Sentences with phrase «car of the last few years»

It's one of the biggest generational jumps for interior quality in any car of the last few years.

Not exact matches

Local Motion has spent the last few years (initially out of Lemnos Labs, the hardware incubator) developing a small module — a box — that essentially eliminates the need for keys in fleets of cars.

In the last few months, exits have included VP of finance Gautam Gupta, president Jeff Jones — who was at the company for less than a year — and Anthony Levandowski, an exec at the center of Uber's battle with Google over stolen self - driving car technology.

This could have a big impact on the automotive sector, as many of the people who bough cars over the last few years have has less than stellar credit.

Over the last few years, ridiculous grid penalties have become part and parcel of Formula 1 (especially for McLaren) to the point where it's become easy to forget how stupid it is to have a 30 place grid drop in a field of only 20 cars.

The Daytona 24 Hours pretty much followed the story of Fernando Alonso's last few years as any hope of a decent result was ended with car problems

Julie Fisher, an insurance expert from moneysupermarket, said: «The cost of running a car has been increasing markedly over the last few years, with petrol prices on the up and car insurance a yearly necessity for all drivers.

From a practical point of view, an infant car seat is a better option because it will last you for a whole year instead of just a few months.

I'm starting with baby steps — daily early AM exercises at home and physical therapy 2x a week to heal my back, wrecked from hours and hours of hunching over a computer and a few rear - end car accidents last year.

We carry this portable and foldable travel potty chair that is good to 70 lbs, so it will last a few years and have it in your car, so your daughter can use it when you are out instead of holding it.

Car seats have come a long way in the last few years and can accommodate a wider range of ages and sizes.

Can you imagine waking up from a coma, hearing that you not only survived a car crash, but have lost all memory of the last few years, including marrying Channing Tatum and are left questioning who you are?

It's really just a small racing team that has kept Volvo on the top step of the podium in the Swedish Touring Car Championship the last few years, and it cleverly uses Volvo's own research and development labs and manufacturing facilities to create and produce specialty tuned cars.

Our own Chris Nelson said it best when he drove a Camaro ZL1 last year: «This is one of the most satisfying cars on the market, with plenty of power to get you in serious trouble, an overbuilt chassis that is rarely overwhelmed, and a few helpful electronic nannies that can keep you from killing yourself.»

Most cars made in the last few decades are actually pretty reliable and as long as you keep on top of maintenance a 5 year old car shouldn't be any more risky than brand new one, especially if it a model with an established record for reliability.

The last few years of car technology have been pretty impressive.

In our last outing at GingerMan at the close of last year's season, our 2015 Subaru WRX quickly overheated its stock brake pads and boiled its brake fluid, putting the car out of commission after only a few laps.

Over the last few years, San Marcos - based EV West has built cars to compete in some of motorsport's most iconic events, from a 400bhp, 850 lb ft electric E36 BMW M3 to the SRD EV1, an all - electric buggy that took part in last year's Baja 1000.

After the turmoil created by the Takata airbag scandal of the last few years, it is not at all surprising to see car manufacturers tread extremely lightly around the issue of malfunctioning airbags.

That last one might be the most familiar car of the five to U.S. audiences, but we wouldn't rule out a few Alfa Romeo SZs trickling into the country in the coming years as collectors seek out the rarer sports cars of the 1980s.

ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: A few years ago, Nissan made a big deal about offering the most affordable new car in America: a version of the last - generation Versa sedan.

It still boasts a rather powerful four - cylinder engine and still has the blood of the Seat Leon Cup Racer flowing through veins, but this car will surely find itself right at home at the track, just as the Golf TCR did last year, and the Seat Leon Cup Racer has for the past few.

We know we have the best team in the pit lane and Tommy is a fantastic partner in the car — we proved it to everyone last year by winning the championship and I'm keen to put the difficulties of our last few races behind us and get back to where we were at Sebring!»

Over the last couple of years we have had a few issues and struggled there but, with the improvements to the car this year, I think we are in a position to fight anybody there.

This side of a slightly higher ride height, the Spark Activ may not have any real performance changes over the regular Spark, but the styling additions make for a unique, European take on the city runabout, a car segment that's been growing in North America over these last few years.

Over the last few years, BMW has made it a habit out of creating special emergency response vehicles out of some of its cars.

Every few years, an automaker churns out a TV ad that strings together some grainy footage from the recent past, showing the cars of the last 30 years being passed from generation to generation,...

Late last year, Andy Cook, BMW's product executive for large cars, said that the Competition Pack will improve upon the great driving dynamics of the F90 M5, with a few tricks.

If you've kept even a vague note of Hethel's relentless stream of new - ish products over the last few years, you'll know the score: it's a more powerful, even more focused version of an already powerful and rather focused car.

The number of hybrid models on the market has exploded in the last few years, from small economy cars to larger vehicles and sports cars.

The front - wheel drive production car rivalry is turning into the Game of Thrones of the lap record list, with the crown having changed hands a bunch of times in the last few years alone.

If you haven't seen much of the outgoing model that's because K900 sales totaled less than 500 last year in the U.S., which works out to fewer than 10 cars per state on average.

Though their popularity has waned a bit over the last few years as American buyers shift to crossover SUVs in ever - greater numbers, midsize cars still account for a tremendous portion of U.S. sales.

The car, which has made a few local appearances including the Auto Expo debut last year, and at dealerships recently, is powered by a hybrid powertrain (a 1.5 - litre 3 - cylinder petrol engine and an electric motor) which can produce a maximum of 360 hp and 570 Nm of torque.

If you are prepared to pay good money, it's worth searching for well looked after car from the last few years of production, preferably owned by an enthusiast.

It must be mentioned that there are a few units of the GT - R in India imported individually by celebrities and luxury car sellers, and last year, a senior official all but confirmed that the GT - R would be the halo model for India.

According to the sales sheets more and more new car customers are being handed the keys to a Subaru because they had the fortune of being one of the few automobile manufacturers to turn a profit last year.

As time passed by this car went through a few versions each a little bit more powerful and a little bit faster until it eventually became the Bentley Continental Supersports that was available in the autumn of last year.

The Forester has truly come into its own in the last few years, receiving plenty of accolades and praise for its utilitarian personality and car - like refinement in this latest generation.

The Volvo XC40 is, in fact, one of the few cars that look nearly identical to their concept form, which in this case is the Volvo 40.1 concept that was showcased last year and is based on Volvo's Compact Modular Architecture platform.

The Polo GTI is one of the most popular hot hatches in the world and is also the base car for the rally - winning Polo WRC car that has dominated world rallying for the last few years.

«I had so much fun last year, I had to bring the car back — this time with a few more of the cobwebs shaken out of the engine and chassis,» said Steve Millen, who piloted the car during its racing glory years.

Focus groups over the last few years said they loved the existing powertrain packages but they had a list of things that they thought could improve the car.

- These last few years, the season - opening Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring has been a little hard to grasp for casual sports - car racing fans.

The Mercedes 1960's 250 SEB Coupes have become in huge demand over the last few years and are one of the highest climbers in the Classic car market.

This dealer provides a line of superb cars and trucks, I have purchased 2 vans through this dealer over the last several years they always were reliable and had few problems with them just normal maintenance here and there.

And the X6 will sell like it's free everywhere, and with lot's of cars sold in the last few months, the trend should rise even more in the next few years.

Unfortunately, my week behind the wheel didn't coincide with any on - track time, but we've already done a few laps in the Shelby GT350R — the slightly lighter and more hardcore version of this car — and expect performance to be similar, especially with the 2017 model's upgrades closing the gap since last year.

In last year's Car and Driver review of the Jaguar F - PACE, they called it «larger, sportier, and sexier,» and we think you'll see why with just a few minutes in the driver's seat.

The 991 series introduced the phenomenal PDK gearbox as the only option allowing Porsche enthusiasts to really push the car to its limit and undoubtedly has been one of the most popular track day supercars on the market over the last few years.