Sentences with phrase «much shorter rear»

Another thing that caught my eye is how high the rear deck extends upward, and how much shorter the rear glass is now.

, much shorter rear side - doors, a differently shaped and placed fuel filler cap and a different rear door.

Not exact matches

The rears don't have as much to do as one might expect, but then maybe life's to short to worry about these things.

So rather than trying to send much of the 510 lb - ft of torque to the rear axle, I concentrated on enjoying the smooth shifts available from the short - throw, six - speed gearbox, which is a great box but, I might offer, no better than the one in the Roush Mustang that we drove a few months ago.

We weren't expecting the smooth German roads of our short drive loop to reveal much about the ride quality, but over gentle oscillations on the autobahn the rear suspension pogo'd awkwardly.

Instead, the intakes have been moved to the top of the decklid and pushed all the way to the rear of the car, resulting in much shorter plumbing.

It seems to pivot right beneath the visible part of the lever, too, which gives it a much shorter and more direct throw than the contemporary mk3 Golf VR6, in which you had to enlist the help of rear seat passengers to select second and fourth gears.

The 1M's short wheelbase and lack of roll mean that it can feel quite a snappy car over the limit, but with the throttle set to Sport (the one and only setting you can change) you have the perfect tool to keep the rear wheels spinning just as much as you want - once sideways it seems to stabilise sweetly, albeit with a lot of tread being shed from the tyres.

Unlike the estate car lines of the Clubman, the Countryman coupé will have a shorter rear overhang, sloping roofline and much shallower side windows.

Thus, the rear half of the Discovery Sport sports a higher, more practical roof line and a new, shorter rear suspension that doesn't intrude into the rear cargo and passenger compartment as much.

The short wheelbase always hurts rear seat room, but, as you pointed out, the MKS doesn't even have much more trunk space than the E-Class.

Rear of the Trax is very short because it's a subcompact SUV, and they generally tend to sacrifice rear overhang a lot, so that they look pretty much «tailless&raqRear of the Trax is very short because it's a subcompact SUV, and they generally tend to sacrifice rear overhang a lot, so that they look pretty much «tailless&raqrear overhang a lot, so that they look pretty much «tailless».

That centre rear seat is just too narrow to be of much use for sitting in though — it's effectively a jump seat for short journeys.

The short front overhang in particular is highly unusual for a front - wheel - drive car, and is just as much a classic BMW styling cue as the short overhang at the rear, the long wheelbase, the Hofmeister kink in the rear side windows and the L - shaped rear lights.

The rear seats in the Access Cab model are best for children or adults on short trips, but the rear seats in the Double Cab are much better, with storage both under the seat and in a separate compartment accessed by flipping down the seatback.

Really, though, the Mustang is not a prime example of clever packaging: The Mitsubishi Eclipse is about 6 inches shorter and 4 inches narrower, but it has much more cargo room, a bigger fuel tank, and nearly the same headroom and legroom in the front and rear.

Moving to the rear the space is adequate but at the same time you do feel a bit short - changed as its main rival the new E-Class now comes with a longer wheelbase and nearly twice as much knee room.

To «skin» the all - new Alfa Romeo rear - wheel - drive architecture that delivers benchmark - level performance thanks to a primary focus of locating as much mechanical mass between the wheelbase as possible, Alfa Romeo designers deliberately provided Giulia with extremely short overhangs, long hood and front fender proportions.

The Gran Coupe's rear doors are slightly shorter than the sedan's, which makes ingress and egress a bit trickier, but not much.

That's probably OK, because to be honest, short of moving the engine back to the rear of the vehicle where it belongs, there's not much that VW can do at this point to butch up the Beetle.

This being the shorter wheelbase version can accommodate only a couple of people at the rear as there is not much space behind.

With shorter overhangs front and rear, and a 3.6 - inch longer wheelbase, the new Regal Sportback will have rear passengers gleefully jumping inside without much protestation.

The two cars have an identical wheelbase, which means the rear passengers of the Scirocco will most likely enjoy the Golf's generous rear knee room, but the Scirocco is longer, wider and shorter than the Golf GTI, lending it a much sleeker profile.

From the teaser photos we've seen, the stretched and stylishly tapered tapered roofline along with shorter overhangs front and rear give the new Malibu a much sleeker aesthetic.

Minor camera upgrades are also almost certain, though short of adding a third lens to the rear camera on the most expensive iPhone, there's not all that much room for improvement in this department.

With a short time for testing, the long - term verdict on battery life is still out for the YotaPhone 2, and exactly how long you get out of it will vary massively depending on how much you use that rear display for normal phone functions like calls, SMS and emails.