How to Use wheelbase in a Sentence

wheelbase

noun

• The ride is mostly fine as the Sport has a 106.3-inch wheelbase.
  — Mark Savage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2017
• The roof is four tenths of an inch lower, the wheelbase is a half inch longer.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 18 July 2019
• In the new CR-V, the length, width, height and wheelbase are all bumped up by an inch and a half or so.
  — Tom Voelk, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2017
• That's longer than the wheelbase on the Tesla or a Porsche Taycan.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2021
• The Escape has a shorter wheelbase and is lighter than the Mach-E, too.
  — Umar Shakir, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2023
• For starters, the wheelbase has been stretched almost 2 feet.
  — Steve Irsay, Orange County Register, 31 Mar. 2017
• The collision, about 45 miles west of New York City, sheared the bus from its wheelbase and crushed the front end of the dump truck.
  — Washington Post, 26 May 2018
• The three-row version will have a longer wheelbase than the two-row Grand Cherokee.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2020
• More on the Porsche 911 Mauer prefers to start with just the front wheel so that the proportions of the car and the wheelbase can be changed later.
  — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 30 Apr. 2020
• The platform of the new de Ville is based on the upscale Seville, though the de Ville's wheelbase has been stretched 2.8 inches.
  — Phil Berg, Car and Driver, 8 June 2020
• The side-profile is chiseled and tight, with a long wheelbase front to rear and a short overhang on the front wheels.
  — Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• In fact, while the Supra is about the same length as the small Toyota FT-86, its wheelbase is four inches shorter.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2019
• The Stelvio’s 111-inch wheelbase is identical to the Giulia sedan.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2017
• The new shape sits on a wheelbase that’s unchanged from the 370Z, although the car is five inches longer overall.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 June 2022
• Overall the Kona has grown 5.9 inches overall and 2.4 inches in length to the wheelbase.
  — Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2024
• Its wheelbase is more than three inches shorter than the Kona.
  — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2018
• The Elantra’s wheelbase and width also grew to dimensions that are among the class leaders.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2020
• With a flat front, long wheelbase, short overhangs, and a styling that pleasingly echoes the hippie bus of old, the ID.
  — Jeremy White, Wired, 9 Mar. 2022
• As for the Malibu in general, the changes last year gave it a longer wheelbase for greater comfort.
  — G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• The Mazda is the wheelbase champ at 122.8 inches, about six inches longer than the Grand Highlander.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 18 Feb. 2023
• This wagon casts the smallest shadow of the five and has the most diminutive wheelbase, at 104.9 inches.
  — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
• The wheelbase spans a lengthy 113.0 inches, and the doors are unfashionably long.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 8 Feb. 2021
• The 3 and 4 cars have identical lengths, wheelbases, and rear tracks.
  — Al Haas, Philly.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Stretched: The wheelbase has been extended for a longer, leaner look.
  — Mark Glover, sacbee, 14 Feb. 2018
• The long wheelbase version will have seating for as many as seven.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 9 Mar. 2022
• The long wheelbase means there is also plenty of room in the second row along with over 25 cubic feet of cargo space in the back.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• The pickup’s wheelbase and overall length are longer than those SUVs.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2021
• The crew cab model grew four inches longer, with a 4.0-inch increase in wheelbase and 0.5-inch increase in width.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2018
• The gaps in the speed cushions are wider than the wheelbase of a normal car, but a bigger fire truck or ambulance can get right through.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2022
• The car was built upon a chrome-moly tube-frame chassis with a 90-inch wheelbase and an independent suspension system.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024