Sentences with phrase «tight twisty road»

Alas, in the tight sections which followed it was very quickly apparent that the Rapide and tight twisty roads are not a great match.

Not exact matches

Gravel is an arcade - style off road racer that eschews tight and twisty traditional rallying in favour of mostly high speed assaults on generously wide tracks carved through a variety of exotic locations.

It's less satisfying on tight and twisty roads, but it's by no means undone by them.

To improve turn in, Ferrari debuted its own rear wheel steering system on the F12 Tdf, making the car feel hyper alert in tighter twistier sections of road.

The power is adequate on tight and twisty European roads, so long as you consistently row the gearbox.

The loops were designed to mimic tight, twisty country roads, not racetracks with wide, forgiving turns, so you have to be very diligent about your speed and braking, especially since there's very little run - off.

You really can commit down a tight, ragged, twisty UK road, feeling the V6 make the four - wheel - drive system work to distribute its power while you manage the car's angle with the throttle and steering, all while not worrying about potholes or wet and muddy sections of tarmac as you would in the Giulia.

This is one of those tight, twisty, hilly, narrow roads dappled with California sunshine peeking through the tree canopy, that we Midwesterners fantasize about.

Make no mistake, with so little weight to keep in check and such compact dimensions, the Swift Sport still feels agile and wieldy, especially down some of the tighter and twistier roads of our Spanish test route, but some of the old car's sparkle is missing.

As a GT car, the 911 Carrera 4S is not a vehicle to whip around tight, twisty roads, but its actions are more analog - like versus the digital vibes the Nissan GT - R gives out.

The AWD system was a stronger handler around twistier roads, and its steering was tighter — but it was also aggressively heavier, presumably to impart a semblance of sporty weight.

I would also spring for the $ 1,695 Magnetic Ride Control suspension, as it's worth every penny to have a car that can be both tight and entertaining on twisty roads and then be comfortable and forgiving for slogging through traffic at the press of a button.

The true party piece of the Giulia's driving experience was most apparent through the twisty and tight mountain roads right in Napa's backyard.

While it isn't the most powerful of the two - wheel drive models on test at Australia's Best Driver's Car, its power delivery is exhilarating enough to give the driver a broad grin, particularly on tight and twisty roads where the MINI shines.

And, it can easily handle tight city streets or twisty roads.

Then we took it on some twisty mountain roads and found that, while it wasn't exactly at home in tight twists — this thing is almost 17 feet long despite its «normal» wheelbase — on the more wide - open stuff and on the freeway, it full - on hauls the hefeweizen.

This makes the 2006 Mazda MX - 5 Miata easy and pleasant to drive just about anywhere, especially on tight and twisty roads.

As with the town driving point we made earlier, we're not saying the Kia is built to be thrashed hard (and, if we're being honest, the Ford Edge is the more enjoyable car to drive down a twisty road), but the Sorento can navigate tighter corners without washing wide into understeer; suppressing body lean surprisingly well.

The C350e shouldn't be confused for a sports saloon, though, because the 200 kg weight of its hybrid technology can be felt on tight and twisty roads.

On the very tight and twisty roads in Sonoma County, the CX - 9 felt just as taut, agile and fun as we remember the old one — but with a blanket of refinement over it.

The Evoque offers a more car - like driving experience than its tall dimensions would suggest and it can tackle sharp corners and tight and twisty roads with confidence.

We ran our test car north and south of San Francisco on Highway 1, and along some twisty mountain roads, where we pushed it hard on tight turns.

This car is so much fun to drive on twisty roads because its handling allows the car to scream through tight curves.

When the road turns twisty, however, the Lincoln MKZ dispenses with tradition and holds the road tighter than any Lincoln in recent memory..

Located midway between Milwaukee and Green Bay in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Road America's fast, flowing nature typically calls for a low downforce configuration and exposes any straight - line speed deficiencies, although a near - perfect car balance is required for the tight, twisty infield.

Up in the Scottish Highlands, it muscled through the glens with a baritone growl, slicing along the tight and twisty B roads like a running back who'd escaped from ballet class.

There's a separate Sport mode for Skyhook that tightens body control and gives you the confidence to harry the car within its 4000 - 6000rpm sweet spot along tight, twisty roads.

It's quite an exhilarating experience driving the Regal GS Abboud Edition on twisty roads, thanks to the car's road - hugging suspension, tight speed - sensitive sport steering and great acceleration.

Boasting a helical limited - slip differential, the little Honda might seem like old hat, but that doesn't stop it from being a riot on a tight, twisty road.