Sentences with phrase «conventional cars through»

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Driving two 5 - series - one equipped with Active Steering and one without - back - to - back on an autocross course, we found the car equipped with Active Steering allowed us to hustle through much more quickly and with far less understeer than the car with BMW's conventional, but still excellent, rack - and - pinion setup.

Driving the rear wheels through a conventional six - speed automatic, 0 - 60 mph performance (about 6 seconds flat) is similar to that of a V - 8 sedan, but its fuel economy — 23 mpg city, 36 mpg highway — shames some four cylinder economy cars.

Through his leading expertise in conventional and luxurious automobiles, and his relentless ambition, Gerald Bean transformed a small car dealership into an automotive dynasty.

You can also maneuver sharply through urban traffic, and then slip tidily into parking spots that conventional mid-sized cars would have problems getting into.

To reduce their drag factor to slice through the air as they travel and reduce fuel consumption further, they are considerably more aerodynamic than conventional cars.

ZF has developed an all - wheel drive system for front - transverse installation in passenger cars that, through an automatic decoupling function, can reduce fuel consumption by up to 5 % in comparison with conventional all - wheel drives, according to the company....

BMW ActiveHybrid technology uses energy that would be normally converted into heat through the brakes, and therefore wasted in conventional cars.

This system provides a similar feeling through the steering wheel to that of a car with a conventional self - blocking mechanism, and considerably improves the capacity to transmit power from the driven front wheels to the ground.

«Because the majority of the car's structural strength comes through its floor, it has been possible to use apertures in the body far larger than would be wise in conventional cars,» Aston Martin said.

Braking is accomplished and energy is recaptured through the electric motors» regenerative function, unless the car detects more aggressive deceleration is required, at that point a conventional electromechanical system featuring carbon - ceramic discs starts functioning to assist.

During the test drive through Napa, the Accord Hybrid's engine spun up to a noticeable rpm but in a restrained and quiet manner no doubt helped out by the car's active noise cancellation system that generates sounds that muffle the engine revs in both the conventional and hybrid models.

The front fenders were also lowered in an effort to reduce drag while the concept of air running through the car was abandoned for a more conventional design.

The high interest payments means you will ultimately pay more for the vehicle than you would have paid through a conventional lender, but if you need a vehicle it is one way to get a car loan at 18 years old.

Comparing the full lifecycle emissions of greenhouse gases by the two fuels from production through combustion in cars, Eric Johnson, editor of Environmental Impact Assessment Review, and Russell Heinen, Vice President of SRI Consulting, found that «biodiesel derived from rapeseed grown on dedicated farmland emits nearly the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions (defined as CO2 equivalents) per km driven as does conventional diesel.»

Though electric cars can be more expensive to purchase than their conventional counterparts, the higher upfront cost is often reduced through federal and state incentives.