Sentences with phrase «floorpan of»

The new Cougar is based on the drivetrain, suspension and floorpan of the Ford Contour / Mercury Mystique sedans.

As far as «Premium» electric cars go, we have Tesla to thank for bolting several tonnes of laptop batteries in the floorpan of the Model S to demonstrate that you can go very fast in a straight line with enough batteries and an electric motor (or preferably three).

Developed on the floorpan of the Silver Shadow the new cars showed a considerably improved ride and roadholding not at least due to the new Girling automatic height control in combination with gas shock absorbers.

Designed in 1984, the R129 was based on the shortened floorpan of the Mercedes - Benz W124 [2] and featured many innovative details for the time, for instance electronically controlled damping (Adaptive Damping System ADS, optional) and a hidden, automatically extending roll - over bar.

Designed in 1984, the R129 was based on the shortened floorpan of the Mercedes - Benz W124.

The problem with all these cars, GM, FCA, VW, FORD is that all of them are based on the floorpan of an old Chrysler Neon.

Not exact matches

By packaging the battery pack into the floorpan, engineers not only avoided wasting passenger space (the 500e loses only four cubic feet of interior volume due to its electrification), but also gave the 500e better weight distribution than its gas - powered siblings.

Behind the front seats, modest amounts of rear legroom are further undermined by a floorpan that encroaches on foot room.

(As electric - car adherents like to remind, the massive battery, nestling against the floorpan, lowers the center of gravity.)

The 38 - kW / hr battery, which fills all the cavities in the floorpan, powers a motor rated at 128 hp and 184lb - ft of torque.

st of all, The Chrysler Platform LX is CHRYSLERS PLATFORM which came from the LH Cars, The LH Cars were FWD but due to its engine layout (North - South) it was cabable of being RWD / AWD but $ $ $ prevented them from doing so, the 1st Gen RWD 300 sedan platform uses the LH platform with Mercedes pieces such as Firewall, floorpan, Transmission, Rear Suspension (which uses a totally different geometry than Mercedes therefore not directly from Mercedes) to complete the platform.

To that end, all of Zelectric's modifications are completely reversible, save for a couple small holes in the rear floorpan that allow cables to pass between batteries and motor.

The new car boasts one of the largest diffusers we've ever seen on a vehicle, extending behind the car so far it looks as if Aston might have meant to drop a Lagonda Taraf body on top of its floorpan.

While the front - end structure and the floorpan are made of high - strength steel, the passenger cell, the exterior skin, and all hang - on panels are made of aluminum.

Let's wait for the rapier - like wit and finely - honed debating skills of TJ Martin to tell us it's built on a Chrysler Neon floorpan and that it's most definitely a performance car.

FF says that by varying the number of battery «strings» in the floorpan, and the number of electric drive motors (one - to three - motor vehicles are possible), the company can use VPA to build a wide variety of vehicles.

This car shared the engines (2.0 I4, 2.5 V6), transmissions, suspension (partially) and floorpans from the Mondeo, but the body shell was unique to the Cougar, and was one of the last Ford cars to be designed under Ford's New Edge philosophy.

A 60 kg lithium - ion battery pack attached under the floorpan helps give the car a 35 mm lower centre of gravity than the Enzo.

Details remain scarce ahead of the new two - door's official unveiling, but insiders confirm the TT coupe will continue to use a unique floorpan constructed out of a combination of hot - formed high - strength steel and aluminum — a development first brought to the second - generation model launched in 2006.

Autonomy will exceed the 400 km threshold and the 60 kWh batteries, mounted deep withing the floorpan, will be able to recharge from special Mercedes - developed stations in just 10 minutes for a projected range of 100 km.

In its quest for its (comparatively, for a plug - in hybrid) light 1,575 kilogram curb weight, BMW squeezed but 7.1 kW - h (5.1 of which it actually uses, lithium ions not liking to be totally drained) of battery under the floorpan.

While the live rear axle and floorpan aft of the front seats remained largely the same, ninety percent of the Firebird's parts were all - new.

For example, many of the Opel's underpinnings, such as the floorpan and suspension components, could serve as the platform for the new Cadillac.

More sound absorption materials are used under the floorpan and an underbody tray made of fibrous glass expansion board improves aerodynamics while reducing unwanted road noise.

There was a rupture of the floorpan in the driver's seating position, considerable buckling of the floor in the rear of the passenger compartment and spot welds had failed at the point where the bottom sill meets the C - pillar (the rearmost pillar of the passenger compartment).

You may remember that starting with the C5, the floorpan was made of an aluminum / balsa sandwich to cut weight, but engineers have replaced that on the C7 with a carbon nano - composite that is even lighter and adds to the structural rigidity.

Engineers also reduced the aperture size in the front dash panel by 25 percent, increased the thickness of the front door window glass, and added various sound absorption materials in all pillars, inner fenders and floorpan.

Beneath the new VW Golf GTI's freshened body lurks an upgraded version of its predecessor's underpinnings and floorpan.

The 1998 Beetle's floorpan, suspension system and drivetrain are the same as the new version of the VW Golf that's available in Europe and debuts here in the fall.

Extensive use of aluminum was made for its exterior body, floorpan assembly, front section and almost all the chassis components.

Toyota claims a lower centre of gravity for the new Camry as a consequence of the new floorpan and suspension.

Of note: the floorpan didn't just buckle during the Latin NCAP crash tests, it detached.

It is considered an icon of the 1960s, [6][13][14] and its space - saving front - wheel - drive layout (which allowed 80 % of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers and luggage) influenced a generation of car - makers.

Although the floorpan continues with high tensile steel, BMW has provided the body of the new X6 with an aluminum hood and composite plastic front fenders.

In the minus category was a floorpan that sometimes wiggled with impacts from the front suspension, along with a distance of feel between the steering wheel and the road.

The suspension components, basic floorpan and chassis are similar, but Ford has done away with the use of high - strength Boron steel (to keep costs in check) in this application.

The beds were delightfully comfortable, and there was plenty of creative storage despite a relatively compact floorpan.

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I've been a lover of floorpans forever!