Sentences with phrase «marque first»

The marque first competed at Le Mans in 1960 when John Fitch and Bob Grossman drove Briggs Cunningham's Corvette to a victory in the large displacement GT class.

Marlin was the first to win in a Dodge, giving the marque its first victory since 1977, with Neil Bonnett driving.

Performance is in Bentley's blood — the marque first won at Le Mans way back in 1924 — so a go - fast Conti GT is far less surprising than if, say, Rolls - Royce made a deluxe muscle car.

Not exact matches

It includes two rum marques which are of particular sentimental significance to me: The first of these marques was laid down to age in 1981, which is the year I joined the Appleton Estate team, and the second is my favourite marque of pot still rum.

At the head of this class is Vick, the most exciting player in the nation (page 92), but he is joined by juniors Quincy Carter of Georgia, Woody Dantzler of Clemson, Antwaan Randle El of Indiana and senior Marques Tuiasosopo of Washington, each of whom is a threat to become the first Division I - A quarterback to throw for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season.

Killing monkeys ends up harming humans as well, says Jùlio Bicca - Marques, a primatologist at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil: «The death of monkeys from yellow fever is the first warning that the virus is circulating.»

Using as an experimental tool to study this process the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), Ana Marques and Inês Bento from the team saw that centrioles are eliminated step-wise: first they lose their coating, then centrioles disappear.

First, the Aurora school board quickly named recently elected Marques Ivy as its new Chair and all three other newcomers to the remaining Board leadership positions.

Although the Gulf Coast of the American Southeast may not seem like the ideal testing grounds for the 2013 Jaguar XFR - S, the fastest production sedan in the marque's history, Motor Trend's Arthur St. Antoine made good use of the big cat's highway manners in an entertaining tour of the third coast, starting off at Sebring, the site of Jaguar's first motorsports victory in the U.S. in 1955.

The dipping - and - resuming fender profile first seen on 1942 Buicks evolved into the marque's familiar «sweepspear» theme, which is so beautifully recapitulated here.

But the 507 - pound, 76 - hp, 839 - cc Mana isn't aimed at experienced crotch - rocket jockeys; Aprilia is targeting people moving up from scooters or first - timers in search of fuel economy, and that market doesn't necessarily care about the Italian marque's sport - bike heritage or the perfect downshift.

«It's the first time a global launch of a new car has occurred at the event, and it seems an entirely appropriate place for us to do it, with the marque's motorsport heritage and an enthusiastic audience of dedicated car fans — and in our 70th anniversary year.

Now, the fifth - generation LS 460 attempts to inject a little spice into a marque known for high - quality vanilla with the first - ever F - Sport model of its top sedan.

The Cayenne certainly hasn't ruined Porsche's credibility as loyal fans of the Stuttgart marque predicted it might back in 2002 when the big SUV was first launched.

Brooks Brierley tells the sad story of America's most expensive vintage thoroughbred / Driving a boat - tailed AC — The Editor gets to grips with a rare Anzani - engined survivor from the early days of the Thames Ditton marque / Magic Morris Minor — Alec Issigonis's postwar masterpiece is as collectable today as ever — Michael Worthington - Williams inaugurates our new series of expanded and very comprehensive Buyer's Guide / Wizardry in the land of Oz — There may not be many bushes in the Bush but you can trust Nick Baldwin to find a rusting relic / Prescott in 1950 — It's spot - the - celebrity time as Brian Heath pores over a newly discovered hoard of old hillclimb photos / Brighton revisited — Tom Threlfall describes the other Brighton Run while Peter Corrana gives us his driving impressions of one of the most covetable contestants in the main event / Immortal Austin 7 — Bill Boddy (who has owned nine of them) tells what it is about Herbert Austin's little wonder that keeps it at the top of the old - car parade / A summer affair For Vitoria Ainsworth — marriage meant an adventurous initiation into the joys of owning a Roesch Talbot / The real McCurd — Michael Worthington - Williams researches yet another obscure but fascinating UK motor manufacturer of the 1920s / Styled by the Wind — Touring 4 - seater lightweight bodywork on the Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B Mille Miglia was one of the first attempts at introducing aero technology to automotive coachbuilding.

We look at his fascinating albums / End of an Era: France's motor industry before WW2 — In the first of a two - part article, David Beare examines the offerings from French manufacturers at the 1938 Paris Salon, the last before the outbreak of war / Clipped Wings: the Aerocar — Douglas Blain samples a rare survivor of the marque established in Detroit by Henry Ford's first big backer / Back on the Road — Michael Ware describes the long - term restoration of an historic Grand Prix Bugatti, the ex-Count Czaikowski Type 51

Plastic Explosive — David Hawtin drives an unspoilt example of one of the first post-war British GT cars — Jensen's handsome all - glassfibre 541 / Jenks — The Last Word For Bill Boddy memories of the little man just keep flooding back... / Barn Fresh — An astonishingly original 1914 Model T Ford provides Douglas Blain with unexpected food for thought / Racing Stars — Bill Boddy fills in some further detail in a learned postscript to Edward Eves's recent history / MG TF Exposed — The second in our exclusive James Allington cutaways this time of the last of the Abingdon «square riggers» / Nearly Great Marque authority — Ian Dussek tells the story of HRG one of the great British might - have - beens / Economy Class — The Editor is charmed in spite of himself by a late - vintage Rover saloon / The Gamy Mystery — The golden years of automobile art described by Jonathon Wood.

All four marques use the engines to this day, though the F - 150 is only the second Ford - branded product in which the engine has appeared, the first being the Australian - market Territory SUV.

In this instalment we look at Dan's involvement with the Lotus marque and his exploits at wheel of his Mark VIII, Eleven and Elite / The 1919 Indianapolis Ballots — David Burgess-Wise reveals the history of the five - litre Ballot racers, four of which were built for the first post-war Indianapolis 500 in 1919 / Back on the Road Michael Ware's regular feature on reader restorations

It was also the last air - cooled 911, as the marque's first production model, the 356, had been.

MG has shown off its first attempt at developing an all - new sports car since the Chinese bought what was left of the British marque back in 2005.

This was the first time it had a presence at an international auto show, and it rolled out its sleek Polestar 1, which features a plug - in hybrid drivetrain the marque says will push 600 hp.

Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.

Karl Ludvigsen describes a technical tour de force of the first magnitude / Oily Rag Run — We report on The Automobile's inaugural Oily Rag Run, an event we hope will become a permanent fixture in the motoring calendar / Franschhoek Motor Museum — Simon Moore has visited this museum, an hour from Cape Town, and describes some of the mouthwatering exhibits being collected there / Dan Margulies — In the fourth part of Dan Margulies» competition reminiscences, as related to the Editor, we look at his switch to historic racing with the famous Maserati 8CM, chassis 3011 / The Car of Quality: The Taylor — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the story of one of the most ephemeral of all marques, Taylor of Scotswood - on - Tyne

Yet for all of Audi's performance credentials established during more than 35 years of professional competition in rallying and road racing and by its first Rennsport production car, the 1994 RS2, the marque has suffered a bit in terms of its messaging.

Aston Martin's EV partnership with financially troubled Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco is dead on arrival, but the British marque is going ahead with its first all - electric model.

Citroën: Forward Thinking — In Citroën's 90th year, Jonathan Wood explains how the French firm influenced a generation of British automobile engineers»60s / The 1875 Grenville Steamer — David Burgess-Wise rides the world's oldest working self - propelled private carriage / By Bentley to Alaska — Daniel Ward reports on the Bentley Alaska Tour 2009 / Back on the Road — Michael Ware's regular feature on reader restorations / SARA: There is Air in the Engine — In the first of this fascinating two - part account, Marc Douëzy and Nicolas Boissier describe the origins of the SARA marque / Goodwood Revival 2009 — Report by David Venables, photographs by Steve Welsh

Our publisher drove and wrote about one of the first examples in 1958, and in the July issue of The Automobile re-acquaints himself with the marque in the form of an immaculate Royal Enfield - powered B95.

But German powers that be at Bentley (the British marque is part of the Volkswagen Group) are loath to fundamentally change a car that has been such an undeniable success, as the Continental is the first Bentley ever to sell in significant numbers.

The earliest car is a 1969 Fulvia 1.6 HF, built during a time when the Turin marque was making its first foray into rallying.

It's not an enthusiast's machine, but neither is the typical Lexus, a marque — and a mark — that Buick is closer than ever to hitting with the LaCrosse, the first truly new mid-size Buick in more than twenty years.

Ana Paola Reginatto, Nissan head of EV products, tells us Nissan's Global Design team designed the livery and the company is the first Japanese marque to enter Formula E.

Fortunately, the show field at Fouesnant reminded us what was once possible in France and, we hope, possible once again: Peugeot, Renault, Citroën, and less - common domestic stalwarts like Panhard and Matra, to lesser - known marques like Salmson, Hotchkiss, and Mathis to the ultimately obscure like Léon Paulet and Chenard & Walcker (winners of the first Le Mans.)

We await a road drive of the finished product to fully experience that, but there's no doubt, based on this first taster, that this is a tremendously exciting new car and potentially a watershed moment for the marque.

First, it reconnects with the marque's storied competition heritage and racing cars such as the Birdcage.

Total production for 2006 was just 2087 cars (compared with 5000 - plus for both Ferrari and Aston Martin), yet even this figure represents a massive change of fortunes for the marque — for its first four decades it produced an average of just 250 cars per year...

We saw the concern when Porsche introduced the first Cayenne SUV: loyalists went bonkers and some predicted Porsche would suffer because they would leave the marque.

The companies first four - door automobile of the millennium carries the marque's tradition of bold style and performance.

The automaker is also the first Japanese marque to report misconduct involving fuel economy testing since Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating was discovered last year.

- For the first time in its long history Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance will spotlight Citroen as its featured marque with a display of rare coachbuilt cars.When talk turns to coachbuilt Citroens...

Bugatti's Veyron was the star attraction of the Top Marques supercar show in Monaco, where it appeared for the first time officially as the world's fastest ever production car.

It was at that time that the Acura marque was first launched in the U.S., and it has been setting new standards in automotive design and engineering ever since.

So it is with the featured marque for this year, when the world - famous concours welcomes Citroën to headline the show for the first time.

In addition to celebrating the Shelby GT350 Mustang as its special marque, this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion also will feature Formula 1 cars from 1967 to 1984 and for the first time Formula 5000 cars, fully covering the evolution of historic racing from sports cars in the 1950s to the more exotic cars in the 1960s that led to the sports racers, prototypes and formula cars of today.

Reichman, who has been a visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art since 2011 and more recently at the Tongji University in Shanghai, has just finished work on the soon - to - be-revealed DBS Superlegerra and is busy putting the finishing touches to the design of the marque's first luxury SUV, the Aston Martin DBX.

When we first drove the Haval H9 on Aussie soil back in 2016 it was obvious the up - and - coming marque was in need of a little polish.

The result was the NX, and along with styling which looked barely changed from the sharp, sexy, LF - NX concept, the production version also marked a first for Lexus, in that it was the marque's first turbocharged model.

We have started it by announcing our first performance crossover which we consider to be the ultimate practical sports car — a car that builds on the marque's founding ideals of Grace, Pace and Space to become one of the most innovative Jaguars we've ever developed.

Scheduled to be unveiled in 2021, the Lagonda SUV will be the first luxury SUV exclusively driven by zero emission powertrain technologies and will uphold all the qualities of the reinvented super-luxury marque.

The British marque's first SUV boasts a cabin easily as lavish as any of its more traditional sedans, coupes and convertibles.