Sentences with phrase «best mainstream car»

The outstanding 2016 Honda Accord EX-L with Navi and Sensing tested four months ago impressed me so much it became my pick of the year as best mainstream car.

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It's also something we are covering in our five - part battery series, in which we are looking at lithium - ion battery demand, as well as the materials that will need to be sourced as electric cars go mainstream.

In a couple of weeks where even the mainstream press have admitted that corbyn has done far better than expected you have one article from a lib dem attacking him as a Tory and then this one which tries to equate labour's reasonable (with the exception of Diane Abbott) competent and well thought out campaign with Theresa May's car crash.

There's a lot of padding along the dash and door inserts of the Premier, and the leather is as good as any in the mainstream commodity midsize car segment.

Many friends and relatives come knocking on our door when it comes time for them to buy a new car, and a good chunk of them are in the market for a mainstream compact.

The front seats have been redesigned for better comfort and more style, and a new Sport Package available for the mainstream, high - volume Focus SE adds 17 - inch black aluminum wheels, a black grille, and a black rear spoiler, plus paddle shifters for the dual - clutch automatic, the first time they've been offered on the car.

As downsized petrol engines are the future of mainstream car powerplants, we can feel pretty good about life.

Over the next few months, look for the Dodge brand's sales numbers to decline as the Chrysler Group embarks on its five - year plan to make the Chrysler brand the mainstream, best - selling passenger car brand.

With hybrids and even conventional gas - powered cars continuing to up the gas - mileage ante, the HS 250h's fuel economy estimates — while good for the luxury segment — have been overshadowed by mainstream models like the Prius, Honda Insight and even the Ford Fusion Hybrid.

Audi's involvement also bodes well for the future direction of Lamborghini, for although the perceived threat from the R8 shouldn't be underestimated, it's clear that the plan is to steer the mid-engined Audi towards Porsche's mainstream 911s and push Lamborghini towards producing harder, faster and more extreme cars to tackle Stuttgart's track - bred GT3 and GT2 models and Modena's rumoured F430 Challenge Stradale.

It's a more extrovert choice than either, and is likely to be compared to the likes of the Peugeot RCZ or a personalised and well - specced Citroen DS3 or Mini Cooper S. It's not quite as much fun to drive as those — and is someway off delivering the Mini's levels of satisfaction — but with impressive practicality (the rear seats can accommodate most adults and there's a well - sized boot) plus more mainstream appeal than before, it's a car we're happy to recommend if you're sold on the looks.

Equipment levels are way up for the money, and are now arguably among the best in the mainstream small - car business.

The Focus was Europe's fourth best - selling mainstream compact car in 2017, after the Volkswagen Golf, Skoda Octavia and Opel / Vauxhall Astra.

However, none of these three vehicles could even score Good on all its crash tests, something mainstream cars in all categories now do with ease.

There are features mainstream automakers could emulate to make their cars lighter, more efficient, safer, better - handling, and more fun to drive.

I was impressed with the drive character of this car, and it's mainstream, agreeable and generally well done.

Even with its exotic car good looks and exceptionally capable engines, the Audi R8 has always felt more like a mainstream car in terms of comfort and convenience when you're at its controls.

Ford and Lincoln have Sync available across the line and MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch are on mainstream as well as premium cars.

As for those 2014 Best Tech car awards, we're holding open one for the first mainstream model that installs USB and Bluetooth standard and makes the CD player optional.

VW seems to have the best dual clutch transmissions used in «mainstream» cars.

Suspension tuning gets called out for particular praise: On bumps and undulations, the Optima delivers rebound control that rivals some of the best European sedans available, and the car slingshots through mountain passes with complete confidence and a notable absence of the kind of tire howl expected from a mainstream machine.

The VW Jetta appeals to the mainstream as well as car enthusiasts, thanks in part to its great fuel economy and competent handling.

Pros: Athletic, nimble handling makes for fun - to - drive personality among mainstream midsize cars; very respectable fuel economy; good passenger and cargo room

The following is a list of the best handling sports cars produced by mainstream manufacturers.

It's an element missing in many mainstream models, looks good, sounds sporty, when you go around the city people turns his head wherever it goes, what's that car?

Because most folks now prefer the more car - like ownership experience provided by crossovers, with their gentler handling and generally better EPA scores, the number of actual mainstream sport utilities — which are supported by body - on - frame construction — is barely enough to fill out a baseball team.

This 218d manual is not the best BMW can do, but the company's first front - drive car is clearly only a sensible transmission and wheel and tyre specification from being among the best and is, in any case, a compelling offering against high - end mainstream rivals.

After a second look, we're convinced: The new Impala is best mainstream big car you can buy, and available with all the right tech.

Let them develop the technology on flagship cars, and if it is any good, it will trickle down to the more mainstream models.

That's good, because the more these cars can get away from feeling like science projects, the more they become more acceptable to the mainstream.

Are hybrids the future of mainstream performance cars, or will automakers have to pry your good old fashioned Subaru WRX STI from your cold, dead hands?

The newer Passat from say, 2012, were downgraded to be on par with other mainstream midsize cars, and the price was reduced as well, whilst the more upscale Volkswagen CC took the place of what former «Passat» enthusiasts seek.

For this list, we focused on series production cars from mainstream manufacturers, giving a pass to Koenigsegg, because well, the company's trying so hard, and its cars are pretty badass.

Having made its mark as a maker of cars which stand toe to toe with the best of the mainstream — the Sportage being a good example ---LSB-...]

But with this report from Car's Georg Kacher, usually a reliable source of info from European manufacturers, we have a better sense of how Porsche will divvy up the outputs for various mainstream trim levels.

Another strategy when shopping for the cheapest sports cars to own is to look for the sportiest model of a well - respected mainstream entry.

I liked the styling for a mainstream car, much better than that of the Ford 500 which I was also considering.

Which is a bit disappointing really, because Ford is well known for its ability to put a sporting zing into mainstream cars — Fiesta and Focus being prime examples.

«It's incredible that a mainstream car - maker like Ford can make a mainstream hatchback like this so good,» exclaimed Marton Pettendy.

There is no better hatchback car available in the United States, but it's too expensive to find its way into the mainstream.

Kia brings the best four - cylinder turbocharged engine in the mainstream automotive world to the fight, makes its car a bit larger, and packs it with all the goodies.

This is the best small turbocharged engine in any mainstream car in the U.S. (it is also found in Hyundai models).

Hybrids, plug - in hybrids and battery cars are now competitively priced, and also competitive with the best mainstream entries.

Hence, an inconvenient question: given that most «right thinking» people like mainstream economists and financiers (correctly) believe that the production of goods such as motor cars, frozen vegetables, etc., should occur within a régime of market competition, why do the Good and the Great insist — some of them quite vehemently — that «we» must exclude the production of money from market forces?

«It's far better to learn the controls of the car in a quiet, familiar area devoid of other stresses, before venturing out into mainstream traffic on a unfamiliar road.»

Having said that, the current generation of mainstream hybrid cars (e.g. the Prius) and the newer pluggable - hybrids (e.g. the Volt) do get more than «a little bit better» gas mileage than conventional gasoline - fueled cars and are increasingly affordable.

We also have electric cars that, if those batteries can be made two to three times better, will start to move into the mainstream.

Personally, I don't think the i - MiEV shows electric cars in the best light, so while I love small cars, the EV advocate in me wanted something slightly more mainstream to demonstrate to other people.

A few years ago, however, Dabney Tompkins and Alan Colley were living the mainstream American Dream in Dallas, Texas: a big house, nice car and good - paying jobs.

I think it's important if electric cars are to become truly mainstream; you have to get the feeling that this is a good car that happens to be electric, not just something that screams «hey, I'm strange and different from anything else that you might be familiar with».