Category Archives: DriveShaft

Video: Watch what happens when a Ford Mustang driveshaft fails at 135 mph

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Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Etc. , Safety , Videos , Ford Before we get started, we feel the need to repeat the standard issue warning about automotive stupidity: Do not try what’s shown in the video after the jump, and if you do, make sure it’s in the safe confines of a legitimate track facility. One individual recently learned firsthand what happens when you remove the factory’s 112-mph speed limiter on the Ford Mustang V6 and proceed to accelerate to 135 mph.

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Official: Volkswagen Cross Coupe concept hints at future SUV design

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Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrid , SUV , Tokyo Motor Show , Volkswagen Volkswagen will unveil a new CUV concept at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show this week. The Cross Coupe concept is the first vehicle, concept or otherwise, that we’ve seen ride on the company’s new modular transverse matrix architecture. More importantly, it may give us an indication of what to expect from the next generation of Volkswagen SUVs.

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Official: 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 delivers 650 HP and 200 MPH straight from the factory

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Filed under: LA Auto Show , Coupe , Performance , Ford 650 horsepower. 600 pound-feet of torque. 200-plus miles per hour.

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Video: Nissan highlights unique challenges of Juke-R’s drivetrain

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Filed under: Performance , Videos , Crossover , Nissan Most all-wheel-drive vehicles – say, a mass-market crossover like the Nissan Juke , for example – are fairly straightforward in their setup. With the engine and transmission up front, one driveshaft goes to the front wheels and another to the back. But that’s not always the case with high-performance machines.

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Rumormill: BMW planning M5 with diesel, all-wheel drive?

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Filed under: Sedan , Performance , BMW , Diesel It wasn’t that long ago that a BMW with all-wheel drive – or really, anything other than rear-wheel drive – would have seemed downright apocryphal. But these days the Bavarian automaker offers traction at all four corners on a growing variety of vehicles… including the X5 M and X6 M crossovers.

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Report: Volkswagen CrossPassat in the wings?

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Filed under: Europe , Crossover , Volkswagen When Volkswagen launched its 2012 Passat , we were a little disappointed to hear that American buyers probably won’t be able to dive into a wagon version and that the company’s 4Motion all-wheel drive system wasn’t slated for the option sheet either. Volkswagen’s engineers said that the platform simply wasn’t suited to putting power to all four wheels, despite the fact that the body tray clearly has a center tunnel to accommodate a driveshaft. Now Autobild is reporting that the German manufacturer may be considering the creation of a Passat-based crossover that would offer all of the storage and go-anywhere goodness of a Passat Wagon 4Motion.

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