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Body style/layout: The Nissan Altima is a compact front-engine, front-wheel-drive gasoline-fueled car with four side doors and a traditional notchback trunk.
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On several occasions, I could have sworn that the front-wheel-drive car was equipped with all-wheel drive.
2011 Nissan Altima 2.5S sedan Warren Brown 2011
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As a young engineer, Mr. Stempel helped oversee GM's pioneering front-wheel-drive car, the Toronado.
Engineer Ran GM in Dark Early '90s Stephen Miller 2011
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Finally, while many people feel front-wheel-drive is adequate for driving on snow and in other slippery conditions, Audi's all-wheel-drive system is especially sure-footed and durable.
Fixing Air-Pressure Monitors Jonathan Welsh 2011
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They are still going after German rear-wheel-drive competition with a front-wheel-drive cars, said Bill Visnic , an analyst at auto information website Edmunds.com.
New Cadillacs Will Take On Europe Sharon Terlep 2011
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Both companies already have hybrid systems that power front-wheel-drive passenger cars such as the Ford Fusion and the Toyota Prius, the top-selling hybrid in the U.S.
Ford, Toyota Team Up on Gas-Electric Hybrid System Jeff Bennett 2011
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Needless to say, there were a lot of people in front-wheel-drive cars with low profile tyres trying to do 50-60mph.
Chocolate Fireguards (Cars and Email) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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A: The Mazda 3, like most front-wheel-drive vehicles, is nose-heavy.
Me & My Car: An Invisible Radiator Leak Jonathan Welsh 2011
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Ford's mid-size, front-wheel-drive Fusion sedan is now the top-ranked model in Consumer Reports '"family cars" segment — better than the Toyota Camry, the Honda Accord, the Nissan Altima and the Hyundai Sonata.
Rating Car Reliability: Detroit Moves Up but Asia Rules Joseph B. White 2010
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Body style/layout: The new Regal is a front-engine, front-wheel-drive, compact family sedan with four side doors and a traditional notchback trunk.
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