Sentences with phrase «wheel drive unit»

Adding an electric front - wheel drive unit may change the riding experience, especially since this wheel is exceptionally heavier than a standard wheel, and some commenters have expressed concern that the GeoOrbital spokeless wheel may be more delicate than traditional wheels, or cause handling issues because of the higher weight (and because only the rim spins, not the entire wheel).

Rally driver Ken Block was tapped to help tune the torque - vectoring all - wheel drive, which has twin electronically controlled clutch pack on each side of the rear - wheel drive unit, and so the RS and move torque forward and back as well as side to side.

It very likely that Honda will offer a new four - wheel drive unit for the Accord.

With the removal of the quattro all - wheel drive unit, Audi has been able to reduce weight of the car by a significant 140 kgs.

Not exact matches

The Kia Soul is already a huge hit in the U.S. — over 145,000 units were sold here in 2014 — and what better way to broaden this boxy hatchback's appeal than to jump onto the growing crossover wave with an all - wheel - drive, CUV - like version of the Soul?

A 168 - hp, 2.5 - liter base unit is the price leader and comes with front - wheel drive only.

The all - wheel - drive system uses twin electronically controlled clutch packs on each side of the rear drive unit to manage the front - rear split as well as side - to - side torque vectoring on the rear axle.

The new all - wheel - drive unit uses an electronically controlled twin - clutch system fitted to the rear axle, which can divert up to 70 percent of available torque to the rear wheels.

We're wondering how the Alfa Romeo 6C and Maserati Alfieri will avoid stepping on each other's toes given the similarities in styling and powertrain, but it seems like the Alfieri will go for broader appeal with its optional all - wheel drive; the Alfa Romeo 6C will be a more exclusive model with a limited production run capped at a few thousand units.

As with the IS - F, the V8 drives through an 8 - speed automatic box and a torsen limited - slip differential or that torque - vectoring unit that works by actively pushing power to the wheel with the most grip, not simply braking an inside wheel as most other systems do.

A 174bhp version of this 2.0 - litre unit is matched to four - wheel drive (a Haldex clutch linking the transverse powertrain to the rear axle as needed), while two tunes of 2.0 - litre TFSI petrol engine also use 4WD.

Compared to the all - wheel - drive Audi S7 — the CLS63 AMG Shooting Brake's closest rival — the Merc's V - 8 is up 105 hp and 110 lb - ft in its base tune over the Audi's 4.0 - liter twin - turbo unit.

A limited - edition version of the 9 - 3, the Turbo X was powered by the 9 - 3 Aero's 2.8 - liter turbocharged V - 6, but with the boost cranked the boost up from 8.7 psi to 11.6 psi and the addition of all - wheel drive via a Haldex unit.

The diesel engines are all four - cylinder turbo units, with every car in the range being available with all - wheel drive as an option.

Linked to a six - speed manual gearbox and driving the rear wheels, the four - cylinder unit produces 237bhp at 8500rpm and 152 lb ft torque at 6300rpm, enabling the 635 kg AeroSeven Concept to complete 0 - 60 in under four seconds.

The gearbox is the familiar seven - speed twin clutch unit, or Seamless Shift Gearbox in McLaren speak, driving the rear wheels through an open differential.

It would pair a 290 - hp, 2.0 - liter gas engine with two electric motors — a small 55 - hp unit integrated in the transmission and a 115 - hp motor driving the rear wheels — for a combined output of more than 450 hp.

A 3 - litre VR6 twin - turbo engine produces 496bhp and 490 lb ft of torque — figures which are more than double those produced by the standard 2 - litre GTI — with drive to all four wheels through a seven - speed DSG twin - clutch gearbox, a new unit able to handle this GTI's vastly superior peak outputs.

There is a 63 - hp permanent - magnet AC motor driving the 15 - inch rear wheels through a single - speed final - drive unit.

From behind the wheel of our test unit (an F - 350 SRW King Ranch 4 × 4), the most obvious difference is inside the gauge cluster, where a four - inch information center delivers instant and long - term fuel economy data, engine temperatures, sensor readouts, four - wheel drive activity, and much more.

Standard Equipment: 2.0 - liter DOHC 4 - cylinder engine CVT transmission All - wheel drive (AWC) 4 - wheel disc brakes with ABS Tire pressure monitoring system Hill start assist Active stability control 18 - inch wheels Steering - wheel - mounted shift paddles Automatic climate control Heated front seats Heated sideview mirrors AM / FM / CD / MP3 head unit with 6 speakers Auxiliary audio jack Power locks / windows / mirrors Rain sensing wipers Cruise control Telescoping steering column Leather - wrapped steering wheel and shift knob Keyless entry 60/40 split rear seats

Also available for the first time in the States is the diesel - powered, all - wheel - drive X3 xDrive 28d, with the now - familiar 2.0 - liter turbodiesel unit featured in the BMW 328d.

Crucially, the Nissan GT - R has a launch control function that tweaks parameters in the traction / stability control, all - wheel drive, and throttle / engine control unit to make it one of the fastest - accelerating cars on the market.

The all - wheel - drive five - seater will be equipped exclusively with 3.0 - liter V - 6 engines — a 275 - hp diesel and a pair of 350 - hp and 425 - hp gas - powered units — and will bear no resemblance to the more mundane Jeeps and Alfas it has roots in.

That auto is also available with every other power unit, while ALL4 all - wheel drive is also available across the range, and standard on the JCW.

(800 / min — 5,000 / min) Maximum Revs: 9,150 rpm Power output per l: 133 hp / l (V8 engine) Power transmission: Combustion engine with hybrid module and transmission bolted together to form a single drive unit; seven - speed dual - clutch transmission; rear - wheel drive; front electric motor with gearbox for driving the front wheels (decoupled from 146 mph); five pre-selectable operating modes for optimum coordination of all drive units.

I've never been behind the wheel of the AMG version, but I imagine it's something like driving a rocket - powered storage unit.

There's four - wheel drive too, thanks to a clever Power Transfer Unit that takes the place of a conventional front diff (and would take several hours to explain), plus a brand new direct injection engine that delivers all the power and the fury that you'd expect from a Maranello V12.

The Renegade 4 × 4 systems feature the new disconnecting rear axle and power takeoff unit first announced for all - wheel - drive versions of the 2015 Chrysler 200 V - 6.

Unlike most electrical drive units, where one motor is dedicated solely as a generator and a second exclusively putting torque to the wheels, the eFlite system uses both to power the wheels.

It's a complicated system, comprising not just a VR headset (an HTC Vive, to be specific - one of the market leaders in VR) but also a Scan 3XS PC, which controls the actions of a Raid Pro340 motion simulator rig - an Ariel Atom - style structure equipped with a Sparco Evo II seat, a Sparco steering wheel attached to a Reimer Motorsports direct drive force feedback system, Fanatec SQ gearbox unit, and HPP racing pedals.

BMW has had three - cylinder engines before, in its motorcycles, but this new 1.5 - liter turbocharged unit is optimized for front - wheel - drive cars and has a promising future.

The crankshaft mounted electric motor acts as torque fill for the turbos, while the other two rear wheel mounted units provide drive.

It was front - engined (1093cc and 1471cc in - line four - cylinder units were the options, with 50 and 75bhp respectively), front - wheel drive and sported «folded paper» looks that were the work of Giorgetto Giugiaro, who had been tasked with styling a range of new models for VW that would also include the first - generation Scirocco and Passat.

These two units will come with xDrive four - wheel drive, the rest of the drivetrains feature this an option.

From these data, the control unit of the Porsche 4D Chassis Control system determines the effect on the actual driving state of the car and modifies the damping force on each of the wheels in accordance with the selected mode.

In line with this development philosophy, Mitsubishi developed its first high performance four - wheel drive vehicle in 1987, when it equipped the Galant VR - 4 with «Dynamic Four», which featured a center differential - type full - time four - wheel drive system (this system incorporated a viscous coupling unit), a four wheel steering system, four - wheel independent suspension, and a four - wheel ABS (the first total integration of these systems in the world that were highly advanced at the time).

Drive shaft torque is transmitted through the unit to the rear wheels, taking power from the front wheel sand sending it to the rear

Mini says the ALL4 uses front - wheel drive in normal driving conditions but adapts instantly to different driving conditions as its control unit continuously calculates the ideal distribution of power between the front and rear wheels.

The control unit evaluates the driving conditions and modifies the damping force on each wheel in accordance with the selected mode.

The V8 unit is mated to ZF eight - speed automatic, which drives a permanent four - wheel drive transmission that features a low range function for serious off - roading.

Front wheel drive is standard for all V6 models while all - wheel drive setup is standard for V8 units.

The differential is a unit comprising several different types of gears that sits between the gearbox and the drive shafts of the driven wheels.

It is narrower and appears to seep into the taillight units on either side, with an illumination that has never been so homogeneous — qualities that accentuate the 44 mm wider rear of the all - wheel drive body.

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.

The transmissions are likely to be 6 - speed manual and automatic units, driving the front wheels (an AWD model may not be offered according to reports).

If the STC unit detects slippage in one drive wheel upon start up, it applies that wheel's brake in stages until the slippage stops.

Ranging in power from 148 to 276 hp, the top units will be paired with dual - clutch automatic transmissions and 4Motion all - wheel drive.

Based on the all - new front - wheel drive UKL architecture, the second generation X1 aims to take the baton from its predecessor, which sold over 730,000 units.

The 2016 Maserati Quattroporte offers two gasoline engine choices in the United States: a 3.0 - liter twin - turbocharged V6 unit with 404 hp (also available with all - wheel drive) and a 3.8 - liter twin - turbocharged V8 engine with 523 hp.