Sentences with phrase «performance for other automakers»

The pollution performance for other automakers has been less consistent, with Nissan taking over second place from Toyota due to reduced contributions to smog and global warming, Ford holding its position after making gains in MY01, and DaimlerChrysler moving out of last place for the first time in our rankings.

Not exact matches

The automaker has taken its high - performance model, the Stelvio Quadrofoglio powered by a 505 - horsepower twin - turbocharged V6, and challenged the Nurburgring, where it ran the 12.9 - mile Nordschleife circuit in just under eight minutes, faster than any other production SUV and a respectable time for any production vehicle.

You might love watching automakers chase each other's best times around Germany's Nürburgring, or you might think that running production cars around the roughly 13 - mile circuit is nothing but an irrelevant battle for bragging rights, but there's no denying that the «Ring is an international performance - testing benchmark.

It's not uncommon for the U.S. — and, even more often, Canada — to get shafted when an automaker comes out with a new hot hatch or other performance vehicle.

Automakers will conduct crash tests and related research using the Institute's side impact test to assess the safety benefits of adding performance criteria for other body regions, with specific attention to the thorax and abdomen.