Sentences with phrase «as the automaker increases»

Alcoa, one of the largest aluminum suppliers in the country, expects its sales of aluminum sheet to triple by 2015, as automakers increase their use of the material amid ever - tightening fuel economy standards and consumer demand.

The company makes belts that are incorporated into CVTs used in vehicles made by Toyota Motor, and the expansion is in response to growing inquiries from Toyota as the automaker increases production of vehicles equipped with CVT, which offer greater fuel efficiency than conventional automatic transmissions, according to the report.

The industry publication Automo - tive News calls the summer of»97 a «marketing slugfest» as automakers increase the incentives to help clear the way for the»98 models due this fall.

Not exact matches

Ford is the only major U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy and increased production recently as Washington's cash - for - clunkers program boosted demand.

Automakers realized they could increase their profit margins by driving consumers to trucks, which then as now were subject to less stringent requirements than passenger cars.

If all this sounds as if Ford's gunning to increase the F - 450's towing ability, you're right, but once again, the automaker isn't willing to disclose precisely what those towing figures are.

As German automakers add more technology to their cars, they are increasing capability at the expense of tactility, as the Japanese did with cars like the Nissan 300ZX and the Toyota Supra in the early 1990As German automakers add more technology to their cars, they are increasing capability at the expense of tactility, as the Japanese did with cars like the Nissan 300ZX and the Toyota Supra in the early 1990as the Japanese did with cars like the Nissan 300ZX and the Toyota Supra in the early 1990s.

The improvement was due to the increasing availability of more efficient vehicles as automakers work to reach CAFE standards, while low fuel prices and improving economic conditions moved many shoppers to less efficient vehicle segments in 2015.

As evidenced by this effective technique's increasing popularity among other automakers, it saves weight and cost compared with limited - slip or torque - vectoring differentials.

With several automakers abandoning the lease market, the deep economic recession battering consumers, and the quality of vehicles rapidly increasing, it should come as a shock to no one that the number of Americans keeping their cars for more than four years is rising quickly.

Murphy singles out Honda as the automaker most likely to increase its U.S. market share by 2019, when it will have replaced virtually everything in its entire portfolio (including Acura's).

The increase of Bespoke personalization sales is good for Rolls - Royce, raising the average sales price just as the new Ghost lowers the automaker's average.

Hinrich Woebcken, CEO of Volkswagen of America, has said that he wants to reposition the Volkswagen brand as more of a mass - market automaker in the U.S. to increase sales.

Ironically, rival automakers such as Ford and Hyundai increased the quality and feature content of their compact vehicles around the same time, pushing sales of Civic rivals such as the Ford Focus and Hyundai Elantra to new heights in the United States.

The market for EVs should expand significantly as automakers swap in 200 - mile batteries, meaning 60 kWh batteries in a compact vehicle, if they keep the price increase incremental.

The Ingolstadt based automaker will continue to bring the model as a CKD in the country with prices expected to see a marginal increase.

The German automaker is betting big on expanding production in India as it chalks out an aggressive growth strategy in the sub-continent (Audi has seen a 19 % increase in sales between January to August this year).

But mainstream automakers want a slice of that pie too as they try to ride the SUV wave and offer a greater variety of models to increase sales.

December 2015 marked the automaker's 22nd consecutive month of year - over-year sales increases, and sales were up 23 % over the year as a whole compared to 2014.

In the world of mass - produced vehicles, automakers try to cut corners as much as possible as end pricing of new vehicles slowly increase.

According to the Japanese automaker, the airbags may not have been assembled using correct specifications and as such, creates an increased possibility that the airbags may not deploy in the event of a crash.

Meanwhile to keep up with increasing demand and competition, automakers will introduce several sports sedans as 1995 models, including the mid-size Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique, the Chrysler Cirrus and Dodge Stratus.

Increasing competition from the Big Three U.S. automakers and the rapid consumer shift to imported cars during the late 1970s are cited as the reasons for this outcome.

The automaker claims the new crossover will maintain all of the on and off - road capabilities as the one currently on sale (and pictured here), though with increased fuel efficiency.

A number of the Pathfinder's competitors — the Ford Explorer and the Dodge Durango, to name two — have migrated to unibody platforms as looming increases in fuel - economy regulations force automakers to cut the weight of their crossovers and SUVs.

As gas prices remain high, and an increasing number of automakers roll out plug - in hybrid cars and full - electric vehicles, it's becoming easier to be tantalized with the idea of driving right past the...

Automakers talk about the price walk, meaning the increase as you step up among the model configurations.

It won't be as tough to find a fun - to - drive fuel - efficient car as automakers introduce a variety of ways to increase fuel economy.

The Arizona senator is also proposing stiffer fines for automakers who skirt existing fuel - efficiency standards, as well as incentives to increase use of domestic and foreign alcohol - based fuels such as ethanol.

This, I suppose, is why US automakers now have only about a 50 % market share in the US (less if you consider the rebadged foreign products they mostly sell as their small cars), and the Japanese, Korean & c automakers have seen their share of the market steadily increase ever since the first VW Beetle hit these shores back in the»50s.