Sentences with phrase «powers the rear wheels»

Kia says this concept vehicle uses an electric all - wheel - drive system, which likely means that it will be a hybrid with a gasoline engine powering the front wheels and an electric motor powering the rear wheels.

A new design and powertrain in tow, the fifth iteration of the M5 will tap a 4.4 - liter twin - turbocharged V - 8 to power its rear wheels.

The 989's layout is conspicuously similar to the modern Porsche Panamera, with a front - mounted, watercooled V - 8 engine powering the rear wheels, a sloping roofline, and a smooth front end.

Its so - called «e-AWD» system is likely a hybrid powertrain setup, with the front wheels powered by a conventional four - cylinder engine, and a rear - mounted electric motor powering the rear wheels.

We had a couple of the same limited laps in an RLX hybrid with Super-Handling All - Wheel Drive, which uses an electric motor to power the rear wheels and combines with the 3.5 - liter V - 6 and seven - speed dual - clutch transmission to provide 370 horsepower.

The AMG sports a twin - turbo, snarling V - 8 seated in front of the driver, powering the rear wheels via a seven - speed twin - clutch transaxle.

Both power the rear wheels, but how torque is split between the two hubs differs.

Plans for the car call for a plug - in hybrid EV that will have a two - cylinder BMW motorcycle engine to power the rear wheels and an 80 - hp electric motor to feed the front wheels.

All three engine choices power the rear wheels through a standard six - speed automatic transmission.

We have four completely different engine configurations (flat six, V - 6, twin - turbo V - 6, pushrod V - 8) in three different locations (front - engine, mid-engine, rear - engine), powering the rear wheels or all four wheels via manual transmissions and dual - clutch automatics.

Move the engine from up front to where the rear seat was, powering the rear wheels.

The powertrain is complicated even by the standards of this segment: A twin - turbo V - 6 powers the rear wheels through a nine - speed dual - clutch transmission, while a rear - mounted electric motor provides supplemental power to the rear wheels for quicker response.

The i8 has an electric motor that powers the front wheels and a gasoline - fueled engine that powers the rear wheels, but every time you grab onto something familiar, it turns out to have unexpected consequences with unfamiliar values.

At the rear of the Model S platform (which carries the car's battery pack), a motor powers the rear wheels.

Commissioned by an Aston Martin collector, who took part in much of the development and design of the project, the car is mechanically unchanged from the standard, outgoing Rapide it's based on - meaning 470bhp from the ubiquitous 5.9 - litre V12 powering the rear wheels.

The engine — either a boosted four - cylinder or a V - 6 — still sits behind the driver and powers the rear wheels.

Mini tested an all - wheel - drive hybrid Cooper S, which appears to use an electric motor to power the rear wheels.

A 129bhp electric motor drives the front axle, while a 228bhp three - cylinder 1.5 - litre turbo petrol engine powers the rear wheels.

A 473bhp 4 - litre flat - six engine powers the rear wheels, while two electric motors (each developing around 80bhp) power the front axle, effectively making this a four - wheel - drive GT3.

The coupe - style hatchback combines the GT's 201bhp, 1.6 - litre GDI turbocharged engine with a 44bhp electric motor, the latter powering the rear wheels for additional performance, or in electric - only mode.

Powering the rear wheels are twin 150 - kW electric motors, which are double - isolated from the chassis.

The drivetrain powers the rear wheels only, and is said to be capable of accelerating the 2,950 - pound F5 to 186 mph from a standstill in less than 10 seconds.

Likely to debut as the X1 xDrive30e, the hybrid will use a 2.0 liter four - cylinder engine mated to an 88hp / 136 Nm / 100 lb - ft of torque electric motor powering the rear wheels through a two - speed transmission.

Two of them are used in place of a traditional driveshaft and differential to power the rear wheels, while the third motor supplements engine torque to the front wheels and uses regenerative braking energy to feed a lithium - ion battery pack.

Melding a V6 engine with three electric motors — including two in back that independently power each rear wheel — this top - line RLX is an engineering marvel with skillful road manners and an innovative AWD system.

The Trail» ster addresses this by adopting a hybrid powertrain that uses an electric motor to power the rear wheels.

The two others are in back, each powering a rear wheel.

Even in this engine - drive mode, the rear electric motor continues to power the rear wheels for stability and traction.

As a result, Toyota wants to show off the powertrain which offers 300 horsepower from a 1.6 - liter turbo engine powering the front wheels, while a pair of electric motors (60 hp each) power the rear wheels, delivering a total of 420 horsepower.

It's both larger, with 96.3 cubic feet inside, and more powerful than its predecessor, and the motor is no longer in the back powering the rear wheels.

That, in turn, sends power to the front driveshafts and the Active M diff with carbon plates powering the rear wheels.

The» 800 ′ in the name represented the displacement of the 70 hp 791 cc straight four motor that powered the rear wheels, and like a motorcycle, the S800 used a chain rather than a driveshaft to send power to the rear.

Meanwhile, there's also 4MATIC + all - wheel drive, with the electric motor powering the rear wheels directly, and acting as an additional booster.

Meanwhile, the next - generation V6 with direct - injection powers the rear wheels via dual - clutch transmission.

It operates as a generator as well, during deceleration to feed the battery and during acceleration to power the rear wheels.

It's a bold, very solid design, but it's what is underneath the body that makes it particularly newsworthy: Chrysler's potent Hemi V - 8, until now available only in trucks, powering the rear wheels, a marked shift from Chrysler's longstanding front - wheel - drive strategy.

In the Outlander, the gasoline engine and one motor power the front wheels, while the second motor powers the rear wheels.

The Countryman is predominately is a front - wheel - driven car like the new BMW X1 that it shares its UKL2 platform with, but it can also power the rear wheels when the terrain is slippery.

Some makers such as Lexus turn a front - drive vehicle into a hybrid all - wheel - drive without adding a rear driveshaft by powering the rear wheels through electric power.

On the best - selling Lexus RX SUV, it's an electric cable that snakes back to the rear axle, where an electric motor powers the rear wheels, but only when called for.

The role of this motor is to act as a generator during deceleration to charge the super capacitors, and during acceleration to directly power the rear wheel motors.

Magna's eRAD system complements a traditional gas - or diesel - engine front - wheel - drive powertrain with an independent electric powertrain to power the rear wheels.

Coming later this year is the higher - tech, higher - mileage, no doubt higher - cost Hybrid AWD model, with two electric motors powering the rear wheels and a third electric motor sandwiched in the transmission helping power the front wheels.

Either a 5 - speed manual or 6 - speed dual - clutch transmission powers the rear wheels and despite those anemic outputs the featherweight Fortwo is capable of a 10.1 - second 0 - 60mph time.

The 5 by Peugeot is powered by Peugeot's HYbrid4 technology, which features a 2.0 L engine in the front of the car that is mated to an electric motor that powers the rear wheels.

The engine is expected to be a high revving direct - injection 2.0 - liter Skyactiv unit that will be front - mid mounted and power the rear wheels via a 6 - speed manual gearbox.

With a 1.5 liter turbocharged gasoline engine powering the rear wheels and an electric motor driving the front wheels, the BMW i8 can do 0 - 60mph in 4.5 seconds, with an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph.

Displacing 5,500 cc, and built in Maranello, the 478 bhp engine powered a rear wheel drive, front engined car, with a rear «transaxle» layout.

The diesel engine powers the front wheels, while the electric motor powers the rear wheels of the Volvo V60 PHEV, and it can go up to 32 miles on pure electric power.

The electric motor provides 129 hp to the front wheels, and the internal combustion engine with its 220 hp powers the rear wheels giving the i8 4 wheel drive.