Sentences with phrase «with engines and gearboxes»

Which means the cars are left intact, but with their engines and gearboxes removed.

Not exact matches

With less on - track time for the cars, engines and gearboxes could be pushed that bit harder — assuming the rules don't get changed to limit teams to even fewer components, that is.

Both of these engines come as standard with Mercedes» latest nine - speed torque converter automatic gearbox, which is as smooth as you'd hope and presents a good mix of ratios for both strong performance and economical cruising.

Weight a long way from the middle though, is a design problem almost impossible to overcome satisfactorily, and Lotus would much rather have used an in - line engine and gearbox for the Elise, as they did with the wonderful old Esprit and for similar reasons.

We used a top - of - the - range Audi A3 with the refined 2.0 - liter TDI engine (140 hp, 236 lb - ft) and a six - speed gearbox.

A 2.5 - liter, turbodiesel four - cylinder engine makes just 111 horsepower and 195 lb - ft of torque, but low range and a differential lock will help us make best of the available shove, and breather pipes keep water from wreaking havoc with the gearbox, transfer box, and both differentials.

The gearbox attempts to make up for it once you get moving, transferring the engine's generous 160 horsepower with split - second upshifts and efficient operation.

With new engines, gearboxes and technology, Vauxhall claims the new car is a vast improvement over the very successful previous generation.

The most logical thing would be that the signals from the camshaft and crankshaft position actuators are used to synchronize the engine RPM with the gearbox, more specifically the throttle position.

With its 3.3 - liter dry - sump V - 12 engine churning out 320 hp, six Weber carburetors, and five - speed manual transaxle gearbox, the 275 GTB / C Speciale remains one of three Berlinetta Competizione cars produced for racing.

The Koenigsegg Direct Drive (KDD) transmission transfers the combustion engine's power directly to the wheels without any form of mechanical gearbox and the associated transmission losses that usually come with it.

Although front - engined, the 599's masses are configured to replicate, as far as possible, those of a mid-engined car; as much of its V12 as possible is mounted behind the front axle line and its gearbox is in unit with the rear axle to concentrate more weight rearwards.

Engine and gearbox > With a wide range engines to choose from, there will be a 991 to suit most tastes.

> Engine and gearbox - Diesel will suit most, but the 1.6 DIG - T of the Nismo RS, with the manual gearbox, is the most satisfying combination.

In step with other R3 - spec vehicles the Toyota CS - R3 will be equipped with a six - speed sequential gearbox, tuned engine, improved braking, body kit, and limited slip differential.

The base RSX rolls with a 160 - horsepower, 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine and a five - speed manual gearbox or a five - speed manu - matic, but we chose the hotted - up Type - S model for our Four Seasons test.

The engine produces 276 hp and 295 lb - ft of torque and is paired to an eight - speed automatic gearbox co-developed with ZF.

> Engine and gearbox - Kicking off with the aforementioned 1.0 - litre, a 1.4 - litre four - cylinder petrol and two diesels (1.6 and 2.0) are also available, with S tronic dual - clutch gearboxes and quattro all - wheel drive also on the options list.

> Engine and gearbox - Pairs a 3.9 - litre, twin - turbocharged V8 with a seven - speed dual - clutch «box.

The structure is aluminium and the engine and transmission will be a Renault four - pot turbo with a dual - clutch automatic gearbox.

We're all quite familiar with the Toyota GT86 by now: It's one of the very few cars with a semi-affordable price tag that allows you to indulge in the classic recipe of front engine, rear - wheel drive, a manual gearbox and a naturally - aspirated engine.

One of the car's perceived shortcomings was the fact it came only with a four - speed automatic transmission, Subaru not having a manual gearbox capable of handling the 3.3 - liter engine's 230 hp and 228 lb - ft of torque.

> Engine and gearbox - A manual transmission is standard in the TTS, with an S - tronic «box that adds a launch control function available as an option.

> Engine and gearbox - 1.5 and 2.0 - litre engine options, both four cylinder and naturally aspirated, provide the power, while both come standard with one of the best six - speed manuals on the mEngine and gearbox - 1.5 and 2.0 - litre engine options, both four cylinder and naturally aspirated, provide the power, while both come standard with one of the best six - speed manuals on the mengine options, both four cylinder and naturally aspirated, provide the power, while both come standard with one of the best six - speed manuals on the market.

For the launch event held near Lisbon, M1 kept the car in standard 4WD with steering, engine mapping, and dampers in Comfort — and the gearbox in its most serene mode.

Therefore a motorcycle engine / design not only fails to produce the meaningful values of (inertial and composite) torque where it is needed in order to perform the tasks of heavy vehicles - but the torque it does produce is largely combustion - force dependent, and as such (even with modern gearbox design approaches) is still too susceptible to changes in weight and vehicle ascension / gradient for the tasks required.

What makes the 2006 M3 so special is the connectivity of its controls: steering, brakes, suspension, gearbox, and engine work in such close accord with the driver that this vehicle should have come with addiction - warning labels.

Engine and gearbox > Cribs its engine from the 911 Carrera S - a 3.8 - litre Powerkit unit with 3Engine and gearbox > Cribs its engine from the 911 Carrera S - a 3.8 - litre Powerkit unit with 3engine from the 911 Carrera S - a 3.8 - litre Powerkit unit with 380bhp.

I don't understand why we don't see the MR2 Spyder on these lists more?!? I know the earlier ones were plagued with oil / engine - eating problems, but the later models are reliable to 100k + miles and cost similar to the same aged Smart Roadster above... but compared to the Smart, for your # 2k - # 5k you get a 6 speed manual gearbox, over 70 % more power (~ 20 % more weight) but this is packaged in a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, normally aspirated car with no traction control and a LSD as standard:)

That means the i30 TCR is fitted with a 2.0 - litre turbocharged engine from within Hyundai's existing range, and that's mated to a six - speed gearbox.

2006 saw a new entry - level Elise S with a 134bhp Toyota engine and five - speed gearbox.

Ford has announced that the majority of UK - bound Mustangs will be fitted with a V8 engine and manual gearbox.

The twin - turbo charging of the four - cylinder engine makes for a more immediate and quicker throttle response across the board and coupled with the standard nine - speed automatic gearbox it's rare to be left wanting.

M2 ramped things up to 4WD Sport with MDM mode for the stability systems, Sport for steering and dampers, Sport Plus for engine mapping, and tickled the gearbox tickled up to level two of three.

It also makes for instant responses when you ask the gearbox to kick down and the engine to get on with it.

Like the Merc, the BMW has a twin - turbo hot - V V8, an automatic gearbox and four - wheel drive that can be switched to rear - wheel drive at will, just like the E63 S. Despite having 0.4 - litres extra engine capacity, the BMW doesn't quite match the E63 S's 604bhp, but sits ahead of the non-S with 592bhp.

There are already evident threads of continuity in the IV that will run through all of the cars: the sheer breadth of the power band and the way the engine revs out to the limiter with real freedom, the fantastic accuracy of the gearbox and the excellent braking feel, and — the key quality — the malleability of the chassis balance.

The MX - 5 recipe is a tantalising one: a small, lightweight, rear - wheel drive car powered by a naturally aspirated engine and equipped with a manual gearbox, all sold at a price to tempt a select few from their hot hatchbacks.

Engine and gearbox > Diesels make up the majority of the range, with 2 - and 3 - litre capacity options.

> Engine and gearbox - Audi's familiar 2 - litre turbocharged petrol sits under the bonnet, with a 228bhp output that shades most in its class.

> Engine and gearbox - A 5.2 - litre, naturally - aspirated V10 in two power outputs, with a standard seven - speed dual - clutch automatic.

Quite apart from its V12 engine and seven - speed dual clutch gearbox (which has shorter, closer stacked ratios than the F12, with 30 per cent faster upshift times and 40 per cent quicker downshifts) there is a wealth of new electronic wizardry employed to help it bend the space / time continuum.

On paper the Porsche 911 R is a GT3 with a manual gearbox, the GT3 RS's engine and no wing.

It launches with a substantial set of upgrades over the hardtop coupe model just as Horacio Pagani himself promised in a series of tantalising Tweets - including a more powerful V12 engine, wilder styling, and a revised gearbox.

Remember, many motorcycles have wet - sump clutch and gearbox sharing the case with the engine, so they use that very oil.

As the company proceeded to design the Ferrari California, three transmissions vied for supremacy: a six - speed manual; the 355's fast - acting, single - clutch semi-automatic unit; and a smooth - driving dual - clutch gearbox, then considered incompatible with large - horsepower engines.

A 3 - litre VR6 twin - turbo engine produces 496bhp and 490 lb ft of torque — figures which are more than double those produced by the standard 2 - litre GTI — with drive to all four wheels through a seven - speed DSG twin - clutch gearbox, a new unit able to handle this GTI's vastly superior peak outputs.

Both engines come mated to the same six - speed manual gearbox (an auto option isn't available with the ST), whilst the already capable chassis has received attention in the form of improved torque vectoring to increase traction, faster electric steering and an updated ESP system.

There is also a less powerful 99bhp version with a five - speed gearbox, and experiments with the engine have shown it's able to make 180bhp with a bigger turbo.

The five - speed manu - matic gearbox used by both engines (with some modifications) and all drivetrains is the very same Hydra - Matic unit found in BMWs, we are pointedly informed, though, unlike the Ultimate Driving Machine people, Cadillac will not offer a manual transmission on the STS.