Sentences with phrase «not on production cars»

If teams like Corvette, Aston Martin, and Porsche must build cars based on race machinery and not on production cars, the costs will soar and eventually the class will suffer.

While the cars are powered by the 20B rotary engines, the car is in fact built on a tube frame chassis and not on the production car.

Not exact matches

The production ramp on the Model 3 mass - market car isn't going according to plan (But don't panic, Tesla says!)

Tesla has consistently fallen short of its promises on car production and has promised in the past it would not need to raise funds, before doing just that.

The second generation of its first ever production car released in 2008, the Tesla Roadster, will not only be the company's quickest accelerating car in its fleet, but also the world's quickest on many levels.

Responding to this news, Mr Osborne said: «Pleading with international oil companies to increase production is all well and good but surely the simplest thing that Gordon Brown could do now is say that he will not go ahead with his ill - conceived plans to put taxes up on family cars.»

Alan Silvestri's score is buoyed up with rousing martial fanfares, and Rick Heinrich's production design doesn't stint on classic cars or laboratories that are wall - to - wall dials and levers.

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.

One of the most extraordinary and beautiful cars ever to reach production, the world's first hypercar (hitting close to 220mph while the McLaren F1 was still climbing off the drawing board) was vilified at its birth in 1992, by those who'd put down a deposit on its original # 361,000 price (which would rise to over # 400,000 by launch), for not having the 500bhp V12 engine, four - wheel drive and scissor doors promised in the concept and, at nearly 7ft wide, being too big for British roads.

This large, dramatic coupe is a real concept car, not a production car in the making, but it does express Cadillac's on - going development of a full - size ultra-luxury model in the style of the Bentley Continental GT Speed and the Rolls - Royce Wraith.

The race car's lithium - ion batteries are said to be similar to production EVs, but won't have enough juice to get to the top on a single charge.

The top 2 don't exactly count, they are one off cars that no one can buy, not production at all, and not even registered by official lists, they are included on race lists in which they are pretty far down the list.

While it's not clear what a production model would look like, the ATS concept boasted sheetmetal based on GM's «Art & Science» design philosophy, which is showcased on the Cadillac Converj concept car displayed at the 2009 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

We'll most likely see these elements in production form when the next - generation XC90 launches later this year, but seeing how gorgeous they look on a bonafide wagon, we can't wait for this style to come back on other cars, perhaps a new V70.

The stylish Volvo C30 three - door hatch may be on its way out after a six - year model run, but the production manifestation of the 2001 Volvo SCC concept car won't be soon forgotten.

Pricing for the McLaren P13 — the name will not be used on the production car — is expected to start at the equivalent of $ 200,000.

What isn't speculation, however, is that after the deal fell through, De Tomaso named his next production car, which was loosely based on the P70, the Mangusta.

All of this performance potential combined earlier this year to set a blistering lap time of 7 minutes, 50 seconds on the challenging Nürburgring racetrack, beating the previous front - wheel - drive production lap record, not to mention more powerful sports cars.

We doubt the Mercedes - Benz Vision Gran Turismo will ever turn a wheel in anger on an actual, physical road course, nor do we think it will directly translate into a production car, but we wouldn't be surprised if many of its design cues wind up in future Mercedes - Benz models.

Ariel has said that the concept won't directly influence a production car unfortunately, although if you would still like to see it, it will be on show at the Low Carbon Vehicle Show at Millbrook Proving Ground on the 14th and 15th of September.

Lamborghini CEO and President Stephan Winkelmann confirmed that 18 months» worth of production is already sold (about 1100 cars), so if you are thinking of buying, and aren't yet on the list, be prepared to be patient.

BMW isn't offering up any information on the concept car's powertrain at this point, but we do expect to see a production version of the i8 Spyder in the near future.

It's not only the volume question dictating production location, but also the hefty tariffs that are slapped on U.S. made cars heading to European markets.

Partially automated driving systems are in production today, not only on the 2014 Mercedes - Benz S - Class and its suite of active safety technologies, but also on lower - end cars like the 2014 Infiniti Q50 which uses an industry - first steer - by - wire system to control an active lane departure system among other semi-autonomous systems.

Being not just based on, but still mostly composed of, a production RAV4, the rally car is, if anything, overbuilt.

Morgan has also worked hard to improve comfort and usability with the AR Plus 4, adding soundproofing throughout the hood and body of the car which you don't see on a standard production Morgan.

Though the Hommage won't make production, the car on which it is based is often labelled, unofficially, as the first M car.

With a little of the nation's aid, the startup built a high - end flagship showroom in Mexico City and a 30,000 - square - foot, state - of - the - art factory located in Querétaro, where cars are assembled in cells — Formula 1 style — not on production lines.

Let's be frank here: This is not a spiffed - up production car but a racer - ized car that you can use on the street.

At over five metres long and close on two metres wide, this probably shouldn't be our sort of car at all, but we swarmed around it, taking in the sheer scale of the sheet metal, admiring the colossal chutzpah needed to put something like this into production.

The relative dearth of fanciful show - car touches hints that a production car based on the Concept X5 eDrive might not be too far off.

The wheels seen on the test car may not be representative of the production model given it's wearing winter tyres, but new alloy wheel designs are also likely.

Production of a second - generation car won't begin until after the Model S is on sale.

The concept isn't due to make production and isn't currently road legal, being based on an unregistered pre-production car used for testing the current FK8 Civic Type R, but Honda does have plans to put the car on the road, and project chief Alyn James told evo that the project didn't require many compromises from the regular production model.

Sadly, the car shown on the screen isn't the production GT4.

Like the sumptuous blue paint color on the previous Ford GT show car, there is no confirmation whether or not this paint option will reach production.

During The Small Period Factory Production Run Only A Total Of 6030 Cars Had Been Assigned To Happy New Clients Around The World, With Reports That Only A Mere Five Hundred Units Would Be Fitted With The Right Hand Drive Specification And If We Fast Forward To 2018, It Is Not Hardly Surprising That This Now Rare Model Has Entered Into The Modern Day Classic Status, Due To These Low Numbers And Of Course That These Remarkable Cars Still Pack An Almighty Punch On Performance.

To ensure that the suspension does not get bored with the production engine, the leading tuner for cars from the Audi and Volkswagen Group can also supply a power boost on request.

We're not sure at what point a car actually becomes a «production» car, but that's a tag Land Rover are putting on the new Range Rover Sport SVR as it takes to the Nurburgring and comes away with a time of 8 minutes 14 seconds — the fastest by a production SUV.

Even if you have that much money to spend on this car, don't expect to get your hands on the first rolled - out NSX as Acura will plan to auction off the very first serial production NSX (VIN 001).

It won't be the sexiest or the most eye - popping of the cars headed to France, but we're still interested to see if Audi can change our minds on our initial underwhelming opinion of this production - ready, limited - run concept.

[2][3][4] Since a small manufacturer like Ferrari did not possess the production capacity to reach such quotas, an agreement was signed with Fiat and made public on 1 March 1965: Fiat would produce the 500 engines needed for the homologation, to be installed in a GT car which remained to be specified.

«I couldn't be more excited to see production up and running on a new Shelby Mustang,» says Carroll Shelby, CEO and chairman of Shelby Automobiles Inc. «The new Shelby GT is a great addition to the Shelby GT500 and Shelby GT - H, and it will only further the lead that Mustang has in the coming muscle - car wars.»

The illuminated grille will be sacrificed on production cars, not least for safety and regulatory reasons.

Production won't start until 2018, but the car on display showed off a number of high - tech features, including facial recognition instead of a key, cameras instead of mirrors and driverless valet parking.

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Kia hasn't made any official announcements, but Kia Motors president and chief design officer Peter Schreyer confirmed to Australian journalists this week's Detroit Auto Show that it is developing a production version of the Telluride, «Yeah, we are working on that car, actually.»

Yes, a few bits on the concept Coupe won't follow through to the production car — like the missing door handles — but to all intents and purposes the shape will, which means a compact SUV that has a coupe roofline and a less practical nature, and will be Mercedes» answer to the BMW X4.

Steel and aluminum are two key ingredients in the production of the Chevrolet Corvette, but President Trump's upcoming tariffs on imported steel and aluminum aren't expected to have a big effect on America's Sports Car.

Infiniti not only is the first automaker to reach the U.S. market with a «full active suspension» but it is introducing an all - new model and chopping the top off another.The Q45's full active suspension, the first offered on a production car, will be available in 1991 as a $ 4,000 option.