Sentences with phrase «rather than a car»

Nissan's Infiniti tried something similar, pricing its quirky Q45 at $ 38,000 — although hardly anyone could tell, thanks to an ad campaign that focused on fuzzy pictures of trees and other abstractions rather than the car.

Furthermore, young and small children will probably have absolutely no benefit from using a regular seat belt rather than a car seat, and might even be exposing themselves to further injury due to an ill - fitting seat belt.

Moreover, researchers can already interpret a person's neural activity from functional magnetic resonance imaging scans at a rudimentary level1 — that the individual is thinking of a person, say, rather than a car.

After all they often rely on their own two feet, rather than a car, to get from place to place.

The loser salesman — now hawking insurance rather than cars.

Borrowing from Takashi Miike's Audition (seminal J Horror film) source material, Nicolas Pesce had time to dress, finesse his highly anticipated sophomore film and boy did he deliver with what comes across as a Cronenberg's Crash like love story featured in hotel room spaces rather than car wreckage and works as an homage to a plethora of influential filmmakers including De Palma and the Giallo set.

The 50th Anniversary celebrates that victory, rather than the car itself — which made its debut in 1964.

Yes, but not until after someone had given me a couple of very good reasons as to why they needed an SUV rather than a car.

Heading left, I find time to enjoy the scenery rather than the car's handling.

While the first 12 months or so were largely limited to design analyses and hot takes that often seemed to more closely reflect the author's position on Tesla stock rather than the car's potential merits, the start of prototype production in late February led to numerous spy shots of both the amateur and professional varieties.

Later, in the funeral procession, I accidentally inserted the Jaguar into the group of cars belonging to the immediate family, rather than the cars belonging to the wider circle of more distant relatives and friends, so I felt a bit embarrassed as I'm sure many people thought, who is this jerk who thinks they go to the front of the procession just because they're in a Jag?!? Ah, such are the perils of driving a fancy, flashy car worth $ 120,000, a sum of money that in my hometown buys you quite a nice house.

Still, some observers think the decision to go with a Silicon Valley icon rather than a car - industry veteran reflects a dangerous cocktail of naïveté and arrogance, and it's not hard to imagine executives in Detroit rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of seeing this fledgling know - it - all pull a De Lorean.

It's the circuit, rather than the car, that demands your attention.

That massive chunk of wood looks meant for a speedboat rather than a car.

But this is probably due to their higher price points rather than the car's desirability.

Rather than a car designed to get people from A to B, the VXR is a souped - up small car, capable of 0 - 62mph in 6.5 seconds, and a top speed of 143mph.

But it does seem to be holding its own in a world that has grown to prefer pickups and sport - utilities rather than cars — especially two - door cars.

The Bluetooth connection infrequently dropped out, which may be a problem with the smartphone used rather than the car itself, but the phone has been dependable in the past.

Part of it is because the CX - 5's torque curve is stronger than the car's, owing to a specialized exhaust manifold that allows the ute to run a 13:1 compression ratio, rather than the car's 12:1, though both engines make 155 hp at 6,000 rpm.

The core of Albany is one of the oldest surviving original settlements, and it's still possible to determine that many of the streets were originally laid out with horses in mind rather than cars.

Or maybe you're shopping for a home loan rather than a car loan.

, and golf carts rather than cars are the only source of the occasional traffic jam on these sandy cobblestone streets.

An interesting feature to squeeze more efficiency out of the driver, rather than the car, is an haptic feedback accelerator pedal:

An optimistic version would see markets automatically readjust to shortages, as higher prices make it more profitable once again to grow crops for people rather than cars.

The vehicles are nominated by judges rather than car manufacturers and evaluated based on environmental benefits and their mass - market potential.

The core of Albany is one of the oldest surviving original settlements, and it's still possible to determine that many of the streets were originally laid out with horses in mind rather than cars.

For those who want more privacy, people will buy into privately - owned fleets that require subscription fees rather than car payments.

According to Zack Hicks, senior vice president and chief information office of Toyota Motor North America, the likelihood is that there'll be some visual indication on the infotainment system's display that you're talking to Amazon's system rather than the car's own voice recognition services.

Not exact matches

The New York Times reported yesterday that, in October of last year, Uber altered its testing program by putting only one safety monitor in each autonomous car rather than two, over the safety concerns of some employees.

Cabins «may become like cattle cars... but a significant percentage would rather be treated that way and fly for X» than have far more legroom and have all kinds of things and travel for X plus 25 percent,» he told CNBC in May.

People didn't have as much money to spend, so they opted for cheaper, used cars rather than brand new options.

With oil selling for around $ 100 a barrel and gasoline prices high, sales of cars that plugged in rather than filled up were beginning to climb.

For example, you could lease a photocopier for several hundred dollars a month rather than financing the entire $ 3,000 purchase price, or you could lease your automobile or van instead of shelling out $ 25,000 or more for the full purchase price of the car.

Rather than have you spend hours on a slow train or in a cramped car, Blade's flights promise to get you out to the Hamptons in just 40 minutes.

Although no - car households are becoming slightly more common, a 2016 Strategic Vision Study found that millennials would still rather own a car than rely on ride - hailing services.

Rather than hiring designers and building a plant like a typical small car company, Eberhard outsourced the manufacturing.

Uber last fall shut down a vehicle leasing business targeting their drivers when the company found it lost $ 9000 per car rather than the $ 500 it has estimated.

The U.S. has proposed a more flexible formula for ensuring production in the U.S., rather than a hard rule demanding 50 per cent of every car to have American content.

Flipping exclusive supercars has become a prevalent practice as limited - run cars become investment pieces rather than just toys.

And city streets — which are being overcrowded by the influx of ride - hailing vehicles, according to some reports — could become less congested as a ride - sharing fleet moves commuters around en masse, rather than individuals relying on their own cars to get to work.

Crucially, Dyson is considering using lithium ion batteries rather than solid state in the first car, according to three people.

«I'm a big proponent of simplicity and efficiency, so rather than own a car and use it infrequently, I've opted to use car sharing services that provide wheels when I need them and take the hassle and expense out of car ownership,» she notes, pointing out that «we're focused on something similar at Sunrun.»

But for Tesla to become primarily an energy company would be like General Motors to shift its emphasis to creating steering wheels for vehicles of all types rather than for management to think of it as a car manufacturer.

The report said the shuttle will most likely come from an established car manufacturer, rather than being a wholly in - house creation.

Some reviews of the Stinger have complained about body roll when the car is pushed, but I didn't find much of that, although I was driving on public roads rather than a track.

And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.

Rather than turning inward to its core team of designers and engineers to come up with the new look, the company turned outward — and let the world decide how the car would look, feel, and drive.

«People now expect more and more humanity from cars, rather than just treating it as a tool,» explained Guangzhou Automobile Group (gnzuf) vice president and head of design, Zhang Fan.

He hopes to use the same technology to create a car battery that recharges in two or three minutes, rather than current models which commonly need to be charged overnight.

Bell recommended consumers look for used cars rather than new cars if they struggle with car affordability.