Sentences with phrase «than some small cars sell»

The Chevrolet Volt's battery pack weighs 400 pounds and may cost around $ 16,000 - more than some small cars sell for today.

Not exact matches

They took a step back in March when townhomes starting selling for more than $ 700,000 («They're not worth it,» Small says) and stopped packing the whole family into the car every weekend to tour open houses.

And when we say teensy, we mean it: the iQ may be 14.0 inches longer than a smart fortwo, but it's 19.5 inches shorter in length than a Fiat 500 and 26.5 inches shorter than a MINI Cooper — which was the smallest car sold in America only a few years ago.

In 2015, BMW's best year for i3 sales in the U.S., the automaker only sold slightly more than 11,000 copies of the small car in this market.

In the immediate postwar era, manufacturers could sell anything they built, and for the small businessman who needed both a truck and a car, this was a perfect combination more than a decade before the introduction of the Chevrolet El Camino in 1959.

Mercedes sold 370,000 compact cars worldwide in 2013, and has manufacturing capacity of less than 500,000 small cars.

It may be more difficult these days to buy a $ 12,000 subcompact car than it is a $ 60,000 luxury machine.There are dozens of small cars that sell for between $ 10,000 and $ 12,000.

And in March, Lexus will launch the GS 300, a luxury sedan that is bigger than the entry - level ES 300 but smaller than the flagship LS 400, America's best - selling imported luxury car.

Diesel fuel in the USA (prior to late 2006) had a significantly higher level of sulphur than the fuel used in Europe, which meant that diesel cars from European makers had to either be fitted with specially developed fuel and emissions control system for the (prohibitively small) North American market, or simply could not be sold in that market.

MOSCOW — Unlike elsewhere in Europe, foreign auto makers have a tough time selling small cars in Russia because they are more expensive than domestic alternatives, says Ford of Russia Marketing Director Irina Sharovatova.

The Ka + is Ford's most affordable automobile in the European market, and while its diminutive size and modest power would make it a poor match for America's roads and sensibilities, the small car is quite at home across the pond; Ford has sold more than 61,000 examples of the supermini since late - 2016.

The car is a smaller sedan than anything the brand currently sells and it is aimed squarely at the market of the BMW 3 Series, Mercedes C - Class and the Audio A4.

Given five - doors sell in bigger numbers than sedans in the small car segment, getting this car right is crucial for Honda's return to popularity in Australia.

I never would have imagined five years ago tha Chrysler could sell decent small cars (think Dart vs. Caliber, more so than the 500) since they were so completely married to trucks and SUVs.

They fixed the one small issue that was wrong and allowed me to come back a couple of days later to pick up my car rather than selling me the car without telling me the issues.

History suggests that if you take care of the car and maintain it according to Saturn's recommendations, you'll be able to sell it for far more than you would a used Toyota, Nissan or other small car.

Hyundai counts the United States and South Korea as important markets for the Genesis sedan, which sells in smaller numbers than the Sonata and Elantra cars but garners higher margins, analysts say.

More than half of all new vehicles sold in Canada are small or compact cars and utility vehicles and industry pundits expect the sector to grow another 25 % by 2017.

Few cars have engines smaller than 1.5 liters, and only the soft - selling Smart Fortwo has three cylinders.

And while a smaller payment may be easier to manage, it means you may owe more than your car is worth for a long, long time — which can leave you on the hook to pay the excess balance if you sell your car or it gets totaled in an accident.

While it may not appear to be as exciting as going for fully electrified vehicles, the simple fact is that by making a small improvement to the majority of cars a lot more CO2 will be saved than by selling a small number of EV's.