Sentences with phrase «rear wheel drive cars»

Handling is unique to each type of vehicle such as cars, rally cars, trucks, land rovers and more besides as a truck or land rover feels heavier and takes longer to steer into or brake for corners in comparison to 4 wheel drive or rear wheel drive cars that are lighter or have a better horsepower, engine size and more cylinders in the engine that individually and collectively affects the handling of every car to such an extent in which it becomes a necessary measure to experiment in finding the appropriate car or vehicle for each track and respective track layout.

You risk spinning the vehicle under acceleration (rear wheel drive cars) or when turning (front or rear wheel drive).

In rear wheel drive cars, don't speed out of skids.

Rear wheel drive cars are great!

3) I have driven rear wheel drive cars that handle snow better than my 4x4 Jeep.

The mainshaft extends outside the case in both directions: the input shaft towards the engine, and the output shaft towards the rear axle (on rear wheel drive cars.

The fact that they're also in V8 - powered, rear wheel drive cars that look a huge amount of fun to drive and are somewhat similar to what I'm racing in at the moment makes it even better.

You may note that rear wheel drive cars are much more fun to drive than front wheel drive cars are.

Rear wheel drive cars have a natural tendency to oversteer.

For rear wheel drive cars, the answer to tire installation is clear.

You're not getting oversteer under power like you would in a rear wheel drive car, you're getting it at arbitrary times.

In the wet, the M2 still doesn't behave like a scary, wild, turbocharged, rear wheel drive car that you might expect it to.

The SL63 displays how entertaining the inherent balance and predictability of a front - engined rear wheel drive car can be.»

In a rear wheel drive car, if the front lose traction you're going to under steer in a wet corner.

But isn't it recommended that rear wheel drive car be towed backwards?

A rear wheel drive car will also have its inside wheel spinning and will get into oversteer.

An extreme example of rear wheel drive car is the Porsche 911 series.

You just hit on why the FR - S / BRZ arouses such passionate fanboys... Japanese manufacturers have starved a captive market that is looking for a sporty (ish) rear wheel drive car with a low, low price and easy financing.

The rear wheel drive car also gets torque vectoring system which doubles up as an electronic differential.

Braking is also superior on a rear wheel drive car.

The midsized rear wheel drive car has conventional / modern styling in rear and side views, and the grille conforms to traditional Alfa Romeo shapes»

When 4MATIC is not at work, only the rear wheels drive the car.

This rear wheel drive car will first be seen as a sedan in 2015 as well as a crossover in 2016.

Inside Line also mentions that the planned small rear wheel drive car is dead.

It is a rear wheel drive car.

Not exact matches

A big change is the addition of a second motor, giving the P85D dual motors and turning the single - motor, rear - wheel drive Model S into an all - wheel drive electric car that is more responsive and efficient.

It was the toast of the auto - show circuit and a clear play on Kia's part to redefine the brand with a classic «halo» car — in this case, a rear - wheel - drive, go - fast machine with a game - changing exterior design and an inviting price tag, relative to the upmarket competition.

The car's flamboyant rear Falcon Doors are undoubtedly the all - wheel - drive vehicle's most dramatic physical feature.

Think of it this way *: Blake stitched shoes are the rear - wheel drive sports cars of the shoe world.

Unsurprisingly, driving on three wheels didn't do the car much good and the rear suspension ended up completely destroyed.

Experts agree that the car seat shouldn't touch the rear of the front seats... but we also know it's not safe for you to position yourself so close to the steering wheel that it hinders your driving.

Zielinsky notes that its compact power train system allows the wheels to be positioned near the corners of the chassis, which makes for short front and rear overhangs and a wide track, yielding an overall layout that resembles that of a rear - wheel - drive car.

In many ways the Aston and Corvette are the most comparable cars here, with oversize engines in the front driving the rear wheels, but the Aston feels slightly short geared where the Corvette is long and the Vantage is compact and confidence inspiring where the ZR1 is intimidating.

Alfa Romeo's version of the car — ostensibly called the Alfa Romeo Spider, a name long tied to sporty, spritely rear - wheel drive roadsters until it was applied to a front - wheel drive car in 1995 — won't necessarily use the same engines as its Mazda sibling.

The NSX GT3 will ditch the hybrid tech found in the road car and go rear - wheel drive in order to meet GT3 race regulations.

«The best movie cars combine tons of power, rear - wheel drive, great handling and the ability to be easily flung around corners,» said Waugh in a statement.

Arguably our favorite exercise involved circling the skidpad with no hands on the steering wheel, controlling the trajectory of the rear - drive 86 using only the throttle, a lesson in how power application influences a car's line and a precursor to some serious attempts at drifting — attempts that varied from semi-impressive to hilariously inept and had our entire crew in stitches as we observed each other's runs.

The Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) platform the S90 and V90 share with the XC90 also contributes one of the key external design features: a long dash - to - axle distance, which gives the pair of Volvos the proportions of rear - wheel - drive cars despite their front - / all - wheel - drive drivetrains.

As you might expect, the ALL4 remains a front - wheel drive car for most of the time, only diverting power to the rear wheels when necessary.

Key to the car's impressive appeal are its twin electric motors (one for the front axle, the other for the rear to make this a four - wheel drive machine) that feed of a lithium ion batter to deliver a very healthy 603bhp.

Developed in - house, the system weighs just 165 pounds and is intended to help the Genesis appeal more to Snowbelt customers, as Hyundai believes the fact the old car was offered only with rear - wheel drive may have turned off buyers in northern states.

Apart from a few missing options (this tester didn't have the rear side - window screens, for instance), the biggest difference between this car and the last S550 we tested is the lack of Mercedes - Benz's 4Motion all - wheel - drive system.

With 75 percent aluminum construction, the 2016 Jaguar XF manages to shave between 132 and 265 pounds compared to today's model, depending on whether the car is equipped with rear - or all - wheel drive.

If you leave the car in gear, and depending on if the vehicle is front - wheel, rear - wheel drive, don't jack both front wheels up if front - wheel drive, etc..

Edwards also hinted that while all Jaguar SVR models — so far there is only the 575 - hp, 200 - mph F - Type SVR — will have all - wheel drive for added traction, special - edition cars could go rear - drive for added drama.

This is the deciding factor in high - performance cars that often are rear wheel drive or all wheel drive.

But for about the same price, Ford and Chevrolet offer stylish rear - wheel - drive pony cars with 300 - hp V - 6s.

The 5.2 - liter, naturally aspirated gas engine would drive the Asterion's rear wheels via a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission while a pair of electric motors hooked up to a computer - operated torque vectoring system on the front axle would power the hybrid car's front wheels.

Additionally, the rear - biased all - wheel - drive system combined with a standard limited - slip differential result in a car with gobs of traction yet it isn't an understeering pig.

John's new rear - wheel drive commuting car gains some cold weather tyres to make it more useable this winter