesn't really matter.