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"sport tourer" is a type of motorcycle or car that is designed and built for both sporty and long-distance touring purposes. It combines the performance and handling of a sports vehicle with the comfort and practicality needed for extended trips.
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First report: the spacious and versatile Vauxhall
Insignia Sports Tourer estate is proving an ideal workhorse for our photographer
For the first time this year, a commission designed by the Icelandic artist Kristjana Williams will see a limited - edition Vauxhall
Astra Sports Tourer wrapped with Williams» unique and vibrant cartographic designs.
And the pull is such that despite the slowdown in domestic automobile market, the brand already has on roads over 1,000 units of the A Class compact and B
Class sports tourers in India.
The Bottom Line Mercedes - Benz is exploring new ground with the R - Class
Grand Sports Tourer.
The Skoda Superb Estate, for instance, beats the Insignia
Sports Tourer with its 633 and 1,865 litres of boot space with its seats up and down.
Its upmarket persona means the Passat Estate occupies a middle ground between the big - selling Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Insignia
Sports Tourer estates, as well as the Hyundai i40 Tourer, but offers more for your money than the Audi A4 Avant, BMW 3 Series Estate or Mercedes C - Class Estate.
The 9.6 seconds Chrysler quotes for the Pacifica's 0 - to -60-mph sprint won't set blood aboil; 250 horsepower and 250 pound - feet of torque in the face of two - plus tons
of sports tourer ain't much.
Vauxhall is offering a new range of diesel engines for both the sedan and
Sports Tourer models of the Insignia.
BMW says the Family
Active Sports Tourer is a sports van, and we think it's just compact crossover with a wagon's rear end, but that's not the point here.
With six - speed manual transmission and all - wheel - drive, the new Insignia VXR SuperSport reaches 60mph from zero in just 5.9 seconds (6.1 seconds
for Sports Tourer) and on to a top speed of 170mph.
Aspects that have been improved over the current «
Compact Sports Tourer», which was launched back in 2005, include space, refinement, economy and safety.
Mercedes - Benz unveiled its second - generation B - Class at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show along with a concept for an E-Cell version of the front - wheel drive
compact sport tourer.
The Vauxhall Insignia
Sports Tourer also works very well as a long - distance cruiser, thanks to its comfortable ride, good noise insulation and extremely supportive seats.
The Vauxhall Insignia
Sports Tourer does redeem itself, however, by having a very wide boot opening with a low boot lip, making it easier to fit larger items in the back.
The Opel Astra
Sports Tourer price was not announced, but UK dealership arrival is set for the end of 2010.
I have an issue with a 2010 Opel / Vauxhall Insignia 2.0
CDTI Sports Tourer (aka Buick Regal in the States if I'm not mistaken) and I'm having difficulties pinning it down.
The warm Vauxhall Insignia
Sports Tourer GSi meets the VW Passat estate in a practical performance duel
Stuttgart - The new R - Class, the Grand
Sports Tourer from Mercedes - Benz, reaffirms the role of Mercedes - Benz as the visionary and trendsetter amongst automotive brands.
The 2011 Subaru
Legacy Sports Tourer price starts at 41,995 Euro and power us provided by a Boxer Diesel...
These latest spy shots show the German automaker's next step towards that goal with the new FAST (Family
Activity Sports Tourer), which joins the CAT (Compact Activity Tourer) and the JOY (Compact Sports Commuter Concept).
However, the estate body style does mean that there's more rear headroom here than in the Insignia saloon or hatchback, so anyone looking at those models might want to consider the marginally more expensive
Sports Tourer if taller passengers will regularly be using the back seats.
The new care is based on the Insignia
Sports Tourer station wagon but it also has some off - road features like taller ground clearance and...
This is a discussion on 2015: Updated Mercedes A & B - Class launched within The Indian Car Scene, part of the BHP India category; Mercedes - Benz has launched the facelifted 2015 B - Class
sports tourer at a price of between Rs 27.95 - Rs 28.95 lakhs...
If the Twingo is too small, there are Bizu versions of the Clio, the Megane (in hatchback or
Sports Tourer form) and the Scenic people carrier.
Mercedes - Benz India has launched the facelifted B - Class
sports tourer along with the updated A-Class diesel today.
If the 2.0 - litre petrol engine isn't punchy enough for you, then you'll be happy to know there's a 321bhp engine available in the flagship Insignia
Sports Tourer VXR, which we've reviewed separately.
The Sport mode makes the Insignia
Sports Tourer driving experience more active, changing the set - up of interlinked functions such as the steering, throttle control and even the ambient lighting of the dashboard.
It also built quite a few four - doors that have somehow lost their original bodies and
become sports tourers.
The concept of the Grand
Sports Tourer caters to the needs of modern - minded people looking for a car that offers tremendous versatility combined with athletic performance.
You could have added a few inches of rear legroom and a dollop of cubic inches of cargo space and had a sultry, practical
hybrid sports tourer to challenge the Tesla Model S. Or you could have jettisoned the rear seats altogether, ladled in the lithium and had some seriously useful electric range.
Rapid - fire Product Offensive Continues Chrysler continues its wave of
successful sports tourers with a new lineup of 2005 Chrysler Pacifica models.
If that sounds more than vaguely like Chrysler's
Pacifica Sports Tourer, the two vehicles share no parts, and the R - Class is, well, more grand in design, social standing, specification, and price.
Packed with clever features, the Astra
Sports Tourer maintains the hatch's wheelbase (2685 mm), yet its superior packaging has allowed the maximum load length to be increased by 28 mm to 1835 mm, and its load volume by 30 litres to 500 litres with the rear seats up.
From launch, Astra
Sports Tourer buyers will have a choice of six frugal, yet lively engines, with an ultra-low emissions, Start / Stop - equipped ecoFLEX model available soon afterwards.
Our spacious Vauxhall Insignia
Sports Tourer scrubs up pretty well, especially after a wash at AutoGlym HQ
It's reassuring to know the Astra hatchback also has a five - star Euro NCAP crash - test rating, which should also apply to the mechanically
identical Sports Tourer.
The fully -
faired sports tourer is powered by a 400 cc twin - cylinder engine with DOHC and 4 valves.
In terms of insurance group ratings, the Astra
Sports Tourer sits in groups 8 to 20, depending on which version you go for — the more powerful the engine and the higher the trim level, the more it'll cost to insure.