Sentences with phrase «wider tyres»

Larger 18 - inch alloys, fitted with wider tyres are also dual - purpose, offering extra grip and more visual punch.

Modern vehicles tend to have larger wider wheels and require a tyre fitting machine that is suitable for fitting larger wider tyres to avoid damage to the tyre when fitting them.

Four - wheel drive and wide tyres mean there's masses of grip available and you seldom feel as if you're carrying too much speed into a corner.

A very wide body kit along with super wide tyres are present on the car.

My only criticism would be the noise from the tyres on certain surfaces - but that's pretty much the case with large diameter low profile wide tyres these days.

The wheels are one inch larger in diameter, with wider tyres on the rear axle for the first time, emphasising the enhanced driving dynamics.

As with any genuine sports car, the Macan is equipped with wider tyres at the rear — just like the 911.

As the sport started a new development curve, the speeds of cars increased rapidly and with the introduction of new aero rules and wider tyres for 2017, they've got even quicker.

Thanks to wide tyres by city car standards — 185 - section front and 205 - section at the rear — it also has sufficient grip to keep pace with more conventional cars in its class.

Bigger front brakes with four - pot callipers, quicker steering and 10 mm wider tyres complete the standard hardware changes, while a lower front splitter and bigger rear diffuser together with a new design of alloy wheel complete the styling tweaks.

The front and rear fenders have been widened to accommodate wide tyres and air outlets are integrated to optimise airflow.

Whilst the front - row Ferrari crash at Marina Bay has become the poster for Vettel's demise in the 2017 campaign, engine failures during the Malaysian and Japanese Grand Prix cost the German significant points, as did the team - wide tyre failures at the British Grand Prix.

Evolution II January 1994 Power 256bhp @ 6000rpm Torque 228 lb ft @ 3000rpm Weight 1250 kg Evolution Wider tyres, longer wheelbase, wider tracks, longer damper struts

That said, tyre technology has moved on so it is now easier and cheaper to make wide tyres which are structurally able to cope, and in most conditions more rubber touching the ground means more grip (let's exclude deep water or snow where a narrower tyre can get more grip)

The absurdly wide tyres.

Personally I would probably want slightly more power, slightly wider tyres (having not driven it I can't comment on the roll but with more power I would assume it would need a little stiffen up) and I would like some sort of roll cage and here's why.

That means, proportionally, that the front axle has less mechanical grip than the rear — or, as the Porsche engineers were quick to point out, that the rear has more grip thanks to even wider tyres than before.

Most worryingly, the axle tramp you get under hard acceleration and the rear - end judder you get under firm braking on the road clearly isn't entirely the result of wide tyres struggling to maintain a full contact patch on bumpy tarmac, because these unsettling characteristics were extremely prevalent on the smooth surfaces of the Autodrome too.

An enormously complex and swept - back front wing, a much larger contact patch with the ground thanks to 25 - per - cent wider tyres, and a lower, angled rear wing are the most noticeable features alongside the decision to again feature black prominently in the livery.

With equally wide tyres on the front as on the back, the ACL2 doesn't want for any more front - end grip and it changes direction with the same ferocious immediacy that it accelerates.

Ultimately the Celerio does not have a lot of cornering grip in these days of mega wide tyres and «trick» rubber; but there is enough considering the car's low weight and there is old school driver satisfaction in judging the corner entry speed you can get away with to minimise loss in the momentum you have built up.

In the RS3 Sportback, Audi intends to compensate for this in an unusual manner, using wider tyres on the front wheels than on the rear wheels.»

Other exterior changes will reportedly include swollen rear wheelarches to allow wider tyres to be fitted, boosting grip and stability.

Not only does the car have the same wide tyres at the rear as on Porsche sports cars, the suspension, body and steering are all bespoke — and it shows.

There is immense grip though, thanks to the M Sport version getting wider tyres at the rear.

And, the Baleno is lighter, it gets disc brakes on all four wheels, and it runs wider tyres.

This is one of the best values ever achieved and a major triumph for Volkswagen's aerodynamics engineers and designers, made all the more impressive due to the fact that as a thoroughbred sports car, the concept's design brief demands wide tyres, a high requirement for cooling air and optimal downforce.

It's also thanks to there being more Pirelli rubber hitting the track because of the 25 % wider tyres for 2017.

On the exterior, there's an aero kit with larger air intakes and rear spoiler, a sports exhaust system with two different soundtracks and dual carbon exhaust tips, carbon elements on the side - view mirrors and the bonnet and 17 - inch gloss black wheels wrapped around in 205 mm wide tyres.

Wider tyres on the higher variants will fill the remaining gap.

Based on the iconic Fiat 500 body shape, the three - door hatch is lowered by 15 mm and sits on larger 16 - inch alloy wheels with wider tyres.

«I feel now with the wide tyres and wide cars, they already take up a lot of space on the track.

We've seen loads of unofficial lap records being broken over the course of the F1 season so far, thanks to the wider tyres and drastic aerodynamic changes.

With wider tyres and more aero, 2017 cars promise to look awesome.

With new aero rules and wider tyres, F1 cars are expected to bring down lap times by a fair few seconds in 2017.

With wider tyres, more aggressive new aero rules and other smaller regulation changes, F1 cars should look pretty cool — futuristic and edgier than the current cars, mixed in with some retro elements with the wider tyres and lower rear wing.

The new car matches current F1 regs with wider tyres, cooler aero and... the Halo, unfortunately.

It's a bigger problem this season too, thanks to the wider tyres of the 2017 cars.

We've already established the fact these new 2017 F1 cars are a lot quicker than their predecessors, thanks to the new aero and wider tyres.

«I think there's a view that we should get rid of the aerodynamics and have big, wide tyres and then get the grip mechanically and then we can go back to cars racing each other.

F1 has gone through a major regulations shake - up for the 2017 season, with wider front and rear wings, more aggressive aero and 25 % wider tyres.

We all knew that this year's new pack of F1 cars would be faster than their predecessors, due to the aero regulation changes and wider tyres.

The Sauber gives us a good look at the new regulations, including a wider, angular front wing, aggressive bargeboards, the return of the sharp fin, wider tyres and a lower rear wing.

The 2017 campaign marks a major shift in the regulations, with wider front and rear wings and 25 % wider tyres — to name just a few.

As you can see from the comparison video, Bottas quickly moves ahead of Hamilton's P1 qualifying lap thanks to the W08's new aerodynamics and wider tyres.

This is presumably because apart from the marginally increased rolling resistance from the wider tyres, you're only reducing the range compared to the regular i3 if you're using all of the more powerful motor's potential.

The Cup 380 is Lotus» most hardcore yet; extreme weight saving, extra downforce and wider tyres all feature

There's some extra weight over the standard Adam's steering, though this feels more like a symptom of the wide tyres than engineered - in sportiness.

The ride is undoubtedly firmer than the standard car's, but there's a sense that you're riding on a lot of rubber, the wide tyres absorbing the harshest imperfections of the road beneath them.