Sentences with phrase «production compact car»

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North American production of the Focus compact car and Fiesta subcompact will halt in May, while the midsize Fusion lives a few more years before it departs.

The lighthearted tone of the tweets — which came a few hours after Mr. Musk teased «important news» coming soon — contrasted with recent analyst reports that warned of serious financial strains on the company as it struggles to ramp up production of the Model 3 compact car.

Although it's possible that this teaser could preview the production version of the Infiniti Q30 compact, we think that car will instead debut at the Los Angeles auto show in November.

If a production model does indeed turn out to be based on the same UKL architecture as the BMW X1 and 2 Series Gran Tourer, the car will likely be offered with both front - and all - wheel drive, leaving enthusiasts» dreams of a compact rear - wheel - drive BMW sedan in the dust.

VW promises that the production car will be recognizable from «twenty meters» away as an EV but at the same time makes clear its aims to produce a refined compact car first, and an electric car second.

At the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes - Benz has debuted a fuel cell variant of the GLC - Class compact crossover that previews an upcoming production vehicle with plug - in capability, allowing owners to charge the car in addition to filling up with hydrogen.

Though there are few specifics so far on the roll - out of these technologies, Volkswagen promises they will soon launch «in compact cars,» and promises that they are all «close to production.»

Mazda's rich rotary history was forged with the popularity of the RX sports car, ranging from the compact RX - 3, to the lithe and athletic RX - 7, to the RX - 8 (pictured in gallery below) that departed the world — and brought an end to production - car use of rotary engines — in 2012.

Autocar says the production eX will battle for sales with the compact crossovers, including cars like the Nissan Juke, and will be positioned beneath the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport.

The new automotive brand, Qoros, presented the world premiere of its first series production vehicle, an elegant compact (C - segment) car with the official international model designation.

It's a compact electric sports car concept that's set to mark a return to performance soft - tops after the end of S2000 production in 2009.

After the brand ended production of the Nissan Stanza in 1992, the 1993 model year saw the introduction of the Nissan Altima The Nissan Altima was, and still is, completely manufactured in the U.S. Like its predecessor, it was classed as a compact car.

Mostly unchanged, the 2018 Ford Fiesta compact car enters its final year of production for the United States.

In Japan, as customers increasingly shifted to minivans and compact cars like the Fit, production of non-hybrid Civic ended in August 2010 when it no longer complied with Japanese government dimension regulations in the width category.

The Polo BlueMotion was first unveiled this past March as a concept in Geneva, Volkswagen has plans of bringing the production version of the very efficient alternatively fueled compact city car to the Frankfurt Motor Show with sales slated to begin early in 2010.

First shown at the LA auto show late last year as a «concept» car, the production version has now been unveiled, making it the most compact AMG SUV so far.

The car is too stylized to go direct from this design to production, but it suggests the Genesis nameplate will have a compact car as well as midsize and full - size, along with a likely SUV.

Toyota expands upon its compact - car lineup for 2017 with an all - new, limited - production Corolla SE 50th Anniversary Special Edition model.

Yes, a few bits on the concept Coupe won't follow through to the production car — like the missing door handles — but to all intents and purposes the shape will, which means a compact SUV that has a coupe roofline and a less practical nature, and will be Mercedes» answer to the BMW X4.

The redesigned 2016 Honda Civic Coupe doesn't look quite as terrific as the concept car that preceded it, but what has translated to production is a new compact 2 - door coupe with the same styling as the sedan from the windshield forward and completely new bodywork from the windshield rearward.

Vehicle Outline A New Lightweight, Compact, Low - center - of - gravity, and Low - inertia Package Offers A New Dimension in Handling with an Exhilarating Shift Feel The exclusive lightweight and compact rear - wheel - drive platform was designed to achieve superior handling and create the world's smallest3 mass - production four - passenger sports car.

The BMW 2002 turbo, launched in 1973 with a four - cylinder, 125 kW / 170 hp engine, was the first European production car to be fitted with an exhaust gas turbocharger, and is still regarded as a the template for a compact, high - performance driver's car.

In the Vision Zero Vehicle, which is based on a volume production platform for compact and mid-size cars, the mSTARS semi-trailing link independent suspension takes up no more installation space than the conventional rear axle installed originally.

Inside there is room for five people.Mazda's Fred Aikins says the SU - V handles like a compact car but can take a pounding off the road.No word yet on whether Mazda will put the SU - V into production.

The Honda Fit EV shows range similar to that of other compact electric cars on the market and drives well enough, but ultimately feels like a retrofit project car rather than a fully realized futuristic production vehicle.

Van Meel says it's the most compact turbocharged V8 in a production car, measuring just 19.5 inches from the 90 - degree V's front to the rear.

The Bottom Line The Honda Fit EV shows range similar to that of other compact electric cars on the market and drives well enough, but ultimately feels like a retrofit project car rather than a fully realized futuristic production vehicle.

Infiniti had previously announced they've committed to begin production of a compact car offering built in the U.K. in 2015.

Ingolstadt's hardest - charging compact car already boasted the world's most powerful production five - cylinder engine.

The Lexus CT 200h entered production at the end of 2010 and went on sale in the first quarter of 2011 as Lexus's fifth hybrid vehicle, second dedicate hybrid, and the world's first full hybrid luxury compact car.

The public will get the chance to see Auris Touring Sports production version, the estate version of the compact car, a new concept called i - Road and the European version of the fourth - generation...

Including new production facilities and all - new drivetrains, Ford has invested a staggering $ 6 billion to bring these two compact cars to market.

Saleen, the California - based sports car customizer known for its high - po Ford Mustangs, is set to begin production of its latest in - house design, a compact supercar called the S1.

Honda Cars India, which is gearing up to launch the second - generation model of its Amaze compact sedan, has started production of the car at its second plant in Tapukara, Rajasthan.

The first Land Rover to be manufactured at Halewood 2008 LRX concept car previews design language of a new luxury compact SUV 2009 Fourth generation of the Land Rover Discovery introduced 2010 Range Rover Evoque, the world's first luxury compact SUV, makes global debut 2012 Fourth - generation Range Rover introduced — the first all - aluminium SUV 2013 New generation of Range Rover Sport unveiled at New York Motor Show 2014 Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) division is officially launched 2014 Range Rover Sport SVR debuts, the fastest, most agile, most powerful Land Rover 2014 Discovery Vision Concept previews design vision for new family of Discovery vehicles 2014 Launch of Discovery Sport, a new premium compact SUV with 5 +2 seating 2015 Trio of end - of - line Defender editions revealed with biggest sand drawing in UK 2015 Exclusive Range Rover SVAutobiography long wheelbase launched in New York 2015 Evoque Convertible becomes world's first luxury compact SUV convertible 2015 One - of - a-kind Land Rover «Defender 2 000 000» sells for # 400 000 at charity auction 2016 Last Defender rolls off the production line 2016 All - new Discovery with world - first remote Intelligent Seat Fold technology launched 2017 Land Rover launches the fourth Range Rover, the Velar 2018 Limited Edition Range Rover SV Coupé debuts at Geneva Motor Show

Mercedes production chief Markus Schaefer said the Smart plant in Hambach will grow to «become a part of our global compact car production network with the lead plant in Rastatt, Germany».

With more than 40 million units sold since its introduction in 1966, the Toyota Corolla is the best - selling nameplate in the world since 1997, when it surpassed the Volkswagen Beetle, and arguably the most iconic compact car in production.

HIROSHIMA, Japan — Mazda Motor Corporation today announced a special edition version of the Mazda Demio (known overseas as the Mazda2) compact car to commemorate reaching two million units of total global production.

I also eat a 100 % vegan diet, which at least one study has shown reduces the CO2 emissions associated with food production compared to the standard American diet by an amount comparable to the difference between driving a compact car and driving an SUV.