If the carmaker offers a turbocharger, say, on its all-wheel-drive version but not on the front-wheel-drive version, well, sorry, they're probably not going to custom-build a car for you.
But GM says the next-generation technology could power rear-wheel-drive cars as well, such as the Cadillac XTS concept car, which was on display at the recent Detroit auto show.
All three PRUMIE models come with the increasingly-standard multi-direction scroll wheel -- meaning that it scrolls both up and down as well as side-to-side -- and in order to combat the dreaded issue of mis-scrolling, the mice come with a "tilt guard" to prevent accidental left and right clicks.
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In the foot-well and the wheel arches, scientists found traces of a distinctive mix of chalk, brick dust and concrete used to cover the road leading to the ditch.
It also looks great from behind the wheel, which surprisingly, many well-designed cars do not.
They emit fewer well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions than virtually any other vehicle other than bikes and skateboards.
Thus the electric car is harvesting in terms of well-to-wheel miles only about 27% of the original fossil fuel energy, so not that much better than the standard car running on petrol or diesel.
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The only buildings that have been repaired are those that belong to the aid agencies, whose four-wheel-drive vehicles also account for most of the traffic on the roads - as well as a rare source of employment for Angolan drivers.
Reducing that to its core meaning, a well-engineered rear-wheel-drive car can be adapted to more easily and driven more aggressively.
"We were well on the path to making a rear-wheel-drive global platform, " says Mays.
From the steering wheel to the electrically adjustable sport seats, the metabolism of a well-optioned Cayman S is so much like that of a 911 it's hard to imagine feeling in any way deprived.
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Speaking of the jog wheel, the action is great -- not as heavy as a real deck, but still well-weighted.
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