Iran has carefully scrutinized the Obama administration's every action, and Tehran's only conclusion can be: It is past time to torque up the pressure on this new crowd in Washington.
While horsepower is up only about 4% to 201 hp the torque is up 22% and is available lower on the rev counter (170 pound-feet at 4, 300 rpm).
The car itself is based primarily on the MINI Cooper S, with similar front and rear styling and the l.6-liter four-cylinder turbo engine that debuted in the 2011 MINI S. (The engine gets 181 hp and up to 192 lb-ft of torque, with a 0-to-60 mph sprint of 6.6 seconds.) Fuel economy ratings are 35 mpg on the highway and 27 mpg in the city under the manual transmission variant.
Beyond the initial surge of torque, the car slowly builds up momentum regardless of any further throttle input.
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Subaru also cagily put most of the engine's twist up high in the rev counter, with peak torque of 151 pound-feet at an astronomical 6, 400 rpm the high, hollow, splintering engine note is what you'd hear if you crashed through a grove of bamboo.
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And thanks to the high-torque design, this will work for patients up to 300 pounds without additional harnesses or support.
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Packing a 5.0-liter aluminum alloy V8 engine that generates a blazing 510 horsepower and 461 pound-feet of launch-happy torque, it runs with other hopped-up premium SUVs like the BMW X5 M and the Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG.
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As well as offering excellent economy for a mid-size crossover SUV, the CrossBlue has impressive performance from a powertrain that produces up to 305 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque: 0 to 60 mph is estimated to take just 7.2 seconds.
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This allows the vehicle to run at maximum torque all the time, and could thus reduce fuel consumption by up to 30%, according to Peter Augustsson, the company's president.
T. bataar was slightly smaller than T. rex, which is like drawing a distinction between a city bus and a school bus: the largest known T. bataar stood ten feet high, was up to forty feet long, and had nearly six dozen huge, spiky teeth, with jaws of crushing torque.
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