designated respectively by reference numerals 136 and 138 the motors 136 and 138 are preferably mounted in a housing 140 and are coupled via respective gear assemblies 142 and 144 and respective shafts 146 and 148 to wheels 132 and 134 shafts 146 and 148 are typically generally rigid but may alternatively be flexible and resilient alternatively the wheels 132 and 134 may be rotatably connected to shafts and the motors may be mounted on the shafts in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention a resilient coupling 150 connects the forward wheeled axle 110 and the rearward wheeled axle 130 via respective housings 120 and 140 with more than one degree of freedom therebetween preferably the resilient coupling 150 provides more than two degrees of freedom in a most preferred embodiment of the invention the resilient coupling 150 provides six degrees of freedom additional degrees of freedom may be realized if one or more of shafts 126 128 146 and 148 are flexible stretchable and or resilient a preferred embodiment of resilient coupling 150 comprises an elongate coil spring 156 which allows relative translation of wheeled axles 110 and 130 along three mutually perpendicular axes and allows relative pitch yaw and roll thereof in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention a radio controller not shown may be provided with independent speed and direction controls for each of the motors such a radio controller way communicate with a radio receiver and motor driver 160 which receives electrical power from a battery 162 and provides electrical power to the motors 116 118 136 and 136 alternatively the toy vehicle can be operated without a remote control it is seen that fig4 a.