Sentences with phrase «car platforms rather»

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

Aston Martin CEO, Andy Palmer, stated that Aston Martin might modify its new sports car platform rather than use SUV platform from partner Daimler.

Not exact matches

Ride - sharing companies can currently operate in New York City under an arrangement with the city's powerful regulator, the Taxi & Limousine Commission, that treats them like traditional for - hire car companies rather than full ride - sharing platforms built in part on casual drivers.

Thankfully, it's a solid platform to work from, and the car offers a compliant ride without feeling dowdy — in fact, the steering is rather sharp, a refreshing change from the novacaine - laden steering racks installed in Cobalts and Cavaliers of days gone.

Rather than simply slapping Infiniti badges on a Mercedes and calling it a day, Infiniti used its partnership with Daimler to take Benz's MFA small - car platform (used for the A -, B -, CLA -, and GLA - Class) as a starting point and create a totally new vehicle.

What makes the XC90, built on Volvo's large - car SPA platform, such a breakout is that it moves along nicely with a 2.0 - liter turbo - four, sometimes combined with a supercharger or plug - in hybrid assistance, and that it doesn't try to pass itself off as a tall sport sedan, but rather as a subtly luxurious, comfortable and thoroughly competent road wagon.

«If you look at Durango, people call it the Charger of its segment, because everything else is front - wheel drive, car - based platforms that emphasize more the flexibility of the packaging rather than the utility of the packaging,» he says.

Audi admits that it chose to refine the existing car's styling rather than start afresh, despite the new platform, but only when placing old and new side - by - side are you likely to spot any real changes.

Genesis models, designed under the direction of former VW design director Luc Donckerwolke, will be based on RWD platforms that are not to be shared with Hyundai's commodity cars, and this potent combo all but assures that the new brand can compete with sales numbers closer to Cadillac, if not Lexus, Mercedes, and BMW, rather than, say, Lincoln and Acura.

Ford will show the new Explorer sport - ute, which — unlike every other Explorer produced since the vehicle debuted in 1990 — is based on a car platform, rather than a truck platform.

The Edge uses a sedan - based platform rather than a truck chassis, which enables a comfortable, car - like ride while offering the cargo capacity and utility of an SUV.

It shares the same mid-sized car platform as the 2015 Nissan Pulsar, but unlike its rather mundane - looking cousin, the new Mégane looks about as sharp as any hatchback in the market today.

As this car's key creators will tell you, VW has toyed with the idea of a proper, supermini - sized GTI on previous attempts, committing to cars midway through a model lifecycle and adapting existing mechanical platforms for the purpose rather than designing them from scratch.

With Audi's new steel and aluminium MLB platform due to be launched next year under the new A4 and BMW's next - generation 7 Series also thought to be all - aluminium, Jaguar clearly wants to become known for its aluminium car - making technology sooner rather than later.

It essentially turns Xbox into a platform rather than a single piece of hardware, allowing you to keep your progress wherever you play and, on supported games, even compete with friends on both Xbox One and PC (though there are some non-Play Anywhere games that support cross-play, such as car - soccer hit Rocket League).

It essentially turns Xbox into a platform rather than a single piece of hardware, allowing you to keep your progress wherever you play and, on supported games, even compete with friends on both Xbox One and PC (though there are some non-Play Anywhere games that support cross-play, such as car - soccer hit Rocket League).