Personally, I have my eye on an even smaller jet, the rumored single-engine, four-seat pocket-rocket from Cirrus Design. (If the one engine fails, pull a lever and a parachute will float you and the plane to a soft landing.) One of the two brothers who founded Cirrus told me the Cirrus jet would go 300 knots, or 345 miles per hour.
In September, a twin-engine, two-seat AH-1W Cobra helicopter went down during training in a remote area of Camp Pendleton, killing two Marine pilots and igniting a brush fire that burned about 120 acres at the base north of San Diego.
In other hybrids, you can usually feel a subtle shudder through the steering wheel, seat or gas pedal when the gasoline engine kicks on.
FORBES: BMW ActiveHybrid 3 Review: A Lot Of Fun On Slightly Less Fuel
The engine shed will house an exhibition space, 80-seat restaurant and conference facilities.
Though it lacked the adjustable-seat option of a top-frills model, the engine was powerful and it had cruise control.
Though it lacked adjustable seat options of a top-frills model, the engine was powerful and it had cruise control.
Where once business class was the primary revenue engine, it's increasingly important that every cabin and every seat is both profitable and comfortable.
But what if you could get the same horsepower and 10mpg more from an engine that weighs half as much and could fit under a rear seat cushion?
Its engine, positioned in racing-car style behind the driver's seat, was a Ford, so spares were easily available and relatively cheap.
ECONOMIST: Alejandro De Tomaso, car maker, died on May 21st, aged 74
Bertelli gave her a seat on the Prada Group board and called her "the engine and the soul" of the brand.
How can this big, amply furnished front-engine berlinetta, with nearly 18 cubes of cargo space in the back (with bench seat folded), outpace a carbonized wraith of a car like the Enzo?
WSJ: 2012 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Review: Tech That Makes Drivers Into Gods | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
应用推荐