Sentences with phrase «wheel of a sports car»

While eLearning games may not involve getting behind the wheel of a sports car, they do offer a rare kind of engagement and excitement, which is the chance to learn and expand your skill sets.

Located about an hour west of Las Vegas, the school offers people the chance to learn about car control, shifting and cornering techniques and — ultimately — to experience what it's like to sit behind the wheel of a sports car and tackle a racetrack.

Rather, my nightmare is set somewhere in the not too distant future, and I'm in a tremendous panic from behind the wheel of a sports car.

Her accomplishments behind the wheel of a sports car as well as a journalist were unparalleled.

OVER 100 VEHICLES — In LEGO CITY, every vehicle on the street can be commandeered with more than 100 to choose from so players can get behind the wheel of sports cars, motorcycles, helicopters and more to chase down criminals or take a leisurely ride through the urban jungle to check out the sights.

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«It's pretty awesome to think that a virtual currency born only a few years ago can put people behind the wheel of a $ 200,000 sports car today.»

Think of it this way *: Blake stitched shoes are the rear - wheel drive sports cars of the shoe world.

The six - wheeled Tyrrell P34 is one of the most iconic F1 cars of all time, but unfortunately such drastic innovations are no longer allowed under the restrictive modern rules of the sport.

The angular concept car sported a lot of modern - sounding tech: a hybrid electric / gas power train that drove all four wheels, an onboard computer with digital displays for everything from the speedometer to the radio, and electronic maps to help you navigate traffic snarls.

Grant gets a little too reckless behind the wheel of his expensive sports car, and they end up ghosts, but there's no sadness here, and the only difference seems to be that they can now become invisible.

That's an incredibly quick «Ring time, regardless of the drive wheels: The 265 Trophy is only 31 seconds off the pace set by Porsche's 911 GT3 RS 4.0, and its time of 8:08 bests many of the top sports cars of the last decade, including the Honda NSX - R and BMW M6.

Throughout 1952 and 1953, Shelby competed in SCCA road racing events behind the wheel of borrowed sports cars, proving himself an adept competitor even behind the wheel of a little MG TC.

The low - slung Porsche sports car has rear - wheel drive, a flat - six engine in the middle of the car, and as many trunks as it has seats.

There is yet another chapter in the long story that is the promised Subaru / Toyota rear - wheel - drive sports coupe: at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Subaru will preview its version of the performance car with the BRZ Prologue concept.

After all, the FR - S falls neatly into a historic lineup of rear - wheel - drive Toyota sports cars and should give the Scion brand a huge dosage of street cred.

A decade ago, NASCAR was a dictatorial juggernaut whose marketing prowess had turned American open - wheel and sports car racing into back - of - the - pack also - rans.

This time we travelled to rural North Yorkshire with a group of like - minded readers / Auto - biography: Joy Rainey — Matthew Bell talks to one of the fastest women in motor sport about her life behind the wheel and her epic transcontinental journeys / Brasier, part two — Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges concludes his Brasier study, focussing on the racing cars, powerboats and tractors of the marque's later years / St James's Concours of Elegance — This concours in the heart of London continues to grow in popularity and quality.

On the road in sport mode Press «drive» and pull out of the hotel parking lot entrance South of Market, and the electrically driven rear wheels push the car very quietly through stop - and - go traffic in the socially conscious City by the Bay.

In The Missing Link, Delwyn Mallett gets behind the wheel of the prewar car which bridges the gap between the humble Volkswagen Beetle and a long line of sporting Porsches.

Lawrence Mitchell reports / 1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500SS — Phil Llewellin gives us his impressions of this gorgeous sporting car / Santler 1889 - 1922 — A Santler was possibly the earliest 4 - wheeled petrol car built in Britain.

A smaller steering wheel is used to give the BRZ that sports car feel, while a tachometer with digital speedometer is placed in the center of the gauge cluster to relay the most important info to the driver.

So how on earth do you replace a car like the F12, which was surely one of the great front - engined, rear wheel - drive sports cars there has ever been, Amen?

In The Missing Link, Delwyn Mallett gets behind the wheel of the prewar car which bridges the gap between the humble Volkswagen Beetle and a long line of sporting Porsches / Auto - biography: George Cohen — Matthew Bell visits the retired psychiatrist who now devotes his time to driving old cars and building and riding motorcycles, especially single - cylinder Nortons / Douglas Blain takes to the road in a 1946 Talbot - Lago T26 Record, in its day probably the world's fastest saloon and asks, is it The last great Vintage car?

Our test car rode on the standard 18 - inch wheels and was optioned with the adaptive damping system and sport rear differential that's part of the $ 2,500 S sport package, as well as the $ 1,150 variable - ratio steering rack.

Other upgrades for the Korean Hyundai Elantra Sport include 18 - inch wheels, HID headlights, leather sports seats, a new body kit with a front splitter and rear diffuser, a flat - bottom steering wheel, upgraded brakes, and a multilink rear suspension instead of the standard car's torsion beam design.

Follow a more powerful sports car along a broken B - road and it'll spend its time weaving and braking around road imperfections, the driver wincing at the prospect of buckling a wheel, but in the Swift, you can simply breeze along.

The frozen tundra of northern Finland is not the first location you'd pick for the first drive of a 503 - hp, rear - wheel - drive sports car.

Mick Walsh gets behind the wheel of an historic Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 and in, Potent Perfection, reveals what makes this famous model so special / Doug Nye shares some marvellous glass - plate negatives from the early days of motor sport in Europe and describes the men and machines shown in The motor racing photography of Maurice - Louis Branger / Famous furniture designer Ambrose Heal bought a Sunbeam Twenty new in 1930 and drove it extensively across Europe / This much - loved car is still in the family today, as Matthew Bell discovers in Family Business / Designed and built by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe, the Ford - powered Dellows were among the most successful postwar trials cars.

You would think that with Subaru readying a GT300 - class version of its new BRZ rear - wheel drive sports car, Toyota would be doing the same with its GT 86.

Think of Subaru today and, besides the excellent BRZ sports car it codeveloped with Toyota, you most likely envision outdoorsy owners happily shuttling Fido around in a boxy, all - wheel - drive wagon.

Even in base trim, the Mini Cooper Clubman sports cast - aluminum wheels, evidence that this car continues to deliver a premium amount of style and equipment in a compact package, a proposition that seemed quite radical in 2001, when the Cooper version of the Mini (as distinct from the entry - level Mini One) first came to the U.S.

The quirky Malvern, U.K. - based outfit builds British man - of - wars compared to the advanced nuclear submarines on the road today, cobbling together wood - framed sports cars by hand the same way it has since the first four - wheeled Morgan hit the streets in 1936.

170bhp, just over a ton, rear - wheel drive and an LSD; the 124 Spider has the basis of a great sports car.

Porsche and Bentley, on the other hand, will soon be linked by MSB, a new modular rear - wheel - drive / all - wheel - drive architecture that will be the foundation of the new Porsche Panamera, the Bentley Continental GT replacement, and the proposed two - seater sports car from Crewe based on the EXP 10 Speed 6 concept.

We first got an indication of Kia's sports - car ambitions with the GT4 Stinger concept car shown at the 2014 Detroit auto show, a rear - wheel - drive coupe powered by a 315 - hp, 2.0 - liter turbo - four.

All of this performance potential combined earlier this year to set a blistering lap time of 7 minutes, 50 seconds on the challenging Nürburgring racetrack, beating the previous front - wheel - drive production lap record, not to mention more powerful sports cars.

To the delight of sports - car purists, the 2016 BMW M2 will likely be rear - wheel drive only, although it will offer a choice of either a six - speed manual or seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission.

Southern California - based Brock Racing Enterprises made motorsport history in 1970 when it won the first of its Sports Car Club of America National Championships behind the wheel of a Datsun 510, the predecessor to the modern - day 370Z sportSports Car Club of America National Championships behind the wheel of a Datsun 510, the predecessor to the modern - day 370Z sports cCar Club of America National Championships behind the wheel of a Datsun 510, the predecessor to the modern - day 370Z sportssports carcar.

That would be an embarrassing number for a V - 6 sports car, but for a 450 - horsepower, four - wheel - drive pickup rolling on 35 - inch tires, it's some kind of miracle.

He's got lots of experience with open wheel, in GP2 and Formula 1, but not a whole lot of sports car experience.

Porsche Porsche makes all - wheel - drive versions of its iconic 911 — but not its Boxster or Cayman — in a wide variety of the sports car's iterations.

Once behind the wheel of a 35is at New Jersey Motorsports Park, though, we were content to leave the transmission in its automatic sport mode and simply savor the car's gobs of power and nice steering.

As my co-columnist, Sir Arthur of St. Antoine, pointed out last month, it's a driver's car, an engaging and handsome alternative in a day when too many once - sporting marques have all but imagined themselves into that gray future where driver involvement becomes impersonal, with the wheel man's function akin to that of an old - time keypunch operator.

Alfa has a future if Marchionne can build it up from a couple of aged Fiat - based front - wheel - drive hatchbacks not sold here, a very low - volume sports car, and the upcoming Giulia.

We've not yet driven this particular car, but the combination of the sports suspension and 19 - inch wheels is likely to be quite firm.

Called the RX - Vision concept, it's a preview of a front - engined, rear - wheel drive and Wankel rotary - powered sports car.

The previous - generation Porsche Cayman was one of this magazine's very favorite sports cars — so near - perfect, as I slid behind the wheel for my very first drive of the all - new 2017 718 edition, I mentally prepared myself to be disappointed.

And out of nowhere comes this (let's be honest) totally doofus idea: Toyota and Subaru team up to build a rear - wheel drive, normally aspirated sports car.

«The all - wheel - drive Focus RS corners with a sense of poise unmatched by any other sport - compact car,» followed contributor Michael Jordan.

These two cars are the fruits of an almost interminably long gestation period in which Subaru and Toyota sought to build a fun, affordable, rear - wheel - drive sports coupe.