Sentences with phrase «longer than the car it replaces»

The BMW 7 Series is 26 mm longer than the car it replaced model, so even if you stick with the short - wheelbase version, it's more spacious inside than before.

The long - wheelbase variant gains an added 139 mm in length, making it 18 mm longer than the car it replaces, at 5238 mm.

Externally, the i30 is 40 mm longer than the car it replaces and a whopping 85 mm longer than the Volkswagen.

It is three inches wider and 2.3 inches longer than the car it replaces.

The overall effect is that of a smaller car, even though the now - mandatory long - wheelbase US model is actually an inch longer than the car it replaces.

Sharing its platform with the new 2013 Boxster, the Cayman is lower, wider and longer than the car it replaces.

Not exact matches

With Brawn's call to make F1 cars more video game - like, and Symonds singing the plaudits of virtual environments, we're sat here wondering how long it takes before F1 drivers have to submit their gamertag rather than a race number and what's the timescale on replacing Charlie Whiting with a hologram created by Codemasters?

Although it's still a long shot, the idea that FCEVs could one day replace conventional gasoline cars seems more likely today than ever before.

The new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu is 2.3 - inches longer overall, on a 3.6 - inch longer wheelbase, yet it weighs 300 pounds less than the uninspired car it replaces.

The second - generation Cruze has a 0.6 - inch longer wheelbase and is 2.7 inches longer overall, with 2 inches of that going to rear - seat legroom, and it weighs as much as 250 pounds less than the car it replaces.

Modern car cooling systems are designed to be almost maintenance free, so you should only need to drain and replace it after a long interval (e.g. the 11 years you quote), rather than every two years with older systems - obviously you should...

The car is now bigger than the one it replaces, at 36 mm longer, 6 mm wider and with a wheelbase increase of 7 mm.

I've got an electrician coming to look at it, but I've been warned by many car owners who've been in this country (Sierra Leone) longer than I have that car electrics is the biggest skills gap the largely self - taught local mechanics have, something I've seen evidence of already, e.g. none have been able to make any progress at all with this dashboard problem, and I've found many worrying things like blown fuses «fixed» by wrapping copper wire around the connections (I replaced all these immediately!).

The sexy S5 cabriolet replaces the S4 cabrio, and since it's based on the gorgeous S5 coupe, it's longer, lower, and wider than the old car.

The Elan's wedgy styling as long been an acquired taste but there's some visual interest here with the British Racing Green paint scheme and an oh - so - Lotus yellow stripe down the centreline of the car, while the cabin is more modern than those early MX - 5s and far more cossetting than that of the Elise that replaced the Elan in 1996.

And the new LS really is a large car, longer and wider but lower than the model it replaces.

The Quattroporte sedan has been completely redesigned on a longer wheelbase and offers more interior and trunk room than the car it replaces.

The 1 - series is dead, long live the 1 - series — it's been reborn as the 2 - series coupe, which is a little bigger than the car it replaces but keeps the rear - wheel drive, longitudinally - mounted engine configuration of its predecessor.

Longer, wider, and larger inside than the car it replaces, which was based on the previous - generation C - Class platform, the new E-Class Coupe will be initially offered as the E400 and equipped with a twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine.

It's longer, looks wider and is lower than the car it replaces.

Increased body stiffness, a 3.9 - in longer wheelbase and revised suspension geometry all work together with an improved electronic power steering system to make the 2014 Corolla much better over the road than the car it replaces.

Practicality Measuring 1.5 m high, 4.4 m long and 1.8 m wide, the new five - door Ford Focus is 16 mm lower, 21 mm longer and 16 mm narrower than the car it replaces.

Based on the same platform as 2007's North American Car of the Year, the Saturn Aura, this Malibu is longer and more powerful than the model it replaces, with the choice of two engines and an available six - speed automatic transmission.

This long - wheelbase variant gains 5.9 inches on the standard car, which was already a bit longer than the first - generation car it replaced, and it is designed primarily with chauffeur - driven owners in mind.

Though deeper details about the car haven't surfaced yet, sources suggest that the new Countryman would be around 150 mm longer than the model it replaces.

Better in every way possible than the car it replaces, the i30 isn't quite the world - beater Hyundai hoped for, but factor in the old car's pricing, long warranty and maintenance package and you'd be foolish to bet against the i30 from once again outperforming its rivals, in the sales race, at least.

Slightly smaller than the Five Hundred (which, along with the Fusion, essentially replaces the Taurus), the Fusion — based on the Mazda6 platform — plugs a hole in the blue - badge lineup, which has long lacked a head - to - head competitor for the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, as well as cars such as the Chevy Malibu and the Hyundai Sonata.

The pair of Ms is larger than the cars they replace in every dimension: The M3 gets 3.6 inches longer, 2.8 inches wider and 0.9 inch higher, while the M4 gets 2.2 inches longer and 2.6 inches wider (it is actually 1.7 inches lower than the M3 coupe).

Longer, wider and lower than its predecessor, the new Mercedes - Benz looks terrific in the soft evening light, having adopted more athletic proportions along with a considerably more muscular stance than the car it replaces in the Mercedes - Benz line - up.

The new generation of the A8 is bigger than the car it replaces - longer by 32 mm and taller by 13 mm, in either short or long - wheelbase.

People can put off replacing cars a year or two longer than expected, but sooner or later they are back in the dealerships.

There is much validity in this, so long as the car you replace the old one with is significantly more fuel - efficient than the old one.