How to Use front-wheel drive in a Sentence

front-wheel drive

noun
  • There’s a front-wheel drive version and an all-wheel drive version.
    — New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Each has varying performance and rear-wheel or front-wheel drive.
    — Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 13 May 2025
  • But the front-wheel drive has plenty of grip and will pull you out of some tricky situations.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
  • But up front, this historic car is the first Porsche racer with electric front-wheel drive.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
  • Hybrid models are only available with front-wheel drive.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • The hybrid front-wheel drive base model earns 38 miles per gallon combined.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • While all-wheel drive and four-wheel drive may be viewed as the most popular options, front-wheel drive can still be viable with winter tires.
    — Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Like the 1976 original, the new car has front-wheel drive, but the ID.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Cherokee and Forester Hybrid both come standard with all-wheel drive, with no option for front-wheel drive.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • Standard also is an eight-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission and front-wheel drive.
    — James Raia, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
  • And the Fiat's front-wheel drive layout lets drivers make the most of regen, as most of the braking force in any car is applied to the front wheels.
    — Stephen Edelstein, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 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
  • The new Kicks also takes on a more upright, imposing look than the ’24 model, which offered only front-wheel drive and looked more like a small wagon.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This pairs to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) with front-wheel drive.
    — New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025
  • As standard, the ADX is just front-wheel drive, but all-wheel drive is available for an additional $2,000.
    — ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
  • Hybrid power and all-wheel drive will initially be standard, but the full lineup will likely include less expensive models with gasoline-only power and front-wheel drive.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • All-wheel drive is available on Touring L, Limited and Pinnacle models, while front-wheel drive is standard.
    — Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2024
  • There’s still no transmission tunnel, however, because the ICE hybrid vehicles will be front-wheel drive.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The base one, a Premium FWD with a single motor and front-wheel drive, will be offered only in limited numbers.
    — Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Volkswagen will launch nine new models by 2027, including four electric cars based on the MEB platform with front-wheel drive.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • These cars are sensational, liberating Honda’s engineering excellence from the tyranny of front-wheel drive.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Sadly, the eight-seat configuration is only available as a front-wheel drive with either diesel or gas turbo engine, not as the eHybrid 4Motion plug-in hybrid all-wheel-drive.
    — New Atlas, 13 June 2025
  • But perhaps, more interestingly, the Cybercab will be a front-wheel drive, single-speed automatic – as opposed to a rear-wheel or all-wheel drive on most Tesla EVs.
    — Utkarsh Sood june 19, New Atlas, 19 June 2026
  • Returning powertrain options include the 241-hp plug-in eHybrid 4Motion all-wheel drive, the 148-hp turbo-diesel front-wheel drive, and the 201-hp gas turbo FWD.
    — New Atlas, 26 June 2026
  • For reference, the Nugget High Roof with rear toilet debuted at a price of €83,245 ($99,025) last August, equipped with a 148-hp front-wheel drive with six-speed manual transmission.
    — New Atlas, 10 Feb. 2026

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