Sentences with phrase «mainstream automakers»

There are features mainstream automakers could emulate to make their cars lighter, more efficient, safer, better - handling, and more fun to drive.

But mainstream automakers want a slice of that pie too as they try to ride the SUV wave and offer a greater variety of models to increase sales.

Here and there, mainstream automakers added bits and pieces that required high strength, high rigidity, and low weight.

Downsizing is nothing new for mainstream automakers, which have been pumping out subcompacts for several years now, but the X1 presages a coming tide of smaller luxury vehicles, both cars and crossovers.

The Leaf is no longer a tiny - volume car like the rest of the battery - electric vehicles from mainstream automakers.

Some supercars are marketed by mainstream automakers as «halo» vehicles.

Notable is the elimination of the two - door body style: Honda was the last mainstream automaker with a two - door in the mid-size segment, but that slow - selling model is gone now, in favour of freeing up research and development resources for this new four - door.

That makes them ideal for customers on a budget since the cost benefit is usually the main motivation for buying a used hatchback: The majority of mainstream automakers that sell hatchbacks in this country also sell sedan versions of the same car, and they tend to make the four - door vehicles the least - expensive entry points to the lineup.

Ford says it will have North America's freshest lineup among mainstream automakers by 2020, with the automaker pledging to replace more than 75 percent of its range and add four new trucks and SUVs by then.

Honda was among the first mainstream automakers to test and apply these driver aids to its vehicles, and while they may not be as sophisticated as some luxury brands like Mercedes - Benz and BMW, important features like emergency braking and adaptive cruise control work perfectly.

Compared to most other mainstream automakers, Subaru is lagging behind in the electrified powertrain department.

The lesson is that if you're a big, mainstream automaker covering a wide variety of price ranges, build your highly profitable models, premium / luxury and trucks and SUVs of mostly any stripe, at home, where costs are probably higher.

So Sergio Marchionne is right: The global market can not sustain so many capital - intensive mainstream automakers, all of them designing and building their own platforms and powertrains.

Today, Porsche is the only mainstream automaker developing one - piece carbon - fiber wheels in - house, and there's just one supplier, Carbon Revolution, manufacturing them for production cars, including the Ford GT, Mustang GT350R, and several upcoming models from other brands — though there are a number of other outfits making «hybrid» carbon / alloy wheels for the aftermarket.

There are more Bugatti Veyrons, Lamborghini Huracans, LaFerraris and McLaren P1s on the road than the new Tucson FCV and existing FCX Clarity combined, and exclusivity is a marketing theme mainstream automakers can ill - afford.

After stints at several of the world's major mainstream automakers, Jonathan Browning will assume the role left vacant by Stefan Jacoby at Volkswagen of America as CEO.

Many mainstream automakers — since they offer hot hatches for that price — could quickly whip up sporty compact sedans if they so desired.

Adaptive cruise control is also optional here, even though mainstream automakers Honda and Toyota make it virtually standard.

Launched in 2013, the Vision Gran Turismo program gave mainstream automakers to develop wild concept cars for the Gran Turismo 6 and Gran Turismo Sport video games.

It will make Mazda only the second mainstream automaker to offer a passenger diesel in the U.S. Volkswagen is the other.

The Geneva auto show is a popular showcase for mainstream automakers to showcase mass - market creations, but Switzerland's largest automotive event is also known for exotics.

Honda is one of the last mainstream automakers to offer a coupe that is just a two - door version of a regular car, rather than a sports car.

Toyota now ranked fifth among mainstream automakers and Lexus fifth in luxury.

Hyundai was one of the first mainstream automakers to put a 2 - liter turbo in a mid-size car.

Rather than Subaru sweating its new wagon rivals, other mainstream automakers should be concerned the Outback will steal customers from their compact SUV models.

The Model 3 is the most important piece of Tesla's plan to become a mainstream automaker.

If you're a mainstream automaker, two things ought to be at the core of your product lineup: a mid-size crossover utility vehicle and a modern six - cylinder powertrain.

The 2008 introduction of the Genesis sedan has been the exclamation point to Hyundai's rapid ascension from bargain brand to mainstream automaker.

Not to worry: We consulted every mainstream automaker to assemble a list of mass - market passenger vehicles for the 2017 model year that are currently built in the U.S. or have production split between the U.S. and other countries.

Still, if this concept car came from a mainstream automaker like Nissan or Toyota, we'd all take it seriously.

Performance There is a battle raging among luxury and mainstream automakers to figure out what type of engines should replace V - 6 and V - 8s as fuel efficiency becomes paramount in our age of more stringent regulations.

Mainstream automakers have thus far focused their efforts on step - by - step buildups of the adaptive cruise control and lane departure control, building blocks necessary to bring automation to the nation's highway system.

FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne is looking to hook up with a partner, and if no mainstream automakers bite, he is open to a deal with a nontraditional partner such as Google or Apple.

Only 250 sedans have been delivered to customers as of this writing — a rounding error for any mainstream automaker (some 13,000 customers have put down at least $ 5000 as a reservation).

The 2008 introduction of the Genesis sedan has been the exclamation point on Hyundai's rapid ascension from bargain brand to mainstream automaker.

If Mr. Fowler, often regarded as the final arbiter of modern English, is correct, then I am pretty sure I have captured the ultimate irony — or at least the automotive version of it — when I opine that the mainstream automaker most likely to carry on the ages - old tradition of powering its luxury sedans with a naturally aspirated V8 is going to be... Hyundai.

With the country's top maker of compact crossovers and the top maker of cars now offering this technology standard, it won't be long before the rest of the mainstream automakers follow suit.

Look at it this way: Hardly any mainstream automakers do coupe versions of sedans, but there are many luxury players — the Audi A4 and A5, the BMW 3 and 4 Series, and the Mercedes C - Class sedan and coupe.

Although it was one of the first car - based small utility vehicles to go on sale in the late - 1990s, the front - or all - wheel - drive, four - door and five - passenger CR - V's winning formula has been copied by every mainstream automaker and even some luxury brands.

Genesis is essentially in the same position as Lexus was in the 1990s: a new name in a very brand - conscious segment and a connection to a mainstream automaker not known for luxury vehicles.

The McLaren method of torque vectoring is finding support and mainstream automakers, especially Ford, are adopting electronic torque vectoring on mainstream models.

Here are five technologies and designs that mainstream automakers should study and try to replicate.

These vehicles represent the fastest - growing segment in the automotive space right now, and for a mainstream automaker like Ford, it'd be a huge mistake not to offer something in this class.

This is the first vehicle from a mainstream automaker to have carbon fiber wheels as a standard equipment feature.

Also, look for the mainstream automakers to boost content in their crossovers like Honda did with its surprisingly - well equipped CR - V Touring.

Now nearly every mainstream automaker offers a compact hatchback, which means that Toyota couldn't just simply do a boring redo of the outgoing Corolla iM.

Tesla may be experiencing the growing pains most mainstream automakers have long overcome, but the tech startup has much to teach the automotive industry about how to build a compelling product.

The subcompact crossover segment is getting quite crowded with just about every mainstream automaker having an entry in the segment.

Every mainstream automaker eyes two models as perennial targets: the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord.