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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.