However, these names referred mostly to their design aesthetic rather
than platform model.
Not exact matches
Being open minded, and embracing these innovative new business
platforms and
models, smaller companies adopt change quicker
than large corporations.
The company's client roster includes more
than 38,000 businesses in 100 countries, and Dasilva credits that success to the functionality and simple interface of its
platform, originally
modelled on iTunes.
In the final stage, companies embrace a hybrid business
model and reallocate revenue streams to optimize for total value creation and capture rather
than focusing on one — the product or the
platform — at the expense of the other.
At the same time, the company was creative in convincing lenders that the high returns from lending on the Lending Club
platform more
than offset the risks of the new marketplace lending
model.
SaaS 2.0 companies are API - first, have rich, responsive UIs that are more conversational in tone, have approachable pricing
models that are more flexible
than the incumbents, and have a modularized
platform so that customers can purchase only the features they need.
After you make sure that your
platform can handle your business
model (i.e. recurring orders or customized products), you need to make sure that your online
platform delivers on the features we've identified as crucial for ecommerce entrepreneurs — we weighted these 5x more
than «nice haves» in our assessment of best ecommerce software.
Under the new retail
model, information Alibaba and its merchants collect on consumers can be used to better identify, reach, analyze and serve the more
than half - billion users on Alibaba's
platforms.
«In less
than a year, our group and others have demonstrated that multiple vaccine
platforms can provide robust protection against Zika virus challenge in animal
models.
The team mined data from a
platform of more
than 1.8 billion users worldwide, drawing on an innovative statistical
model that researchers set up to adjust for the data's typical shortcoming: Facebook users are not representative of the entire underlying population.
«The computational
models and advanced data analytics
platforms developed by NIMML have consistently predicted unforeseen mechanisms of host - pathogen interaction with more
than 90 percent accuracy,» said Josep Bassaganya - Riera, professor of immunology and NIMML director.
CSIRO's Deep Earth Imaging Future Science
Platform aims to take the limited number of physical properties that can be measured and develop the capacity to turn them into better geological
models than those now being created.
Our
platform is designed to emulate human biology more accurately
than current cell culture or animal
models, and we are currently working with a diverse group of partners to test the way drugs, foods, and chemicals affect human health.
Moreover, the fact that many of these tools leverage lower cost delivery
models and are powered by technology
platforms suggests that their approaches may prove easier to scale
than traditional analog approaches.
But while the new Mustang also is on a new
platform with independent rear suspension, most of its dimensions other
than height are either close to, or exactly the same (wheelbase, for instance) as the outgoing
model.
That's a great shame, but perhaps not unexpected - for one, Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal has meant significant belt - tightening and it's cheaper to spin off new versions of existing
models - like Clubsport Golfs -
than it is to develop an entirely new car, even on a modular
platform like the MQB setup underpinning many of the Group's current
models.
After passing through the pass, there is absolutely zero question whatsoever in our minds that the new Continental GT is an eminently more capable car dynamically
than the outgoing
model thanks to a number of key updates, chief among them a move to from the aging D1
platform to the VW Group's MSB component set — a far more rigid underlying structure with greater packaging flexibility that also underpins the Porsche Panamera.
Spanning 9.7 fewer inches
than an A4 and riding a pert 103.8 - inch wheelbase, the A3 will share its modular MQB
platform with up to 60 Volkswagen Group
models, including the Golf and the forthcoming Passat and Audi TT.
Although built on the VW Group's ubiquitous MQB
platform, it retains the Audi Space Frame aluminium and steel hybrid construction of the previous
models and, as you would expect, is lighter, more efficient and faster
than before.
The new Renaultsport Megane will only be available with five doors, and the latest Megane's
platform means it will be wider and lower
than the outgoing
model.
In fact, it's about half a foot longer
than the» 70 - ’74 (which already was the biggest in the segment), because the current
model uses what Chrysler now calls the «L»
platform, the LX of the original Dodge Challenger, Charger, Magnum, and Chrysler 300, and the LY of the newer Charger / 300.
Reports suggest the pint - sized Rocketman was canceled in part because its compact dimensions would require building it on a totally different
platform than the existing Cooper
models, which would be costly.
The irony of your less
than informed comment is overwhelming especially in light of the fact that TESLA uses a now years out of date German
platform (from the BMW Z8) underneath all that pretense of technology and innovation in every
model since the TESLA roadster.
The new GMC Acadia is on the small - Chi
platform, and while it's still a three - row SUV, is 10.7 - inches shorter in overall length
than the new Enclave, and rides on a 112.6 - inch wheelbase, compared with the Buick's 120.9 - inch wheelbase, which itself is two - inches longer
than the old
model's.
The big news, however, is Hyundai will reportedly benchmark the BMW 3 Series for a new
model: a rear - drive sports sedan based on the Genesis Coupe
platform that will arrive no earlier
than 2015.
Genesis
models, designed under the direction of former VW design director Luc Donckerwolke, will be based on RWD
platforms that are not to be shared with Hyundai's commodity cars, and this potent combo all but assures that the new brand can compete with sales numbers closer to Cadillac, if not Lexus, Mercedes, and BMW, rather
than, say, Lincoln and Acura.
In the first major overhaul to the Acadia this decade, GMC was able to shave up to 700 pounds off the new
model, thanks largely to the use of a new GM crossover
platform with a much smaller overall footprint
than before.
The C 55 AMG is one of two AMG
models to feature different structure
than its base Mercedes
platform, the other being the w205 C 63 with its custom elongated engine bay.
The Dodge Durango returned in
model - year 2011, moving to the Jeep Grand Cherokee
platform with a 119.8 inch wheelbase — several inches longer
than the new Grand Cherokee.
The spotted Jetta underpins the MQB
platform and is expected to have a longer wheelbase
than the previous
model.
The X2 xDrive28i M SportX is proof enough to us that for certain
models the AWD adaptation of BMW's front - drive
platform is just as good, if not better,
than many rear - drive vehicles trying to accomplish a similar objective.
The GLA will be a lot more powerful
than the A and B Class
models which it shares
platforms with.
Materials are richer and the overall design is far more cohesive
than the last
model, though the lower center console afforded by the
platform change and its elongated shift lever may be jarring at first for BMW traditionalists.
The Mitsubishi Outlander Sport arrived for the 2011
model year, a smaller, lighter, less expensive, and less powerful crossover SUV
than the standard Outlander, with which the new Outlander Sport shared its
platform.
Using the Mercedes MRA
platform — shared with the saloon — the new convertible is a larger car
than the outgoing
model.
As with the Insignia hatch, a new modular
platform means the Sports Tourer is much lighter
than the old
model — up to 200 kg has been shaved off the kerbweight depending on spec.
The BMW X3 is based on the CLAR (Cluster Architecture)
platform and is nearly 50 - 100 kgs lighter
than the outgoing
model.
Volkswagen's new MQB
platform has resulted in weight reduction and the new Octavia is 102 kgs lighter
than the
model it replaces.
The new - generation Range Rover Sport adopts a lightweight aluminum body structure that combines pressed panels with cast, extruded and rolled aluminum - alloy parts, so that the new
platform is now 39 percent lighter
than the previous
model.
The 2003 Expedition is built on an all - new
platform, with a frame that is 70 percent stiffer
than the previous
model.
This new
model will be costlier
than the existing
platform and simultaneously introducing another pricier Jetta is going to make matters worse.
With a larger
platform than its predecessor, the wheelbase of the New Generation i20 is 45 mm longer (now 2570 mm)
than the outgoing
model, meaning the wheels are closer to each corner.
The fifth generation Land Rover Discovery will be based on on the PLA (Premium Lightweight Architecture)
platform, and thus, will be significantly lighter
than the current
model it replaces.
While this
platform is lighter
than that on the outgoing
model, it promises to be more rigid in its setup.
Based on a stretched version of the Renegade and Fiat 500X
platform, this new Compass looks larger
than the outgoing
model that's been on sale since 2007, with slightly less - blocky styling
than the little Renegade.
Trax sales fell significantly more
than the segment average in December, placing the
model in fifth place within its competitive set in terms of overall sales volume, behind the Jeep Compass (see Jeep Compass sales), the Buick Encore, which shares the Trax's
platform (see Buick Encore sales), Honda HR - V, and Jeep Renegade (see Jeep Renegade sales).
Overall, the new Mustang's
platform is 28 percent stiffer
than the last
model, and the GT350 and GT350R go even further.
Critical Knowledge: All - new
model for 2010Styled similar to the A5 / S5 Coupe Strengthened chassisLarger and more up - market
than the outgoing modelAutomatic cloth topStandard 2.0 - liter turbo engineOptional 3.2 - liter 6 - cylinder engineS5
model with new supercharged V - 6 engineDebuts in Europe in March; available in the U.S. in fall of 2009IntroductionThe first Audi convertible arrived in the mid-1990s, based on the Audi 90
platform and called the Cabriolet.
Sharing its
platform architecture with the Honda Ridgeline and Pilot, the all - new 2011 Odyssey is wider and lower
than the
model it replaces.
It shares its
platform and more
than a few mechanical bits with the funkier Mini Cooper Countryman; the John Cooper Works All4
model comes closest to being the X1's fraternal twin, yet the X1 outsells the Countryman by better
than 4:1.