Sentences with phrase «tach needle»

The Stingray's 6.2 - liter lopes effortlessly at 70 mph in seventh gear, tach needle buoyed under 1600 rpm.

There's a natural heft and precision to the steering, utter control in the suspension, and gobs of torque no matter where the tach needle is pointing.

Instead of hitting the limiter at 6750 rpm, the tach needle will stabilize at 5000 rpm.

The familiar Subaru growl is front and center as you watch the tach needle rise.

Lazy, three - grand shove comes cheap and easy all day long, even though the RS4 is just as happy ripping its tach needle off the post.

A slight bit of rasp makes its way into the cockpit, but most of what you hear is a throaty mix of induction honk and moderately loud growl, and as the tach needle climbs across the tach, it takes on a harder - tinged, sharper, more metallic note.

Just like the original Miata launched more than quarter - century ago, the new edition dispenses joy with its tach needle.

Working seamlessly with the crisp eight - speed automatic, the 4.0 - liter is always ready to twist the tach needle to the right and launch the S8 down the road.

So that power arrives with a little bit of fanfare once the tach needle swings high enough and the sixteen - valve head starts breathing.

There's still a very satisfying wail behind your ears as you wind the tach needle upward.

There's no screaming or wailing — and once the tach needle moves past 2500 rpm, where there's a big valve timing change, the torque curve remains effectively flat until just before 7000 rpm.

The 488 Spider just oozes character, from its rakish lines to the aroma of its leather hides to the changing tenor of the engine as the tach needle crosses 3,000 rpm (the exhaust note goes from a sotto voce grumble to an exhilarating snarl so quickly, you simply can't escape the car's overwhelming charisma).

I prodded the tach needle upward a few times without so much as a shiver from up front.

The digital instrumentation alters layout according to drivetrain mode; sport offers a big round tach / small digital speedometer combination, and track shows a gentle arc of a tach needle, big redline countdown lights, and an even less prominent speedo.

The RX - 8 feels particularly at home on the track, where parking the tach needle in the upper third of its range is more practical.

Another digit relaxes its grip; another flick; another gear, instantly obtained; and the ripping and shattering of the V - 8 resumes as the tach needle swings upward again.

You really can't feel the engine cut out and restart — the movement of the tach needle is the only giveaway.

Call up a downshift that would pitch the tach needle past 5,000 rpm, and you'll be summarily denied.

The engine guns for its rev limiter as if its tach needle were magnetically attracted to the color red - the surge to the redline is more frenetic than even in modern variable - valve - timing engines.

Revs build slowly but the engine pulls adeptly, and the note it produces is guttural and strong as the tach needle passes 4000 rpm.

With all throttle blades wide open and the tach needle swinging toward the 8500 - rpm redline, the Performante unleashes massive vibes and triple - figure decibels.

While the M3's normally aspirated, 414 - hp V - 8 packs explosive acceleration at higher revs — and in absolute terms it's significantly quicker — its comparatively modest 295 pounds - feet of torque means it doesn't get cooking until the tach needle swings past 3,000 rpm.

The shifts are immediate at every point in the rev range, and it keeps the Q5 revs up so that after you up - shift, you're ready to spool up the tach needle without any hesitation.

This output of 155 hp and 160 lb - ft of torque enables the 240 to loaf easily around town in the lower rev ranges, or accelerate quickly onto the highway with repeated sweeps of the tach needle toward the 6900 - rpm redline.

Forty, 50, 60 flash by as the tach needle climbs to 7,000 rpm; my brain is telling me I'm in a muscle car, but...

Power goes to the rear wheels through a 7 - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission that's so fast the tach needle barely keeps up.

The 2.0 - liter turbo can be driven rather sedately if you like; it's not a high - strung mill with a tach needle that jumps at a tap of the accelerator pedal.

Likewise, under acceleration you can let the tach needle slip past the two o'clock position before upshifting.

Directing all that velvety power to the rear wheels is a 7 - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission that clicks off gear changes so fast that the tach needle can barely keep up.

At the first stoplight I came to, the engine aggressively shut down in response to my braking, the tach needle jumping down to zero.

VTEC promoted more efficient «breathing» at all engine speeds, meaning there was plenty of power available at low rpm, as well as a satisfying rush as the tach needle sped toward redline.

Standing on the brakes coming into a turn, I was pleased to see the tach needle jump to 5,000 as the transmission aggressively geared down.

The engine makes a beautifully refined sound, warming the cockles of my gearhead heart, but it only becomes apparent when the tach needle is on the upswing.

Being a small engine, it does tend to run out of steam a little as the tach needle sweeps past 3,500 r.p.m., at which point it doesn't really respond that much better than would the entry - level, non-turbocharged engines offered on base trims of competing cars.

More pedal and the engine smoothly kicked in, signified by the tach needle swinging up.

Forty, 50, 60 flash by as the tach needle climbs to 7,000 rpm; my brain is telling me I'm in a muscle car, but my eyes and ears are receiving entirely different signals.

The performance wasn't a surprise, but lifting off the throttle was — the tach needle dropped to zero rpm, indicating that the car was running on electrons while in the Sport mode at speeds of 70 - plus mph.

The transmission let the tach needle brush 6,000 rpm before each shift and the car hit 30 mph in 1.9 seconds.

And the sounds are glorious — growl, rasp and shriek can be had in a single sweep of the tach needle.

Drivers will have to get used to seeing the tach needle bounce up and down as the engine turns on and off.

When I lifted off the accelerator for a downhill run on the freeway, the tach needle settled down to 650 rpm as the transmission disengaged completely, letting the 535d xDrive freewheel.

Silky smooth and quiet at all times, it comes to life as the tach needle climbs.

I watched the tach needle spike 5,000 rpm then blip each time the transmission upshifted.

The automatic transmission did its part as well, its Sport mode hanging onto a gear even as the tach needle blurred past the 5,000 rpm mark.

It held the low gears for extended periods, even as the tach needle spun up to 6,000.

However, the engine moan at high revs generally induced me to let the tach needle swing around to 5,000 and even 6,000 before I upshifted, potentially masking lag.

The car is at its happiest when the tach needle points above 5,000, putting peak horsepower to the front wheels.

You simply feed on enough throttle to break the tires loose, feather it slightly to pick up traction, then mash on it and watch the tach needle wind around toward the 6500 - rpm red line.