Sentences with phrase «car than most rivals»

Not exact matches

Perhaps its most convincing rival is the considerably less powerful but no less fun Porsche 911 GT3 — a hardcore, race - bred sports car that costs a staggering # 130,000 less than the SLS.

All cars boast the usual Mini plus points, though: tactile controls, a slick gearchange and electric power steering that while unnatural in its firmness when you press the infamous Sport button, is better weighted than most rivals.

Interior materials, while nice in most places, weren't up to snuff given the price., and the overall interior was far more austere than that of German or Japanese rivals, a turn - off for those who expect luxury cars from this segment to «wow» them with design.

Most technology packs are cost options, but lately Porsche has improved its in - car tech so it no longer lags rival systems from BMW, Audi or Mercedes (and it's still better than the versions you'll find in Jaguar's F - Pace).

The Veloster Turbo is a modern car but some of its most interesting characteristics come from old school charm — a mechanical handbrake, no stop / start and an ESP system deactivated with one press rather than a hold - down - for - what - feels - like - eternity process all help endow it with a sheen of character more polished (and technically more capable) rivals can lack.

Granted, it's not as economical as a BMW 1 Series diesel, but from the perspective of performance cars, the M4 is a lot more efficient on fuel than most of its rivals.

The Ateca should hold more of its value after three years than most of its rivals, too, and is one of the cheapest cars in the class to service and insure.

The Micra's boot has also been designed to accommodate the most common items, such as large suitcases, more comfortably than rival cars» boots.

Like all of Honda's current - gen Civics, the Type R is a big car, feeling a size larger on the road than most of its immediate rivals and suffering a bit on narrower British B - roads as a result.

The car comes with plenty of standard equipment, but it's likely to end up costing you more than most of its rivals.

With claims of 22mpg in the city and 30mpg on the highway in the more efficient rear - wheel drive guise (adding all - wheel drive drops both figures by a couple of miles - per - gallon), it's comfortably the most efficient engine in the range, and better in many cases than what smaller, turbocharged four - cylinder gasoline engines in rival cars can muster.

Like some of the other top rated hybrid cars, the new Volt looks and drives more like a regular car, performance is respectable for an economy vehicle, and it handles better than most of its rivals.

The Fusion Hybrid's touch screen reacts more slowly than those on most personal electronics or in cars from many rival automakers.

The CUPRA R also features usefully lower emissions levels than many of its rivals, as its 190 g / km on average make it the most efficient car in its segment with this power output.

The interior trim, although solid and seemingly unbreakable, is not up to the quality of rivals such as the VW Golf and Vauxhall Astra, and Nissan as a brand, rather than the Qashqai as a car, does not have the most dynamic image.