Sentences with phrase «first luxury car»

Twenty - two years ago when Toyota introduced the Lexus LS 400 as the automaker's first luxury car the emphasis was placed squarely on customer service and value.

By 1993, the first luxury car developed by Mercedes - Benz in conjunction with AMG ® went into production, and it became the first - ever AMG ® model marketed in the United States.

This is the first luxury car to use a manual transmission (6 - speed) this decade (in the last decade, Mercedes - Benz used to offer the C - Class with a 6 - speed manual gearbox).

With the new 2 Series Gran Tourer, BMW has entered yet another market niche and it's the first luxury car maker in the compact seven seater all - wheel drive segment.

Presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show in the autumn of 2009, the Mercedes Vision S 500 Plug - In Hybrid previewed the S 500 Plug - In Hybrid, the first luxury car with a fuel consumption less than 3 l / 100 km.

It took the Germans nearly three decades to develop their first luxury car, the 501 (followed by the V -8-powered 502), also known as the «Baroque Angel,» but they sold it alongside microcars and economy cars such as the Isetta, 600, and 700 in order to stay afloat due to the financial hardship the company experienced in the late 1950s.

The gasoline - electric hybrid holds the honor of being the first luxury car to offer plug - in capability, meaning it can be connected to either standard 110 - volt outlets or a 400 - volt system rather than simply relying on kinetic energy produced on the run to charge the battery that powers its electric motor.

Lexus claims its Lexus LC 500 (photo above) is the first luxury car with a 10 - speed automatic.

The gasoline - electric hybrid holds the honor of being the first luxury car to offer plug - in capability, meaning it can be...

My first luxury car that I own!

Namyang, South Korea — Five years ago, Hyundai launched its first luxury car, the Genesis.

Not exact matches

When Maoli left logistics for luxury car sales, he brought Gabriele with him and took over his first dealership, Lexus of Route 10 in Whippany, N.J. And that's when they discovered that the rarefied world of luxury autos also had a lot to learn from the hotel business.

Although the German automaker has a long and storied history of producing rugged utility vehicles alongside its luxury cars, the X-Class is the brand's first true pickup.

Bonus: purchase a first - or business - class ticket and Emirates picks you up in New York City in a town car — a hidden luxury for all who have traversed city airports in rush - hour traffic.

The U.S. pioneer in luxury electric cars charged by batteries was one of the first companies to offer steering that could be operated hands - free, one of the first steps to full self - driving that industry experts say may be available by 2020.

In 2008, Tesla started selling a limited number of its first vehicle, a luxury sports car called the Roadster.

So we buy fancy cars and travel first class and build mansions for ourselves and furnish them with luxuries to satisfy our whims while our neighbors on this planet live in shacks and struggle against oppression and watch their children die young from lack of food and medical care.

First, she moved to the Department of Oncology, Biology and Genetics, which «had been built according to all the necessary laws, including accessibility, and with toilets and car parking spaces for the disabled — a true luxury!»

As a first time buyer of a brand new car as high end as the cars sold by luxury motor club, having great customer service was a priority to me.

Onlookers at Monterey Car Week, however, got the first glimpse at what the future of ultra-elite luxury, technology, and performance will look like in the minds of Stuttgart's best and brightest.

I got my first car at Luxury Motor Club, and Stone is the one who helped me through the whole process.

The first - generation tC had outstanding amenities for a car of its price: padded surfaces in all the important areas; a nice grade of headliner that extended, like in luxury cars, down the window pillars; elegant digital climate controls; chrome door handles; and power windows with one - touch up / down operation.

Because the S - class is essentially a chauffeur - driven car in the all - important Chinese market, Mercedes designed the new luxury sedan first as a long - wheelbase model (W222) and then worked on the short - wheelbase (V222) variant.

The first Genesis to hit dealerships, the G80 isn't a new car; instead, it's a modest update of Hyundai's existing Genesis luxury sedan.

The first saloon to use the legendary XK engine, Jaguar's Mk VII was a 100mph luxury car just as happy winning touring car races as cruising the home counties.

Our first drive of the Range Rover Velar unveiled a car befitting of the brand's luxury remit, erring more toward refinement in the same way the Porsche favours dynamics.

This is the first time I ventured into «luxury car» territory.

Typical of a pricey luxury car, mechanical configurations are numerous: Porsche offers three engines, three suspensions and rear - or all - wheel drive for 2017, and there are two plug - in hybrids and a Panamera Sport Turismo wagon coming for 2018 (see our First Drive here).

In Initial impact, Simon Charlesworth tells the story of a rare survivor of this important Vintage tourer / / For this month's Auto - biography, Matthew Bell meets graphic designer, historic racer and lover of Americana Julian Balme to discuss his life behind the wheel / / The first saloon to use the legendary XK engine, Jaguar's Mk VII was a 100mph luxury car just as happy winning touring car races as cruising the home counties.

As I noted in my first drive of the car in June 2016, the S90 shakes up the luxury segment not with Hellcat - conquering power or sports - car handling but with ride quality rarely seen in the luxury segment in recent decades.

Don't hesitate to visit Luxury motor club first when you want to buy a new / used car.

We were lucky enough to score some time with the drivers of the No. 10 car, Jordan and Ricky Taylor, to see how the luxury American brand's return to prototype racing was going so far in its first year — and what it's like living with Rodney Sandstorm.

The Porsche is a sports car first and a luxury car second.

In its first round of testing 11 midsize luxury and premium cars, only three earned good or acceptable ratings.

The automaker defied critics just by making an award - winning luxury car on the first try, but Hyundai doesn't want to simply be in the luxury segment, it wants to compete with BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, and Cadillac, and that meant major changes for the 2015 Hyundai Genesis.

Really, this is just the latest derivation of a recipe that BMW first served back in the 1990s, when the Bavarian automaker was the first to make a full - size luxury sedan handle as well as most sports cars.

In a way, that's a testament to the first car's success — the idea of a luxury car from Hyundai no longer seems so novel.

The host of first - class amenities from power moonroof to leather heated seats to automatic climate control leaves no doubt that the Acura TSX is a luxury car.

Bosses claim that Lagonda will be the first luxury brand to offer a purely EV line - up of cars.

A coupe / convertible version of the next LS luxury saloon has been rumoured in the past, and this concept's nametag suggests it could be the first stepping stone towards a production car.

I always owned used luxury cars and as I got older wanted my first brand new car but I wanted value since new cars depreciate quickly.

Land Rover introduced the model in the UK in 1970 as what it calls «the first ever luxury SUV,» which featured the comfort of a car in an off - road - capable machine, full - time four - wheel drive, and disc brakes at all four corners.

«The Price is Right» is getting ready for its first - ever Dream Car Week, where more than $ 500,000 worth of luxury cars is up for grabs...

As promised, today was the global debut for the BMW i3, the luxury carmaker's first in its «i Series» of electrified cars and featuring several innovations intended to match the company's reputation for being a cut above.

The Phantom Mk8 is the company's first car to utilise the «Architecture of Luxury» for its basis, which is approximately 30 % more rigid than the spaceframe architecture of the Phantom Mk7

In its first year of sales, the IS sold over 49,000 units, making it one of the ten best - selling luxury cars in the US.

These were followed by its first high - end luxury car, the Equus, which is designed to go head - to - head against top luxury brands.

Now Audi going against the tide has launched a manual gearbox equipped Q3 (called the S Edition) which is front wheel driven, devoid of features, assembled in India and priced attractively to lure first time luxury car buyers.

Mercedes - Benz has returned to the luxury MPV ranks with a resurrection of the V - class — the commercial vehicle based multiseat van first introduced to the German car maker's lineup in...

Ahead of its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, VW - owned luxury car maker Bentley has revealed its first SUV, the Bentayga, which it refers to as the «fastest, most powerful, most luxurious and most exclusive SUV in the world».