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Mercedes - Benz is considering making India an export base for its front - wheel drive cars which are underpinned by the MFA platform.

Produced by a Swedish automaker the Agera R (Agera meaning to take action and R meaning Racing) is a mid-engine powered all - wheel drive car which is one of the most expensive automobiles on the market at $ 1.6 to $ 1.7 - million.

The Cooper S E ALL4 Countryman is also, as the name points out, an all - wheel drive car which can become RWD when driven in EV mode.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

On Tuesday, his remarkable story continued with his first outing in a race car since the accident, driving a specially - adapted Fun Cup car, which featured steering wheel mounted hand controls.

The two wheel drive system allows for amazing traction and speed: We could easily push the STR to 45 miles per hour and more, which is absolutely amazing and makes it one of the fastest nitro RC cars we've reviewed.

Zielinsky notes that its compact power train system allows the wheels to be positioned near the corners of the chassis, which makes for short front and rear overhangs and a wide track, yielding an overall layout that resembles that of a rear - wheel - drive 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.»

«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.

Top that with the report that Tarantino coerced Thurman into getting behind the wheel of a car for a dangerous driving scene, which crashed and left her with injuries, and it just further goes to show the lengths some actresses will go to bring a director's vision to screen.

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.

But they said my car's alignment has issue (which I kind of feel and the driving wheel is slightly misaligned as well), and the tires threads are almost gone, so I led them replacing the tires and fixing the alignment.

This all wheel drive 528i XDrive is very Well Balanced car which handles on the road very well in all weather, especially in snowy subzero temps & icy road conditions.

The standard all - wheel drive has a rear - wheel bias, which means it feels like a rear - wheel - drive car but the front pair activates when needed and prevents wheelspin.

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.

Last year, there were rumors Fiat Chrysler would sign a deal of some sort with PSA Peugeot Citroen, which has nothing but front - wheel - drive platforms for its passenger cars.

Subaru finally decided to make a prototype car with a very low center of gravity, which eliminated the possibility of all - wheel drive.

Expect the 2017 Kia Cadenza to remain similar in size as the current front - wheel drive sedan, which competes with cars like the Toyota Avalon and Buick LaCrosse.

With a combined economy rating of 28 mpg for the manual and 30 mpg for the automatic, Subaru says the automatic Impreza is the most fuel - efficient all - wheel - drive car you can buy in the U.S. And that newfound thrift carries benefits into other areas, too — for instance, a smaller gas tank allows a flat load floor in the five - door, which is one of the ways that Subaru increased interior volume while maintaining the same footprint as the 2011 model.

This however does not hold true for rear wheel drive vehicles which can have a strong weight transfer (high, soft - suspension cars, as most US vehicles), as the added braking force on the rear wheels without added (weight - transfer caused) friction could cause wheel lockup and possibly loss of control of the vehicle.

We were trying to negotiate some of the road car technology (hybrid all - wheel drive, etc) but it was settled to do GT3, which doesn't allow some of that technology.

After all, this car is the offspring of the 2003 Infiniti G35, the sedan that reinvented Nissan's overall performance identity with its rear - wheel - drive FM («front midship») chassis and VQ V - 6 engine, both of which also found their way to the Nissan 350Z.

«The GT86 CS - R3 promises to be a thrilling car on the rally stages; with rear - wheel drive we can expect some dramatic action which is sure to be entertaining for drivers and fans alike.»

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.

The only compelling reason I can see to consider this car over Civic and Corolla is the all - wheel drive, which is indeed a big bonus in a car that stickers for only $ 17,737.

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You're not going to take it off - road, you're not going to haul a lot of stuff in it and you're not going to get through snow any quicker than in the stunning rear - wheel - drive only Giulia QF sedan unless you put winters on it (which would work nearly as well on the sedan), so what's Alfa trying to prove with another over-tall performance car?

This car's proportions convey a rear - wheel - drive look while its sinuous curves suggest right - size elegance, which is quite a feat since the front - wheel - drive 2014 Mazda 6 measures slightly larger in all exterior dimensions than a Toyota Camry.

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.

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.

This performance car will boast a range of 310 miles, which is the same as the current Model 3 with a single - motor, rear - wheel - drive variant with the long - range battery.

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.

Yes, the brand associated with all - wheel - drive economy cars, most of which were station wagons, conceived a plan to offer a Subaru that could be a German luxury coupe competitor.

The NSX's $ 157,800 starting price with $ 1,800 destination charge puts it in a league with high - end sports cars such as the Audi R8 and Porsche 911 Turbo, though the hybrid system and electrified all - wheel drive also parallel the BMW i8 plug - in hybrid, which lives in this price territory.

But that's okay — you shouldn't be on your phone or drinking anything while driving the 4C, anyway, as that would require having one hand off the wheel, which is not what you want to do in a car this razor's - edge.

So how on earth do you replace a car like the F12, which was surely one of the great front - engined, rear wheel - drive sports cars there has ever been, Amen?

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.

In The Missing Link, Delwyn Mallett gets behind the wheel of the prewar car which bridges the gap between the humble Volkswagen Beetle and a long line of sporting Porsches / Auto - biography: George Cohen — Matthew Bell visits the retired psychiatrist who now devotes his time to driving old cars and building and riding motorcycles, especially single - cylinder Nortons / Douglas Blain takes to the road in a 1946 Talbot - Lago T26 Record, in its day probably the world's fastest saloon and asks, is it The last great Vintage car?

The midsize luxury sedan class is dominated by rear - and all - wheel - drive cars, which mean a large center floor hump.

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.

But Kakinuma was extra excited about the car's new three - chamber adaptive dampers at all four wheels, which can be adjusted according to the selected driving mode.

The sluggishness doesn't pay off much in fuel efficiency: Lexus expects the IS 250 to attain 21/30/24 mpg (city / highway / combined), which matches the old car; all - wheel drive sacrifices 1 mpg overall.

On front driven cars, the motor sits about over the front axles, which means any torque applied to the frame by the motor would not cause an increase or decrease of «weight» on the front wheels, only on the rear wheels.

Towing, yes, there's an evo angle there; all - wheel drive 2 - litre TDI variants can haul trailers of up to 2,500 kg weight (other models are 2,000 kg), which is more than enough whether you're trailering that tatty MX - 5 track hack or a 1973 Lola T330 F5000 car.

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.

Jaguar hasn't offered one since the front - wheel - drive Ford Mondeo - based 2008 X-Type, which was not one of our favorite cars.

First - drive test cars all had the Sport package, which includes a lower - body trim kit and 18 - inch AMG wheels.

A production version of the Stinger would join the Kia K900 sedan, which launched in March and is Kia's first foray into the rear - wheel - drive segment, as premium cars in the brand's showrooms.