Sentences with phrase «performance traction»
"Performance traction" refers to the ability of a vehicle, such as a car or a bike, to maintain grip or control on the road, especially during acceleration, cornering, or braking. It ensures that the vehicle stays stable and doesn't slip or skid, which is important for high-performance vehicles. Full definition
Performance traction management and the performance exhaust systems are also standard.
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The Corvette Stingray Z51 convertible, which is capable of accelerating from 0 - 60 mph in under four seconds, includes high - performance gear ratios, transmission - cooling system, larger 19 - inch front and 20 - inch rear wheels and tires, larger slotted rotors and brake - cooling ducts, electronic limited - slip differential and differential cooling system, unique chassis tuning, and available Magnetic Ride Control active - handling system with Performance Traction Management.
The five - mode Performance Traction Management system influences damper tuning, steering effort, stability control, and traction management.
The latest generation of Performance Traction Management has five settings but only mode five, or race mode, is appropriate on this type of surface.
The ZL1's outstanding power is complemented by advanced powertrain and chassis technologies, including exclusive Performance Traction Management and third - generation Magnetic Ride Control.
Sport and tour buttons just ahead of the shifter adjust the dampers accordingly, and a third mode — track — is available when Performance Traction Management is active.
The highly advanced Performance Traction Management system, developed through a two - year engineering embed with Cadillac Racing in Pirelli World Challenge, adds five track - oriented modes (from Wet to Race) plus Launch Control to ensure the most powerful Cadillac ever sold can adapt perfectly to track conditions and driver comfort level.
More than just power, CTS - V also includes a comprehensive suite of technical and design enhancements, including Magnetic Ride Control, an industry - first Performance Traction Management program and the addition of a new automatic transmission with paddle - shift control.
Enabling the precise control expected in a high - performance sedan, the CTS - V features Performance Traction Management system, borrowed from championship racing teams.
The Camaro ZL1 will also offer Performance Traction Management (PTM) as standard equipment, which is exclusive to General Motors.
Once you click on track mode, push the traction control button twice in five seconds and you're in Performance Traction Management, which is where you want to be at Road America.
The Camaro's new technologies include performance traction management, magnetic ride suspension, an electronic limited slip differential, drive mode selection and a custom launch control.
Outsole: Combination of solid and clear rubber create performance traction with superior style.
The five - tier Performance Traction Management (PTM) system is available only when the ZL1 is in Track mode.
Apparently Chevrolet agrees, because the ZL1 coupe's racy Performance Traction Management system is nowhere to be found in the droptop.
A Torsen limited - slip differential distributes power between the rear wheels; the diff works with an upgraded performance traction - management system featuring «flying car logic.»
The adjustable Performance Traction Management system incorporates GM's MagnaRide FE6 suspension, with magnetorheological adjustable shocks.
Chevrolet's patented Performance Traction Management system provides a fully adjustable level of brake and throttle intervention to parallel driver ability and driving conditions.
The ZR1's magnetic ride control suspension system and electronic differential, as well as the steering system and wonderfully effective Performance Traction Management system carry over largely unchanged from the Z06, though tweaked to meet GM's durability standards for the higher power output levels.
In order to get the $ 1,795 Magnetic Ride Control option with its hyper high - tech Performance Traction Management system, you've got to up the price of your Corvette to $ 53,800.
The differential works in unison with Chevrolet's proprietary Performance Traction Management system, which allows drivers to adjust the level of throttle and brake intervention to match their capability and driving environment.
For 2012, the hottest Corvettes got two huge improvements, optional Michelin Pilot Cup tires and Chevy's nifty Performance Traction Management system.
The Stingray used for the VIR laps also included the Magnetic Selective - Ride Control with Performance Traction Management option which adds $ 1,795 and the Performance Exhaust System is $ 1,195, bringing the total to $ 57,785.
GM's five - mode Performance Traction Management offers more options and range than more common three - stage stability systems.
Track mode is the last stop before «everything off,» and the idea is to provide the kind of high - performance traction control that would be outlawed in most actual race cars: flatten the pedal on corner exit and the car will deploy as much power as the tires can handle, just like a Ferrari 458 Italia in race mode.
When combined with the Corvette's exclusive Performance Traction Management (PTM) technology — which manages torque delivery for maximum performance — the tires are expected to help set new benchmarks for Corvette performance.
Tommy Milner demonstrates the five modes of GM's advanced Performance Traction Management system in the Corvette ZR1.
The 2009 CTS - V also comes with new technological features such as Magnetic Ride Control, an industry - first Performance Traction Management program and the addition of a new six - speed automatic transmission with paddle - shift control.
It is equipped with performance traction management, magnetic ride control, cold air intake, ZL1 stripe package, functional lower splitter, parking sensors, and 5 - spoke wheels.
The Ultimate High Performance Package, available only on Z06 models, continues to add ceramic Brembo brakes, magnetic ride control, and black - finished wheels, but now adds similar Pilot Sport Cup rubber, along with the ZR1's performance traction management system.
To sport - sedan rivals, the CTS - V's nearly 1 g of lateral grip, redoubtable Brembo brakes, hyper - engineered chassis, magnetic suspension, and five - mode Performance Traction Management present an ample challenge.
In fact, the topless ZL1 will get all the same high - performance upgrades as the coupe: Brembo brakes with 15.4 - inch front rotors, 20 - inch wheels with Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar tires, an electronically controlled limited - slip differential, Magnetic Ride suspension, and Performance Traction Management electronics with launch control.
For road courses, engineers borrowed the Performance Traction Management system — the most sophisticated, most unobtrusive electronics package this side of a Ferrari — that's available on the Corvette Z06 and ZR1.
Performance-wise, you'll also want the magnetic ride control with performance traction management ($ 1795) and the dual - mode exhaust ($ 1195).
That electronically controlled rear differential is designed to work with the Camaro's performance traction management (PTM) system, which has five gradations of controllability on top of the SS 1LE's five standard drive modes, not including the most entertaining driving mode — all electronic assists turned off.
The new 2012 model adopts a rear - biased all - wheel - drive system that delivers both all - weather security and performance traction.
Double - clicking on Track puts me into the Performance Traction Management menu.
Weather, Eco, Tour, Sport, and Track modes alter up to twelve parameters: the digital gauge cluster, throttle mapping, shift points, cylinder deactivation, active exhaust, electronic limited - slip differential, steering effort, magnetic ride control, launch control, stability control, traction control, and Performance Traction Management.
Bill Wise, who tuned the chassis electronics (ABS, traction and stability control, and Performance Traction Management), was one of the engineers who perceived the slippage during testing.
I gradually ramp up speed, moving through the Performance Traction Management system's five intervention thresholds as I do.
But Performance Traction Management is one of the cooler features on the ZL1 and something that sets it apart from its Blue Oval - badged rival.
Performance Traction Management (PTM) has five settings, each adjusting engine torque output, stability (yaw) control, and traction control.
«So traction control, launch control, performance traction management, all that stuff has to be re-done when you just change the transmission.»