With their combination of affordable pricing, generally impressive fuel mileage, and respectable practicality, these small four -
door cars form the backbone of any automakers lineup, with even luxury brands now getting on board the compact train.
Not exact matches
The faded red of the
car door, Nicole Kidman's vibrant top, the muted sandy border, and Zac Efron's glistening sun tan come together to
form a sexy, rugged monochrome evocative of old photographs and»70s cinema.
The previous - generation E46 M3 arrived on our shores only in coupe and cabriolet
form, but its predecessor — the E36 M3, the first M
car to achieve widespread sales success — was available in coupe, cabriolet and, four -
door sedan
form.
Regardless of the cause, we could have avoided this entire misadventure had Tesla included some
form of manual override for the proximity fob and retractable
door handles — perhaps a keyhole and removable key in the fob or some way to unlock the
car by entering a code.
The Cadillac Ciel (heaven) concept
car is a long - awaited return to a BIG Cadillac, this time in the
form of a four -
door open model.
A # 23k price tag puts the Proceed GT somewhere between
cars in the Polo GTI and Golf GTI (or Fiesta and Focus ST, or Clio and Megane RS) classes — those two models specifically will set you back # 19,500 and # 27,550 respectively in their three -
door, manual
forms.
I have a 3
door dsg
car, and in standard
form it can be a little «restrained», that said a few software and mechanical changes will allow you to access some of the dynamic potential.
There, the
cars diverge — the Concept is a low - slung, two - seater,
formed from lightweight carbon and entered via gullwing
doors like those of the XL1 eco
car.
The Eclipse is Mitsubishi's performance two -
door sports
car and is offered in coupe and convertible Spyder
form.
The Eclipse is Mitsubishi's performance two -
door sports
car and is offered in coupe and convertible Spyder
form, both with a choice of four - cylinder or V - 6 engines.
The four - seat Eclipse is Mitsubishi's performance two -
door sports
car and is offered in coupe and convertible (Spyder)
forms, both with a choice of four - cylinder or V - 6 power.
There are two other proposals floating around — a
car described as a stylish, five -
door version of the dying Paceman and an all - electric vehicle that isn't tied to a specific
form — but the
cars listed above are the top candidates.
Sturdy metal
door handles glide out to meet you as you walk up to the
car with a key in your pocket, and the
car's charging port is hidden behind an unobtrusive
door forming part of the rear light cluster units.
A bit further down the range, the new S3, to be launched towards the end of this year, will come in three -
door form only, but we can expect a few subtle styling modifications over the standard A3 - perhaps a different grille, and some unique alloys - for the production
car.
Revealed here in production -
car guise for the first time, the new 425 - hp M3 sedan will be joined at the outset by its sister model, the M4 — a mechanically identical but stylistically sleeker two -
door coupe previewed in lightly veiled concept -
car form at the Pebble Beach concours in California last August.
The C36 is a four -
door hot rod luxury
car that is the purest
form of high - performance European transport Mercedes has yet shipped to the United States.
The Subaru World Rally Championship Concept
car, which in its five -
door form points to the future direction of the Subaru WRC competition
car, debuted at the Frankfurt International Motor Show.
The new
car is available in both four -
door sedan and five -
door hatch
forms.
First previewed in lightly veiled concept
car form at the 2010 Beijing motor show, the new sedan slots into the German carmaker's lineup between the 5 - series and 7 - series, aiming to offer the inherent practicality of a traditional four -
door together with the style of the existing two -
door 6 - series coupe and convertible.
The upgraded two -
door, four - seat coupe and convertible range will be available in both Sport and MC (Maserati Corse)
forms Down Under, where sales of the sports
cars are down by more than half so far this year.
The second generation Focus was launched at the Paris Motor Show on 23 September 2004 as a three and five -
door hatchback and an estate, although the new
car was previewed, [8] in 4 -
door sedan
form, as the «Focus Concept» developed by Ford Europe at the Beijing Motor Show in mid-2004.
In addition to stronger internal bracing - in the
form of beams inside the
doors - and increased padding on the
door panels, several automakers are installing side - impact air bags that are designed to deploy when a
car is struck from the side.
The prominent front and rear spoilers flare away from the center of the
car, housing wide, large - diameter wheels, while the
door panels are pulled inwards, creating a powerful three - dimensional
form that mirrors the spindle shape of the Lexus grille.
In some way, shape or
form, this is the new vision of the Volkswagen Beetle (albeit by a different name)-- a four -
door electric
car based on the automaker's new modular platform.
The launch of the seventh generation of the Volkswagen Golf represents a major turning point in the
car's history: No longer is it simply a model — the Golf — but rather a family of vehicles that includes 2 -
door and 4 -
door hatchbacks, performance variants like the Golf GTI and Golf R, the Golf SportWagen, and an EV in the
form of the e-Golf.
For a
car with the exterior dimensions of a Tonka toy, the Metro has a surprising amount of room inside, particularly in the four -
door form I tested.
The tenth - generation Honda Civic is a lovely
car in its sedan and coupe
forms, but this extra-functional, better - looking five -
door wins my vote for the one to buy.
Additional character lines leading from the
doors and side skirts to the rear fenders divert the eye to the powerfully
formed surfaces around the rear wheel arches, which duly focus attention on the
car's rear - wheel - drive set - up.
If you take a close look at the Sesto Elemento you can distinguish the fact that the entire
car actually consists of the monocoque with the roof, the front section including spoiler and air outlets, the entire rear section that holds the large rear wing and opens to unveil the V10 engine and the
doors... more body panels aren't used on this concept
car, talk about combining
form and function in as little parts as possible.
The Leon is special among Golf - sized VW group
cars as it's the only one that in three -
door form is offered with a shorter wheelbase.
Two different
forms are currently being discussed for the
car, which will either by a four -
door coupe like the 6 - Series Gran Coupe, or a classic two -
door coupe with a cabriolet version available.
Their contours
form part of an arcing character line running the full width of the
car and into each rear
door panel
They give you the opportunity to start building a history of on - time payments and responsible management of your credit, both of which eventually open the
door to unsecured credit cards, mortgages,
car loans, and other
forms of personal credit.
The photograph is really all about the twin aspirant curlicues of the
car's gleaming
door handles: the sort of mundane, available matter and
form that, time and again, insists in Rauschenberg's extraordinarily diverse and genial art.
Homages abound: Noguchi's classic 1947 coffee table is redone using sliced
car doors for the mirroring
forms of its base, conjuring Richard Prince.
While the traditional
forms of insurance fraud, such as the classic wrench - to - the -
car -
door routine have by no means been eliminated, modern fraudsters are often substantially more creative in their roguery.