Sentences with phrase «more of the sport utility»

«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.

Not exact matches

Back in 2000, when more than a 100 people died in Ford Explorers, many of them equipped with Firestone tires, there was a national debate over large sport - utility vehicles and whether they were prone to rollover.

New CEO Jim Hackett has been trying to convince investors that betting on a Ford turnaround is worth the wager by laying out a plan to get rid of slow - selling, low - margin car models and refocus the company on more lucrative sport utility vehicles and pickups.

Our tester was equipped with all - wheel - drive, and while it was fine for whatever we threw at it in the suburbs and the big city, the proclivity toward a rear - wheel bias means that the Stelvio is more for the «sport» part of SUV than the «utility» part.

Tesla is also coming out with its Model X sport - utility vehicle later this year and a more affordable Model 3 sedan in 2017, with an expected starting price of $ 35,000.

More than 75 % of Detroit's sales are trucks or sport - utility vehicles, and those typically have been sourced to local plants.

Because most concussion victims score 14 or 15 on the GCS, its primary utility is in ruling out more serious brain injuries.4 Thus,» [w] hile highly useful in the sphere of emergency response to trauma, the Glasgow Coma Scale should not be used to assess the significance of a concussion,» writes William P. Meehan, III, MD, MomsTeam concussion medicine expert emeritus and former Director of the Sports Concussion Clinic in the Division of Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, in his 2011 book, Kids, Sports, and Concussion.1

Hyundai marketing management claims Elantra GT hatchback customers are more active than its sport / utility customers, which is another way of saying the hatch customers are younger.

BMW has been billing its new - for - 2002 X5 4.6 is as the ultimate «Sports Activity Vehicle» — or what most of us still call a sport - utility vehicle.Whatever you call it, BMW's... Read more

Even in its mildest six - cylinder form, the BMW X5 is a cut above and a solid departure from the crowded field of sport utility vehicles.Although the very idea of BMW, the maker of... Read more

The 2015 GLA45 AMG may be considered the fourth AMG - tuned sport utility in Mercedes - Benz's U.S. portfolio, but like the remainder of the GLA - Class range, it shares more with Mercedes - Benz's new range of entry - level passenger cars than its SUVs.

A few years ago, when Toyota announced that by 2001 the company would have no fewer than seven sport utility vehicles - including two sold by its upscale division, Lexus - many of... Read more

With Ford Motor Co. fighting a potential deep tarnish on its new image of safety consciousness, rival General Motors Corp. — which earlier this month issued a stinging rebuttal to Ford's announcement of a plan to increase sport / utility vehicle fuel economy (see WEVTU — Aug. 1,» 00, p. 1)-- took advantage of Ford's woes by suggesting GM has more safety minded standards for tires.

Toyota, in press material that presents the latest member of its sport utility menagerie, paraphrases an old candy - bar ad: «Sometimes you feel like a truck, sometimes you don»... Read more

We traditionally think of wagons as big, just as we do pickup trucks and sport - utility... Read more

Lamborghini takes the wraps off its Urus SUV: While I'm way past being tired over the notion of a premium or luxury sport / utility that handles like a sport sedan, except it has more weight and a much higher center of gravity, at least there's some heritage here in the form of the old Lamborghini LM002.

Volvo will resuscitate its twelve - year - old, seven - passenger XC90 sport / utility flagship with a range of engines with no more than four cylinders and a plug - in hybrid version with 25 miles of electric - only range available in the all - new 2016 model.

When the RX was introduced a little more than ten years ago, there were those (including the then - editor of Automobile Magazine) who said that a vehicle that didn't hew to the sport - utility formula of rough - and - rugged, go - anywhere off - roaders wouldn't succeed.

Even taking historically low vehicle sales in Europe into consideration, worldwide demand for the iconic sport - utility resulted in record production of more than 200,000 units in 2012.

If versatility is more your preference we offer a full range of sport utility vehicles including the GLC - Class, M - Class, GL - Class, and the rugged G - Class.

The VW Golf GTI is an unmistakable sport hatchback known for its ability to take corners with force and style, but this vehicle is also equipped with a variety of utility features that can help Culver City drivers haul stuff, fit people, and get where they're going more easily.

Critical Knowledge: Completely redesigned for 2011New 8 - speed automatic transmissionSupercharged 3.0 - liter V - 6 engineLonger wheelbase increases interior roomNew all - wheel - drive systemNew electric power steeringGreen Facts: Lighter and more fuel efficientGasoline - electric hybrid powerplantAuxiliary 47 - horsepower electric motorAll - electric speeds up to 40 mphUnique hybrid «sailing» technologyIntroduction Originally launched in 2003, the Cayenne sport utility vehicle was a marked departure from the generations of Porsche sports cars that preceded it.

Jeep's all - new Grand Cherokee, with its smaller size and weight, feels a bit more car - like, but in the Cruiser's class of full - sized sport - utility vehicles, nothing else compares.

Mercedes - Benz buyers will pay more in the 1999 model year, but the company says additional standard equipment amounts to more than the price hike.According to Mercedes - Benz of North America Inc., prices of 1999 vehicles are $ 159, or 1.09 percent, less than comparably equipped cars and sport - utilities at the end of the 1998 model year.The lowest - priced model, the C230 sedan, is up $ 750 but has added a supercharged engine, traction control, leather seating inserts and a higher - grade radio.

To find out, we test - drove a 1993 Rodeo LS, a four - door, four - wheel - drive sport - utility vehicle that's roughly the same size as a Chevy S - 10 Blazer or Jeep Cherokee, both of which probably sell more units in a month than Rodeo does in a year.

The Rodeo has always been one of the more affordable sport - utilities.

- Prices: The Rodeo has good resale value, partially because the new models are more expensive and because of high demand in general for sport - utilities.

Just in case there are buyers out there who require even more power from their truck, the Turbo S adds an extra 50 horsepower and 37 lb - ft of torque to create the fastest sport - utility vehicle ever put into production.

The Jeep brand offers customers «even more» with its expansion of rugged, versatile, innovative four - wheel - drive vehicles, further solidifying its standing as the global leader in the sport - utility market.

More information about the 2014 Mercedes - Benz GLK - Class: The 2014 Mercedes - Benz GLK borrows the appearance of the automakers larger sport - utility vehicles but is actually a very manageable size for city - dwellers.

Previewing a sportier and more luxurious SUV than the Q7, the Q8 Concept combines the practicality of a sports utility vehicle with «the emotional lines of a coupé,» as Audi puts it.

Some are lightly disguised future production vehicles, while others exhibit an environmentally friendly theme.Here's a look at a few of the more interesting concept vehicles on display at the show, which closes Monday: AUDI ALLROAD QUATTROThe German automaker has been building all - wheel drive cars for years, so it's no surprise that a beefier version of the A6 station wagon is on the way.The Allroad Quattro show car uses many of the same mechanical and suspension parts as the A6 wagon but wears a sport - utility wagon body complete with large fender flares and huge tires.

Stability control has become one of the new must - have items on new vehicles, particularly sport utilities, where the higher center of gravity often makes them more susceptible to rolling over.

After a patient wait of two years, Jaguar has finally revealed the production version of the new F - Pace Sports Utility Vehicle with... Read More

But with trucks and sport - utilities accounting for more than 40 percent of new - car sales, Honda could no longer afford to farm out the work to another company.

Availability of turbodiesel models increased in the 2014 model year, as a few more manufacturers introduced passenger cars and sport utility vehicles powered by turbodiesel motors.

Volvo's new sport utility vehicle, the XC90, won Motor Trend magazine's 2003 Sport Utility of the Year Award more than a month before the first vehicles arrive at U.S. retutility vehicle, the XC90, won Motor Trend magazine's 2003 Sport Utility of the Year Award more than a month before the first vehicles arrive at U.S. retUtility of the Year Award more than a month before the first vehicles arrive at U.S. retailers.

More information about the 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan: Volkswagen is positioning the Tiguan as a sportier alternative to other vehicles its size, calling it the GTI of sport - utility vehicles.

One of the beauties of Subaru's Forester, since its introduction in 1997, has been that it drives more like a car than a sport - utility vehicle.

For 2009, the brand's legendary Go Anywhere, Do Anything ™ heritage is maintained with the addition of more interior refinement, comfort and technology in the widest range of sport - utility vehicles (SUV) under one brand.

WASHINGTON — Chrysler announced the recall of 1.6 million Jeep Grand Cherokee sport - utility vehicles Thursday in response to a series of accidents in which the vehicles unexpectedly lurched into reverse, causing at least five deaths and more than 150 injuries.

Range Rover: After the first of the year, the world's most famous luxury sport - utility vehicle will get a facelift that makes it look more like the classic, first - generation Range Rover, built from 1970 to 1995.

WASHINGTON — Chrysler announced the recall of 1.6 million Jeep Grand Cherokee sport - utility vehicles Thursday in response to a series of accidents in which the vehicles lurched into reverse, causing at least five deaths and more than 150 injuries.

Nowhere is this contrast more noticeable than the mountains around the Greenbrier, where Land Rover North America, the distributor of the British - built Land Rover and Range Rover sport - utility vehicles, last year set up its second permanent off - road driving school.

The rise of the luxury sport - utility vehicle likely will be one of the biggest trends of the 1998 model year.Every automaker that has brought out a rugged - looking but spiffed - up sport - utility vehicle has scored a solid hit this year, even if the thing can't really go off - road very well.In fact, this week's test vehicle, the stylish new RX 300 from Lexus, is more of a pretender than a contender when it comes to kicking up some serious dust off road.But that's OK - because the RX 300 was not really made for that sort of driving.

If you're looking for more utility than sport for your SUV, though, the Tiguan's small size may be a problem: At an overall length of 174.4 inches, it's 6.7 inches shorter than the Toyota RAV4, and 3.5 inches shorter than the Honda CR - V, and considerably more expensive than either.

Because most folks now prefer the more car - like ownership experience provided by crossovers, with their gentler handling and generally better EPA scores, the number of actual mainstream sport utilities — which are supported by body - on - frame construction — is barely enough to fill out a baseball team.

Advertising will stress that message - not the rugged image of more typical sport - utility marketing.

Cutting through the noise of sport utilities and electrics, Porsche dropped a bombshell at this year's Geneva Motor Show and revealed the long - rumoured 911 R. Lighter and more powerful than...

Subaru of America Inc. has released more details about the Forester, a cross between a station wagon and a sport - utility for the 1998 model year.The price target for a stripped Forester is below $ 20,000, the company said.