Sentences with phrase «m car performance»

Not to be outdone by its tuner, BMW also introduced the 2017 BMW M760i xDrive (above), a V12 car with M car performance components (engine, exhaust, aerodynamic package, badging).

Not exact matches

Ford Motor Co on Monday said it was replacing Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields with James Hackett, the head of the unit developing self - driving cars, in response to investors» growing unease over the U.S. carmaker's stock performance and prospects.

Still, virtually all Chinese electric cars are low - cost, relatively low - performance ones, without the luxury trimmings and lightning - fast acceleration that Tesla owners fetishize.

Their combination of high - performance, quality materials, and precise engineering results in cars that people respect for being some of the best driving machines on the planet.

A muscle car is more than just a high - performance two - door car.

He was incredibly successful in raising money for this Better Place thing, like $ 400 million or $ 500 million, but the board of directors weren't happy with the performance of the company, which has only sold 500 cars.

In 2009, for example, the German government amended its rules so that inspections of emissions performance would be based solely on readings from a car's own «onboard diagnostic» system, effectively ceding total control to the automakers.

As U.S. car buyers continue their mass migration into utility vehicles, some are bringing along their preference for performance once sated by Taurus SHO sport sedans and Focus ST hot hatches.

In 2012, Tesla produced the all - electric Model S, a high - performance sedan which even skeptics in Detroit hailed as possibly the best car ever built.

Musk, who several months ago demoted Eberhard to president of technology and installed an interim CEO, argues that Tesla is a hit precisely because he hasn't sacrificed the car's performance to meet any arbitrary near - term goal.

Keaton's performance is best when he's opposite Parker, particularly in one heated verbal showdown in a car where you can feel the weight of the scene through Peter's averting eyes.

Prototypes are purpose - built, but GT cars are production cars that started their journey as a vehicle coming down the assembly line in a factory — then they get modified for performance and safety.

The brand's cars and SUVs are exceptionally well - done, with reasonable performance, great reliability, and fantastic Honda engineering.

The strength, stamina, and conditioning, combined with the exceptional physical and cognitive skills needed to consistently take a race car to the extreme edge of performance and control — that's what makes a race car driver an athlete.

If you sell me a gizmo to attach to my car's engine that you swear will provide better performance, then it had better actually provide better performance: me having the «feeling» that the car is now performing better isn't enough.

The motivation behind buying a luxury or high performance car is strongly driven by factors such as design, hand - crafted interiors, personalisation and performance.

If you're a frequent traveler, you'll be pleased with the phones» performance — just don't cry foul when one doesn't fit into the cup holder of your rental car.

South Korean carmaker Kia is better known for slightly offbeat, value - oriented cars than for high - performance wheels, but that changed last year with the introduction of the Stinger.

Initially, the P85D Model S scored 103 points when Consumer Reports measured the car's acceleration, braking, handling and other key performance characteristics.

Translation: it's an incrementally improved battery, just as Tesla's cars have been improved as the years have passed, gaining range and performance.

The product testing agency on Thursday gave the new, high - performance P85D version of the automaker's Model S a rating of 100 — a perfect score — calling it «the best - performing car that Consumer Reports has ever tested.»

United President Scott Kirby wrote in a memo to employees that the carrier was «pressing the pause button» on unpopular changes to its merit bonus system that would scrap quarterly performance bonuses in favor of lottery drawings for cash prizes, luxury cars and vacation packages.

Cars are subject to high and low temperatures that have a significant impact on battery performance, and the standard for safety is understandably high.

Last year was the industry's best performance since 2007, when 16.1 million new cars and trucks were sold.

Working toward peak performance is a little like driving a car — it may become routine and you may even flip on the cruise control every so often.

We are all performance enthusiasts, and if we like the car or truck, there will be a whole line of performance enthusiasts we know will like it too.

And there is the suspicion that builds every time you take the wheel that no other car combines the same coincidental levels of performance, road feel, quality and comfort.

Unfortunately, many of these drivers are not prepared to handle the performance of cars like the electric SUV.

Performance levels for ride - hailing and car - sharing service vehicles could be dialled down significantly, meaning they would not have to be so aerodynamic.

Fellow luxury carmaker McLaren, known for high performance cars such as the new 720S model that debuted in China on Wednesday, is planning to expand its range of electric products over the long - term.

Baidu is hoping to take its autonomous car project to the next level through a partnership with high performance chip maker Nvidia.

The fatal crash, which occurred in Florida on May 7, will see the NHTSA examine the design and the performance of the Autopilot system of Tesla Motors, which has previously been criticized by self - driving car technology experts as launched too early.

This is a waste of human potential: it's like driving a high - performance sports car at 20 kilometers an hour.

Already the world's largest car market, China is projected to become the top market for luxury vehicles by 2020, according to L2, a U.S. business intelligence firm that tracks the digital performance of consumer brands.

Being a car enthusiast, the YouTuber was also incredibly impressed with the FF 91's performance on the road.

When VW threatened to transfer the production of new cars to cheaper locations such as Portugal, new flexible hours and pay were negotiated with the IG Metall union, along with performance targets and training schemes.

Pretend you are the CEO of a hot growth company like Tesla Motors (TSLA), the maker of high performance electric cars.

Combining safety, performance, and efficiency, Model S has reset the world's expectations for the car of the 21st century with the longest range of any electric vehicle, over-the-air software updates that make it better over time, and a record 0 - 60 mph acceleration time of 2.28 seconds as measured by Motor Trend.

LONDON, May 4 British new car registrations increased by roughly 10 percent last month according to preliminary data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), although the numbers are in comparison to a weak performance in April last year.

OK, so Tesla can tick all the boxes on the performance characteristics for its batteries but when packaged in a car they are still too expensive for the mass market.

The period between the mid-1960s and the early 1970s was a high point for classic muscle - car performance.

What perhaps was most disturbing in Musk's performance Wednesday was his discussion of the safety of Tesla's cars and the company's Autopilot semiautonomous driving system.

Police say a video from the Uber self - driving car that struck and killed a woman on Sunday shows her moving in front of it suddenly, a factor that investigators are likely to focus on as they assess the performance of the technology in the first pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous vehicle.

One - on - one appointments were all business, and the event was capped with heart - pounding race car driving at the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

Loose or ill - fitting straps could cause a driver to move around in the car under the huge G - forces generated by the car, and any distractions are obviously going to have a negative impact on performance.

There were still some epic performances though, notably at the final race of the season in Japan when Alonso put in an absolute giant - killer of a weekend, starting with qualifying, where he put his car 18th on the grid.

Vettel did also speak about his feelings in the car and is quite clearly eager to establish the relative performance levels of the Ferrari.

My personal opinion is we will see more pit stops, a little bit more overtaking than last year and cars dropping a lot of performance trying to hang onto a tyre.»

Honda does seem to have been getting on top of things in recent races, so it'll hopefully give us an idea of just how much this upgrade improves the cars performance at a power circuit like Spa.

Called the «power rankings `, a team of experts aims to rank the top - 10 drivers from each weekend based purely on individual performance, regardless of which car they're in.