Sentences with phrase «of sheetmetal»

The styling is really the biggest change, as the Forest has shed its unique if somewhat dorky proportions in favor of a blandly handsome new suit of sheetmetal.

To my eye, this is just about the excess length that should be chopped out of the sheetmetal between the front door cut and the front wheelhouse.

As Blake Z. Rong is fond of pointing out, the CTS coupe has a huge expanse of sheetmetal between the wheel well and the rear window / C - pillar.

Easily the most beautiful piece of sheetmetal unveiled at this year's Detroit Auto Show, the Lexus LF - LC Concept stunned crowds with its technology, style and mystery — hinting at a future super coupe that's still a few years off.

While the 86 and BRZ share much of their sheetmetal and the Subaru's pancake four, the 124 Spider is built in Mazda's Hiroshima plant, though with its own distinct sheetmetal and with Fiat engines shipped from Italy.

Whereas the Miata is all soft contours and gentle swells of sheetmetal, the 124 Spider adds a sharp crease in the belt line and twin scallops in the hood (the etched lines make for a modern twist on the similarly shaped hood «bumps» seen on later versions of the original).

Styling / Construction While the F12 Berlinetta's general profile roughly resembles that of its predecessor, there's not a single bit of sheetmetal shared between the two cars.

From the outside, the window looks way too small for such a sizeable vehicle, and the broad expanse of sheetmetal underneath it only serves to emphasize the odd proportions.

With the amount of sheetmetal components being reproduced today, a new short bed is simply a phone call away.

The rest of the sheetmetal matches the stylish Buick Encore, with short overhangs, tasteful creases, flared fenders, and five - spoke wheels.

It has stage presence to burn, needing neither gullwing doors nor acres of sheetmetal to achieve it.

With all due respect to our esteemed colleague executive editor Todd Lassa, who'd rather roll down Woodward during the Dream Cruise, given the location, multitude of events, and diversity of sheetmetal, Pebble Beach is just as good if not better.

Locating the door handle levers exactly on the peak of the crease line in the side treatment shows a great deal of confidence in the accuracy of the sheetmetal stamping process and puts them at a good, convenient height.

Kennedy enlisted the help of The Restomod Store on the build and they replaced every bit of sheetmetal except the quarters, cowl, and roof.

Anchoring the XC40's design is a bit of plastic cladding at the bottom of the sheetmetal, which gives the small SUV a rugged touch not unlike the one received by the V90 Cross Country.

On the outside, the BMW 2 Series wears the company's traditional kidney grilles, which are flanked by dramatically swept - back headlight housings isolated from the grilles by a small swath of sheetmetal.

A laser - brazed roof, for instance, enhances the smoothness of sheetmetal seams while also saving a pound.

Still, even with an additional 4.3 - inches of sheetmetal, the L is the smallest of the three tri-row SUVs in Lexus» arsenal.

There's the sense that with every crease of the sheetmetal, every tenth of an inch of legroom, and every penny of the price, Volkswagen vigilantly calculated how many buyers would be won and how many buyers would be lost.

Peer over the cowl that obscures windshield wipers, presenting instead a sensuous undulation of sheetmetal with its high - quality paint job — all that separates you from the road.

[21] Out of the sheetmetal of the CLC - Class, only the doors, roof and quarter panels were carried over from the C - Class Sportcoupé.

Hyundai says the new look of the sheetmetal follows its Fluidic Sculpture 2.0 design language and features a stiffer body structure, better ride quality and reduced noise and vibration.

As part of this new design, the C - pillar and the way in which the side window sits below it leave an awful lot of sheetmetal between the two; the roofline's rake no longer matches the window's arc, eliminating much of the fastback profile.

In Toyota's case, the warranty covers the vehicle for five years or unlimited mileage for «corrosion perforation of sheetmetal.»

And speaking of sheetmetal, GM obviously saved some money by specing some pretty thin body panels.

Platinum models ladle on the chrome a bit too heavily for some tastes, we're sure, but there's enough sheer acreage of sheetmetal that it's mostly lost.

It's all about the supercars at this year's Frankfurt motor show, where a race - bred Lamborghini Gallardo lies in wait among the flock of sheetmetal.

Apart from badging, bumper fascias and grille, the TSX body is a carbon copy of the European and Japanese Accord, sharing every panel of sheetmetal.

You get many yards of sheetmetal and rear - wheel drive, but in current market, the Brougham is an anachronism.

On the safety front, besides the generous cushion of sheetmetal around you, the Impala also has a forward collision warning system, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic and lane departure warnings, and a backup camera and park assist.

Just pull up a lawn chair and get comfy for the show of sheetmetal.

Under the flowing lines of this sheetmetal is a body structure designed to absorb collision - impact forces and help minimize impact deformation to the passenger cabin.

Based on the Hyundai Azera, and sharing its sister model's mechanicals, the Cadenza wears its own conservatively handsome suit of sheetmetal, shaped under Kia's talented global design director, Peter Schreyer.

The Mercedes - AMG GT4 will share its body structure, wheelbase, and chassis with the three - box CLS replacement, code - named C257, but the two four - door Benzes won't share a single piece of sheetmetal and will look very different.

I like the world - class interior, where you can't see much of the sheetmetal, and yearn to try the shiatsu massage seats.

That means a fresh suit of sheetmetal (in essentially the same size), an all - new interior, and a host of new high - tech features.

While he banged out or replaced some of the sheetmetal, Skeeters Auto body in Seattle did the final finish and paint.

All of the sheetmetal is new and, with exception of the hood and tailgate, remains steel.

But it's then jacked up to high altitude and given a heavier suit of sheetmetal to carry on its shoulders, which doesn't typically do great things for handling.

The only major piece of sheetmetal that carries over from the 2012 - 2014 model is the roof.

All of the sheetmetal from the base of the windshield rearward is different from the A4, and indeed, the latter twins sit about an inch - and - a-half lower overall.

If you look at one in cranberry, black or gray it takes a lot of the oldness out of the sheetmetal.

Even though all of the sheetmetal was new, it continued with the same boxy bulldog look with the same abrupt windshield pillar and the slightly canted - back roofline.