Sentences with phrase «uses wide open throttle»

On the Equinox, the Teen Driver app rats out your kid if the car goes too fast, engages traction control, or uses wide open throttle.

You would waste more energy having to use a wide open throttle for cruising - instead many cars have an overdrive.

Not exact matches

The Z06's eight - speed is nine pounds lighter than the six - speed automatic in the Stingray thanks to the use of aluminum and magnesium, and Chevy claims that it can crack off shifts under wide - open throttle quicker than the PDK dual - clutch automatic in the Porsche 911.

However, Edo does not merely use the butterfly valves to produce an incredible exhaust note at wide - open throttle.

The 2.3 - litre EcoBoost four - cylinder uses Ford's transient overboost technology, allowing torque to be increased for wide - open throttle acceleration.

In addition, parents can use the Teen Driver in - vehicle report card to know about the distance driven, maximum speed reached, overspeed warnings issued, stability control events, antilock braking events, traction control activations, wide - open throttle events and, if equipped and supported, Forward Collision Alerts, Forward Collision Avoidance Braking events and Tailgating Alerts.

Similar to the five - speed, it uses the torque management system to smoothly execute quick wide - open - throttle up shifts and down shifts.

The completely revised engine uses direct injection — or what Nissan calls its Direct Injection Gas system, or DIG for short — to provide better wide - open throttle performance, improved fuel economy, and cleaner emissions performance.

The use of Atkinson cycle, too, reduces the V6's fuel appetite, particularly in cold climates or during wide - open throttle (WOT) situations.