Sentences with phrase «turbocharged car»

Playing with the incredible Lotus 98T is another thing altogether, and trying to coax the 1,000 bhp, turbocharged car around Brands Hatch gives you an idea of just how good drivers such as Senna, Mansell and Prost really were.

With a turbocharged car, when you tromp the throttle, the car moves off and the jerk moment comes a fraction of a second later when the turbo boost finally takes effect.

Hyundai had us drive the more powerful 1.6 - liter turbocharged car with 201 hp and 195 lb - ft of torque in base R - Spec and top - level Ultimate trims.

That had to be the smoothest turbocharged car I've ever driven.

Exotic materials, such as titanium and Inconel, are used to reduce weight and increase response, which is electric for a turbocharged car.

The Renault Espace was not the first MPV, and nor was any one of the BMW 2002 Turbo, Porsche 911 Turbo or Saab 99 Turbo the first turbocharged car to go on sale.

In 1980, Audi released the Quattro, a four - wheel drive (4WD) turbocharged car that went on to win rallies and races worldwide.

Looking further back, the M2 can also be seen as a close descendant of a car from 40 years ago: the BMW 2002 turbo, which was the first mass - produced turbocharged car offered for sale in Germany.

The unique tech is all in the sedan's drivetrain, in making its performance similar to the 3.0 - litre turbocharged car.

No surprises with the 1.6 litre turbocharged car's output figures, with 184 hp at 5,500 rpm and 240 Nm at 1,600 to 5,000 rpm, with overboost taking this to 260 Nm at 1,730 to 4,500 rpm.

[TIRES SQUEALING] Now you may think doing acceleration tests in the Civic SI would be similar to the Type R, but the only similarity, really, is that we have a six speed in front drive and a turbocharged car.

And based in my personal experience, the turbo in 308 is weak compared to tsi and other turbocharged car.

We drove the turbocharged car first, which Chevy says has the most torque in the segment.

The new California T is Ferrari's first turbocharged car in a very long time.

The 1979 Saab 900 Turbo was the first mainstream turbocharged car, featuring a double wishbone suspension at the front and a beam axle design with a Panhard rod at the rear.

This was BMW's first turbocharged production car and the first turbocharged car since General Motor's brief offering in the 1960's.

On paper the turbocharged car is actually a little better than its naturally - aspirated compatriots, but with a figure of 83.1 mpg combined the diesel (with the ETG6 gearbox) would be the one to go for if ultimate economy is the goal.

Appearing in the Z4 for the first time, this transmission is exclusive to the turbocharged car.

Once you're pushing 200 horsepower in a lightweight, turbocharged car, you're likely going to have to put up a fight.

Prime starts from # 13,960 (or # 14,555 for the turbocharged car) and gets leather heated seats and a couple of extra dashboard instrument pods.

Peak torque is available from 1800rpm through to 5700rpm, and maximum power is produced between 5500rpm and about 7200rpm (the limiter being set at around 7500rpm, less than the old V8 but impressively high for a turbocharged car.)

Once you've felt its 4 - litre V8 spin - up to its limiter, you never want to drive a turbocharged car again.

Pushing the engine hard, particularly with a turbocharged car, causes heat build - up, as you might expect.

There's a very particular kind of turbocharged car that makes the breed so appealing.

It's the turbocharged car whose punch builds into a crescendo of power, the sort you'd have got from a late - 90s turbodiesel if they'd had the inclination to continue their boosted enthusiasm to the red line.

The engine is simply outrageous and has fantastic throttle response for a turbocharged car.

High octane is required for some cars: e.g., a turbocharged car will likely require higher octane to reduce risk of detonation with higher charge temperatures.

Basic «Take Up» models start at # 8995 and that new turbocharged car begins at # 12,055 in «High Up» trim, and all are available to order now.

The turbocharged car knocks nearly three seconds off the sprint to 60mph, with a claimed 10.8 sec «sprint», while its top speed is 103mph.

The turbocharged cars had a huge advantage on the furiously fast Osterreichring, but pretty much all of them broke and it was left to the naturally aspirated Lotus and Williams to fight for the win.

THE INFO YEARS PRODUCED 1979 - 1994 NUMBER PRODUCED Some 900,000 worldwide, of which about one - quarter were turbocharged ORIGINAL PRICE $ 8198 (1979 coupe), $ 40,875 (1994 Commemorative Edition convertible) VALUE TODAY $ 1500 - $ 8000 (Turbocharged cars and convertibles are worth the most.)

Aside from the turbocharged cars like the legendary Buick Regal Grand National, these weren't exactly the firebreathing, tire - shredding monsters they were in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Vehicle: 2012 Subaru Sti I have been driving turbocharged cars for a while now and I have blatantly accepted that before shutting down you must let your car idle for a few minutes after driving hard...

The idea behind «turbo timers» on turbocharged cars is not at all engine cooling related, rather it is to allow the delicate and extremely hot turbocharger components to cool down via keeping the oil feed circulating through it for additional 15 - 30 seconds or a minute.

On the bright side, today's reliable turbocharged cars have turbo Saabs (and their patient owners) to thank for doing so much real - world R&D.

As respectable as this is for a naturally aspirated engine, it falls short of turbocharged cars like the ever - popular Fiesta ST, which can manage a claimed 47.9 mpg.

In my many adventures tuning high performance turbocharged cars, the timing is black magic that varies from car to car.

Since the early 1960s, turbocharged cars had seemed to promise rocketship - style thrust with scooter - style fuel economy, and finally as the decade ended, turbos had become the latest technology at the Indy 500.

We weren't initially convinced by Aston Martin's new era of turbocharged cars when it launched the DB11 V12.

Race 2 once again demonstrated the considerable advantage of turbocharged cars at the long and fast Donington GP circuit, with the two Vectras of Jordan and Nash taking first and second, shortly followed by Matt Neal in the Civic.

Essentially an underbored version of the 2927cc unit used by the 308 and Mondial, the capacity of the GTO's engine was arrived at because, once multiplied by the FIA's 1.4 «equivalency factor» for turbocharged cars, it would see the new Ferrari squeeze neatly under the 4 - litre engine - size limit.

If these 4WD turbocharged cars are so great how come they were matched, or even beaten in some cases, by Group F2 (2 liter non turbo, 2 wheel drive cars also known as kit cars belonging to the FIA A7 class).

Most examples of full time 4WD turbocharged cars where developed in the sole purpose of competing in the World Rally Championship.

Unlike with other turbocharged cars, you don't feel the turbos winding up.

Turbocharged cars that suffer from lag, however, need to be driven with foresight and a certain degree of pre-emption.

Stock performance with the 2.2 was not up to the Daytona's looks, but the turbocharged cars could walk the talk; few automakers made a fast, affordable sporty car at the time, and even the base 2.2 did fairly well by contemporary standards when connected with the five - speed manual transmission.

The other 10 % you'll wish for about 50 more horsepower because we've all been spoiled by turbocharged cars and we expect plenty of passing power.

Contemporary press gushed about the effortless acceleration, coupled with deceptive composure - an attribute that seemed positively alien in a period when few drivers had experienced turbocharged cars.

If you go with the standard 1.8 - liter engine, you won't be disappointed with the driving experience, but it doesn't offer that added punch that makes turbocharged cars so much fun.

The 930 was hugely impressive when new, and contemporary road testers gushed about its effortless ability to gain speed with deceptive composure, an attribute that seemed positively alien in a period when few drivers had experienced turbocharged cars.