Sentences with phrase «big coupe»

Frankly, if keeping up with the $ 300,000 to $ 500,000 Joneses is your bag, Mercedes - Benz's handsome big coupes may not be your steeds of choice.

They're fantastic grand tourers — big coupes with fantastic interiors, great engines, and stunning looks.

Partly because of Oldsmobile's attention to female buyers, and the fact that women are big coupe fans, an unusually high 64 percent of the Alero's customers carry the XX chromosome.

There have been reports about BMW making a flagship 8 Series coupe for a while, but we've yet to receive an official confirmation, but now we have may have a bit of bad news about BMW's other big coupe.

EDITOR WES RAYNAL: Mercedes» CL - class line is arguably the smoothest big coupe on the market.

Automotive News has a good roundup of what to look for: the new Mercedes - Benz E-Class, the next Chrysler Town & Country minivan, the Honda Ridgeline pickup, the Lexus LC big coupe that also debuts a new modular platform, the production version of the Lincoln Continental, and the Chevrolet Cruze hatchback.

With the Mercedes SLS AMG beating off those marques in our big coupe group test (click here), you'd fancy the soft - top to do the same against its convertible contemporaries.

But the big coupe needs space to shine.

So the soundtrack and drivetrain response creates an expectation that this big coupe might be able to take on the 911 after all.

Big coupes should be classically beautiful, something that might be difficult for Lexus to express with its aggressive, angular styling language.

The big coupe's handbuilt W - 12, a similar version of the mill found under the hood of the Bentayga, serves up a table - flat feast of torque (25 percent more than before) from just 1,350 rpm to 4,500 rpm.

The six - cylinder is a torque - rich engine — it makes 330 pounds - feet of torque at a low 1,400 rpm — and it helps this big coupe move out assertively, even at highway speeds.

California's canyon roads presented a fantastic playground to push the GT350 on roads which match the talents and crucially size of the big coupe.

The 6 Series is BMW's biggest coupe, but not its most expensive.

The windshield seems rather small for a big coupe.

Of course, Mercedes has almost always had a big coupe in its top range, and these cars have almost always been impressive in both appearance and performance.

The big coupe is a bit like a 350Z that's grown a slight belly, been told that it's got to put on a middle management suit and change its Converse for some Hush Puppies.

Electrically controlled by a button near the big coupe's mighty A-pillar, they close with a sophisticated thud, shutting out the world but not the past.

On the kind of wide, smooth roads that really ought to suit the big coupe and its four - wheel drive, it feels utterly vague, and the front end appears to have a worrying lack of grip.

The last is unique to the Demon, and unless your name is John Force it's the best way to launch the big coupe, though it does take a few runs to get the hang of the process.

After all, the Continental GT we'd really like to take for a blast down a long and winding road, the GT3 - R, uses the V8 and is being touted by Bentley as a defining moment in the big coupe's eight - year production life — at least when it comes to accelerative prowess and chassis dynamics.

Yet the big coupe is currently on hold.

If you want a big coupe today, there's no alternative: You have to go to European luxury manufacturers.

While we don't have exact figures, the rear wheels are quite wide to keep the big coupe planted in the twisties — our sources indicate that the tires are Michelin PilotSports of the period.

Both Lexus RC engines offer reasonably eager performance, but they have to fight against the big coupe's significant weight.

No damper adjustability here, but the big coupe mostly errs on the preferable side of our punishment threshold around town, despite 19 - inch wheels with low - profile performance tires.

The sources say BMW is reviving the 8 - series, the big coupe built from 1989 to 1999.

The Audi A7 Sportback is a five - door hatchback that's the same size as executive saloons like the BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 and Mercedes E-Class, but which looks like a big coupe.

With a claimed 0 - 62 mph time of 3.7 seconds, Bentley is confident this big coupe can hit a top speed of 207 mph.

You could drive this big coupe all day and feel as if you never left your sofa.

In Sport +, the 6 Series transmission kicks down eagerly, the suspension tightens, and this big coupe (or sedan) transforms into a surprisingly nimble sporty car.

But in today's world of we - gotta - have - it - all, buyers want the biggest coupe, with the fastest engine and a convertible top, AND the automatic transmission.

The big coupe is too big and heavy to be truly agile, but this is still a more - than - capable performance machine.

We haven't driven the big coupe yet, but based on the other AMG Ss we've tried, we expected effortless and smooth power.

The Prologue is a big 2 - door Coupe with power aplenty thanks to a 4.0 litre TFSI delivering 597bhp and up to 750Nm of torque, enough to get the big coupe to 62mph in just 3.7 seconds, with power going to all four wheels thanks to Audi's quattro setup via an 8 - speed auto «box, with air suspension and four - wheel - steering too.

A big coupe is truly a personal luxury machine, and if you have the means, this is certainly a decadent proposition.

At low speed, they steer counter to the front wheels to further increase the agility of the big coupe when parking or driving in urban traffic, for example.

Cadillac has given the big coupe a few upgrades.Because production doesn't start until mid-January, the car is being called a 19991 / 2 model.

The big coupe is the production version of a popular concept, and it carries Lexus» hopes that car enthusiasts will eventually view it as something other than boring.

Aston Martin DB11 V8 - A new V8 and thoughtful tweaks transform Aston Martin's big coupe.

A range of standard and available features that will massage, warm and entertain you as you travel in cocooned luxury mark this big coupe out as one of the best GT cars around.

The effortless way in which the S - Class Coupe flows along a winding stretch of road belies its hefty weight, the brakes, steering and suspension work together to give this big coupe superb dynamic capabilities.

But, if it at least has some of the character of the big coupe, it might be better than most subcompact luxury SUVs.

For 2017, the big coupe is also set to replace the RC F in the Super GT, Japan's famous grand touring racing series.

With an open lane in front of it, the big coupe will happily carry its occupants and a big pile of their expensive luggage all the way to 186 mph, according to Mercedes.

These spy shots reveal that Benz's big coupe will finally spawn an open - air variant.

One of FCA's coveted talking points is that Challenger owners are most likely to replace their car with another Challenger, showing how fiercely loyal this big coupe's fans are.

BMW is reviving the 8 series, the big coupe built from 1989 to 1999, sources tell Automobilwoche, a German sibling publication of Automotive News.

But the Challenger has never felt the sweet, sweet love of powered front wheels, meaning all across the great white north, the big coupe has been relegated to dark lonely garages during winter time.