Sentences with phrase «mainstream cars like»

The Volt competes with mainstream cars like the Nissan Leaf, Ford C - Max and Fusion, Honda Accord and Toyota Prius plug - in hybrids.

The Peugeot 308 is a family hatchback aimed at mainstream cars like the Volkswagen Golf, SEAT Leon and Ford Focus.

This era of Passat was among the last that were made to outdo other midsize mainstream cars like Accord, or Camry and the car costs a bit more to buy and own.

The Renault 4, 5 and 16, the Austin Maxi and Fiat 127 were all pioneers of the hatchback body style, and by the start of the 1980s, mainstream cars like the Ford Escort had moved from saloon to a hatch layout.

«A fully electric car will never be a mainstream car like a Honda Accord until the battery is much cheaper and lighter.

Not exact matches

In addition, new content formats like augmented reality and in - car ads will probably go mainstream.

«They see mainstream culture, and they say, «Hey, I think I'd like to move off, get a car, get a house, go to the mall.»»

The past year looks like the turning point when alternatives to fossil fuels — everything from solar energy, wind turbines, ethanol, and the hybrid car — finally hit the mainstream.

Everyone here transcends their typecasting, including slacker balladeers Mark and Jay Duplass, who make a bid for mainstream success (two words: car chase) without precisely abandoning their idiosyncrasies, such as their camcorder - honed / derived aesthetic — which establishes a cinematic grammar that allows for shabby but essential angles like a shot of Segel's hair poking up from behind a vending machine.

«You'd think that this $ 26,000 mainstream hatchback would be eviscerated by cars like the Audi RS7, Cadillac CTS Vsport, and Porsche Cayman S, but it wasn't,» said associate web editor Joey Capparella.

Nissan's unabashed aim for the mainstream may not excite enthusiasts like us, but it's hard to fault this strategy given the overall competence of cars like the 2014 Rogue.

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

When a mainstream company like Nissan or Ford or Honda decides to build a halo car, they throw everything they've got at it.

With its ambitious price of $ 36,615, the front - wheel - drive SXL costs a few thousand dollars more than loaded V - 6 versions of the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, and seems to set its sights on premium cars like the Acura TLX and Buick Regal rather than mainstream family sedans.

With hybrids and even conventional gas - powered cars continuing to up the gas - mileage ante, the HS 250h's fuel economy estimates — while good for the luxury segment — have been overshadowed by mainstream models like the Prius, Honda Insight and even the Ford Fusion Hybrid.

Nissan Nissan has a handful of excellent niche cars with the frisky Juke, the electric Leaf, and the updated 2012 GT - R, but mainstream models like the Sentra and the Maxima have struggled.

In the middle are cars like the unique i3, which already is a hit in California, plus numerous affordable BEVs impinging on Tesla's upcoming mainstream Gen III models, including the Chevrolet Bolt which promises a range of 200 miles (322 km) and a redesigned Nissan Leaf that is the sales leader in the BEV segment, along with dozens of other new and improved PHEVs and BEVs such as the Chevy Volt and Fiat 500e.

Compared to that relatively mainstream - looking concept, though, the Evolution Vision takes things to a new level with its menacing wide body kit, huge rear spoiler, race car - like rear diffuser, and 20 - inch aluminum wheels.

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It's a more extrovert choice than either, and is likely to be compared to the likes of the Peugeot RCZ or a personalised and well - specced Citroen DS3 or Mini Cooper S. It's not quite as much fun to drive as those — and is someway off delivering the Mini's levels of satisfaction — but with impressive practicality (the rear seats can accommodate most adults and there's a well - sized boot) plus more mainstream appeal than before, it's a car we're happy to recommend if you're sold on the looks.

With Tesla already working to ramp up Model 3 production and excellent cars like the Chevrolet Bolt already on the road from mainstream, high - volume manufacturers, a mid-2019 entry with a low - volume, high - performance halo hybrid might seem a year (or five) late.

Like many mainstream cars these days, the 3 is also available with an array of electronic driver aids, including adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, autonomous emergency braking, and traffic sign recognition.

Nissan's latest Maxima continues to toe that mainstream / upscale line in a field otherwise occupied by cars like the Toyota Avalon and Kia Cadenza.

But in fits and starts, Toyota's been attempting to shake off the case of the blands that has dogged its mainstream and luxury brands since they gave up on things like mid-engine sports cars and RWD compacts.

The rear end of the car will continue to feature a massive tailgate, but the design is said to be less dramatic than on the current model — more mainstream if you like.

Ford, just like all mainstream car makers, knows that the SUV and Crossover are fast becoming the transport of choice for families.

Even with its exotic car good looks and exceptionally capable engines, the Audi R8 has always felt more like a mainstream car in terms of comfort and convenience when you're at its controls.

It certainly looks like Nissan are intent on building on their success with mainstream crossovers like the Qashqai and Juke by turning their Z cars in to a high - riding crossover with the commanding driving position car buyers love, but with the performance and handling of a sports car.

In Europe, front - wheel drive was popularized by small cars like the Mini, Renault 5 and Volkswagen Golf and adopted for virtually all mainstream cars.

Overall, it's clear Hyundai went out of the way to make the Ioniq look like a mainstream car inside and out, as opposed to the images of oddly - shaped, less - than - conventional hybrid vehicles that generally come to mind.

As a result, the Expert is more car - like to drive than many other mid-size vans, while it also means this trio are available with some of the latest safety tech seen in mainstream production cars.

Because most folks now prefer the more car - like ownership experience provided by crossovers, with their gentler handling and generally better EPA scores, the number of actual mainstream sport utilities — which are supported by body - on - frame construction — is barely enough to fill out a baseball team.

At the same time, mainstream cars and crossovers, like V - 6 Nissan Murano, and the V - 6 Accord and V - 6 Camry, are offering powerful and efficient V - 6 engines using less expensive regular fuel, that are faster and more fuel efficient than the premium brands» models.

His view echoes that of other pro-PEV supporters who'd like to see more mainstream priced plug - in cars introduced in the U.S.

That's good, because the more these cars can get away from feeling like science projects, the more they become more acceptable to the mainstream.

The popularity pendulum that swings between big autos and small is on its way back toward little cars, so expect to see a whole lot more compacts like the basically - already - here Dodge Dart and Ford Fusion hybrid models enter the mainstream market.

And while the 2012 Ford Focus Electric marks the Blue Oval's first crack at a mainstream electric car, they succeeded in producing a relatively affordable gas - free vehicle that drives, feels and looks like a conventional car.

You see, both of those peak outputs are fairly high up in the car's rev range, so you don't get the low - down push you'll find in comparable cars with smaller, turbocharged engines — like the ones you'll find in more mainstream rivals like the Kia Sorento.

I liked the styling for a mainstream car, much better than that of the Ford 500 which I was also considering.

«It's incredible that a mainstream car - maker like Ford can make a mainstream hatchback like this so good,» exclaimed Marton Pettendy.

It's not only the mainstream models like the latest Civic small car and CR - V medium SUV that give us cause for hope, it's this hyper hatch, the Civic Type R.

The 2003 Honda Pilot was the first mainstream 8 - passenger SUV built on a car - like unibody platform... offering customers more space, more fuel - efficiency and a more refined ride and handling.

Designed by VW to go more upmarket, it's hoped the large family car's sleeker image and improved tech will help steer customers away from the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C - Class, not to mention mainstream rivals like the Mazda 6 and Ford Mondeo.

No reason why every mainstream car — and every distracted driver — shouldn't have something like it.

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

It feels like most mainstream family cars its size and price.

The push to take «green cars» mainstream is working like a carrot - and - stick effort, and the horse is moving forward slowly but surely.

But at $ 40,000 +, the Fusion Energi isn't exactly priced like a mainstream car, and that's where it begins to run into a little trouble.

Meet the Vilner Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT600, now if that happens to sound like a few weird names along side a nearly mainstream car you should stick by.

Hence, an inconvenient question: given that most «right thinking» people like mainstream economists and financiers (correctly) believe that the production of goods such as motor cars, frozen vegetables, etc., should occur within a régime of market competition, why do the Good and the Great insist — some of them quite vehemently — that «we» must exclude the production of money from market forces?