In fact, all the other cars in this segment send engine power to the rear wheels if not all four wheels, like the Audi A6.
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Offroad ("propshaft by wire"): All four wheels are also driven whenever offroad mode is intentionally activated.
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Each prototype has six-wheel steering, which means that they can turn all six wheels and crab sideways.
Boosting: When very sporty performance is required, the electric motors form an alliance with the TDI engine known as "boosting": in this mode, all four wheels are driven.
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The car is notable both for its four motors (a pair at each axle integrated with max-efficiency gears to drive all four wheels at the same time) and its prowress: 526 horsepower and 649 pound-feet of torque, with a 0-60 mph time of 4 seconds.
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This year, students brought along a few bots, dubbed dunebots, outfitted with all-terrain wheels and equipped with laser tag turrets.
Instead, the motorcycle was mounted on a wood base with wheels for all of Winkler's riding scenes.
An inspection later found that all 10 of the wheels' nuts were missing.
When the clients inevitable asked what it was, Mike would dismiss it with a wave and begin selling the wheels off all the other ideas.
Apple's not really ready to say it's sorry about the iPhone 4 antenna design, but it is willing to give all you darn squeaky wheels free cases for your trouble.
Extras: Power sliding moonroof, rear sonar system, Bose Premium Audio System, Memory System, drivers seat power lumbar support, power tilt, aluminum alloy wheels with all season tires, sport-tuned suspension, viscous limited-slip differential, sport front fascia, Infiniti hard drive nav system, XM NavTraffic, Zagat survey restaurant reviews, DVD-video playback, Infiniti Voice Recognition.
Rising public transport fares, cuts to bus services and the access to out-of-town discount stores a car allows, now make your own four wheels a necessity in all places except London.
All too often, though, the wheels of regulation grind in only one direction.
's Mini, all of which put a set of wheels within reach of millions of customers after they rolled onto the scene.
All of the power that goes to the wheels comes from its electric motor.
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Simply put, all of the power that goes to the wheels of the Volt goes through its 111 kW (149 hp equivalent) electric motor.
Situated beneath that display is a tiny home button, a first on the nano. (Previous iPods had click-wheels or no such buttons at all.) That makes one of five buttons here -- yes, five.
The RX 350 F Sport is a slightly breathed-upon, up-optioned version of Lexus's suburban fembot, including a stiffer suspension and bigger, racier wheels and tires (19-inch alloy wheels wrapped in pretty aggressive Dunlop all-season tires).
Its transmission, wheels, chassis, frame and radiator all came from 1921.
It is, for example, equipped with a rear-wheel steering system (Precision All-Wheel Steer) that allows the rear wheels to be pointed, independently, up to 2 degrees of toe-angle adjustment in either direction (in or out, negative or positive), for 4 degrees of articulation.
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Nothing wiggles, nothing feels like it's in danger of breaking off, and all of the materials seem to be there for a reason: the tops of the jog wheels are grooved to feel like vinyl, for instance, and knobs, faders, and buttons are all coated in non-slip rubber or plastic.
Without money to grease them, the wheels of commerce turn slowly or not at all.
Other items include sweatshirts, skateboards and two types of Converse high tops, all of which will be stamped with the special Steel Wheels logo.
And nearly all automakers with in-car computers offer buttons on their steering wheels.
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These mofos will feature PAN motor technology which essentially means all the electronics, software, and motors are built into the wheels.
All someone has to do to invalidate it is to show that wheels have been in use for some time now.
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This makes the bikes a bit cheaper unless you want to change something, like the wheels, in which case you might have to buy all the parts separately.
Among the programs that could be subject to such cuts: Meals on Wheels, subsidized senior housing, and transportation all critical to frail elders trying to live independently at home.
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If you've ever climbed into a cold metal car and felt the wheels ka-chunk into motion, that feeling, all those feelings the motion and sound and sight of the countryside appearing and disappearing frame by frame they'll haunt you.
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