Sentences with phrase «as small city cars»

Kia would have done better tuning the engine for more torque and less horsepower, as small city cars feel more sprightly with higher torque.

Not exact matches

Thanks to nuTonomy and MIT's partnership with Singapore, a country with dense urban areas has been highly receptive to driverless car technology, the comparatively small company could become the first to operate fully self - driving cars, known as «level four,» in a city commercially.

For example, 39 percent of small - city residents own cars, nearly the same level as in tier 1 - 3 cities.

Earlier this year I was traveling with my husband and my small baby in Boston and I had a greater understanding of what life is like as a city dwelling mom with no car.

Mauro - not specific cars, but the trend towards smaller cars, such as city cars etc..

As such, if you leave a 100 % drained battery to a jump - starting alone, and drive less than 4 hours per week, and have it charged during the normal use of the car in a small city with little driving over the course of several weeks or months, the battery might sulfate prematurely due to having a partial charge for such several months.

At 211 litres with the rear bench in place it's actually smaller than those of city cars such as the Skoda Citigo and Hyundai i10.

Today, the smallest hatchbacks are in the city car class, and models such as the Citroen C1 and Skoda Citigo feature a small rear hatch that's not much more than a reinforced pane of glass.

BMW is finally bringing its baby SUV, the BMW X1, to the US this fall as part of the X1's mid-life refresh or life cycle impulse (in BMW - speak) and it fits a whole lot of trends into a car smaller than the Toyota RAV4: It targets city dwellers who need small vehicles for tight parking spaces; it speaks to baby boomers who have fewer possessions (and kids) to lug around but still want an upscale vehicle; and it has many but not all of the big - Bimmer tech goodies that can raise the price of a new Bimmer by $ 20K, including BMW's suite of applications that live in the center stack for music, information, and navigation.

As a smaller car, it's a great choice for city excursions.

As small family cars and superminis grew in the 1990s to the 2000s, so did city cars.

Cadillac is estimating 30 mpg on that highway, too — in no small part down to cylinder deactivation — as well as 25 mpg in the city and 27 mpg combined, though final figures won't be confirmed until the car's closer to launch.

On top of being almost as efficient as the 1.5 - liter (22mpg city / 32mpg highway for cars with manual transmissions; 24mpg city / 34mpg highway for those equipped with automatics), the 2.0 - liter is just as smooth and as refined, and (unlike the 1.5 - liter) can be specified with a very smooth eight - speed automatic transmission in place of the smaller engine's six - speed auto.

Although not as popular as compact and mid-size options, very small cars such as those that were once exclusive to the streets of Tokyo and London have gradually made their way over to the United States, where they have attracted the interest of city - dwellers who need occasional transportation that's easy to park in an urban landscape.

«Chevrolet's smallest car is a four - seat «city car» that's well equipped with standards features such as a touch - screen infotainment system.

So my comments still stand 100 %, the Fit, and even the early, smaller and aptly named CIVICs, are best city cars, where the Fit's height and short wheelbase are actually assets, not liabilities (as on the highway re comfort and MPG).

As you'd expect from such a small car, the Citroen C1 is perfect for city driving, with a soft ride and light controls to help with driving in tight roads and traffic.

That top speed is pretty low as modern cars go, but the Focus Electric's strength lies not in high - speed Autobahn blasts, but in the sort of peppy low RPM urban driving that is so tricky for small displacement city cars because of their lack of torque.

This decade will be marked in the automotive history timeline as the decade of almost complete turbocharging - everything from the smallest city cars to the fastest and most expensive supercars features some form of force - feeding, most commonly turbocharging.

The company recently showed concept cars and sketches at the Geneva auto show that demonstrated its current thinking on the design of its smallest cars.Rover denied the cars being showed belonged to the same design family that will replace its classic Mini, the snub - nosed, square - topped city car still in production after 30 years.Rover described its concept car, called Spiritual, as an «unashamedly forward - looking vehicle,» a statement that contrasts with its views of the current Mini, a vehicle it says has become a classic in Britain and places like Japan.

We chose to focus on smaller models such as city cars and superminis because those are the closest to the philosophy of seminal hot hatches like the VW Golf GTI Mk1 and the Peugeot 205 GTi.

The iQ is an engineering powerhouse, with excellent freeway manners for such a small car, as well as an in - the - city demeanor that makes it a snap to maneuver.

The 2016 Neo does, however, gain the most significant safety upgrade for the freshened Mazda3 line - up — the fitment of Smart City Brake Support (SCBS) as standard across the range, making it the only mainstream small car line - up to offer autonomous emergency braking (AEB) in all models.

The Prius Prime is best described as a city and suburban car that can go on long trips, since it's not saddled with being a pure battery - electric vehicle as the similarly sized Tesla Model 3 or smaller Nissan Leaf are.

The car's small - car origins mean it is ideal as an around - town cruiser and easy to park, yet its all - wheel drive capabilities will allow you to leave the city behind.

Nevertheless, many quadricycles look similar to small city cars and some buyers may consider quadricycles as alternatives to such cars while others may buy them instead of a motorcycle.

The points of the skill tree include the evolution of the hacking abilities, driving skills, weapon crafting and combat, I enjoyed further extending my hacking abilities with the skill tree allowing me to break into cars without alerting the police as well as allowing a small selection of other abilities to be used in order to make better use of my control in the city and better complete missions.

I do not live as my parents did: with no car, few appliances, in small and tightly compact inner city houses.

Smaller apartments are a common thing in many older European cities, where the urban fabric is denser and built not just for the dominance of car traffic, as they are in most North American cities.

At the time, many Quebec City law firms largely focused on smaller liability cases such as car accidents, but de Billy saw bigger opportunities, according to Beaudoin.

New Jersey has a convenient position among sprawling metropolises such as New York City, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Given the large number of people living in a very small area, the need for New Jersey car insurance is especially acute.

Whether you run a small fishery on Lake St. Clair, you hope one day to get the nod as a Car City Record's A&R person, or you teach sixth graders at St. Joan of Arc, you face a dizzying array of financial pressures, stresses on your business, and uncertainties about the economy and even about your health.

Drivers from big cities tend to have higher risks than small city drivers as their locations have higher risks in car thefts, accidents, and other kinds of trouble in all.