Sentences with phrase «anti-luxury luxury marque»

New vehicle sales in Western Australia were down 15.8 per cent in May, adding to a sharp decline in year - to - date activity, though one bright spot was a pick - up in sales of luxury marques.

The Infiniti G sedan range led sales volume for Nissan's luxury marque, with 3940 units sold compared to the 3056 G sedan models moved in September 2010, representing a gain of 28.9 percent.

The 2017 Infiniti Q30 is intended to help the luxury marque expand its sales appeal both in the U.S. and in Europe and will take on cars like the Audi A3 and Mercedes - Benz CLA / GLA.

The big three German luxury marques, Audi, BMW and Mercedes - Benz, each dominated the show with a mix of new production vehicles and concepts.

No car illustrates both the peril and payoff of a luxury marque raiding the corporate parts bin quite like the Lexus ES.

Lexus is suffering like all luxury marques but hasn't slowed plans for growing its portfolio with two new models: the IS C convertible and the HS250h hybrid.

Most of the luxury marques are here with mini-showrooms to catch the wandering dollars of the wealthy.

The 2018 Mercedes - Benz GLC is a superb premium compact crossover with a high - quality cabin, plenty of standard equipment and tempting options, along with a ride quality and driving experience that's wholly fitting for a luxury marque.

This selection of exclusive trim and enhancements can be added to your Aston Martin at the point of specification and installed and hand - finished at the luxury marque's Gaydon headquarters.

Produced as a direct competitor to the luxury sports sedans of the leading European luxury marques, the XE10 series Toyota Altezza and Lexus IS was designed with a greater performance emphasis than typically seen on prior Japanese luxury vehicles.

Being a tech - savvy Japanese luxury marque Infiniti of course equips its Q60 Red Sport with a multitude of driving modes.

For the Japanese luxury marque, it's about taking risks where others don't — and delivering as much value as possible.

Much has been made of the German Big Three's move toward the mainstream in terms of price; at no time in history has one of these luxury marques been more attainable by the non-wealthy (in the US at least).

In keeping with a trend noticed in recent years, mainstream brands continue refining their interiors to the point they could be competing with luxury marques.

It started as an upscale sub-brand, it evolved into a standalone luxury marque, and it now it looks like it is aspiring to become a maker of exclusively electrified premium cars.

Small displacement four - cylinders are common among every major luxury marque.

China is Mercedes» biggest single market and in the first quarter the brand was the top - selling luxury marque despite a surge in sales by Audi, last year's leader.

If you're a luxury marque like Bentley, and you want to find a hook to bring in the punters, what better way than delivering a special edition inspired by the -LSB-...]

[35][36] Lexus quickly established customer loyalty and its debut was generally regarded as a shock to existing luxury marques.

Look through the lineups of BMW, Audi and Mercedes - Benz and you'll find lots of tiny little niches being filled, the Teutonic luxury marques seemingly adopting Alfred Sloan's famed 1924 credo for General Motors, «a car for every purse and purpose.»

Rolls - Royce Motor Cars has released the first in a series of short films detailing the history of the legendary luxury marque.

Lexus says the concept explores the potential for a mid-sizer within the luxury marque's model range.

British luxury marque Bentley has revealed their new performance flagship, the 2013 Continental GT Speed, ahead of its debut at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed.

It's not just performance and efficiency where Honda aimed to meet or exceed luxury marques.

The Lexus IS was introduced to European markets in 1999 and became the luxury marque's entry - level model; by this time the Lexus ES was no longer sold in most European markets.

For the first time, GM's luxury marque could go toe - to - toe with BMW, Audi, Mercedes - Benz, and Lexus not just in terms of performance, but also in convenience, refinement, and design.

Get the first turbo - diesel ever offered by Toyota's luxury marque in Australia out in some fair dinkum outback country and its qualities shine through.

While the luxury marque connoisseurs weren't really enthused, the British car maker had their idea of future etched clearly.

For years, the luxury marque has designed class - leading cabins with stunning layouts and trend - setting technologies.

Anyone surprised to learn Cadillac's Escalade; Lincoln's Navigator, or any of the SUVs and crossovers from luxury marques are routinely offered with powered rear lift gates, clearly hasn't been shopping in quite a while.

As a result, there is still a bit of the German luxury marque's DNA in this all - new vehicle.

After years of making lackluster front - wheel - drive road cars, Alfa Romeo is returning to its high - performance roots to compete with BMW and other luxury marques.

Americans used to Mercedes - Benz as a luxury marque may feel let down by some of the appointments in the B - Class Electric Drive's cabin.

Anyway, there were talks of this, but Hyundai has come out and informed media that yes there was an internal study done on the feasibility of acquiring a luxury marque like Jaguar from Ford Motor Co but it was ruled out because Hyundai decided it needed to focus on expanding production instead.

Before this year, the only time Land Rover sales had declined in this country was in the 1990 - 91 recession, when all European luxury marques tanked.

The combination of added interior space, everyday practicality and stand - out good looks (not to mention athletic performance) is seducing many shopping within the $ 200 - 500K range away from more conservative luxury marques, says Maserati.

It also appeals from a rational perspective to buyers of all ages who expect value for money, even from a luxury marque.

If it was a luxury marque though, that would make sense.

Among luxury marques, Saab is overshadowed by everyone.

With BMW, Audi and Mercedes fielding stylish new vehicles, the pressure is on Acura and other Japanese luxury marques to build better - looking cars.

Unless Hyundai has cultivated legions of loyal buyers, it will take more than a cheaply accented interior to convince consumers to step up to the Azera from its less expensive but still - attractive offerings — or prevent them from jumping ship for a better - established entry - level luxury marque entirely.

These offers have made the entry - level luxury Audi cars more accessible to aspiring buyers in a campaign to boost sales for the luxury marque.

Launched on March 27, 1986, Acura was the world's first Japanese luxury nameplate and the first to challenge established European and American luxury marques with its world - class engineering, product quality, value and advanced powertrain technology.

At the other extreme is luxury marque Mercedes - Benz.

Not exact matches

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The gentleman's agreement separating the three German marques» entry - luxury lines has all but come undone.

Road Rage — Roger Bell does battle with an unspoiled example of Aston Martin's 1950s warhorse the DB3S / Bugatti Type 46s Exposed — Another in our exclusive series of James Allington colour cutaway drawings this time with descriptive text by the author / Nearly Great part II — HRG authority Ian Dussek concludes his enthralling two - part article on the Twin Cam with his driving impressions of a rare survivor / Imperial Splendour — Walter Chrysler's 1930 Imperial was hardly radical but was the epitome of sound luxury car design / The Eternal Bridesmaid — Jan Norbye feels Benz deserves more laurels than it usually gets / Glorious Goodwood — Seen through the lens of renowned racing photographer Alan Smith / Distant Memory — Michael Worthington - Williams digs deep to research the histories of three obscure but tantalising British marques of the 1920s.

The move is a boon for Aston Martin as not only is the British marque looking to expand its footprint in the luxury and supercar market but also the hypercar segment with the Valkyrie, and who better to determine if the car is ready for customers than the man responsible for tuning the McLaren P1?

Everything starts with its all - new aluminum intensive endoskeleton the marque calls the «Architecture of Luxury,» a versatile, lighter platform that will underpin all future Rolls - Royces.

Though some reports from before Dominique's move to PSA named DS — Citroen's luxury sub brand, created primarily for the Chinese market — as the marque designated for us, it's not necessarily so.