Sentences with phrase «small car platform»

Purely a design concept, the vehicle is fashioned around a front - wheel drive small car platform with a 4 - cylinder engine and a 6 - speed manual transmission.

The car's new MQB A0 small car platform means it feels more similar to the Golf than ever, offering plenty of stability that inspires confidence and lets you place the car on the road exactly where you want it.

It will be built on the new PQ25 small car platform — first used by the latest SEAT Ibiza.

It's the first car to sit on the VW Group's new small car platform, its styling is sharper than ever, and its cabin could be the best in the class.

Not exact matches

«After years of claiming the OPEL business was critical to the company's global platform strategy in small cars and diesel engines (while suffering billions on losses), the company surprised the market with its decision to completely exit,» wrote Jonas.

That's because Mr. Schaum is leading a program to merge Chrysler small and midsize car platforms — those used for the Dodge Neon, Dodge Stratus and Chrysler Sebring — with the underpinnings from Mitsubishi's Lancer and Galant.

But the best part of the Geneva show to me will always be stumbling upon the dozens of niche brands and tuning houses you've heard or never heard of, small makers doing big things such as legendary German outfit RUF, which unveiled its Porsche - look, bespoke - platform SCR series cars.

Rather than simply slapping Infiniti badges on a Mercedes and calling it a day, Infiniti used its partnership with Daimler to take Benz's MFA small - car platform (used for the A -, B -, CLA -, and GLA - Class) as a starting point and create a totally new vehicle.

The GLB was originally going to be based on a new modular small - car platform shared with Renault - Nissan.

It's platform sharing that makes a car like this possible for a relatively small company such as Lamborghini, just as it inevitably makes the Urus's constituent parts relentlessly predictable.

Toss the car around, and it displays outstanding balance — a result of Ford's masterful small - car platform.

Inductive charging technology, which allows the car's battery to charge wirelessly once the car is parked over a special charging platform, has already been employed on a much smaller scale in home appliances such as toothbrush chargers since the early 2000s.

If one surmises that there is still room for a range - topping, image - leading, headline - making vehicle in the Buick lineup that resurrects the Riviera nameplate on a version of GM's rear - wheel - drive platform, Federico only smiles and reminds us that «I'm Mr. GM Small Car Worldwide,» not in charge of the Buick brand or Buick product development, but he allows that «I don't think anybody disagrees with you [that Buick needs an image leader].»

Ford Going global Like so many vehicles coming from the Ford Motor Company these days, the next Escape is built on the global C - segment platform that underpins the Focus and a bevy of other small cars (page 66).

It could be based on a small front - wheel - drive car platform, or it might have the underpinnings of a full - sized, four - wheel - drive pickup truck.

This development car's exterior doesn't have many surprises: most of the body panels are lifted from the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, but are stretched to both lengthen and widen the car — understandable, considering the Compact U.S. Wide platform underneath is derived from the slightly smaller C - EVO platform used in the Giulietta.

Lutz reorganizes product development around small «platform teams» responsible for an entire car.

Despite the platform switch, the Versa Note isn't drastically smaller than the car it replaces.

It's going to be tough to get executives to continue to support a costly rear - wheel - drive platform for a small - batch sports car.

Returning to its small - car roots, Toyota borrows a platform in a joint venture that results in the very sporty, very stylish and very economical 2018 Toyota Yaris iA subcompact sedan.

Also in this episode: Mercedes - Benz plans a small wagon for the B - class platform, Opel shows a two - seat electric car for the Frankfurt auto show and SEMA names candidates for its hottest car and truck...

The 2019 Volkswagen Jetta made its debut at the Detroit auto show a month ago, sharing the MQB platform with the latest VW models like the Arteon and the Atlas, as well as representing the latest in VW design language for its small and midsize passenger cars.

Infiniti, Nissan's luxury brand, plans to build a compact car based on the MFA small - car platform from Daimler AG's Mercedes - Benz, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said.The new model will mark an expansion of...

«We see an emerging segment in the U.S. for a premium, small car below the Saab 9 - 3 sport sedan,» said Augustsson, who also is using the New York show to unveil a new Saab 9 - 3 convertible, coming out this fall, that's built on GM's new front - wheel - drive Epsilon platform.

Volvo, owned by Geely, is working on two new flexible platforms for small and large cars.

These models are often derived from a compact car or small family automobile platform.

Fiat will contribute world - class technology, platforms and powertrains for small - and medium - sized cars, allowing Chrysler Group LLC to offer an expanded product line including environmentally friendly vehicles.

The fusing of GRC and ESPN's X-Games has been a catalyst for many action - sports athletes migrating from other sports to motorsports and provides an excellent platform for making small cars cool.

Chevrolet has been on a small car binge during the last couple years, and the company is fortunate to have this platform in its global lineup that it can introduce (relatively) quickly to the U.S.

It's reasonable to assume that the Kicks is built on a car - derived platform, meaning it likely comes standard with front - wheel drive, and it undoubtedly uses a four - cylinder engine because we can't imagine Nissan would shoehorn a V6 in the engine bay of a small, city - dwelling crossover.

What we do know about this alliance so far is that it will bring the development of a new rear - wheel drive platform for small cars and the sharing of diesel and petrol engines between the two groups.

The car is based on a modern platform and is the smallest vehicle the company has produced.

If the Defender version of the new small SUV was given the go - ahead, it would mean that the car's range would use two platforms: a toughened - up version of the D7u — also used under the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery — for the initial Defender range due to be revealed later this year and the D10 underpinnings for the smaller car.

«The new small - car platform architecture includes an all - wheel drive option,» Erich Schmitt, president of Seat said.

Codenamed the Datsun I2 the new small car is based on the new CMF - A platform and shares its underpinnings with the Renault Kwid.

The CX - 3, despite its light - hatch platform, offers roominess inside roughly approximating small passenger cars of a decade ago.

For the original model, Holden replaced the long - serving Kingswood and Premier large executive cars developed in Australia, with another rear wheel drive (RWD) platform that was, however, based on a smaller European design by Opel, re-engineered for Australian conditions.

The Solstice will be built from the all - new, rear - wheel - drive Kappa platform, which is expected to spawn several other small, sporty cars, likely one for Saturn and one or two for GM's European customers.

The Mission E's platform is scalable, and Porsche is reportedly already working on a smaller version of the car.

Beneath that lid is a small, tidy trunk that can be expanded by folding a panel between it and a cargo platform behind the two leather seats, which were a medium tan color in the test car.

Joseph Caddell, general project manager for small - car platforms at Chrysler Corp., said that the company will formally introduce the Plymouth Breeze at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.

A 1.2 petrol will be the staple engine for the models that qualify for the «small car» tax benefits and hence, is likely to power cars ranging from the next - gen Figo and Aspire (expected in 2019) to a new premium hatchback that is also being developed on the B563 platform.

Fiat will contribute world - class technology, platforms and powertrains for small - and medium - sized cars, allowing Chrysler Group to offer an expanded product line including environmentally friendly vehicles.

It's based on Chrysler Group's full - size LX platform but it's considered a pony car, which has traditionally been a smaller coupe or convertible with a large engine.

Fiat will contribute world - class technology, platforms and powertrains for small - and medium - size cars, allowing Chrysler Group to offer an expanded product line including environmentally friendly vehicles.

Although the latest images reveal little more of the car's final styling, we know that the next Megane shares the CMF - CD platform with the new European Nissan Pulsar and the Japanese brand's smaller SUVs.

Based on VW's New Small Family (NSF) platform, the car carries potential to compete with any of the compact utility cars currently available in the Indian auto - market.

The new Mini hardtop shares BMW's new UKL small - car platform.

But instead of fitting this platform with a conventional steel unibody structure like the Vectra's, Saturn mated it to a space frame similar to those used on the smaller S - Series cars.

The Sonic is based on General Motors» new Gamma global small - car platform, and the underpinnings in this incarnation appear solid, as do the powertrains.