Sentences with phrase «turbocharged cars»

But your 6th gear is probably quite useful, especially in turbocharged cars.

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

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

In my opinion a manual transmission works well for road racing (especially in turbocharged cars) because of the driver's ability to select the gear ratio according to driving conditions.

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.

«With turbocharged cars, it's quite simple in theory: you fit a bigger turbocharger that will flow more air.

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

While nice to not get oil all over your intake, it's primarily done on turbocharged cars to prevent the oil from working its way into the intercooler.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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.

With the pre-race Balance of Performance adjustments not making enough of a difference for the inherent advantage turbocharged cars seem to have here, the race in - class was notably a Ferrari 488 and Ford GT affair from beginning to end, with Porsche, Aston Martin and Corvette never really putting up much of a fight.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

What turbocharged cars can do (and turbocharging is the real secret behind diesel engines) is provide low RPM torque that stays at its peak where you can use it, in the low RPM range.

Unlike many turbocharged cars, this engine feels linear and begs to be taken all the way to its redline.

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

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.

Out came turbocharged cars with all - wheel drive.

You don't really realize the delay in turbocharged cars until you climb back into a normally aspirated or supercharged car.

The twin - turbocharged car debuts in March, but Jaguar isn't exporting any of the 350 hand - built cars to the United States.

You read it here first: Turbocharged car shown up by EV version.

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.

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.

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

The exhaust blats on hard upshifts like most new high - performance turbocharged cars, but the exhaust is never overwhelming and, compared to some top - performance cars, somewhat remote.

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).

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.

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.

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.

The high - speed circuit highlighted the dominance of turbocharged cars on the straights, able to reach speeds 5 - 6mph higher than normally aspirated racers.

Torque from the Panamera's electric motor is made available instantaneously, layered over the vehicle's V6 power production, thus giving the throttle pedal a feel of immediacy not typically felt in turbocharged cars, which notoriously suffer from some measure of turbo lag.

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.

Although the big race takes place on a weekend, Ferrari and co put the turbocharged cars through their paces on the Thursday and Friday.

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.)

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.

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.

Mat Jackson now leads the championship, after sharing wins with Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato, who collected a useful amount of points to close up the championship, but the pressure was on for the for the turbocharged cars, after a lower boost restriction was put in place.

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