Sentences with phrase «top gear ratio»

The sole transmission was a five - speed manual with a top gear ratio of 2.57:1.

The top gear ratio is 0.65 vs. the six - speed's 0.67.

You get a five - speed gearbox in SCe 115 petrols and a six - speed in the TCe 125 petrol and dCi 110 diesel — the six - speed is considerably more relaxed at motorway speeds, its high top gear ratio reduces engine revs when cruising.

The wider overall ratio enables a lower numerical top gear ratio — an attribute that reduces engine speed on the highway, which contributes to greater fuel efficiency than a comparable eight - speed transmission.

Compared to the eight - speed automatic it replaces, the new gearbox has a wider, 7.39 overall gear ratio spread that enables a lower numerical top gear ratio for greater efficiency — no mpg figures were released, though.

We actually think it could improve on this were Bentley a little braver on its top gear ratio.

A wider, 7.39 overall gear ratio spread, compared to the Yukon Denali's previous eight - speed automatic, enables a lower numerical top gear ratio and contributes to greater efficiency.

Overall top gear ratio was 2.69 for the manual, 2.78 for the automatic.

With a wide 7.39 overall gear ratio spread and lower numerical top gear ratio, the transmission also improves efficiency by reducing engine revolutions at highway speeds.

The new nine - speed has a wider 7.6:1 overall ratio — the difference between the first gear ratio and the top gear ratio — compared to the eight - speed transmission, with a «deep» 4.69 first gear that supports excellent off - the - line acceleration and a «tall» 0.62 top gear for low - rpm highway cruising.

It's now even better thanks to taller second and top gear ratios in the LC70's sole five - speed manual transmission, which extracts more of the significant torque available at low speeds and reduces engine speed to less than 2000rpm in top at 100km / h.

Not exact matches

Jochen Rindt, Jean - Pierre Beltoise and Bruce McLaren were all in the hunt but it was the canny Scot who came out on top, thanks partly to a choice of gear ratio that meant he wouldn't have to change gear on the run to the line.

A tall final - drive ratio of 3.31:1 enables the car to reach 60 mph without grabbing for second gear and brings a very high top speed within reach, but it makes the car difficult to launch from a stop.

The driveline has been fortified with a new dual - plate clutch, closer gear ratios, and a sixth gear that syncs the engine's redline to the car's top speed for the first time.

The overall gearbox ratios have been reduced compared to those in the standard 911, meaning that the GT3 reaches its top speed in seventh gear rather than sixth.

With the six - speed manual (actually, it's a little bit like a four - speed as far as performance is concerned, since the top two gears are tall overdrive ratios), as well as a short - throw shift linkage and a reinforced clutch, a Golf R gets to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds.

The wide - ratio box helps give the machine its breadth of capability, from a super-low crawl ratio of 2.93:1 in low range, first gear, to blasting down the highway to an electronically limited top speed of 149 mph in ninth.

You might also want to add the # 1495 sports ratio pack, which shortens the top four gears, and the forged alloy wheels (# 1495), which save 3 kg per corner and are said to make the car's responses even crisper.

With the F12tdf's 7 - speed dual - clutch transmission now fitted with shorter gear ratios and 30 percent quicker upshifts, Ferrari says the car will rocket to 62 mph in just 2.9 seconds, 124 mph in 7.9 seconds, and on to a top speed «in excess of» 211 mph.

Gears one to six have a sports ratio, with top speed being reached in sixth gear.

Additionally, the PDK's top two gears are overdrive ratios, 0.88 and 0.62:1.

The final drive ratio has been shortened to sharpen in - gear acceleration, though it also drops the top speed to 185mph.

Gears 1 to 6 have a sports ratio and top speed is reached in 6th gear.

If you wanted a top speed of 80 mph, then the gear ratio would be similar to third gear in most manual transmission cars.

Perhaps more importantly, more speeds in the transmission allow automakers to gear the top ratio «taller» — tech talk for the engine turning more slowly — and, again, rpm reduced is fuel conserved.

The top option group is the $ 10,000 Performance Pack with Carbon, which adds active rear steering, a variable - gear ratio system and an active rear spoiler to the aforementioned Sport pack.

We tested the top - flight Trailhawk trim line, which has five Terrain - Selec modes: Auto, Snow, Sand, Mud and Rock, as well as a 4WD Low, keeping the Renegade in 1st gear with a 20:1 ratio for any super-slow rock crawling.

The real benefit in terms of fuel economy with an automatic shift is that it allows a higher gearing ratio in the top gear.

An unusually short gearing ratio in top gear (about 3000rpm — irrespective of manual or DSG) no doubt plays a role here.

The top two gears are both overdrive ratios.

Gear ratios are higher across the board than those in the CLA250, with three overdrive gears on top, and the CLA 45's final drive ratio is nearly 50 percent lower.

Those top gears are effectively overdrive ratios, which makes for very low revs when cruising along at speed.

Incorporating an additional clutch and gear over Kia's existing 6AT, the ratio between the top gear and the lowest gear in the new transmission has been increased by 34 % over the 6AT, resulting in greater fuel economy and improved NVH in higher gears and faster acceleration and climbing performance in low gears.

A «steep» first gear and a «tall» overdrive top gear to achieve a wide ratio spread of 6.14:1.

Shifting is accomplished by a 5 - speed manual transmission, which by today's standards would appear outdated, however the ratios are very well spaced — 60 mph in top gear only requires 2500 rpm, and the 0 - 60 mph sprint requires only one gearchange, while most cars require two.

The seventh - generation Porsche 911 Carrera / Carrera S, which was presented at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, reaches its top speed in sixth speed (gear ratio 0.88), while the seventh speed, with its high gear ratio (0.71), is utilized to help save fuel.

It's mated to a AW 225K six - speed box (with different ratios on gears 1 and 4 to 6 compared to the Cooper's), and it does the 0 - 100 kph sprint in 8.3 secs and has a top speed of 205 kph.

For the 2017 facelift, the top five gear ratios were made even shorter, increasing the ferocity of its acceleration even further.

While the engine lacks the smoothness of some in its class, the nine - speed auto has a fine ratio spread with the top three gears working near - seamlessly to exploit the engine's impressive torque and power outputs.

The standard seven - speed S tronic in the RS 5 — with its high efficiency ratio and its high - geared top speed — also enhances efficiency.

I would expect this transmission to have pretty comparable (and high) mechanical efficiency to the various DCT or manual transmissions, better than any CVT, and certainly better than old - style automatics (that had ratios too far apart to allow torque converter lockup except in top gear).

GT3 owners also get to enjoy shorter ratios (top speed in seventh gear), faster shift times (under 100 milliseconds) and a gearchange algorithm that mirrors the sequential units in Porsche Motorsports» race cars in PDK Sport mode.

The eight - speed powerflow yields a 7.0 overall ratio spread, enabling improved launch capability because of a deeper first gear ratio and better fuel economy due to lower top gear N / V capability, relative to the 6L80.

The new nine - speed automatic has a wide 7.6:1 overall ratio, with a «deep» 4.69 first gear that supports excellent off - the - line acceleration and a «tall» 0.62 top gear for low - rpm highway cruising.

Wide - ratio design provides a first gear with extra pulling power to start heavy loads in combination with a high top gear for efficient highway cruising

lighter, has a 68 percent wider overall ratio range with a 43 percent lower first gear, and a 17 percent taller top gear compared to the current Accord's six - speed automatic.

Also, it has a wide spread ratio with the first gear designed for a very high ratio to provide brisk acceleration from the top while the sixth gear has an overdrive ratio to keep the engine revolutions as low as possible for highway cruising and improved fuel economy.

However, the carryover 6 - speed Tremec has been revised with tighter gear ratios that allow a predicted top speed of 206 mph to be achieved in sixth gear.

The 6 - speed automatic offers excellent launch - feel, acceleration performance and fuel efficiency with an 20 percent wider gear ratio spread featuring a «lower» (numerically higher) first gear overall ratio, and a «higher» (numerically lower) top gear overall ratio than the 5 - speed transmission it replaces in the last generation Ridgeline.

The new Sixth gear ratio is taller (lower numerically) than the top gear in Acura's 5 - speed V - 6 automatic transmissions.