In case of rollover, the rear headrests deploy to protect all passengers.

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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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Overall, NBC still ranked behind CBS and ABC, but at least it was no longer bringing up the rear in fourth place, as had been the case for several years.

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You and your lawyers want to thrash this out, case by case, fighting a trench-warfare, rear-guard action?

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Nor the first guy, who took himself to the rear and talked his way into a hospital as a battle fatigue case.

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In the case of the 330xi, one answer lies in the aforementioned rear-wheel-drive feel.

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Of course, the reason to rejoice if you love to drive sports sedans is that--at least in the case of BMW, Mercedes and Nissan--we're talking about cars that started life with rear-wheel not front-wheel drive.

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