How can this big, amply furnished front-engine berlinetta, with nearly 18 cubes of cargo space in the back (with bench seat folded), outpace a carbonized wraith of a car like the Enzo?
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This XKR-S is still, after all, a 2-ton two-plus-two coupe with a big engine up front and a six-speed automatic transmission.
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The other possibility is to increase bypass, or the amount of air the fan on the front blows past the engine.
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Having its engine up front, rather than at the rear, as with the iconic Porsche 911, the 928 was a huge departure for the German car company and a novelty at the time.
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The SUV features a front-mounted diesel engine paired with an electric motor in a traditional hybrid configuration, plus a second, more powerful electric motor in the rear to drive those wheels in the back.
The gasoline engine drives the front wheels, but it also sends some current to the batteries.
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The 30-year-old's car was fitted with a new front wing, diffuser, engine cover and exhausts.
The large center air inlet further optimizes cooling of the engine and the front brakes.
Flywheel technology uses two electric motors at the front axle to supplement the engine (in this case, a 480 horsepower rear-mounted engine).
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The broad lower fenders are aerodynamically sculpted to manage the flow of air to the engine bay and front brakes, whilst reinforcing the powerful, dynamic road presence of the new Lexus signature frontal design.
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This is the first vehicle built with the so-called MQB, which stands for Modularer Querbaukasten, or "modular transverse toolbox, " for small to midsize, front-drive, transverse-engine cars.
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Coming in three trim levels, all models come powered by a peppy 180-horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that drives the front wheels via a six-speed automatic transmission.
The sense of moving through the world without the sound of an internal combustion engine roaring up in front is one that I could get used to.
Love lives in the heart, and the heart of the TT RS is the 2.5-liter turbocharged five cylinder engine that beats in the engine compartment over the front wheels.
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To conserve space Issigonis put the engine transversely driving the front wheels, this was a radical design but allowed a very short bonnet and gave more interior space, enough for four adults.
It not only automatically distributes engine power between the front and rear axles as needed, but also between the left and right rear wheels to provide a sporty feel few AWD vehicles can match.
It currently doesn't believe the cause was its ( previously recalled) Lithium-ion battery, exhaust routing or electrical components, having learned that the ignition zone was outside the engine compartment, in front of the driver's side front tire.
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Then during acceleration, that energy moves to the front wheels, which support the combustion engine.
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To meet safety rules, the engine is slung between the front wheels and designed to slip under the passenger's feet in a crash, while the raised floor protects against a side impact.
The car itself had its entire front end sheared off, with the burning engine wedged through a gaping hole in the fence.
It has a 5.9 litre Cummins turbo diesel engine (2) at the front that allows it to reach a maximum of 65 kph (40mph) on roads.
Perhaps it could draw worthy content forward more efficiently than search engine technology, to get it in front of thousands of additional interested readers.
Any team operating within the budget will be allowed to use movable front and rear wings and, crucially, an engine not subject to a rev limit.
The Veloster is seriously snouty, a consequence of it being a front-drive car with a transverse-mounted engine (the Veloster is very much a mechanical clone of the new Elantra, complete with torsion-beam rear suspension).
With similar styling to the previous Viper, albeit with an all-new carbon-fiber and aluminum skin, the new Viper comes blazingly powered by an all-aluminum, mid-front-mounted 8.4-liter V10 engine that puts a rocket-like 640 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque to the pavement.
The car uses two electric motors at the front axle to supplement the 480 horsepower rear-mounted engine.
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The car has a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine with a 6-speed automatic transmission and front-wheel drive.
The additional front-wheel drive called for a newly designed front axle: unlike the series production vehicle with AMG V8 engine, which has a double wishbone axle, the SLS AMG E-CELL features an independent multi-link suspension with pushrod damper struts.
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This engine uses a gearbox to allow the fan at the front and the turbine at the back to run at different, but optimal speeds.
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