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The tested performance of the car included a 3.9 second run to 60 mph (97 km / h) and a 12.3 second and 115 mph (185 km / h) sprint through the quarter mile.

We're standing on the 54 - acre snow VDA (Vehicle Dynamics Area) at Automotive Enviro Testing (AET), a company that builds and maintains a sprawling, snowy proving ground in Baudette, Minnesota, each winter for those bent on testing the performance of cars and tires in winter conditions.

Not exact matches

The product testing agency on Thursday gave the new, high - performance P85D version of the automaker's Model S a rating of 100 — a perfect score — calling it «the best - performing car that Consumer Reports has ever tested.»

As the newcomers acclimate, they often feel dazzled, flattered and intimidated by how much responsibility the company puts on their shoulders and how directly Amazon links their performance to the success of their assigned projects, whether selling wine or testing the delivery of packages straight to shoppers» car trunks.

Yesterday, Feb. 1, the California Department of Motor Vehicles published its annual performance report on the 11 companies testing self - driving cars on public roads in the U.S. state.

One day a man named Bill Rodgers, a Knoxville car dealer whose passion and part - time occupation he calls «performance enhancing,» looks at the results of the Predictive Index personality test he's administered to Michelle and Pat.

It surely won't be long until we get an official reveal of the car as it has to be submitted to the FIA for Balance of Performance testing later on this month.

Pre-season testing and one half of a season is sufficient to get familiar enough with the car that your performance isn't consistently worse in the second half.

This morning we did a few aero tests to continue our process of understanding the car and learning about it, exploring different ways to optimise our performance.

The cars are currently leased by manufacturers at a loss to build public awareness of the technology and to test performance.

That's where the performance test of actually driving and parking the car comes in.

We understand the value of this performance assessment as a real - world test of whether a person can actually handle a car on the road.

If you like Caterhams, sports coupes or tuned Porsches you're in for a treat, and as ever we've got test drives of the latest performance cars too.

Some of that joy is felt here, but with a $ 18,860 starting price — my test car's sticker hovered near $ 23,000, and that didn't include navigation — it doesn't come close to the experience of driving a performance - oriented model like the Honda Civic Si or Mazda3 s, and it barely manages to hold its own against its competitors» non-performance base models.

My test car also boasted the 3LT preferred equipment group ($ 9,745), which adds a long list of luxuries and conveniences — among them, Napa leather seat inserts, heated and ventilated seats, premium surround - sound audio, a color head - up display, front curb - view cameras, and Chevy's cool performance data and video recorder with navigation, which allows the driver to capture track laps in fascinating detail, then replay it all on the nav screen later.

There's a healthy roster of performance metal in this month's issue, from a full first test of the Audi R8 V10 Plus, to two mid-engined sports cars — the Porsche Boxster Spyder and Lotus Evora 400.

My test car came with the slick - shifting manual transmission; the Golf R is one of the few cars left in the performance realm to offer a shift - it - yourself option.

It's a unique test of a car and not necessarily one that points to exceptional performance on the road.

From # 30,000, 80bhp Morgan 3 Wheeler to # 820,000, 720bhp Pagani Huayra, the ten best performance cars of the last 12 months come together for one big test.

Our own tests suggest closer to 38mpg is more realistic in mixed driving, but that will drop sharply when you start to you use all of the car's performance.

While the people running Chrysler's newly formed SRT performance brand have high - test pumping through their veins, their idea of a sports car runs closer to the industry norm.

We can't stress enough the importance of tyres — they're arguably the most important performance element of your car — so we tested a collection of 12V mini air compressors to find the best, so you can maintain your tyre pressures.

The aggressive silhouette was enhanced by my test car's optional 20 - inch anthracite forged - alloy wheels and 255/30 summer - performance tires, part of the $ 1,750 Black Optic package.

The Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang lapped dozens of tracks during development testing, primarily in the U.S., but Ford Performance also took the car to Germany's famed Green Hell.

«This Nürburgring 24h race provides the ideal test bed for our motorsport - inspired N sub-brand development and a key part of our «born at Namyang, honed at Nürburgring» performance - car ethos.

The GT - R's performance capabilities remain a big draw even at the $ 116,880 price tag of our test car.

Lotus is far from the first manufacturer to put its sports car around the «Ring, but it's a mark of how serious the firm is about the new car's performance that over 2000 kilometres were covered there in two weeks of testing.

Easily the lightest of our 10 2015 AUTOMOBILE All - Stars, at 2,465 pounds, the carbon - fiber and aluminum - intensive 4C also is the most fun to fling around the tight, 1.88 - mile, 11 - turn GingerMan Raceway, in South Haven, Michigan, where we wring out our performance cars as part of the test.

However, a full set of 195/40 R17 Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance tyres, the rubber fitted to our test car, cost just less than # 400, fitted.

Despite desperately wanting the transmissions of the two test cars I drove to be swapped, I could certainly tell the S is the car for people who prize performance.

The engine is available in two states of tune, either 247bhp and 260 lb ft or, the car we've tested here, the Performance model with 271bhp and 260 lb ft of torque.

On the cover: eCoty 2011 It's the definitive test of the year's greatest performance cars.

The eventual winner will receive a one - day test in a Mazda TUDOR United States SportsCar Championship SKYACTIV prototype, a racecar that bears resemblance in both appearance and performance to the downforce laden LMP2 cars of Le Mans.

As evidence, road test coordinator Mike Ofiara points to the car's Continental ContiSportContact 2 summer performance tires, which we've begrudgingly removed for winter in favor of safe but stodgy Bridgestone Blizzaks.

Also, Consumer Reports has a 206 000 mile test of the Prius, noting that the performance and fuel economy was identical with a 2 000 mile driven Prius, thus making it likely the battery was in a good condition, although this test was on two about 10 year old cars, thus testing only amount of miles driven and not amount of calendar years.

The new turbocharged, all - wheel drive hot hatchback will go on sale in the U.S. in spring 2016, and this prototype spotted testing on our shores likely means that Ford Performance is finalizing tuning for the U.S. - spec version of the car.

Next, we move to Tire Rack's handling track, where the company usually uses a fleet of BMW 3 Series test cars to evaluate tire performance on a tight, technical autocross course.

Our test car was fitted with both the Z51 performance pack and an optional sports exhaust, boosting output to a respectable 465bhp, with this accompanied by 464 lb ft of torque.

I have only driven in snowy conditions for a handful of miles during this test, but the performance of the car was quite incredible.

The Chinese Geely Emgrand EC7 also managed an overall score of four stars, the first decent performance for any Chinese - made car in a Euro NCAP test.

And getting carried away with the options is pretty easy — our test car topped # 140,000, its spec highlights including Airscarf neck heating (# 575), Magic Sky Control sunroof with light and dark transparency settings (# 2610), the AMG Performance Package (which includes a 27bhp upgrade, carbonfibre boot spoiler and limited - slip differential — # 12,530), and perhaps the most unrealistically priced of all, keyless go (# 1605).

A key reason for doing this dual test was to analyse how the performance of specific tyres varies according to size and when fitted to different cars.

Each one of our NIADA Certified Pre-Owned vehicles must undergo extensive Safety and Performance testing beginning with the Engine, Transmission, A / C & Heating, Brakes, Suspension, Belts & Hoses, Major Electronics and comes with a complimentary 3 month or 3,000 mile Limited Warranty including Roadside Assistance and Rental Car Reimbursement.

Chevy leadership oftentimes used the track to test and reveal a number of high - performance production cars in the 1960s.

With the absurdly lofty expectations of modern hyper - powerful performance cars, the 650 - horsepower 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1's high - speed testing amounts to mere warning track power, as it «only» produced a two - way official top speed of 198 mph.

That's why the all - new BMW X6 tests the limits of exhilaration, providing you with compact SUV styling and sports car performance.

This grand estate will also serve as the location for a myriad of exclusive events including private viewings of new Aston Martins with Design Director Marek Reichman and test drives of the marque's current line - up of handcrafted high performance sports cars.

We put a tantalizing mix of cars (and a motorcycle) through a true test of power and performance.

Unfortunately, none of these features were included on the test car, precluding assessment of their performance and effectiveness.

The pushing tendencies I'll blame mostly on the Bridgestone Turanza EL400 all - season tires installed on our test car, which is kind of surprising, considering this is a performance - oriented F Sport model.