Sentences with phrase «badge cachet»

It's fair to say all offer comparable packaging and performance levels, as well as similar levels of badge cachet.

A Cadillac CTS - V may not have the same badge cachet but it's $ 4k cheaper and comes with 640 HP; the 2017 BMW M5 starts at a scant $ 5k more.

That said, the chunky, over-engineered feeling of components like air - vents in, say, a Bentley Mulsanne is missing in the Maybach, which also lacks the road presence and badge cachet of a Rolls - Royce, not to mention top - end super-limo items like coach doors with in - built umbrellas.

A few luxury car buyers less interested in badge cachet than the actual vehicle may even leave in a K900, and Kia seems content to consider that strategy successful for now.

It might not carry quite the same badge cachet, but offers similar quality, a huge interior and represents great value.

For more badge cachet and semi-supercar vibes, the 490bhp Ferrari California can be specced with its transformational Handling Speciale pack for # 156,406.

Not exact matches

What Jaguar doesn't have is performance with cachet, because the R sub-brand doesn't carry the same emotional weight as the BMW M, Mercedes - Benz AMG, and Audi RS badges.

A similarly specified Turbo would cost # 104,424 (# 90,360 for the basic car plus # 5355 for the brakes and # 8709 for the power upgrade) and have none of the cachet of the Turbo S badging, or status as the last hurrah of one of the most accomplished road cars ever produced.

While the Mini badge might not have the same cachet as Audi or Mercedes - Benz, one big lure is the level of personalization available to customers; there are literally millions of possible Mini combinations.

Meanwhile, others have tried to muscle in on Porsche's territory with varying degrees of success, but as the originator of the species the «Cayenne Turbo» badge still holds more than a little cachet: sports car, off - roader, family wagon, luxury GT, its well - heeled aficionados would see it as all those things and more, while many of its detractors still struggle with that badge even appearing on the nose of such a vehicle.

So there's its USP — mind - bending torque and the cachet of having «V12 Biturbo» badges on the side gills.

Despite the cachet of the badge at home, it was marketed as the Mitsubishi 3000GT and as the Dodge Stealth outside Japan; the company was concerned that connoisseurs would object to the evocative nameplate from the highly regarded Ferrari 250 GTO and Pontiac GTO being used on a Japanese vehicle.

OK, so it doesn't provide quite as many thrills behind the wheel as a BMW might, and the VW badge doesn't have the cachet of some rivals, but the high - end cabin is beautifully built and covered in premium materials.

However, even the basic CL 500 costs more than # 90,000, while the two AMG versions are priced to compete with cars such as the Bentley Continental GT and Aston Martin DB9, and at this price level the Mercedes badge doesn't quite have the same cachet as its luxury branded rivals.

The cachet of the Mercedes - Benz badge on the nose of the 2018 GLS - Class is part of the roughly $ 70,500 price tag, but there is more as well.

Even with an SRT badge, does a Grand Cherokee command similar levels of cachet?

The Quoris is not without its plus points, but in this rarified sector of the car market, making an executive statement starts with the badge on the front of your car, and Kia doesn't have the same cachet as the German makes.

Suddenly, here was a fun to drive SUV with tremendous roadholding, powerful engines, and the undeniable cachet of the blue and white roundel badging.