Sentences with phrase «front driven wheels»

It feels keener, lighter and more agile than the Volkswagen Golf R or Ford Focus RS - which, at 1380 kg at the kerb and with only front driven wheels, it should well do.

«The four - wheel - drive system is the most safe and performance [focused] system we can have in their car,» he added, concluding that dropping the front driven wheels would mean: «the traction control would be so invasive.»

0 - 60 in 8.6 seconds so quite good if the front drive wheels will let you put that 150 bhp and 320nm of torque into the tarmac?

Next, automakers started to use electronics to brake one of the front drive wheels to help the car turn, or to minimize torque steer.

During heavy acceleration, weight is shifted to the back, improving traction at the rear wheels at the expense of the front driving wheels; consequently, most racing cars are rear - wheel drive for acceleration.

That means power is sent to the front drive wheels via the engine, the electric motor or a combination of both, depending on vehicle speed and load.

Galant Sport V - 6 and Ralliart are both equipped with standard traction control that helps prevent wheel spin by monitoring and controlling the speed of each front drive wheel.

Not exact matches

From electric cars that can drive themselves to modernized public transport such as the Hyperloop to human - sized drones and hover boards (real ones, not those silly two - wheeled contraptions that catch on fire), we are entering an era of potentially dramatic change on the transportation front.

Engine tested: 60 - kilowatt - hour lithium - ion rechargeable battery with single - motor front - wheel drive; total system power output of 200 horsepower, and EPA - estimated range of 238 miles

Acura's solution is to use its front - wheel - drive platforms to host AWD technology.

Standing in front of his image on a giant videoscreen, Musk showed off the model's four - wheel drive and autopilot features.

Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation at the Automotive Hall of Fame on Friday allowing for the testing of self - driving cars without a steering wheel, brake pedal, or human in the front seat.

Powered by three electric motors — one in front and two at the rear — FF 91's all wheel drive system will be capable of blasting off a 0 - 60 mph time of 2.39 seconds, making it the world's quickest electric vehicle.

Handy Motorsport will run a front - wheel - drive Alfa Romeo Giulietta from next season onwards, with fan - favourite Rob Austin behind the wheel of the car.

Tom Coronel was driving during FP1 for the FIA World Touring Car Championship round at Vila Real when his car suffered a left - front wheel failure.

With the car falling apart, Villeneuve was essentially driving on two wheels as the right front was in the air for most of the lap.

Our first advice to tyro voyagers in the Savoie: The items you will need most are 1) a car with front - wheel drive and chains, since you will be driving on some of the steepest, slipperiest, narrowest goat paths in the civilized world, and 2) a really thick — no less than two inches — paperback French and English dictionary.

Formula E will mark Nissan's first major motorsport project since it built a front - engined, front - wheel drive LMP1 car to race at Le Mans.

Experts agree that the car seat shouldn't touch the rear of the front seats... but we also know it's not safe for you to position yourself so close to the steering wheel that it hinders your driving.

But as the drive is very soft & wheels are made with different technique in which you don't need to lock the front wheels as it will run smooth on rough surface.

The Sweet Pea E100 Electric Scooter also boasts a ton of impressive features including, a folding handlebar mechanism for effortless storage and transportation, an 8 - inch pneumatic front tire and 4.9 - inch polyurethane rear wheel, and a hand - operated front brake, a pair of 12 - volt batteries, a charger, tools, a chain - driven high - torque and environmentally friendly motor, and a handy twist - grip throttle.

An 87 - year - old Orland Park man escaped injury Monday after the car he was driving allegedly surged out of control in the parking lot of the Village Hall, striking a truck and landing with a front wheel on the windshield of an unoccupied car.

But don't let the small size fool you - this stroller is comfy for your child with a reclining seat, adjustable leg rest and a suspension system called «soft drive» that smooths out bumpy terrain without having to lock your front wheels straight.

We also really like how easy it is to maneuver when the front wheel is unlocked — it drives like a dream when you're out and about.

The XA - 750 is the largest electric ATV on the market today with great features that include; a 750 watt motor (1 full horsepower), good torque and hill climbing ability, full sized off - road wheels, hydraulic disk brakes, forward & reverse drive, front and rear suspension, an oversized seat, a front bumper / brush guard, electric horn, headlight, tail light and brake light.

The «soft drive system» makes locking front wheels unnecessary and the leg rest can be extended to make your child more comfortable.

The rover's drives now use steering motors on only the rear wheels, following a temporary jam of the left - front wheel's steering actuator this month.

He also thinks it would be difficult to build in the universal joints that allow the drive shaft to power the front wheels while the car is being steered.

Zielinsky notes that its compact power train system allows the wheels to be positioned near the corners of the chassis, which makes for short front and rear overhangs and a wide track, yielding an overall layout that resembles that of a rear - wheel - drive car.

The rovers» mechanical systems seem to be holding up well, Squyres reports, although ground controllers recently had to adjust how Spirit drives to minimize wear on its right front wheel.

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There were a couple other things on the list like front wheel drive which was a lot better for driving in snow.

cook cleaning house, quit night dinner, TV kiss, talk, live in canon city sorry but I don't drive I'm on 1st & greenwood there is a wheel ramp in front of the house come lets have coffee, & talk.

You would get understeer on the real things (being front wheel drive and all), but not to the gliding - into - a-wall-at-every-turn extent you seem to get in WRC 7.

«The seats are really comfy, there's plenty of room inside, and with the front - wheel drive and low flat floor in the luggage area, and we can store all of the students» 100 - litre adventure packs.

Drive reaches the front wheels via a six - speed automated manual transmission that offers manual and automatic modes, so any driver will feel right at home behind the wheel.

Towing capacity is rated at 3,500 pounds for front - wheel - drive models and 5,000 pounds for all - wheel - drive models.

So if your left - front tire blew out and your car is front wheel drive, jack it up so the right - front wheel stays fully weighted on the ground.

As with most cute - utes, front - wheel drive will be standard, with all - wheel drive as an option.

It uses three electric motors, with one at the front axle and two at the rear, for a kind of electro - Quattro all - wheel drive.

Not that you'd ever want to drive aggressively; the steering employs an outdated, recirculating - ball setup, and it might as well connect to the front wheels through a telegram messenger.

For now, all Impalas are front - wheel drive.

For 2011, Ford switched to a front - wheel - drive architecture but all - wheel - drive remains an option on all trim levels.

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Base price for a front - wheel - drive, 2.0 - liter EcoBoost MKC Premiere is $ 33,995, undercutting heavily equipped examples of the Ford Escape Titanium.

The corporate V - 6 is mated to a six - speed automatic transmission and drives the front wheels.

Those quattros are also exclusively fitted with a six - speed S tronic twin - clutch transmission, the same gearbox being used on the front - wheel drive 2.0 TDI with 147bhp.

It competes with the Subaru WRX STi and Ford Focus ST and employs all - wheel drive — a key difference from the front - drive Golf and Golf GTI.

In many ways the Aston and Corvette are the most comparable cars here, with oversize engines in the front driving the rear wheels, but the Aston feels slightly short geared where the Corvette is long and the Vantage is compact and confidence inspiring where the ZR1 is intimidating.

The resulting ATTESA E-TS Pro — or Advanced Total Traction Engineering System for All - Electronic Torque Split — would employ a number of sensors to monitor lateral acceleration and individual wheel speeds, enabling an electronically controlled, hydraulically operated multiplate clutch pack to send up to 50 per cent of the GT - R's drive to the front wheels when required.