Sentences with phrase «wheel drive cars use»

Some 4 wheel drive cars use a centre viscous coupling unit that will provide most power to the rear wheels unless the amount of torque being supplied to the rear wheels is in excess of the traction limits of the rear tyres, such as in a Lamborghini Murciélago.

Not exact matches

The three - wheeled car weighs about 1,200 pounds and features a single - cylinder 7 - hp engine that uses either diesel or ethanol and networked batteries to drive two electric motors, giving it the equivalent of 16 hp and a max speed of about 70 mph.

The cars, which are equipped with the same software used in Google's previous generation of self - driving Lexus vehicles, are designed to work without a steering wheel or pedals.

In December, the California DMV released draft rules allowing self - driving cars to be used on public roads but requiring a person to remain behind the wheel.

«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.

However using the drunk driver example / metaphor, I have no problem with anyone getting behind the wheel of a car too inebriated to drive facing consequences with restrictions on their licence or even jail time.

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.

Earlier this year a group of researchers proved that a hacker could conceivably use a cell phone to unlock a car's doors and start its engine remotely, then get behind the wheel and drive away.

A plug - in hybrid electric uses a traction - drive power electronics system to propel the car forward by providing force to the car's wheels and has a charger for recharging the high - voltage battery when it is plugged into the power grid.

«Often, it turns out that a driver just drives off the road or into another car, without even turning the wheel or using the brakes or gas,» Speck says.

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Alfa Romeo's version of the car — ostensibly called the Alfa Romeo Spider, a name long tied to sporty, spritely rear - wheel drive roadsters until it was applied to a front - wheel drive car in 1995 — won't necessarily use the same engines as its Mazda sibling.

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.

That car used the first iteration of Audi's Quattro all - wheel - drive system and housed a 160 - hp turbo five - cylinder under its long hood.

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.

Don't get us wrong, the notion of a 600bhp all - wheel drive XE with touring car - style bodywork and liberal use of carbonfibre is extremely tempting, but a rival for the BMW M3 and Mercedes - AMG C 63 S would be more relevant — Project 8 has a huge price tag and a limited production run.

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.

Cadence braking (releasing the brakes when the wheels lock and reapplying) is an advanced driving technique which should not be required at all when using a car with ABS because that system does it for you.

However if you're used to the way a rear - wheel drive car looses grip under power, performing a slide with Drift Mode on takes some getting used to — instead of backing off the throttle slightly to regain some control, maintaining full throttle doesn't feel very natural.

The Miata has Mazda's second implementation of rack - mounted electric power steering The first application was in the RX - 8, but while most modern Mazdas use electric power steering, it's really tricky to fit rack - mounted systems in front - wheel - drive cars.

Its 2.0 - liter turbo - four produces 235 hp and 258 lb - ft, but because that car is based on a front - wheel - drive platform, the engine would need to be redesigned for use in the rear - wheel - drive IS.

Per GT - R tradition, the new car (which does not use the Skyline name like its predecessors) is equipped with an advanced all - wheel - drive system.

This app allows you to request a driver to find his way to your car using your GPS co-ordinates, who will then take the wheel and drive you home.

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.

The same lightweight rear - wheel - drive architecture used for the CT6 underpins the Escala, although the stately show car is 6.5 inches longer, 2.7 inches wider, and features a wheelbase that's 4.7 inches longer.

Kia today used its Detroit auto show conference to roll out something it's never shown before: A two - door, rear - wheel - drive sports car that could put the Subaru BRZ and Scion FR - S on notice.

There is also an all - wheel - drive mode that uses the electric motor in the rear axle in combination with the gasoline engine that powers the front wheels, and the driver can also choose to save the car's battery power for later electric - only driving.

We don't yet know what transmissions the car will use, but the Quadrifoglio will be available with either rear - or all - wheel drive.

People in a four - seasons climate that want to use their 505 - hp car on a daily basis may need that all - wheel - drive system and those who shuttle their children daily may want the small additional amount of cargo space that comes from the Stelvio's five - door design.

Those two cars, previously the champs in this regard, use four - wheel drive to mask an inherent weight - distribution problem — and their AWD systems add a tremendous amount of weight.

Both cars use a ZF 8 - speed automatic (the Bimmer offers an optional 6 - speed manual, which Jaguar only offers in the four - cylinder XE) and both are available with all - wheel drive (my XE test car was a rear - driver).

But lately CEO Elon Musk has been trying to boost sales with nothing but old - school strategies such as offering all - wheel - drive, more horsepower and making inflated claims about autonomous driving capabilities and using an app to try to eliminate range anxiety on the one car he offers.

DPC works at all speeds, not just during insane cornering, and it helps steer the car using the rear wheels even in normal driving.

With a low introductory price, a host of engines including a supercharged 6.2 - liter V - 8 churning out 650 horsepower and 650 lb - ft of torque, and its rear - wheel drive layout, the Camaro is one of the most heavily used cars on the SEMA floor.

The handling is relatively balanced for a front - wheel - drive car, and the steering, which used to be limp and light, now has genuine feel and feedback.

This means being confident and positive, getting the car set up early for a corner, trail braking, even backing it in a touch (something helped by a lot of rear brake bias on this car) so that you oversteer slightly before the apex and then drive through using the huge traction of the four - wheel drive (split 50:50).

The Ford Focus RS will sit atop the Focus lineup, with considerably more power and performance than the 252 - hp, front - wheel - drive Focus ST.. Its advanced all - wheel - drive system uses a Dynamic Torque Vectoring function to make for sharp handling, and the car includes four different drive modes — normal, sport, track, and our favorite, drift mode.

The four - wheel - drive version uses a torque - vectoring rear differential to mitigate understeer, and it replaces the front - wheel - drive car's torsion - beam rear suspension with an independent setup.

Sadly, despite using parts almost entirely from Volvo's own parts bin, the chipped C30 doesn't come close to the fantastic, all - wheel - drive, 405 - hp C30 Polestar concept car.

Still, the car's XDS differential — a pseudo limited - slip differential that uses the brakes to nibble away at the inside front wheel's progress to force drive to the outer wheel — really helps the Up continue on the trajectory you wish.

That power goes through either just the rear wheels, or all four with the optional all - wheel - drive system, using a ZF eight - speed transmission like the ones found in Chrysler's large rear - wheel - drive cars.

I'm looking at used SUVs since my last car died 3 months ago (20 yr old Honda Accord), specifically looking at vehicles like the Honda CR - V or Toyota RAV4.I know AWD and 4WD = All Wheel Drive and 4 Wheel Drive but is 2WD the same as FWD (which I know is Front Wheel Drive)?

Built on the new Lexus GA - L rear - wheel - drive luxury - car platform, the LC 500h uses an aluminum for the hood, door skins, and front suspension towers, and carbon fiber for the door structures, trunklid, and roof.

Two engines, three four - wheel - drive systems The Grand Cherokee is the first vehicle to use Chrysler's new Pentastar V - 6, an engine that is set to replace a total of seven different six - cylinders currently used in the company's cars, minivans, and trucks.

The ES 300h was new for the 2013 model year, and the front - wheel - drive car uses the same hybrid system as the Toyota Camry Hybrid to get its EPA - estimated 40/39/40 mpg city / highway / combined.

Shrinking a car beneath the size of the Jaguar XE requires, according to Callum, switching to longitudinal engine arrangement (as often used in front - wheel - drive cars).

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.

Nonetheless, the 2017 Buick LaCrosse is expected to remain a front - or all - wheel - drive car, and will likely use an updated version of Buick's Epsilon chassis.

Whereas those cars all have a W - shaped twelve - cylinder engine driving all four wheels, the Mulsanne uses the massive V - 8 and rear - wheel - drive configuration of its predecessor.