Sentences with phrase «niche vehicle»

This has put them in a unique position where their range is now associated with a set of niche vehicles priced similarly and with the kind of same value propositions.

The smaller parties are niche vehicles for protest voters.

But niche vehicles age quickly, particularly when they receive minimal attention over a nine - year span.

Niche player The Fortwo has always been a bit of niche vehicle in the U.S., primarily adopted by urban iconoclasts.

I personally would never buy an X5M, mostly because I don't have $ 100,000 to spare for what is a very niche vehicle.

Mr. Jackson says electronic damping has been attempted on other low - volume niche vehicles, often with limited success.

This does not spell disaster, as niche vehicles are often bypassed.

«We're concentrating on the segments that we're already in,» the Volkswagen representative told us, conceding that, «there's no reason why we can't offer more niche vehicles» in the future.

The i3 is not exactly profitable, the i8 is a high - end niche vehicle, and the i5 aims to split the difference by being a highly efficient but not astronomically expensive four - seat, four - door notchback.

Volkswagen's New Beetle may have lost its head - turning cachet years ago, a condition that afflicts funky niche vehicles (PT Cruiser, Mini Cooper, et al) once they become familiar...

In a car market that's been fragmented by the arrival of countless niche vehicles, one sector has been left largely untouched: the executive estate crossover market.

Sure, the FAST is still a long way off with the official launch to take place sometime in 2015, but these extensive testing sessions can only mean one thing: BMW wants this new niche vehicle it's creating to make a major impact on today's unforgiving market.

Note that the S - 10 is soon due for a styling remake, and SSR could be a low - volume, high - profit niche vehicle in the S - 10 stable.

We could have featured the S60 Cross Country, a compact sedan with all - wheel drive and a raised ride height, a kind of crossover wannabe with a trunk, but that's a real niche vehicle.

Our Opinion: I think I've finally figured out BMW's nonsensical car naming strategy: Product planners have decided it doesn't matter what the car is called, as long as it represents the perfect niche vehicle for a particular customer at the moment that customer walks into a BMW dealership.

Would it be the weird niche vehicle for you, if it was just a bit bigger and a bit posher?

Only 18 months ago it was common to hear Toyota's pioneering Prius hybrid joked about as a funny - looking niche vehicle with which Hollywood stars could painlessly flaunt their green credentials.

It's admirable that Honda keeps offering the Civic CNG, a car that's built in America and relies on American supplies of natural gas, but until there is a reliable, widespread infrastructure to support it and a larger, more well - informed consumer base creating more demand, it will remain a very niche vehicle.

But the real reason Venture has invested more than $ 10 million in the Series 1 project is to become a manufacturer of niche vehicles.

Of the concept vehicles, the Dodge Viper appears to be the most likely candidate to be produced in some version as a low - volume niche vehicle.

GMC had planned the Typhoon as a low - volume, niche vehicle for affluent «toy collectors,» and intended to build 3,000 during the 1992 model year.

Alternatives like hedge, private equity and venture capital funds were relatively secretive, niche vehicles for a privileged group of wealthy individuals and big institutions.

It's a niche vehicle: not many people need three locking differentials and leather seats and a wood steering wheel.

A Jeep capable of warp speeds may still be a niche vehicle, but considering the SRT8's tenacity and tractability, it's a niche worth being in.

Contrast the «performance» aspect of a niche vehicle like a Tesla, vs. the «eco» effciency of a vehicle like the Prius.

When Toyota decided to make a production version of what had originally been a concept vehicle, we celebrated the fact that this traditionally conservative automaker was willing to do something different, to build what was and is obviously a niche vehicle.

«The GTI is still a niche vehicle, but our plan for Golf is to focus in part on marketing initiatives,» VW of America product manager Mark Gillies told Automobile in an interview.

The X6 is a very niche vehicle.

There is a silver lining when the cars start to age, however, as these niche vehicles remain on dealer forecourts longer than more popular models and start to be offered with increasingly tempting finance offers just to shift them out of stock.

Sitting alongside the Grand Coupe models, and the X6 and X4 coupe SUVs, the GTs round out BMW's line in niche vehicles.

My conclusion on the SUV is that it is truly a niche vehicle but it is nowhere near an every day truck.

It's a niche vehicle, and an unexpectedly — at least to me — polarizing one at that.

Being more of a niche vehicle, the X4 comes in just two trims.

Speaking about the news, Dante Zilli - Jeep Brand boss for Europe, Middle East and Africa - told Car Throttle: «It's a very niche vehicle, it's going to be a few people [buying it].

We believe when buying any car that knowledge is power, but let's face it, the Corvette is a niche vehicle and some dealers know more about the new C7 than others.

This choice relegated it to niche vehicle.

The second - generation unit has been developed with partial funding from the Niche Vehicle Network and was shortlisted for an SMMT Automotive Innovation award in 2012.

There is plenty of money to be made in niche vehicles, and Mercedes is one of the best at finding those tiny gaps in the market to fill with its products.

The new Mini Cooper is a niche vehicle in India, but at its price point, it goes up against Mercedes - Benz GLA, BMW X1, and Audi Q3.

As for the SSR, it's a niche vehicle, with styling inspired by a 1953 Chevy pickup.

«It is too much of a niche vehicle and difficult to sell,» he said.

Positioned as a crossover SUV, the niche vehicle has garnered a cult following in India as well due to its premium looks and supreme driving dynamics.

So, Chrysler decided to take the Prowler down the Viper route and build it as a low - volume, niche vehicle.