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...Step aboard and the sheen of the hand-finished mahogany details on the deck draws you back to a golden age of transport when style and substance took priority over speed and efficiency....
...With a quick downshift on the paddles as the preferred way of getting things moving quickly, it’s possible to feel the full force of the car’s 716Nm of torque....
...Witnesses also recounted his disappointment when the Peppa cars failed to respond with a satisfying level of torque when he floored the pedal....
...Electric engines are simpler and have high torque (the power to turn the wheels)....
...While the transport minister claimed that Germany’s motorways were the “safest in the world”, the main motor users’ lobby pumped out reams of research that showed (what a surprise) that speed limits would...
...That aircraft did away with the power-sapping anti-torque rotor at the end of the tail boom and instead used two forward-facing propellers on the ends of stubby wings, not only to do the same job of preventing...
...Consumers also like the higher torque and greater fuel economy, though the fuel is slightly more expensive at the pump....
...But the ample torque helps make it a delightful ride — I found excuses to use it even in the depths of winter....
...Consumers like the high fuel efficiency and driveability of diesel cars, with the extra torque particularly useful in cities....
...And it is impressive: a hefty 127 newton metres of torque, three seconds for 0-60mph, a top speed of 105mph and a range between charges of about 120 miles....
...But the company’s 275 knot AW609 TiltRotor shows that fantasy can be made into business transport reality....
...As he lifted a saint’s chin, blew an extra gust of wind through a figure’s hair, or gave a twisting torso another notch of torque, the excitement grew....
...While BMW is best known for its high-torque executive saloons, the 2012 event will allow it to showcase its lower-emission cars and two-wheelers....
...And it is in a 109 Grand that I have come from London – a city that, for all its prominence and pretensions, is spectacularly ill-served for helicopter transport....
...The most powerful diesel is positively sports car-like, its 200bhp and 310lb ft of torque providing standstill to 62mph in 8.5 seconds and a top speed of 130mph....
...When I step on the pedal, the car zooms forward, with the torque of a large-engined luxury car, minus the noise....
...The model on test, the £37,060 (before options) Z4 sDrive 35i, has a more than respectable 306 horsepower and prodigious torque from its 3.5 litres, six cylinders and twin turbos – at 400lb ft, substantially...
...The car, independently developed, was well-intentioned “clean” transport at a time when emissions concerns were nascent. But it was rubbish....
...It tried initially to ship its employees in using various public transport schemes, but these were too complex and time-consuming to be properly workable....
...And for all that BMW insists the latest JCW has more power and torque – 208bhp and 192lb/ft – than its supercharged predecessor, the engine is still a turbo....
...Torque is also up, to a meaty 273lb-ft. The direct fuel injection reduces both consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by up to 16 per cent....
...The new 7 is as appropriate a form of transport as you can get for an English stately roam....
...There are the huge and complex undercarriage fairings for the Airbus A400M military transport....
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