Sentences with phrase «midsize car platform»

The new Cruze is the first model to adopt GM's new global compact midsize car platform.

That's because Mr. Schaum is leading a program to merge Chrysler small and midsize car platforms — those used for the Dodge Neon, Dodge Stratus and Chrysler Sebring — with the underpinnings from Mitsubishi's Lancer and Galant.

Not exact matches

But a partnership between Toyota and BMW to share a new midsize sports - car platform dubbed «Silk Road» should give the project a solid foundation.

Using the Tipo would be consistent with CEO Sergio Marchionne's vocal commitment to cut capital expenditures by building as many compact and midsize cars as he can off of existing platforms.

Toyota will begin to roll out the new platforms with the launch of a midsize, front - wheel drive car on TNGA this year, with extensive plans for other models in the near future.

Volvo's SPA large - car platform is sized at, and priced just a bit below, the midsize Mercedes - Benz E - and GLE - Classes, or perhaps more appropriately, the Audi A6 / Q7.

That's where this car comes in: the new - for - 2014 Ghibli (pronounced «GEE - blee,» with a hard «g» like «giddy»), a midsize luxury sport sedan based on a Chrysler - sourced, rear - wheel - drive platform.

It's clear that all next - generation Peugeot, Citroen, DS, Opel and Vauxhall models will share common platforms, generally in the subcompact, compact and midsize car and SUV categories, plus delivery vans.

It was redesigned last year on a larger platform shared with the Buick LaCrosse, which moved it from our midsize - car class to the large - car category.

The 2019 Volkswagen Jetta made its debut at the Detroit auto show a month ago, sharing the MQB platform with the latest VW models like the Arteon and the Atlas, as well as representing the latest in VW design language for its small and midsize passenger cars.

Although the Volvo Concept You has rear - opening «suicide doors» at the back, the platform is said to be the basis for all - new large and midsize Volvo cars in what's called «scalable platform architecture.»

A source familiar with the automaker's plans said Dodge would use a lower - cost version of the platform as a basis for the next Charger performance sedan, Challenger sports car, Journey midsize SUV and Durango large SUV.

Maserati would use an upgraded version of the platform on all its models, including the next Quattroporte and Ghibli sedans, GranTurismo and Alfieri sports cars and possibly for a midsize SUV to sit below the Levante, the source said.

The all - new 2018 Kia Stinger is a platform that will offer the space and features of a midsize sedan combined with the performance of a European - built sports car.

The XT4 shares the Malibu's E2 platform, a midsize car.

«What we see now is more of the sport utility vehicle [and] crossover vehicles are built on car platforms, and they get much better vehicle economy, in fact there isn't much penalty between a midsize sedan and a compact sport utility,» Michelle Krebs, senior analyst with Autotrader, told Automotive News.

And it is a FWD platform car with a transverse layout seeking Corvette pricing with power of a midsize sedan.

It shares the same mid-sized car platform as the 2015 Nissan Pulsar, but unlike its Japanese cousin, the French hatchback is quite exciting to look at thanks to the brand's new design DNA, which debuted on the Talisman midsize sedan.

The four - door model not only uses a different platform that the sports car — based on that of the midsize E-Class — but it also looks a bit different front and rear.