«We have a very good history of turning concepts that look pretty cool
into production cars.
Some say that Honda spends too much in building uncompetitive F1 engines for Mclaren and ought to pour more money
into their production cars.
The latest achievement speaks volumes for Renault's ability to dial the expertise and experience it has forged in motorsport — including Formula 1 —
into its production cars.
These concepts never translated
into production cars and the Aria name was eventually given to the Tata MPV.
Dual - clutch transmissions were originally developed for performance cars, but are finding their way
into production cars as a means of getting the fuel economy of a manual transmission and the convenience of an automatic.
Rotary aside, the CEO also confirmed that Mazda is working on a new generation of SkyActiv technologies that will find its way
into production cars by March 2019.
There's no telling if or when we'll be seeing some of the features in the Smart Vision EQ Fortwo make their way
into production cars, but Daimler is for sure betting big on electric vehicles.
It's one thing to read about how racing technologies make
it into our production cars.
Brushed copper accents and open - pore wood are details we hope make
it into production cars.
I think that made
it into the production cars, too, but probably in the right spot.
The company has regularly been at the forefront of technology with a wide range of innovations, and with the same regularity many of these solutions made their way
into production cars.
We doubt the Mercedes - Benz Vision Gran Turismo will ever turn a wheel in anger on an actual, physical road course, nor do we think it will directly translate
into a production car, but we wouldn't be surprised if many of its design cues wind up in future Mercedes - Benz models.
The company says its concept «perfectly encapsulates the brand's stylistic and technological vision», with the usual implication that features you see here may well find their way
into a production car — though a full electric sports car is unlikely.
Although the crossover was a polarizing vehicle, it prompted Acura chief designer Jon Ikeda to ask if she wanted to transform the NSX concept car
into a production car.
The racing R8 The launch of the R8 V10 coincides with Audi's first foray
into the production car - based GT3 racing class with this, the R8 LMS.
It will be interesting to see how much of the interior translates
into the production car, and it will certainly be a plus if Infiniti can make this interior happen in the same price range of the current Q60.
It's the second and final chapter of the large premium SUV as a concept, before the «Limitless Interface Vehicle» transforms
into a production car next year.
«We had no intention of turning
it into a production car.
According to Kia Motors at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show on September 15, the cutting - edge Sportspace concept car, which it was unveiled in March, will turn
into a production car to create an Optima Wagon for targeting European market.
Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess has confirmed that the retro - styled I.D. Buzz «Microbus» concept will morph
into a production car by 2022.
It took the development team three long years to convert the LP500
into a production car, but by this time, while the first LP400 Countach was shown on the 1974 Geneva Auto Show, Ferruccio Lamborghini sold his company to the Swiss Georges - Henri Rosetti and Rene Leimer.
Not exact matches
A key point of difference between Merkel's Christian Democrats and the SPD is that the latter wants
car - makers to have quotas for the
production of electric vehicles, whereas the former see this as too difficult to put
into practice.
Tesla's first
car, a lightning fast two seater, was delayed initially but has been largely a success since it went
into production last year.
That
car was delayed for years, and it faced slow
production at the end of 2015 and
into early 2016.
Its
cars are slated to go
into production by 2020.
The
car, which is expected to go
into production toward the end of the year, will be capable of traveling up to 200 miles on a single charge and is priced at $ 37,500 ($ 30,000 after tax credits), making it within reach of average consumers.
Musk went on to cite the ownership cost of the Model S, should it enter
production, as «similar to a gasoline
car with a sticker price of about $ 35,000» once the lower cost of electricity versus the likely future price of gasoline was taken
into account.
Tesla represents an attempt by Silicon Valley to build a
car company, and will rely on government money to put the Model S
into production.
An analyst at Citigroup Inc. wrote Tuesday that Tesla may be struggling to convert
car shoppers
into Model 3 buyers, while Robert W. Baird & Co. said Monday the company might not achieve its weekly
production goal by the end of March.
We already knew the Vakyrie was going to be something completely revolutionary in terms of road
car production, but it's sound like it could be about enter
into folklore on the race tracks as well.
Tapping the sponsorship of none other than lumbering, financially troubled General Motors and blending it with the skills of some of the most innovative, daring engineers in the vehicle business, MacCready has driven his small company to design and build a
car that many observers think will make the biggest splash since the ’65 Mustang, and maybe even since the Model T. It's fast, it's sexy, and it's being rushed
into mass
production.
In other words, a
car that could be made of standard materials and put
into mass
production.
«Armed and Underground:
Production Design» (7 mins., 1080i / 16x9) brings production designer Jon Gary Steele into the interview mix for an insider's view of the film's carefully - aged sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene w
Production Design» (7 mins., 1080i / 16x9) brings
production designer Jon Gary Steele into the interview mix for an insider's view of the film's carefully - aged sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene w
production designer Jon Gary Steele
into the interview mix for an insider's view of the film's carefully - aged sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels
cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene with Antal.
The Ford GT, a super
car that will go
into production next year, is unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show this week.
The film is certainly aware of everything it must contain for street cred (guns,
cars, shagging), but bringing the actor synonymous with 007
into its corner appears to have infected the
production with a laissez - faire attitude — such that even when the picture does muster the will to deliver on convention, it does so without the slightest trace of ingenuity or gracefulness.
Meanwhile, Doctor Strange hasn't started shooting yet —
production starts this fall — but Benedict Cumberbatch recorded a video message promising fans that the movie will include, «Girls,
cars, explosions, and a little bit of astral projection
into multiple dimensions.
A handful of renegade Acura engineers installed a three - pedal setup
into an early
production TL (the
car is currently available only with an automatic) and begged management to drive it.
The chief designer of Kia's American design center, Thomas Kearns, also told us the
car could eventually go
into production.
The LE is not merely a fanciful concept, as Infiniti plans to put the
car into production within the next one or two years; the company said in September 2011 that it would launch an electric
car by 2014.
Citroen has revealed a new concept
car, which could go
into production, and points at what future models in the C - range could look like.
The Golf R 400 concept was first shown in 2014 with a whopping 395 hp, and soon thereafter VW told us that it was strongly considering putting the
car into production.
From the flush door handles to the dual exhaust tips integrated
into the voluptuous rear end, it looked more than a one - off than a
production car.
Better yet, the two muscle -
car maniacs are now preparing to send the super-Mustang
into production.
Despite our desperate speculation on a new habanero - hot
production variant of the already - spicy Focus RS, it turns out the monochromatic rendering is of a new Ford Focus RS RX rally
car, specifically Ford's entry
into the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship.
Michael Worthington - Williams traces the fascinating history of the British motor house / Rising Star — Brian Heath recalls the 170 the
car that took Mercedes - Benz out of the Vintage era and
into the
production engineering age / Artists In Action — Exceptional motoring art from Michael and Graham Turner.
I wish they had worked, as I'd like to see more
cars in the same vein, but it was rushed
into production without being ready, and it shows.
Two years later, it sent all those starry - eyed onlookers
into a mass - hysteria happy dance when its
production Challenger road
car finally appeared — looking pretty much the same.
«GT2 was very limited
production, and for the last couple years they brought them
into the U.S. (2004 -» 05), I'd have to look at the numbers, but they sold something like 20
cars — next to nothing.
The Pininfarina - penned Fittipaldi EF7 is actually set to go
into production, making it relatively rare among Vision GT
cars.
Some have even made it
into physical form, and a few of those have ended up, in some form at least, as
production cars.