Sentences with word «microcar»

Daihatsu has long produced efficient microcars for the Japanese K - car (kei jidosha) market, and on Asian soil, the marque has a surprisingly large cult following.

It has entered into the sparsely - populated American microcar segment with bright colors, surprisingly good driving dynamics, and a big smile.

A car as shiny and vulnerable as the Veyron is constantly under attack from swarms of scooters, flocks of microcars on steroids, and shoals of taxis, delivery vans, and trucks.

The Mercedes - backed company is about to unveil an all - new version of its Smart Fortwo microcar that keeps its predecessor's best - loved characteristics — including the all - important 2.69 m overall length — but adds big - car features that even Smart lovers never thought they'd see.

This Transformable Special Series 2 is a rare Italian microcar.

Daimler - owned microcar manufacturer Smart began as the brain - child of Swatch watch founder Nicolas Hayek.

Diminutive but Electrifying The Toyota FT - EV electric car concept that debuted at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show is based on the platform of the 57 MPG Toyota iQ microcar that recently went on sale in Europe and that is apparently already a hit in

Based on the T25 and T27 microcar designs, which feature a 51 - hp 660 - cc Mitsubishi I - 3 engine and 340 - hp electric Zytec engine, respectively, the Motiv.e concept will also utilize GMD's patented iStream manufacturing technology.

It is one of a horde of Japanese microcars that are that country's main staple of transportation.

In Flower power, Giles Chapman remembers the enterprising brothers Neville and Raymond Flower, who gifted the Frisky microcar to the world and came very close to putting Egypt on wheels

The Smart Fortwo, the only microcar in the U.S. market, missed because of its head restraints.

The ForTwo measures 14 inches shorter from bumper to bumper, but other microcars — like the Mini Cooper and the Fiat 500 — are more than a foot longer.

Until the company hits its goal of 65,000 total preorders, early adopters can reserve one of the podracer - like microcars for a locked price of $ 7,000.

Having to give up your racing line to zig zag around some F rank microcar is a lot harder than it seems.

He also services and restores relics ranging from spunky Honda motorcycles to rusted - out pickup trucks, from a stumpy Subaru microcar to a luscious D - type Jag.

It seems that Gordon Murray Design (GMD) has finally found a development partner with which to license its innovative microcar designs, as Yamaha unveiled the Motiv.e city car concept at the 2013 Tokyo auto show.

Microcars seem to be excellent illustrators of this adage.

Olé communion: Austerity and the aeronaut — Gabriel Voisin's prescient microcar Reg Winstone uncovers the story of the Biscooter and its inventive creator / Percy Lambert: Going for 110 miles in the hour?

In spite of its goofy appearance and relatively impractical design, it remains one of the best - selling microcars of all time, with over 161,000 units sold.

For example, three microcars including a 1959 Autobianchi Bianchina ($ 37,400), a 1971 Fiat Jolly tribute car ($ 41,800), and a 1957 BMW Isetta ($ 57,200).

Although it's actually competent from a 1950s microcar perspective, the Isetta simply can't be taken seriously, and that sense of mirth is what makes it so appealing.

You might not be able to tell from the goofy appearance, but this is one of the most desirable microcars ever made.

The concours loosened its definition of «classic» a bit and hosted its first hot rods and a special microcars class in 1997.

iQ WHAT smart - sized microcar that squeezes four seats into a vehicle barely ten feet long.

Renzo Rivolta was highly successful in manufacturing — heaters, refrigerators, scooters, Isetta microcars — in the immediate postwar period.

Previously, Mitsubishi confirmed that the eK Wagon and eK Space microcars, and their rebadged Nissan Dayz and Dayz Roox counterparts, had deceptive fuel economy figures.

Elsewhere, Suzuki's lineup is somewhat whackier, primarily as the brand is a huge player in Japan's kei - jidosha microcar market.

While the Bianchina was just one of the many fascinating European microcars that were available during the «50s and «60s, it was an unqualified success.

I got a chance to test a Gator 825i, and while this little Chery engine might not be much fun in their Chinese microcars, in the Gator, it flies.

While vastly improved in drivability in comparison to its predecessor thanks to a new six - speed dual - clutch automatic, the funky microcar is still cramped inside — at least for those of us on the plus side of six feet — and it's choppy over patched roads.

The 2017 Mitsubishi i - MiEV is an all - electric microcar, based on a Japanese - market gasoline - powered version.

In an interview with Rushlane, Bonito Chhabria, Director of DC Design has divulged that the DC Tia microcar will launch in the Indian market within 12

For the first time ever, winners represent every class of vehicle the Institute tests except microcars.

And with a move later this year to electric vehicles only, the prospects of Daimler AG's microcar brand are about...

It took the Germans nearly three decades to develop their first luxury car, the 501 (followed by the V -8-powered 502), also known as the «Baroque Angel,» but they sold it alongside microcars and economy cars such as the Isetta, 600, and 700 in order to stay afloat due to the financial hardship the company experienced in the late 1950s.

- Rover Group Ltd.'s Mini, its emblematic microcar first designed in 1957, could be revamped to come in a four - door version after 2000.

The IIHS broke down the results into 12 categories ranging from microcars up to large SUVs.

The only other premium microcar out there is the Smart ForTwo, a which is 12 inches shorter than the iQ and gets 44 mpg.

None of the bumpers on seven mini and microcars IIHS recently tested earns the top rating of good, and most are rated poor.

Scion's microcar technically can seat four, but two is the actual number if comfort counts.

The environmentally conscious set can check out the Panto microcar, while those looking to roll with their Crew in more ostentatious style can add the massive 3 - axel, 6 - seater Dubsta to their fleet.

For example, there is already a market for luxury microcars, and any motor geek will tell you there are bigger cars that can be bought for the price of a MIni or a Smart.

Finally, Mycelium is like a small two - person microcar that are so popular in Vienna.

They came away from the February announcement planning to stick with Smart sales even though low fuel prices and waning demand for small cars make it tough timing for the electric - microcar segment now.

The Silicon Valley search engine monolith is in the midst of rolling out 100 self - driving prototypes — quirky little electric vehicles looking like a cross between a Volkswagen Beetle and a Smart Fortwo microcar.

Lot # 703 - The Transformable Special, Series 2 is a rare Italian microcar that was only produced from 1959 to 1961.

Toyota «s iQ microcar will get a fully electric version in 2011, the Japanese automaker has confirmed.