Sentences with phrase «with rubber tyres»

Toy companies know this which is why you have regular McQueen, McQueen with muddy tyres, McQueen with rubber tyres, McQueen with a cone on his head, McQueen with a bush on his head, McQueen with metallic paint.

Among his most celebrated works, Monogram (1955 - 1959) featured a stuffed angora goat with a rubber tyre surrounding his middle and daubed with paint.

Not exact matches

Teams will have the opportunity to put on fresh tyres in this situation, but in cases where there is no fresh rubber available, (say at a very late phase in the race) then the drivers must try and get off the line with worn tyres.

With tyre wear being particularly high, that gave a chance to a few drivers behind Leclerc who were on much better rubber.

In GP2 the tyres run out of life very quickly and need to be treated with caution, but in F1 this year the Pirelli rubber can be pushed much harder, and Giovinazzi admitted he was too conservative thanks to his lack of experience.

We drink coffee and cocoa, eat the fruits of citrus, mango and banana trees, flavour food with cloves, vanilla and cinnamon, nibble cashew and brazil nuts, build houses with wood from tropical pines and drive on rubber tyres.

Crafted in a premium rubber with a floral bloom and stripe print, a tyre - inspired cupped outsole and chunky

Crafted in a premium rubber with a tyre - inspired cupped outsole and chunky heeled sole for improved grip and

This year the latter boasts the extra advantage of Michelin hosting a free tyre pressure check just before you board the tunnel to cross to France: it's a long way to Le Mans, but with Michelin's vast experience of the 24 - hour race, you can be sure they'll know how best to look after your road car's rubber.

It copes with British roads far better than anything wearing such rubber band profile tyres has any right to.

Added to this increased tyre strength, Nissan also chooses to inflate its rubber with Nitrogen instead of compressed air.

Fitted with regular Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres, as opposed to more extreme Pilot Cup trackday rubber, it has a rare level of delicacy and allows you to work up to and beyond the limits of mechanical grip without it being a white - knuckle ride.

This tyre bridges the gap between daily road tyres and track rubber, with motorsport inspired dual compound technology making it perfect for a location that mixes heavy braking, aggressive acceleration and tight hairpins.

Twenty - inch Carrera S wheels are standard on the GTS, with a staggered tyre set - up putting 235 - section rubber up front and 265s astern.

We had a few laps of Thermal Raceway near Palm Springs to try this out in combination with the optional Pirelli Trofeo R tyres (it's on Continental rubber as standard).

Even the wheel and tyre combos are nearly identical, both running on 17in - diameter alloys with 195 - section ContiSportContact 3 rubber.

For that reason, when our tyres were approaching that critical window where we'd normally switch to new rubber in FP3, I really pushed for us to stick with the same tyres so we could perfect the race balance.

Various wheel and tyre combinations are available, with either 20 - inch centrelock forged wheels or a 21 - inch option, and putting rubber as wide as 325 mm to the road on the rear axle.

There's a bespoke new Pirelli tyre that's been developed because the dynamics of a car with rear steering alter completely the demands placed on the rubber.

You need to be working the chassis hard, but mid-corner you'll feel subtle messages about the weight distribution filtered through to the seat of your undergarments, and when you get on the throttle there's that lovely sensation of the rear hunkering down onto its big 295 - section rubber, squeezing the tyres a little more firmly into the warm tarmac and driving you forwards with supreme traction.

We also made the right call with pretty much every tyre choice ahead of the first race, so we arrived at each circuit with the best rubber to do the job.

It's the first time Formula 1's supplier has dabbled with serious year - round, whatever - the - weather rubber, and it claims to plug the gap between the Cinturato P7 summer and Cinturato Winter SnowControl tyres.

I bought my Camry with 18 wheels and really smart alloy rims and within 2.5 years I have scraped all the rims not to mentioned cupped the rubber out of the tyres in one or two cases I must have popped them or had a slow leak.

Winter tyres, and all season tyres, are constructed with a different type of rubber compound - containing a higher percentage of silica and natural rubber.

The 225/55 R19 tyres that come with the Sport Nav level trim's 19 - inch wheels cost from around # 120 for some decent rubber, to over # 160 for ones from premium brands.

Pirelli's tyres have been controversial since the company entered F1 in 2011 with a remit to provide rubber that was fragile and promoted pit stops.

A reinforced external shoulder, with a specially selected rubber compound, makes the tyre high resistant to wear.

The front tyres remained glued though — with 205/50 R17 ContiPremium rubber it was to be expected — but the steering was somewhat indirect, and slightly heavy to the touch.

As a result, the fenders were extended by 64 mm and 66 mm in width, while the standard tyres have been replaced with performance oriented wide rubber — 255 mm on the front axle and 285 mm at the rear, as opposed to the 235mm / 255 mm tyres the previous model was equipped with.

For the Santa Fe the problem seemed to be the 19 - inch Hankook tyres, which are quiet on bitumen and fairly grippy in bends, but left rubber behind on one rocky surface, even with the centre differential locked.

The 17 - inch Pirelli Cinturato P7 225 - section tyres have nice grip but they tend to make you realise around the corners that you could've done with better rubber since these aren't performance - oriented.

These tyres are made using customized tyre treads and specially developed rubber compounds along with a pronounced tyre pressure control technology, which maximizes its overall efficiency on roads.

The former does duty with 185 - section tyres while the latter does the job with 165 - section rubber.

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.

As winter set in, it also helped that the kind folks at Nokian Tyres supplied us with a grippy set of Hakkapeliitta winter rubber, that, combined with our Hyundai's all - wheel - drive setup, turns the Genesis into as worthy a snow machine as we've had in our stable.

The normally - aspirated 2.0 litre also gets silver interior trim accents and rides on 17 - inch alloys wrapped with 235/65 rubbers, while all the turbo variants get a wood finish and are equipped with 18 - inch alloy wheels and 235/60 tyres.

The GSX - S 750 comes shod with 17 - inch alloy wheels wrapped in 120 - section tyre up front and 180 - section rubber at the rear.

By the end of the day the front - left tyre of the AMG has been devastated too, demonstrating just how quickly soft road rubber and street suspension geometries can conflict with the requirements of a racetrack.

On the outside, 18 - inch wheels with mud tyres are standard - fit, with 20s and less aggressive all - terrain rubber optional.

Underpinning it all is a race spec chassis with rear - axle steering, and the tyres are shod with sticky high performance rubber.

With both cars riding on 19 - inch rubber — Continental versus Pirelli — there was a constant, high level of tyre and road noise.

Track Variable Contact Patch 3.0 optimises pressure in the tyre's contact patch so that more rubber is always in contact with the track.

Models fitted with 16 - inch steel wheels are shod with 205 / 55 - series rubber, while 17 - inch alloy wheels score 225 / 45 - series tyres and 18 - inchers get 225 / 40 - series hoops.

The latest Megane RS Trophy lapped the Nurburgring on proper road tyres (Bridgestone RE050A, the same rubber used on HSVs, Porsches and other performance cars) whereas the R26.R used in 2008 came with Toyo semi-slick road - racing rubber.

With less rubber on the road (it runs narrower 215/55 R17 Michelin Primacy tyres as opposed to the Mazda's 225/55 R17 Toyo Proxes and the Holden's 225/55 R17 Bridgestone Turanzas) it also generates less cornering grip.

Even in heavy rain, with delicate steering inputs the Pirelli rubber offers decent grip and delivers reassuring handling however we noted it is very easy to elicit some tyre squeal from the 17 - inch wheels on take - off in the 595 Competizione.

All areas the previous tyres struggled with and the main reasons plenty of owners couldn't wait to fit conventional rubber as soon as the opportunity arose.

The vehicle come shod with 17 - inch and 15 - inch wheels at the front and rear respectively, wrapped in 120 - section tyre for the front and 150 - inch rubber for the rear wheel.

It has all the AMG standard fitment like AMG door sill panels, AMG floor mats, AMG sports pedals made with brushed stainless steel and rubber studs, ambience lighting, Attention Assist, Collision Prevention Assist, 10 loudspeakers with front bass, metallic paintwork, tyre pressure loss warning system and LED High Performance headlamps.

The standard wheels are either 16in with 205/55 rubber (on the Cooper and Cooper D) or 17in with 245/45 profile tyres (on the Cooper S).