Sentences with phrase «new production car»

Lamborghini caught the headlines with its new lightweight Huracan last week when it revealed a Nurburgring lap time of 6:52.01, besting the Porsche 918 and setting a new production car lap record.

Ford doesn't care much for lap times and records, but it happily gloated that the Ford GT set a new production car record lap at Virginia International Raceway this week.

In the end, Pobst sets a new production car lap time with a 1:33.70 in the ZR1, more than two seconds faster than the Viper's mark of 1:35.77.

It's the car in which most new production car technologies and techniques debut.

As we continue to wait patiently for details on the new production car, let's take take a look at the history of Toyota's most noteworthy performance vehicle.

And now we know that Top Gear did get to play with the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport when Bugatti were busy setting up the car for its new production car speed record.

And thanks to the NCM's new ace driver Andy Pilgrim who is also a Corvette Hall of Fame racer, the new production car track record for the NCM Motorsports Park full 3.15 - mile Grand Full Course was set by a Corvette Racing Yellow Corvette ZR1 with a time of 2:05.59!

The move back into F1 has come after Alfa Romeo's introduction of crucial new production car models, the Stelvio and Giulia, and looks set to be the next step in the brand's rejuvenation.

Lamborghini has released data of a new production car lap record, even before the car in question has been shown to the public.

According to the show's organizers, the 2015 Detroit auto show was host to the introduction of 10 new concept cars and 45 new production cars, with a total of 5,025 credentialed journalists present and a total of 808,775 members of the public attending.

The fact that a Kia Rio appears on a list of our favorite new production cars speaks volumes: the new Rio is seriously impressive.

One of these new production cars doesn't come as much of a surprise: the Mitsubishi Mirage G4 sedan will come to the U.S. market within the next year.

These vehicles are modified to a level of detail so far beyond their original roots that they are better described as brand - new production cars and trucks rather than upgraded versions of the original.

While there were a handful of new production cars to behold, imaginative concepts were the talk of the show as manufacturers looked ahead to the future of the car industry.

The 2018 Beijing Auto Show, also known as Auto China, has just launched an array of new production cars and concepts.

Auto shows are good for getting a look at snazzy concepts and shiny new production cars, but they're also great for the information that comes out of interviews with executives and the little tidbits they let slip — like this hint at a future hot hatch version of the new five - door Chevy Cruze.

The list of new production cars and concepts had something for everyone, from high tech concept cars like the Mercedes IAA and mind - blowing hypercars like the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo to the new Vauxhall Astra, Renault Megane and many other production models that will be on the roads in a matter of months.

Here are some of the top concept vehicles from the show, as well as some new production cars, trucks and sport utes.

Other future plans for the division include the Scion iM debut at the Los Angeles auto show next month and two new production cars scheduled to be unveiled at the New York Auto Show.

Not exact matches

South Korea - based Kia Motors (kimtf) last year started production at a new plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, while sister firm Hyundai Motor (hymtf) will begin making cars at Kia's Mexico plant this year.

However, current and former employees say that Tesla leverages its remanufacturing group to deal with new car production problems, which is unusual.

Tesla's Model 3 production problems were first revealed in early October when the automaker reported it had produced just 260 of its new Model 3 electric cars in the third quarter and delivered only 220.

Tesla's production problems were revealed in early October when the automaker reported it had produced just 260 of its new Model 3 electric cars in the third quarter, of which it delivered 220.

And with traditional automakers slow to cannibalize their combustion engine vehicles, he thinks it's going to be hard for them catch up to on electric, despite the production problems plaguing Tesla's new Model 3 sedan, its first vehicle aimed at the mass car - buying market.

This typically indicates an automaker is building the cars on production equipment to test the manufacturing process and the new vehicle.

Both still remain possible, but it all depends on whether this is the last production delay and how much quicker Tesla can get new cars rolling off the lines following it.

But if the production rate increases significantly afterwards and because of it, then the temporary lack of new cars will be worth it.

Given that annual new vehicle production is approaching 100 million per year and the global fleet is approximately 2 billion cars, it is impossible for Tesla to build electric cars fast enough to address the carbon crisis.

Last week, Musk said cars currently in production — which include the Model S, Model X, and future Model 3 — will be built with new hardware to allow them to be fully driverless, pending further software validation and regulatory approval.

Regulators have given Mercedes - Benz a license to test the new E-Class standard - production cars in autonomous mode, announced the company's parent company Daimler (ddaif) AG at CES, an annual consumer electronics industry trade show in Las Vegas.

Musk's latest noisy antics sank Tesla's stock nearly 7 per cent in New York on Thursday (Friday AEST), as investors fretted about the billionaire innovator's failure to address Tesla's high debt and under shooting of car production targets.

He also joked to employees they would be going through «production hell» to meet demand for the new car.

When VW threatened to transfer the production of new cars to cheaper locations such as Portugal, new flexible hours and pay were negotiated with the IG Metall union, along with performance targets and training schemes.

Tesla and scores of others from traditional automakers to technology firms are all competing for a slice of China's fast - growing new - energy vehicle market as the country looks to impose tough new tariffs to encourage production of «green» cars.

If I were to set up a car dealership selling new luxury cars at 40 % below the cost of production I would very quickly build massive revenues and quickly become the biggest dealership in the country.

But today Mr Brown said BMW's decision to choose the UK for the production of the new Mini - and to switch building the car's petrol engines from Brazil to Warwickshire - proved the country's manufacturing industry was alive and well.

Honda will receive a small credit for producing CNG cars under the new fuel economy rules for 2017 - 2025 but in the meantime intends to keep production steady at around 2,000 to 3,000 at its plant in Greensburg, Ind..

«Carbon fibers are a key construction material for the automotive industry of the 21st century and will change the way we develop and build cars,» said Norbert Reithofer, BMW's CEO and board chairman, upon announcing the new production facility.

«Previously, polystyrene models of the new car types were therefore sent through the production line to determine bottlenecks and other obstacles,» Nüchter says.

Volkswagen AG plans 15 new - energy models over 3 - 5 years, its China chief told a green car conference in Beijing on Saturday, predicting - like the government - that Chinese production of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles would grow almost six times to 2 million annually by 2020.

Ford, the second largest U.S. automaker, showed off its Fusion Energi plug - in hybrid and promised to start production of a new Focus EV that it expects to be «the first five - passenger, all - electric car to achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel efficiency rating.»

These new photos show us some great production design work including massive cars, a creepy mask, and gloves with knives.

Toyota is rushing to increase production capacity for the new Prius c hatchback, as demand for the hybrid car soars both in the U.S. and Japan.

Last week, Jaguar Land Rover confirmed that all new production models launched after 2020 would feature some form of electrification, from mild hybrids to full battery electric cars.

The e-tron Sportback will follow on from the equally production - ready e-tron quattro, which is set to hit showrooms in 2018, and will sit alongside that car in Audi's new range of e-tron electric cars.

We also reported on the new car's range of inline - six engines a while back, though we don't yet know production details for these new powertrains.

It's said to be the first production car to feature elements of new design language previewed by recent Renault concepts, including the Dezir supercar.

Created to dominate on the international race circuit, new sanctions imposed by the FIA required a small run of street - legal production cars before it could set wheel on the starting line.

Alpina has launched the new 173mph D3 Bi-Turbo, which the company is calling the «World's fastest diesel production car».

Expect the good times to continue to roll over the next year as eager buyers snap up early production of the all - new pony car.