Sentences with phrase «land yacht»

I called the previous concept a «massive, luxurious land yacht,» and I stand by that description.

Higher gas prices and sagging demand for land yachts have hurt GM, perhaps more than Ford and Dodge.

In a few words, Diplomat is a traditional American land yacht, with the blessings and the curses inherent to that class of car.

Its an over sculpted - over designed - over complicated - no doubt over weight over sized - over priced conspicuous consumption land yacht looking more like a ToyotAru misfit than a BMW.

Cadillac, provider of floppy, ill - handling land yachts from the 1960s to the 1990s, has built a new entry - luxury car that handles really well.

Helming a late - model land yacht, no matter how young at heart you might be, will always make you look more Wall Street jerk than cheeky enthusiast to some observers.

Although riding elephant - back was the primary mode of transportation when on the prowl for large game, a few maharajahs took their hunting expeditions to the next level with personalized imported land yachts like these.

In other words, Durango offers the utility of a full - size land yacht such as a Chevrolet Suburban or a Ford Expedition but in a mid-size package.

GM's magnetic - controlled suspension allows for a smooth, typically Buick ride, but cram the Lucerne into some tight turns and it responds more like a BMW than a traditional land yacht — and I am as surprised as anyone to say that.

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It's a rip - snorting, tire - squealing land yacht for the affluent, the dictatorial, and those who've always wanted BMW to build an M7.

It's the huge torque — helped by an eight - speed automatic transmission — that moves this 4,500 - pound, extended - wheelbase land yacht effortlessly.

Lincoln's new land yacht looks and feels expensive, so its lofty price shouldn't surprise you.

Exterior details like giant wheels and a subtle aero package heighten the performance cred of BMW's usually sober land yacht.

Now eighty - four and semiretired, Delamater has trimmed his fleet to a late - model Cadillac DeVille and two 1970 Caddy land yachts.

We're not entirely sure what to make of the odd melding of vintage proportions and futuristic powertrains, but it's something of a quiet trend at Pebble this year; Infiniti's wild never - was prewar EV racer offers an unexpected parallel to this Maybach land yacht.

It looks like a 1970 ′ s Land Yacht station wagon on steroids.

When I lived in the Motor City I developed the Detroit Hurl, which was a way to avoid the spinning, careening rear - drive dangerous local land yachts by lunging out of the way and missing the curbs by inches.

A list of 300 - horsepower sedans can certainly include the usual suspects, such as the European performance - oriented executive cars and the Detroit - bred land yachts, but there's something to be said for the sleepers and for the family cars that don't follow the traditional formula.

This is no pompous land yacht; the 2009 Jaguar XF drives like a sports car.

However, that is not to say that this Continental is the wallowing land yacht your grandfather (or even great - grandfather) had decades ago.

Evidence of Hyundai's new luxury brand Genesis» success on this mission is somewhat present on the exterior, but despite the fact that Audi's own Peter Schreyer designed the G90, the car's wow factor seems to bank on the large grille of land yacht dimensions.

These once - proud suburban land yachts fell into disrepute decades ago, many having become overweight and under built.

And nobody can deny that in this well - established sea of full - size luxury land yachts, new comers don't exactly have it easy as the preexisting champions are barely impenetrable.

From a maintenance perspective, sticking to the six will net you more reasonable repair costs, but for sheer land yacht status there's nothing quite like a V - 12.

Cadillac still sees itself as the «standard of the world», although that really hasn't described Cadillac since the days of its finned land yachts.

The reputation for making land yachts hung around Cadillac's neck like a millstone until decision - makers boldly blazed a new path a few years ago.

Other positive aspects of the XJ - S are tenacious but agreeable road - holding and handling and its 2 - ton weight, which in less well - engineered land yachts would win no prizes.

Not to mention the four - wheel - disc braking with anti-lock system, the driver's - side airbag for sudden impacts, the service - interval indicator, the 25 - function systems monitor, the trip computer, the wood trim and the leather upholstery, among enough standard luxuries to sink a lesser land yacht.

The universe of sport utility vehicles — once rife with gas - guzzling land yachts — has expanded to include wildly popular compact and even subcompact models whose fuel economy has jumped by up to a third in less than a decade.

It's a terrific concept: Buick, the purveyor of enormous land yachts, proved it can also compete in the compact segment by producing a pint - sized Enclave.

Along with sex, rock «n» roll and other forms of popular music, the car — more precisely the American Chevrolet El Camino and Buick Grand National, so - called land yachts — is an additional site of projection in the exhibition, that is the (supposedly male) American dream of freedom.

The Beetle and the Type II Microbus, especially, were anti-establishment transportation for consumers who were tired of ever - larger American land yachts.

Its cigar shaped body features long horizontal lines and a stretched out profile that makes it look like a luxurious land yacht.

The Lexicon sound system converts the land yacht into a rolling concert hall.

The Germans forgot to limit the land yacht, so the big V12 will hit 161 knots at full - sail, better known as 186 mph.

This land yacht has onboard Wi - Fi as well.

The old term «They sure don't build»em like they used to» should always be followed up with a «Good,» because modern cars perform better in crash tests than any of the land yachts of the 1970s.

Being a product of a car company that's arguably most famous for its iconic «land yachts» from the 1950s and 1960s, the large Cadillac CT6 sedan is unsurprisingly a rather good car.

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If last year's concept was a land yacht, the Cabriolet is a land speedboat.

Considering what it could tow, the Tahoe's 8,600 - pound rating would let me pull a 28 - foot Airstream Land Yacht for an upscale Burning Man experience.

Awesome smooth supercharged V6 (pulls pretty good for a land yacht too, will beat your mother's Civic).

But testing those grip levels requires either lots of bravery, or plenty stupidity, as you'd need to corner this land yacht at speed.

But now and again, it's pleasant to stretch out in something like the Lincoln Town Car and recapture a bit of the vanishing past when such land yachts were the norm and not an anachronism.

Unlike their older wagons, the CTS isn't a luxo - land yacht.

That's not bad for a land yacht that measures over 17 feet from bumper to bumper, but not good enough to avoid getting slapped with a $ 1,700 Gas Guzzler Tax before the bottom line.