Sentences with phrase «up to highway speeds»

It has no problems getting up to highway speed quickly.

If she gets it going up to highway speeds a gas odor is detected inside the car.

I was headed home the other night, accelerating up to highway speeds, when suddenly I felt the clutch pedal completely change under me.

The acceleration is more than adequate to get up to highway speeds when merging into traffic.

For a small car, it performs well, has plenty of power for the size vehicle and can get up to highway speed without a problem.

Once I'm up to highway speeds consistently instead of accelerating, it stops altogether.

The four - cylinder gets the car up to highway speeds reasonably well, but like other compact - car engines, it has modest power to spare for high - speed passing.

It accelerates purely on electric power and can stay in all - electric mode up to highway speeds.

These massive vehicles are often powered by engines that can produce more than 1,000 horsepower, propelling these 40 - ton vehicles up to highway speeds in excess of 70 miles per hour.

Starsky Robotics co-founder Stefan Seltz - Axmacher tells me his goal for the platform is to allow drivers located in a central office to bring multiple units up to highway speed before handing control over to the autonomous system.

Enough torque to break the wheels loose all the way up to highway speeds complemented this instant acceleration at low rpms.

It's certainly quicker than the Fiesta and while it's no sports - car it certainly gets up to highway speed quickly and without drama in my opinion.

The twin - turbo V - 6 gets the Navigator up to highway speeds easily, and if you need to make a quick pass there's good reserve power.

Yes, it only has 211 horsepower, but it gets up to highway speeds relatively quickly and, once there, cruises effortlessly.

It's smooth - revving and pulls the four - door up to highway speeds quickly and effortlessly.

With little sign of turbo lag, the car accelerates swiftly, storming up to highway speeds with power to spare.

Goose the throttle in the Altima Hybrid, and the I - 4 and electric motor work in pair to deliver a formidable wall of torque to move the sedan up to highway speeds.

The engine in the Metris Passenger Van has enough power to accelerate up to highway speeds even when fully loaded.

While 245 hp doesn't sound sky - high on paper, it's more than enough to get the Sonata up to highway speeds in short order.

That alone makes the car a sweet piece to rally around in, whether tackling a freeway ramp or zipping up to highway speed, carving corners or just cruising.

While there is still some turbo lag below 2,000 rpm, the engine pulls hard in the midrange and once rolling, the EcoSport simply rides that solid torque delivery up to highway speeds.

The hybrid's electric motor and clutch reside where a traditional torque converter usually would, and allow the gasoline engine to be decoupled from the motor at any speed from a walking pace on up to highway speeds (75 mph to be exact).

It makes 185 horsepower and 184 lb - ft of torque, sent to the front wheels via a six - speed automatic, which is just enough to get the Highlander up to highway speeds and not much more.

The MKX is no rocket ship — a 4,420 - pound curb weight (in AWD trim) sees to that — but it will run up to highway speeds in less than eight seconds and cruise effortlessly there while returning 20 - plus mpg fuel economy.

When it comes to speed this car has 449 horsepower and can reach up to highway speeds in under 5 seconds.

Save for quick blasts up to highway speeds (where there's not untoward squatting), I didn't get a lot of joy from the combination of power and suspension response; the Pacifica stays out of its own way if you go around a corner quickly, but only just.

If she gets it going up to highway speeds...

Seltz - Axmacher says the goal of his company's platform is to ease the industry's driver shortage by allowing drivers located in a centrally located back office to bring multiple units up to highway speed and simply monitor them once autonomous mode takes over.

Although the four - cylinder engine has as much horsepower as most rivals» base engines, the Cherokee is heavy for a small crossover SUV, which makes the engine feel sluggish when accelerating up to highway speeds.

The car is quick and gets up to highway speeds without impeding traffic.

That's all thanks to an uprated 6.0 - litre twin - turbocharged W - 12 engine with 626 horsepower and all - wheel drive, which also helps it get up to highway speeds in the low four - second range.

The CX - 9 accelerates strongly with only slight turbo - lag, but easily gets up to highway speeds to merge into heavy traffic.

With 360 horsepower and a 7 - speed automatic transmission, the M35h can get up to highway speed quickly, and can even cruise as fast as 62 mph on...

That extra grunt, along with the weight savings of not lugging around a lithium - ion battery pack, is instantly apparent getting up to highway speeds.

In doing so, I often find myself shifting my automatic transmission to 1st gear and then up to 2nd, 3rd, and finally D in order to get up to highway speed (60mph).

«If I drive very carefully I can get it up to highway speed.

The oversized steering wheel starts out heavy with little power assist, but get up to highway speeds and it lightens into a sloppy, meandering helm — the sort you'd get in a bygone era.

Certainly not sport - sedan territory but how long did it take the 50 - mpg Geo Metro to get up to highway speeds?

Version 2 goes up to highway speeds and handles multiple - lane roads, lane changes, and merges onto the highway.

Couple that with our tested truck's 3.31:1 axle ratio and the truck gets up to highway speed, but you won't find your head snapped into the headrest.

What might not look like a value car feels like one when you accelerate up to highway speeds.

It has about 12 miles of EV range and goes up to highway speeds.

While I couldn't feel the trivial additional horsepower or torque, the Civic moved very well off the line and up to highway speeds.

This made getting up to highway speeds and merging into heavy traffic easy with the ten - speed automatic providing smooth shifts well - timed for power delivery.

The 40 miles of that test took me through the suburbs of Palo Alto, up to highway speeds, and onto a nice and twisty bit of road as we made our way across the San Francisco peninsula to the coast.

In fact, the Discovery can get up to highway speeds quickly and execute overtaking with ease from say 80 to 90kmph.

Hopelessly underpowered, it takes forever to get up to highway speed, and merging into highway traffic is a religious experience.

Its a great feature when you need to pass somebody or if you need to get up to highways speeds.