Sentences with phrase «car shows since»

It has only been driven to car shows since it was purchased eight years ago.

It has appeared at other premier car shows since including Pebble Beach in 2002, Amelia Island and the Quail in 2008, and «Chip's Choice» at the 2007 Corvettes at Carlisle.

Not exact matches

And there is something else: it is the sexiest, most original looking car BMW has produced since the Turbo, a one - off gull - wing show car released for the 1972 Munich Olympics.

In December, new car registrations rose 13 % to 906,294 vehicles — the strongest rate in the month of December since 2009 but still one of the lowest showings to date, ACEA said.

The 2017 car launches have been relentless since the start of the week, with Sauber, Renault, Force India and Mercedes already showing off their F1 machines (and Williams sharing a render of its FW40).

With the new 2014 hybrid regulations came a whole new development curve and this video shows just how much faster Formula 1 cars have got since then.

New analysis shows the number of diesel cars on London's roads has increased by over 170,000 since 2012, despite serious public health warnings about the risks of cancer and air pollution.

And among all the pilot cities, the company statistics show, no more than half the target was met in the best case, and in places like central China's Xiangyang, for instance, only seven clean cars were added on the roads since late 2010.

That way it could automatically update a mechanic as it pulls into the shop, showing the last time the car was serviced and how hard it has been driven since.

They're surprisingly easy to walk in, which is key since car service between shows is unfortunately not my reality.

Director Francis Lawrence and his design team show us the era through a circus train full of grimy sleeper cars and people wearing the same clothes since last week, a place where the employees, like the shepherds in the Bible, smell like the animals and belong nowhere else.

Much has changed since Land Rover unwrapped the LRX show car in 2008.

Show car details like the 20 - inch wheels, L - shaped taillights, and futuristic interior will likely be toned down by the time the Lexus RC convertible comes to showrooms, but we can clearly see the direction in which Lexus is headed with this newest drop - top since the Lexus IS C.

I've fantasized about running an all - wheel - drive Porsche sports car as a year - round driver ever since the Porsche 959 first appeared at the 1985 Frankfurt Auto Show.

Being the 10th Wörthersee show car since 2008, the number 10 can be seen on the C - pillars along with a First Decade logo on the tailgate.

A proper sports car has been on Kia's radar since the 2011 Frankfurt show, when we got our first look at the Kia GT concept, but things really heated up with the Kia GT4 Stinger concept from the 2014 Detroit show.

That car had a voltimeter and it never show low volts when driving, since the battery + alternator were supplying current, but not enough to run on alternator only, ie, the load was split between alternator and battery, draining the battery off too.

A styling concept for the car was first shown to Toyota 86 chief engineer Tetsuya Tada in November 2014, and he has since driven prototype versions on test tracks in Japan.

Frazer Nash TT Replica — Zoe Harrison describes this beautifully restored 1935 example that has been in the same family from new / When eight was great — The heyday of the straight eight engine and the story of a 1936 Buick 8/40 — by Dennis Harrison / Basil Davenport: part two — Alan Brierly continues his article about this hill - climb hero / Brighton Runs remembered — Bill Boddy recalls the many London - Brighton Runs he has taken part in since his first Run in 1936 / Delahaye 135MS — A very special Figoni et Falaschi - bodied version that was the 1947 Geneva Show car.

Chris was great, he had the car ready to show us right outside, while we were test driving the car the dealership was appraising her old vehicle which was pretty much a formality since it was basically worth the metal that hadn't rusted off yet and were done before we got back, he knew we were buying the car together and made sure each of the things we were concerned about having in a car were met, when we got back the negotiating was painless and we agreed on a very fair price and got the financing in order.

MG has shown off its first attempt at developing an all - new sports car since the Chinese bought what was left of the British marque back in 2005.

Last year, trucks outsold cars, 51 % vs. 49 %, for the first time since 2007, Ward's data shows.

Since the car was revealed at the 2014 Geneva auto show, McLaren reportedly has six months» worth of orders for the new supercar.

Putting more mechanical beauty on show than any car since the Ariel Atom, Toyota's Kikai concept has a noble aim: To «make the car's mechanical parts something to be seen and admired, rather than concealing them from view».

Yet we forget that Musk drove a McLaren F1 to the very first showing of the Tesla Roadster at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California, back in 2006, and as he has struggled to build the company's cars and make them reliable since then, he seems to have acquired a deeper understanding of things automotive.

Nissan wants to maintain the car's mystique for another two years, since the production car won't debut until the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show.

But the Golf Touch R concept that VW showed at CES hits both of those sore points, although it may be redeemed by the fact that the controls may not need to be touched at all since the car incorporates gesture control.

Since then, the car won three awards at the 2016 Concorso Italiano in Monterey, CA, including Best in Show, along with an Excellence in Class award at the Mar - a-Lago Concours d'Elegance, part of the 2017 Cavallino Classic.

The 2014 Pebble Beach Concours also marked the second time since Hill's Pierce - Arrow win that a post-war car earned the Best in Show award.

Nineteen - sixty - eight also marked the first time since Hill's ’31 Pierce - Arrow took the ’55 Best of Show award that it went to a postwar car.

After hearing rumors of its potential arrival for years, Americans finally got their first glimpse of the car way back at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, and several delays have stalled the car's debut since.

Since this review is about my experience, I can say that Felix de Leon Garcia is a salesperson who was patient and showed us around a couple of cars that best fitted our financial needs.

Since then, Rolls has confirmed that it will, indeed, build a production convertible based on the 100EX, and we expected to see that car at this year's Swiss show.

It's been a very long time since BMW came up with a show car that caused any of us to gasp with pleasure, to make us say, «Got ta have it!»

Ever since the all - new Opel Insignia made its debut at the Geneva auto show, Americans have been chomping at the bit to see the car in U.S. - spec Buick Regal trim.

Since both cars had full tanks when we set off, it's interesting to note that the LP640 seems only a touch more thirsty, the onboard computer showing a remaining range of 40 miles to the 6.2's 65.

Only car - show miles since then.

But it was worth the wait since only a few months later the second SLK Concept car was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, where it awed everyone with its revolutionary metallic folding roof.

Hometown: Plainfield, IL How Long Employed at Phillips Chevrolet: Since November 2009 How Long in the Car Business: Since March 1994 Hobbies: Restoring and showing classic GM and Corvettes Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Bears Favorite Chevy: Chevrolet Corvette Favorite Food: Italian & Mexican Favorite Vacation Spot: Staying at home and enjoying my hobbies

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?

Behind the Wheel of the Ft Lauderdale International Auto Show and the Miami International Auto Show the SFADA has served its members since 1933 in one of America's fastest growing car markets.

The likely badge for the front - engined, rear - drive model would be RX - 7, and the production version could be unveiled at the Tokyo motor show in 2017; that would mark 50 years since Mazda launched its first rotary - powered sports car.

NEW YORK — Showing off the biggest revision to the sports car since its 2007 debut, Nissan takes the wraps off the new GT - R this morning at the 2016 New York International Auto Show.

Little has been seen or heard about the car since Allen took delivery, though now, it's apparently showed up for sale.

Let's check the results in a couple of years with the same people and cars... It is not really a good comparison of brands, domestic vs «imports» since most problems will show up over time... Let's see a two or five year comparison of a Chevy vs. Toyota, or Chrysler vs. Subaru, or Ford vs. Nissan... I could be wrong, in fact I actually hope so; however, based on my experience I don't think the results would be the same as in the INITIAL quality survey...

The visual changes, in keeping with the evolutionary approach taken since its introduction at the Frankfurt motor show back in 1963, are subtle but effective enough to set the new car apart from its popular predecessor, providing it with clear links to the past but with sufficient modernity to give it a contemporary air.

It has been three years since the concept for Acura's mid-mounted NSX supercar was first shown in Detroit, and the Japanese maker promises the car we'll see this January is the production - ready version.

We've been waiting to get behind the wheel of this car since the concept first appeared at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, and now we're getting our chance.

We've had regional, national and local car shows for a long time now — pretty much since we had cars.

«The BMW M3 has been our iconic model in the high - performance sports car segment since 1985, when the company unveiled the first generation of the BMW M3 at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt,» recalls Dr Friedrich Nitschke, President BMW M GmbH.