Sentences with phrase «than a saloon car»

It was a move that gave Nissan an edge as car makers woke up to the realisation that car buyers wanted something a bit higher riding and a bit more butch than a saloon car to ride around, leaving other car makers hustling to catch up with Nissan's Crossover jump.

Not exact matches

This car is battling to be part of the junior executive sports saloon market and you have to say it's a more convincing effort than the newly «upmarket» Evo X.

Overall, it probably has the edge over the saloon in terms of styling, and while there are some fussy elements, it's probably a more handsome car than its closest rivals, too — the BMW 5 - series Touring and Mercedes - Benz E-class Estate.

The acceptance of ridiculously powerful saloon car has now come full circle, with cars like this now being no more subtle than a sports or supercar.

The real story of their rivalry is more interesting than the rumours, says Karl Ludvigsen / In Wolf in sheep's clothing, John Warburton tells the intriguing story of an unusual Vintage Vauxhall saloon that has recently returned to the road / Paul d'Orléans travels to Villa d'Este, the most glamorous concours of them all, where this year a postwar Alfa Romeo took a surprise win / The Eric Longden light car was the eponymous creation of an Australian jockey and theatrical agent who had emigrated to London.

Both the M3 and M4 share the same suspension and track width, however the standard 3 - series is narrower than the basic 4 - series and so the saloon's arches have been stretched even further to cover the wider M - car track.

The slowest Model S, the rear wheel drive 75, can still hit 60mph from a standstill in 4.3 sec, a more than respectable time for a big saloon car.

It's a big car - every time I climbed out and looked at it, particularly in profile, it seemed more like a sports saloon than a «hot hatch» - and occasionally it feels it, trading a smaller hatch's hyperactive agility for a more grown - up effectiveness, but that shouldn't be read that the experience is in any way dull.

The Superb is no sports saloon, but in pure and simple terms it's more fun than its predecessor, and entertaining enough for a car of its type.

It's perhaps not the most subtle getaway car but should you need an emergency start it possesses a 0 - 60 time of 4.6 sec (0.2 sec slower than the saloon) and its top speed is limited to 186mph.

With development of the Porsche Mission E well under way, (the first prototypes are set to start testing this summer) the Weissach engineers EV focus is in developing the fully electric sub-Panamera four - door saloon rather than hybridisation of its sports car range.

The car is 123 mm longer than before (143 mm with the more pronounced bumpers of the AMG Line models), 74 mm wider, and has both a wider track (wider even than the E-class saloon and estate) and a longer wheelbase (albeit shorter than the saloon / estate, at 2873 mm to 2939 mm).

But the fact that the Impreza Turbo is nothing more than a super-heated saloon car never bothered me in the slightest.

In other respects, the 640i is much like the 640d, which means the car fits neatly between the 6 Series Coupe and the 5 Series saloon, feeling slightly softer and more refined than the former, but sharper than the latter.

The 3 Series GT majors on practicality; it features a wheelbase that is 110 mm longer than the standard saloon car, which has allowed BMW to free up a lot more space in the back seats.

The longer body, increased weight and higher centre of gravity mean it never feels as sharp as either the 3 Series saloon or Touring, but the rear - wheel - drive chassis and accurate steering ensure the 3 GT is still more fun to drive than most cars of this size.

The short wheelbase cars are more like large sports saloons than limos.

Maserati reveals the exterior form of the Levante, the first SUV in the brand's more than one hundred year history: the new model completes the existing range of saloon and sports cars, extending the offering together with the Quattroporte, Ghibli, GranTurismo and GranTurismo Convertible models.

But then, even though the S - Class Coupe is a sharper drive than the saloon, it's still not really supposed to be a sports car.

It's unmistakably shorter than traditional executive saloon rivals such as the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes - Benz C - Class and even Audi's own A4 — but it's still the sort of three - box design that buyers of those cars are keen on.

Using the Mercedes MRA platform — shared with the saloon — the new convertible is a larger car than the outgoing model.

Times have changed, and the famous German marque now sells more Macan, Cayenne and Panamera SUVs and saloons than it does sports cars.

That's more than every Jaguar saloon, sports car and SUV combined.

The steering is quick, and while the big SUV isn't as sharp as its saloon cousins, it feels more agile than a car of its stature really ought to.

The tyres are wider than the regular saloon's, so there's plenty of grip, although the sheer amount of power on offer means that, despite the best efforts of the clever electronic differential, the car relies heavily on its traction control on the exit of tight corners.

Although physics dictate that a car as big and heavy as the Panamera can't be quite as flighty as a 911, the Panamera still feels much more the finely - honed sports car than it does a lumbering executive saloon.

Away from performance statistics, the C - Class Coupe is a very good car to drive thanks to new software that makes the steering heavier and quicker than that of the C - Class saloon.

With a little over 500 horsepower on tap the car has more than enough to fill the performance quota, but saloons like this are more about comfort and luxury.

And so those familiar with the handful of plug - in hybrid saloons, hatchbacks and estates already on the market will note that the car offers markedly better peak power and accelerative pace than the likes of the Volkswagen Passat GTE, Audi A3 eTron and Volvo's V60 D5 Twin Engine, while being trumped on paper only by the Mercedes C 350e.

In the S63 it's modified and doesn't work when the car is in Sport mode, but for a super saloon the S63 is far more comfortable than the likes of the Jaguar XJR and Audi S8.

As demand for diesel engines in standard sedan and station wagon cars in the United States has traditionally been much lower than in saloon and estate cars in Europe, the development of smaller automotive turbodiesels has (in general) been led by European manufacturers in recent years.

The saloon comes in at just over 4.8 metres in length — squarely in Insignia and Mondeo territory, and 45 mm longer than the outgoing car.

Yes, the M5's Botoxed bumpers and chiselled mirror housings give the car a more ripped appearance than Alpina's more conservative rendition of the 5 Series saloon, but the B5 is not without its own embellishments, including optional slender pin - stripe decals, Alpina emblems and those iconic sundial alloy wheels.

If you aren't too hung up on your car's badge, you could also take a look at the Kia Stinger, and there are plenty of traditional rivals too, from executive saloons including the BMW 3 Series, Jaguar XE and Mercedes C - Class, to newcomers like the Tesla Model S. With taut lines, a low roofline and Audi's trademark grille and headlights, the A5 Sportback can easily stand its ground in the looks department, and is arguably more desirable than the Audi A4 saloon it's based on.

Generally though the C - Class Saloon is a reliable car and scores better than the BMW 3 Series Saloon so you can expect a similar story with the Coupe.

The high centre console and dashboard give the Q7 a slightly more saloon - car - like seating position than some rivals, with the added benefit of being higher up.

The spy car bears the AMG styling package making it look much more upscale than the outgoing car while blending in the design DNA of its flagship S - Class and the smaller CLA saloons into an intermediate package.

This 4 - door saloon is even more fun than the bigger E63 AMG and easily the best performance car from Mercedes (AMG GT included).

On the contrary, Audi aims to differentiate its sedans more than before, so the next - generation executive saloon is expected to borrow heavily from the Prologue family of concept cars, as these renderings from Christian Schulte can attest.

Insurance database information shows that a recently spotted development car, caught on camera in London by Autocar reader Chris Thomson, is using the 2.9 - litre V6 engine that's also used by the Porsche saloon, rather than the 3.0 - litre unit used in other hybrid models from the Volkswagen Group, such as the Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid.

Poised to rival the BMW X1 and the Audi Q3, the E-Pace is expected to become Jaguar's biggest - selling model and result in the fast - growing firm selling more SUVs than saloon and sports cars combined.

This is higher up within the rear apron than they find themselves on the regular BMW 5 - Series Saloon and accentuates the car's powerful, muscular form particularly strongly.

With the launch of the new E-Class, Mercedes - Benz is continuing a success story which is without parallel in the luxury - class car segment: Since 1947, when the Model 170 V was introduced as the direct forerunner of the E-Class, the Stuttgart - based automaker has produced more than ten million saloons in this vehicle category.

There is space — more than many will imagine given the XF's sports saloon design — but also the sense of being in a perfectly proportioned, agile car.

The new XF enters the range in the niche previously occupied by much - loved mid-sized Jaguar saloons such as the original XJ Series 1 (a car that was smaller than today's XJ).

The new Porsche Panamera reconciles two contrasting characteristics more than ever before: the performance of a genuine sports car and the comfort of a luxury saloon.

There's no arguing the fact that Audi's A5 Sportback is a more desirable car than the A4 saloon on which it's based.

But making a four - door saloon look like a high - performance sports car doesn't do sales any harm, and if AMG is to do something other than the GT it's probably best its the AMG take on the Panamera rather than an AMG take on the Cayenne.

It focuses on a period when the country was famous for its technological innovation and products of the American Dream: rockets, saloon cars and Hollywood starlets, rather than presidents who like to grab women by the pussy.