Sentences with phrase «gentle throttle applications»

There is an EV mode, which carries the car for around a mile in zero emissions mode, but left to its own devices only very, very gentle throttle applications will stop the petrol motor cutting in.

Even on gentle throttle applications you can feel the back end of the car twitching as the torque reaches the rear axle — but the stability control intervenes to keep everything in line.

On a short 40 - mile fuel economy run in a 2WD Colorado, we saw 36 mpg from gentle throttle application, a great number for a 4,500 - pound pickup.

Not exact matches

With a gentle application of throttle, the tail can be pushed out and the nose tucked neatly into any turn's apex — a feat that we found ourselves replicating on back roads, around off - ramps, and through regular city block intersections.

However, even gentle applications of the throttle send the engine revs soaring to a thrashy and coarse drone.

But even with gentle application of the accelerator, the Silverado 1500 was able to accelerate to 60 mph smoothly and swiftly without getting anywhere near full throttle, something few trucks can accomplish.