Sentences with phrase «first mainstream cars»

The first mainstream car built there was Ford's first front wheel drive volume model, the Ford Taunus P4.

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The company filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, putting itself in prime position to become the country's first mainstream electric car company.

CEO Mark Fields has responded by saying that the company isn't focused on being the first to market, but instead want to bring the technology to mainstream car buyers.

Tesla expects to sell about 50,000 cars this year, but that number is expected to shoot upward as the Model 3 will be its first car priced for the mainstream.

Nissan LEAF One of the first fully electric vehicles offered in the United States by a mainstream car company.

THE KAVLI FOUNDATION: At the end of 2011 there were several news stories about how a battery in the Chevy Volt, GM's first mainstream electric vehicle since the EV1, caught fire several weeks after the car was subject to crash testing.

At the same time, it marks one of the first pairings of an electric motor with a gasoline engine in a mainstream car.

Add to all this Skoda's first real go at autonomous driving capability and its display at a contemporary motor show such as Shanghai, this is proof of Skoda's intent on being a real voice in the future of mainstream car manufacturing.

The front seats have been redesigned for better comfort and more style, and a new Sport Package available for the mainstream, high - volume Focus SE adds 17 - inch black aluminum wheels, a black grille, and a black rear spoiler, plus paddle shifters for the dual - clutch automatic, the first time they've been offered on the car.

First, a big bow to the 2011 Nissan Leaf, the newest all - electric car from a mainstream automaker in 11 years.

The CUPRA R has some intriguing styling flourishes — it's the first time copper and carbon have been used on a mainstream car, for example.

As the first recognition of car enthusiasm in mainstream culture since the oil crisis of 1973, the article created a sensation, and Barry was commissioned to write the first draft of a screenplay that eventually became a bad movie, King of the Mountain.

It will be the first time the car iwill be shown at a mainstream event.First seen in the spring at the Concorso...

This is the IIHS» first - ever test of mainstream electric cars.

The 1979 Saab 900 Turbo was the first mainstream turbocharged car, featuring a double wishbone suspension at the front and a beam axle design with a Panhard rod at the rear.

The first question we can answer is «Can EVs be priced to match mainstream internal combustion engine - equipped cars?»

As for those 2014 Best Tech car awards, we're holding open one for the first mainstream model that installs USB and Bluetooth standard and makes the CD player optional.

The Mazda MX - 5 was among the first cars from a mainstream brand to rekindle interest in a type of car that used to be a British speciality.

The Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf have earned Top Safety Pick from IIHS in the first U.S. crash tests of mainstream electric cars.

This 218d manual is not the best BMW can do, but the company's first front - drive car is clearly only a sensible transmission and wheel and tyre specification from being among the best and is, in any case, a compelling offering against high - end mainstream rivals.

And while the 2012 Ford Focus Electric marks the Blue Oval's first crack at a mainstream electric car, they succeeded in producing a relatively affordable gas - free vehicle that drives, feels and looks like a conventional car.

Sales of the mainstream subcompact car segment fell 12 percent in October and 19 percent in the first ten months of 2017.

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While not as exciting as the first mainstream electric cars being delivered to consumers this week, it offers the promise of hybrid technology being incorporated into the most popular models on the road, and therefore having a major impact on reducing fuel consumption.

Nissan's Leading Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car (LEAF) is widely accepted to be the first practical EV on the market from a mainstream manufacturer.

The 2018 model will also be the first to get the host of driver - assist systems already available in most other mainstream cars, including a pre-collision system, lane departure warning, and lane - keep assist.

Since Volkswagen Group's first mainstream transverse engined vehicle in 1974, four - wheel drive (4WD) has also been considered for their A-platform family of cars.

It's the company's first series - produced electric car so straying too far from the mainstream could alienate buyers.

This received a very warm welcome with the press and public [citation needed], as both cars are the first mainstream kit cars to use BMW 3 Series E36 / E46 running gear.

The 2003 Honda Pilot was the first mainstream 8 - passenger SUV built on a car - like unibody platform... offering customers more space, more fuel - efficiency and a more refined ride and handling.

For the first time in the history of the survey (and the car industry to be blunt) the Korean automakers, Kia and Hyundai, have become the top - rated mainstream (non-luxury) brands in terms of initial quality.

«The Chevrolet Volt delivers not just a fun driving experience behind the wheel, but has become the first vehicle with plug - in electrification technology to truly become mainstream,» said Steve Majoros, director of marketing, Chevrolet Cars and Crossovers.

How plug - in cars can be more affordable than conventional hybrids or mainstream EVs, given their dual drivetrains, is even more of a mystery to first - time green car shoppers.

As advanced crash avoidance features spread through more of the vehicle fleet, the technologies are proving popular with drivers of mainstream brands and not just owners of the luxury cars that got the systems first.

Brownstein pointed out that in 1960, intoxication was accepted as a «reason» for a fatal car crash, domestic violence was considered a private matter, child abuse was still two years away from being described for the first time in a mainstream medical publication, and animal cruelty was considered silliness.

With Tesla's first quarterly profit in the company's decade - long history last quarter, Tesla proved to skeptics that it's been able to transition from a niche electric car maker into a more mainstream auto company.