Sentences with phrase «sport car market»

They're pretty well entrenched at the very highest end of the luxury sports car market.

In order to compete in the premium sport car market, a vehicle needs to be unique and superior in its style.

Marketing is targeted towards specific niches centered on those who desire the company's signature drive train engine, all - wheel / rough - road capabilities or affordable sports car markets.

Buyers in the luxury and high performance sports car market have many choices from some incredible brands.

While Jaguar and Alfa concentrated on the exploding convertible sports car market in the late»60s, BMW was building hardtops that handled like sports cars.

In the living room of his apartment in suburban Indianapolis, he keeps an issue of Sports Car Market, the bible of the collector - car industry, and a Kelley Blue Book (plus a Mitch Miller sing - along LP).

First shown as a concept car at the 2003 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Aston Martin AMV8 Concept caused a worldwide sensation as it allowed Aston Martin to enter a new sector of the premium sports car market with a genuine alternative to other cars on offer.

The Jaguar F - Type is all - new for 2014, returning the brand to the 2 - seat sports car market for the first time in decades.

Having owned most of the models in the high end sports car market, I can say without hesitation, the XK is much better than the...

Cases in point, the Datsun Z cars, which revolutionized the compact sports car market, and let's not forget the successful Hardbody pickups and the durable Pathfinder SUV.

Of course, we acknowledge that the perky Mazda Miata reignited (or perhaps answered a long pent - up demand for) the two - seat, convertible sports car market at the start of that decade.

Its sins, however, are of omission rather than commission and, misgivings to its ultimate purpose aside, there should be absolutely no doubt that BMW has brought all its sophistication to bear on the hybrid sports car market.

Slower sales in the American sports car market led to a planned facelift for 1997 being abandoned in favor of minor cosmetic adjustments, including a new front bumper and rainbow shaped arched type wing.

And while it may not have the horsepower of the aforementioned sports cars, one of the most important debuts was the Pontiac Solstice, which could finally, finally give the Mazda Miata some competition in the affordable sports car market segment that the Miata has owned for nearly 15 years.

With amazing acceleration, aggressive handling and bold styling, it has become an icon in the U.S. sports car market.

Jaguar makes a triumphant return to the true sports car market with the F - Type Roadster.

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Dubbed Pulsar, a name previously used for a line of compact cars sold in Asia and Australia since 1978 (not to be confused with the Pulsar NX sports car marketed in the U.S. between 1983 and 1990), the new vehicle is a five - door hatchback aimed at models such as the Volkswagen Golf and the Ford Focus.

The ultimate evolution of the 246 Dino model introduced during the period when Enzo Ferrari would not permit cars with anything other than V12 engines to be badged as a Ferrari (1968), the Dino nevertheless opened the mid-engine sports car market to the storied Italian manufacturer.

Late»80s - Toward the end of the 1980s, the overall sports car market faces a downturn due to a significant increase in consumer demand for multi-purpose vehicles such as minivans and sport utilities.

«We're making great progress in delivering on the expectations we created a year ago, with advanced technology that will bring new levels of performance and a unique, dynamic experience to the exotic sports car market.»

As popular interest in import tuning and performance cars resurged in the late - 1990s due in part to various popular cultural influences, Japanese automakers waded back into the performance and sports car market in the US.

Maserati is currently working towards having a 100 - percent coverage of the luxury sports car market, which means a Porsche 911 rival is in the works.

«Because the trend in customer demand is moving more and more towards dual - clutch transmission, and this trend mirrors that seen in the high - end sports car market,» says Christophe Besseau, project director for Renault Sport Technologies.

And, the best part about all of this is that the third sports car will, of course, have Mr. Tada's hands all over it, so that means light - weight and simple — a true competitor in the compact sports car market.

Alpine has noted a global premium sports car market of 200,000 cars each year, with 40 per cent of those in North America.

Kathleen Donohue is an award winning marketing writer, editor and magazine journalist, having served such publications as BusinessWeek, Sports Car Market and American Bungalow magazine.

Both are great fun to drive but appeal to different sections of the sports car market.

By the late»80s the sports car market was saturated with competitors duking it out for 20,000 sales apiece, not enough volume to justify a car that required 50,000 sales to break even.

The trio of American muscle cars also makes up a large percentage of the sports car market.

It is also a fully featured sports car, far from the crude, cheap cars with which the Brits dominated the sports car market of the 1960s — wretched things with four - speed transmissions, drum brakes, and convertible tops that had to be assembled and erected like tents.

One, it was largely dependent upon the UK, particularly the sports car market in the UK.

The all - new Japanese two door is even more special when you consider how long Acura has been out of the sports car market.

The Cayman's price tag (this test car wound past # 60,000 thanks to options) can buy everything from a BMW M3 or Lotus Evora to a lightly used Nissan GT - R, with the new Jaguar F - type and Alfa Romeo 4C set to join the sports car market in 2013 too.

They were fed up with the sports car market becoming watered - down and unfocused.

I am also a Contributing Editor to Road & Track Magazine, as well as Editor - at - Large for Sports Car Market and American Car Collector Magazines for the past decade.

Toyota ventured into the sports car market in 1967 with the Toyota 2000GT, originally a concept car engineered and built by Yamaha for Nissan as what would become the Datsun 240Z.

«The GT - R is one of the most iconic and impressive sports cars on the market today, but there are very few places to explore the vehicle's full potential in a safe, controlled and supervised situation,» said Eric Ledieu, director, sports car marketing, Nissan North America.

Officially re-entering the sports car market for the first time since its E-Type left it in 1974, the 2014 Jaguar F - Type made its official debut today ahead of the Paris Motor Show.

The Chevrolet Corvette and the Ford Thunderbird, introduced in 1953 and 1955 respectively, were designed to capture the sports car market.

If this is how Hyundai enters the sports car market I can hardly wait to see the refined product a few years from now.

Commenting on the global debut, Jaguar Cars Global Brand Director Adrian Hallmark said: «The unveiling of the F - Type in Paris will be a truly significant day in Jaguar's history as it will mark the company's return to the sports car market, a market it originally helped to create.»

Although rarely used in performance applications, Subaru proved to us that CVTs outfitted with the appropriate modifications can serve a purpose in today's sports car market.

So the Jag's a great car, and tempting, but the Porsche Boxster looms over the sports car market like those city - sized flying saucers in Independence Day.

The sports car market continues to decline, but that's a great thing if you're in the market for a new Jaguar F - Type.

Jaguar may be looking to go further into the sports car market now that Ford is no longer in the picture.

«Another example of why Porsche dominates the sports car market.

Flash and dashEuropean automakers owned the sports car market in America in the»50s,»60s and most of the»70s.

McLaren Automotive has announced that it plans to compete at the top level of the sports car market with a range of premium, high power, highly efficient, lightweight, luxurious, carbon - based cars.