Sentences with phrase «as a small car from»

Then it occurred to me that, as a small car from a GM division, it sits in a sort of blind spot: Chevy makes good pickups, good sports cars and good SUVs, plus some okay crossovers.

Not exact matches

Prior to joining us, Mr. Ahuja served in various positions at Ford Motor Company from August 1993 to July 2008, most recently as the Vehicle Line Controller of Small Cars Product Development from July 2006 to July 2008, and as Chief Financial Officer for Ford of Southern Africa from February 2003 to June 2006.

The deficit was still 13.6 percent smaller than the ¥ 1.09 trillion deficit recorded a year ago, as exports grew 12.2 percent to ¥ 6.09 trillion helped by strong demand for hybrid cars and semiconductor production machinery from China.

As the pope was driven from the airport to downtown Rio, crowds mobbed his small silver car, reaching out to touch the first Latin American pontiff.

So, as you'd expect from more striking aero packages, the cars look downright insane — for small hatchbacks, anyway.

As the small car wound out to nearly 100 miles per hour, a stream of tiny Renaults and Peugeots and corpulent lorries from Germany danced before Andretti's eyes as if on the screen of an arcade gamAs the small car wound out to nearly 100 miles per hour, a stream of tiny Renaults and Peugeots and corpulent lorries from Germany danced before Andretti's eyes as if on the screen of an arcade gamas if on the screen of an arcade game.

He benefitted from starting on Inters and maybe shouldn't have let Vandorne past but that's a small price to pay for bringing the car back to the paddock much as it started.

The mini bar is well stocked — like most families with children we emptied the hotel supply's and purchased our own from the nearby supermarket (the nearest one is out from main reception - walk down the ramp to main car park — cross over road and walk to the left for about 20 yards — turn right and the supermarket is just ahead of you on the left hand side through a small car park area) The hotel aren't keen that you do this but to be honest didn't challenge us on most of the items we replaced in the fridge — they obviously realise that with small children you require things such as fresh milk, fruit, confectionary etc..

I was proud to have done a very small part to help make that happen, making calls from home, in my car, in the Democrats office and again from home yesterday afternoon as I gave it one last push, feeling confident that no matter what the results, there was no way I could say, Â «I wish I would've done more.»

* wink * For some weird reason the folks in my area seem to think that driving a smaller car makes them super green — as they drive across town just because they want a cup of coffee from one particular barista, then back across town for groceries, then up the other side for a mall trip....

Remove small toys your child can put in their mouth, and poisonous liquids such as car cleaner or windshield wiper fluid from the back seat and from underneath the front seats.

It was perfect as we have a small car and we managed to fit everything we needed for our first 5 day trip away from home.

A short walk from the headquarters, on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, formerly the Triborough Bridge, Mr. Gugliero watched as cars sped through the sensors, noting how small a footprint the scaffolding for the system needs — making it a feasible option for tighter roadways like the West Side Highway and the F.D.R. Drive.

For example, photonic crystals could funnel excess heat from a power plant's generator and release it over a much smaller band of frequencies to drive engines — such as those in electric - powered cars that can absorb energy only within a small range — much more efficiently.

The condition can cause movements ranging from small gestures, to complex actions such as walking and even behaviours like getting dressed, driving a car, or playing a musical instrument, — all while asleep.

That hasn't stopped some smaller developers from trying to push into the field, such as Kunos Simulazioni's Assetto Corsa or Slightly Mad Studios» Project Cars.

When the action does hit it is as clean and fun as any film with a $ 175 million budget and the Marvel brand slapped on it can expect to be, and is all the more impressive coming from a director who had only made small indie dramas (see Wattsâ $ ™ Cop Car if you havenâ $ ™ t).

Moebius explained, «The students are participating in discussions about what it would have been like to be notified of the evacuation and within days have to sell, store, or somehow get rid of all belongings — from property [farms, homes, furniture, cars] to smaller items such as household items and clothing.

Best of all, it actually needs to be inserted and turned, endowing the car with a tactility not yielded by modern - day starter buttons.The level of detail is as beautiful as we have come to expect from the small Italian manufacturer, with the exposed carbonfibre weave matching immaculately between components.

The new all - aluminum XK is touted as the saviour of the company and it may well be, offering the opportunity to extract design from the stagnation of retro looks, but surely a smaller, less expensive sports car would make Jaguar exciting to younger buyers again.

As I shove his backpack into the small space between the 4C's engine and rear bumper, I explain that he needs to be careful getting in and out of the car since the body of the whole car is made from non-metallic compounds.

Our favourite features include the car's small but prominent rear roof - spoiler, as well as the pair of exhaust tailpipes that poke out from either side of a rear valance.

In fact, the 2014 M235i now boasts the most powerful gasoline motor in a M Performance vehicle — as distinct from a full - on M car, since of course those are all powered by small Hadron Colliders.

It's hard not to notice the new styling, which to our eyes isn't quite as clean and sleek as before, but arguably looks more like a serious performance car and less like a vehicle from a small - volume manufacturer.

The lineup doesn't stop there - from the small Ecosport crossover, to seven Mustangs (one of which is capable of 200mph) to a rally - themed Focus RS and an ST with a drone on top, there are almost as many Fords at SEMA as the other cars put together.

The iA is a Fiesta - class car, yet it doesn't seem small, as it measures 170.7 inches from front to back on a wheelbase of 101.2 inches.

As to why I've flown nearly halfway around the world to this small Spanish archipelago of banana plantations and lava rock sprouting from the Atlantic just off the northwest coast of Africa, well, I like to think it's because Porsche wanted a driving venue just as volcanic as its new sports caAs to why I've flown nearly halfway around the world to this small Spanish archipelago of banana plantations and lava rock sprouting from the Atlantic just off the northwest coast of Africa, well, I like to think it's because Porsche wanted a driving venue just as volcanic as its new sports caas volcanic as its new sports caas its new sports car.

Haywood pulls back his shirt cuff, gives a small smile — which, if you've spent any time with the laconic race car driver, you know a smile means high praise — and starts to tap on the watch's sapphire crystal as lights from the Sunset Strip below cast a pinkish glow on his grin.

As with smaller Minis, the gearbox is smooth but detracts from the car's character, and kickdown results in a flare of revs (and noise) but not a great deal of performance.

Englebert Moll, a former Abarth factory driver from Switzerland, brought half of his 40 - Abarth collection to Paris and it was an amazing thing to see, showing the true diversity of Abarth as both a tuner of small - bore Fiat economy cars and a full - on motorsports powerhouse, building scratch - made, giant - killing race cars.

Part of the goodness comes from the Prius» new smaller, lighter lithium - ion battery pack, which nicely fits beneath the rear seat cushion instead of behind the rear seatback as before, so the car doesn't want to wag its tail anymore when you get all loony on curving freeway off - ramp.

Top crash - test scores from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have earned the 500 status as an IIHS Top Safety Pick, but IIHS has yet to conduct its latest small - overlap frontal test on the car.

I used the Cadillac ATS as a U-Haul, packing several boxes, a large suitcase, a small television, and a bar stool into the car when my sister moved from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Washington, D.C. Voelker managed to turn the small sedan into a traveling sporting goods store when he went to Petoskey.

The XF borrows heavily from the smaller XE and as a result is definitely one of the more dynamically adept options within the executive car class.

Don't worry about the small calipers; braking from 155 to 75 (for an SUV changing lanes without a signal) is gentle as an ocean breeze; electronic assistance keeps the car quite nimble.

The fourth - gen Clio is bigger than its predecessor, as Renault believes most people downsize to it from the C - segment rather than upscaling from smaller cars, but as we've already touched upon, brilliantly it is up to 100 kg lighter model - for - model than the old Clio.

Infiniti continues to broaden its lineup to cover the spectrum from smaller premium vehicles, namely the Q30, to full - size cars such as the Q70L.

The «first wide small car,» as it was marketed, was designed from the inside out to accommodate four adult passengers in comfort.

The car is placed at right angles to the direction of motion, or as is done from 2015 onwards, at a small angle away from the perpendicular.

The Cadillac Seville is a luxury car that was manufactured by Cadillac from 1975 to 2004, as a smaller - sized premium Cadillac.

As the result of the Enzo, Ferrari decided to use some of the technology developed for it in a small - scale program to get more feedback from certain customers for use in future car design as well as their racing prograAs the result of the Enzo, Ferrari decided to use some of the technology developed for it in a small - scale program to get more feedback from certain customers for use in future car design as well as their racing prograas well as their racing prograas their racing program.

Although the cars ended up slightly larger than the Tempo and Topaz, and the Mondeo was marketed as a large family car in Europe, reviewers judged the car too small for American tastes compared to Japanese product lines where Toyota's Camry was their next size up from compact cars, and the Taurus / Sable was the direct market segment competitor for the Camry.

You can see the video of the small overlap front test below and watch as the 5 Series simply deflects the damage outward and pushes the car away from the impact, lessening the blow to the passengers.

Your car has a small purge valve with a purge solenoid in the Evaporative Emissions system that controls the venting of fumes from the fuel tank as these fumes...

The roar of the No. 64 Compuware Corvette C6.R's 7 - liter GM small - block V - 8 racing engine reverberated through the skyscrapers as the caravan motored from Woodward Ave. to Jefferson Ave.. The parade featured Corvette Racing drivers Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, Jan Magnussen, Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Max Papis in Corvette convertibles, the Corvette Indianapolis 500 pace car, and dozens of Corvettes from local clubs.

Your car has a small purge valve with a purge solenoid in the Evaporative Emissions system that controls the venting of fumes from the fuel tank as these fumes build up inside, particularly when you are refueling the car with...

Volkswagen even wants to revel in the fact that its Golf and Jetta models look and feel quite different from better - selling American and Japanese small cars, such as the Dodge and Plymouth Neon from Chrysler and the Toyota Corolla.

«Even if you do not know this history, the Ford GT stands on its own — born from a small group of designers and engineers who used the car as training ground to develop future technologies that can be transferred to the rest of our line - up one day.

Cabin storage up front is limited to a small bin behind the gear lever, while the glovebox on right - hand drive cars is smaller than left - hand drive models as the fuse box is located behind it; Peugeot hasn't switched it over in swapping the steering wheel from one side to the other.

Four generations later, the 2014 CR - V is a very grown up, top line small SUV that still rates as a «top buy» from numerous car magazines and consumer publications.