Sentences with phrase «bigger tyres»

A long wheel base and bigger tyres provides better stability and road grip making it ideal for long distance travel.

Not so much: >> Ride borders on too firm >> Right steering setting hard to find >> Road noise off big tyres on coarse surfaces

The European market is expected to get the Karoq with 18 - inch or 19 - inch wheels while other markets are expected to get smaller size due to the Continent's demand for bigger tyres.

They noticed worse fuel economy, worse 0 - 60 acceleration, better max side acceleration with bigger tyres.

Well it's much the same as Audi's Allroad derivatives in the sense that the Volvo V90 Cross Country takes the standard V90 and adds to it a little bit of extra ride height (60 mm), some offroad body cladding to house bigger tyres, and some protective plating underneath.

Flaunting a flashy orange body colour, the car also gets off - road rims finished in black along with bigger tyres.

The bigger tyres mean more rubber touching the track surface, so grip levels look set to increase by quite some margin and will play a big role in cutting lap times.

One place where the bigger tyres have been welcomed is at Red Bull, because it means that when Ricciardo comes into the pits at Monaco they'll be much easier for the mechanics to find.

The big tyres and huge mechanical grip meant that in the dry the car was strangely unadjustable.

Most 111Rs had the skinny, 175 - section front tyre; you can fit a bigger tyre on the rim but ideally you'd go for wider wheels to stop the tread block rolling under during hard cornering.

It needs some bigger tyres because it'll get a little tank slap happy with more power going to the rears with such a small wheelbase.

You got the slight sense that he might go a little faster than was wise on a road he didn't know, but that he knew the car's big tyres and brakes would be there to rescue him.

More power — and in the world of turbocharged engines more torque — has required stronger (heavier) suspension, and larger (heavier) brakes and wheels, in order to fit the bigger tyres (you get where this is going) needed to provide the required levels of grip.

Even with the stability management system switched on, it rarely relies on the electronic safety net, such is the authority the big tyres and mechanical locking differential.

There are bulging wheelarches to cover the wider front and rear tracks and bigger tyres, while the front features gaping air vents and a power bulge in the bonnet.

Thanks to the lower ride height, wider track and bigger tyres, there's an added dose of composure in turns.

Ford also has the Figo Sports version that comes with a retuned suspension setup and bigger tyres for relatively better handling and stability.

Though all the engines roar when initially provoked, engine noise quickly subsides to become almost imperceptible at speed, and the only commotion to break the tranquillity is those big tyres gripping the road.

The bigger tyres and increased height will also negatively affect the driving dynamics of this Polo, which is powered by a 1.6 - litre petrol engine, producing 105 BHP of power.

Bigger tyres will fit but the new sizes have been chosen to deliver the grip balance for which the M chassis team was - looking.

The top spec variant also gets wider and bigger tyres, 185 / 55/16 instead of 175 / 65/15.

«The bigger tyres on Veloster Series II meant we needed to address the subtle increase in the car's unsprung weight,» said team leader Hee Loong Wong.

Those big tyres also transmit plenty of noise too...

To make room for the big tyre / wheel combo RPG had to get busy with the gas axe to carve out some space.

I hate the reverse tacho and it needs a DCT [dual - clutch transmission], but the grunty engine, big tyres and big brakes work really well.»