Sentences with phrase «generation car model»

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk admits the company is prepping for a third generation car model called as Model 3, for launch in 2016 and for sale in 2017.

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The world learned of the scandal about two weeks later, when the EPA issued a formal notice of violation relating to nearly 500,000 2.0 - liter diesel cars — stretching across seven model years and three generations of exhaust - treatment configuration.

Tesla Motors confirmed late on Tuesday that its rumored third - generation car will be called, appropriately enough, the Model 3.

Cash generation should, in theory, pick up as it sells more of its newest car, the Model 3.

** Luxury sports car maker Aston Martin said it had entered into a technical partnership with German carmaker Mercedes to help it develop a new generation of models with V8 engines.

«If you want to test public reaction to the next generation of iPhones, or to a new model of car, you can use the same approach to see what consumers like or don't like.

The code plate on the front offside edge of the engine should bear the initials AMK on the first - generation 207bhp cars and BAM on the later 222bhp models.

The second - generation Toyota Safety Sense system, launching in the middle of next year on certain models, adds a pre-collision system with day / night pedestrian protection and day bicycle detection function, lane - departure alert with steering assist, lane - tracing assist, road sign assist and full - range dynamic radar cruise control (except on manual transmission cars and trucks) with enhanced forward recognition and acceleration / deceleration.

The Mercedes A-class was never the sharpest car to drive, and little has changed for this fourth - generation model.

Last seen in 2006, when a limited run of 2000 cars closed out the previous generation of Minis, the GP is the brand's top performance model and has styling that telegraphs that fact.

We'd be tempted instead to spend the difference to get a proper slice of M5 heritage, since you can buy any previous generation of M5 for less than the difference between this model and the standard car.

Honda finally pulled the plug on the car in 2006, announcing a second - generation model would arrive... in 2009.

The current generation of the SRX still wears Cadillac's previous design language, so the new model will evolve to match new cars like the ATS, CTS, and Escalade.

Aside from the wrong engine and the right - hand drive, the 2016 Mazda MX - 5 Miata we sampled is close enough to the U.S. - spec car to figure out that the next - generation Miata will be at least as much fun as the first three models.

That's a change from the outgoing NC - generation car, on which Club models used the same spring rates but a stiffer rear bar.

At a glance, the new M5 (codename F90) might look a lot like the previous generation model (F10) but there are lots of small and medium changes and one major difference - the new car is four - wheel drive.

The sixth - generation Corvette is now entering its eighth year of production, but it appears Chevrolet isn't about to let its hallowed sports car languish entirely for the 2012 model year.

Power drops from 167 hp to 155 hp for the U.S. - spec roadster, but crucially, the car's curb weight also drops 148 pounds, from 2,480 for the lightest current - generation NC Miata to a featherweight 2,332 pounds for the 2016 model year when equipped with a manual transmission.

From there, it's as you'd expect: a full history of each of the three generations of MR2, from the wedgy 1980s model, though the Ferrari-esque and 1990s - curvy second - gen car, to its rebirth as a lightweight model in the late 1990s, through the little - known MRJ prototype, 1997's MR - S concept (a name that stuck in the US and Japan) to the final production car in 1999.

Original 300 SL aside, the Mercedes - Benz SL has never been an out - and - out sports car, but the latest version is as close as the model has got to that title in a generation.

Branding exercise aside, a strategy revision is likely of more interest to German hot - rod enthusiasts: Where RS models during the past decade - plus tended to arrive at the tail end of a given car's life cycle — and even skip certain generations of those cars — they will now arrive within the first year or two of a new model's introduction, and RS badging will be present on 10 different vehicles by the end of 2018, with the new RS5 up next at the beginning of the year.

Elements that would have been placed on this first generation car are still visible in the latest Mk7.5 model.

it might have actually been my old tech from the dealer I bought my car from that told me about it, but I believe it was in the neighborhood of $ 2M + (just in parts inventory) as you basically have to have certain parts on hand for the last 2 - 3 generations of all models, just in case someone comes in for a fix.

The Volvo S40 became the first car to achieve a four - star rating, and disappointed by the three - star result of its Laguna, Renault made safety a priority for subsequent models, hitting four stars with the new Megane and when Euro NCAP raised the maximum to five stars, the second - generation Laguna became the first car to achieve that, too.

While the company has long drip - fed technology from its most advanced models down the range a generation or two behind, the latest version of Mercedes» compact luxury car is like an S - class in miniature, from its class - leading aerodynamics to semi-autonomous functions and a stunning new interior.

Introducing the next - generation Chevrolet Volt in three years» time makes sense as the car will be more than five years old by then; it debuted for the 2011 model year in time to be named our 2011 Automobile of the Year.

The third - generation car, the LP500S, bowed in 1982 with the same slightly taller body found on later LP400S models, which helped make room for a 4.8 - liter V - 12.

The California is Ferrari's base car, and it is also the company's highest production model, having sold some 10,000 of the first generation worldwide.

We've known for years that GM has benchmarked BMW steering, not in its current models but from a couple of generations ago, cars like the E46 - chassis 3 - series and the E39 5 - series.

Undercutting the Toyota Prius in manufacturer's list price didn't work very well for the second - generation dedicated Honda hybrid, so for the third - generation model, the car goes upscale.

If BMW stops selling stick - shift 2 Series models here, it won't be until the car's next generation, expected to be the 2020 model year (now less than two years away).

The new Phantom has been five years in the making, and as Rolls - Royce officials acknowledge, it really needed to take a two - generation leap, given that the model it replaces is 14 years old — which may as well be 80 in car years.

However, while the refresh extended the car's life, this model isn't long for this world as Mercedes - Benz is hard at work designing the next generation here and abroad, that we've captured during testing.

And you're right: In 2013, you became the world's all - time best - selling car, just one year before an all - new, 11th - generation model debuted.

Although Mazda had initially claimed the 2016 Miata would shed 220 pounds in its newest generation, the fact that the car will be 148 pounds skinnier than the most svelte version of the 2015 model is still impressive.

Replacing a well - loved model with the next generation can be fraught with danger but Ford has managed to keep all the best bits of the outgoing Fiesta while enhancing areas where the old car was beginning to lag behind its rivals.

According to an industry insider, that 2018 date means the next generation Land Rover Defender could be the first car to be produced at the plant — though with other JLR products now using aluminium, the company could expand production of other new models and facelifted vehicles, too.

Easily modified, the B - generation model has been turned into everything from a rally stage special, a scissor - doored show car or a dragster thanks to its low kerb weight and the easy availability of spare parts.

The MX - 5 in question is Brackley - based BBR GTi's first turbocharged take on the fourth - generation model, following naturally aspirated packages for the 1.5 - and 2 - litre cars.

It's clear that all next - generation Peugeot, Citroen, DS, Opel and Vauxhall models will share common platforms, generally in the subcompact, compact and midsize car and SUV categories, plus delivery vans.

Reliability for the current - generation Taurus has been average for front - wheel - drive cars but subpar for all - wheel - drive models.

While the Geneva concept previews the look of the next - generation XV, Subaru has lightly revised the XV road car for the 2016 model year.

VW has said it will prune its lineup, and in response to questioning about the continuation of current models, Volkswagen board member Arno Antlitz said, «The Beetle and Scirocco are representatives of an emotional and appealing class of vehicles, but [VW product planning] is not always about continuing cars from one generation to the next.»

The Honda Civic wound down its ninth - generation model in 2015 in preparation for the all - new 10th - generation car that debuted in the fall, but still managed to eke out a slight increase over last year.

The Barrett - Jackson auction is well known for its collection of pristine collector cars of all generations, but is equally well - known in recent years for raising money for charitable causes through the auction of either the purchase rights for the new first vehicle off the line, or rare or collectible late - model vehicles.

Production of a second - generation car won't begin until after the Model S is on sale.

Based on the 911 964 generation this end of model life car was one of only fifty - one examples built.

The 991 generation of the iconic sports car debuted for the 2011 model year.

Introduced in early 2012, this generation of Mercedes - Benz's iconic SL droptop is now bit long in the tooth, so the car gets updated for 2017 with a new front end, a few additional convenience features, and a nine - speed automatic transmission for non-AMG models.

The third generation of the car launched with the 2014 model year.