AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Car Board.(three cars with borrowed designs)(Brief Article)
``Borrowing'' car designs from the other guy? Hell, folks, it's been going on for years. Four cars to bolster the point.
* Toyota MR2 SPYDER
Price: $26,095
Engine: 1.8-liter I4, 138 hp, 125 lb-ft
Curb weight: 2215 lbs
Drivetrain: rwd, five-speed sequential manual
Here we have nothing short of a bitmap pixelated (read: squared off) Porsche Boxster, like an escapee from an early Nintendo game. It might look downright strange to some, but the MR2 is simply a car to have fun in-if you take it too seriously the noise, cramped cockpit and zero storage space could turn you off. No, better to rev the wee out of the little four, flog the sequential 'box and enjoy the lightweight, go-kart handling. That sequential gearbox is arguably one of the best in the business: Keep the revs near the 5000-rpm mark and the shifts are quick and precise. As digitized simulations go, it ain't bad.
- Car Board.
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek December 16, 2002 700+ words
...liter V6, 287 hp, 274 lb-ft Curb weight: 3239 lbs Drivetrain: rwd...liter I4, 115 hp, 125 lb-ft Curb weight: 3082 lbs Drivetrain: fwd...turbocharged I4, 210 hp, 221 lb-ft Curb weight: 3175 lbs Drivetrain: fwd...
- Car Board.(Jaguar X-TYPE SPORT)(Toyota MATRIX XR)(Nissan XTERRA SE-SC 4x4)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek December 2, 2002 700+ words
...liter V6, 231 hp, 209 lb-ft Curb weight: 3428 lbs Drivetrain: awd...liter I4, 123 hp, 118 lb-ft Curb weight: 2965 lbs Drivetrain: 4wd...supercharged V6, 210 hp, 246 lb-ft Curb weight: 3911 lbs Drivetrain: 4wd...
- Soft sell: Drop-tops come in many varieties, prices.(Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service April 14, 1995 700+ words
...71.3 inches Height: 46.1 inches Curb weight: 3,142 pounds AUDI CABRIOLET Although...67.6 inches Height: 54.3 inches Curb weight: 3,494 pounds BENTLEY AZURE You probably...81.0 inches Height: 58.0 inches Curb weight: 5,742 pounds BMW 318i/325i You...
- Rear-drive redux: our annual roundup of new cars reveals that what's old is now...
- Magazine article from: Popular Mechanics Chaikin, Don October 1, 2004 700+ words
...120 in. Length: 196.8 in. Min. Curb Weight: 3721 lb. Powertrain: Rear-or all...4 in. Length: 196.3 in. Min. Curb Weight: 3857 lb. Powertrain: Rear-or all...1 in. Length: 187.6 in. Min. Curb Weight: 3300 lb. Powertrain: Rear-wheel...
- ONE CLASSY DOGFIGHT; new pup Vs. top dog.(News)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek July 26, 2004 700+ words
...chose a Brilliant Silver S500, with a curb weight of 4170 pounds and twisting the torque...Deep Blue Phaeton with a formidable curb weight of 5194 pounds, with a 4.2-liter...the Phaeton has 33 more horsepower? Curb weight, displacement, curb weight, torque...
- Automotive Aluminum Use Reaches All-Time High In 2009.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 19, 2009 700+ words
...at 8.6 percent of average vehicle curb weight in 2009, continuing almost 40 years...averaging 8.6 percent of vehicle curb weight in 2009 calendar year vehicles, up...projected to be nearly 11 percent of curb weight by 2020. To view the Multimedia News...
- Houston Chronicle Your Money Column.
- News wire article from: Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) March 29, 2004 700+ words
...less than 6,000 pounds. What is a curb weight, and is that the weight the IRS uses...vehicle weight, the IRS defines it as the curb weight. This is the weight of the vehicle...says is the gross vehicle weight or curb weight. Request that documentation from the...
- Tow rating numbers game.(Tow Car)
- Magazine article from: Trailer Boats Bourdon, Stuart June 1, 2006 700+ words
...t add up. The truck's reported curb weight was 7860 pounds. Subtract that from...Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) and a curb weight of 7860 pounds, you only have 1140...than the manufacturer's published curb weight. The great limiting factor to this...
- Downsizing can be a good thing.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 13, 2006 700+ words
...like much, but, with the lightest curb weight here combined with the five-speed...rpm TRANSMISSION Five-speed manual CURB WEIGHT 1,393 kg TIRES 195/65R15 FUEL ECONOMY...rpm TRANSMISSION Five-speed manual CURB WEIGHT 1,290 kg TIRES 205/50R16 FUEL ECONOMY...
- Driver's Log.(News)(Product/Service Evaluation)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek January 5, 2004 700+ words
...6000 rpm, 275 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm Curb weight: 4954 pounds GRITZINGER: If you thought...5750 rpm, 162 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm Curb weight: 3042 pounds PAVIA-RAUCHMAN: I had...7000 rpm, 302 lb-ft @ 3500 rpm Curb weight: 3825 pounds HART: This little rocket...
Source: HighBeam Research, Car Board.(three cars with borrowed designs)(Brief Article)