Sentences with phrase «tyre sidewalls»

It looks far smaller in the metal than it appears in photographs, with a wheelbase similar to a Mini, and its 18in wheels appear far bigger in reality courtesy of some neat design illusion, extending the spokes onto the tyre sidewalls.

And while the ride remains firm but excellently damped, any potholes or ruts you do encounter will be communicated with a bit more vigour, smaller tyre sidewalls the likely culprit.

With the optional 18 - inch alloy wheels there's an unyielding quality to the Alfa's low - speed ride around town that a more generous tyre sidewall may mitigate, but it's not something that anyone interested in a sports saloon would baulk at, and it's more comfortable than a Jag XE.

Our long - term test car suffered a buckled alloy and damaged tyre from one pothole, a mixture of the hole's deepness and the lack of suspension give (and, indeed, tyre sidewall) the likely reason.

Not exact matches

It deals with rough roads remarkably well, the suspension and the tyres» high sidewalls absorb the worst potholes.

Tires (or tyres) are marked as www / hhRdd where www is the tread width in mm, hh is the sidewall height as a percentage of width and dd is the inner diameter in inches.

The larger, optional wheels come with better tyres, but the lower profile sidewall will affect the Q2's plush ride

So lower the car by 30 - 40 mm, use semislick tyres and stiff up the compression and the car will be much better on track... The bad side of the R&T kit, both aftermarket and OE, is that there's no front camber adjustments, so you end up eating the tire sidewalls.

The power piled in so hard and the rear tyres hooked up so completely that I imagined their sidewalls buckling like they do on dragsters, a sensation fostered by a hint of squirm from the rear.

It rides well, as if it's riding on more rubber than the sidewall of the 195/40 R17 tyres actually gives you.

It rode better too thanks to redesigned suspension and Mazda's choice of running softer sidewall tyres to better absorb high - frequency bumps.

However, with such firm suspension and very little body roll, the Mini seems to fall onto the tyre's sidewalls.

got a slight cut in the sidewall of the tyre.

Today I hit kerb quite hard and a chunk of rubber removed from the sidewall of the tyre.

The damping feels fabulous, the low - speed ride displaying an almost oily suppleness, belying the stiff - sidewalled tyres that barely smear themselves around the 17in rims.

The engineer can play about with the material, the architecture, the angles of ply we are going to use, and the shape of the tyre — on the sidewalls it's round, but across the tread it's more or less flat.

You can now choose to have the sidewall of your P Zero tyres embellished with a coloured stripe.

The tyre was an enhancement on the Michelin X, using more sipes and a flexible sidewall for improved ride comfort.

The striking new SUV has improved approach, departure and break - over angles, thanks to long - travel dampers and revised knuckles and tyres with higher sidewalls.

Considering the skinniness of the tyres» sidewalls and the performance - tweaked suspension, the Cupra is surprisingly compliant when the dampers are left in Comfort mode.

There's no doubt smaller wheels with meatier sidewall tyres would give that crucial extra degree of compliance and improve the «secondary» ride.

The Urus I drove on the road course was shod with the humongous 23 inch alloys, but the Pirelli P Zero tyres (285/35 ZR23 Front, 325/30 ZR 23 rear) have vulnerably slim sidewalls.

All safety features are standard across variants and offer key features like rear view camera, airbags, ABS with brake assist, Attentiveness Assistant, Cornering Brake Control, Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) including Dynamic Traction Control (DTC), runflat tyres with reinforced sidewalls and others.

To give the Duster its due, it really is very good for relaxed cruising when its smooth ride quality can come to the fore, helped by big, deep tyres with lots of sidewall to absorb road surface imperfections.

Also, it looks like the car is not running on the standard low - profile tyres of the international version but on more «India - friendly» higher sidewall rubber for extra comfort on broken roads.

The xDrive25d (four - wheel drive) variant was riding on 18 - inch alloys and there was marginally more give in the higher - profile sidewalls than those of the 20 - inch tyres optionally fitted to the sDrive25d (rear - wheel drive), but few would pick the difference.

With more flex in the sidewalls, the Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres fitted to the standard M2 were not as effective at absorbing bumps.

Normally, run - flat tyres have very hard sidewalls, essential for maintaining tire shape after a puncture.

The GT - R's tyres have unusually pliant sidewalls, improving steering, agility and ride comfort.

The ride quality is also helped by Mercedes India's decision to use 17» rims instead of 18» or 19» wheels, as the taller sidewall helps improve comfort while reducing chances of tyre failure.

With comfort paramount for the new Flying Spur, a new 19» tyre has been specifically developed, utilising a 12 % relative increase in sidewall height combined with greater vertical compliance to improve impact isolation.

The 330i GT M Sport gets a host of safety features like multiple airbags, ABS with Brake Assist, ISOFIX child seat mounts, tyre pressure indicator, Runflat tyres with reinforced sidewalls, DSC with DTC (Dynamic Stability Control with Dynamic Traction Control) and Cornering Brake Control.