Sentences with phrase «highway cruise»

A nine - speed, dual - clutch transmission sends power to the rear wheels, with the ninth gear optimized only for highway cruising.

This unit's fuel mileage is reported at 15 - mpg in city driving and 20 - mpg during highway cruising.

The sixth gear lets the engine run a little slower at highway cruising speeds, but it doesn't really add much to the car's overall performance.

This operational mode is engaged when the driver lifts off the accelerator at highway cruising speeds, up to a maximum of 100 mph.

The powertrain and firm suspension should make for good highway cruising as well.

When conditions allow, as in highway cruising, the system seamlessly shuts down four cylinders to conserve fuel.

Everyone appreciated the long highway cruising range, which could exceed 500 miles.

They're also a bit too firm for comfortable highway cruising.

The X5's firm suspension feels well suited to highway cruising with a planted feel and good absorption of high - speed bumps.

The six - speed brings a new low gear for torque multiplication from rest and a taller top gear for more relaxed and fuel efficient highway cruising.

This translates to about 25 miles per gallon overall and a tow rating up to 3,500 pounds, as well as decent acceleration and quiet highway cruising.

Ride quality is remarkable for such a big truck, making highway cruising comfortable and enjoyable.

The other three modes are best left for steady - state highway cruising.

Good acceleration for engine size, and good mileage, especially when highway cruising around 70 mph (33 - 34 mpg).

Fuel economy comes out to 21 miles per gallon in city driving and 22 miles per gallon during highway cruising.

At highway cruising speeds, the clutch is engaged, connecting the drive motor to the generator motor to transmit engine torque directly to the drive wheels.

On gasoline, the 5.4 liter engine turns in fuel economy numbers of 14 miles per gallon in the city and 19 miles per gallon in highway cruising.

It was fine for highway cruising, but a bit of a let down under vigorous driving.

The V6 engine rises to this challenge with a strong feeling of acceleration and smooth, quiet highway cruising.

Also... the Infinity sound system makes highway cruising a pleasure.

According to my observations, it averaged a pretty spot - on 15.1 mpg over a 600 - mile mix of relaxed highway cruising and city driving, with a dash of off - road crawling and climbing for flavor.

With 10 speeds to use, the Tahoe gets great acceleration in the lower gears, and low - RPM highway cruising at the top.

ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control): matches speed with vehicles travelling below your set cruise speed and helps you maintain a set following interval on the highway

Adaptive cruise control lessens the stress of highway cruising while rear cross-traffic alerts enhance safety in parking lots.

Overall, the Audi 100 CS is as comfortable and well - mannered on long highway cruises as it is on winding roads.

Out back, a Quadra - Link rear end with fully independent suspension using AFCO shocks helps keep the ride soft while highway cruising.

This first generation edition of the used Honda Fit is the most affordable version of the vehicle, and it provides fuel economy of 27 - mpg in stop and go driving and 34 - mpg during highway cruising from its 109 horsepower, 1.5 - liter four - cylinder engine.

Coordinated by the IPU, this form of drive force transfer offers smooth and predictable acceleration matched with efficient low - rpm highway cruising when the gasoline engine is in operation.

The Toyota Highlander ranks up there as one of the best three - row SUVs on the market right now in terms of highway cruising ability.

A 3:23 Sure - Grip differential makes for easy highway cruising.

It might have shared a segment space with Lincoln and Cadillac, but it certainly didn't share the same proclivity for effortless highway cruising as the Americans.

At first it's somewhat disconcerting, but I quickly adapted to the system, allowing for a more comfortable highway cruise without worry of edging too far left or right.

An 80 - mph highway cruise results in around a 26 - mpg average, allowing you to travel around 325 miles before stopping, but it's around town where the thirst of the powerful turbocharged engine finds you visiting the fuel station far too often.

Happily, the volume is reduced at lower revs, making the new BMW quite subdued at typical highway cruising speeds in taller gears for more subdued progress over longer journeys.

This is a fullsize SUV, capable of stable and serene highway cruising as well as wading through almost two feet of water — thanks to an adjustable air suspension as standard.

Giving it closer gear ratios in all gears, to match engine rpm better with power demand, brings better acceleration while overdrive ratios in 6th and 7th gears reduces highway cruising rpm and improves fuel mileage.

This mid-cycle refresh adds a few new features, but maintains the model's best attributes: it's a sports sedan that lives up to the name, equally capable of smooth highway cruising, or fun in the twisties.

In our testing — which consisted of mostly stop - and - go city driving, curvy back road blasting, and just enough highway cruising to get between the two — we hovered at about 25 - 28 mpg.

The gearing combines the best of both worlds: close - ratio first to third warrants plenty of take - off grunt, sweet spot - focused fourth and fifth beef up the mid-range urge, long legs in seventh and eighth support economical highway cruising.

The most notable of which is the combination of Highway Driving Assist and Lane Following Assist, a dynamic duo who keeps the burden of long - distance highway cruising off the shoulders of the driver.

Honda's single gear ratio has been optimized for low - load highway cruising, such that the gas engine never engages the wheels below 40 mph.

I ordered a»11 Ford Explorer, but disliked i upon arrival beacuse of my need for power, real AWD (not a FWD based with AWD traction), the power of a V8 & a brutish, yet sophisticated «truck» that hauls while having a sporty & luxurious ride, with superior handling, towing ability and highway cruising demenor.

Even our most restrained highway cruises yielded only 33 mpg.

The cabin is quiet too, with minimal noise from wind, tires, or road blemishes, and as such, this car rewards highway cruising as much as it does canyon carving.

It's backed by the 4L70 - E four - speed overdrive automatic, which enables great highway cruising performance and fuel economy with the durability of hardened internal parts and five - pinion gearsets.

Most other electronic AWD systems are similar, but HTRAC pushes the proportions to extremes: normal driving will give a 60 percent bias to the rear wheels, but economic highway cruising will send up to 100 percent of the power to the rear, while slippery conditions can move up to 90 percent of the power to the front.