He argues that with antilock brake and stability systems, 100 percent reliability is possible because they merely survey signals from within the car: wheel speed, pressure applied to the brake pedal, and so on.
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It has two doors, four seats, a W12 engine, all-wheel drive and a top speed of 202 mph.
Both companies worked together to produce a six-speed front-wheel drive transmission that has been used on a variety of vehicles including the Ford Fusion sedan and the GM Chevrolet Malibu.
Meanwhile, he held tight to the wheel and adhered to the speed limit, because he wanted nothing to interfere with his momentum, no rules to be broken, no winking signposts missed.
At higher velocities, the lights switch over to calculating speed based on the wheel's period of rotation.
Investigators will look at the trains' braking performances, wheel and track conditions, and speed and other information from data recorders, Weener said.
Journe created this lightweight Octa Sport with 120-hour power reserve and a variable inertia balance wheel for stability even at high speed.
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Investigators will look at a number of things, including the trains' braking performance, wheel and track conditions, and speed and other information from data recorders, Weener said Saturday.
With little inertia, friction or drag, the wheel can be spun up to speed in a trice, and then made to dump its rotational energy back into the car's transmission in seconds.
Ford's prototype system aims to lessen distraction by taking readouts from biometric sensors and combining the data with information from the car, including speed, steering-wheel angle, and data from radar sensors or cameras used in blind-spot obstacle detection or cruise control.
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The car has a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine with a 6-speed automatic transmission and front-wheel drive.
It has full-time four-wheel drive and selective eight-wheel drive, and can reach a highway speed of 62 mph with a range of 312 miles.
The two rivals are developing a high-volume, six-speed automatic transmission suitable for front-wheel-drive cars.
You may wish the manual tranny had a sixth gear or that there were steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters for the six-speed, dual-clutch automatic.
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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Its power is transmitted to the road via the 7-speed dual clutch automatic transmission and 4MATIC all-wheel drive.
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The mighty 12 is backed up by an eight-speed transmission and Audi's Quattro all-wheel drive system (with electrically locking front and rear differentials, no less).
The V8 engine gets 767 total horsepower using flywheel technology at the wheels and a six-speed racing transmission with paddle-shifters at the steering wheel.
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None of this is too light, by the way: At speed you get effort and feel back in the steering wheel, and gearshifts can be executed quickly.
He was holding the phone in both hands like a steering wheel, twisting it up and down to navigate around obstacles at high speed.
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But it'll take some time to dial in and get up to speed because they've got different controls on the steering wheel, different settings, a different set-up, and different characteristics of aero balance.
Play music and you'll get full album art on display in the center stack, but you'll also get a smaller version right up on the driver's display behind the wheel, where it'll sit next to more important information like speed and fuel level.
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The Lancer has been the dominant car in world rallying since 1996, and Tommi Makinen's four world title owed as much to his car's speed, consistency and reliability as to his own skills behind the wheel.
Sadly we still don't, as Tesla wasn't letting anybody behind the wheel, but we did get to ride shotgun for a few quick exhibitions of speed.
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It had a four-speed transmission and fully working transfer case, so you could switch from two- to four-wheel drive.
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Drivers were entering and exiting this diabolical wheel from all directions, switching lanes and cutting each other off, without using their turn signals or altering their speed.
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