Sentences with phrase «generation car replaces»

This long - wheelbase variant gains 5.9 inches on the standard car, which was already a bit longer than the first - generation car it replaced, and it is designed primarily with chauffeur - driven owners in mind.

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Next - generation biofuels could, unlike corn ethanol, completely replace petroleum - based fuels in the gas tanks of existing cars, trucks, and planes.

That would give BMW something to think about when the current Five is replaced by the seventh - generation car in a few years» time.

The second - generation Cruze has a 0.6 - inch longer wheelbase and is 2.7 inches longer overall, with 2 inches of that going to rear - seat legroom, and it weighs as much as 250 pounds less than the car it replaces.

The current - generation Mazda MX - 5 Miata weighs 148 pounds less than the car it replaced and is currently the quickest version of the car to date.

The first - generation car's torsion - bar front and semi-independent rear suspension were replaced with fully independent double - wishbones at all four wheels, improving ride quality again while adding crucial athleticism and agility.

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.

Both are powered by an uprated version of the previous generation's 4.4 - litre twin - turbo V8, mated to a new eight - speed M Steptronic automatic which replaces the current car's six - speed auto box.

Even though the Golf and GTI are soon to be replaced with next - generation cars, the current platform doesn't feel old.

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.

When it comes time to put the 7 in Drive, drivers will now make use of BMW's console - mounted joystick gear selector which replaces the electronic column - mounted shifter of the previous - generation car.

Expected to debut sometime this year, the next generation of Porsche's iconic sports car will feature an evolutionary exterior design and feature some new elements that should help differentiate it from the car it replaces.

The car, which was shown as a concept at last year's New York auto show, replaces the Jetta SportWagen and is based on the all - new, seventh - generation 2015 Volkswagen Golf hatchback.

The car changed little before being replaced by the second generation in March 1981 (Europe).

Replacing the Lumina, the new Impala changed considerably from the previous generations of the car.

The 2017 Hyundai Elantra is a completely new car which will replace the fifth generation model currently on sale in India.

Nissan recently replaced the first - generation Q45 with an all - new Q that gets better gas mileage, costs less and is more of a softer - riding luxury car.

Previewing, as the name suggests, the third - generation Z4 that will replace the seven year old second - gen car, the droptop two - seater is being shown off for the first time at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2017 this week.

The first Focus World Rally Car made its debut in rallying and the World Rally Championship on the 1999 Monte Carlo Rally with Colin McRae and Simon Jean - Joseph at the wheels of the two cars, replacing, for the first time in a generation, the Escort.

Longer, wider, and larger inside than the car it replaces, which was based on the previous - generation C - Class platform, the new E-Class Coupe will be initially offered as the E400 and equipped with a twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine.

Mid 2012 and with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Aston Martin only a year away, AML unveiled the first of the 4th generation of VH cars to replace the DBS, the Project AM310.

It was feared the V8 petrol engines from both car - makers could have been killed off and replaced by a twin - turbo V6 as part of the general downsizing trend in search of lower emissions, but now thanks to sharing its considerable development costs the well - loved V8 configuration will live on for at least another generation at both Audi and Porsche.

The superseded Fiesta — the fourth generation sold in Australia, where it replaced the Festiva — continues to be built in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, China, India, South Africa and Thailand, from where Ford Australia has sourced its light - car since December 2010.

Completely redesigned from the ground up for 2006, practically the only item this fourth - generation Eclipse has in common with the car it replaces is its name.

Introduced in 2012, the second - generation Vanquish isn't yet as old as the model it replaced, but it won't be long until Aston Martin unleashes the third - generation car.

The entire area surrounding the air cond vents has been replaced with leather instead of wood panelling, which is a different that we saw in the previous generation of both cars as well.

Where the Volvo S90 and the Jaguar XF have just come out with new generation cars, BMW 5 - series and Audi A6 are due to get replaced soon.

Here, we're talking about the sixth - generation car — codenamed F10, launched in 2010 and replaced earlier this year.

He confirmed that the new car is significantly lighter than the sixth - generation model it replaces, despite a moderate increase in size and higher levels of standard equipment.

Based on the latest G30 generation 5 - series, the new 2018 M5 is lighter than the car it replaces, thanks to plenty of aluminium in its construction, and some composite components.

The new generation of the A8 is bigger than the car it replaces - longer by 32 mm and taller by 13 mm, in either short or long - wheelbase.

What would you say if the car you've agreed upon for a shared trip is replaced by a new - generation Porsche Panamera Turbo?

When combined with plug - in cars and electric bikes, the benefits of household electricity generation may increase depending on the cost of fuel replaced.

And the carbon footprint per mile of driving an electric car declines every time the grid gets cleaner, whether from adding renewable energy sources or replacing a coal - fired generation plant with one using natural gas.

Together, replacing fossil fuels in electricity generation with renewable sources of energy, switching to plug - in hybrid cars, going to all - electric railways, banning deforestation, and sequestering carbon by planting trees and improving soil management will drop carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 more than 80 percent below today's levels.

I believed the share of the target that needed to be achieved from fossil fuel use could be achieved by nuclear power largely replacing coal for electricity generation and natural gas largely replacing petrol and diesel for land transport (including buses, long haul transport and cars).

According to the team behind the discovery, perovskite solar cells made with recycled lead work «just as well as those made with high - purity, commercially available starting materials,» which means that recycling the lead from car batteries could help support the production of these next - generation cells, and could be an important bridge for perovskites until lead can be replaced by a less toxic but just as efficient material.

Of course at some point new power generation will be needed, but if it is clean and internal combustion cars are replaced, it could still be a big gain.

As other automakers and electric - minded newcomers continue to take a swing at replacing the everyday commuter car with something powered solely with batteries, Nissan seems to be interested in staying in a smaller part of the slowly - growing EV segment with its upcoming next - generation Leaf.