Sentences with phrase «wheel drive cars share»

All full time 4 wheel drive cars share some common characteristics in their handling and road holding abilities.

Not exact matches

The Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) platform the S90 and V90 share with the XC90 also contributes one of the key external design features: a long dash - to - axle distance, which gives the pair of Volvos the proportions of rear - wheel - drive cars despite their front - / all - wheel - drive drivetrains.

«Drivers who get behind the wheels of super-charged cars and drive at speeds of about 200km / h on public roads are endangering their lives, the lives of the people they race against and those of innocent people sharing the road with them.

As the standard car is based on the same MQB platform as the Audi S3, it is speculated that the SQ2 will also share its 306bhp 2 - litre turbocharged four - cylinder and Haldex based all - wheel drive system.

Mick Walsh gets behind the wheel of an historic Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 and in, Potent Perfection, reveals what makes this famous model so special / Doug Nye shares some marvellous glass - plate negatives from the early days of motor sport in Europe and describes the men and machines shown in The motor racing photography of Maurice - Louis Branger / Famous furniture designer Ambrose Heal bought a Sunbeam Twenty new in 1930 and drove it extensively across Europe / This much - loved car is still in the family today, as Matthew Bell discovers in Family Business / Designed and built by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe, the Ford - powered Dellows were among the most successful postwar trials cars.

Now in its second generation, this car shares its platform with the front - wheel - drive Mercedes - Benz CLA, and it does family - style duty in a lot of countries.

The Z5 will share its platform with the upcoming Toyota sports car (possibly dubbed Supra), although the two will not share any sheetmetal and the Japanese version may offer an all - wheel - drive hybrid platform using its electric motor technologies alongside BMW combustion engines.

The mk3 Twingo will be twinned with the new Smart car, and will share its rear - engine, rear - wheel - drive setup.

In any case, when the car comes to market in 2014 it won't have the electrical stuff at first; it will truly be front - wheel drive, like the Minis with which it will share a platform.

It's a strong preview of the first rear - wheel drive car the Korean automaker will build (it'll share its chassis with the -LSB-...]

It's a strong preview of the first rear - wheel drive car the Korean automaker will build (it'll share its chassis with the Genesis sedan from sister company, Hyundai).

What we do know about this alliance so far is that it will bring the development of a new rear - wheel drive platform for small cars and the sharing of diesel and petrol engines between the two groups.

The Countryman is predominately is a front - wheel - driven car like the new BMW X1 that it shares its UKL2 platform with, but it can also power the rear wheels when the terrain is slippery.

Underneath though, the cars share their MFA (Mercedes Front - wheel drive Architecture) platform.

The new 8 - series models will use the familiar BMW group large - car architecture, so much of the hardware is shared with the 5 - series / 7 - series brigade, which points to a choice of rear - and xDrive all - wheel drive and a variety of six - and eight - cylinder engines in various states of tune.

The wheel is built on a hinge so that it can be used from either the left or the right side of the car so that both front occupants could share driving duty without getting up.

The race car and production model also share a similar 90 - degree V8 engine configuration and feature rear wheel drive, meaning that the ZL1 you can find at dealerships has a strong link to the one on the track.

With the shared desire to provide the dream and joy of cars, TMC and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (owners of the Subaru - brand) worked together to develop the 86 as a unique rear - wheel - drive vehicle, with intuitive handling, that embodies the essence of driving enjoyment.

Top vehicles here share many drivetrain features of passenger cars, but often come with all - wheel - drive and more cargo space.

Our top picks share drivetrain features of passenger cars, but often with all - wheel - drive and more cargo space.

The Coupé's second heartline, also shared with the Convertible, begins at the rear edge of the door, swelling outwards and upwards to create a visually strong wheelarch, emphasising the car's rear - wheel drive layout, before dropping vertically through the tail lamp.

It's the electric version of Smart's smaller model, based on a rear - wheel drive platform it shares with the European Renault Twingo, and is Mercedes» answer to the compact city car that BMW offers with Mini.

Built on GM's global small - car platform and considered an «entry - level» model, the front - wheel - drive G5 comes in two trim levels, each sharing an improved 2.2 - liter four - cylinder engine, but with differing suspension setups.

The car shares its drivetrain with the A45 AMG, and it will include an AMG 2.0 - litre four - cylinder twin - scroll turbocharged petrol engine, 4MATIC all wheel drive, SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7 - speed transmission with paddle shifters, AMG sports suspension with independently developed front and rear axles, electromechanical AMG speed - sensitive sports steering, AMG high - performance braking system, three - stage ESP with «SPORT Handling» mode.

With all - wheel drive and a hedonistic luxury quotient, Bentley's Continental GT models also perform like the sports cars with which they typically share garages.

It behaves like a rear - drive car until the Porsche Traction Management feature (PTM) decides that the front wheels need to share the load.

A 1.0 interior is the same as any other mid-range Fiesta: materials a step up from the typical plastics suitable for toys, a steering wheel that could easily be shared in a pricier, larger car, and good driving position and ergonomics.

The cars will share a common rear - wheel - drive platform, key chassis components and electric architecture.

The car not only speaks to the customers» needs, but also to the economies of scale because the rear - wheel drive architecture is shared with the future 3, 5 and 7, each with different wheelbase and track width.

No, unlike the larger Octavia, the Rapid does not share its fundamental underpinnings with the Golf, but is instead based on the Fabia's smaller front - wheel drive platform and therefore misses out on the independent rear suspension system seen under Volkswagen's top - seller and many other modern small cars.

Sharing the spotlight in Geneva is the next - generation Mazda3 MPS, one of the world's most powerful front - wheel drive compact cars.

Despite its family resemblance to the little Fiat 500, the 500X shares its mechanical underpinnings with the new Jeep Renegade and that allows Fiat to offer the car with on - demand four - wheel if you want it; though as with cars like the Nissan Qashqai probably most are going to be front - wheel drive.

WASHINGTON, DC — Determined to gain an even larger share of the luxury car market, Mercedes is introducing a new front - wheel - drive sedan, the CLA - Class.

The road variants shared the transverse mid-engine, four - wheel drive layout of the rally car, but had less than half the power; at around 197 hp.

Sharing its predecessor's front engine, rear - wheel drive credentials, the FT - 86 II concept introduces a new generation of sports car which perfectly recaptures the exhilarating spirit of the last Corolla Levin AE 86.

This means families with children of driving age whom share the family car, or groups of friends who all have access to the same vehicle are all covered when they are behind the wheel of the covered car, should it breakdown or require Roadside Assistance.

The controls are appropriately mapped to the DualShock 4 controller with the control scheme consisting of holding R2 to accelerate; pressing L2 to brake; pressing L1 to tow an object; holding R1 to look behind your car; pressing square to engage turbo boost when at least one of the turbo boost meter units is full; double tapping square to be in the zone when all four units of the turbo meter are full; pressing triangle to fire weapons or towed objects at opponents or alternatively pressing triangle when no weapon is equipped to beep your car's horn; pressing downwards on the left analogue stick to enable your car's weapon to be fired backwards at a car behind you; holding O and changing the direction of the left analogue stick to drift; pressing X to jump; pressing upwards on the right analogue stick to drive on two wheels; moving the right analogue stick to the left or right to side bash a car in that respective direction; pressing downwards on the right analogue stick to drive backwards; combining different directions on the right analogue stick to perform a variety of air tricks; changing the direction on the left analogue stick to steer your car; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.

Learning how to be safer in the car by driving defensively is based on learning a mind shift that takes the focus you've had on only your actions behind the wheel and adjusts it to also include all the actual and predicted actions of others you're sharing the road with.