Sentences with phrase «marques like»

The premium - compact class is full of cars that let staid marques like Mercedes and Lexus embrace the inner child a little bit.

While the German big three now seem content to give up on driving dynamics to play on their history, image and killer lease deals for sales, marques like the CTS, Infiniti Q70 and Lexus GS are left to play in the sportier end of the sandbox.

In 1997 the FIA decided to take over the newly popular BPR Global GT Series that featured marques like Porsche, Panoz and BMW.

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.)

Britain has a rich pedigree of motor sports and sports car history, and there are discerning fans the world over that covet a true British sports car like a McLaren, as an alternative to the over-popular, over-brash marques like Ferrari and Lambo.

Not that such a strategy should come as a surprise from a marque like Bentley.

That's a relatively small number in the grand scheme of things, but a huge amount for an ultra-premium, small - volume marque like Bentley.

If you're a luxury marque like Bentley, and you want to find a hook to bring in the punters, what better way than delivering a special edition inspired by the -LSB-...]

When a marque like Mercedes - Benz offers a hybrid version of its most prestigious model, you know hybrid powertrains are indeed a «thing».

Anyway, there were talks of this, but Hyundai has come out and informed media that yes there was an internal study done on the feasibility of acquiring a luxury marque like Jaguar from Ford Motor Co but it was ruled out because Hyundai decided it needed to focus on expanding production instead.

The car features what the British marque likes to call «the most opulent interior of any luxury car,» and has used silk to achieve the same.

Not exact matches

The Jetta — like at least 14 other so - called Clean Diesel models sold by Volkswagen Group under its VW, Audi, and Porsche marques from 2008 to 2015 — was actually the automotive equivalent of Piltdown Man.

FIFA like talk here but maybe if we got Milner and khedira on a free then went for hummels for 35m in the summer as our big money marque buy!

I still have the feeling that Arsenal is looking for a marque signing but like always it is what we can get rather than what we need!

He also had 40 blocked shots, a figure surpassed by only four other guards — Clyde Drexler, Julius Erving, Michael Cooper and Marques Johnson, who are more like forwards — and totaled more minutes per game than all but three NBA backcourt men.

It doesn't look like we'll get a marque signing like Lew or Greisman but I'm feeling much better about the rest of the season.

Where once trod the glorious likes of Lew Alcindor, Bill Walton, Marques Johnson and even Bill Sweek, now floundered a guard named Montel Hatcher, who shot 1 for 10; a 173 - pound forward named Reggie Miller, who plays second fiddle to his sister (USC's Olympian, Cheryl) and snatched two rebounds in 33 minutes; and a reserve named Chun - Hai (Tony) Wang, who received a huge ovation, possibly because he refrained from using his martial arts expertise on DePaul.

«A Ph.D. is 4 years of intensive work and intense determination to work, but... it is very rewarding if you like research and if you like what you are doing,» says Marques.

Famously denim - centric brands like Ellery, Marques» Almeida and Acne Studios ditched the material in favor of a more grown - up (read: suiting - heavy) aesthetic.

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Instead, it feels like it serves to remind viewers that there's a world outside of these four and their kidnapped Marques — a bulk of the movie takes place in the loft where they're holding him.

No other marque had got to grips with the new rules in anything like the same way, and it would take years for a convincing challenger to appear beyond Lancia's fast but fragile LC2.

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.

But despite the BMW 2002's undeniable spunk, it looked like a shoebox on wheels, and it didn't confer much cachet on the marque.

This time we travelled to rural North Yorkshire with a group of like - minded readers / Auto - biography: Joy Rainey — Matthew Bell talks to one of the fastest women in motor sport about her life behind the wheel and her epic transcontinental journeys / Brasier, part two — Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges concludes his Brasier study, focussing on the racing cars, powerboats and tractors of the marque's later years / St James's Concours of Elegance — This concours in the heart of London continues to grow in popularity and quality.

The 2017 Infiniti Q30 is intended to help the luxury marque expand its sales appeal both in the U.S. and in Europe and will take on cars like the Audi A3 and Mercedes - Benz CLA / GLA.

Based loosely on the BMW M2, it's not dissimilar to some of the marque's «Hommage» cars, in this instance looking like a modern interpretation of the «batmobile» CSL and wearing the iconic BMW Motorsport colours.

Aimed directly at rivals like the Mercedes GLE Coupe and BMW X6, the Q8 will act as Audi's new flagship SUV sitting atop the German marque's growing SUV portfolio.

The fear is that, like the current turbocharged Renault Sport 200 Clio, the magic, poise and tenacity that's given the marque its reputation won't make it into the new car.

Like Acura, Lexus, and Infiniti before it, the Genesis Division is Hyundai's new premium marque, no unsightly residue of budget Accents and Elantras sharing the brand name.

1925 O.M. Restored — David Hawtin writes about a fine four - cylinder example of this Italian marque / Street racing at Avignon — Toby Ross caught the action on film from behind the straw bales / Hill - climbs at Staxton and Foxhills — A.B. Demaus continues his series on pre-war hill - climb locations / Basil Davenport: hill - climb hero — The story of this outstandingly successful driver is told by Alan Brierly / Austins Alvises and other automobiles — The Editor's latest monthly Excursion involves his own Austin 7 and other interesting vehicles / Rallying in France — Malcolm Elder tells what it was like to take part in the Coupe des Pyrenees / Diary of a dilettante — Tom Threlfall reports on events at Shelsley Walsh Oulton Park and Silverstone / Sightings in Argentina and Brazil — Alvaro Casal Tatlock reports on old carsspotted in small towns in South America.

A Bentley SUV might have seemed like heresy just a couple of years ago, but now it seems more obvious to this brand than to other ultra-luxury marques entering the fray.

Much like the marque's sports and saloon cars, the Turbo has wider rear tyres compared to the front.

BMW was built on this breed of driver's car, inciting in drivers like Butrico a lifelong passion for the marque.

No car illustrates both the peril and payoff of a luxury marque raiding the corporate parts bin quite like the Lexus ES.

While DS sees historical models like the Citroen SM as important — a car that didn't carry DS badging of course, but undoubtedly an inspirational car for the newly - formed marque — a dedicated high - performance model is not on the company's agenda.

In many respects they don't feel like McLarens at all — certainly not the McLarens we've become familiar with since the Woking marque returned to road - car manufacture in 2011.

But then I do not like the exterior of Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, 2007 model on, very dull looking (only Repsol paint saves it, but now Honda destroyed even the repsol paint by adding Marques 93 number on it, what if I do not like Marques and do not want to be associated with the guy?).

The flat floor and diffuser on the Renault Sport - developed Alpine mean that there is no need for any other wings or spoilers, and the body will remain uncluttered much like the marque's A110 from the 1960s and 70s.

And, like the DB11, the Continental GT Speed seems «retro» - an older presentation by a marque that doesn't sell many cars.

Lexus is suffering like all luxury marques but hasn't slowed plans for growing its portfolio with two new models: the IS C convertible and the HS250h hybrid.

For like - minded car owners, the car corrals are the ideal way to celebrate and receive premier parking with your marque.

The negative reaction to Aston Martin «s Lagonda concept car at the Geneva Auto Show two years ago might have seemed like the end of a plan to revive the marque, but the British luxury automaker is ready to prove doubters wrong, with CEO Ulrich Bez now confirming the new sub-brand has been given the green...

The shapely interpretation of the marque's signature waterfall grille is flanked by jewel - like projector - beam headlamps, while the taut sheetmetal is athletic, graceful and upscale American with a touch of Lexus.

It started as an upscale sub-brand, it evolved into a standalone luxury marque, and it now it looks like it is aspiring to become a maker of exclusively electrified premium cars.

With a shapely new interpretation of the marque's signature waterfall grille between jewel - like projector - beam headlamps, its look is athletic, graceful and upscale American with a touch of Lexus.

Audi is one of those marques that's usually at the forefront of car technology, coming out with interesting stuff like a fingerprint reader for added security, an infotainment system accepting commands from a tablet that recognizes handwriting, and installing those sweet Bang & Olufsen audio systems where the tweeters rise up out of the dashboard.

Like all Aston Martins, the Rapide has undergone the marque's strict and rigorous testing programme to ensure the required levels of quality, durability, performance and dynamics are met.

Just like its brand philosophy, Dacia's approach to new model launches is budget - oriented — which is normal since we're dealing with a low - cost marque.

It was exactly what the marque needed and gave Jaguar a credible rival to German cars like the Audi A6, BMW 5 Series and Mercedes E-Class, as well as models from further afield like the Lexus GS.