Sentences with phrase «than the rear wheels»

Because the front wheel is larger than the rear wheels it has better maneuverability can helps to move on uneven surface.

I think if you look closely at most cars on the road you will find that it is normal for front wheels to be dirtier than rear wheels.

One of the less - common situations where front wheel braking can be worse than rear wheel braking is when slowing with a loaded trailer.

The front wheels are often much narrower than the rear wheels, and are often motorcycle wheels.

The BMW Concept Active Tourer is part of the BMW 1 series lineup, but it would have front wheel drive rather than the rear wheel drive of the rest of the lineup.

The bevel - gear center differential eliminated the stresses in the powertrain that arise because the front wheels follow a slightly larger curve than the rear wheels when the vehicle is cornering.

A big factor for this modest diesel appetite is the reduced weight, the Vito 4 × 4 tilting the scales with just 50 kg more than the rear wheel drive version.

Not exact matches

Our tester was equipped with all - wheel - drive, and while it was fine for whatever we threw at it in the suburbs and the big city, the proclivity toward a rear - wheel bias means that the Stelvio is more for the «sport» part of SUV than the «utility» part.

The rear wheels are 9.5 inches while the front wheels measure 7 inches (slightly bigger than for many other strollers in the market).

Most travel strollers sacrifice features for lightness, but the Mountain Buggy nano weighs only 13 pounds — less than many umbrella - style strollers — and is loaded with extras like an ample sunshade, rear - wheel suspension and compatibility with any universal children's car seat.

Rather than the usual 2 rear and 1 front wheel configuration for double jogging strollers, this stroller has a 2 + 2 configuration.

The rear wheels protrude wider than the front wheels and this caught me out occasionally when they caught on things that the front wheels had easily passed.

I will mention that it is a bit hard to make sharp turns with and I think the pushing issue could be alleviated if the push handle was designed at more of an angle than directly above the rear wheels, other than that it did great.

Other great entries included a drift - ready Toyota 86, a chrome - wrapped Mercedes - Benz SLK 55 AMG, and a C5 Chevrolet Corvette featuring a 4.0 - liter Toyota power plant sending more than 1,000 barely tamed horses to the rear wheels.

The Taurus was redesigned for 2013 with an eye toward giving it a «more muscular stance,» and the SHO adds some sport to the masculinity with a black mesh grille, black sideview mirror housings, a rear spoiler, HID headlamps, and larger wheels, all of which make for a vehicle that is more likely to catch a bystander's eye than the previous, rather staid - looking Taurus.

The inner sills are a vital structural part of the vehicle much more so than the outer sills which are the lower parts of the body below your doors usually from where the front wing / door meet right back to your rear wheel arch.

With a twin - turbo V - 6 cranking out 396 hp and 384 lb - ft of torque, a rear - biased all - wheel - drive system, and a quick - shifting nine - speed transmission, the E 43 offered more performance than most people would use, as well as surprisingly agile handling.

Underneath all the carbonfibre and optional decals (# 410), the Racing has 30 mm wider tracks front and rear and sits 15 mm lower than the standard DS3 on new 18in wheels.

The new Lamborghini, codenamed PL724, will reportedly be slightly longer and wider than the current Gallardo (pictured), and extensive use of aluminum and carbon fiber will trim its weight, perhaps putting it below 2900 pounds for rear - wheel - drive variants.

That means the rear - wheel - drive Charger and Challenger are, more than ever, the heart and soul of the brand.

Built in less than nine months by 13 Wolfsburg plant apprentices, the GTI First Decade is powered by a 404 - hp gasoline engine driving the front wheels, coupled to a rear - mounted electric motor that drives the rear wheels.

The initial modifications appear to be nothing more than body kits that include 17 - inch wheels, revised front clip with large air dams, a new front grille, side skirts, rear spoiler, and tow hooks.

The Demon rides on its own unique platform — that's manufacturer - speak for «it was built from scratch» — and although it shares its rear - wheel - drive chassis with no other Chrysler product, it does use more than a few production components.

On the other hand, with the arrival of the rear - wheel - drive Subaru BRZ and Scion FR - S twins, which are substantially cheaper than the Mini Cooper JCW GP, you might conclude that a hotted - up Mini isn't really what you want for your weekend track escapades.

My rear wheels do about 1.5 to 2 turns, my front wheels not more than half a turn when I put them in rotation by hand.

Thanks to more extensive use of aluminum, the rear - drive 2016 XF is 132 pounds lighter than the V - 6 2015, and with an all - wheel - drive system that's a claimed 16 percent lighter, that version of the 2016 is down an impressive 265 pounds.

The 2015 Audi RS 3 is composed and compliant going into corners, although the car feels far less lively than the rear - wheel - drive M135i.

The engine, which delivers 365 hp in the Ford F - 150, has proven to be more fuel - efficient than V - 8s and could improve upon the Expedition's current EPA ratings of 14/20 mpg (city / highway) with rear - wheel drive and 13/18 mpg with four - wheel drive.

Other than wear items, I had to replace the rear wheel bearing assemblies at 162,000 mile.

The 10 - spoke wheels are staggered in size, with the rears being larger and wider than the fronts, and wear bespoke Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tires sized 285 / 35ZR19 and 335 / 30ZR20, respectively.

The rear - wheel - drive E250 Bluetec starts at $ 52,325, which is $ 500 less than an E350.

The CS - R3 will also keep the standard rear - wheel drive from the Scion FR - S, rather than switching to the all - wheel - drive arrangement that is common in rallying.

It calls for an investment of more than $ 2 billion in a family of all - new, purpose - built vehicles, which make provisions for rear - wheel drive, all - wheel drive, and rear - wheel steering.

This twin - turbo engine is said to produce «more than» 370 hp and 430 lb - ft of torque, and will pair with a six - speed automatic to put the power to either the rear or all four wheels.

Drum brakes are cheaper to manufacture than disc brakes, because there are fewer moving parts and because in the rear the parking brake (which often works by a drum - and - shoe mechanism even on four - wheel - disc - equipped cars) can share a drum with the «regular» brakes.

competence of the above, but subjectively there feels slightly more to engage with in this car than the rear - wheel drive Carrera.

I've noticed that the manufacturers tend to cover the rear and / or front wheels on the hybrid models more often than the regular vehicles.

Audi even flared the front wheel arches to accommodate the optional 255 / 30R -19 tires, which are almost an inch wider than the rears.

This S550 never felt larger than an E-class from behind the wheel — although anyone lucky enough to steal time in the rear seats would attest to a magnificent improvement in legroom over any E-class.

Plus, the ZDX can vary torque between the left and right rear wheels better than any other vehicle here.

You're not going to take it off - road, you're not going to haul a lot of stuff in it and you're not going to get through snow any quicker than in the stunning rear - wheel - drive only Giulia QF sedan unless you put winters on it (which would work nearly as well on the sedan), so what's Alfa trying to prove with another over-tall performance car?

This car's proportions convey a rear - wheel - drive look while its sinuous curves suggest right - size elegance, which is quite a feat since the front - wheel - drive 2014 Mazda 6 measures slightly larger in all exterior dimensions than a Toyota Camry.

Prosser explains: «Despite channelling more than 500bhp to the rear wheels, the GT has prodigious traction, and the throttle response and rate of acceleration away from the corner is astonishing.»

Because the engine is typically under the hood, cars naturally have more weight on the front wheels than on the rear wheels, and moving the battery under the trunk is a way to combat this uneven weight distribution.

The BMW M6 GT3 is loosely based on the M6 street car, with a 4.4 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 engine providing more than 500 hp and a six - speed sequential transaxle directing power to the rear wheels.

The standard all - wheel drive is a smart system, and the only complaint I have is that it doesn't seem to apportion more torque to the rear wheels than to the fronts as a default.

Mercedes - Benz recently introduced an updated V - Class rear - wheel - drive van in Europe, which is slightly smaller and lower than the Sprinter, more oriented toward passenger duty than cargo hauling.

Unfortunately, it does so in a $ 120,805 hybrid that gets 23 mpg on the highway — the same highway mileage as the all - wheel - drive LS 460 and 1 mpg worse than the rear - drive version.

Not long ago, Hyundai shot for the moon by expanding its lineup with the rear - wheel - drive Genesis — a car intended to emulate midsize luxury cars like the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes - Benz E-Class for less money than either sedan.

Based on the five - door bodystyle (there's no three - door option) it sits square, wearing blistered wheel arches protruding 60 mm and 45 mm further from the body than the standard car at the front and rear respectively, making for an altogether aggressive appearance.