Sentences with phrase «small rear wheel drive car»

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

Not exact matches

The ATS likely would ride on GM's Alpha rear - wheel - drive architecture, which before the auto maker's bankruptcy last summer and the run - up in gasoline prices, was supposed to underpin a lineup of smaller RWD cars.

The MX - 5 recipe is a tantalising one: a small, lightweight, rear - wheel drive car powered by a naturally aspirated engine and equipped with a manual gearbox, all sold at a price to tempt a select few from their hot hatchbacks.

«What a fun way to remind myself how good a small, rear - wheel - drive car can be in the winter with the right set of tires,» said Voelker.

If one surmises that there is still room for a range - topping, image - leading, headline - making vehicle in the Buick lineup that resurrects the Riviera nameplate on a version of GM's rear - wheel - drive platform, Federico only smiles and reminds us that «I'm Mr. GM Small Car Worldwide,» not in charge of the Buick brand or Buick product development, but he allows that «I don't think anybody disagrees with you [that Buick needs an image leader].»

Also being battered by the weather are two rear - wheel - drive, naturally aspirated sports cars with manual gearshifts and small footprints.

Nissan's IDx Freeflow and IDx Nismo concept showed one possible direction that a small, rear - wheel drive, affordable sports car could take.

Quite a few of the smaller Daihatsus have a temporary 4wd system, whereby the car is front - wheel - drive most of the time, but with a viscous coupling that causes the rear wheels kick in when the fronts start to lose traction.

The possibility of a small, rear - wheel drive sports car from Nissan is now uncertain, according to a company official.

It's going to be tough to get executives to continue to support a costly rear - wheel - drive platform for a small - batch sports car.

A small and light car with a rear mounted engine and rear wheel drive developing in excess of...

Toyota's only real performance car, the 2018 Toyota 86 is a small, lightweight coupe that thrills with 205 horsepower and rear - wheel drive.

Best of all, when driven with precision you can use small amounts of rear - wheel slip to point and position the M5 in a way no car this large and heavy (it's lighter than the F10 but still approaching two tonnes) should be able to accomplish.

Other changes include new lightweight aerodynamic alloy wheels, a very high - tech IMA readout in the instrument cluster that provides details on how the hybrid drive system is operating, first - in - class active noise cancellation technology, a small rear deck spoiler and, of course, a subtle badge denoting the car's hybrid status.

What we do know about this alliance so far is that it will bring the development of a new rear - wheel drive platform for small cars and the sharing of diesel and petrol engines between the two groups.

Unlike nearly every other small car of its type, the 240 SX is a rear - wheel - drive car.

For the original model, Holden replaced the long - serving Kingswood and Premier large executive cars developed in Australia, with another rear wheel drive (RWD) platform that was, however, based on a smaller European design by Opel, re-engineered for Australian conditions.

The Solstice will be built from the all - new, rear - wheel - drive Kappa platform, which is expected to spawn several other small, sporty cars, likely one for Saturn and one or two for GM's European customers.

I'd defy anyone who didn't know as much to believe it after a drive in the CS, but the car's extra steering feedback and body control come entirely from its new forged wheels and «cup» tyres (the former an inch smaller in diameter up front, the latter getting a widened section at the rear, just like the GTS) and from redeveloped software calibrations for its dampers, power steering and active differential.

Honda is rumored to be working on its own Scion FR - S competitor, a rear - wheel drive sports car that will be small, quick, and light.

With claims of 22mpg in the city and 30mpg on the highway in the more efficient rear - wheel drive guise (adding all - wheel drive drops both figures by a couple of miles - per - gallon), it's comfortably the most efficient engine in the range, and better in many cases than what smaller, turbocharged four - cylinder gasoline engines in rival cars can muster.

was a big hit in Frankfurt, VW management still isn't convinced that U.S. drivers will welcome a small, rear - wheel - drive car with a boxy shape and short front and rear overhangs.

Compared to the Lexus RC 350 and BMW 4 Series, this coupe is smaller, not based on a rear - wheel drive car, and has no usable back seat.

On small sports cars with rear wheel drive, like a Mazda Miata, they are a blast to operate.

It's the electric version of Smart's smaller model, based on a rear - wheel drive platform it shares with the European Renault Twingo, and is Mercedes» answer to the compact city car that BMW offers with Mini.

The new smaller, lighter SUVs, using the iconic sports car's rear - wheel drive platform will be unveiled next year at the Paris Motor Show.

No, unlike the larger Octavia, the Rapid does not share its fundamental underpinnings with the Golf, but is instead based on the Fabia's smaller front - wheel drive platform and therefore misses out on the independent rear suspension system seen under Volkswagen's top - seller and many other modern small cars.

It's a small sporty car with a strong engine riding on a classic rear - wheel drive platform.

It does take the edge off the more playful - feeling handling in rear - wheel - drive models, but for most drivers that's likely to be a small penalty to pay for the car's better all - weather ability.

As was the case with the BMW X5 as the world's first Sports Activity Vehicle and the BMW 1 Series, to this day the only rear - wheel - drive premium small car, BMW is again developing a new market segment and giving additional driver groups the unique experience of The Ultimate Driving Machine.

Like its nearly identical sibling, the Toyota 86, the BRZ is a relatively inexpensive, small, rear - wheel drive sports car that offers a high ratio of fun per dollar.