Sentences with phrase «brand cars despite»
Mr. Diess won favor with the Porsche and Piëch families, who own a majority of Volkswagen's voting shares, by improving profits at the division that makes Volkswagen - brand cars despite a decline in the number of vehicles sold.
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And then when she hears that there are no signs of her giving birth anytime soon (despite other bloggers that are due the SAME week as her or later, are sitting in their Instagram pics holding brand new babies), carries the crying through her entire car ride back to work.
That's a bit like saying that you have two cars outside your house, one a brand new Volvo and the other a junker with dodgy brakes that you dearly love despite it being unreliable and unsafe; you're only going to the corner store, so why would you not take the junker?
Generally, however, there was no doubting that the Type - S, despite its hoity - toity brand name, placed performance above pleasantry, a notion summed up by the logbook entry that stated: «This is the best car stereo I never heard.»
Despite a relatively light kerb weight (1465 kg) the GT won't set your hair alight, reaching 62mph in 8.9 seconds from rest and topping out at 131mph, but you'd question whether any more is really necessary in a car like this from a non-premium brand.
Before that revelation, Horn almost certainly was under pressure from VW management in Wolfsburg to improve the brand's flagging sales in the U.S. Volkswagen sales started to rise, briefly, when the North American - specific 2012 Passat went on sale under Englishman Browning's leadership, but sales slid in calendar year 2014 and» 15, despite strong sales increases for the industry, as the car began to age.
Despite all the marketing efforts, these two coupes are not really brand - new cars.
Add in the RX (+15 %) and you have the three biggest - volume cars pushing the brand ahead despite mixed results elsewhere in the lineup.
Despite the SPA - based construction, the car's unique requirements mean about 50 percent of components are new and unique to the Polestar brand.
Still, as Smith says, «Despite their low volume, these niche products are effective brand amplifiers that highlight each carmarker's engineering, design, and performance - car building prowess.»
Despite having serious racing pedigree and some fantastic road cars, brand Maserati is never taken in the same breath as let's say Ferrari or Lamborghini.
The upgrade to a luxury brand the caliber of Mercedes - Benz is a significant step for many car buyers, and despite the CLA's affordable price tag, it doesn't short - change drivers in terms of interior commodities.
-- February 2018 YTD Sales: -7 % to 1,595 — Despite a modest downturn, the Mercedes - Benz C - Class is, by a massive margin, Canada's top - selling premium brand car through the first two months of 2018.
Despite the fact that the Dodge Viper has been a crowd - pleasing sports car since it's creation, the Dodge brand has decided to move forward without its super car.
Our own analysis of the midsize car group that IIHS tested found that pricier models don't have better headlights, despite the hoopla many fancy brands make about their LED systems.
Despite being a German brand, Wald International nonetheless prepared a pretty slick restyling program for the sports car, one that includes fresh aerodynamic pieces forged from fiberglass - reinforced plastic.
Despite the S Sport package fitted to my test car — which includes sport adaptive dampers and a sport rear differential — I still noticed a tendency to understeer some in hot corners, but that safety - first orientation is appropriate for a street car, especially in a model that isn't branded RS.
Nissan's sports car lineup has never been this strong, and continued support for the company's two tiers of performance cars has really helped the brand's image, despite being diluted from selling millions of basic Sentra's and Versa econoboxes to pay the bills.
Despite the lack of 4 - door sports cars under $ 30,000 from the premium German brands, the 2017 Volkswagen Jetta GLI can furnish a reasonable facsimile.
Despite the price difference, the SLK and the Z3 are both aimed at a similar, double - barrelled target: younger, less - well - heeled buyers with no children who are new to the brand, and older, loyal buyers who will want the new model as an additional car.
There's no doubting the prestige brand will find buyers, despite the car's price premium and concessions like rear - seat headroom and squeezing past the B pillars to climb in the back.
despite its branded title, the car is in great mechanical...
Build quality isn't hugely impressive and this is part of the reason that, generally speaking, Suzuki owners aren't hugely happy with their cars, despite the brand's reputation for reliability.
Spy photos of the BMW 1 GT reveal information about the brand's first front - drive production car despite being completely covered in camo.
Despite being a brand - new car, the Pulsar doesn't stray too much from the company's current design language.
There was also the purchase of a brand new car, despite already owning a serviceable vehicle.