Sentences with phrase «car as a crossover»

We often refer to our car as a crossover, rather than an SUV.

Take away the Giulia Quadrifoglio's 505 - hp engine and repackage the whole car as a crossover, and you get a much different beast.

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The crossover would add to Mercedes's growing line of lucrative top - end vehicles, such as this year's gas - guzzling AMG GT four - door coupe, as the world's biggest luxury - car maker seeks revenue to finance its expensive shift to battery technology.

As an example, the policeman who looked at our car noticed that we had put a stroller in the back of our crossover SUV but hadn't secured it.

Benz even says that when the car launches, it'll cost the same as a reasonably equipped GLC crossover, so figure about $ 50,000.

We know as a matter of principle, we should hate the crossover design given that it's just a high - riding car with little more space than its lower - to - the - ground car cousins, and that a wagon or a full - size SUV are more practical.

Just as the Toyota Land Cruiser has been a high - priced outlier in its brand's showrooms for years, the new Armada takes on the look and stature of a fairly famous global SUV while serving as a sort of flagship for Nissan's smaller, popular car - based crossovers, the Pathfinder, Murano, and Rogue.

That's as much as 62 mm taller than the Mercedes - Benz A-class with which the Q30 shares a platform, and actually 1 mm taller than the Mercedes - Benz GLA - another car blurring the lines between hatchback and crossover.

It isn't as heavy as its sibling X3 crossover I tested the week prior, and during high - speed driving the steering wheel feels incredibly natural and intuitive — like a good sports car's.

EV Drive mode uses only the two electric motors to power the crossover, while Series Hybrid mode allows the gas engine and battery pack to act as a generator and provide additional power to the electric motors and Parallel Hybrid mode where the car primarily uses the 2.0 - liter gas engine with the electric motors only coming into the picture when extra power is needed.

The lineup doesn't stop there - from the small Ecosport crossover, to seven Mustangs (one of which is capable of 200mph) to a rally - themed Focus RS and an ST with a drone on top, there are almost as many Fords at SEMA as the other cars put together.

Though Infiniti will sell its new Q30 hatchback and QX30 crossover as two distinct models elsewhere in the world, the cars will be sold in the U.S. only with the QX30 badge.

He might have been thinking about the additional billions of dollars needed as Tesla looks to expand its portfolio of electric vehicles to the Model X crossover and a future mass - market car priced around $ 30,000.

Sales of drop - top sports cars have declined as customers continue to shift toward crossovers.

In May, it was only outsold by crossovers like the and but also by cars such as the, the Mercedes C - class, and the.

The only cars Ford will renew for the North American market are the Mustang, which is to be replaced with a new model in calendar 2020, and the new Focus Active, which, anyway, the company describes as a crossover SUV.

The 2017 Volvo V90 XC is as smooth and competent as any midsize premium / luxury car or crossover, even with the studded Nokkians fitted for the watery frozen lake, and its lower ride height just makes it a natural out there.

As the three - row crossover becomes America's de facto family car, the genre takes on an increasingly important role in an automaker's lineup.

Cadillac has rapidly reinvented itself in the past few years, selling SUVs and crossovers that star in music videos, as well as sports cars that can keep up with the best from Europe on a race track.

It tickles me to know there's a car that's an incognito premium hatchback on the market masquerading as a stylish compact crossover.

All this adds up to a sub-compact-y compact crossover that's as rewarding and fun - to - drive through tight twists and turns as the best modern compact cars.

Read the specification sheet alone and you might picture a low - slung sports car, but the Quartz is actually a chunky, high - riding crossover based on Peugeot's EMP2 platform, as found under the 308.

As we reported in our Sneak Preview story, the 2 +2 crossover will bear a close resemblance to the concept car, with a sloped coupe - like roofline.

Job done there, then; few crossover - type cars feel as agile, connected and flickable as this one, with enough sensations coming from elsewhere to make up for the EPAS's innate lack of true feel.

Its steering and handling, as others note, are good for an SUV but will never be confused with that of a car or crossover.

Lexus first revealed images of the UX crossover last week, but coinciding with the opening of the Geneva motor show, Lexus has shown off the car in full — and it's pretty much as we expected.

A Ferrari SUV should come as a surprise to no one, especially considering the current marketplace that sees day - over-day dips in traditional sedan and car sales in favor of crossovers and SUVs.

As an everyday American - style car, a compact crossover seems smart, not dumb.

Sports cars and exotics are great for impressing your friends and amusing yourself (as I demonstrated with three luxury convertibles in January 2012), but the ideal winter vehicle is a full - size, all - wheel - drive crossover or SUV.

Despite fragmentation and the crossover craze, 15 percent of car buyers still buy midsize sedans as their daily drivers, led by the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord.

Masuko is investing big in the future of plug - in hybrid models in the U.S. and abroad, as he pushes Mitsubishi toward hybrid SUVs and crossovers and away from its past focus on sports cars like the Lancer Evolution and the Montero Sport off - roader.

And so it is as Audi keeps expanding its range, taking sales from the brands relying more and more the sale of trucks and crossovers without advancing its cars.

This concession to dealer demands saddles the Infiniti brand with an old badge just as it is trying to acclimate consumers to its new naming protocol, whereby all cars have a «Q» prefix followed by numerals and all crossovers and SUVs have a «QX» prefix.

GAC is also rolling out a hybrid crossover concept dubbed the Enspirit as well as an electric car named the GE3.

The Tesla Model X electric crossover won't start production until late 2014, a major delay as the car was slated to go into production this year.

As Mazda doesn't currently offer a Skyactiv V - 6 engine, it's possible the CX - 9 will herald the introduction of a turbocharged Skyactiv mill; the 2.5 - liter inline - four used in cars like the 6 sedan and CX - 5 crossover produces only 184 hp, which might not be enough grunt to propel a three - row vehicle.

Those cars, as we've reported, include the Giulia sedan, a crossover, a roadster version of the 4C coupe, a rear - wheel drive BMW 3 Series - fighter, and a Spider convertible developed in conjunction with Mazda's MX - 5 Miata.

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Further crossovers with Mustang design cues and front - drive chassis are a strong possibility because they combine «the best attributes of cars and utilities, such as high ride height, space and versatility».

The only limitation is that, although the wheelbase can be changed without losing battery capacity, the J1 isn't suitable for high - floor cars such as crossovers and SUVs.

This suits Ford, as it admits that this car is actually a kind of halo car in the showroom since it delivers a spirited credibility that makes it possible for shoppers to pivot toward a truck or a crossover without any reservations.

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It may not be as powerful as other crossovers on the list, with a 2.5 - liter four - cylinder engine providing 187 hp and 186 lb - ft of torque, but the CX - 5 is basically the sports car of the compact crossover segment in this price bracket thanks to great steering and handling.

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In a nutshell, think of all - wheel drive as similar to the «part - time four - wheel drive system» we just described, except for cars and some crossover SUVs, and note also that it's completely automated.

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As you know, crossovers big, small and in between are taking over the car world — we've written that till we're blue in the face.

If you want a crossover that sacrifices as little of the conventional - car driving experience as possible, then the Alfa Romeo Stelvio should be given serious consideration.