Sentences with phrase «wheel drive every time»

Rather than wait for the front wheels to slip before engaging the rear wheels, the system activates all - wheel drive every time the vehicle comes to a stop.

Renault Megane RS Trophy - R is a special edition of the French hot - hatch, freshly introduced and responsible for setting a new front - wheel drive time record on the famous Nurburgring circuit.

There are also a number of hours of actual behind - the - wheel driving time and also few hours of observation required.

Not exact matches

Personally, the highly capable torque - vectoring all - wheel - drive system gave me all the grip I needed when I needed it, while at the same time piping the power to the rear wheels often enough that I didn't want for more grunt.

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.

While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the driver can take their hands off the wheel for brief periods of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.

Powered by three electric motors — one in front and two at the rear — FF 91's all wheel drive system will be capable of blasting off a 0 - 60 mph time of 2.39 seconds, making it the world's quickest electric vehicle.

For people living in rural areas, where wait times for driverless Uber or any kind of public transit are completely unreasonable, yet don't have money to burn an extra $ 10k on their car to make it autonomous, will continue to buy old - fashioned human - driven cars with gas pedals and steering wheels long into the future — and will not accept not being able to drive their cars into cities.

Through it, the occupants of the vehicle can leave the driving to the system, though the cars will still have steering wheels on the times when an occupant will choose to take control.

At the same time, automakers are bringing more pieces of self - driving technology to market while insisting that the driver is responsible for the vehicle's operation and may need to take control of the steering wheel in challenging situations.

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.

He got the truck in 4 - wheel drive just in time to avert an accident.

As well as Stoffel Vandoorne, Fernando Alonso and reserve driver Lando Norris doing some driving duties, two - time champion and F1 legend Mika Hakkinen will also apparently get behind the wheel of a McLaren 720S.

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.

Montoya, the 1999 CART champion and 2000 Indianapolis 500 champion, has returned to open - wheel racing full time, driving the No. 2 car for Penske Racing in the Verizon IndyCar Series this season after seven years in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series.

With 1:02 left and the Giants at their own 39 driving for at least a winning field goal, Cravens was ready for the wheel route this time.

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.

From time immemorial, lawmakers have used pork to grease the legislative wheels — with efforts to ban the practice only driving it underground.

Just in time for the first major Lake Effect snow storm of the season - the Buffalo Police Department has rolled out new all - wheel drive cars.

Every time we have people going into the field, they have to drive a four - wheel - drive vehicle.

Several forward - looking NASA researchers say it is time to abandon the six - wheel - drive mind - set and design probes inspired by the original organic vehicles of exploration: bees, insects, and seeds.

So what I did was I recruited 28 test subjects and had them complete three laps on the game Gran Turismo 3 for PlayStation 2; and they had a steering wheel, an acceleration [and] brake pad to simulate a real driving experience, and I counted the number of crashes they made during each lap, which was the number of times they hit the wall and also the number of times that they deviated from the course.

In the new type of driving simulator, all displays in the cockpit can be activated for real - time interaction: In case the driver moves the steering wheel, if he / she presses the pedal or changes the gear, the pressurized air system equipped with a special force feedback technology will ensure that road bumps or accelerations can be felt.

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.»

Drowsy driving Tired drivers have delayed reaction times, or they doze at the wheel, so driving after a night of poor sleep is a dangerous idea.

The research focused specifically on cell phone use behind the wheel, and it found that people who scored highest on multitasking tests do not frequently engage in simultaneous driving and cell - phone use — probably because they can better focus on one thing at a time.

set of wheels; just in time for another expected snowstorm here in Vancouver... and believe me, it's not the right vehicle for driving in the snow!!

Times have moved on but there is no reason why your knight or princess can not show up today albeit in a four wheel drive or similar vehicle.

I raise angus beef cattle and drive a truck, but in my spare time I like boating 4 - wheeling, fishing and just about anything outdoors.

Shelby drives a car for the time on the track, but has a little trouble with the steering wheel.

This is the first time BMW has ever debuted a car through a video game, allowing Need for Speed Payback players the first opportunity to get behind the wheel of the M5, the first M series to feature xDrive all - wheel - drive system, when the game launches on November 10th worldwide.

Waiting to put it through the wringer are three very different yet extremely capable adversaries: the lightweight, ultra-focused mid-engined Porsche Cayman R, the slick and potent all - wheel - drive Audi TT RS, and the honest - to - goodness Nissan 370Z, here being tested in box - fresh GT Edition specification for the very first time.

As you might expect, the ALL4 remains a front - wheel drive car for most of the time, only diverting power to the rear wheels when necessary.

If you're looking for handling prowess and track times, though, the GT - R's standard all - wheel drive gives it an edge.

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

Our early hunch predicts a quite - satisfying 0 - 60 time, sneaking in below six seconds for either the rear - wheel - drive or 4Matic all - wheel - drive versions.

The next - gen Wrangler is expected to offer a diesel engine and a new full - time four - wheel - drive system, among other upgrades.

That's an incredibly quick «Ring time, regardless of the drive wheels: The 265 Trophy is only 31 seconds off the pace set by Porsche's 911 GT3 RS 4.0, and its time of 8:08 bests many of the top sports cars of the last decade, including the Honda NSX - R and BMW M6.

While both the Q5 and the X3 can muster 0 - 60 times in the mid-6-second range, the NX200t needs 7.0 seconds for the sprint — 7.2 seconds with front - wheel drive (factory times).

All three 2013 GL - Class models continue to channel power through a seven - speed automatic transmission, using Mercedes - Benz's 4Matic full - time all - wheel - drive system.

«For the first time in my life, I was grateful to be in a front - wheel - drive car with stability and traction control,» he recalled.

For the first time ever, the Mercedes - Benz E-Class Cabriolet also comes with optional 4MATIC all - wheel drive.

We've focused on user - friendly cars and crossovers with full - time AWD, so you won't find any trucks with off - road - style, part - time four - wheel - drive systems.

The system is perhaps one of the most significant mechanical upgrades the Focus RS has received over the past two generations, considering it's the first time the model has been driven by all four wheels.

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.

It's unlikely that all of these will be coming to the UK, with the 255bhp 730i and monster four - wheel drive 750d xDrive likely to remain in mainland Europe and other international markets for the time being — unless a significant demand arises.

While there are already two performance variants of the current, seventh - generation Golf — the 210 - hp, front - wheel - drive Golf GTI (220 hp with the optional performance pack) and the 292 - hp, all - wheel - drive Golf R — Volkswagen wants to add a third hot hatch to its lineup when the eighth - generation Golf comes out in three years» time.

Our car had all - wheel drive, and Hyundai hasn't published 0 - 60 times for any but the rear - drive model, so we'll have to wait until we can test it for ourselves to find out.

Since the Legacy was first produced in 1989, the model has featured a boxer engine and symmetrical all - wheel drive, and it is likely that the model will continue to feature the unique drivetrain for some time to come.

Steering feel is still under development — at the time of our drive, the 18 - inch wheel and tire package offered much better feedback and feel than the 19 - inch setup — but we can say this: At its best, the Camaro's rack - and - pinion setup offers little to no kickback, decent (if not spectacular) feel, and a respectable amount of self - centering effort.