Sentences with phrase «ranking sport utility»

A lot of consideration goes into ranking sport utility vehicles, because they run the spectrum from small and economical to gigantic and luxurious.

Not exact matches

In the 11 months since then, Mr. Hackett has shuffled Ford's executive ranks and outlined plans to introduce new sport - utility vehicles and electric cars.

In the Consumer Reports 2012 Annual Auto Reliability Survey, Jaguar is rated dead - last, though there's no ranking for its Land Rover brand sibling, indicating the magazine did not get enough data on the sport / utility brand to rank it.

Although this car's mass ranks up there with that of the heaviest sport - utility vehicles, there's enough thrust to hurl its 5750 pounds from 0 to 60 in 5.7 seconds, 0 to 100 in 13.5 seconds, and through the quarter - mile in 14.1 seconds at 102 mph.

The 1996 Ford Mustang and Crown Victoria are different types of cars, but they received the same top score in the latest round of crash tests by the federal government.The sporty Mustang convertible and the big Crown Victoria sedan both received the highest ranking for driver and passenger protection - five stars - in the crashes run by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.NHTSA also reported results for the 1996 Pontiac Grand Am sedan, the Land Rover Discovery sport - utility, the Mercury Villager minivan, the Dodge Ram B250 full - sized van, the new Honda Civic sedan and the Mazda Miata convertible.

The organization gave the seven passenger sport utility vehicle the best possible safety score after it performed exceptionally well in all crash tests, and earned a Superior ranking in the Front Crash Prevention category thanks to the new Honda Sensing package.

Among compact sport utility vehicles, the new 2015 Honda CR - V ranks tops in looks, fuel economy, safety, features, and value for the money.

With just 150 horsepower on tap, the 4Runner ranks as one of the least powerful sport - utilities you can buy with a six - cylinder engine.

The car - truck which originated the luxury crossover hybrid subsegment over a decade ago is available in front and all - wheel drive and also ranks well on the EPA's list of sport utility vehicles.

One peek at our rankings tell you that this was close - and that your own test drives might very well produce different preferences.We also can say that if off - road capabilities were the prime criteria, the results would be much different.But for most of us, sport - utility vehicles are essentially cars with extra ground clearance, four - wheel drive, extra cargo capacity, an added sense of security and an extra measure of rugged panache.So our judgments are based largely on the same standards we apply to automobiles, with safety features right up at the top of the list.