To suggest a sportier look, the GS AWD features a lower ride height cut down 039 - inches from the standard Regal and a set of 19 - inch wheels with 20 -
inch wheels optional.
Standard wheels are 18 inch with 20
inch wheels optional.
A variety of wheel sizes are available, with 17 - inch wheels standard and 18 - or 20 -
inch wheels optional.
Not exact matches
Other than that, ceramic brakes are an — expensive — option and save 8 kg per set, while a new form of «milled» 20 -
inch alloy
wheel also saves 8 kg per set over the other
optional 20 -
inch forged
wheel.
There's nothing about its visual mass that makes you think «sport sedan,» although I liked our tester's
optional twenty -
inch wheels.
With the assistance of 4Matic four -
wheel drive, a standard 9G - Tronic nine - speed transmission and the massively shod
optional 22 -
inch alloys, this GLE emphatically denies its elephantine kerb weight much say in the matter.
Shod with
optional 22 -
inch wheels and summer tires, our smoke grey final - phase prototype is about as well prepared for the foray into Farmer Jack's hinterland as a mountain climber attempting to conquer Everest in sneakers.
Ride quality on the
optional 18 -
inch wheels was quite good — although the area's smooth pavement is hardly the toughest test.
On the
optional 19 -
inch wheels (which replace 18 -
inch wheels on the Turbo; the base car has different 18 -
inch wheels available in place of its standard 17 -
inch footwear), the Turbo rode pretty stiffly over the bits of patchy pavement in the grungier parts of the city.
(The present QX80 comes with 20 -
inch wheels standard, with 22 - inchers
optional.)
It's quite a thing to look at — polished 18 -
inch wheels, big chrome mirrors, even bigger chrome bumpers, a chrome grille that would make rapper Paul Wall blush, and
optional $ 395 Copper Red metallic paint that catches and bends sunlight in extraordinarily flattering ways.
Optional 20 -
inch wheels help it look less dorky to the immature eye (the one that's impressed by big rims), but they take a predictable role in degrading ride quality that would otherwise be OK.
Priced more competitively ($ 29,590 through $ 43,490) it's a minivan that's kind of pretending — with shorter overhangs, a wider, taller stance, less glass, and
optional 20 -
inch wheels — to be a kind of crossover.
Options, some tied to trim levels, will include OnStar 4G LTE with a Wi - Fi hotspot, next - generation Chevrolet MyLink with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay (7 -
inch screen standard, 8 -
inch screen
optional with CarPlay), LED / projector headlamps, wireless phone charging, heated rear leather seats and heated leather - wrapped steering
wheel, side blind zone alert, rear cross traffic alert, lane keep assist, and forward collision alert.
The roof — available in white or silver — is very cool, and standard eighteen
inch wheels (with nineteens
optional) finish the package.
Eighteen -
inch wheels are standard on the C63, and 19 - inchers come with the C63 S. Ceramic brakes are
optional on the C63 S for the ambitious track frequenters who want to put the new C63 to the test.
It even has some ludicrously large
wheels like a concept car — the smallest are 21 -
inch in diameter going up to
optional 23 -
inch items.
Outside, the 19 -
inch five - spoke
wheels (20 -
inch wheels are
optional) have gloss - black accents, the trunk features a subtle spoiler, and the rear diffuser is painted silver.
Audi even flared the front
wheel arches to accommodate the
optional 255 / 30R -19 tires, which are almost an
inch wider than the rears.
Standard
wheels include 18 -
inch alloys for the Premium trim level, 19s for the middle trims and 20s for the XF S. Xenon headlights are standard; adaptive LED headlights start out
optional but are included in the R - Sport and S.
The all - new German sedan was fitted with
optional 20 -
inch wheels carrying run - flat performance tires.
The metallic black Continental's 19 -
inch wheels, standard on this higher - spec Reserve model, seemed slightly lost in the girth of the car's body (
optional 20 -
inch wheels cost $ 750, so it's not too expensive of a fix).
Equipped with
optional summer tires, the Focus Titanium sedan with 18 -
inch wheels crossed highway expansion joints with a faint thrumming sound that recalled earlier, lighter Audis — a sensation I always associated with an exceptionally stiff body structure.
But the Cooper S's biggest problem, on the
optional 18 -
inch wheels, was one we're already very familiar with.
Standard are five - spoke 18 -
inch aluminum
wheels, while seven - spoke chrome
wheels of the same size (pictured here) will be
optional; however, both
wheels will be wrapped in low rolling resistance P215 / 55R18 tires.
You'll also appreciate the Black Label's standard 20 - speaker Revel Ultima Audio system, Technology Package (adaptive cruise control, active park assist, auto high beams, head - up display, collision assist, and lane - keep assist), and 22 -
inch wheels, which are
optional on the lower level models.
Our test car was fitted with the # 2600 Dynamic Pack Plus, and at lower speeds there is just enough give in the suspension to give a cushioned and settled ride quality on the
optional 20 -
inch wheels.
Details such as the
optional 19 -
inch wheels, an
inch lower ride height, purposeful, four - outlet exhaust, and aggressive rocker panels transform the entry - level Audi into a welcome addition to Audi's S model lineup.
The shocks were retuned, and Infiniti worked to provide more sidewall compliance from the tires — even those fitted to the
optional 22 -
inch wheels.
Wheels and tires can affect ride quality, and our test car had
optional 22 -
inch wheels with low - profile tires, as opposed to the standard 20 -
inch wheels.
The culprit may be the
optional twenty -
inch wheels — absurd overkill in which appearance overwhelms practicality.
It also rides on
optional seventeen -
inch forged - aluminum
wheels and low - profile Pirelli tires, and its twin tailpipes mesmerizingly vociferate in honor of Karl Abarth, the Austrian motorcycle racer who moved to Italy, where he tuned and raced Fiats, among other marques.
Wider front fenders allow for the increased front track and ultrawide rubber — 255 millimeters up front and 285 at the rear, whether on standard eighteen -
inch or
optional nineteen -
inch wheels.
The Acadia's ride is about average; one editor thought the
optional 19 -
inch wheels didn't help matters.
With the
optional 18 -
inch alloy
wheels there's an unyielding quality to the Alfa's low - speed ride around town that a more generous tyre sidewall may mitigate, but it's not something that anyone interested in a sports saloon would baulk at, and it's more comfortable than a Jag XE.
Adaptive dampers also come standard and an
optional Performance package adds an electronically controlled mechanical limited - slip differential and 19 -
inch alloy
wheels shod in Pirelli P - Zero summer performance tires specific to Hyundai's N cars.
Of course, the
optional, low - profile Pirelli PZero Nero three - season tires wrapped around forged seventeen -
inch wheels have everything it takes.
Optional 10 - spoke, 20 -
inch forged alloy
wheels with unique tire compounds trim nearly 15 pounds from the standard
wheel package.
There are a few changes in standard equipment, including a backup camera as well as 16 -
inch aluminum
wheels, foglights, body - color front and rear bumpers, a rear spoiler and lower door aero that formerly were part of an
optional Sport Appearance Package.
Yes, there's a new,
optional 19 -
inch alloy
wheel (my tester wore the standard 18s).
Hyundai is also touting even racier upgrade packages for the Elantra Sport in Korea, including an «Extreme» handling pack with new springs, dampers, and anti-roll bars, plus an
optional rear wing and tuner - style six - spoke 18 -
inch wheels.
Wider 20 -
inch 911 Turbo II
wheels, exclusive Palladium Metallic paint, a four - way rear spoiler, and an
optional sport exhaust system which pumps engine sound directly into the cabin, distinguish the Turbo S from the rest of the pack.
Our test car had
optional 19 -
inch wheels, so it's possible the standard 18s and their higher - profile tires soften things up.
Encouraged by a slightly nose - heavy weight distribution, not - so - well - educated electronics, and a playful variable - rate diff lock, this BMW is notorious for its loose rear end even when fitted with
optional nineteen -
inch wheels and tires.
Or maybe it was the available adjustable premium air suspension working magic in combination with the
optional 20 -
inch wheels shod with summer tires.
M Performance forged 19 -
inch wheels are
optional.
Also on board: an
optional eight - speed ZF automatic with paddle shifters; Brembo brakes the size of a sombrero; 20 -
inch, seven - spoke «Slingshot» forged - alloy
wheels; and a slew of stability - control electronics to try to keep the whole thing on the ground.
The aggressive silhouette was enhanced by my test car's
optional 20 -
inch anthracite forged - alloy
wheels and 255/30 summer - performance tires, part of the $ 1,750 Black Optic package.
The 2015 Audi S4 has a new
optional Black Optic package with special 19 -
inch Titanium - finish
wheels, and there's also a new Audi S4 Nogaro Blue special edition with pearl effect blue paint, blue Alcantara seat inserts, and 19 -
inch double - spoke
wheels.
The Focus RS receives more aero - focused front and rear fascias as well as a rear spoiler that reduces lift, and the factory - built rally car look is topped off with blue brake calipers with white lettering that really pop against the
optional 19 -
inch black forged aluminum
wheels.