Sentences with phrase «last few model years»

The Ford F - 150 Raptor was supposed to be a specialty truck designed to last a few model years before being retired.

Over the last few model years, Kia has kept the Soul fresh by steadily adding available safety and technology features such as forward - collision alert, lane - departure warning, keyless entry and starting, and Android Auto / Apple CarPlay functionality.

Not exact matches

«In the last few years, Meituan's business model shifted in a way that makes it unique.

I love the «toll collector» model and the things Kinder has done over the last few years.

According to Lawrence Summers, former director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council and former U.S. Treasury Secretary — he is also President Emeritus of Harvard University at the top of a shortlist of potential candidates to replace current chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke — the events of the last few years have thrown into question much of what he learned and taught about coherent economic models.

The last few years have seen these marginal producers go under, cough up their assets to companies with sound business models, and realistic expectations for future growth.

SUMMARY Mean - reversion has not performed well over the last few years Highly sensitive to model assumptions The strategy is an attractive addition for an equity - centric portfolio INTRODUCTION According to Benjamin Franklin death and taxes are the only two certainties in life.

The company shipped fewer of its Model X's last year than it planned, citing supplier issues and an overly ambitious timeline.

«We are convinced that «quant» funds», which have attracted hundreds of billions of dollars in the last few years and a significant portion of which use leverage, and whose models and various strategies are largely based on price action and correlations extracted from the reasonably - recent past when volatility has been low (largely of their own making), have contributed mightily to the illusion that market risk is low.

«While we are proud of the progress and impact we have made in the last few years, in order to experience a new horizon of growth, we must invest in our systems and overall economic model to extend our promise to the most vulnerable, our partners and staff,» Moore stated.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

I think people probably admire the way Dimitroff and Quinn have worked to build the defense through the draft over the last several years, but the truth is a lot of that building process has been characterized as an attempt to mimic the Seahawks who, for a few years, became a model defense (if not a model franchise).

This recent model has taken advantage of the technology of the last few years, melding it into the high quality design that Chicco ™ is known for — especially amongst parents.

While the weight has come down the last few years» models, the Duette still weighs a whopping 45 pounds!

Buyers should ensure that their choice in stroller is durable enough, however, to last at least a few years., and remember that they may not be able to resell a less expensive model.

According to ICES Director J. Tinsley Oden, mathematical models of the invasion and growth of tumors in living tissue have been «smoldering in the literature for a decade,» and in the last few years, significant advances have been made.

This answer from genetics matches up well with ecological modeling of the abundance of passenger pigeon food — acorns, beechnuts and other forest mast — in North America over the last few thousand years.

A few of the main points of the third assessment report issued in 2001 include: An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system; emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols due to human activities continue to alter the atmosphere in ways that are expected to affect the climate; confidence in the ability of models to project future climate has increased; and there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.

Cloud computing has become a commonly accepted outsourcing business model in the last few years.

In the last few years, powerful experimental techniques that can monitor the activity of many neurons at once have generated a new field of neuroscience — «neural dynamics» — which uses sophisticated mathematical models to describe how brain activity evolves on a moment - to - moment basis.

In the last few years, several studies have shown that gene therapy, especially if applied early, can stop or reverse some forms of congenital blindness in model organisms.

The modelling shows the last time this occurred, 14,000 years ago, the Antarctic alone contributed 3 - 4 metres to global sea levels in just a few centuries.

Over the last few years, scientists have been able to recreate accurate models of human organs by embedding living tissue onto chips, allowing them to study the effects of drugs and diseases without testing on animals or humans.

Possible reasons include increased oceanic circulation leading to increased subduction of heat into the ocean, higher than normal levels of stratospheric aerosols due to volcanoes during the past decade, incorrect ozone levels used as input to the models, lower than expected solar output during the last few years, or poorly modeled cloud feedback effects.

Last week there was a paper by Smith and colleagues in Science that tried to fill in those early years, using a model that initialises the heat content from the upper ocean — with the idea that the structure of those anomalies control the «weather» progression over the next few years.

The last few million years have been generally colder with ice ages, but if you go way back in time for many millions of years, there are much warmer climates on Earth and we are very interested in modelling these.

Over the last few years, a number of review articles have made the case that identical twins are the ideal model for examining the link between epigenetics and disease.

In the last year though a few competitors have popped up (see yesnomayb, a copy of the business model) and a number of free dating sites also started to eat away at traffic.

In this short article, I would like to suggest a few refinements to the original 2013 ATD Competency Model as the last 4 years brought about comprehensive changes to the profession altering Learning and Development work environment and required skill set.

Her investment and interest in new school models was sparked during her time as a third grade teacher with UnCommon Schools in Newark, New Jersey and enhanced over the last few years.

The 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage receives fewer significant upgrades, as this model debuted just last year as a 2014 model.

2015 will be the last model year for the TT coupe and convertible in the U.S. before the redesigned 2016 model goes on sale, and there are a few updates including standard heated front seats and a new wheel design.

James ~ Why do some car models stay in production forever (911, Beetle, Accord) while others only last for a few years before a similar but slightly different one replaces it?

Most cars made in the last few decades are actually pretty reliable and as long as you keep on top of maintenance a 5 year old car shouldn't be any more risky than brand new one, especially if it a model with an established record for reliability.

Fewer customers than ever are choosing to own Land Cruisers, with just about 3000 sold last year, interest in historic models notwithstanding.

In its latest iteration, the Megane adopts styling cues developed through recent models like the Clio, and particularly the not - for - UK Espace and Talisman revealed over the last few years.

However, in the last few years, Lincoln models have received a good response.

The 2018 Ford Fusion marches on with few changes after last year's thorough revision, which included a twin - turbo V6 Sport model.

For the current model year, the 4Runner receives a few new options packages, but otherwise remains unchanged from last year's model.

JLR India has been registering impressive growth rate in the last few years, resulting in steady increase in the number of locally assembled models (Land Rover Evoque, Discovery Sport, Jaguar XF and XJ).

Also, the segment evolved in last few years, so we have models that are not so great performers off the road.

The number of hybrid models on the market has exploded in the last few years, from small economy cars to larger vehicles and sports cars.

If you haven't seen much of the outgoing model that's because K900 sales totaled less than 500 last year in the U.S., which works out to fewer than 10 cars per state on average.

The QX80 gets a few design tweaks, but stays similar to last year's model.

For the last model year of the eleventh - generation model, Chevrolet has made a few small changes to the 2014 Suburban that mirror those of the 2014 Tahoe.

It must be mentioned that there are a few units of the GT - R in India imported individually by celebrities and luxury car sellers, and last year, a senior official all but confirmed that the GT - R would be the halo model for India.

We expect the Cadillac ATS to receive a few minor changes and updates for the 2019 model year, which could be the last model year of the current, first - generation ATS as the next ATS is expected for the 2020 - 2021 model years.

BMW has significantly expanded its lineup in the last few years by creating variations of existing models, and one of our favorites is the BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe.

In the last few years, the number of plug - in hybrid (PHEV) models on the market has shot up.