Sentences with word «econocar»

Although this may conjure ghosts of blah econocars past, Justy lays those spirits to rest with relatively lively performance from a tiny 1.2 - liter engine and an easy - shifting five - speed gearbox.

Lest we get carried away, it's important to note that the Sportage is hardly a jittery econocar on the highway.

The strong - selling Swift subcompact, which debuted last year and was engineered to comply with U.S. regulations, still hasn't reached our shores because Suzuki can't manipulate the spreadsheets to make selling the Japan - built econocar profitable here.

The last generation WRX, for instance, was a Spartan experience, its performance and handling out - sized for a car costing less than $ 40,000, its interior ambiance, on the other hand, that of a bargain - basement econocar from China.

The argent - toned steel wheels with center caps were common for»80s econocars.

From the driver's point of view, the bucket seat is fairly supportive, if not state - of - the - art, and the full instrument cluster is a gratifying departure from the basic panels found in other econocars.

Chevrolet's Cavalier, which began life as a mundane econocar several years ago, has developed a personality in keeping with the sleekly tailored»80s.

You spell it M - i - t - s - u-b-i-s-h-i, but you pronounce it Dodge — Dodge Colt, one of those East - meets - West creations that seeks to wed American consumer appeal to Japanese econocar technology.

A three - cylinder engine may seem fairly radical — compared with more common fours, sixes or eights — but such an engine is successfully used in the Subaru Justy, and past imported econocars have had similar engines.

I'm not wild about its contemporary econocar lines, despite all the wonders that have been done with the aero package.

Driving position: Basic econocar quality, helped by a reclining seat back.

But these cars, both the 2 - door coupes and the civic hatches, had very low seating positions and had a very low height (51 - 53 ″ vs the usual 58 ″ of most econocars today), and older people with back and knee problems would not like them too much.

It's the Hyundai, the new econocar that is making the biggest stir in this country since the introduction of the Yugoslavian Fiat - derived Yugo, and for a similar reason: low cost.

What good is all that go - fast gear on an econocar that starts at $ 15,895?

Nicely bolstered front seats upholstered with cloth nicer than the econocar norm provided daylong comfort for this jetlagged driver.

That says much about the breadth of our taste in wheels — if it's cool and superbly executed, an econocar can be as admiration - worthy as a high - octane exotic — but even more about the Fit.

Let me get more specific: The combination of boosted three - banger (a mere 136 horsepower) and $ 1,400 automatic transmission sucks much of the joy out of driving the Mini Convertible, turning it into more of an econocar than the brand's reputation deserves.

With an energetic fuel - efficient engine, pleasing looks and decent comfort, Hyundai is what an econocar ought to be.

Charade is, instead, a neatly designed, fuel - thrifty car that can seat four adults in reasonable comfort and can be had for as little as $ 6,654 — if you are willing to forgo air conditioning or other luxuries that can boost prices of some models out of the econocar category.

An econocar, with great exterior styling (seemed to be copied in the 2004 Nissan Maxima).

There are econocars and mid-level family sedans, an SUV or three, and a flagship capitalist gunboat.

When it's a Cavalier Z24, Chevrolet's antidote for the econocar blahs.

Controls: The econocar essentials.

(Or at least the only one that can make big power versus an econocar four - banger.)

Sell your SUV and buy an econocar?