Sentences with phrase «little hatchback as»

SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR RORY CARROLL: While I think that I, at 29, am a good deal too old for a car that looks like this, I still find it charming that Hyundai would embellish an inexpensive little hatchback as it has.

However, you will rarely hit the rev limit in this angry little hatchback as there are visual and audio warnings that alert the driver when the revs are about to go critical.

The peculiar passenger - side door configuration — with a conventional front - hinged small rear door to make getting in the rear seats easier — is as much a styling signature of the little hatchback as anything, and remains a love - it - or - leave - it decision.

Not exact matches

As in many sporty hatchbacks, the height - adjustable seat could lower a little more - actually, we wouldn't mind trimming a good two inches from its height - but there is at least a wide range of adjustability with the height - and rake - adjustable steering wheel.

I've always viewed the xD (and its xA forebear) as the frumpy sibling of the box - chic xB, but this little hatchback is an attractive package, especially when compared to the Toyota Yaris five - door.

As is custom with new GM youth - oriented products and concepts, the Spark is shrouded in marketing blather and desperate pandering, but strip away the press releases with winking nods to skinny jeans and iPhones filled with Pitchfork Magazine Best New Tracks, and the little hatchback has a secret: it's actually really good.

As the GLA class is little more than an A-Class hatchback with a taller ride height, beefier bumpers, and other minute cosmetic tweaks designed to trick buyers into thinking it's something other than a C - segment hatch, it's really no surprise to find the 2015 Mercedes - Benz GLA 45 AMG is virtually identical to the A 45 AMG that's already on sale across the pond — or, for that matter, that it's mechanically a dead ringer for the 2015 CLA 45 AMG currently rolling into North American Mercedes - Benz showrooms.

Because the Mitsubishi Mirage is so affordable, starting from as little as $ 13,805 with destination, the automaker can cross-sell its new subcompact hatchback against used cars.

As you'd expect the jacked - up Panda 4x4 and Cross roll a little more than hatchback.

Venture off - road in an AllGrip equipped Vitara, and its hatchback - like ride initially feels a little too firm, as the body shakes its way over rocky surfaces.

The pack follows the usual R - line recipe, adding some tautness and aggression to the hatchback's design as well as some sneaky little R badges, though dynamic tweaks are available too.

When powered by the D2 or D3 diesel engines, or by the T4 petrol unit, the V40 Cross Country accelerates just as quickly as the regular hatchback, though it's a little slower in D4 specification.

As a bonus, the little hatchback actually drives better than its asking price might suggest.

Don't let your eyes deceive you: this little machine has exactly the same interior dimensions as the Impreza hatchback.

It may be difficult to figure out which hatchback CUV you'd like with the market full of spunky little 5 - doors, such as the Honda CR - V, Hyundai...

While it is underpinned by the same platform as the larger Ceed hatchback, the Soul EV shares very little with the hatchback under the hood.

Case in point: BMW introduced the 318ti as a 1995 model, convinced the little hatchback's sub - $ 20,000 starting price would be too tempting to resist.

Available as a 3 - door hatchback, with a six - speed manual transmission and turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine, this little piece of German engineering is very fun to drive.

6 The Mazda RX - 7, introduced as a 1979 model, put Mazda on the performance - car map with the little hatchback's excellent handling and unique rotary engine.

All this means the DS feels a little confused, as it's neither as comfortable to ride in as a crossover (such as the Nissan Qashqai) nor as much fun to drive as a conventional hatchback like the VW Golf.

Honda says there has never been a Type R quite like the subject of this road test: the fifth - generation Civic Type R, which might be a little more helpfully classified as the performance version of the 10th - generation Civic hatchback, itself introduced earlier this year.

Redesigned for the 1995 model year, the Metro hatchback coupe and sedan are cute little guys that qualify as reasonably roomy by minicar standards.

Available as a coupe and sedan as well as a hatchback, the Civic is a slick, roomy little car that handles and rides well and delivers good gas mileage.

It's a trait of cars in this class to look a little less conventional than their hatchback counterparts and the Kona follows this trend, with a design that's funkier and slightly more eye - catching than more utilitarian Hyundai models we're used to, such as the i20.

The same as the previous year — Honda's little hatchback hybrid never came close its yearly sales goal.

The new BMW 2 - Series will be built on the same platform as the 1 - Series hatchback, but unlike the 1 - Series it will be a little bit sportier.

If you do enter a bend too quickly, you'll feel the front of the car running wide as a sign that you need to slow down a little — but there's none of the unpredictable behaviour that some hot hatchbacks exhibit when you slow down mid-corner.

The new 2 - Series will be built on the same platform as the 1 - Series hatchback, but it will be a little bit sportier.

Put that aside, and you find a fun - to - drive hatchback with nice steering feel and, in a manual - equipped car such as this test vehicle, a smooth - operating gearbox that engages its driver and allows you to see the new Focus's potential as a hot little driver's car.

But Ford is giving itself every chance with the latest LW Focus, introduced in mid 2011 to hopefully act as something of a game - changer, bringing technology normally reserved for cars a little upmarket of a range of hatchbacks and sedans that opens at a tad over $ 20,000.

As someone living in the United States, I have no hope of the little hatchback ever being on sale here, but I love the roly - poly crossover from afar.

Although likely to be badged as the 1 - series GT in production trim, the new car owes little to the look of the latest 1 - series hatchback.

In the Burlappcar scoop, the front part looks the same as Polo Hatchback (or very little change) and the Boot looks like Ford Fiesta's (except perhaps the tail lamps)... But I liked what I saw inside - the AT lever part.

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Rather than being so stiff the least little crack in the road translates as a jolt to your spine, the Corolla Hatchback is stiff enough to let you take a tight corner with some speed, but won't have you seeing a chiropractor at the end of the day.

A few new modes have also be thrown in for good measure to try to spice things up a little, such as the new multi-class racing which can have an entire grid crappy little hatchbacks and terrifyingly fast exotics on the track at the same time, challenging you with finishing first in your respective class while avoiding the other.

I guess you could sort of count the Chevrolet Bolt autonomous test cars as coming from Silicon Valley, though they're just little hatchbacks and not quite on either the sexy - liftback or the blobby minivan sides.