Sentences with phrase «reputation as a sports car»

Jaguar hasn't so much bet the farm on it, but Jag's entire reputation as a sports car maker on the success of the rear wheel - drive F - Type (although all - wheel drive versions are available).

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But even if you disregard the TT's reputation as the Hyundai Tiburon for chic women with impeccable taste and generous budgets, the TTS doesn't stir the soul the way a $ 50,000 sports car ought to.

That was the Speedster, and it cemented Porsche's reputation as a builder of primo sports cars.

It's not an undeserved reputation, as past Maseratis have been exotics — Italian sports cars and sedans with pasts as celebrated as those other Italian exotic brands.

Whether the shifting automotive demographic outside ladies hair salons in those early years was because the SLK rapidly failed to gain a reputation as genuine hard driver's sports car is a moot point.

That, of course, led to the great classic designs of the iconic DB family (DB2, DB2 / 4, DB4, DB5 and DB6), which created Aston Martin's reputation as a manufacturer of the world's most beautiful sports cars.

«I have been involved with the Mazda MX - 5 since the project was first approved in 1986, and was lucky enough to be a chassis engineer on the first model that established the MX - 5 roadster's reputation as an exciting and affordable lightweight sports car.

As a thoroughbred sports car, the Toyota Supra built a reputation both as a formidable performer on the road and as an all - conquering machine on the racetrack, dominating Japan's top - level GT racing series and earning legions of fanAs a thoroughbred sports car, the Toyota Supra built a reputation both as a formidable performer on the road and as an all - conquering machine on the racetrack, dominating Japan's top - level GT racing series and earning legions of fanas a formidable performer on the road and as an all - conquering machine on the racetrack, dominating Japan's top - level GT racing series and earning legions of fanas an all - conquering machine on the racetrack, dominating Japan's top - level GT racing series and earning legions of fans.

And unlike the Eclipse sports car which had a solid reputation for providing performance at an affordable price, the Eclipse Cross isn't as performance - minded.

The C5 - R changed the Corvette's reputation all over the world, proving that GM could make a sports racing car just as well as anyone else.

Even though Alfa is best known in the United States for sports cars such as the Giulietta and Spider, in Europe Alfa's reputation for high - performance is not so much for sports cars as it is for sports sedans.

When the talk turns to future classics, one of the first Japanese cars that pops into mind is the Honda S2000, a quick and aggressive little roadster with an engine that loves to rev.. The S2000 is something of a throwback to the British sports cars of the»60s, and it has earned a reputation as a raw and demanding hot rod that rewards the driver with its unique style and performance.

As far as luxury / sports car brands producing SUV's, if they keep their focus on improving the core vehicles which made their reputations then they will be oAs far as luxury / sports car brands producing SUV's, if they keep their focus on improving the core vehicles which made their reputations then they will be oas luxury / sports car brands producing SUV's, if they keep their focus on improving the core vehicles which made their reputations then they will be ok.