How to Use front-wheel drive in a Sentence
front-wheel drive
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Plus, the Prime is available only with front-wheel drive while the Prius is offered with electric all-wheel drive.
— Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2023 -
As a pure, rear-drive sports car, the 4C marked a clear delineation from Alfa Romeo’s nearly 40 years wandering in the desert of front-wheel drive.
— Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 11 July 2024 -
Enlarge / Ars drove an early front-wheel drive Ariya last year, but now the all-wheel drive version is finally ready for these shores.
— Stephen Edelstein, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Since this is a front-wheel drive model, it is not ideally suited to work on hills and slopes, but should be fine for fairly level yards.
— Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2023 -
The 2022 Civic Si sedan will continue to only offer a manual transmission and front-wheel drive, and its fun-to-drive nature carries on, too.
— Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2023 -
All-wheel drive is available on Touring L, Limited and Pinnacle models, while front-wheel drive is standard.
— Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2024 -
Those supply chain problems are evidently no more because the front-wheel drive 2.5 L hybrid is now the default powertrain option once again.
— Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024 -
There’s still no transmission tunnel, however, because the ICE hybrid vehicles will be front-wheel drive.
— James Morris, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024 -
Standard also is an eight-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission and front-wheel drive.
— James Raia, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024 -
The restaurant’s name was inspired by its art deco interior: the Ruxton was an elegant 1930s-era front-wheel drive automobile.
— Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2023 -
In late December 2022, Nissan began deliveries of the single motor front-wheel drive Ariya crossover and will shortly begin delivering a more powerful dual motor variant.
— Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
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