Sentences with phrase «small car industry»

So we are going to probably have a smaller car industry making smaller cars.

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A small, scrappy company in Burlingame, California, is quietly rethinking the way the car sharing industry will function in the years to come — and it just got a big boost from one of Silicon Valley's premier VC firms.

The small companies behind these bewitching motorcycles and sports cars are a bright spot in the American auto industry.

«SaaS can have the same effect that car leasing had in the auto industry,» says Siamak Farah, CEO of InfoStreet, which offers SaaS solutions to small businesses.

Durant was a great promoter and visionary, and by 1909 he had turned Buick into the best - selling car in the U.S. Searching for a business model in a new industry, and with the prescient vision that a car company should offer multiple brands, that year he bought three other small car companies — Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac — and merged them with Buick, renaming the combined company General Motors.

Fishing is small fry, a tiny subplot of a huge negotiation in which those industries which bring in the most cash - like financial services or car manufacturing - will be prioritised.

Smart Despite the industry's fervor for small cars, the smallest of them all, the ForTwo -LRB--61 %), continues to sink.

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The people who got Jordan Priestley started on his 15 - year career in the performance industry included his father, Don, who helped him build his first big - block when Jordan was only seven years old; family friend Forest Seek, who owned a parts store that focused on performance cars; and Dave Lindsley, who owned a ’67 Camaro RS with a built small - block and was also a successful business owner.

Applied to road cars the system supports the current motor industry trend for smaller powertrains; a lightweight kinetic energy recovery system providing a means of boosting acceleration and overall performance and economy independently of the vehicle's internal combustion engine.

The NHTSA studies show the cost of compliance to the industry would be $ 319 million for passenger cars, $ 21 million for light trucks and multipurpose vehicles and $ 100,000 for small buses.

In an era where regular unleaded gasoline can be bought for less than $ 1 a gallon, that amounts to too many small cars competing for buyers who just aren't there, according to auto - industry analysts.

Thirteen mid-sized cars have earned high marks on the insurance industry's newest frontal - crash test, but a pair of Toyota models tested fared worse than the rest.The so - called small overlap test...

The Dart represents something entirely new in the industry, as it makes small cars cool.

Extensive update for the original in the premium small car segment is the main focus of the MINI appearance at the event that traditionally kicks off the year for the automotive industry.

According to industry statistician VFACTS, the previous generation Hyundai i30 was Australia's number two best - selling small car in 2016 and, if its sales were combined with the Elantra, would have toppled the all - conquering Toyota Corolla to be number one.

The industry's sea change to front - wheel - drive happened in the 1980s to make cars smaller and more fuel - efficient.

The wraps are off General Motors» top - secret Saturn Corp. plant.Five years in the making, the $ 1.9 billion facility lives up to industry expectations.GM has blended the most advanced technology from its far - flung computer, aerospace, robotics and automotive divisions to create a huge new car factory with a huge mission: producing affordable small cars that can compete with the Japanese.The Saturn car makes its public debut next month.

More than half of all new vehicles sold in Canada are small or compact cars and utility vehicles and industry pundits expect the sector to grow another 25 % by 2017.

Extensive update for the original in the premium small car segment is the main focus of the MINI appearance at the event that traditionally kicks off the year for the automotive industry — British brand presents the new edition of the MINI and the MINI Convertible at the North American International Auto Show 2018 along with the current range of models in the premium compact segment.

The touch - screen display that goes with most Sync installations, called MyFord Touch or MyLincoln Touch, suffered from small fonts (but it met industry specs, Ford explained), slow operation, blue screens of death, and the difficulty of tapping a touch screen on a moving car that is common to all touch - screen systems.

«GM's retail growth over the last 12 months has outpaced the industry by a wide margin because our redesigned large pickups and SUVs are hits, we made smart investments in new segments like small crossovers and mid-size pickups, and our momentum in the car business is accelerating with each new model introduction,» said Kurt McNeil, U.S. vice president of Sales Operations.

Suppose that I want to make a small investment of around 1000 $ and that I want to short the German car industry and its suppliers over the long term (5 - 15 years).

Bum Raps and Bad Cops Unlike in, say, Costa Rica, where shaking down gringos in rental cars is a small industry, in Belize you will not be pulled over for phony traffic offenses, and if you are stopped at a checkpoint, which occasionally happens, no one will promote a bribe.

We tested our best ever fuel in conventional (port fuel injector) and emerging (direct injection) engine technology; in fleets of cars and trucks with engines big and small; and in engine test stands incorporating ASTM, industry standard and new, cutting edge test procedures.

They say that when Australia's car manufacturing industry shuts down in 2017 Australia will have one of the smallest manufacturing sectors in the developed world.

Oil prices were higher, consumers were favoring smaller cars, and the Obama administration had only recently overseen the $ 80 billion bailout of the U.S. auto industry.

Could such a quarrel distract the companies, potentially slowing the small, burgeoning electric - car industry's progress?