Sentences with phrase «personal luxury coupe»

Despite its roots in the utilitarian 200 - series model line, the 262C was one of the better personal luxury coupes of the day.

After the appearance of cars like the Mercury Cougar in 1967 — with its leather interior, V - 8 engine and raft of options — the market for personal luxury coupes took off.

The Cougar began life as a Mercurized Mustang, then became a big personal luxury coupe by moving onto the Ford Torino / Mercury Montego chassis for the 1974 model year.

Beyond learning whether our friends in Bowling Green have put together a reliable car, we intend to determine whether the Chevrolet Corvette has, at last, evolved into the sort of personal luxury coupe one can comfortably and proudly drive every day.

AMC's ambitious, briefly successful personal luxury coupe is a forgotten side note of American cars.

The 1973 to 1977 Grand Prix ranks second because it was the second - best - selling personal luxury coupe of the 1970s, and because it's so freakin» cool.

Despite the sporty flourishes included as part of the F - Sport package, including but not limited to adaptive dampers, more heavily - bolstered seats, the aforementioned 19» wheels and tires, grippier brake pads and a slew of creature comforts, the RC 200t manages to feel at all times like a quiet, comfortable, and exceedingly well - built personal luxury coupe, first and foremost.

With its classic blend of power, style, and luxury appointments, the Mercedes - Benz E-Class puts the personal in personal luxury coupes.

More information about the 2015 Bentley Continental GT V8 S: The Bentley Continental is part personal luxury coupe, part performance - oriented grand - tourer — and the specific combination of those traits depends largely on whether one opts for GT models or the edgier GT Speed.

It's also reported that there's a good chance that the big personal luxury coupe will retain the CL nameplate used from 1996 in Europe and since the»98 model year stateside.

It has taken BMW some sixteen years of Rolls - Royce ownership to create a personal luxury coupe of its own — a kind of uber - Riviera.

It was a visually stunning concept that brought the personal luxury coupe back to the Lincoln brand after it disappeared with the demise of the Mark VIII in 1998.

The original Buick Riviera was the ur - personal luxury coupe.

That's some serious coin for a vehicle some bill as a «personal luxury coupe.»

Unlike the four - door sedan design that is the Seville, the Eldo is a two - door, Cadillac people preferring to call it a «personal luxury coupe.»

It's more of what marketeers used to call way back a «personal luxury coupe,» a modern - day, high - tech, high - power descendant of the SC400, or, if you wanted to be cruel, of the Lincoln Mark VII and VIII.

But no, you have a personal luxury coupe.

I enjoyed driving the LC500 during my week; as a personal luxury coupe, it's something of a dream, floating and winging its way through the city as easily as it gently understeers up Highway 2.

Beginning life as the third - generation Ford Probe, the first - ever front - wheel drive Cougar was based on the Mystique; as it was designed as a Ford Probe, the Cougar exited the personal luxury coupe segment, becoming a compact sports coupe.

But back in the»70s, the personal luxury coupe had a lock on aspirational buyers, and a big contender was the Buick Regal.

The cabin is driver - centric to the extreme, and brings the idea of personal luxury coupe to new heights.

Crossovers are an upwardly mobile status symbol, and in the 1970s, that role was occupied by personal luxury coupes, like this 1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

The United States was an extremely popular market for the personal luxury coupe and almost?

This is a personal luxury coupe, but my passengers had enough room and were reasonably comfortable.