Sentences with phrase «for hitting another car»

Ultimately, things like penalties for hitting cars and walls, cutting corners, or spending too much time off course create a very serious atmosphere, making it scary to push the limits of the different vehicles.

Not exact matches

Perth - based Automotive Holdings Group will incur a $ 35 million write - down hit from the closure of some of its underperforming businesses, in response to the weak market for car retailers combined with recent regulatory changes by the corporate watchdog.

Big private car retailer DVG Automotive Group has released its results for the 2015 financial year, showing a tightening economy had not significantly hit its sales ahead of the sale of a majority stake to Japanese interests.

For the next two years, they traveled around the country, sometimes for months at a time, hitting car shows, swap meets, trade events, rallies, and anything else they could think of to get the Gas Monkey name out theFor the next two years, they traveled around the country, sometimes for months at a time, hitting car shows, swap meets, trade events, rallies, and anything else they could think of to get the Gas Monkey name out thefor months at a time, hitting car shows, swap meets, trade events, rallies, and anything else they could think of to get the Gas Monkey name out there.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

Multinationals, in turn, play to Chinese tastes in everything from electronics (the Chinese were a big reason for gold iPhones and gold Apple watches, Apple CEO Tim Cook has said) to food (Coke's Chinese hit, a milky orange drink, may expand abroad) to cars.

Since GM's driverless cars are years away from hitting the road as part of Lyft's service, the automaker plans to provide short - term car rentals (for a day, week or month) to Lyft drivers in the immediate future, as well as lease financing through its GM Financial arm, said Ammann.

Among the warnings are those for collision if another car is too close and if the car is in danger of hitting a pedestrian.

LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb 27 - A top German court ruled on Tuesday in favor of allowing major cities to ban the most heavily polluting diesel cars, a move set to hit the value of 12 million vehicles in Europe's largest car market and probably force carmakers to pay for costly modifications.

From a cure for autism to self - driving cars, it will be fun seeing which one of Larry Page's moonshots hits pay dirt first.

LEIPZIG, Germany, Feb 22 - A German court on Thursday delayed a ruling on whether major cities can ban heavily polluting diesel cars, which could hit the resale value of 15 million vehicles in Europe's largest car market and force automakers to pay for costly modifications.

Musk himself said that it's unlikely regulators will be ready for driverless cars to hit the roads in 2018, so we'll have to wait to see how that plays out.

«Ask them, «What's the ability for someone else to work on it if you get hit by a car?»»

If you want to license a No. 1 single as the music for your car commercial, it's a lot cheaper to do it six months before it hits the charts.

(Bloomberg)-- Tesla needs to brace for another setback after China included electric cars among American products that it would hit with additional...

In its letter to investors, Tesla provided some updates to its Model 3 production, noting it hit 2,270 cars produced per week for three straight weeks in April.

Now that the Model 3 has been unveiled and scheduled to hit the roads in 2017, it's the perfect time to figure out which Tesla electric car is for you.

In the Wednesday report, Tesla said Model 3 production hit 2,270 cars a week in April «for the 3rd straight week over 2,000.»

On the other hand, if you apply for a car loan, a credit card, and a mortgage, your credit score will take the hit for each separate inquiry.

It's remarkable how negative hype mounts when you're running the world's hottest car company, and can't seem to hit production targets for your best - selling — actually, that is the most - ordered, since Tesla can't sell them until it builds them — model, the $ 35,000 - and - up Model 3 sedan.

Apart from releasing its goal of hitting a market cap of $ 650 billion to become one of the world's most valuable companies, the California - based electric car maker and energy company also confirmed that Elon Musk would continue to lead the company for the next decade.

British car maker Rolls - Royce have been hit with the worst type of negative PR possible for a luxury product producer after a damning account of their production methods was given in a US lawsuit.

Unsurprisingly, Bieber found it difficult to adjust to his heightened profile, quickly going off the rails and hitting tabloid front pages on a regular basis for teenage pranks, drugs, turning up late for gigs or smashing up sports cars.

Desperate for a night out, they hit the town only to have their plans foiled by a missing baby, a car chase, their husbands, and cops with a Taser.

I wonder, if any of them ever saw an actual roadrunner dead on the side of the road, how many of them wouldn't automatically reject the idea that it was just hit by a car for some bipedal coyote dropping an anvil while flying overhead with an ACME rocket strapped to his back?

Because Hayes himself understands firsthand what it's like to be impaired with medical debt, as he was hit by a car at 17 years old and spent 12 days in the ICU, this hit close to home for him.

I wanted to demand that he tell me how I would survive if a car hit him — which happens to cyclists all the time, you know — while he was being so irresponsible as to be out riding for fun.

If I were in a car accident, and the only way for me to call the ambulance is to press the red button, but I hit the GREEN button (which is the self destruct button) believing it's the red, the ambulance won't come (not until after I'm toast at least).

We still need to sell the house — that'll happen in the spring - but we officially hit the road, with cars packed to the roof, for Lake Tahoe's snow country this week.

I have been looking at a ton of recipes for pumpkin spice latte syrup because I'm too lazy to get in the car and drive to get coffee every time a craving hits.

Those hankering for a social vibe can hit the bar car where wine and champagne flights are available — those pre-planned by on - staff staff wine experts or mixed - and - matched by passengers preferring to custom - create their own tasting experience.

It's one of the major events on the GT and prototype racing calendar, with a vast array of cars hitting the track for the test.

In doubles, however, you hit the ball as far as you could, the assumption being that two fielders could watch out for cars better than one.

Magnussen had to watch on as the Italian driver, who raced twice for Sauber earlier this year, lost control of his car at Turn 11 and hit the wall.

It resulted in a big hit for both cars and others were also collected in the chaos at the Velopark track.

Jackson was also suspended from the team shortly after for a hit - and - run incident with a parked car.

Annett's car owner Rusty Wallace, for example, said last year that removing his driver from a race would hurt the entire team because it would be a severe points hit.

Lucas di Grassi was making his way to the grid for the 2010 Japanese GP when his car snapped at the exit of 130R and he hit the wall.

The Williams FW41 hit the track for the first time at MotorLand Aragón today and it was reserve driver Robert Kubica who got to drive the new car.

The biggest plus point of all however is his track record for hitting safety cars.

Testing may be restricted in Formula One these days, but the cars still get to hit the track now and then for «filming days».

Thankfully no - one hit it, but in the jam driver Matt Kenseth (who had been fighting for the win) made contact with the back of another car, ultimately putting him out of the race.

The Dragon Racing team were hit with a $ 15,000 fine for doing a similar thing to Jerome d'Ambrosio's car; apparently, it's something of a grey area in the rules which the FIA is going to clarify ahead of the next race.

The second instalment of Slightly Mad Studios» racing game series will be hitting consoles on the 22 September and we now know the complete track and car lists for Project Cars 2.

F1 2017 will hit the shops on 25 August for PC, PS4 and Xbox One and thanks to the addition of classic cars for the first time since 2013, it's hotly anticipated.

Ferrari used the test track for a filming day and hit the 100 km limit, with Raikkonen's stint in the car being followed by Sebastian Vettel getting a go.

We're interested to see how the other teams have reacted to the rule tweaks when the cars hit the track for Friday practice.

Battling for the lead with the Porsche 911 of Earl Bamber, Vanthoor lost control of his Audi R8 and hit the fence at the supremely fast Mandarin corner, flipping the car and spectacularly sliding halfway down the straight on his roof.

When Danica Patrick saw NASCAR elected not to fine Austin Dillon for hitting Cole Custer's car under caution during last weekend's Xfinity Series race, one thought immediately popped into her mind: She wanted a refund.

Patrick was fined $ 50,000 and docked 25 points for hitting David Gilliland's car under a caution period in a 2015 Monster Energy Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway.