Sentences with phrase «wheel drive platform architecture»

BMW Active Tourer will be powered by three and four - cylinder turbo engines and will sport the new front - wheel drive platform architecture.

Under the hood, the BMW 1 Series Gran Turismo will be powered by three and four - cylinder turbo engines and will sport the new front - wheel drive platform architecture.

Not exact matches

If Alfa shed itself of its Fiat front - wheel - drive platforms and developed its own rear - wheel - drive architecture, Marchionne figured, it could compete with BMW at cut - rate prices.

The bodywork is simply a design concept, but the platform represents a new rear - wheel - drive architecture in the making at Cadillac.

The MFA replaces the previous sandwich - floor platform that the current A - and B - Class hatchbacks use, and is a modular architecture that can be enlarged, adapted for all - wheel - drive, and compatible with many different body styles and powertrain options.

BMW's smallest SUV moves from the rear - wheel - drive 3 Series architecture to a front - wheel - drive platform shared with the MINI Cooper.

The obvious platform would be the new rear - wheel - drive architecture that Alfa Romeo has developed for a series of models, including the BMW 3 Series - size Giulia, a 5 Series competitor, and replacements for the Dodge Challenger and Charger.

The XC60 benefits from its space - saving front - wheel drive architecture, the GLC is based on the rear - wheel - drive C - Class platform.

The X1 sheds the rear wheel drive platform of the 3 Series in favor of the new UKL modular platform, the same architecture that underpins the MINI Cooper and BMW 2 - Series Active Tourer.

The new ute shares its basic architecture with the upcoming Fiat 500X, itself a 500L platform modified for all - wheel drive.

Third, the 2 Series Coupe and Convertible will remain on a rear - wheel drive platform — the 35up architecture which launches with the upcoming G30 5 Series.

It is unclear what architecture GM would use for the H4, but a source says it will not be a front - wheel - drive vehicle, ruling out the platform used for the Saturn Vue.

«The new small - car platform architecture includes an all - wheel drive option,» Erich Schmitt, president of Seat said.

LONDON — The 2016 Porsche Panamera will share its body architecture with the third iteration of Bentley's Continental family, by using a special version of the Volkswagen Group's front - engine, rear - wheel - drive MSB platform, Edmunds has learned.

The LC 500h is the first Lexus to benefit from the company's all - new, premium rear - wheel drive platform; part of a new corporate global architecture for luxury vehicles (GA - L).

As the first of the Alfa Romeo product renaissance to feature the all - new «Giorgio» architecture, Alfa Romeo engineers designed a lightweight rear - wheel - drive platform with a low center of gravity — all to deliver the high - performance and precision expected from an Alfa Romeo.

Revealed just ahead of its debut in Shanghai, Audi's smallest crossover shares platform architecture and powertrain elements with the Volkswagen Tiguan, but will roll onto the scene wearing its own unique sheetmetal and a luxuriously appointed cabin with seating for five, along with gasoline and diesel engines and the choice of front - or all - wheel drive.

In the compact segment alone, Mercedes will present 8 new models based on the second generation of the MFA architecture (modular front - wheel drive platform).

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

In late 2011, Mercedes launched the third generation of the A-Class (W 176), which ditched the sandwich architecture and adopted a classic modular platform with transverse mounted engines and front - wheel drive: the MFA platform, that also underpins the next - generation A-Class in a heavily updated variant..

The modular platform architecture follows the same theory as the much talked about MQB underpinnings of traverse - engine - mounted models like the Golf, but applies it to longitudinal, front - engined and all - wheel drive models.

The new one sits on the new front - wheel - drive architecture platform from the BMW Group - a major change from the Bavarian company.

I can't wait to see it on the road, and with its Mustang platform - based roots and rear - wheel drive architecture, it's promising to be great to drive as well.»

Built on the company's all - new global architecture for luxury vehicles (GA — L), the premium rear - wheel drive platform — an extended version of that used in the LC 500 — will offer a more dynamic experience on the road.

While the Munich - based cabriolet runs on the dynamic rear - wheel drive architecture, the respective Ingolstadt - based offering drives the wheels via a front - wheel drive platform.

The Veloster is still front - wheel drive but now rides on the latest and greatest Elantra platform, which figures to be a massive improvement over its previous architecture.

BMW's entry level crossover model abandons the (former) 3 - Series platform to ride on the front - and all - wheel drive UKL1 architecture found on the German brand's own 2 - Series Active and Grand Tourer minivans, as well as the MINI hatchback.