Sentences with phrase «wheel drive feels»

While it is true that rear wheel drive endears itself better to enthusiasts, most drivers if not all will agree that all - wheel drive feels safer and more sure - footed especially in the wet and over unfamiliar roads.

Curiously, other than in steady state driving (when the rear axle is effectively disconnected in the name of efficiency) the rear wheels actually rotate slightly faster than the fronts, which is what gives the Ford its rear - wheel drive feel through the corners.

Gliding over potholes is one thing, but the all - wheel drive felt sure on the road.

SPORT provides a sporty, rear - wheel drive feel and CORSA is suitable for maximum track performance.

The all - wheel drive system works without a constant reminder that the car is all - wheel drive, instead giving the car a bit of a rear - wheel drive feel; that's a good thing.

Not exact matches

The Jag proved to be surprisingly competent on rough terrain with its advanced all - wheel - drive system providing solid traction and good feel.

Luxury partnerships like this one might have a more niche market — those who already drive new BMWs — but that market can afford to match their gear to their wheels, making this feel like an authentic partnership for the design - minded.

The look on his face made me feel no better about my turn and as Will went to get behind the wheel himself, I was being driven around the track for three exhilarating laps at full - speed by professional driver and instructor, Sam.

Aside from the height (although I don't know how I really feel about that now that we get to snap in a baby carrier again), I missed one major thing about my SUV: The 4 Wheel Drive.

See The Shipwreck at Shipwreck Beach If you're feeling adventurous and still have the keys to your 4 - wheel - drive, stay in the neighborhood of North Lanai and make your way to Kaiolohia.

It is sturdy and almost feels like an all wheel drive vehicle.

I feel like I can get behind the wheel of a car without worrying about whether I'll stay awake during the drive to the lactation consultant's office.

When Spirit's six wheels were operating, he said, the rover team felt a «relentless imperative» to drive it.

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.

While acceleration is a tad slower than some might want it is a large piece of machinery that you are driving and that is felt first thing when getting behind the wheel.

There's a clear lack of contents (but updating is constant), but when it's just you, the driving wheel and the never - ending battle with the track, you will feel the rally experience like in those sweet days of the Colin McRae saga.

At its headiest, it's like Singin» in the Rain with a souped - up engine, but even if Baby is the Gene Kelly of the getaway car, watching Baby Driver always feels like watching someone else do the driving rather than being behind the wheel yourself.

Drive reaches the front wheels via a six - speed automated manual transmission that offers manual and automatic modes, so any driver will feel right at home behind the wheel.

It does understeer more than the tail - happy Giulia, but it feels far more connected than a Jaguar F - Pace, and that understeer can be corrected with a little extra throttle input to get the all - wheel - drive system to pull you through the corner.

In many ways the Aston and Corvette are the most comparable cars here, with oversize engines in the front driving the rear wheels, but the Aston feels slightly short geared where the Corvette is long and the Vantage is compact and confidence inspiring where the ZR1 is intimidating.

The GT comes standard with a performance steering setup and turning the wheel did feel a bit better than in the SXT, but the all - wheel drive system rarely let its presence be known (an unsurprising consequence of perfectly dry summer roads) and its on - road demeanor was not noticeably different.

While it is about 500 pounds heavier than a Giulia Quadrifoglio due to the additional sheet metal and all - wheel drive as well as lacking the sedan's carbon - fiber hood and roof, it still feels tossable and light, without the top - heavy tippyness that just about every SUV exhibits.

All 911 GTS models come with the wider all - wheel - drive body, but they somehow feel even broader in back thanks to that sense of stability.

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.

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.

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.

VW's 4Motion all - wheel drive eliminates a lot of the torque steer you get with a GTI, meaning the Golf R feels usably faster.

Even with the less than ideal driving position imposed by the stuck steering wheel, you get in, clunk the still vault - solid door shut and drive away feeling immediately in - sync.

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.

Although the M550i offers an enjoyable soundtrack and an impressive all - wheel - drive setup that feels like a rear - drive one, some will find the package to be overly effortless and «not M enough.»

The 2015 Audi RS 3 is composed and compliant going into corners, although the car feels far less lively than the rear - wheel - drive M135i.

competence of the above, but subjectively there feels slightly more to engage with in this car than the rear - wheel drive Carrera.

Both Lieberman and track driver Randy Pobst said the Z / 28 felt much more alive and exciting, because the six - speed manual transmission and rear - wheel - drive setup rewarded spirited driving and skill.

The end goal, Audi claims, was to marry the chassis balance and steering feel of a rear - wheel - drive car with the grip and idiot - proof nature of all - wheel drive.

Just before he drove out, he noticed that the steering wheel was not correctly inserted on the column — which solved the mystery of why the steering felt broken...

With traction control set to either its intermediate «R» mode or switched off entirely, it felt like a rear - wheel drive supercar, looking to break away at the slightest tickle of the throttle when the steering was loaded up.

Feeling the need to taste a little danger and get my four - wheel - drive fix, I pointed the Xplore north and drove to the Hungry Valley off - road area.

The Miata is so well balanced, so we tried to make it feel even more rear - wheel drive while not tipping the scale to where we've got too much weight on the rear.

The chassis retains the sense of lightness and immediacy that made the first R8 such a pleasure to drive and the Quattro four - wheel drive system finds massive traction without ever making the car feel leaden or lifeless.

There are drawbacks to the car as well (iDrive is a little clunky with no Bluetooth streaming for 06», all - wheel drive changes the steering feel a little, and it takes a bit to learn the controls by feel as cruise control and the blinkers are right next to each other on the left side of the column).

So far, much like trying to get a rear - wheel drive car sideways but it's once the Focus has started to slide that it begins to feel unique to the RS.

Neither mode makes the RS feel like a proper rear - wheel drive car, but no other 4WD car offers this level of riotous playfulness.

It's a big bus of course, weighing in at nearly 1.7 tons, but in my book this works to its advantage: with its four - wheel drive hooked - up, the big Lambo feels almost «planted» on the road, which always inspires confidence.

XDS is sort of an electronic substitute for a mechanical limited - slip differential that measures data from each wheel sensor; if it feels less pressure on one wheel than the other, the system applies braking to the driven inside wheel to reduce understeer.

I'm not sure if this feature is nostalgically cool yet, like Aviator sunglasses, or just an outdated way to select four - wheel drive, but I felt satisfied every time I engaged it.

Sandon Voelker, our videographer and WRX STI owner, borrowed our BRZ for a weekend to see how the rear - wheel drive sports car felt in comparison to his all - wheel drive turbocharged hatchback.

Curb weight is still around three tons for a four - wheel - drive Navigator, and acceleration feels as strong as with the prior V - 8: quick enough, but not overwhelmingly powerful.

Very few four - wheel - drive cars feel so alive.

It isn't as heavy as its sibling X3 crossover I tested the week prior, and during high - speed driving the steering wheel feels incredibly natural and intuitive — like a good sports car's.

Quattro all - wheel drive has a 40/60 torque split (front / rear), giving the car more of a sporty rear - wheel - drive feel