Infiniti has been using hybrid power
units in its road cars since 2011, while hybrid units were introduced in Formula One in 2014.
The Mercedes - AMG GT3, which uses a naturally aspirated 6.3 - liter V - 8 instead of the twin - turbo 4.0 - liter
unit in the road car, will compete against GT3 - spec version of the Porsche 911, Aston Martin Vantage, Lamborghini Huracan, Acura NSX, Audi R8, Ferrari 488, among others, in the GTD class.
Not exact matches
This was a huge reason behind the introduction of the current engine formula, as small - capacity turbo engines with a hybrid element were all the rage
in road cars when F1's 1.6 - litre V6 hybrid
units were first announced.
So now,
in the interest of maintaining parity, Mazda decided to have all left - hand - drive ND race
cars built at Long
Road Racing and sold with sealed engines, transmissions, and engine control
units.
Suzuki's
car sales ended here
in 2012 after the company's American
unit filed for bankruptcy, but there are still some Samurais and Sidekicks on the
road — and its motorcycles remain plentiful.
The engine is based on the
unit found
in the Evora 400, but
in the 3 - Eleven, hardware and software revisions have upped power by 12.5 per cent to 460bhp at 7000rpm for the racing version (410bhp for the
road car), and torque by 10 per cent to 332 lb ft between 3500 - 6500rpm.
The R1R, launched
in late 2015, is Praga's first
road car since 1947 and they're limiting production to 68
units — one for each year since the last Praga
road car was built.
Forced induction
road cars were still very much
in their infancy and it was the addition of an intercooler that allowed Audi to productionise a 2.1 - litre
unit that could develop 200bhp.
It'll be a rare sight on UK
roads — Lexus is realistic about the
car's (and the brand's) reach, and expects to sell around 100
units in its first year
in the UK.
Within one decade, Volkswagen sold around 720,000
units of the high - class sport utility vehicle; last year alone over 70,000 drivers chose a new Touareg, which combines the best of the passenger
car and off -
road worlds
in one concept.
An energy management system is said to work
in concert with the
car's GPS
unit to adjust for
road conditions.
Aston already has a tie - up with Mercedes - Benz for use of engines and electrical architecture
in its
road cars, but Andy Palmer's comments suggest any Aston Martin F1 engine would be much more than just a rebadged Mercedes
unit.
Factor
in a solid handling on and off the
road and a pair of decent engines - especially the D5 diesel
unit - and you've got a
car that's ready to tackle most things that an active family would throw at it.
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in Building a Wide Range of
Cars
It's based on a concept from 2015 of the same name and the brand has confirmed today that the
car will hit the
road in 2019, with a limited production run of 155
units.
Currently, Nissan sells NISMO versions of the 370Z, GT - R, Juke, and Sentra
in the U.S. Source: Nissan Press Release is on Page 2 Nissan sets up new
unit to boost NISMO
road car business More high - performance models to be rolled out globally YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has set up a new
unit to expand its NISMO
road car business by making a greater range of models available to customers
in more markets.
The successor to the best - selling racing
car of all time built
in a production series of more than 1,400
units is based for the first time on the 911 GT3 RS, with the weight of the racing model reduced significantly versus the lightweight
road - going version.
The rear suspension was a little more problematic - the Leon
road car - derived multi-link setup can't be packaged together with the twin motor
units, so it's been shelved
in favour of a bespoke double wishbone arrangement.
As further proof of the Maxima's sporty nature, Nissan fitted the new
car with a similar steering mechanism to that used
in the 370Z, a speed - sensitive power - steering
unit that does an excellent job of delivering
road feel at higher speeds, while still being very responsive.
Based on FIA regulations for the GTE series, which specify that the engine must be used
in a production
car, this means that power comes from the 488 GTB's force - fed, 3.9 - liter V - 8, a brand - new
unit that pumps an impressive 660 horsepower and 560 pound - feet of torque
in the
road car.
The ex-Suzuki boss also confirmed that the Alpine A110's lack of side airbags would limit imports of the relaunched brand's first
road car in more than two decades to just 100
units per year.
Toyota, the world's largest
car maker, today launched the New Camry
in India and is targeting 500
units of this model to hit the Indian
roads this year.
On the exterior, the electric pop - up headlamps were replaced either with fixed
units (similar to those which appeared later on the
road cars in 1999) or with open ducting for the front brakes.
Nissan has set up a new
unit to expand its NISMO
road car business by making a greater range of models available to customers
in more markets.
Group A regulations dictated that 5000
road - based
units of a specific vehicle had to be built before a manufacturer could enter it
in touring
car or rally competition.
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Apparently the sequestration of greenhouse gasses by all of the soybean plants grown
in the US
in 2009 removed enough greenhouse gasses (
in carbon dioxide equivalent
units) to be equivalent to taking 21 million
cars off the
road.
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