torque-vectoring

You could credit the Ford's torque-vectoring front axle, which helps put down the power exiting corners, or its independent multilink rear suspension, which maintains contact with the road better than the Elantra's rear beam axle.

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All the software and circuitry that makes modern Porsches safer and more accessible—traction and stability control, torque-vectoring, brake-force distribution, adaptive suspension and shift-by-wire double-clutch gearboxes—are regarded by many as dulling overburden between the driver and the pleasure of machine mastery.

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Aimed primarily at European and Asian markets, this thing is a full 20 inches shorter overall (162.4 inches) than Nissan's Rogue cute-ute, with 17-inch alloy rims, optional torque-vectoring all-wheel drive, an available six-speed manual transmission (or a continuously variable transmission, or CVT), and a bumptious, short-fused 1.6-liter turbo four-banger (188 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque at 2,000 to 5,200 rpm).

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The rear transaxle consists of a seven-speed, dual-clutch sequential gearbox—no standard gearbox is available—abetted with Ferrari's E-Diff, the company's torque-vectoring system that channels twist to the outside rear wheel in corners to help pivot the car.

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The electric motors on the front wheels, where the steering gets done, can be driven at different speeds and power levels, with an articulation that's impossible with mechanically based torque-vectoring systems, like that on the McLaren MP4-12C.

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The AWD version also gets the sexy torque-vectoring system on the rear axle, which uses twin clutches to direct more torque to the outside rear wheel, giving the car more lateral edge and out-of-corner acceleration.

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Inevitably, Audi will stuff the guts with the VW Group's twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8, as well as a dual-clutch automatic, a torque-vectoring rear axle and the adjustable air suspension, and call the result the S7.

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The all-wheel-drive system has a torque-vectoring rear differential a new option this year, which actually over-rotates the outside rear wheel in corners, helping to turn the car and nulling out understeer.

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Nor is it the all-wheel-drive system with a torque-vectoring rear differential (a new option this year), which actually over-rotates the outside rear wheel in corners, helping to turn the car and nulling out understeer (cf, Ferrari 's E-Diff).

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Powertrain: Direct-injected 4. 2-liter DOHC, 32-valve V8 with variable valve timing and intake geometry; eight-speed adaptive automatic transmission with paddle shifters; full-time all-wheel drive with torque-sensing center differential, electronically locking front differential and locking/torque-vectoring rear differential optional with sport package

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