Sentences with phrase «car makers do»

Car makers do well in the public's perception of green companies.
Putting that triangle of black plastic behind the rear door upper opening always seems to come off as half - assed, too many car makers do such nonsense instead of committing to a quarter window or ending the trim at the door edge.
Car makers do love a tease ahead of a motor show, and with the 2015 Geneva Motor Show looming in a few weeks the teases are starting to -LSB-...]
It will be interesting if other car makers do similar because it would seem to put them at a marketing disadvantage.
But it is silly car makers do not have that built in.
Now the car makers don't understand why more people are buying cars made in Korea - Japan - Germany - ect.
As anyone familiar with the auto industry knows, car makers don't tolerate mistakes.
BMW was looking to develop similar functionality on its own, but the car maker didn't necessarily want to get into negotiating traffic data access with cities.
Ferrari had little in the way of sexy new sheetmetal to show off today at the Paris Motor Show, but the Italian exotic car maker did provide a look at its next supercar and the successor to the famed Enzo.
The highly regarded sports car maker didn't make the jump to manufacturing boats in house, but rather collaborated with Mulder Design and Quintessence Yachts to engineer and produce the AM37.
I've noticed something when writing about electric cars: People can get very, very angry if a car maker doesn't make the vehicle they were hoping for.
The rest is just off the shelf parts — steering, electric brakes, air - conditioning, switches, power management, seats, lighting, instruments — sourced from manufacturers as any car maker does today.
It's a shame Aussie car makers didn't see this coming.

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Connected cars are an intriguing idea, but auto makers have a lot of work to do in convincing consumers that they're of value.
I did initial research and found that luxury car makers were beginning to offer head - up display (HUD) but this technology was very marked up and it was not available to the average consumer.
Autos stocks were also higher after Fiat said Friday that it would assess any offer for the Italian - American car maker though it did not comment on previous reports that Great Wall Motor was interested in Jeep.
Urmson isn't trying to disrupt car makers and he doesn't want to build his own car, Urmson said.
Transportation companies including airlines, railroads and rental car companies dropped, and so did materials companies like steel and chemicals makers.
If they could actually do what Tesla has so far it would definitely further push the traditional car makers to step up.
Despite the expected decline in sales, auto makers are likely to sell at least 50,000 more sport utility vehicles, mini-vans and pickups than they did last year, while car sales will likely drop by 250,000 this year, Merlis predicted.
Still, «it is a foundation, a footprint, and there is already a process in place to ship cars from (the plant) and components to it,» he said, adding that another company might do as electronic car maker Tesla Motors did a few years ago when it retooled a shuttered plant in Fremont, California.
While Korean and European auto makers do not manufacture any cars in Canada, Japanese companies (Toyota and Honda) have invested in car - assembly operations here.
How many times do we need to see Australian sheep stuffed in car boots and slaughtered brutally in the streets before our decision - makers say enough?
Are you brave enough to answer by using your own real name, as I always do when I say something, and not hide behind a car makers name.
Use the anchors only in the positions listed in your car owner's manual and do not put a LATCH - attached safety seat in the center position unless approved by the car's maker
PolyPlus is just one of several better battery - makers that ARPA — e is funding, all attempting to improve on a standard lithium ion battery's roughly 400 watt - hours per kilogram — the reason why all - electric cars don't have the long - distance range of a traditional automobile.
If auto makers do not dramatically reduce the average CO2 emissions of their cars, they will face hefty fines.
JVC, Kenwood officially hook up 2008-05-13 050100 The two Japanese audio equipment makers will combine to form JVC How do I hook up my Zune mp3 player to my car stereo?
Another good impression maker is the excellent action stunts, most noteably a great car and tram chase with multiple wrecks which all look realistic, some good tense stand offs and none of it being watered down, a good step for Murphy although at times he doesn't quite nail the gritty realistic acting thing.
US was undertracked for wii u by 5k so european numbers could be undertracked (or overtracked but who knows) mario kart is doing something like iwata said a stream line of games can sell a console and thats whats coming a stream line of games we have hyrule warriors, bayonetta 2, sonic boom, toad, smash bros, yoshi, kirby, devils third, xeno x, zelda u, star fox, mario vs dk, mario maker, mario party 10, wii sports club u retail, watch dogs, project cars, skylanders, disney infinity, lego games, tons of amazing indies like fast racing neo its there its enought games for a secondary console its still being supported thats how nintendo will work they wont give up until wii u owners are satisfied (according to iwata)
We don't yet have a specific release date for the Fun Pack, but the makers of Project CARS 2 are promising it will arrive sometime this winter.
What do you think about Mercedes - Benz putting its cars in Mario Kart 8 and showing up with a Super Mario Maker level?
Koenigsegg doesn't really need to break any more records to remain in the minds of a few impressionable young speed freaks, as the Swedish sports car maker's very name brings to mind ridiculous feats of acceleration and outright speed.
But the specialty car maker has done just that, having now received recognition from Guinness World Records for its 0 -300-0-km / h run of 21.19 seconds, recorded in a Koenigsegg Agera R on September 2.
Sure, the real world will always differ from test, as people do not normally drive the test pattern, however the amount of difference is different from car maker to to car maker and sometimes from model to model because the amount of «cheating» or «optimizing» the cars at test varies between car makers.
GM's tried - and - true 3.6 L V - 6 engine, which marked the auto maker's first foray into modern DI technology when it bowed in the ’08 CTS and now does duty in cars and CUVs, completes the lineup.
But the best part of the Geneva show to me will always be stumbling upon the dozens of niche brands and tuning houses you've heard or never heard of, small makers doing big things such as legendary German outfit RUF, which unveiled its Porsche - look, bespoke - platform SCR series cars.
The current fuel consumption and emissions test that car makers self - certify against — the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle)-- was designed in the 1980s and does not reflect fuel economy figures and emissions in real - world use.
The only negatives and there are a couple are: For the LS and low end of other models GM was very cheap and didn't include the usb port or blue tooth, very regrettable by GM as this is 2011 and a nice car should have those things without having to be upsold and I know other makers include at least a usb on lesser cars so shame on you GM.
The editor describes an ordinary car / Geelong Sprint — A report on this Australian event by Berni Jacobson / Two 1932 Chevrolet Confederates — Dennis Harrison Found beautifully restored examples / Humber 12 saloon — A very rare model with an Australian built body / Peugeot» the lion in the streets» — Tom Threlfall recounts the early history of Peugeot and tries a 1920 2 - seater / Repairing guages at home — How to do - it - yourself by Peter Wallage / Automobile artist in wood — Paul Shinton visits a model maker with a difference / VSCC driving tests at Enstone Antics on an airfield as described by Tom Threlfall.
For a tiny specialist car maker to do such a thing, and get it through all the legislative hoops, was extraordinary, and it's reason enough in itself to want a Cerbera.
«Monkey see, monkey do» is the industry rule, even among top luxury - car makers.
Well, at least now we know why it looks like that... I guess they won't ever manage to top the F1 (but they will try to copy the 3 - seater idea to make one), exotic car makers just really don't operate like that anymore like they did back then, it is all about making it profitable.
Cars have to become lighter if their makers are to reach CO2 targets, and carbonfibre is a good way to do it.
This is the type of efficient yet diabolically fun powerplant every sports car maker needs to do well as CAFE standards ramp up in the U.S.
From Foreign Parts — Jonathon Wood looks at foreign car makers» attempts to make their products on British soil / Town & Country — David Hales recalls the early days of the Sheffield Automobile Club / Z for Zebra — Sir Harry Ricardo didn't just design this car — he also used it for daily transport.
This is the type of efficient yet diabolically fun engine every sports car maker needs to do well as CAFE standards ramp up in the U.S.
I'm not singling out Mercedes for being dreary, firstly because it does that uncommonly zingy and delightful blue you see around on C - classes, including Richard Meaden's C63 Fast Fleet car, and secondly because this is the case with all car makers.
Lots of overmatched drivers did, and the 930 — the world's first turbocharged ultra-high-performance street car — earned a reputation as a widow - maker.
Is it really ten years since Lee Noble showed us his M12 GTO and proved that being a small, new and optimistic specialist car - maker in the UK didn't have to be the recipe for disaster and obscurity typical of the genre?
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