Sentences with phrase «model test car»

But the basic silhouette is the same, at least in our coupe model test car.

Not exact matches

So while the autonomous technology is still evolving, Ford wants to test its new business model centered around logistics so that it can lay the groundwork for a new era shaped by self - driving cars at the company.

In addition a car model certified as compliant in one EU country must be accepted as compliant in all others — a situation that can lead to shopping for the most lenient testing service.

BMW AG's new U.S. subscription pilot will put drivers into the brand's top performance cars for as much as $ 3,700 a month as the German automaker tests a new ownership model with its most exclusive customers.

I've never tested a Camry that has lane - recognition, a feature that has been around a long time in Infiniti cars and other models.

As AR glasses gain mass adoption, automakers will be able to capitalize on their investments in digital reality and models by letting prospective buyers customize and virtually test drive cars before stepping onto the dealer's showroom floor.

Fisher admitted, though, that in complaining about the instrument panel he was getting picky about a car Consumer Reports owns and will likely continue to test, as Tesla improves the Model S with over-the-air software updates in the future.

The product testing agency on Thursday gave the new, high - performance P85D version of the automaker's Model S a rating of 100 — a perfect score — calling it «the best - performing car that Consumer Reports has ever tested.»

The latest: Tesla's Model S was awarded the highest safety rating of any car ever tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

«After verifying through internal testing that the Model S would achieve a NHTSA 5 - star rating, Tesla then analyzed the Model S to determine the weakest points in the car and retested at those locations until the car achieved 5 stars no matter how the test equipment was configured,» the company said in a release.

In May, Consumer Reports also gave the Model S a glowing assessment, calling it the best car it has tested.

A structural equations model is developed and empirically tested using a sample of new car buyers.

Moreover, of all the cars that NHTSA has ever tested, Model S and Model X scored as the two cars with the lowest probability of injury.

While IIHS and dozens of other private industry groups around the world have methods and motivations that suit their own subjective purposes, the most objective and accurate independent testing of vehicle safety is currently done by the U.S. government, which found Model S and Model X to be the two cars with the lowest probability of injury of any cars that it has ever tested, making them the safest cars in history.»

A new set of crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety questions Tesla «s claim that the Model S is the safest car in history.

According to the Insurance Institute, the head of the crash test dummy in the Model S slammed into the steering wheel, which is why IIHS only gave the popular electric car an «acceptable» rating in the small overlap test.

Instead, you go to a car showroom and buy a tried and test model that is manufactured by experts.

The model won multiple awards, including being recognized as the «safest car ever tested» by the NHTSA and the «Best car ever tested» by Consumer Reports.

U.S. environmental regulators have ordered additional testing to verify gas mileage on the five models Mitsubishi sells in the U.S., including three cars and two SUVs.

Using wind - tunnel tests and computer modeling, Newman and Borland determine the car's setup even before they arrive at the track.

Even though this car seat has not been tested by Healthy Stuff, other popular Britax models fall in the moderate level of toxicity concern.

Virtual Simulation Virtual Simulation involves digitally created car seat models and anthropomorphic testing devices (ATDs or child crash - test dummies).

«Out of 84 model - year 2016 and 2017 vehicles tested in our Car Seat Checks, only six have made the Cars.com Car Seat Honor Roll,» said Jennifer Newman, Cars.com managing editor of news.

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All current and previous car seat models are tested for chemical compliance by independent laboratories.

This car seat is the heaviest of the models tested, but this isn't really an issue once the seat is installed.

The stroller has been upgraded from previous models, however the car seat remains tried, tested, and true and is the same version that was available the year before.

Latest tests show that new diesel models emit less nitrous oxides than petrol cars (between TWO and SIX times less, depending)...

In preliminary test runs, Kai Pfister has managed to demonstrate that this new diesel fuel can actually power a model car.

The researchers focused on automobiles, testing their theoretical model with data from new - car transactions in the premium midsize sedan category between 2001 and 2005.

The Tesla Model S remains a car that garnered the highest safety rating possible from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in testing earlier this year.

«If you want to test public reaction to the next generation of iPhones, or to a new model of car, you can use the same approach to see what consumers like or don't like.

As of October 2017, newly launched car models will have to pass more stringent exhaust gas tests in the EU and in Switzerland.

And that mostly, Chileans want to «try Gringas» in the same way, he states, that one would want to test drive a new model car.

I tend to be a little Potter Stewart when it comes to handling models in racing sims, but Project Cars 2 passes my test with flying colors.

Our Tech Team members offered the following tips for your computer shopping trip: * Ask friends and colleagues for recommendations and try out several brands and models, just as you might test drive different cars before purchasing one.

With both the 17 - and 18 - inch wheels on the three test models I drove over the course of a week, the car looked sporty, vaguely European and attractive in both body styles.

Some of that joy is felt here, but with a $ 18,860 starting price — my test car's sticker hovered near $ 23,000, and that didn't include navigation — it doesn't come close to the experience of driving a performance - oriented model like the Honda Civic Si or Mazda3 s, and it barely manages to hold its own against its competitors» non-performance base models.

The car was great but I wanted to be sure about my choice and Suditi generously encouraged me to test drive every model I wanted to consider.

Currently, the Los Angeles Police Department is testing two of Tesla's Model S P85Ds as potential police cars.

BYD is also looking at making inroads in the U.S. — it showed its S6 and F3 models at last year's Detroit show, has begun discussions to sell its cars to Hertz for its fleet in New York City, andopened a service center near Los Angeles for the test fleet of cars currently being used by the City of Los Angeles Housing Authority.

Our car had all - wheel drive, and Hyundai hasn't published 0 - 60 times for any but the rear - drive model, so we'll have to wait until we can test it for ourselves to find out.

The Hybrid's combined figure was only 3 mpg higher than the V - 6 model, and the car's mild hybrid system achieved only 22 mpg in our brief, real - world test drive.

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) was studying European diesel cars and discovered the on - road emissions of some models were notably higher than those measured in lab testing.

When I test drove this car I knew I found the right model.

The 3.2 FSI Quattro automatic is the priciest, most potent, and most sophisticated version of the new model range at launch — especially when it is fitted, as was our test car, with high - tech options such as Drive Select, dynamic steering, switchable dampers, lane assist (departure warning), side assist (rearview blind spot detection), adaptive cruise control, adaptive headlights (swiveling xenons), and eighteen - inch wheels shod with 245 / 40 YR -18 Michelin Pilot Sport tires.

We tested a 328i luxury line model as a Four Seasons car and appreciated the power and pace from its turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - banger.

Still, there are some nice elements in the interior, notably in Corolla models with the more expensive trim, such as our test car.

Something we don't often get to test, though, is the base model's audio control system and multimedia interface, which came in our SE EcoBoost test car.

The Soul isn't a bad car, but it isn't sporty, despite the fact that our test car was the sport model.