Sentences with phrase «product planners»

They have teams of product planners working on future plans already, and this assembly line of production (and consumption) can not be stopped.

Engineers were encouraged to explore new technologies, while product planners sought to carve new niches in the market.

Join us as we talk shop with the top designers, chief engineers and product planners about the latest vehicles they're bringing to the market.

This undoubtedly gave product planners the inspiration to begin working on an even more powerful version of this gasoline - electric crossover.

Pay no attention to the designers, engineers, and product planners behind the green curtain.

The war between convention and innovation has been going on for a long time in the minds of product planners.

Speaking to Automotive News, senior product planner for the Honda Civic Rob Keough said the engineering team chose longevity over high output.

Even before turning a single wheel in the Veloster Turbo, though, our expectations met the harsh reality again as product planners at Hyundai's U.S. headquarters revealed that the suspension dampening, the spring rates, and the bushings were all left unchanged.

Road & Track spoke with Rob Keough, senior product planner for the 10th - generation Civic, to find out why a four - cylinder car is breathing through three tailpipes of two different diameters.

Hard to believe GM product planners didn't foresee the universally negative reactions to the car at this price.

Scion FR - S and Subaru BRZ have American Honda product planners angling for a competitive model.

Roy Lunn was put in charge as product planner for building the car.

So we have to forgive the Nissan product planners if they didn't...

So we have to forgive the Nissan product planners if they didn't make huge mid-cycle changes to the full - size Titan pickup and the Armada sport / utility vehicle.

One Hyundai product planner did admit that early positive response to the Eco powertrain means the company is not ruling out the use of a small, turbo four - cylinder as the volume engine for the Sonata down the road.

====== EXPERTS REPORT:'s review says Impala product planners believe that their newest creation has the prerequisites to get them back in the game, and after driving the Impala extensively, we tend to agree with them..

And I suppose these are questions Audi product planners considered before they greenlighted the 2007 Audi Q7, which is longer than the 2006 Cadillac Escalade and weighs 5,269 pounds with a 4.2 - liter, 350 - horsepower Audi V - 8.

That hasn't stopped FCA's engineers and product planners from attempting to make turbocharged wine from the 500 by fermenting the entire lineup with a more powerful base engine.

It's definitely a step up, but small size was the single biggest reason for customer rejection,» says Mini U.S. product planner Pat McKenna as he shows us the 2016 Mini Clubman.

While it's true that muscle car sales were down from 1969, horsepower and image were still foremost in product planners» minds, and American automakers were only too happy to keep the pipeline supplied with an ever - increasing portfolio of youth - oriented high - performance cars.

Lexus product planners told us that a hybrid model will be available in Europe only; Americans will simply content themselves with the CT..

Next on the Volkswagen product planners» wish list is a New Beetle crossover which reportedly bears a distant resemblance to the archaic Kübelwagen, the army - sponsored Iltis, and the rudimentary VW181 (also known as The Thing).

If Chevrolet product planners in Detroit want to know what they are facing in trying to lure younger buyers into the Corvette, all they need to do is look some 386 miles to the west to 3700 W. Juneau Ave. in Milwaukee.

«It's for holding upshifts with the automatic,» a Mazda product planner explained.

(A three - row Lexus crossover is also on the horizon; Lexus product planners have all but confirmed that it will be an extended version of the RX.)

Subaru product planners explain that they had to sacrifice the second body style in order to get the greater degree of differentiation from the Impreza that they were seeking with the new WRX.

And all that time at the yoga studio has transformed the previous model's angular, droopy - drawered rear end, giving the new car what Mercedes - Benz product planner Heiko Schmidt calls «a great ass.»

On our site, we quote Infiniti product planner Keith St. Clair saying, «The fact of the matter is, nobody ever needed a coupe.»

We asked Honda senior product planner Dan Choo about the omission.

«It's really the added equipment,» explained Audi Australia Product Planner Peter Strudwicke.

Product planners systematically made their way through the line - up, launching the new Q7, revamped the Q3, A6 and A8 and they also added an entry - level bait in the form of the A3 sedan.

====== VEHICLE REVIEWS:'s review says Impala product planners believe that their newest creation has the prerequisites to get them back in the game, and after driving the Impala extensively, we tend to agree with them..

Local writers took a half - day seminar at «Metro University» with the head product planner and senior members of the engineering, assembly, and marketing teams.

A few years later, working for J. Walter Thompson on the Ford account, he talked with product planner Don Frey about it.

There is indeed a JCW version in the pipeline according to Mini product planners; the new JCW hardtop is the most powerful Mini to date with 228 hp and 236 lb - ft of torque.

Product planner Lee describes the new Honda CR - V's sheetmetal as having a «bold, aggressive look.»

KESWICK, Va. - Mazda's product planners charged with redesigning the MPV were given a mission: appeal to buyers in Japan, Europe and the United States.

«The expectation is that we will see more malicious applications on devices,» says Samir Kumar, group product planner for mobile communications business with Microsoft.

The engine an SVT Truck Deserves Even as they launched their new SVT Raptor last summer, Ford SVT engineers and product planners sheepishly conceded that the 5.4 - liter V - 8 under the Raptor's enormous snout didn't match the truck's outrageous off - road capabilities.

Keep your foot in it, and let the car pull you around,» Audi product planner Anthony Garbis advises us.

Nissan product planner Vishnu Jayamohan recently stopped by our office to show off a 2016 Nissan Maxima SR, and provided us with plenty of tidbits to know about the eighth - generation Maxima, which is on sale now for a starting price of $ 33,235.

The clear goal issued by the M - B product planners is to eclipse both the Tesla Model S and the Model X crossover.

«No one definitely knows the size or strength of the EV market,» said product planner Adrienne Hall.

The key difference between hatchback buyers and sedan buyers, say automaker product planners, is that sedan buyers place an extra premium on being able to lock stuff away in a trunk out of sight.

Honda product planner manager James Jenkins says this shift to a less daring look was intentional.

Product planner Ken Kcomt says that Nissan is working on adding these features soon, but didn't provide a specific timeline.

For 2016, Volkswagen's product planners left well enough alone and improved only what was necessary.

«We had a lot of research that showed the postwar boomers coming, and multiple [car] ownership at a time when only two or three percent of families had two cars,» said Hal Sperlich, who was a Ford product planner at the time.

Dial Up More Power Just as with the Euro - spec GTI, U.S. product planners expect the availability of the 2015 Volkswagen GTI Performance, a special trim model that features an engine with 10 hp more and an even broader range at which the 258 lb - ft of torque is available.