Sentences with phrase «of cosseting»

The legendary LS quality of cosseting isolation from road noise and broken pavement is still here, even in the sharper F - Sport trim, which lowers the ride height by half an inch but does little to disturb the pristine ride quality LS buyers demand.

The sleek exterior is matched by an interior of cosseting comfort.

Despite about 370 pounds of extra weight versus conventional Golfs — attributable to the 701 - pound battery load — the electric Volkswagen rode smoothly over New York City's pocked roads, with no crashing sounds or thumps, and an immense sense of cosseting toughness.

Secondly, whatever his merits, he does seem to have led something of a cossetted, dare I say it unworldly existence.

In Leigh Jason's dizzying The Mad Miss Manton (1938), she's the Park Avenue heiress of the title, suing newspaper editor Peter Ames (Henry Fonda) for libel and leading a septet of cosseted Junior Leaguers on a chase to find a killer.

Not exact matches

Having seen the interior of the new X-Class, it's one that's definitely geared more toward surviving wear and tear than the cosseting leather - lined cocoons we are used to seeing in Mercedes» passenger cars.

Helmut Kohl's father and elder brother had died in France in the world wars, and he was suspicious of Germany's aptitude for self - government if not cosseted in a close alliance with responsible countries.

Until a few days ago, the narrative around the Greece crisis was that the damn Greeks should just pay their taxes, repay their debt, and get rid of some of the crazy public spending policies that cosset its citizens.

Jared going to that rally is a fun - house version of Siddhartha Gautama, the cosseted prince who would become Buddha, leaving the palace for the first time.

We seem to knock any drive and ambition out of them, they simple become happy to amble along at the ARSENAL with all the cosseting that brings with it.

With Wenger constantly cossetting them and making excuses for their lack of grit, we all know nothing will ever change for the better while he stays.

Cosseted by his grandmother, coached by his mother, Jimmy Connors bestrode the world of tennis in 1974.

SUMMER ART & CRAFT FAIR: More than 250 exhibitors, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. July 9, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. July 10; downtown La Grange, east side of La Grange Road from Railroad tracks to Cosset Avenue, La Grange.

Tough's tour of institutions that seek to inject character range from the Knowledge is Power Programme (Kipp) and junior high in the South Bronx to the well - heeled New York suburban Riverdale campus, where many parents hamper their child's character growth with too much cosseting.

«The ailment has been fundamentally misdiagnosed: banking has become a ward of the state, a cosseted, subsidised industry with captive consumers, and it is that which has crippled it,» he writes.

He was cosseted in a nice office, given plenty of room to travel and such other pleasures that deaden any sense of danger.

And even when plausibility fails, I Origins is elegantly cosseted by its dreamy camerawork (courtesy of Markus Förderer) and pretty people.

Fassbinder films life in the cosseted class as a masque of glass and mirrors, replete with alluring deceptions and suave surfaces that belie volcanic passions.

Where the movie falters is in the portrayal of Elio's bathetic and tiresome parents — played by Amira Casar and Michael Stuhlbarg — who cosset him and flatter him in a way that feels not only untrue to life but a means of stifling the movie's anarchy.

With decades of experience building people - friendly vans in Europe, Renault says the Master minibus cossets the driver, which in turn reduces fatigue during a long day behind the wheel, enhancing safety.

With enough headroom to accommodate the basketball team, enough luggage space for the cricket team and enough comfort to cosset the high - value soccer squad, the Renault Master Bus is an all round winner when it comes to ferrying teams of students around.

Its cabin is bright and spacious, while the cosseting, fully adjustable leather seats are capable of carrying you on long drives without making you feel as though your legs have been amputated at the buttocks.

The majority of Mercedes models have stayed true to the German company's history of building cossetting, mile - munching luxury cars.

There's no doubting that for the committed petrolhead there is a great deal of street cred to the humble 200SX, but slide from its shiny leatherette chair and into the cosseting Recaro in the Golf and you can't help but feel smug.

The rear seats are just as cosseting and offer lots of legroom, but the optional panoramic sunroof compromises headroom for taller passengers.

The GT tips this comfort - grip balance even further in the direction of the former attribute, so if you like a really cossetting ride, go for the hatchback model.

On top of all this, you can expect a comfortable and cossetting car with a very comfortable ingress and egress.»

The Cross Country's driving characteristics won't exactly have you crossing the country for the sake of it, but the easygoing drive, cosseting cabin and myriad safety features mean you're equally unlikely to be stressed at the end of a long jaunt.

Initially the Q7 (with optional adaptive air suspension) doesn't feel quite as wafty and detached as expected, picking up minor imperfections through town and making the car feel a little less cosseting than some of its rivals.

Best of all, it has a very supple, cosseting ride the like of which you won't find even in today's most luxurious saloons.

On the other hand, the M550i is a cosseting mile muncher that would be one of the best picks in this field to drive across the country or for any road trip.

As agile as a BMW 5 Series, as cosseting as a Mercedes - Benz S - Class, and as impeccably put together as an Audi A8, the forthcoming 2016 BMW 7 Series will topple the luxury segment's hierarchy for a number of reasons.

The basic recipe for the RX stays the same, with V - 6 and hybrid powertrain options, two rows of seats, and a plush, cosseting cabin.

The Elan's wedgy styling as long been an acquired taste but there's some visual interest here with the British Racing Green paint scheme and an oh - so - Lotus yellow stripe down the centreline of the car, while the cabin is more modern than those early MX - 5s and far more cossetting than that of the Elise that replaced the Elan in 1996.

It's also the most quiet and cosseting of our trio, particularly when it comes to the ride, its adaptive dampers rounding off the worst of the winter - ravaged roads.

«Creamy, quiet, and cosseting might not be the enthusiast's favorite combination of virtues, but it's not hard to see their appeal in a sedan like this,» we wrote of our 2014 Cadenza.

As you'd hope, they're all refined and cosseting over a 300 - plus mile haul like this, boasting low levels of wind noise and tyre roar that are easily nullified by their wonderful sound systems.

Plenty of legroom, Nappa leather seats, three - zone climate control, power side and rear window shades, and easy power door closure add up to create a cosseted, upscale passenger car.»

Not that you'll need too much digital cossetting to complement the analog comfort of the S - Class's cabin.

That it's capable of making a pretty good first of being a sports car while cosseting you like you're sitting in your favourite armchair at a gentleman's club while smoking a Montecristo No. 2 after a jolly fine lunch is a stroke of genius.

Traveling great distances is the best test of a hyper - luxury automobile's ability to cosset and protect you over the miles.

While the E-Class Coupe splits the difference in terms of price and exclusivity, engineers aimed higher than its station, bringing the long, muscular coupe closer to its S - Class sibling as it cossets its occupants and charges across continental divides.

Aston offers aggressive yet cosseting one - piece carbon - fiber sports seat in the DBS in Europe but they aren't available in the USA due to the lack of side airbags.

Steering that is simply too light makes detailed reading of grip levels hard, but at its core the XKR is a well - balanced car that shuns hyper responses for cosseting GT ability.

Revised «super-soft» headrests are larger and extend lower to better cosset the skulls of well - heeled passengers.

Yes, they are wide but I found them to be firm with just the right amount of give to cosset my tush.

The trade - off of this handling prowess is that the XF is not as cossetting as others in the class, making this the dynamic benchmark of the class, but definitely not the most rounded.

During its 19,000 miles in our (less than cosseting) care, our Four Seasons 2014 Ford Fiesta ST has seen plenty of abuse, from track days to ice racing to rallying.

Of course, my affection for the offbeat European numbers with cosseting chassis and steering au naturel didn't send me to a papal dungeon like the Italian astronomer, forced to renounce my findings in exchange for freedom.

It's blessed with a cabin that manages to be spacious and easy to see out of, yet also incredibly cosseting and special in feel.