Sentences with phrase «much torque goes»

A typical all - wheel - drive car uses a clutch at the front axle that controls how much torque goes to the rear wheels.

Not exact matches

Maximum power here is 261bhp, and it develops half as much torque again as the 20d at 457 lb ft.. There's more weight to lug around - 70 kg more, in fact - but the 30d still manages to reach 60mph in 5.8 seconds from rest and go on to 149mph.

In the 812, however, torque is stronger from the word go and builds to a crescendo until the rev limiter comes into play, pretty much mirroring the power curve.

And although it's not quite refined GM's V - 6, the CX - 9's turbo - four provides more grunt off the line and in stop - and - go traffic, owing to its superior 310 lb - ft of torque available so much earlier in the rev range (max torque is available 2,000 rpm in the CX - 9 versus 5,000 rpm for the Acadia).

The system prioritizes a sporty, rear - wheel - drive feel, however, with as much as 100 percent of the torque going to the rear wheels.

The throttle response is crisp and alert with the twin - turbos spooling smoothly and quickly to deliver the 420 lb ft of torque at 2000rpm, and from there the SLC43 shows its hand over the out going V8 by revving much quicker and getting into its stride so much earlier.

«Ford is upping the power and torque on both the EcoBoost 4 - cylinder and the GT's V - 8, though it didn't say how much, until the car goes on sale this fall,» said Todd Lassa reporting from Michigan.

As much as 100 percent of the torque going to the rear axle can be directed to the outside wheel to create a yaw moment and kill pushy understeer.

It's not the easiest car to get going in — whatever engine management tweaks have been made cause the engine to hunt at low revs and there's so much torque that it's hard to use the first two gears smoothly.

There are some curious suspension traits too: the rear axle goes out of its way to help you into fast turns, there's sway at the top of the damper travel and you always seem to exit corners with too much lock on, the weighted front wheel struggling to deal with the torque and angle.

In fact, an awful lot of work has gone into making this new engine behave as much like a normally aspirated unit as possible, both in its power and torque delivery and the way it sounds.

Performance is supremely strong, and despite Ferrari's variable torque feature, that we'll go into later, the California's low down performance is supremely strong, while low - rev response is also impressive for a car with this much performance.

Open it up at low rpm, and BMW says the engine can go into a temporary overboost mode that cranks out as much as 370 pounds - feet of torque.

A computer - controlled four - wheel - drive differential system allows a car to both accelerate and corner more quickly, since it can vary the amount of torque going to the front and rear wheels, and therefore vary how much the car behaves like a front - or rear - wheel - drive car.

Much of that cost goes to the R2300 Roushcharger, taking horsepower to 525 - hp (from the factory 412 - hp) and torque to 465 ft - lbs....

Torque vectoring allows the GT Concept to adjust how much power goes to each wheel individually.

Opt for the base engine and you'll get 184 horsepower and 173 pound feet of torque — competitive with much of the segment — or go for the V6 and now you're up to 295 horsepower and 262 pound - feet of torque.

The rear wheel will get 100 percent of torque in the normal drive but as much as 50 percent will go the front wheels when needed.

But it feels much smaller and lighter from the low seat driver's seat owing to its inherent agility and, thanks to the actions of its sophisticated four wheel drive system with its electronically controlled locking rear differential and integrated torque vectoring feature that juggles the amount of power going to each of the rear wheels, extraordinary grip.

The car certainly isn't much less gadget - laden than that 911; between the torque vectoring, the PDK, the sport exhaust, the active suspension management, launch control, etc. etc., you can tell there's a lot of techno - wizardry going on beneath the Boxster's shapely skin.

This new Supersports hasn't bothered to go on much of a diet, is available with only four seats and doesn't fiddle with the torque distribution, the rear track or even the suspension settings: springs, bars and dampers are all the same as a standard Continental Speed, as are the tyres.

Much credit must go to its 200Nm of torque from just 1500rpm.

Similarly, the torque steer isn't especially bad as torque steer goes, it's just there, much as in many other similarly powerful front - drive sedans.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

The base turbocharged 3 - cylinder engine of the 2016 Fortwo coupe generates 89 horsepower and 100 pound - feet of torque, and while those numbers aren't eye - popping, it doesn't take much to get a small, lightweight vehicle like the Fortwo going.

• If you're going to map the car, the DSG» box can't handle as much torque as the manual, but generally gives few problems if properly maintained: it's vital the oil and filter are changed every 40,000 miles to avoid overheating or the clutches burning out.

The 3.0 - litre V6 diesel is a much better bet: with a 0 - 60mph time of 6.1 seconds it's very nearly as quick, but feels much more effortless in the way it goes about its business thanks to a wealth of low - down and mid-range torque.

With 200 PS on tap at 6,000 rpm and not all that much torque (260 Nm at 2,000 rpm), the Talisman TCe200 feels brisk, not fast, hitting 100 km / h in just under 8 seconds and going on to a top speed of 237 km / h.

The difference here is that, with so much torque on tap, you can be going very quickly in almost no time once you sink the accelerator — even if you don't bother with a downshift at all.

With 245 horsepower and a whopping 260 lb - ft of torque at a crazy - low 1,350 RPM, this Optima has much more than enough get up and go to be an outstanding daily driver.

The latest version of 4Motion is able to activate before wheel spin starts, and virtually quells traction loss as a control unit monitors when and how much torque needs to go to the rear.

Electric cars have long been better than gasoline - powered cars in many ways — they're a few times more efficient; they offer instant torque (excellent initial acceleration that's a lot of fun and very useful); they're much more convenient (plug in when you get home and never have to go to the gas station!)