Sentences with phrase «in base cars»

All 2011 Jaguar XF Sedans are powered by a gasoline direct - injection 5.0 - liter V8 that, in the base cars, pumps out a respectable 385 horsepower.

What we don't know, however, is if the 7.0 - liter V - 8 will make it into the upcoming C7 Corvette — we can only confirm that the 6.2 - liter LT1 V - 8 will be used in base cars at this point.

The 3.6 - liter V - 6 engine in the base car and Panamera 4 is upgraded by 10 hp to 310 hp, and the 4.8 - liter V - 8 in the sporty Panamera GTS climbs from 430 hp to 440 hp, thanks to new engine programming.

As our European correspondent Georg Kacher has reported, our best guess at this point is that the production Supra will feature BMW - sourced powertrain options it will share with the new Z4, likely a version of Munich's 2.0 - liter turbo inline four in the base car, although its long hood suggests BMW's present 3.0 - liter inline six turbo would also fit, which is rated at 355 horsepower in top spec trim.

The only two items that I'm not thrilled with are the front seat comfort, which is marginal in the base car that I'm leasing (the front seats are thin and not well padded) and the synthetic cloth materials used on the center console cover and armrests, which would appear easier to stain over time as opposed to vinyl.

The engine might be the same as in the base car, but sport exhaust is standard, as is a limited slip rear differential, Porsche's sport suspension system and 20 - inch wheels.

The 2007 CTS - V, for instance, had a 400 horsepower engine compared to the 255 in the base car.

The 3.7 - liter VQ V6 engine gets power bumped up to 350 hp from 332 in the base car and torque creeps up to 276 lb - ft from 270 thanks to specific exhaust system and ECM tuning.

The new design is lighter and stiffer than the steel in the base car.

The throttle responds eagerly, particularly with Sport mode selected, and the springs and dampers are tuned to ride a touch firmer as well — it's by no means harsh, but body motions are quelled more successfully and road surface details transmitted more faithfully than in the base car.

I see no mention of a 1.8 NA in the base car either, is it gone?

The Turbo also uses a regular six - speed automatic transmission rather than the dual - clutch transmission available in the base car.

The engine makes 345 hp, 369 lb - ft in the base car and 424 hp, 428 lb - ft in the S — the highest specific output among luxury SUVs.

On top of all of the items included in the base car, the Nissan Pathfinder also gains access to rear parking sensors, a leather - wrapped steering wheel, power adjustment for the driver's seat and automatic headlights.

Not exact matches

Europcar has formed a partnership with a small car rental business based in Esperance in an attempt to increase its share of Western Australia's mine - specific vehicle rental market.

Wrapify, based in San Francisco and launched in July, takes an idea that's long been in the marketplace — wrapping cars with company logos and marketing messages — and drives it into the 21st century.

South Korea - based Kia Motors (kimtf) last year started production at a new plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, while sister firm Hyundai Motor (hymtf) will begin making cars at Kia's Mexico plant this year.

• Riviera Investment Group acquired a minority stake in LMP Automotive Holdings, a Plantation, Fla. - based ecommerce platform for buying, selling and financing used cars.

The Taiwan - based firm's new Wisconsin manufacturing facility will make LCDs, which will «be used in everything from self - driving cars to aircraft systems and in the fields of education, entertainment, healthcare, safety and surveillance, advanced manufacturing systems and office automation, among others,» Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said in a statement.

Virtuo, a Paris - based mobile car leasing company, raised $ 7.5 million in funding ($ 8.9 million) from investors including Balderton Capital.

Perth - based car dealer network Automotive Holdings Group is flexing its muscles in Australia's truck and bus market, announcing a number of acquisitions in NSW and Queensland.

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.

And firms like Mojio, a Vancouver startup whose products are in pre-market testing, is one of several firms that are targeting the vast base of cars that don't have touchscreens at all, but whose owners would like to reap the benefits of constant connectivity.

«There are two ways to connect a car: There's the original telemetry readings, but the new phase, now that we have 4G is infotainment devices, and the vehicle as a hotspot,» says Larry Zibrik, vice-president of Market Development at Sierra Wireless, a Vancouver - based company that's become a global leader in the modules that allow machines to communicate over cellular networks.

The Geneva - based billionaire also owns Circuit Mont - Tremblant and is a bit of a sports car enthusiast — in 2011, he owned 25 Ferraris.

The arrival in Australia of a US - based website could give used - car buyers more power per transaction.

• Nexar, a San Francisco - based technology company building a mobile application that offers insights and alerts about surrounding cars, raised $ 30 million in funding.

• Smartcar, a Mountain View, Calif. - based connected car technology platform, raised $ 10 million in Series A funding.

• Yoshi, a San Francisco - based subscription service provider for on - site car maintenance and gas delivery, raised $ 13.7 million in Series A funding.

Perth - based car dealer and logistic company Automotive Holdings Group has reported a strong rise in statutory net profit on record group revenue, though earnings per share were down slightly.

The company started renting space at an incubator in Sunnyvale — a 10 - minute car ride from Google's headquarters, and just over 20 km from Facebook's new base in Menlo Park — only to find out that «the city where young developers want to be is San Francisco,» Doerksen says.

In a recent research note, he pointed to the possibility, based on Apple's reported hiring of a large number of auto industry veterans, of Apple changing gears entirely and building a car.

• Upstream Security, a San Francisco - based cybersecurity platform provider for connected cars and self - driving vehicles, raised $ 9 million in Series A funding.

Volkswagen agreed to pay at least $ 1.26 billion in compensation in the U.S. and could pay more than $ 4 billion if regulators don't approve fixes to cars, Reuters reported based on court documents.

SideCar, its most direct competitor also based in San Francisco, has raised $ 10 million, while Uber, the extremely fast - growing on - demand taxi, car, and sedan service, has raised nearly $ 50 million.

Russ Corsi, who worked nearly 32 years for Pittsburgh - based PPG, a global supplier of auto glass, says larger sunroofs are also more prone to weakening over time as the pane absorbs impacts from bumps in the road, twists and turns of the car's frame, and «thermal shock» — the expanding and contracting from sudden temperature changes.

In 2009, for example, the German government amended its rules so that inspections of emissions performance would be based solely on readings from a car's own «onboard diagnostic» system, effectively ceding total control to the automakers.

In an effort to get that deal, the U.S. appears to have backed away from one of its most contentious demands and is no longer insisting that 50 per cent of cars be made in the U.S., and is now floating a different formula based on autoworker salarieIn an effort to get that deal, the U.S. appears to have backed away from one of its most contentious demands and is no longer insisting that 50 per cent of cars be made in the U.S., and is now floating a different formula based on autoworker salariein the U.S., and is now floating a different formula based on autoworker salaries.

Your chances of surviving cardiac arrest — which can strike in healthy people, and kills more Americans each year than Alzheimer's, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, diabetes, HIV, car crashes, prostate cancer, and suicides combined — vary immensely based on your zip code.

At the moment, everything in a car from a design point of view is based on a 100 - year - old package — engine in the front, and a driver holding a steering wheel behind.

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the car rental service has a fleet of 2,000 vehicles, 10 percent of them hybrids, available to drivers from Toronto to Minneapolis to Boston and Washington, D.C..

The S7, which was introduced in 2002, is the first car his company, based in Irvine, California, has built from scratch.

Apple also has autonomous car projects, AI - based speakers, augmented and virtual reality, etc in their labs.

QNX, which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and points of interest supplied by Google.

Perth - based Automotive Holdings Group will build its 100th dealership after being granted a franchise to establish a new Mazda car yard in Brisbane.

Perhaps for this reason, many people who invest in start - ups tend to favor companies that are based on small, executable ideas over grand strategies like Martian colonization or the resurrection of the electric car.

Tech Crunch reported the Chicago - based company raised $ 5.5 million and can now be found in 2,500 cars in New York City, Chicago, Boston, and Minneapolis.

Another head has rolled in the corporate watchdog's investigation into Victoria Park - based car financing business Get Approved Finance, with Grant Parker permanently banned from the industry.

Based in Abbotsford, B.C., Miller learned the repair trade from his grandfather and started fixing cars at age 16.

In a marketplace filled with soft - riding, car - based wannabes, there are still a few hardcore off - roading purists left.