Sentences with phrase «than the production car»

From the flush door handles to the dual exhaust tips integrated into the voluptuous rear end, it looked more than a one - off than a production car.

The cars used a larger engine than the production car, at 3.5 - litres, and the 24v unit produced as much as 430bhp - over double that of the production CSL and similar to that of a brand new BMW M4.

«Huey» is actually a higher spec than the production cars that would follow with thicker aluminum bodywork, a galvanized chassis, and a removable rear tub.

The Resonance previews the next Murano crossover, albeit with a lot more flair than the production car will probably have.

Performance is on an accordingly high level: The tuned GL 450 CDI accelerates from 0 — 100 km / h (62 mph) in just 7.1 seconds, half a second faster than the production car.

The NOVITEC TORADO N - LARGO measures 204 centimeters in width at the rear axle or 12 centimeters more than the production car.

With more track records than any production car in the world, the Dodge Viper ACR will live on as the fastest street - legal Viper track car ever, the car that has set the benchmark for all that follows in its tracks,» said Tim Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Cars, Dodge, SRT, Chrysler, and Fiat — FCA, North America in a statement.

Not exact matches

Tesla posted a narrower - than - expected on Wednesday as the electric car maker made gains in Model 3 production in April.

But paying customers are supporting Tesla through its production struggle: They've put down more than $ 850 million in deposits for vehicles including the Semi truck and Roadster sports car Musk showed off in November.

The U.S. has proposed a more flexible formula for ensuring production in the U.S., rather than a hard rule demanding 50 per cent of every car to have American content.

While we haven't yet got to the point where Canadian oil production is literally stranded — shut down for lack of a place to store, let alone ship it — our product is selling for far less than the North American and world benchmark prices that continue to make filling up your car an expensive proposition.

The deficit was still 13.6 percent smaller than the ¥ 1.09 trillion deficit recorded a year ago, as exports grew 12.2 percent to ¥ 6.09 trillion helped by strong demand for hybrid cars and semiconductor production machinery from China.

From logging, agricultural production and other economic activities, deforestation adds more atmospheric CO2 than the sum total of cars and trucks on the world's roads

The researchers found that, in test animals, modification of the blood - forming stem cells resulted in more than two years of stable production of CAR - expressing cells without any adverse effects.

Buoyed by the success of Sunraycer, Brooks began to wonder in early 1988 if there wasn't some way to convince GM to apply a tiny fraction of its vast resources toward a far more ambitious project than anything AeroVironment had ever tackled: a production electric car.

Tapping the sponsorship of none other than lumbering, financially troubled General Motors and blending it with the skills of some of the most innovative, daring engineers in the vehicle business, MacCready has driven his small company to design and build a car that many observers think will make the biggest splash since the ’65 Mustang, and maybe even since the Model T. It's fast, it's sexy, and it's being rushed into mass production.

Ford, the second largest U.S. automaker, showed off its Fusion Energi plug - in hybrid and promised to start production of a new Focus EV that it expects to be «the first five - passenger, all - electric car to achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel efficiency rating.»

Just the big sequence of Arlo being swept away took up 17 terabytes, or more than the data for the entire production of Cars 2 including all the characters, environments, and effects.

(Like so many of the movie's Earth - set sequences, this expository scene is set in a car and looks so cheap that it comes as a surprise when, minutes later, one discovers that the production had the budget for a space station set and a cast of more than two people.)

The latter lifts the M3's standard 425bhp output to 444bhp, with a healthy torque output of 406 lb ft.. While top speed remains limited to 155mph, it's enough to launch the M DCT model to 62mph in four seconds flat, or a tenth quicker than the regular production car.

Though rallycross was born in Europe 50 years ago, Red Bull Global RallyCross (GRC) has won over legions of fans in the seven years it has been racing in the U.S. Affordable production cars like the Volkswagen Beetle, Honda Civic, and Subaru WRX STI are stripped down and heavily modified to become 600 - horsepower rally beasts that sling mud, launch off 40 - foot jumps, and reach 60 mph in less than 2.0 seconds.

Mercedes offered the first supercharged production models in 1921 with 60 percent more power than the cars» normally aspirated counterparts.

Just because Dodge will increase production of the engine, however, don't expect the high - power mill to be used in anything other than those cars.

Ferrari's 250 series of cars was the first indication of volume production from the brand, with race cars and road cars sharing many chassis and engine components and more body styles on offer than ever before.

That's more than any series production car in the world now that the Bugatti Veyron has inhaled its last quad - turbo breath.

Well, nearly — production of right - hand - drive cars has ended, with less than 100 UK examples left in UK stock.

The GT8 now available for sale is the 66th car to come off the production line and goes for 259,950 pounds (more than $ 332,000).

Most of the VW Group's EU profits come from Audi, which builds most of its mainstream cars in Ingolstadt and Neckarlsum, Germany, but for much bigger profit margins than Wolfsburg's VWs, and from Skoda, which still maintains mostly Czechia - based production, at significantly lower costs.

A total of 11 screens give more information than I've ever seen in a production car, starting with the mundane oil temperature and pressure, turbo boost gauge and fuel economy, and ranging up to steering angle, acceleration and braking in percent, AWD torque distribution, and lateral, acceleration and braking g - force.

Although I did approach the car with more respect than any other Porsche currently in production, my awe for the wild thing kept growing in the course of the day, and by evening, I handed back the key with a mix of relief and reluctance: Relief, because we have all the photos in the can and the car went back unscratched.

At the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Concept Lawn, we were treated to all three camps of concept car — and more than a handful of production cars, too.

While the first 12 months or so were largely limited to design analyses and hot takes that often seemed to more closely reflect the author's position on Tesla stock rather than the car's potential merits, the start of prototype production in late February led to numerous spy shots of both the amateur and professional varieties.

Newer (lets say 15 years or newer so we are talking about 1996 + which should have ODB2) Pros OEM Parts Availability More Cars in Junk Yard to pull parts from (dependent on production numbers, but still more than older models) Less wear and tear ODB2...

With limited production runs every year, the Alfa Romeo has more exclusivity and rarity than any other sports car in this price bracket.

Sagaris production was due to start in the middle of last year, but when Nikolai Smolenski took over TVR he stalled the car's launch to embark on a more thorough quality programme than had previously been the norm at Blackpool.

McLaren MP4 - 12C McLaren is back in the production - car biz, and although its new car may be less outrageous than the million - dollar F1 from the 1990s, it is just as ambitious.

Fewer than 9,000 were built during the car's six - year production run.

This isn't the first time Audi has extended the TT's features to a form other than that of the traditional coupe, but the production - ready look of the concept and Audi's recent suggestions that other models could be added to the TT line means a car like the TT Sportback could be quite close to reality.

Hyundai previously showed the far wilder, sportier HND - 9 concept to preview the idea of a «classic premium sports coupe,» but the Vision G Coupe looks much closer to a production model than that flashy show car.

Indeed, now that the SLR in all its guises (see page 126) has long since ceased production, and with that strange process of absolution reserved for less - than - perfect cars slowly working its magic on the enigmatic McMerc, the SLR's fortunes seem poised for a revival.

That's 707 hp under your right toe, more power than any other production car under six figures.

Yet for all of Audi's performance credentials established during more than 35 years of professional competition in rallying and road racing and by its first Rennsport production car, the 1994 RS2, the marque has suffered a bit in terms of its messaging.

That list is even shorter for the Challenger Hellcat, though, as only four cars in production today have more horsepower than this tire - shredding muscle car.

Production - car - based customer racing is a giant part of the game in sports - car competition, with Audi Sport — it's responsible for the RS street cars and customer racing programs — so far delivering more than 200 R8 GT3 - spec cars worldwide (60 in the U.S.).

It makes the SLR Roadster, unveiled at Geneva in March and now in production at an eye - watering # 350,000, a more enticing prospect than its coupe cousin, promising to kill stone dead even the subtle scuttle wobbles that afflict the mainstream Merc SL65 and in so doing putting some clear blue water between itself and a car that, on paper, all but matches its straight line pace for less than half the price.

«To meet this demand, we are more than doubling our SRT Hellcat production for 2016 and simplifying the process to make it easier for our enthusiasts to get their hands on the hottest muscle cars in history.»

And while the production S60 isn't quite as dramatic as the elegant, swooping concept car, it's far more attractive than the squared - off S60 sold here between 2000 and 2009.

Despite carrying four seats and 4,430 pounds of bulk, it will lap racetracks faster than any other BMW production car, including the vaunted M3.

The GTR is ostensibly a race car inside, at least in terms of feel and materials - being based on a production car, and lavished with the sort of attention you'd expect with something bearing the McLaren badge, it feels a lot less thrown - together than some racers.

What better way to debut Project 8 — our most track - focused production car ever, than on America's most iconic road course?»