Sentences with phrase «weight penalty making»

Not exact matches

Shorn of the P1's hybrid system's weight penalty and with the benefit of five years» further car - making experience, the conventionally powered 720S threatens to make the P1 seem over-complicated and over-the-hill.

That weight penalty can be explained largely by extra bracing, with reinforcements made to the sills, A-pillars and windscreen frame and like the Lamborghini Huracan, the Audi R8 Spyder uses a hybrid carbonfibre and aluminium spaceframe chassis.

Clever engineering like torque vectoring and rear - wheel steering let Porsche make up for the hybrid system's weight penalty and create a phenomenally, ludicrously fast car that handled exceptionally well.

It should also make it a bit more stable and useable in really bad weather, but given the extra cost, fuel economy and weight penalty you may find a set of winter tyres does the same job for less.

The GTP was successful in IMSA racing for six years, however its excellent power to weight ratio, responsible for its success, effectively made the car unbeatable; [4] the car was eventually saddled by IMSA with a 300 - pound weight penalty before being banned entirely in 1991.

Seeking to prevent the spiraling budgets and one - team / make domination of both series, JGTC imposed strict limits on power, and heavy weight penalties on race winners in an openly stated objective to keep on - track action close with an emphasis on keeping fans happy.

The weight penalty of these great features is negligible which makes the Blackbird the perfect hammock for me.

Although the weight penalty will still be applied, we are planning to make changes shortly.

Throw on top of that Lenovo Pen Pro with 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity and you get a very strong argument for getting the convertible over the traditional laptop with a touch display (though there is a half - pound weight penalty in making the switch).