It also gets 19 mpg in the city with rear-wheel drive, according to GM.
The 616-horsepower Spider has a 3.8-litre V8 engine and 7-speed dual-clutch transmission with rear-wheel drive.
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The 2007 Ford Interceptor concept was a modern interpretation of an All-American rear-wheel-drive muscle car.
"We were well on the path to making a rear-wheel-drive global platform, " says Mays.
Luxury cars, with a few exceptions such as Audis and the Cadillac Deville, are rear-wheel drive.
In the case of the 330xi, one answer lies in the aforementioned rear-wheel-drive feel.
This performance sedan takes GM back to its roots, reviving a rear-wheel-drive tradition absent for 17 years.
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To accomplish its goal, Jaguar engineered the all-wheel-drive system to behave like rear-wheel drive most of the time.
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"Once you like it, a muscle-car person is going to be addicted to a rear-wheel drive platform, " he says.
The outcome would have been different in a standard XJ with rear-wheel drive.
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The first GM-designed and built electric motors are scheduled to debut in 2013 in its next-generation, rear-wheel-drive, two-mode hybrid technology.
It appears he succeeded with the Scion FR-S, a nimble, rear-wheel-drive sports coupe that is flying out of Toyota showrooms.
Reducing that to its core meaning, a well-engineered rear-wheel-drive car can be adapted to more easily and driven more aggressively.
It's a supercharged version of the rear-wheel-drive IS and will come with a 5.0-liter V-8 that delivers more than 400 horsepower.
Historically, it has focused on rear-wheel-drive powertrains, which are great for performance and driving dynamics, but less efficient than front-wheel drive.
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Kallenius says that U.S. buyers might be able to custom order an E63 AMG with rear-wheel drive instead of all-wheel drive.
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The 2013 E63 AMG Sedan, with rear-wheel drive, gets 19 miles per gallon overall, and the wagon gets 18 miles per gallon.
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At Dearborn, there seems to be no realization that the world is switching back to rear-wheel drive for luxury and performance models.
This should retain some of the rear-wheel-drive feel that some drivers prefer.
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If your vehicle is rear-wheel drive, backing into your driveway will also make it more difficult for a thief to tow it away.
General Motors tried this a few years back, taking its revered Pontiac GTO nameplate and slapping it on a rear-wheel-drive Holden imported from Australia.
It's the only big, eight-cylinder, rear-wheel-drive sedan built by Detroit the old way: by welding the body of the car onto a stiff frame.
So, for instance, Holden is developing a chassis that will be the basis for a range of large rear-wheel-drive cars and all-wheel-drive crossover utility vehicles.
Rear-wheel-drive cars have inherent advantages in handling, cornering and weight distribution.
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Helping Komatsu persuade the mine operator to switch was a new drive system that instead of the conventional mechanical axle and cogs uses rear-wheel-mounted electrical motors.
It's just hard to score in the luxury market when you refuse to do an eight-cylinder engine, wear undistinguished styling and don't offer a rear-wheel-drive car.
It was willing to lend Chrysler an outdated E-class platform as the basis for a new generation of rear-wheel-drive sedans, including the Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger.
Lexus-characteristic L-shaped combination lamps feature a layered, strongly three-dimensional design, and the lower, concave bumper section incorporates a full width spoiler to further enhance rear-wheel drive traction.
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But they had been working independently on rear-wheel-drive systems that would make pickups and suvs more fuel-efficient without sacrificing consumer demands for hauling big loads and towing trailers.
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Sure, you get a rear-wheel-drive setup with those German cars, and that means something far closer to true sports car handling, at least as traditionalists would have it.
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