Torque steer (the tendency of front-wheel drive cars to pull to the side upon acceleration) is a problem with the Beetle, especially when you have a heavy right foot like I do.
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The Charlton board continue to sit in their lovely Laura Ashley offices and drive in their fast cars - the little girls who dreamt of playing for Charlton and England are told the girls' section of the club is no longer going to exist.
Still, GM says it is making room for the electric-drive system as it designs its next generation of small cars--an indication that the company is at least hopeful the car can be produced.
Since at least 2007 the search giant has been paying people to drive around in goofy-looking cars that are jury rigged to take pictures of the streets through which they drive.
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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.
Earlier this week, the company said it had scrapped plans for a 2008 line of rear-wheel-drive cars to focus resources on the trucks and sport utility vehicles it plans to introduce in the next 12 months.
That makes the electric Renault competitive with similar fossil fuel-powered cars but cheaper to drive, given the high cost of gasoline in Israel, according to Better Place.
The changes to the test are part of a drive to cut the number of accidents caused by poorly-maintained cars.
From cars that need to be hand-cranked to cars that might soon drive themselves: the auto industry has come a long way.
When it was finally unveiled at a press event Winterkorn was furious after discovering a tiny paint flaw on one of the media test-drive cars, according to one colleague.
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While self-drive cars are limited by law across the U.S., they are allowed with restrictions in California.
"We're trying and hoping to find a way to convert more of our customers that drive single-occupant cars to move over to the bus side, " said James Ferrara, president of the MTA's Bridges and Tunnel division, in a phone interview.
Early sales of the ATS in the U.S. isn't a fair indicator of the brand's potential, Mr. Ferguson said, because they reflect a failure to supply enough all-wheel-drive models in a segment where roughly half the cars sell with the feature.
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These new rich go out to restaurants, drive cars and buy the latest fashions in air-conditioned malls.
For the purpose of American buyers and readers, it was the Penske Automotive group that brought the Smart Fortwo to market in 2007 and began the process of leasing 100 electric-drive train Smart fortwo cars in 2011.
Dale Vince said he had built the car to "smash the stereotype of electric cars as something Noddy would drive - slow, boring, not cool".
But along the motorways and railway lines there is another England of concrete and glass, of shopping malls and new semi-detached houses, each with two cars in the drive.
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And, of course, AWD is especially welcome when the elements become inhospitable, which is when rear-drive cars tend to lose their poise.
U.S. buyers of luxury-performance cars aren't looking just to drive fast, since the law forbids taking these cars up to even half their rated top speeds.
Total new car registrations in the UK rose 5.3% in 2012, according to separate data from the SMMT, helping to drive up domestic demand for UK-manufactured cars by 15%.
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Over-65s also drive 45% fewer miles than the average, which means their cars last longer.
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.
The point is to decrease the car's turning circle (another weak point in front-drive cars).
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The number of cars that leave, for instance, when you drive off -- there are a lot more.
Electrical drive trains are displacing mechanical ones in factories, ships, hybrid cars and all the other heavy-lifting sectors of the economy.
"People want to drive their cars a mile or two to a park-and-ride, and then take the rail in on the most congested part of the trip, " he said.
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In October 2010, four driverless electric vans successfully concluded a 13, 000-kilometer test drive from Italy to China, Nevada has issued the first set of regulations for driverless cars, and WIRED magazine recently ran a cover story anticipating driverless cars in your life in the near future.
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