Sentences with phrase «wheel drive car at»

Boasting at least 280 horsepower from a turbocharged, 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine, the 2015 Honda Civic Type R wants the claim of being the fastest front - wheel drive car at the Nurburgring.

Volkswagen was also able to fine - tune the ESC software on this basis: even though the traction control intervenes later in the Golf GTI Clubsport S and the torque is reduced less, when it does intervene, the «wheel hop» of the front wheels, typical of powerful front - wheel drive cars at maximum acceleration, is practically eliminated.

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You'll never have to look down at your iPhone again while driving because your car will be an iPhone on wheels.

This primarily makes the car harder to drive at low speeds and for parallel parking, but does not materially affect control at high speed, where only small steering wheel force is needed.

Parking by a self - driving car — without a human at the wheel — is a complex problem that researchers at virtually all car makers are trying to solve.

Autopilot, she wrote, can't actually drive the car, but it lets consumers keep their hands off the steering wheel for minutes at a time.

The car's driver sits at a 45 - degree angle while she drives, an angle determined by NASA to be optimal for driving, and the steering wheel has an embedded dock for your smartphone.

Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation at the Automotive Hall of Fame on Friday allowing for the testing of self - driving cars without a steering wheel, brake pedal, or human in the front seat.

«Riders will be able to use a Waymo app to hail one of our fully driving, self - driving cars without a driver at the wheel,» she said.

Uber said its self - driving cars, which require a person at the wheel to monitor or control them, did not fall under that strict definition.

Tom Coronel was driving during FP1 for the FIA World Touring Car Championship round at Vila Real when his car suffered a left - front wheel failuCar Championship round at Vila Real when his car suffered a left - front wheel failucar suffered a left - front wheel failure.

Even on the vast back straight at the Shanghai International Circuit, it's still pretty risky to take both hands off the wheel while driving a Formula 1 car.

Montoya's been driving the Chevrolet - powered, Penske - run car, with Servia at the wheel of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports» Honda - engined version.

Formula E will mark Nissan's first major motorsport project since it built a front - engined, front - wheel drive LMP1 car to race at Le Mans.

I remember one time my mom came to pick us up at the roller rink in my aunt's car, and it had a beeper that went off if the seat belt wasn't pulled, and my mom drove with one hand on the wheel and the other holding the seat belt pulled out so the stupid alarm would stop.

Pros - Looks stylish especially brown leather detailing Very roomy, good for growing baby Easy latch system with isofix, good for car users Spacious storage beneath pram Easy brake system Cons - Car seat does not match rest of pram Slight rock to it Not good for rough pavements best for flat shopping centre type floors otherwise baby is shaking all over the shop (i guess this is where rubber wheels come in) Not good over kerbs no foot tilt to help Handle poor design when folded away the handle scratches on the floor Cant fit into fiesta boot The hood keeps falling backward when walking, not robust to hold itself Could be slightly smoother at turning corners Overall the venti is a good looking pram however due to the comfort of the drive i would not recommend it as a sleeping newborn quickly wakes up due to the rattlicar users Spacious storage beneath pram Easy brake system Cons - Car seat does not match rest of pram Slight rock to it Not good for rough pavements best for flat shopping centre type floors otherwise baby is shaking all over the shop (i guess this is where rubber wheels come in) Not good over kerbs no foot tilt to help Handle poor design when folded away the handle scratches on the floor Cant fit into fiesta boot The hood keeps falling backward when walking, not robust to hold itself Could be slightly smoother at turning corners Overall the venti is a good looking pram however due to the comfort of the drive i would not recommend it as a sleeping newborn quickly wakes up due to the rattliCar seat does not match rest of pram Slight rock to it Not good for rough pavements best for flat shopping centre type floors otherwise baby is shaking all over the shop (i guess this is where rubber wheels come in) Not good over kerbs no foot tilt to help Handle poor design when folded away the handle scratches on the floor Cant fit into fiesta boot The hood keeps falling backward when walking, not robust to hold itself Could be slightly smoother at turning corners Overall the venti is a good looking pram however due to the comfort of the drive i would not recommend it as a sleeping newborn quickly wakes up due to the rattling.

Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, announced last Thursday that in all about 208 state vehicles, including Toyota four - wheel - drives and saloon cars, could not be accounted for.

«It's like driving a car with 50 steering wheels,» says Michiel van de Panne, a computer animation researcher at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, who is one of many trying a new approach to giving robots and video game characters more realistic gaits.

«We find no safe combination of drinking and driving — no point at which it is harmless to consume alcohol and get behind the wheel of a car.»

«We find no safe combination of drinking and driving — no point at which it is harmless to consume alcohol and get behind the wheel of a car,» Phillips said.

We realized very quickly that what we had to do was make it hyper - clear to ourselves that that was not going to work, and the only way to do that was to make a car that has no steering wheel, that has no brake pedal, that has no acceleration and that drives itself all the time from point A to point B at the push of a button.»

Driving a car at Indy — when there's no power steering — is where you need a lot of grip strength to hold on to that wheel.

At its headiest, it's like Singin» in the Rain with a souped - up engine, but even if Baby is the Gene Kelly of the getaway car, watching Baby Driver always feels like watching someone else do the driving rather than being behind the wheel yourself.

Another is put behind the wheel of a remote control car and driven at high speeds through an obstacle course and over a jump.

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.

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

That alone is unusual in a front - wheel - drive car, but the engine is also installed backward and leaning at a 45 - degree angle.

VW hasn't released powertrain details, but the four - wheel - drive car will have to be quick enough to beat a time of 8:57.118 minutes if it wants a shot at being king of the mountain.

One of the most extraordinary and beautiful cars ever to reach production, the world's first hypercar (hitting close to 220mph while the McLaren F1 was still climbing off the drawing board) was vilified at its birth in 1992, by those who'd put down a deposit on its original # 361,000 price (which would rise to over # 400,000 by launch), for not having the 500bhp V12 engine, four - wheel drive and scissor doors promised in the concept and, at nearly 7ft wide, being too big for British roads.

Also, if you have an automatic or a four wheel drive variant then make sure the car should be towed at all.

Actually, it's fair to say that the current Art & Science design vocabulary at Cadillac also has its roots in the front - wheel - drive Eldorado, as a look back at the hard - edged abstract geometry of the 1999 Cadillac Evoq concept car confirms.

At 296bhp, its power output is up 20bhp over the standard Astra VXR, making this the most powerful front - wheel - drive car in Vauxhall's history.

The LP580 - 2 benefits from retuned springs, dampers and anti-roll bars, a revised steering set - up that's said to provide more direct feedback and the weight distribution is slightly different at 40:60 rather than 42:58 as with the four - wheel drive car.

There's a ton of turbo lag, but learn to drive around it and the 900 is a very quick car — and one with surprisingly little torque steer, at least when the steering wheel is pointed straight.

I've fantasized about running an all - wheel - drive Porsche sports car as a year - round driver ever since the Porsche 959 first appeared at the 1985 Frankfurt Auto Show.

We're at the Millbrook Proving Ground because of the new Focus RS and a question, namely how much power can a front - wheel - drive car cope with?

The 3.2 FSI Quattro automatic is the priciest, most potent, and most sophisticated version of the new model range at launch — especially when it is fitted, as was our test car, with high - tech options such as Drive Select, dynamic steering, switchable dampers, lane assist (departure warning), side assist (rearview blind spot detection), adaptive cruise control, adaptive headlights (swiveling xenons), and eighteen - inch wheels shod with 245 / 40 YR -18 Michelin Pilot Sport tires.

The car responded superbly, with enough body roll to keep the adrenaline levels up, but with no hint of mischief from the rear - wheel drive — the car stayed firmly planted to every line I pointed it at.

I saw someone driving my car today (at the car wash) and I noticed after backing up, upon turning left some and moving forward, the front wheel lagged about 4»!!!

The top - of - the - line Platinum model, which starts at $ 59,080, has the dubious distinction of being the most expensive front - wheel - drive new car you can buy.

But the wait is almost over — after numerous concepts and pre-production cars wearing the FT - 86, Scion FR - S, Subaru BRZ names, Toyota has taken the wraps off of its rear - wheel drive project with Subaru and given it an official name (at least for Europe): the GT 86.

There is yet another chapter in the long story that is the promised Subaru / Toyota rear - wheel - drive sports coupe: at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Subaru will preview its version of the performance car with the BRZ Prologue concept.

Wheel horsepower is generally the car's power, measured at the drive wheels.

Despite the size increase, Audi claims that the new car has maintained its weight (although the company is not yet publishing final figures for the U.S. - spec model); if so, then the A8, tipping the scales at some 4400 pounds, will keep its position as the trimmest entry in the all - wheel - drive, ultra-luxe sedan class.

Al Oppenheiser, GM's global rear - wheel - drive platform chief, is predicting that all Camaros will weigh in at about 3750 pounds, and V - 6 cars should achieve a combined fuel economy rating of 26 mpg (thirstier V - 8 engines require premium fuel).

Yet the FR - S is a better and more rewarding car to drive — at least on a handling course; we haven't driven it or the BRZ on public roads yet — than many cars that have turbos, large - displacement engines, transaxles, big rubber, or all - wheel drive.

Safety options include Active Driving Assistant, which encompasses lane departure warning that vibrates the steering wheel when you stray outside of lane lines; frontal collision warning that can brake the car at speeds under 10 mph and pre-load the brakes at higher speeds; and pedestrian warning that uses audible and visual warnings to alert the driver of pedestrians and pre-loads the brakes.

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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.

It's a real privilege to drive this particular example, number six of 250 official UK cars, which belongs to Mitsubishi UK and arrived at our offices with just over 200 miles under its bright white Enkei wheels.