Sentences with phrase «of all new cars sold»

In Europe, about half of all new cars sold are now diesels, some of which are more fuel - efficient than a Prius.

Twenty - seven years ago, 29 percent of new cars sold in the United States were equipped with manual transmissions.

As of August 2013, just 3.9 percent of new cars sold for the year had manual transmissions.

In the premium - sports - car category, which includes cars such as Porsches, the Audi TT and BMW's Z models, manual transmissions are in 61 percent of the new cars sold.

Currently, diesel cars account for roughly half the total number of new cars sold in Europe, and their number isn't showing signs of a decline.

At last count, only 6 percent of new cars sold had manuals in the U.S. And we apparently prefer sedans over hatchbacks, even in the compact segment.

Mark Patrick, curator of the National Automotive History Collection in Detroit, said in a recent Wall Street Journal article that only 10 percent of new cars sold last year were stick - shift operated.

In this fuel - conscious world, compact cars have been gaining in popularity in recent years and now account for a major portion of all new cars sold.

The average car, in America for example, is now 11 years old — the current ICE fleet will remain on the road for many years to come, and 99 % of the new cars sold even just this year will remain on the road for the next two decades.

Germany «pollution spike» follows New Year's Eve fireworks [03/01/17] UK car sales at record high in 2016 [05/01/17] Image copyright PA The number of new cars sold in the UK hit an all - time high in 2016.

Last year electric cars accounted for just 0.14 percent of new cars sold in 2011, due largely to limited production but also to low consumer demand.

Efforts to improve the fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) stalled in 2017 compared to 2016, according to provisional data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

The mandate required 2 % of all new cars sold by the seven major auto - makers in California to meet «zero emission» standards by 1998, and 10 % by 2003.

To offer just a few examples: In 2013, Spain produced half of all its electricity from renewables; 70 % of Danish wind turbines, and 40 % of Germany's renewables, are now community owned; and in Norway, one in 10 of all new cars sold is electric.

Not exact matches

New car sales were down 11.6 per cent in Western Australia, with nearly 1,000 fewer cars sold in the month of April.

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.

They simply won't sell otherwise — think of how disastrous the new self - parking Lexus would be for the company if it ended up with a high incidence of banging up other cars.

It's that shopper's likelihood to buy new versus used, to lease versus buy, and any of those other variables that are going to help the dealer sell those cars more quickly.

New Dimensions sells car parts, which explains at least part of Hildabrand's obsession.

The new audience would be all of those who have ever figured they were getting screwed when they tried to argue for a raise, dicker with cantankerous suppliers, sell a used car, or buy a new house.

The most innovative corporate idea from one of the Big Three in the last 30 years was GM's creation of the Saturn brand, which gave the company a bold new design and changed the way cars were sold and how salespeople were compensated.

After more than 100 years of selling cars, GM is giving car - sharing a spin with a new service targeting the growing mobility - on - demand market.»

«The specs on the new semi truck and sports car would put both vehicles at the top of their segments... assuming they can be produced and sold as part of a sustainable business plan.

Alphabet has accused Uber of using self - driving trade secrets and proprietary information that its former top self - driving cars engineer Anthony Levandowski allegedly stole before selling his new company to Uber.

Cash generation should, in theory, pick up as it sells more of its newest car, the Model 3.

In 2012, the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association and other petitioners sued the New York Department of Motor Vehicles for giving Tesla licenses to sell cars in White Plains and Garden City.

German automaker BMW and Alibaba said Thursday they've teamed up to develop a range of «digitalized experiences for the car and home» for all new BMW models sold in China from the first half of 2018.

Toyota Motor Corp., which plans to build a new $ 1.6 billion factory in Alabama with Mazda Motor Corp., said the administration's decision will «adversely impact» auto companies by raising costs and prices of cars and trucks sold in the U.S.. That's even as more than 90 percent of the steel Asia's biggest carmaker needs in the U.S. is from the country.

It is true that, in the Middle East, things happen which require the defense establishment to prepare for dealing with new extraordinary threats that require a lot of money, even more than what will be freed up by cutting the salaries of career officers or selling their company cars forcing them to arrive at IDF HQ by hitchhiking.

You trying to sell me your «precious» gospel is like your mythical «Satan» trying to sell me a used piece of garbage vehicle that no longer runs, as if it were a brand new car that I could not do without.

«That's how you start a business in New York City without any money: sell out of your car,» Martin says with a laugh.

But it's clearly going to be even more delicate given the desire to find new growth industries where Australia has a natural advantage, the potential for scale and a still underdeveloped ability to sell a lot more of its products into international markets on competitive terms (unlike, for example, 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.

Even experienced parents might scratch their heads at some new products, such as a gold - plated crib from Lewis of London selling in the $ 1,000 range; a $ 529 race - car bed with fiber glass shell from the Baby «s Room; a battery - operated breast pump; a mirror that attaches to a car «s regular rear - view mirror so parents can watch baby in the back seat; and hard - to - find

If a civic organization in your community came to your house selling tickets for $ 5 for a new car, and every two out of 100 people would win, you would think those are pretty good odds; much better than the average lottery.

New York will reap some $ 147 million and some Volkswagen and Audi owners in this state will be able to sell back their cars under terms of partial settlements reached with Volkswagen AG over the emissions scandal in which the company is embroiled.

To help you find the best car paint sealants, we researched a variety of new and best selling products.

Car companies have begun producing new diesel models to sell to the public on the basis of their supposedly green credentials.

Of course, «The Peacemaker's» real selling point is action, and Leder proves herself a crackerjack action director, with some seriously intense set - pieces — a train wreck that opens the film, a horrifying nuclear blast, a car chase in a crowded plaza, a foot chase through the streets of New York and, best of all, a nail - biting standoff on a bridge between a truck armed with nuclear weapons and military helicopterOf course, «The Peacemaker's» real selling point is action, and Leder proves herself a crackerjack action director, with some seriously intense set - pieces — a train wreck that opens the film, a horrifying nuclear blast, a car chase in a crowded plaza, a foot chase through the streets of New York and, best of all, a nail - biting standoff on a bridge between a truck armed with nuclear weapons and military helicopterof New York and, best of all, a nail - biting standoff on a bridge between a truck armed with nuclear weapons and military helicopterof all, a nail - biting standoff on a bridge between a truck armed with nuclear weapons and military helicopters.

After successful years of selling moonshine, a deputy from Chicago (Guy Pearce) comes into town to stop the Bondurent brothers from proceeding in their very profitable business, which I mean (LeBeouf buying new cars and nice suits every week.)

It's Me, Margaret» by Judy Blume, Roald Dahl's «Fantastic Mr Fox,» and Maurice Sendak's «In the Night Kitchen»; Gary Trudeau's popular comic strip Doonesbury debuts in US papers; Andy Warhol debuted several new pieces including «Silver Car Crash» which sold a few years ago for a new Warhol record of «$ 105.4 million; In comic books, «Silver Surfer» lost his monthly book while «Green Lantern» starts having to share his with «Green Arrow» plus the iconic supporting characters J Jonah Jameson and Agent Nick Fury, and the villain The Vulture made their debuts in The Amazing Spider - Man; Astro Boy became the first manga to go to animated series in Japan.

As a first time buyer of a brand new car as high end as the cars sold by luxury motor club, having great customer service was a priority to me.

The speck - sized Spyker of the Netherlands, which has built only about 260 exotic cars since 2001, is set to acquire Saab — which in 2008 sold nearly 100,000 cars worldwide — for a mere $ 74 million in cash to GM, plus $ 326 million in stock in the new Saab Spyker Automobiles.

Search Porsche Cayennes for sale from just # 9k Out of 15,020 worldwide Porsche sales in May 2013 (a number that climbs 13 per cent over May 2012), 62 per cent of them were saloons or SUVs, with 3000 new 911s sold and a combined order total of 2805 for the Boxster and Cayman, a figure three times as high as its 2012 equivalent, doubtless thanks to the all - new versions of each car recently launched.

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.

Audi plans to sell just 320 of the 999 RWD R8s in the U.S. Half are already spoken for, and with the car now on display in New York, Garbis expects the rest to sell out quickly.

One word of warning is that the simplicity of the new V5C system means it's quite easy to forget to take the necessary action when you sell a car privately.

But there would be no reason for GM to hold on to Chrysler (competing with Buick and fancy Chevys), Dodge (Pontiac), Fiat (small cars selling well only regionally), or Alfa Romeo (requires boatloads of cash to develop new product).

But, of course, this «new» car is limited edition, selling 1200 of them will be easy - peasy.

Winner: Lincoln MKC — 2,152 sales The newest Lincoln is also now the best - selling, with sales of the MKC crossover outpacing every other car in the luxury brand — even beating the Lincoln MKZ sedan by 56 units.