Sentences with phrase «front wheel drive cars not»

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.

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.

Alfa Romeo's version of the car — ostensibly called the Alfa Romeo Spider, a name long tied to sporty, spritely rear - wheel drive roadsters until it was applied to a front - wheel drive car in 1995 — won't necessarily use the same engines as its Mazda sibling.

If you leave the car in gear, and depending on if the vehicle is front - wheel, rear - wheel drive, don't jack both front wheels up if front - wheel drive, etc..

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.

While we don't get the rear - wheel drive and the wild swept - back appearance of the show car, the 2017 Buick LaCrosse does incorporate a variant of the Avenir's front grille, with a chrome strip in the center of the grille linking the two front headlights.

I'm not sure if this has the same effect in a front - wheel drive car, but have to assume it would be the same.

IMMEDIACY OF DRIVING POSITION Streetfighter: Rider doesn't see the front wheel Abarth: Driver sees nothing of the car beyond the cowl

«Inexplicable» is the only word for this premature incapacitation: What kind of front - wheel - drive car can't control wheel hop with a mere 170 hp?

Not simply the best front - wheel drive cars or even affordable performance cars — the best cars drivers» cars full stop.

On front driven cars, the motor sits about over the front axles, which means any torque applied to the frame by the motor would not cause an increase or decrease of «weight» on the front wheels, only on the rear wheels.

Other rumors suggest Tesla will launch an all - wheel - drive version of the Model S, with the «D» signifying a dual - motor drivetrain borrowed from the upcoming Model X. Either way, the new car appears to have the same basic front fascia design as the existing Model S. Tesla will soon have even more production capacity to build a greater range of all - electric models, once its Gigafactory battery manufacturing facility comes online, so it's not surprising that the company will reveal a new vehicle.

All of this performance potential combined earlier this year to set a blistering lap time of 7 minutes, 50 seconds on the challenging Nürburgring racetrack, beating the previous front - wheel - drive production lap record, not to mention more powerful sports cars.

New suspension, developed by German firm KW, includes adjustable dampers, and since the Stormtrooper is currently a concept car and Dodge couldn't afford to transform it from front to four - wheel drive, the rear suspension was beefed up with a fatter anti-roll bar to limit understeer and make the handling more neutral.

Jaguar hasn't offered one since the front - wheel - drive Ford Mondeo - based 2008 X-Type, which was not one of our favorite cars.

It subtly changes the way you drive the car, and because the extra power arrives earlier, the front wheels aren't put under too much extra pressure.

It doesn't mean much in a front wheel drive car, as the engine is transverse instead of longitudinal with most RWD vehicles.

Alfa has a future if Marchionne can build it up from a couple of aged Fiat - based front - wheel - drive hatchbacks not sold here, a very low - volume sports car, and the upcoming Giulia.

Not all Elan «M100's were turbocharged, but the majority were, and the unusual choice of front - wheel drive was - as you might expect from Lotus - selected for sound performance reasons, with more predictable high - speed handling than a rear - drive car and improved traction.

If there was a criticism, it's the same we discovered when comparing the best - handling front - wheel drive cars of all time in evo 095 - it's not quite as involving as a rear - drive car.

The Maxima's Goodyear Eagle F1 all - season tires give out almost immediately, and the front - wheel - drive family sedan with a chic exterior and a cushy interior reminds us that it really isn't a «four - door sports car,» even if the marketers say it is.

Type «Nismo GT - R LM» into a search engine prior to 2014 and you'd have found details not on the groundbreaking front - wheel drive Le Mans car designed by Ben Bowlby, but the most aggressive R33 Skyline GT - R ever produced for the road.

For a front - wheel - drive car, the proportions aren't terribly nose - heavy.

I purchased my 2014 in Feb this year, and was surprised at the poor build quality, A very plastic steering wheel poorly trimmed seats and a headliner that started to hang after one week, a seat - belt that didn't work out of the factory and paint peeling of the front bumper, Oh yes, Loud cabin (engine noise) Now it does have its good side, Great road holding and accurate breaks, This car will give you over 30 mpg, I drive it hard, Just install a K&N filter and its good, Nice try ford but no cigar, I payed my $ 22k and could have done much better and got more for my money,,

Don't assume, however, a complete fall from grace for BMW — we've seen how much fun driving front - wheel - drive cars like the MINI Cooper can be, so there's still hope for the future BMW 1 Series and X1 models that will also switch to front - wheel drive.

Mark Reuss, GM's global product chief, recently confirmed Cadillac is looking at an entry - level competitor, while Leone, who also heads up development of rear - wheel - drive cars at GM, is categorical in saying the brand does not want a front - wheel - drive car at the base of its lineup.

In any case, when the car comes to market in 2014 it won't have the electrical stuff at first; it will truly be front - wheel drive, like the Minis with which it will share a platform.

It is not really beautiful, being in fact rather oddly proportioned, with almost no front overhang — very much in the BMW tradition, as it happens — and a distribution of masses from the A-pillar back that is very close to that of big American cars built to the classical front - engine, rear - wheel - drive pattern.

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but I tried running the car in gear on jackstands and the front wheels (driven wheels) are not round!

Can't take front - wheel - drive sports cars seriously?

Possibly, but Mercedes is confident it won't, saying that the two cars are aimed at different customers, that there's less room in the back of the CLA, that six - cylinder engines are unavailable and that — interesting, this — the front - driver is more dynamic than its rear - wheel drive big brother.

Honda doesn't outright say it, but expect the car to be all - wheel - drive; 600 + horsepower just seems far too much for the front axle of a GRC car to handle.

Its steering doesn't offer the feedback of the R8 nor — as you'd expect from a car that also drives its front wheels — rear - drive competitors like the M4 and C 63, but it's beautifully weighted, completely free of kick and rattle, and closer to its rivals than ever when it comes to front - end feel.

By 1989, Ford had confirmed that it would be launching an all - new front - wheel drive car to replace the Sierra within the next four years, although it had not yet decided whether the Sierra name would continue or be replaced, with some subsequent reports even hinting that the Cortina name could make a comeback, having being axed in 1982 when replaced by the Sierra.

The Ford Fiesta ST is turbocharged proof that an affordable, front - wheel drive car doesn't have to be dull.

Not being fun to drive does not make front wheel drive cars less efficient or quiNot being fun to drive does not make front wheel drive cars less efficient or quinot make front wheel drive cars less efficient or quick.

It's true that even the best FWD cars are generally not as dynamic to drive as rear - and all - wheel drive models, but there are plenty of front - drivers out there that are still worth a look.

All Grandland Xs are front - wheel drive and, while it's not a hugely exciting car to drive, it's handsome, comfortable, practical and well equipped.

If your car has four - wheel drive but the system can not engage, gets stuck, or does not activate, consider replacing the front axle engagement switch.

In reality, the CLA's front - drive (FWD) platform isn't detrimental to the car's ability to handle, and the all - wheel - drive (AWD) versions improve things even more.

It may or may not have a crack at the front - wheel - drive Nurburgring production car lap record, which the previous two R.S. Meganes have both held in the past.

Driving Dynamics — Not much has changed on the dynamic front, if anything the Q3 S rides even better than its quattro counterpart which is thanks to the lower weight and higher profile rubber (the stock Q3 S comes with 16 - inch wheels and the 17 - inch blackened wheels you see on the test car here are optional).

The only glitch is that this is a front - wheel drive car and not the best if «fun - to - drive» is the most important aspect.

Drifting is all about controlled sliding, which means cars need to break traction at their back tires and oversteer, which is not something front - wheel drive cars are capable of doing.

Cabin storage up front is limited to a small bin behind the gear lever, while the glovebox on right - hand drive cars is smaller than left - hand drive models as the fuse box is located behind it; Peugeot hasn't switched it over in swapping the steering wheel from one side to the other.

It's reasonable to assume that the Kicks is built on a car - derived platform, meaning it likely comes standard with front - wheel drive, and it undoubtedly uses a four - cylinder engine because we can't imagine Nissan would shoehorn a V6 in the engine bay of a small, city - dwelling crossover.

The specially designed, heavy - duty, four - speed automatic transmission lays down the power so delicately you can't even tell that the GTP is a front - wheel - drive car.

Front - wheel drive vs. rear - wheel drive should not be an issue for buyers considering this car, because you can't tell which wheels are doing the motivating.

Oddly enough, the car dashboard is not directly in front of the driver's seat and the steering wheel but is in between the front passenger's seat and the driver's seat, which does take a bit of getting used to when you are used to driving cars which has the dashboard right in front of you in the driver's seat.