Sentences with phrase «wheel drive cars from»

Like the A Class, the Mercedes CLA Class is based on the MFA platform which will underpin all the front wheel drive cars from Mercedes.

This is the first ever rear - wheel drive car from Audi Sport and it's going to be one of the most exciting cars on the planet when it hits European streets.

Other than the 2 Series Active Tourer and this new X1, we've seen another front - wheel drive car from BMW being tested that's yet to be launched.

Not exact matches

From electric cars that can drive themselves to modernized public transport such as the Hyperloop to human - sized drones and hover boards (real ones, not those silly two - wheeled contraptions that catch on fire), we are entering an era of potentially dramatic change on the transportation front.

To get consumers over the psychological speed bump of letting go of the wheel, the switch from entirely human - operated cars to self - driving vehicles will be gradual.

Handy Motorsport will run a front - wheel - drive Alfa Romeo Giulietta from next season onwards, with fan - favourite Rob Austin behind the wheel of the car.

From Britain comes a revolutionary high - performance car with four - wheel drive and brakes that will not lock up on slippery surfaces

From being fastest by 11 seconds in a wet practice session, to driving his car flat out with three wheels, to managing to win races with an absolute dog of a car (and so much more), Gilles cemented his place as an all - time great.

Egbert, a fan of the hairy Novi supercharged engines that have long excited «500» fans but have never been in a winning car, plans to bestow them upon three different chassis: a four - wheel - drive Ferguson from England, a California - built job of unspecified design and a 1963 Indy model.

It has a «soft drive» system meaning you can steer one - handed over rough terrain with no need to lock the wheels, and it can have a carrycot and car attached too, so can be used from birth.

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In the end, the driving personalities of the two test vehicles, with a few exceptions, were close enough to those of ordinary gasoline - powered cars that if buyers ultimately reject fuel - cell machines, it won't be because the cars seem unfamiliar from behind the wheel.

The angular concept car sported a lot of modern - sounding tech: a hybrid electric / gas power train that drove all four wheels, an onboard computer with digital displays for everything from the speedometer to the radio, and electronic maps to help you navigate traffic snarls.

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.»

The story goes that when Alfred Hitchcock conceived the idea for «North by Northwest» he really just came up with three action set - pieces — Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint hanging from the faces on Mount Rushmore, the cropduster chasing Grant through a cornfield and the sequence that has bad guys pouring liquor down Grant's throat until he's too drunk to drive, then putting him behind the wheel of a car that is sent careening down a mountain.

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.

Apart from a few missing options (this tester didn't have the rear side - window screens, for instance), the biggest difference between this car and the last S550 we tested is the lack of Mercedes - Benz's 4Motion all - wheel - drive system.

With 540 hp from a 3.8 - liter twin - turbo V - 6 engine, a six - speed dual - clutch transmission, and an electronically controlled all - wheel drive system, the car defines the word «fast.»

Despite having all - wheel drive, the Golf R behaves like a front - wheel - drive car because it doesn't direct more torque to the rear wheels; under light loads and when coasting, the rear wheels are decoupled from the driveshaft to improve gas mileage.

However, Bell is let down by the GT - R's flat engine note, and the fact that it's all - wheel - drive system is obvious and ever - present, unlike the Audi R8 he recently drove that felt like a rear - drive car with occasional help from the front wheels.

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.

Taking inspiration from the Porsche 959, a car he admired greatly, he asked his team to develop a hi - tech four - wheel - drive system.

The VIII introduced the basic blueprint that continues with today's Evo X: feisty turbo four - cylinder engine, computer - regulated all - wheel - drive system, grip - biased suspension, assorted hardware and cosmetic bits seemingly plucked from a race car.

This is not a car I'd want under any circumstances, but if there are inexpensive all - wheel - drive hybrids years from now, it will be because this and other over-the-top models exist now.

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.

Reports from earlier this year suggest that the new Supra will likely be based on the same platform as the next BMW Z4, with power coming from either a BMW - sourced turbocharged engine or a hybrid drivetrain, possibly with front - wheel electric motors which could endow the rear - wheel - drive sports car with all - wheel drive.

Cursed with a tiny engineering budget, Aldikacti had relied heavily on the GM parts bin to get the car built, and the Fiero's plastic body panels and innovative spaceframe construction hid the front suspension and brakes of a rear - wheel - drive Chevette and a rear suspension derived from the strut - type front suspension of a front - wheel - drive Chevrolet Citation.

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The output of the 4.4 - litre, twin - turbo V8 has risen to 592bhp (600ps), an uplift of 40bhp, while torque has risen even more, from 501 to 553 lb ft, presumably because all - wheel drive means the car can handle more.

The all - wheel drive takeoff is from a clutch pack in a transfer case at the back of the gearbox and although the car is rear - drive in most circumstances, in default all - wheel drive mode, torque can be sent to the front pre-emptively when the car thinks the extra traction will help, or in response to rear slip.

The really clever bit is the active centre differential, because that clutch can be anything from 100 % locked open - making the car rear - wheel drive only - to completely closed (effectively 50:50 split).

It finds tremendous traction, even away from the tightest corners, and it never tugs itself across the road in the way that some high - powered front - wheel drive cars tend to.

But the biggest gains come from relaxed technical regulations for two - wheel - drive cars, designed to help close the gap between two - and four - wheel drive machines.

Based heavily on the Pirelli World Challenge race car that was used from 2014 to 2016, the all - wheel drive race car has been tuned, again like the NSX and TLX A-Spec, for the hill climb's unique characteristics.

It's the only car of the trio that boasts all - wheel drive (Mercedes offers it on the S63 AMG but not the comfort - oriented S600), which means it can more frequently make use of the 590 lb - ft of torque from its sonorous and eager - to - rev 6.0 - liter W - 12.

From minor software updates to the addition of all - wheel drive, Tesla has continued to tweak and refine its pioneering electric sedan into something any car shopper would lust after.

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.

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Thanks to its four - wheel drive it's the heaviest car here at 1569 kg — 220 kg up on the SEAT and 150 kg more than the Type - R — but even this can't stop the RS from being the fastest to 60mph from rest, and by quite a margin.

Porsche and Bentley, on the other hand, will soon be linked by MSB, a new modular rear - wheel - drive / all - wheel - drive architecture that will be the foundation of the new Porsche Panamera, the Bentley Continental GT replacement, and the proposed two - seater sports car from Crewe based on the EXP 10 Speed 6 concept.

A few of us have done just that: No sooner had I finished driving the car 460 miles from Kentucky to Michigan than road test editor Chris Nelson climbed behind the wheel and sped off to Chicago.

It's far too tame to trouble that special GTI and, as a result, far from the top of the best handling front - wheel drive cars pile.

And that's the brilliance of this car — you drive it, and it lets you drive it hard, with clear and unfiltered messages from the road filtering up through the wheel and seat.

Other rumors suggest Tesla will launch an all - wheel - drive version of the Model S, with the «D» signifying a dual - motor drivetrain borrowed from the upcoming Model X. Either way, the new car appears to have the same basic front fascia design as the existing Model S. Tesla will soon have even more production capacity to build a greater range of all - electric models, once its Gigafactory battery manufacturing facility comes online, so it's not surprising that the company will reveal a new vehicle.

The 2015 Infiniti Q70 emerges from its update with new styling and a slightly modified suspension, but the car's 330 - hp, 3.5 - liter V - 6 and beefy 420 - hp, 5.6 - liter V - 8 stick around, both mated to a seven - speed automatic transmission and available all - wheel drive.

New suspension, developed by German firm KW, includes adjustable dampers, and since the Stormtrooper is currently a concept car and Dodge couldn't afford to transform it from front to four - wheel drive, the rear suspension was beefed up with a fatter anti-roll bar to limit understeer and make the handling more neutral.

When the next Cube debuts at the L.A. auto show in November, a version of the Nissan Versa's 122 - hp, 1.8 - liter four will live under the hood, and the car's basic bones will come from Nissan's front - wheel - drive B platform, also used for the Versa.

In order to create a staff car for the Swedish Army, Volvo took the bodyshell from its homely PV800 taxi cab — nicknamed sugga, which translates to «sow» — and married it to a rough - and - tumble four - wheel - drive truck chassis.

From the outside, this 2635 - pound, rear - wheel - drive car looks substantial, though it measures only 157.4 inches long, 69.9 inches wide and 62.1 inches tall on a wheelbase of 101.2 inches.

Sprague said the K900 will serve as a test case for consumers» reaction to rear - wheel - drive cars from Kia and could influence if the brand expands in that area.