Sentences with phrase «wheel driven car»

The rear - wheel driven car is a precision driving tool, it's the car kids of today will have hanging on their bedroom wall as inspiration to the future.

The rear - wheel driven car features a lightning fast 7 - speed automatic transmission with a manual shift mode, massive carbon ceramic brakes and a 562 hp twin - turbocharged V8.

#Under8 has been a resounding success for team Renault Sport, as the RS275 Trophy - R has beaten the 8 minute barrier and beaten Seat to reclaim the title of the fastest front - wheel driven car around the Nurburgring Nordschleife.

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.

Alfa Romeo's version of the car — ostensibly called the Alfa Romeo Spider, a name long tied to sporty, spritely rear - wheel drive roadsters until it was applied to a front - wheel drive car in 1995 — won't necessarily use the same engines as its Mazda sibling.

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.

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

With front wheel drive cars, engine braking may be enough on most descents.

The LP580 - 2 benefits from retuned springs, dampers and anti-roll bars, a revised steering set - up that's said to provide more direct feedback and the weight distribution is slightly different at 40:60 rather than 42:58 as with the four - wheel drive car.

I suppose you have a very strong opinion that we should all drive four wheel drive cars as they have more traction?

For a wide, heavy, four - wheel drive car the R8 V10 Plus Spyder can be unexpectedly agile.

I'm not sure if this has the same effect in a front - wheel drive car, but have to assume it would be the same.

The LP580 - 2 retains the Anima switch of the four - wheel drive car and Strada, Sport and Corsa modes are very different.

It currently holds the record for the fastest front - wheel drive car around the famous Nurburgring circuit — smashing the record that Honda, SEAT and Renault have been squabbling over for ages.

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.

In the wet, the M2 still doesn't behave like a scary, wild, turbocharged, rear wheel drive car that you might expect it to.

If you like the experience of a front - wheel drive car, the 308 offers all the sensations you'll be familiar with — its passive dampers, mechanical locking differential, torsion beam rear axle and Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres combine to make a car that behaves in such a predictable manner.

It finds tremendous traction, even away from the tightest corners, and it never tugs itself across the road in the way that some high - powered front - wheel drive cars tend to.

When both of the clutch packs on the rear axle are open, and no torque is being sent to either rear wheel, the RS is essentially a front wheel drive car.

The MX - 5 recipe is a tantalising one: a small, lightweight, rear - wheel drive car powered by a naturally aspirated engine and equipped with a manual gearbox, all sold at a price to tempt a select few from their hot hatchbacks.

In a front - wheel drive car that translates into more speed through corners.

Not simply the best front - wheel drive cars or even affordable performance cars — the best cars drivers» cars full stop.

«The car had to feel like a rear - wheel drive car, but with a bit more traction», is Van Meel's succinct summary of the project brief.

However if you're used to the way a rear - wheel drive car looses grip under power, performing a slide with Drift Mode on takes some getting used to — instead of backing off the throttle slightly to regain some control, maintaining full throttle doesn't feel very natural.

The SL63 displays how entertaining the inherent balance and predictability of a front - engined rear wheel drive car can be.»

Got a lesson about all wheel drive cars and tires that day, but didn't believe the tire place (thought they were trying to con me actually).

In a rear wheel drive car, if the front lose traction you're going to under steer in a wet corner.

It's far too tame to trouble that special GTI and, as a result, far from the top of the best handling front - wheel drive cars pile.

@Paulster2 your last sentence is what I pointed out: «They are in most front wheel drive cars - started with the mini designed by Sir Alec Issigonis.»

According to the Owner's Manual Saab 9 - 3 M2001 (front - wheel driven cars): WARNING When fitting just one new pair of tires, these should be fitted to the rear wheels, as these are more...

It doesn't mean much in a front wheel drive car, as the engine is transverse instead of longitudinal with most RWD vehicles.

The company is currently working on a «high power» all - wheel drive car, but Biermann stresses it's currently «only a research project».

With electric power to the front wheels and electric assistance to the mid-engined, turbocharged 1.5 sitting admidships, the i8 is technically an all - wheel drive car.

For rear wheel drive cars, the answer to tire installation is clear.

tl; dr: As this is a front wheel drive car and you're taking about replacing one of the rear tires, it sounds like you'll be fine replacing a single tire.

But isn't it recommended that rear wheel drive car be towed backwards?

Toyota will begin to roll out the new platforms with the launch of a midsize, front - wheel drive car on TNGA this year, with extensive plans for other models in the near future.

Given that Alfa had no experience in small front wheel drive cars, the sheer dynamic ability of the flat - four powered «Sud was a shock to the motoring world.

Everybody knows that front - wheel drive cars tend to understeer (push on rather than turn) whereas rear - wheel drive cars tend to oversteer (turn more than the driver intended).

The Alfasud was the first front - wheel drive car made by Alfa Romeo, and made its debut in 1972.

Two four wheel drive car compared.

If there was a criticism, it's the same we discovered when comparing the best - handling front - wheel drive cars of all time in evo 095 - it's not quite as involving as a rear - drive car.

Thanks to the Peugeot's rear - wheel drive layout, that ability should be even greater in the Peugeot than it is in the four - wheel drive Mini — rulemakers allow two - wheel drive cars extra ground clearance to make up for their reduced traction.

Until recently, the Civic was the fastest front - wheel drive car around the Nurburgring.

«You have so much confidence, because it's not snappy in the wet like a rear - wheel drive car.

The hot hatch is the most powerful front - wheel drive car Honda has produced up to this point, with 305 hp and 295 lb - ft of torque pushed out from a 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder, and the hatch has plenty of suspension, braking, and aerodynamic mods to help keep up with that power.

Prices start at # 21,995 for the two - wheel drive car with a manual gearbox.

Instead of the general understeer a front wheel drive car will trend to do through a corner because traction is broken relatively easily when accelerating through a corner, you will expect a four wheel drift as all four wheels will be able to break traction.

FWD and RWD are pretty straightforward - Front Wheel Drive cars put the power to the front wheels, Rear Wheel Drive puts it in the rear.