Sentences with phrase «drive torque from»

Some systems allow «torque vectoring» — directing drive torque from the engine more to one output shaft of a differential than to the other.

The two - piece propeller shaft that carries drive torque from the transfer case to the rear - drive unit is made of high - strength steel tubing to permit a smaller diameter, thereby improving both ground clearance and interior room.

Wheel - selective torque control takes effect when cornering: Where necessary, it can distribute the drive torque from the front wheel on the inside of the curve to the front wheel on the outside of the curve (in the case of front ‑ wheel drive).

Not exact matches

Drive power for the Volt will come from a 136 - kilowatt -(or 160 - horsepower --RRB- at - peak permanent - magnet electric motor that produces 320 newton - meters of torque, Zielinsky explains.

Despite having all - wheel drive, the Golf R behaves like a front - wheel - drive car because it doesn't direct more torque to the rear wheels; under light loads and when coasting, the rear wheels are decoupled from the driveshaft to improve gas mileage.

More money will buy magnetorheological dampers and carbon - ceramic front rotors, and the Drive Select system lets you personalize traits such as steering effort, throttle response, shift speed, damping calibration, torque split, and exhaust note, the latter varying in intensity from Wagner classicism to Kraftwerk rock to Ramstein Air Force Base.

So rather than trying to send much of the 510 lb - ft of torque to the rear axle, I concentrated on enjoying the smooth shifts available from the short - throw, six - speed gearbox, which is a great box but, I might offer, no better than the one in the Roush Mustang that we drove a few months ago.

It's not just the rear - biased nature of the xDrive all - wheel drive system that prompted the caution, but also the M550i's 4.4 - liter twin - turbo V - 8, which packs 456 horsepower and 480 lb - ft of torque, the latter on offer from just 1,800 rpm.

In Europe, the S90 sedan will get the XC90's 222 - hp 2.0 - liter twin - turbo diesel I - 4 with 347 lb - ft of torque, while U.S. - spec models will likely only be available with gasoline engines from the Drive - E family.

All that torque means that the power is available even at low revs — from 1600 rpm, in fact — which means that the S350 doesn't feel slow or sluggish, especially in city driving.

With 350 hp and 350 lb - ft of torque from its 2.3 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder, a highly advanced torque - vectoring all - wheel drive system, freaking drift mode, launch control, and a standard six - speed manual transmission, the drooling is becoming a serious problem.

I have a yuge 1/2 drive torque wrench that goes from 20 - 100 ft lb but like you say that's more for suspension work nowadays.

Torque surges to 516 lb - ft of torque, up from 502 lb - ft in the V8 S. Shorter gearing for the ZF eight - speed automatic also improves acceleration, while a new torque vectoring capability for the all - wheel - drive system enhances hanTorque surges to 516 lb - ft of torque, up from 502 lb - ft in the V8 S. Shorter gearing for the ZF eight - speed automatic also improves acceleration, while a new torque vectoring capability for the all - wheel - drive system enhances hantorque, up from 502 lb - ft in the V8 S. Shorter gearing for the ZF eight - speed automatic also improves acceleration, while a new torque vectoring capability for the all - wheel - drive system enhances hantorque vectoring capability for the all - wheel - drive system enhances handling.

The output of the 4.4 - litre, twin - turbo V8 has risen to 592bhp (600ps), an uplift of 40bhp, while torque has risen even more, from 501 to 553 lb ft, presumably because all - wheel drive means the car can handle more.

The all - wheel drive takeoff is from a clutch pack in a transfer case at the back of the gearbox and although the car is rear - drive in most circumstances, in default all - wheel drive mode, torque can be sent to the front pre-emptively when the car thinks the extra traction will help, or in response to rear slip.

It will easily play the hooligan, as you'd expect from a car with vast amounts of power and torque, but driving it quickly is just as satisfying.

It's the only car of the trio that boasts all - wheel drive (Mercedes offers it on the S63 AMG but not the comfort - oriented S600), which means it can more frequently make use of the 590 lb - ft of torque from its sonorous and eager - to - rev 6.0 - liter W - 12.

For getting maximum possible constant torque, I have TAPPED POWER from the first portion to MAIN DRIVE SHAFT in such a manner which ensures that maximum possible continuous torque will be available to MAIN DRIVE SHAFT.

With four - wheel drive and 680bhp supported by 627 lb ft of torque available from just above idle, few are going to complain about that.

The AMG C43 comes with a rear - biased all - wheel - drive system standard and, for 2019, a 23 - hp increase (torque is the same again) to 385 from its twin - turbo 3.0 - liter V - 6.

And despite the four - wheel drive system being technically capable of sending all torque to the rear axle, you'll never actually feel it do so when powering away from a bend.

The automaker touts its new Ford Performance All - Wheel Drive system, which includes Dynamic Torque Vectoring by transferring torque from side to side for better grip, handling and agility during aggressive cornTorque Vectoring by transferring torque from side to side for better grip, handling and agility during aggressive corntorque from side to side for better grip, handling and agility during aggressive cornering.

Peter Langen, BMW's head of chassis development, points out that these vehicles demand more from driving stability systems because of their high levels of torque and quick responses.

Thanks to a combined 762 hp and 713 lb - ft of torque from its dual electric motors, the all - wheel - drive Tesla Model X P90D gets to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds.

While the average fuel consumption dropped by 11.9 percent to a highly theoretical (at this stage) 21.6 mpg combined for city and highway driving, maximum torque increased to 664 lb - ft — on tap from 1,250 to 4,500 rpm.

The system continuously varies the front / rear and side - to - side torque distribution to suit the driving situation, monitoring inputs from multiple vehicle sensors 100 times per second, Ford says.

The engine's robust torque easily flung the new Golf from corner to corner on the curving two - lanes of Sardinia, where our test drive took place.

A 12.3 - inch LCD screen takes the place of a normal instrument cluster and can show various gauges from fuel - economy and driving range information, to torque and tachometer readouts, depending on the driving mode.

While the V - 10 beams us effortlessly past slower traffic, four - wheel drive is redistributing the torque with surgical precision, the variable - ratio steering keeps carving out the most pragmatic flight path, the suspension successfully deals with deep craters and sharp ridges, and the brakes reel us in from the brink time after time.

While current all - wheel - drive systems from Audi — Volkswagen's luxury division — bias 80 percent of torque to the rear wheels, the Golf R splits it 50/50.

BMW is expected to supply a small - displacement four - cylinder engine, front - wheel electric motors (for all - wheel drive) and lightweight technology derived from Project i, while Toyota will engineer the car's torque vectoring and supercapacitor technology sourced from the TS030 LMP race car.

The A6's suspension pairs with Audi's rear - biased Quattro all - wheel drive (40/60 torque split, front / rear), which reveals its secret sporty driving nature only on favorite s - curves coming home from work.

If you're a Ford Focus, naturally you want to be an RS: sizzling 350 - horse 2.3 - liter turbo four, all - wheel drive with dynamic torque vectoring, 19 - inch forged - alloy wheels, the bragging rights of a standard Drift mode, and the breathless attention of everyone from auto journalists to such rivals as the Volkswagen Golf R and the Subaru WRX STi.

The combination of all - wheel drive and the massive slug of turbocharged torque propels the wagon down the tarmac to hit 62 mph from a standstill in just 3.4 seconds.

With 616 hp, 590 lb - ft of torque, and all - wheel drive, the Bentley will gallop from a dead stop to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds.

As it turns out, the 2014 Mercedes - Benz B - Class Electric Drive (whew, say that five times fast), has a powertrain to which Tesla has contributed a substantial measure of technology, so maybe we shouldn't be surprised that its 177 hp and 251 lb - ft of torque are enough to produce a little bit of antisocial behavior from what is meant to be a refined but innocuous people - mover.

But here's what you can't have on the Audi: a choice of two biturbo dry - sump lubricated engines; Porsche Active Suspension Management (standard on the Turbo) and an optional, height - adjustable air suspension; a rear - biased all - wheel - drive system that can quickly divert up to 100 percent of torque to either axle via a multiplate electronic clutch; and available ceramic composite brakes and Porsche Torque Vectoring, the latter distributing rear twist from side totorque to either axle via a multiplate electronic clutch; and available ceramic composite brakes and Porsche Torque Vectoring, the latter distributing rear twist from side toTorque Vectoring, the latter distributing rear twist from side to side.

Salvation from driving monotony comes in the form of a turbocharged 188 - hp four - cylinder and optional torque - vectoring all - wheel drive.

Press the drive - mode button near the shifter (which is different from the suspension / AWD / steering adjustability via the multimedia system), and that Sport mode squeezes quite a bit more respon - siveness and power from the 3.3 - liter twin - turbo V - 6, utilizing its full 365 hp and 376 lb - ft of torque.

Front - wheel - drive Pathfinders suffer from considerable torque steer, however, so you'll have to hang on tight.

Through mountain passes extending from Germany into the low - hanging clouds and quaint villages of western Austria, the GLE450 AMG is impressively competent, especially with the all - wheel - drive system's 60/40 rear - torque bias helping guide the car around tight bends.

Power will come from a 3.0 - liter V - 6 producing about 290 hp and 295 lb - ft of torque routed through Quattro all - wheel drive.

The S4's 349bhp and 369 lb ft of torque offer similar performance to the Model 3 75kWh, but at # 45k, it's hard to justify as the driving experience doesn't differ a whole lot from lesser A4s.

The RS» uncomfortably cutesy Twinster all - wheel - drive system uses power from the open front differential to spin a thin driveshaft and the rear differential, which are engaged constantly and can handle up to 70 percent of the engine's torque.

Thanks to the 381 hp and 401 lb - ft of torque put out by its 5.7 - liter V - 8 and the 8 - speed automatic its mated to, cruising is a blissful experience, what with luxury - car insulation, a commanding driving position, and few distractions from the driver's perch.

In automatics: Low automatic transmission fluid (causing excess engine load from torque converter at low driving speeds) or failing torque converter.

An active differential in the rear gives the car torque vectoring, and the same Alfa DNA selector from the 4C sports car offers various driving modes, including a race mode.

Dab the brake pedal, pull back on the right - hand paddle and we're away, chuntering slightly as the e-gear software shuffles the clutch and engine revs, and the V10's torque fights against the all - wheel - drive viscous differentials as we peel away from our parking space.

The Aero's 2.8 - liter V - 6, with 300 hp and 295 lb - ft of torque, is paired exclusively with a six - speed automatic transmission and all - wheel drive - the latter keeps torque steer from being an issue.

Don't for a minute write it off as a boring, understeering Audi because it is far, far from it, but at the end of the day I couldn't shake the nagging feeling that a four - wheel drive system like that in the Focus RS, one with a proper torque vectoring rear diff that allows more throttle adjustability, would elevate the TT that last little bit to the star performer that it so nearly threatens to be.