The automaker is testing these technologies in real - world conditions right now, and they could be featured
on production vehicles in the next few years.
The passenger compartment in front looks much the same
as on a production vehicle, except for a yellow and red emergency - stop button on the center stack.
If reaction to a concept car is strong, an automaker may decide to build the car or at least use some of its features and styling
cues on a production vehicle.
The world's first Precision All - Wheel Steer
system on a production vehicle changes the game for front wheel driving, independently adjusting the rear wheel toe angles for increased agility and stability while cornering, changing lanes or braking.
Collaborating with UK - based M - Sport and HooniganRacing Division, Ford Performance engineers implemented the same high - tech instruments and procedures
used on production vehicles to develop the Focus RS RX for competition.
The most extreme Huracán isn't simply a leaner, more powerful version of the standard car — it introduces technologies never before
seen on a production vehicle.
The world's first Precision All - Wheel Steer ™ (P - AWS ®) system
on a production vehicle changed the game, adjusting the rear wheel toe angles independently for increased agility and stability.
Another Infiniti first — and the first of its
kind on a production vehicle — is a steer - by - wire system called Direct Adaptive Steering that uses software instead of a physical connection to the front wheels to communicate the driver's steering inputs.
The concept showcases new technologies that will appear
on production vehicles later this year, including a water injection system andorganic light - emitting diode (OLED) taillights.
You can read our first ride review from a 2017 test session in the Aussie Outback here and check out Matt Brogan's full
rundown on the production vehicle's specifications from the global reveal.
While a disc / drum or disc / disc system
found on any production vehicle is designed to provide safe and reliable braking, luxury performance cars tend to be outfitted with «spirited» driving in mind.
In the past other car - makers, like Mercedes - Benz, have experimented using less obtrusive white
noise on its production vehicles to warn pedestrians but, making a fraction of the noise this device makes, it was feared this would still be too quiet to make a difference and a more sophisticated «targeted» device was needed.
With an intake pressure loss of just 25mb, a level rarely
achieved on a production vehicle, cylinder filling is enhanced at medium and high speeds: • New dedicated air filter with a volume of 11.5 L (vs. 6.1 L) using an extra-high permeability filter cartridge.
All recent versions of the LS are motivated by a 380 - horsepower V - 8 engine, and the car also features one of the first eight - speed automatic transmissions to be
offered on a production vehicle.
Designed for the race track yet also approved for road use, the wheels are a
first on a production vehicle boasting a CFRP / aluminium - composite construction.
The vented and cross-drilled rotors on the ZR1 measure 15.5 inches (394 mm) in diameter in the front and 15 inches (380 mm) in diameter in the rear — making them among the largest carbon - ceramic rotors
available on any production vehicle.
The engine is mated to an all - new 8 - speed Dual Clutch Transmission (8DCT) with torque converter, the world's first DCT to be paired with a torque
converter on a production vehicle.
Since GM first introduced the active - hood system
on a production vehicle in Europe 10 years ago, it has been made available on a number of GM vehicles in the US and Korea as well.
The world's first Precision All - Wheel Steer ™ (P - AWS ®) system
on a production vehicle changes the game for front wheel driving, independently adjusting the rear wheel toe angles for increased agility and stability while cornering, changing lanes or braking.
(Although it was originally called the Evoq, pronounced «e-voke,» that name will not be used
on the production vehicle, which has yet to be named).
Four - wheel disc brakes helped to reign in the Renegade from 60 - 0 mph in 129.2 feet, albeit with a fair amount of nose - over and rear end lift, possibly due to the front springs being out of spec, we're told, from what will be used
on production vehicles.
Things like the concepts's U-shaped steering wheel weren't something we were really expecting to see
on the production vehicle, and neither was the spaceship - style heads - up display that served as a gauge cluster.
The most extreme Huracán isn't simply a leaner, more powerful version of the standard car — it introduces technologies never before seen
on a production vehicle.