Sentences with phrase «car platform»

However, there is hope: new SUVs are being built on car platforms instead of truck platforms, making it much safer than before because of the lower center of gravity.

The only way we could agree with bringing the rotary back is in a turbocharged sports car platform, like this engine is intended.

They look like SUVs but are based off car platforms rather than truck platforms.

Each wants to sell its own car platform to automakers.

Both are based on car platforms, both are available in four - wheel - drive — we really need some way to differentiate between car - based SUVs and truck - based SUVs.

The truck - like underpinnings that made the Cherokee a legend among 4X4 enthusiasts was gone, replaced by the same compact car platform used in the now - discontinued Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200.

The engineering would be possible because the Fiesta is based on a modified version of the same global small car platform as the EcoSport small SUV, which is sold with a 4x4 version in some markets.

Xtrac has developed a new member of its Integrated Lightweight Electric Vehicle (ILEV) transmission systems; the new P1166 is being incorporated by Williams Advanced Engineering into its innovative modular lightweight electric car platform concept known as FW - EVX (earlier post).

The Cadillac XTS is the same front - drive car platform as the Impala but the cheapest Cadillac is $ 5000 dearer than the costliest Impala.

• Carsome, a Malaysia - based used car platform, raised $ 19 million in Series B funding.

The Chrysler 300 marks the Chrysler Group's return to a HEMI - powered rear - wheel - drive car platform in nearly five decades.

Probert: You've got the vehicle developed, you just developed a power train, the only thing advantage about is in your platform scalability, so you can get the power train and interface to work with the Focus so then that platform that same car platform and if you make it in different forms you build it in different countries, you have that ability, you can take that electric vehicle, you can build it in your plant in US, you can take it and you can build it in your plan in St Louis in Germany.

The new Cruze is the first model to adopt GM's new global compact midsize car platform.

However, Canton will be producing the 2013 Nissan Sentra, giving it a unibody car platform in addition to the truck and SUV models.

Today, the MICHELIN ® Pilot ® Super Sport tires are featured on every BMW M series car platform from the 2 - seires through the 6 - series.

The Intercontinental GT Challenge season finale is expected to feature more than 30 total entries across the GT3, GT4, GT Cup and now TCR categories, including the emerging global touring car platform for the first time in a SRO - run event.

They're based on unibody car platforms.

With this cash infusion, the Chrysler K Car platform came to be and the Dodge Caravan minivan was introduced.

With the cash infusion, the Chrysler K Car platform came to be and the Dodge Aries was introduced.

Joseph Caddell, general project manager for small - car platforms at Chrysler Corp., said that the company will formally introduce the Plymouth Breeze at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.

The 911 after it will almost certainly be based on a vehicle architecture called SAZ — VW Group shorthand for sports car platform of the future.

Infiniti cites insufficient sales to go forward with a jointly funded MFA2 (Modular Front Architecture) luxury car platform developed with Mercedes - Benz.

The Caddy Life doesn't share VW's latest MQB passenger car platform tech, instead riding on an updated version of the pervious generation Caddy's underpinnings.

It shares the same mid-sized car platform as the 2015 Nissan Pulsar, but unlike its Japanese cousin, the French hatchback is quite exciting to look at thanks to the brand's new design DNA, which debuted on the Talisman midsize sedan.

The second Bentley Continental GT is an evolution of the original, and the car is still built around the Volkswagen Group's D1 large car platform, which debuted in 2002 underpinning the VW Phaeton limo.

Mobile chipsets have made huge advances in recent years when it comes to graphics potency — not for nothing are autonomous car platforms often based on ARM chips from NVIDIA and others, relied upon for doing huge amounts of GPU - accelerated calculation — but visually - rich VR headsets like Oculus Rift and HTC VIVE still usually demand a desktop - spec video card.

(Yes, I know the Volvo, Honda and Nissan are based on car platforms instead of true truck platforms, but those are the categories.)

Some readers on Twitter pointed out that contrary to our Blackberry - heavy headline, CarPlay actually runs on top of the QNX CAR platform, which is owned by — you guessed it — Blackberry.

But a partnership between Toyota and BMW to share a new midsize sports - car platform dubbed «Silk Road» should give the project a solid foundation.

The A-Class, one of five planned models based on Mercedes» New Generation Compact Car platform, bridges the gap between connectivity and motoring safety, Daimler's CEO says.

The GLB was originally going to be based on a new modular small - car platform shared with Renault - Nissan.

Unlike EVs made from existing gasoline car platforms with retrofit electric drivetrains, Kia says it planned an all - electric model from the moment it began developing the second - generation Soul.

Critics have suggested the 7 - seat Explorer, which migrates from a body - on - frame architecture to the Ford Taurus sedan's D - segment car platform, will steal sales from the Ford Edge and Flex.

The GS platform (also known as «Project Global» by Mitsubishi) is a compact car platform co-developed and shared by Mitsubishi Motors and DaimlerChrysler.

Crossovers may be all the rage but their buffed - out bodies riding on car platforms prompted us to seek out more substance in our latest comparison: true SUVs.

Oh lordy, can BMW make a rigid car platform.

«The new small - car platform architecture includes an all - wheel drive option,» Erich Schmitt, president of Seat said.

Great example of the classic Plymouth B - body muscle car platform finished in purple over a white and burgundy interior.

Mercedes» 2015 S550 brings loads of toys to the tables, but their sheer novelty overwhelms the excellent car platform they're heaped upon.

In fact, it made its name transforming premium - car platforms into luxuriously handcrafted limited - edition automobiles.

The car's new MQB A0 small car platform means it feels more similar to the Golf than ever, offering plenty of stability that inspires confidence and lets you place the car on the road exactly where you want it.

- The 2001 U204 sport wagon that mounts truck equipment and styling on a nimble car platform.

Parent company Volkswagen has directed Skoda to develop a low - cost car platform engineered for developing

Instead of Caddy going the direction that many other SUV builders have gone, it will keep the Escalade on a truck frame, whereas many builders are changing SUVs to sit upon car platforms.

Both the QX30 and the already announced Q30 hatchback — the first fruit of the cooperation with Daimler; will be based on Mercedes» MFA compact car platform underpinning the current A-Class, B - Class, CLA and GLA models.

These were essentially car platforms.

The technology concept will demonstrate how the all - new car platform makes full use of Subaru's engineering and Boxer technology.