Sentences with phrase «bigger than the smallest cars»

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When it comes to compact sedans, there are small, sporty ones and big, comfortable ones, even though this is frequently a matter of tuning rather than simply the car's physical dimensions.

The Forester is a great size — neither too small nor too big — with a low H - point, but a higher vantage point than a car or wagon.

The car follows the design language of the Phantom, but, according to chief designer Ian Cameron, sleeker lines and a smaller stature give the Ghost a more «informal presence» than its big brother.

All of that means demand for small cars should remain strong; but some small cars are likely to benefit more than others, as I expect that buyers will increasingly scrutinize EPA numbers, and those small cars that can post big digits will be the biggest winners.

The similarly priced (# 65,784) Cayenne S E-Hybrid offers a lot of technology for the money and a promise of running costs far smaller than you'd expect for such a big car.

20,054 miles It's not hard to like the 1 - series - great chassis, solid as a brick with more than 20,000 miles on the clock, and a straight six strong enough to make a big car fast, much less this smallest of the BMWs.

For one, the car is bigger and thicker around the waist than I remember (though small compared to the newest, F30 - generation M3).

Many small electric cars are best used for short distance trips within big, bustling cities — so perhaps Mercedes - Benz's decision to unveil the new 2014 B - Class Electric Drive hatchback at the 2013 New York auto show is more than fitting.

It's a big car - every time I climbed out and looked at it, particularly in profile, it seemed more like a sports saloon than a «hot hatch» - and occasionally it feels it, trading a smaller hatch's hyperactive agility for a more grown - up effectiveness, but that shouldn't be read that the experience is in any way dull.

But it reminds us that it's harder to build a great small car than a great big car, because performance, refinement and style still matter even when the package is small and the price is cheap.

The fourth - gen Clio is bigger than its predecessor, as Renault believes most people downsize to it from the C - segment rather than upscaling from smaller cars, but as we've already touched upon, brilliantly it is up to 100 kg lighter model - for - model than the old Clio.

Smaller and lighter than the performance 4 - Series, much of the car's engine internals, brake components and chassis setup are borrowed directly from its bigger brother.

I have only had the car for a little over a month and I am still getting use to how it rides and responds, the brakes, the size (it is much bigger than my previous car, but smaller that my 1981 Cadillac Coupe).

More than a decade after re-launching in the United States under BMW, Mini's vehicles continue to make a big impact on the small - car landscape.

Sales of compact cars, the biggest slice of the small car market that includes top - sellers like the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Hyundai Elantra, fell by an overall 20.4 % on last April, a much steeper rate of decline than seen in the wider passenger car market.

And in March, Lexus will launch the GS 300, a luxury sedan that is bigger than the entry - level ES 300 but smaller than the flagship LS 400, America's best - selling imported luxury car.

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 with many of Skoda's cars, the Yeti operates between two classes of car - bigger than the smallest supermini - SUVs like the Nissan Juke, but smaller than bona fide family crossovers like the Renault Kadjar.

Overall the car is small, just a bit bigger than a Mazda Miata, making it easy to maneuver around town.

Being one of the top 10 small cars with the biggest interiors, the Corolla offers a whopping 132 millimetres more rear legroom than the Civic — more so than the Camry and Avalon sedans.

The 2015 Honda Fit is actually a tiny bit smaller than the car it replaces, but somehow manages to feel bigger.

Given five - doors sell in bigger numbers than sedans in the small car segment, getting this car right is crucial for Honda's return to popularity in Australia.

The latest Mercedes - Benz C - class and BMW 3 Series are quite sizable cars, and even if the A4 is now longer than either of them — which it is, by nearly half a foot — the simple, almost expected, fact that Audi's «small sedan» is bigger than it used to be doesn't do much to raise anyone's eyebrows.

The Honda Fit has been the standard bearer among subcompacts, cars bigger than a Mini Cooper and smaller than a Ford Focus.

The Ford Focus Electric offers a 76 - mile driving range, and while that may not be quite up to the benchmarks set by the smaller choices on the list of electric cars for 2013, the Blue Oval product is more than 2 feet longer than the Chevy Spark EV and 2.5 bigger than the Fiat 500e.

Big diesel Mercedes cars were among the most popular luxury cars of the late» 70's, but my wife and I test drove one and both checked to see if the parking brake was on (it was not)-- very slow and not much more efficient than a standard car (we eventually bought a smaller, faster 190 turbodiesel, but the traditional diesel was fairly noisy).

It just pushed you ahead from 2000rpm and that makes the car much more faster, much more easier and the gap to the big turbo is smaller than before.»

It's not a surprising move given that Canadian car shoppers have a bigger appetite for small cars than Americans, and that hatchbacks tend to be more popular here as well.

The firmer suspension is a big improvement, and the larger brakes and 17 - inch tires and wheels make the Ion Red Line handle better than any small other GM car.

Renault claims a 0 - 100 km / h acceleration time of 10.8 seconds, which is quick as most small cars, but this big, bright French van feels much quicker than that.

But while the latest generation has attracted a bigger share of Australia's largest vehicle sales segment — small cars — than ever, the MkIII Mazda3 has so failed to match the sales success of its nemesis, Toyota's Corolla.

It is a pretty big tank, but the car is larger so needs more fuel than a smaller car would.

To me, a car was small and red or big and white but never much more than that.

That makes the car feel bigger than it is, from the view out the windshield, but also makes it feel smaller because there's less headroom.

The old ATV ain't what she used to be.From mild to wild, this year's all - terrain vehicles are bigger, faster - and, in many cases, safer - than ever before.Depending on the size of the vehicle, you can spend as much as the price of some small cars.

PACKAGING >> Smaller than Yaris — bigger than Alto We had to thumb through the history books to determine that this is the smallest car to ever wear a Holden badge.

The reason consumers stand to save so much: There are more small claims than big claims, so you can save big by agreeing to pay for less expensive car repairs out of your own pocket, Passmore says.

Big banks can offer more competitive interest rates and often work with a larger network of car dealers than smaller outfits.

Think of how much greenhouse emissions would be avoided if more people used a small car such as a Jazz and a little camper trailer rather than big 4WDs and big caravans!

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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.

Our analysis only took into account the biggest auto insurers, but as we found in our analysis of car insurance for teenagers, many smaller companies like Erie can offer lower rates than large companies.