Sentences with phrase «bigger wheels drive»

Also, bigger wheels drive smoothly and can be idle for trails.

Not exact matches

Our tester was equipped with all - wheel - drive, and while it was fine for whatever we threw at it in the suburbs and the big city, the proclivity toward a rear - wheel bias means that the Stelvio is more for the «sport» part of SUV than the «utility» part.

A big change is the addition of a second motor, giving the P85D dual motors and turning the single - motor, rear - wheel drive Model S into an all - wheel drive electric car that is more responsive and efficient.

What is more, the drive cycles of trucks and their significantly simpler routes (when compared with passenger traffic) could lead to a faster adoption of autonomous technologies on the big wheels.

The biggest crisis of his film career came when he was cast as a cab driver; he was behind the wheel before the director discovered Abe didn't know how to drive.

«We will give you Four Wheel drive [vehicle] but you know what, these people were lucky that I do not have big dogs in my house else I would have released the dogs for them to bite them.»

I like football big trucks four - wheel driving playing in the mud off - roading Backroads country all that good stuff

Go behind the wheel of this summer's biggest surprise box office hit with extensive bonus materials exploring its unique driving and music - infused production, including making - of featurettes on stunt driving with the cast, music, choreography, and orchestrating some of the best car chases in cinematic history.

Will the Dodge Challenger be the first of the Big Three Detroit musclecars to add an all - wheel - drive option?

The biggest problem with all - wheel drive, Rogers reminds us, is that it helps vehicles accelerate on slick roads, but it doesn't help these cars stop or turn on ice or snow.

You don't jump on the throttle early in the corner because the big rear tyres will push the nose wider still, so you wait until you're past the apex, then you begin straightening the wheel and feeding in the power, using the traction of the rear - biased four - wheel drive to ride the furiously ignited torque.

Pickup trucks with big tires, SUVs you have to climb into, even some all - wheel - drive cars will work.

Apart from a few missing options (this tester didn't have the rear side - window screens, for instance), the biggest difference between this car and the last S550 we tested is the lack of Mercedes - Benz's 4Motion all - wheel - drive system.

Because US buyers believe four - wheel drive is the only way to stay safe in a big car.

One of the most extraordinary and beautiful cars ever to reach production, the world's first hypercar (hitting close to 220mph while the McLaren F1 was still climbing off the drawing board) was vilified at its birth in 1992, by those who'd put down a deposit on its original # 361,000 price (which would rise to over # 400,000 by launch), for not having the 500bhp V12 engine, four - wheel drive and scissor doors promised in the concept and, at nearly 7ft wide, being too big for British roads.

The regular 3 has been widely praised for its lively handling and responsive powertrains — it won a 2014 Automobile All - Star award, and we were big fans of our Four Seasons 2014 Mazda3 hatch — so we have high hopes for an all - wheel - drive Speed3 that could take on players such as the Golf R and Focus RS.

According to a previous blog post last year, Olsson had the car extensively modified, including a full SV - style carbon fiber aero kit, ADV1 wheels, IPE exhaust, suede interior, big brake kit, and interestingly enough, a conversion to rear - wheel drive.

Rear - wheel drive is standard, but four - wheel drive is optional even with the bigger engine.

It looks bigger and broader than the R34 Skyline GT - R, the last of the straight - six - powered, twin - turbo four - wheel - drive GT - Rs made between 1989 and 2002.

The lighter, lower - emission, more - efficient straight - six will perfectly complement Jaguar's trademark rear - wheel - drive platforms and will be equally well suited for the bigger Land Rover and Range Rover models.

My wife used to think it was too big to drive, now I can't get her from behind the wheel.

Nearly six inches wider than a standard F - 150, with its big wheels and tires, a hefty suspension and four - wheel - drive, the Raptor is still about 5,500 pounds for the SuperCab, and 5,700 pounds for the Super Crew.

With the exception of the smaller - engine, two - wheel - drive version of the Sorento, these SUVs were all too thirsty (or too expensive) to get in on the big cash giveaway.

The only compelling reason I can see to consider this car over Civic and Corolla is the all - wheel drive, which is indeed a big bonus in a car that stickers for only $ 17,737.

A 321 - hp, 3.6 - liter V - 6 engine will be available as an upgrade, and although Cadillac has not announced full pricing for the ATS Coupe, expect this bigger engine to carry a premium similar to the $ 6000 cost of the 3.6 L sedan over the 2.0 T. All - wheel drive will also be available for both versions of the ATS Coupe, and should carry a $ 2000 premium just like it does on the sedan.

It's a small, short - wheelbase, relatively light (curb weight is still unknown) car that does without turbocharging, large - displacement engines, all - wheel drive, trick transaxles, or big rubber.

The 2016 Ford Focus RS already has a big horsepower and torque lead over its competitors, but for European owners that want a little more out of their all - wheel - drive hot hatch there's the Ford Performance by Mountune upgrade.

Yet the FR - S is a better and more rewarding car to drive — at least on a handling course; we haven't driven it or the BRZ on public roads yet — than many cars that have turbos, large - displacement engines, transaxles, big rubber, or all - wheel drive.

The fun, futuristic VW with a low roofline, big wheels, and a glowing badge logo is based off the company's new Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) electric vehicle architecture.

Whether you pack it with your worthless friends, a big - screen TV, snowboards or wakeboards, or even canines of disreputable heritage, this front - wheel - drive carryall will get the job done.

But the biggest news may be the diesel X3 xDrive28d, which is the first time we've seen a diesel X3 in the U.S.. There's also a new rear - wheel - drive version of the four - cylinder gasoline X3, called the sDrive28i.

It's a big bus of course, weighing in at nearly 1.7 tons, but in my book this works to its advantage: with its four - wheel drive hooked - up, the big Lambo feels almost «planted» on the road, which always inspires confidence.

I want to get the SE (because of aesthetics), however, I'm afraid the bigger wheels can make my driving experience less pleasant.

Ride and handling — It might be four - wheel drive and over 1800 kg, but the big AMG is truly exciting to drive

The front - wheel - drive model gets an EPA - estimated 18/27/21 mpg city / highway / combined (AWD drops it to 17/25/20 mpg)-- not bad for an SUV this big.

Opulence like this doesn't come cheap, with the Continental Black Label stickering at $ 63,840 with the 2.7 - liter engine and front - wheel drive, which climbs to $ 65,840 for the AWD 2.7 - liter, and $ 69,105 for the big - daddy 3.0 - liter, 400 hp AWD Continental Black Label.

The E63's nine - speed automatic is a big step up from the old seven - speed, and there's a new all - wheel - drive system.

But the biggest gains come from relaxed technical regulations for two - wheel - drive cars, designed to help close the gap between two - and four - wheel drive machines.

Given the continued buyer migration to crossovers and SUVs, as well as cold - weather states» love of all - wheel drive, we expect the QX30 will be a much bigger hit than its little brother.

Now, that might not sound like a very «evo» thing to do to a car — the new Fiesta ST, with its lower, firmer chassis, bigger wheels and more powerful engine, certainly sounds more promising to us — but some of the lofty, pseudo-off-roaders we've tested have been more interesting and more involving to drive than you might think.

Things have changed now; the four - wheel drive R has come of age, pairing its bigger power output and traction with a dollop of driver interaction that the GTI can no longer live with.

Much of the new car's vast range of abilities can be attributed to its new four - wheel drive system, a trait that means the latest big AMG doesn't fit the mould created by previous generations of E63 that we got in the UK.

At about $ 37,000 as tested, our top - spec 2014 Chevrolet Impala 2LTZ (with the 305 - hp V - 6, LED running lights, big 19 - inch wheels, and MyLink connectivity) sits squarely in the crosshairs of another traditional - style front - wheel - drive sedan with a V - 6, the Hyundai Azera.

«There's a niche there we own — a little bigger vehicle, a lot better fuel economy; and everybody does not have to buy all - wheel drive,» he says.

For the interior, R - Line mods include a steering wheel badge, black headliner, stainless - steel sport pedal covers and doorsills with a big logo to remind you that you are really driving something truly special.

I have never thought about myself driving and owning a Mini Hardtop 4 door S with JCW kits and rear spoiler, 18 inch alloy wheels, fully optioned with head - up - display, LED fog lights and headlights, very big center navigator display, headed seats, auto - folding mirrors, ambient lights, cross-punch leather seats, and much much much more....

To me, Cadillacs were always the biggest of the big, whether you looked back into the mists of the 1930s at the gorgeous V - 12s and V - 16s, or at the befinned extravaganzas of the late 1950s, or even at the front - wheel - drive boats of the following decade.

Like its big brother, and like nearly all crossovers on the market, the CX - 3 is basically a hatchback (in this case the Mazda2) with optional all - wheel drive and a more rugged appearance.

The big confirmation that came out of this experience is that winter tires are, without question, far more important than all - wheel drive.

The bigger lesson has to do with the combination of all - wheel drive and winter tires.