Sentences with phrase «past generation car»

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Fast and the Furious films have featured some pretty dubious vehicles in the past - or appealing cars rendered undesirable by hilarious early - 2000s body kits - but Nissan's R34 Skyline GT - R, the poster boy for a generation of PlayStation gamers, was a highlight of the second film.

Branding exercise aside, a strategy revision is likely of more interest to German hot - rod enthusiasts: Where RS models during the past decade - plus tended to arrive at the tail end of a given car's life cycle — and even skip certain generations of those cars — they will now arrive within the first year or two of a new model's introduction, and RS badging will be present on 10 different vehicles by the end of 2018, with the new RS5 up next at the beginning of the year.

Past Chrysler offerings, such as the last - generation 200, were sold to rental - car fleets in large volumes, decreasing the automaker's profitability.

Simply put, the car looks stunning — I always liked the past two iterations of the car, but this latest generation makes them both look frumpy.

evo has in the past named the DC2 Integra as the greatest front - wheel - drive performance car of all time, and it certainly introduced the Honda brand to a younger generation of buyers in the UK.

In spite of low gas prices and the public's flight to crossovers and pickup trucks, the new Civic could very well boost its sales profile: there's the promise of the model's first - ever turbocharged engines and Honda is reversing an ill - considered call from a couple of Civic generations past when it ditched the car's hatchback body style.

The first - generation i20 further established the brand selling more than 400.000 units in Europe during the past six years.Europe's B - segment is the region's largest sector, accounting for 2,86 million vehicle sales annually, equivalent to 22 % of total new - car sales.

The second - generation A7 will be one of the first models to adopt the brand's new design language previewed by the Prologue and other concept cars Audi has showcased over the past three years.

The win for the Stingray is just the latest in a long line of honors over the past few months for the highly popular seventh - generation Corvette, which features a greatly improved interior, revolutionary new styling, and impressive performance with its standard 455 horsepower engine — all at a starting base price of just $ 51,000, much lower than comparable sports cars.

As committed to the future of Corvette as he is to its past, Werner's efforts through car shows and with the Boy Scouts of America have inspired future generations to make their first car a Corvette too.

Every few years, an automaker churns out a TV ad that strings together some grainy footage from the recent past, showing the cars of the last 30 years being passed from generation to generation,...

Critical knowledge: Next - generation lightweight sports carGas - electric hybrid powertrainShares design cues with Civic coupe as well as the past CRX sports carLightweight construction and high - torque powertrainProduction vehicle based on the CR - Z concept on sale August of 2010IntroductionHonda's CRX sports car, a 2 - seat version of the Civic that was produced from 1984 to 1991, is the stuff of legends.

Now in its 8th generation, the Camry has been the best - selling car in America for the past 15 years.

DETROIT — The sixth - generation Chevrolet Camaro revealed today offers higher levels of performance, technology and refinement and is designed to maintain the sporty car segment leadership earned over the past five years.

Past Sonata models have been rather undistinguished, and while the last generation was a good - looking car, it was hard to deny that it had a generic appearance.

This sports car is a throwback to a past generation, offering traditional power and performance that can not be matched.

With the new Lincoln Continental, Ford's luxury brand attempts to offer a car that honors its long - past glory days while being modern enough to appeal to a new generation of luxury sedan shoppers.

The current - generation Civic has been the best - selling small car in America with individual retail car buyers every year since its launch as a ’12 model in calendar year 2011, with sales in excess of 300,000 units in each of the past three years.

Chevrolet's small cars have been improving, and looking better, over the past few generations and the 2017 Chevrolet Cruze is no different.

The car's powertrain also remains the same, which is a bummer considering that the engine has been around for the past three generations.

The 2018 Toyota Camry, the new eighth - generation of the most popular mid-size sedan in the world and the best - selling car in America for the past 15 years, will be going on sale in the US in late summer.

Six model generations later, as Honda delivers the squalling seventh son, the Accord is an American institution, its best - selling car for nine of the past 10 years.

With a 1570 kg kerb weight, the test car C 220 BlueTec is by 15 kg lighter than the former generation, although the body is by 95 mm longer, the safety standard has been upgraded and a lot of assistance systems, that were absent in the past, have come into existence.

Acura unveiled the production model of the next - generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) this past January (earlier post), and now has provided more technical detail on the high - performance hybrid sports car and its new Sport Hybrid - AWD power unit.

Motor Trend brought the first - generation Lexus SC, IS F, LFA, & RC F together for a photoshoot: To see Motor Trend featuring the history of Lexus performance cars is a clear indication that the perception of the brand is truly changing — too bad so many of their commenters are stuck in the past.

Part of the past allure may have been the fact that a lot of older generation Canadians lived in the suburbs and they needed a car to get just about anywhere.

This past Tuesday, the 2018 Nissan Leaf — an entirely redesigned second generation of the pioneering electric car — officially went on sale in the U.S.. It's quicker... read more January 28, 2018 by John Voelcker