Sentences with phrase «coupe made it to production»

If the midsize coupe makes it to the production line, it is expected to compete with the Audi A3 and Mercedes - Benz CLA - Class among others.

The sleek, electric - powered sports coupe made it to production mostly as a way to meet then - proposed ultra - strict California emissions regulations.

Not exact matches

It makes the SLR Roadster, unveiled at Geneva in March and now in production at an eye - watering # 350,000, a more enticing prospect than its coupe cousin, promising to kill stone dead even the subtle scuttle wobbles that afflict the mainstream Merc SL65 and in so doing putting some clear blue water between itself and a car that, on paper, all but matches its straight line pace for less than half the price.

While the face made it to the production sedan, the blue coupe got Subaru faithful all hot and bothered for nothing, as coupe variant of the long - running WRX sedan never materialized.

Although the automaker says the car, «provides a possible and highly provocative glimpse into Kia's future,» it would likely be several years before production - ready coupe inspired by this GT4 concept made it to showrooms.

The BMW i8 has made it to production with much of the futuristic coupe styling first seen two years ago, yet engineers managed to keep the body ultra slippery with a drag coefficient of just 0.26.

Officials say it's «conceivable» we could see a series - production Kia sports coupe inspired by the GT4 Stinger within one to three years, but make no firm promises.

General Motors Corp. will stop making the Cadillac Eldorado in two to three years, a company executive tells Ward's, even though it recently spent $ 25 million to move production of the coupe from Hamtramck, MI, to Lansing, MI.

ADDITIONAL SPECS: According to Jaguar, the XKR - S coupe will go from 0 to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds and will reach a top speed of 186 mph, making it the most powerful and fastest series production sports car Jaguar has ever built.

Production for the drag - focused coupe that makes up to 840 hp and 770 lb - ft of torque starts this summer, with first deliveries to dealers to commence in the fall.

Renault watchers expected a production version of the Twingo CC (coupe cabriolet) to make an appearance at the Geneva show this week, but were disappointed when it was a no - show

Chevy has played around with mid-engine Corvette concepts in the past, of course, but for the iconic coupe's eighth generation, a Corvette with that layout is at last, almost certainly, making it to production.

That it took Cadillac two long years to finally get the coupe version of the CTS - V to production will be ignored; we're just glad it made it (at one point, not all that long ago, it appeared GM had pulled the plug on the CTS - V Coupe).

It is very similar in size and stature to the Jaguar C - X16 coupe concept that was initially shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2011, though the C - X16 concept never made it to production.

Undaunted by sluggish U.S. sales, Rover is going ahead with a coupe version of the Sterling.The two door is scheduled to join the lineup in 1992, when the four door 827 and Fastback SLi models get a facelift.This new coupe, however, is not the Rover CCV (coupe concept car) that almost made it to the production line, but was killed at the last minute when the dollar fluctuated unfavorably against the British pound.The fact that the CCV will not be made must come as a disappointment to many.

That it took two long years for Cadillac to finally get the coupe to production will be ignored, we're glad it made it.

They help offset the still - modest production runs of high - end luxury cars, and their four - door designs make them more palatable in a market that has long been averse to coupes and convertibles: China.

But the production pact expires in 2005, Mitsubishi says it needs the capacity for its own vehicles and no decision has been made — or at least none has been leaked — as to what happens to the Dodge / Chrysler coupes after that.

They join an already revealed coupe and volante to make up a series of four new limited - production Vanquish specials, of which a total of only 325 are planned for production.

While BMW denies it is yet to make a final decision on whether it place the i3 coupe into production, a high - ranking insider has revealed to Autoweek that an i3 cabriolet is also among a series of future i - car proposals, suggesting BMW's fledgling i - brand lineup could eventually support at least five models.

As the first BMW Gran Coupe video surfaces online, we also get the news that the decision to take this 4 - door «coupe - saloon» into production has been made.