Sentences with phrase «seen on a production car»

Perhaps the best - known Vision GT car, Bugatti's concept came while Chiron hype was at its peak, and previewed many of the visual features we were to see on the production car, from its inset headlights to the huge curve along its flanks.

Exterior features include hand - polished black paint which is the darkest - ever exterior colour seen on a production car, black gloss - finished Spirit of Ecstasy figurine on the bonnet, darkened badging and chrome detailing, composite carbon - fibre alloy wheels with aluminium hubs.

The most striking part of its exterior are its very unusual door handles that are unlike any door handles I've ever seen on a production car, plus the front and rear fascias.

The result is the deepest, darkest and most intense black ever seen on a production car surface.

Not exact matches

Her gifts — the downy - soft hands, the vision on the ice that allows her to see two or three steps ahead of other players, the production so efficient and dependable that it suggests the assembly line of a German car plant — seem as easy to explain as her green eyes and her blonde drape of hair.

Alongside a production ready NSX, Ford lifted the lid on its GT concept, both two cars we had been waiting a long time to see.

Indeed, now that the SLR in all its guises (see page 126) has long since ceased production, and with that strange process of absolution reserved for less - than - perfect cars slowly working its magic on the enigmatic McMerc, the SLR's fortunes seem poised for a revival.

We'll most likely see these elements in production form when the next - generation XC90 launches later this year, but seeing how gorgeous they look on a bonafide wagon, we can't wait for this style to come back on other cars, perhaps a new V70.

The «check engine» icon light embedded in the tachometer dial is basically the same one you see on every other average - to - exotic production car, and it resembles a carbureted V - 8, complete with the air cleaner on top.

In a production car, you normally see understeer first as it's easier to control, especially on the street, and this is true with the Grand Sport.

Ariel has said that the concept won't directly influence a production car unfortunately, although if you would still like to see it, it will be on show at the Low Carbon Vehicle Show at Millbrook Proving Ground on the 14th and 15th of September.

It wears cartoonish, concept - car proportions, but the bones of the design study is what we can reasonably expect to see on the production truck.

BMW isn't offering up any information on the concept car's powertrain at this point, but we do expect to see a production version of the i8 Spyder in the near future.

Morgan has also worked hard to improve comfort and usability with the AR Plus 4, adding soundproofing throughout the hood and body of the car which you don't see on a standard production Morgan.

These design elements will start being seen on the roads at the end of 2019, when VW's first ID electric car reaches production.

Since then, Rolls has confirmed that it will, indeed, build a production convertible based on the 100EX, and we expected to see that car at this year's Swiss show.

Whether the Soulster makes production remains to be seen - it's concept car fantasy at the minute - but the standard Soul was in the same position a couple of years ago, and is now on the verge of sales across the world.

The wheels seen on the test car may not be representative of the production model given it's wearing winter tyres, but new alloy wheel designs are also likely.

Here's Detroit Editor Matt DeLorenzo's take on the best new production and concept cars he saw this week during the media days for the 2005 Chicago Auto Show:

The British automaker previewed its styling with the DB10 in Spectre, and it will be interesting to see how much influence the company's latest creations, like the Vulcan, has on its production cars.

It won't be the sexiest or the most eye - popping of the cars headed to France, but we're still interested to see if Audi can change our minds on our initial underwhelming opinion of this production - ready, limited - run concept.

«I couldn't be more excited to see production up and running on a new Shelby Mustang,» says Carroll Shelby, CEO and chairman of Shelby Automobiles Inc. «The new Shelby GT is a great addition to the Shelby GT500 and Shelby GT - H, and it will only further the lead that Mustang has in the coming muscle - car wars.»

The 2017 edition of the Geneva Motor Show was arguably better than ever, with manufacturers showing off a wide range of new production models that we'll be seeing on the road soon and a whole host of concept cars to show us their vision of the future.

Perhaps this means more of the styling seen on this concept will make it to an actual production car.

This advanced software rides on top of the car's drive modes and provides a degree of suspension performance never before seen in a production Mustang.

The official word is that this is a Concept model only, but seeing photos of the car snapped on the streets shows just how close it is to a production reality.

This time we did notice a different engine cover on these shots... the louvres returned, we've seen these on photos before but a different cover was shown on other test cars that featured a glass center with fins on the sides, however a recent article by «Only The Best» in which they state they actually saw the production car already, mentions a «Miura» style engine cover too.

These are rear lamps first seen on the DP - 100 Digital Concept Car and put into production on the Vulcan.

The evolution of the 12 - cylinder boxer engine saw it equipped with four valves per cylinder: the most powerful engine mounted on a production sports car at the time of its launch.

Superb fit - and - finish and impressive ergonomics made these mid-sized four - door cars lovely places to spend long journeys in, and it's not uncommon to see used models with steep mileages that are as well screwed together on the inside as they were when they rolled off the production line.

Several other concept cars on display at the Detroit show are likely to see production in the next few years.

The British car maker has uncovered the full picture on the production version 2012 Range Rover Evoque which will be seen in the flesh at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

I think 500's had no resale anyway and making the turbo standard makes it easier on production to just build one engine and most cars over time see a power in tin the base model.

Featuring elements seen on Mazda's Nagare series of concept cars, which have received rave reviews at motor shows over the past several years, the Premacy becomes the first Mazda production model to fully adopt the Nagare design concept.

Acura's California Design Studio was responsible for the look of the sedan, which features a sharper grille than we're used to seeing on the automaker's production cars, though the sedan is very recognizable as an Acura — something that automakers at times fail to achieve with concepts not slated for production.

It's the first major European show on the calendar each year, so we always expect to see a healthy turnout of new and interesting production cars and concepts.

Thanks to the close cooperation between racing engineers, racing drivers and developers, the Audi R8 has seen a clear performance increase — this benefits both the series production car and the R8 LMS developed on the basis of this.

The Marzal featured iconic glass gullwing doors that never saw the light of day on a production Lamborghini, but definitely let a lot of light into the cabin of the concept car.

That means it's not ready for production now, and not for a long time, if ever, but you should see Acura cars take on this look in the future.

One can only hope that many of the styling features seen on the Riviera Concept car will survive the production line.

Note the lack of walnut veneer — wood in an Aston Martin is a relatively new phenomenon seen on a small number of late Weber carb V8's and on most cars since the «Oscar India» V8 upto the end of DB7 production.

Not so much with the 370kW engine, but it would be great to see that full body kit on a production car one day.

There's no telling if or when we'll be seeing some of the features in the Smart Vision EQ Fortwo make their way into production cars, but Daimler is for sure betting big on electric vehicles.

With rules now more permissive as far as designs go, Mazda came up with a race car that uses many of the Kodo styling cues seen on the company's production cars.

All we can hope at this juncture is that the Q8 that does eventually make production will at least maintain a modicum of the features seen on this concept car; Audi is notorious for making some pretty drastic changes on the road from concept to production.

While Infiniti may not quite have the sales traction of contemporaries like Acura or Audi, you have to hand it to the brand for designing some of the most provocative cars in the luxury market, with production models tending to stick very closely to what's seen in concept form on the auto show floor; look the recently - released Q60 for an idea of what we're talking about.

While seeing cosmetic carbon fibre on steering wheels has been an unfortunate production car reality since the early 2000s, they all had metallic skeletons.

The independent steering axis front suspension (Renault Sport Performance Hub) was first seen on a Renault production car in 2004, with the launch of the previous generation Mégane Renault Sport.

We haven't seen the production Honda Civic hatchback — at least we hadn't, until an Autocar.co.uk reader sent that publication photos of the new Civic hatch completely undisguised, riding on the back of a car transporter in Europe.

We wouldn't be surprised to see the RS5 TDI hop on the assembly line over the next couple of years, but, if that doesn't happen, the electric turbo will find its way into other production cars.