Sentences with phrase «twin turbo straight»

It boasts a three liter twin turbo straight six.

Two 3.0 - litre twin turbo straight six options in petrol (X7 40i) and diesel (X7 35d).

In a continuing partnership with BMW, Morgan has gained access to the 302bhp 3.0 - litre twin turbo straight six, mated to either six speed manual or auto gearboxes.

Not exact matches

The 335bhp twin - turbo straight - six starts with a pleasing growl and settles into a rumblelicious idle — good news given the fears that blowers would deny this new breed of M - car a memorable voice.

Like the previous 1 Series M coupe, the M2 powertrain will be a tuned version of an existing engine, in this case the N55 twin - scroll turbo straight - six that can be found in the standard BMW M235i.

The new 3 Series - based model features a tweaked version of the twin - turbo straight - six diesel engine — tuned to produce 345bhp and 516 lb ft of torque.

It teams the 302bhp / 295 lb ft twin - turbo, 3.0 - litre straight - six petrol engine with a small, supplementary electric motor housed in its eight - speed ZF automatic gearbox.

It looks bigger and broader than the R34 Skyline GT - R, the last of the straight - six - powered, twin - turbo four - wheel - drive GT - Rs made between 1989 and 2002.

It's a mark of how seriously Japanese owners take their ageing Skyline GT - Rs that they still form the backbone of Omori's tuning business, a decade or more since the RB26 straight - six made way for the new VQ twin - turbo V6.

Though a twin - turbo V - 8 may still be the optional engine, we reported earlier this year that Mercedes - Benz is set to revive its inline - six cylinder engines, with this next E-Class being a strong likelihood for the first application of this 3.0 - liter straight six.

Three out of five isn't bad, especially when the trio that could have been a quintet contains such star performers as the first BMW M3 (built on the chassis known as E30), the supersweet E46 version built between 2000 and 2006, and the new F80 — otherwise known as the 2015 BMW M3 — powered by an all - new twin - turbo straight six.

The new 2012 models also join in BMW's engine downsizing and turbocharging push, with the 650i getting a 400 - hp, 4.4 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 and the 640i coming to market with a 315 - hp version of the brand's N55 3.0 - liter twin - scroll - turbo straight six under the hood.

When the 335i was launched, the question on everyone's lips was how tuneable the twin - turbo straight - six would be.

Its 600 - horsepower twin - turbo V - 12 is hugely impressive in a straight line, but the chassis doesn't feel neutral or confidence inspiring to me.

An R32 - generation Nissan Skyline, but with its twin - turbo straight - six engine wound up to 650bhp and 492 lb ft, it betters a Bugatti Veyron's bhp / ton figure.

The F80's 3 - litre twin - turbocharged straight - six revs to a relatively high (for a modern turbo engine) 7300rpm.

The upcoming M3 / M4 is slated to switch from the current normally aspirated 4.0 - liter V - 8 back to a straight six, albeit one bolstered by twin turbos.

Lifted straight from the AMG GT S, the twin - turbo 4.0 - liter V - 8 sports 503 horsepower and 516 lb - ft of torque, good for a 0 - 60 time of just 4.1 seconds.

The engine itself is another variant of the N54HP — the high - output version of the old twin - turbo 3.0 - liter straight - six that we've seen in, among other things, the Z4 sDrive35is, 335is, and 740i.

We should see the turbo four - cylinder as the base engine in addition to a 270 - hp straight six; the 300 - hp, 3.0 - liter twin - scroll turbo six; and a turbo - diesel (possibly a four - cylinder).

If I have one complaint it's the lack of a more emotional engine note, but having heard the bat - out - of - hell roar of the 4.4 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 in the G30 M550i, it's probably better that the straight - six leave the power ballads to the professionals.

I keep the 1M in third gear, its 3.0 - liter twin - turbo straight - six summoning juicy torque (up to 369 lb - ft on overboost) throughout the rev range.

I had expected the Bentley to stomp off up the road and it's certainly going for it when it can, lunging down the short straights with impressive determination as its 600bhp twin - turbo W12 gets its shoulder behind the Spur's considerable mass — almost 2.5 tons.

Combined with a 365bhp twin - turbo straight - six engine, you have a car BMW is labelling as a spiritual successor to the likes of the original E30 M3 and much loved 1M Coupe.

Both the 640i and 640d are powered by a 3 - litre twin - turbo straight - six, the former a 316bhp / 332 lb ft petrol and the latter a 309bhp / 465 lb ft diesel.

The performance is what you'll notice first, the twin turbo V8 firing you down straights with the sort of violence that was previously the preserve of a select band of hypercars.

The original single - turbo 3 - litre straight - six has been replaced by the twin - turbo version from the M3 / M4.

It could be equipped with the twin - turbo straight - six from the M3 and M4, or it may get only get a single twin - scroll turbo engine as found in the M2.

Driving the rear wheels via lovely slick six - speed manual gearbox is a 335bhp twin - turbo 3 - litre straight - six engine.

The straight six under the hood appears to be the twin - turbo N54HP found in the Z4 sDrive35is.

The combustion engine is a twin - turbo 429bhp 3 - litre straight - six and features both a conventional exhaust gas - driven turbo and an electric auxiliary compressor.

Top of the range is the BMW TwinPower Turbo straight 6 - cylinder petrol engine combines a Twin Scroll turbocharger with Valvetronic, double - Vanos and High Precision Injection.

But CEO Hans - Jürgen Abt will set matters straight with a new performance package which increases the power of the RS5: «By means of our ABT Engine Control unit, the V6 twin turbo engine is able to generate 510 HP (375 kW).

Under the bonnet sits a slightly tweaked version of the standard car's 3.0 - litre twin - turbo straight - six engine, with power turned up from 425bhp to 493bhp.

Hell, BMW's latest twin - turbo straight - six even sounds like Porsche's classic flat - six.

The M4's 3.0 - litre, twin - turbo straight - six makes 425bhp, which is 10bhp more than the V8 - powered M3 Coupe that came before it, and while it doesn't sound quite as good as the previous naturally aspirated four, six and eight - cylinder M3 engines, it's still impressive.

The naturally aspirated 4.0 - liter V8 is out; a twin - turbo version of BMW's classic 3.0 - liter straight - six replacing it.

The UKL2 platform may mean the end of the sweet - sounding straight - six engine in the top 1 - series, too, as a transverse engine layout will almost certainly enforce a switch to a four - cylinder, with twin turbos to boost its power output.

It also gets the 320 - hp twin - scroll turbocharged 3.0 - liter straight six instead of the 228i's 240 - hp 2.0 - liter turbo four.

Accelerating from standstill to 100 km / h in just 4.8 seconds, the BMW Z4 sDrive35is features a modified straight - six twin turbo engine with high precision injection technology with an output of 250 kW.

The twin - turbo straight - six power unit already giving the BMW Z4 sDrive35i truly impressive dynamics and all - round performance is characterised in particular by its spontaneous and direct response to the gas pedal, fascinating free - revving performance, and unusually economical use of fuel for a car in this class.

The 2.0 - litre gasoline entry - level model will now be designated «BMW X3 xDrive20i», and the most powerful diesel model driven by BMW's 3.0 - litre straight - six with Variable Twin Turbo will now bear the name «BMW X3 xDrive35d».

The employment of a straight six - cylinder petrol power plant featuring M Performance Twin Power Turbo technology with a power output of more than 300 hp creates the ideal prerequisites for maximum dynamics in the premium compact segment and, in conjunction with rear - wheel drive concept still unique in this vehicle class, ensures unsurpassed driving pleasure so typical of a BMW.

The only caveat with the M3 is that it may be hugely entertaining when its unleashed on the track and equally comfortable and civilised at all other times, but the new twin - turbo, straight six engine may lack the charisma that the explosive Mercedes - AMG C 63 and the elegant Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio offer in abundance.

In comparison with the straight - six featuring Twin Turbo technology and High Precision Injection already featured in several model series, the engine at the same time offers a further reduction of fuel consumption by up to 9 %.

The power source for BMW's supercar will be a bespoke M - developed straight - six twin turbo with plug - in hybrid tech courtesy of Toyota, while Lexus is thought to be testing a detuned version of the 513bhp 3.7 - litre V8 from Toyota's TS040 Le Mans race car.

BMW has fitted the Concept M135i with a straight - six Twin Power Turbo engine that creates more than 300 - horsepower and delivers power to the rear wheels.

When the twin - turbo V - 8 hits max boost (13.0 psi), a process that is far from instantaneous, the Arnage T makes its best move: straight ahead at full gallop.

The Veneno Roadster is listed at US$ 4,500,000... with both Veneno having 750hp available a fully tuned DMC Aventador LP988 - 4 Edizione - GT will leave them behind on the straight line on sheer power alone... if that doesn't put a smile on your face think about the price... the entire Edizione - GT aerodynamic package complete with twin turbo engine tuning is available at US$ 288,000... add US$ 450,000 for an Aventador and you're still a long way from any Veneno pricing.

Besides being force - fed by two turbos, with cooling and lubrication systems set up with a bias to surviving hot laps of race tracks, the twin - turbo straight six has BMW's usual tricks like direct fuel - injection, variable valve timing and lift, plus variable camshaft control on both cams.