Sentences with phrase «current generation car»

The all new C - Class (W205) is just a giant leap over the current generation car and is definitely worth the wait.

Now the current generation car is nearly a decade old, and new challengers like the Scion FR - S and Subaru BRZ have arrived promising the same type of fun.

Hyundai continues to offer this in the current generation car.

It remains to be seen if this is the first of multiple Fortes to come to the U.S. — the current generation car has sedan, five - door, and «Koup» coupe variants — but the sedan will lead the way by going on sale in the first quarter of 2013.

Fast forward to today, and the current generation car styling is just typical bland mid life spread and the interior is a dated mess of straight lines and sharp angles.

Not exact matches

Ford said the only cars it will keep in North America beyond their current generations are the Mustang and the Focus Active arriving in 2019.

Daniel Ricciardo isn't holding out much hope for racing to be better at other tracks this season because the current generation of cars are too big and too aerodynamically complex

Ross Brawn says that Formula 1 wont be dropping DRS for a while as the current generation of car relies on it too much

With the current generation of aero - heavy cars, F1 would probably be much the same - there aren't even that many long straights when they could just bung in a DRS zone and forget about it.

It happened twice in 1981, the first year for the current generation of shorter and narrower, though no lighter, Grand National cars.

GT Sport will be the series» first entry onto the current generation of consoles, and unlike previous titles will feature a cut back, more focused roster of cars with an emphasis on racing simulation and online features — including the first ever FIA - sanctioned online racing championship.

And speaking of LMP2, this is the last race for the current generation of cars — rule changes for next year will make for a faster (but slightly less varied) grid.

A new infographic shows how the Ford Mustang's horsepower has progressed from the first generation to the current car.

That would give BMW something to think about when the current Five is replaced by the seventh - generation car in a few years» time.

The five - door hatch i1 will be prettier, cheaper, and more practical than the current i3, swapping that car's expensive high - tech underpinnings for a much more conventional layout based on the FAAR WE front - drive architecture that will be shared with the next generation 1 Series, X1 SUV, and all future Minis.

The i8's carbonfibre construction remains, but the petrol - electric hybrid system in the current generation road car has been reapleced by a hydrogen fuel cell.

The current - generation Mazda MX - 5 Miata weighs 148 pounds less than the car it replaced and is currently the quickest version of the car to date.

After the introduction of the current - generation Civic for 2012, a kind of scandal brewed when Honda enthusiasts worried that the car's presentation had been compromised in the name of a cheaper price.

Revitalizing the sedan isn't anything new to Nissan — just three years ago it introduced the current seventh - generation Maxima as the new age affordable «four - door sports car» (or 4DSC) fit for mall sprees and canyon runs.

The current generation of the SRX still wears Cadillac's previous design language, so the new model will evolve to match new cars like the ATS, CTS, and Escalade.

It doesn't come at the expense of usability either because driven at a gentler pace the S1 is among the calmer, more comfortable options in its size class, with relatively little road and wind noise and a pliant ride, and while the current generation A1 is now a seven year old car inside and out, the S1's cabin is such a simple, considered design that it hasn't really aged.

So that our traveling party could include all three generations of current Kitmans — notably El Marvin - o, patriarch and Pirate fan No. 1, celebrating his eighty - fourth birthday with a trip to the city of his birth and PNC Park, its gem of a bandbox stadium — we needed a second car.

Power drops from 167 hp to 155 hp for the U.S. - spec roadster, but crucially, the car's curb weight also drops 148 pounds, from 2,480 for the lightest current - generation NC Miata to a featherweight 2,332 pounds for the 2016 model year when equipped with a manual transmission.

Compared to previous ST generations, the current car has a convincingly lower, broader - shouldered stance with a more obviously sculpted bonnet and sleeker, slimmer headlamps.

Former General Motors CEO Dan Akerson previously indicated that the next - generation Chevrolet Volt would target an all - electric driving range 20 percent greater than the current car's EPA rating of 38 miles.

One reason Volkswagen of America is not in a tremendous hurry to get us the seventh generation of its worldwide bestseller is that the current, sixth - generation car isn't that old.

We've known for years that GM has benchmarked BMW steering, not in its current models but from a couple of generations ago, cars like the E46 - chassis 3 - series and the E39 5 - series.

The current NC - generation Miata's non-SkyActiv 2.0 - liter engine makes 167 hp, and the reduced weight of the 2016 car means the new engine probably doesn't need much more power than that.

NASHVILLE, TN — Nissan is offering replacement battery packs for its Leaf electric vehicle as it looks to overcome obstacles to ownership with the car's current and future generations.

It's no secret that car enthusiasts all over the world love the current Porsche 911, giving us heady expectations for the new 991 - generation of Stuttgart's venerable sports car.

The GT3 RS's naturally aspirated 4 - litre flat - six is carried over from the previous - generation car (and the current GT3), with power increasing by 20bhp to 513bhp at 8450rpm (200rpm higher than its predecessor) and torque rising by 7 lb ft to 346 lb ft.. There's a new titanium exhaust with 91 mm diameter pipes, a revised intake system and a new engine management system that account for the slightest of gains in the sprints (at 3.2 seconds it's a tenth quicker than the old car to 62mph) but will have a bigger impact on the car's as - yet - undisclosed Nürburgring lap time.

Both are powered by an uprated version of the previous generation's 4.4 - litre twin - turbo V8, mated to a new eight - speed M Steptronic automatic which replaces the current car's six - speed auto box.

Even though the Golf and GTI are soon to be replaced with next - generation cars, the current platform doesn't feel old.

This current fleet of fuel cell vehicles, so - called Generation 4 cars, will continue running around in various test fleets for another three years.

Reliability for the current - generation Taurus has been average for front - wheel - drive cars but subpar for all - wheel - drive models.

VW has said it will prune its lineup, and in response to questioning about the continuation of current models, Volkswagen board member Arno Antlitz said, «The Beetle and Scirocco are representatives of an emotional and appealing class of vehicles, but [VW product planning] is not always about continuing cars from one generation to the next.»

Although Ford agreed to invest $ 9 billion to upgrade or revamp or keep open its U.S. - based plants over the next four years, production of most cars could leave the U.S. by the end of their current generations.

Deliveries of the current, second - generation car began in Germany last November.

Since then the car has been through two generations of production, with the current one having started with the 2007 model year.

The global boss of Porsche Matthias Mueller has admitted the exterior and interior styling of the second generation Panamera luxury car needs to improve compared to the current car.

For the tenth - and current - generation of the Chevrolet Impala, which came in 2013, Chevrolet completely revamped the car for improved consumer sales.

The second and current production generation of the car launched with the 2012 model year.

The car has Ford's next - generation hybrid technology, which employs a smaller, lighter battery with greater charging capacity and more range than the current system found on the 2009 Escape hybrid.

We still remember a time when Brabus» Mercedes - Benz cars were tough to pick out in a crowd, but with the current generation of cars from this Bottrop - based tuning house, everyone will be able to spot...

Hyundai also took pains to design a normal - looking car inside and out, striking at perhaps the biggest Achilles» heel of the current, fourth - generation Prius.

The current generation has been on the market a long time in car years.

The current MX - 5 Miata, much maligned for its alleged softness compared to previous generations, is still one of the best driver's cars in the world, bar - none, delivering 80 % of the experience of driving a Porsche Boxster for less than 50 % of the purchase price.

Subaru decided not to make a wagon version of its WRX and WRX STI performance cars for the current generation, and that's a shame.

Given the current - generation 1 - series» recent facelift, we won't see its successor for a little while yet; CAR understands that mid-2019 is when it'll reach the market.

With an all - new, fifth - generation discovery around the corner, we revisit the current car in special - edition Landmark form