Sentences with phrase «wheeled cars powered»

The Chicagoans trailered their three - wheeled cars powered by 1.2 - liter Kawasaki motorcycle engines to Gingerman, so we asked them if they drove their Campagnas on public roads.

Not exact matches

We got a chance to get behind the wheel of the Honda's hydrogen - powered Clarity to get a real sense of the cars» potential.

Mercedes Daimler has provided F1 «s safety cars since the 1996 season with the C36 AMG, but this year's model boasts a spectrum of advanced Motorsport technology and gadgets, including active rear - wheel steering, a nine - way adjustable traction control system, low - weight ceramic compound brakes, all powered by a 4.0 - litre V8 biturbo engine.

Montoya's been driving the Chevrolet - powered, Penske - run car, with Servia at the wheel of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports» Honda - engined version.

A plug - in hybrid electric uses a traction - drive power electronics system to propel the car forward by providing force to the car's wheels and has a charger for recharging the high - voltage battery when it is plugged into the power grid.

He also thinks it would be difficult to build in the universal joints that allow the drive shaft to power the front wheels while the car is being steered.

In the end, the driving personalities of the two test vehicles, with a few exceptions, were close enough to those of ordinary gasoline - powered cars that if buyers ultimately reject fuel - cell machines, it won't be because the cars seem unfamiliar from behind the wheel.

The angular concept car sported a lot of modern - sounding tech: a hybrid electric / gas power train that drove all four wheels, an onboard computer with digital displays for everything from the speedometer to the radio, and electronic maps to help you navigate traffic snarls.

Zielinsky notes that its compact power train system allows the wheels to be positioned near the corners of the chassis, which makes for short front and rear overhangs and a wide track, yielding an overall layout that resembles that of a rear - wheel - drive car.

When you press or disengage the clutch, you uncouple the transmission from the car engine, and no power is directed to the wheels.

Driving a car at Indy — when there's no power steering — is where you need a lot of grip strength to hold on to that wheel.

Raylan grabbed Justin's car jack and started working on his power wheels lol.

Instead, he put viewers behind the wheel of a getaway car while a young driver (Ansel Elgort) learned big lessons about the perils of power.

As befits a car that Buick intends to take on luxury models like the Acura RDX, Audi Q5, and Lincoln MKX, the Envision comes standard with plentiful high - end equipment: Active noise cancellation, lane - keep assist, remote start, power front seats, heated front and rear seats, cooled front seats, a heated steering wheel, and a Bose sound system.

«The best movie cars combine tons of power, rear - wheel drive, great handling and the ability to be easily flung around corners,» said Waugh in a statement.

Arguably our favorite exercise involved circling the skidpad with no hands on the steering wheel, controlling the trajectory of the rear - drive 86 using only the throttle, a lesson in how power application influences a car's line and a precursor to some serious attempts at drifting — attempts that varied from semi-impressive to hilariously inept and had our entire crew in stitches as we observed each other's runs.

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.

Power therefore remained the same, but OZ - racing wheels, Bilstein dampers with Eibach springs, and a fruitier exhaust all made for a more serious sports car.

The 5.2 - liter, naturally aspirated gas engine would drive the Asterion's rear wheels via a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission while a pair of electric motors hooked up to a computer - operated torque vectoring system on the front axle would power the hybrid car's front wheels.

To me it feels like the power - steering hamsters aren't running fast enough in their wheel, and the car doesn't quite make the turn that I had visualized.

Under normal circumstances, the car sends 90 percent of its power to the rear wheels, but it can shuttle up to 50 percent to the front if it senses slip.

At 296bhp, its power output is up 20bhp over the standard Astra VXR, making this the most powerful front - wheel - drive car in Vauxhall's history.

My race - car experience has heretofore been limited to 50 - mph camera passes in a 1966 Ford GT Le Mans race car for a cover feature in Motor Trend Classic and laps at a short road course at Honda's Twin Motegi racetrack in a Honda Side by Side open - wheel, motorcycle - powered racecar.

The new car is also all - wheel drive, with electric power being sent to the rear wheels, and combustion power to the front axle.

Alfa Romeo is currently estimating a 0 -60-mph sprint of 3.8 seconds, owing in part to the car's available all - wheel drive and excellent power - to - weight ratio.

We're at the Millbrook Proving Ground because of the new Focus RS and a question, namely how much power can a front - wheel - drive car cope with?

Powered by a 203bhp naturally aspirated 2.0 - litre engine, the GT was inspired by the MX - 5 race car, and the extra power means it can now rival the Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ for 200bhp rear - wheel drive fun.

The Cup is what's known as a «momentum car» — because power is far outweighed by grip and acceleration is limited (60 mph arrives in 7.2 seconds), almost all of your behind - the - wheel effort goes toward preserving the speed you generate.

The STI should always have been a sub - # 30k car, and its price cut puts it in the same price bracket as front - wheel - drive hot hatches with much less power, as well as the Toyota GT86 and Subaru BRZ.

All - wheel drive is standard, even when the car is driven only on electric power.

Wheel horsepower is generally the car's power, measured at the drive wheels.

The BMW M6 GT3 is loosely based on the M6 street car, with a 4.4 - liter twin - turbo V - 8 engine providing more than 500 hp and a six - speed sequential transaxle directing power to the rear wheels.

Reports from earlier this year suggest that the new Supra will likely be based on the same platform as the next BMW Z4, with power coming from either a BMW - sourced turbocharged engine or a hybrid drivetrain, possibly with front - wheel electric motors which could endow the rear - wheel - drive sports car with all - wheel drive.

Its torque distribution is 40:60 front: rear, while V6 - equipped cars get Audi's sport differential — which actively distributes power between the rear wheels individually during cornering — as an option.

Proud Proboscis — Ronald «Steady» Barker pays tribute to one of motoring's most magnificent white elephants the 50cv Renault and its successor the 40cv / The Healey Heritage — Malcolm Green traces the development of the big Austin - Healeys from Donald Healey's Riley - powered cars from Warwick to the Mark III 3000 that was built at Abingdon / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on some recent restorations by readers of The Automobile / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Batteries — Workshop / Enfield Underslung — Michael Worthington - Williams relates the story of the Adamson cyclecar / Swooping Kestrel — Brian Heath experiences the pleasure of preselector gear changing at the wheel of a 1937 Riley 12/14 Kestrel / Butler's Babies — The American Austin was one of the first attempts to popularise the European small car in the USA Kit Foster tells its story / Commercially Speaking — Panels & Parts

A lot of the more recent FWD - based cars normally run something like a 90/10 front rear split and only feed more power to the rear wheels if the front wheels have traction issues.

I don't understand why we don't see the MR2 Spyder on these lists more?!? I know the earlier ones were plagued with oil / engine - eating problems, but the later models are reliable to 100k + miles and cost similar to the same aged Smart Roadster above... but compared to the Smart, for your # 2k - # 5k you get a 6 speed manual gearbox, over 70 % more power (~ 20 % more weight) but this is packaged in a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, normally aspirated car with no traction control and a LSD as standard:)

Carriages without horses will go — Nick Georgano recounts the fascinating story of the first horseless carriages / 1926 Ceirano: Lambda in miniature — This highly desirable Italian car is described for us by Nick Baldwin / Empire Morris part two — Dennis Harrison concludes his article on Morris cars in Australia during the late 1920s / Singer: the early history — The beginnings and early development of Singer are described by Michael Worthington - Williams / 1916 Stanley steamer — The Editor has experienced a splendid Edwardian example of the best - known steam - powered car / La Coupe des Pyrenees — Malcolm Elder took part in this year's rally and much enjoyed the driving not to mention the food and wine / The Stepney spare wheel — The earliest type of spare wheel is described for us by Bryan Goodman.

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.

Roughly 50 cars from the collection are displayed in a renovated streetcar maintenance shed, and they run the gamut from Mazda's first vehicle, the three - wheel Mazdago, to a rotary - powered Mazda Parkway bus.

Still, at higher revs it belts out a pleasing, high - pitched whine, and Audi's all - wheel drive sends enough power to the rear to make the car feel like a proper sports sedan.

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.

While this naturally won't put the car's entire output to the rear wheels (as each wheel is powered independently), it will give the car unique driving characteristics for those with a more flamboyant driving style.

Mick Walsh gets behind the wheel of an historic Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 and in, Potent Perfection, reveals what makes this famous model so special / Doug Nye shares some marvellous glass - plate negatives from the early days of motor sport in Europe and describes the men and machines shown in The motor racing photography of Maurice - Louis Branger / Famous furniture designer Ambrose Heal bought a Sunbeam Twenty new in 1930 and drove it extensively across Europe / This much - loved car is still in the family today, as Matthew Bell discovers in Family Business / Designed and built by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe, the Ford - powered Dellows were among the most successful postwar trials cars.

A power bump of 19bhp, bigger and wider wheels, a revised chassis and recalibrated LSD soften the sharper edges of the standard car; the DCT is available here, too.

The starting procedure in both cars is a competition setup: power on, ignition on, push a button on the steering wheel.

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.

Drive is still sent to all four wheels via a seven - speed S tronic dual - clutch transmission, though the latest setup can now send up to 100 per cent of the car's power to the rear wheels alone, in certain situations, with a torque vectoring effect through the multi-plate clutch on the rear axle to also divert power to the wheels with the greatest grip.

The Miata has Mazda's second implementation of rack - mounted electric power steering The first application was in the RX - 8, but while most modern Mazdas use electric power steering, it's really tricky to fit rack - mounted systems in front - wheel - drive cars.