A. Snow tires will enhance
winter performance of any car (all - wheel - drive included).
Not exact matches
He didn't plan to drive it a ton in the
winter so he wasn't going to purchase
winter tires but I told him that he would have to because
of the
car's summer
performance tires.
You're not going to take it off - road, you're not going to haul a lot
of stuff in it and you're not going to get through snow any quicker than in the stunning rear - wheel - drive only Giulia QF sedan unless you put
winters on it (which would work nearly as well on the sedan), so what's Alfa trying to prove with another over-tall
performance car?
As we explained when we examined the cheapest 2014 all - wheel - drive
cars, AUTOMOBILE editors believe a quality set
of winter tires can transform any
car's cold - weather
performance, whether it has front, rear, or all - wheel drive.
Even on
performance winter tires — like most
of the
cars here — the steering is so precise that you feel as if you're turning the
car with your eyes.
As evidence, road test coordinator Mike Ofiara points to the
car's Continental ContiSportContact 2 summer
performance tires, which we've begrudgingly removed for
winter in favor
of safe but stodgy Bridgestone Blizzaks.
It's one thing to make a rear - or mid-engine sports
car even faster and better performing, but it's something else entirely to make a vehicle capable
of extreme
winter performance, logic - defying track capability, serious towing capacity, and everyday usability.
WinterPro HP is GT Radial's
Performance Winter tire developed to meet the needs of drivers who want to retain the handling and precision of their high and ultra high performance sports cars, sedans, or coupes during winter
Performance Winter tire developed to meet the needs of drivers who want to retain the handling and precision of their high and ultra high performance sports cars, sedans, or coupes during winter condi
Winter tire developed to meet the needs
of drivers who want to retain the handling and precision
of their high and ultra high
performance sports cars, sedans, or coupes during winter
performance sports
cars, sedans, or coupes during
winter condi
winter conditions.
High -
performance brands, like Mercedes - AMG, BMW, and Porsche, are known for offering
winter driving schools that allow owners and drivers with the funds to take a selection
of cars to their limits on...
Take a look at our slideshow
of the
car types and why they could use
winter tires, starting with
cars with high -
performance tires.
Long known for nerdy but reliable all - wheel - drive wagons built for New England
winters and Rocky Mountain highways, the
car division
of Fuji Heavy Industries stole the heart
of exurbia with the tricked - up Legacy Outback.And this summer Subaru managed another miraculous makeover, creating the Forester minisport - utility from the chassis and engine
of the solid if nondescript Impreza compact.Success has only emboldened the marketing alchemists at Subaru, who also yearn to be known as makers
of high -
performance vehicles that are anything but boring.
Ford
Performance says it had to come up with completely new testing standards for the
car, since
winter tire evaluation on a production
car like this had never been done before; this involved trials
of different tires, in northern Michigan and in Sweden.
In line with German regulations, our test
car came shod with high
performance winter tires, a set
of 19 - inch Michelin Pilot Sport A / S in 235/40 front and 265/40 rear profiles.
Mercedes - Benz will unleash its most powerful sports
cars on the frozen surface
of Lake Winnipeg this
winter via the AMG Driving Academy, a hands - on
performance driver training program sure to punish the ice.
We're standing on the 54 - acre snow VDA (Vehicle Dynamics Area) at Automotive Enviro Testing (AET), a company that builds and maintains a sprawling, snowy proving ground in Baudette, Minnesota, each
winter for those bent on testing the
performance of cars and tires in
winter conditions.
WANTED:
WINTER - WEATHER PHEV: In addition to the MPG results we reported on recently for Felix, Ron, and Andy Frank at http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1142.html, Felix has documented the
performance of his Volt as the first plug - in
car that could drive without refueling from the San Francisco Bay Area to Lake Tahoe.
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