Sentences with phrase «time as any automaker»

The Zest is the first new car for Tata Motors is a long long time as the automaker was concentrating too heavily on the Nano.

Odds favor your music player and phone working well; BMW was the first to integrate an iPod connector almost a decade ago, and analysts say BMW spends as much time as any automaker debugging smartphone connections.

More recently, however, fuel economy has stagnated and even regressed at times as automakers have peddled ever larger, more powerful and more gas - guzzling sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks to Americans.

Not exact matches

Waymo is adding 100 of these self - driving minivans to its fleet, as part of a collaboration announced in May with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles — the first time the tech company has worked directly with an automaker to create its autonomous vehicles.

Krafcik's optimism comes as automakers like Tesla market features like Autopilot, which allows drivers to take their hands off the wheel for short periods of time.

Over the past year, the automaker has collaborated with a number of tech companies to add various technologies to its vehicles, such as wirelessly connected vehicles, real - time notification systems, and luxury services.

In other words, Kia needs people to recognize the company as a quality automaker before it puts time and money into low - volume sports cars.

As Opel, perhaps for the final time, abandons the New World, it is worth looking back to one of the automaker's rare successes on these shores: the Opel GT.

But it also presents Barra with a teachable moment, as all eyes focus on the new CEO to see if she has the right stuff to lead the automaker through this crucial time.

Several automakers have been toying with a subscription model as a way to bundle the entire cost of the vehicle (lease, insurance, etc.) into one fixed price, and allow subscribers to change into different models on a monthly basis, or other set time frame, or to simply turn the car or truck back in.

As Tesla prepares to build 500,000 cars annually by 2018, or about four to five times the production levels of last year, the automaker reportedly wants to double the size of its Fremont factory.

As Subaru had previously said, the automaker also plans to transition all of its engines to direct injection starting in 2016, at the same time that the Impreza reportedly switches to a new platform.

Although the Lamborghini Asterion LPl 910 - 4 concept breaks new ground, as the Italian automaker ventures into the modern world of hybrid power for the first time, it also reaches backward in time for its classically conservative design.

But it's another thing entirely, a real achievement, when an automaker creates a car that starts at only $ 24,239 — well within the reach of most new - car buyers — that is, as our West Coast editor, Jason Cammisa, says, «just as much fun to drive and with just as much street cred as cars costing three times as much.»

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STUTTGART, Germany — As global automakers seek to improve the range and reduce the charging times of battery - electric vehicles, we've been hearing more and more about the potential of fuel cells.

The rapid rise will come as automakers such as BMW, Volkswagen and Volvo launch more and more models that can travel emissions free at least part of the time so they can meet tougher European CO2 rules that start to take effect in 2020.

It may be a little late to the party, but in some ways it's right on time, as a number of automakers are suddenly fielding full - size luxury cars, and automakers that have been fielding full - size luxury cars are planning even grander luxury cars.

I always look forward to spending time behind the wheel of BMW products, as the German automaker seems to strive to produce vehicles that are always fun to drive.

In fact, I was so confused as to what exactly the automaker was going for here that I turned to the automaker's website: «INFINITI's Direct Adaptive Steering ® (DAS) removes the mechanical connection between the steering wheel and tire, allowing for instantaneous driver input that can be digitally processed and adjusted up to 1,000 times per second.»

While the luxury automaker only sold two models in its early years (a second model, the 6 - cylinder ES 250, debuted at the same time as the LS 400 but at a lower price point), the Japanese automaker added a coupe (SC 400) in 1992 and a midsize sport sedan (GS 300) in 1993.

Some models though rare were special ordered with an anti-lock braking system (at that time abbreviated as ALB, now all automakers refer to it as ABS).

Ironically, rival automakers such as Ford and Hyundai increased the quality and feature content of their compact vehicles around the same time, pushing sales of Civic rivals such as the Ford Focus and Hyundai Elantra to new heights in the United States.

With sales expected to reach 320,000 for 2001, up from 244,000 for 2000, the South Korean automaker thinks it's time folks look at Hyundais as something other than low - cost, new - car alternatives to used cars.

For more than a year, domestic automakers have been insisting that new vehicles would lure buyers back from imports, which for some time have been gnawing away at their market share as well as profits.

Over the years, many automakers have run into tough times and situations that cause a ruckus, including something as minor as the accuracy of gas mileage estimates.

It seemed as if every test car I got from the Japanese automaker had some kind of flaw that showed up at precisely the wrong time, leaving me no choice but to report about what went wrong.

Where systems from other automakers often take a little time to react, this one is as fast as your typical smartphone.

Ford Motor Company will reportedly reintroduce a hybrid version of the Ford Escape crossover sometime in 2019, this time as a plug - in, as the automaker continues expanding its range of fuel - sipping electrified vehicles.

Maserati is having a hard time selling its vehicles recently, and as a result, the Italian automaker is stopping production on most of its vehicles until January 15.

But, at a time where consumers are getting intuitive, failure - free user experiences from their electronic devices, automakers can use this as an opportunity to differentiate themselves by providing the same kinds of experiences in their cars.

At that time, the 1 Series hatch will shift from a RWD architecture to a FWD architecture — sending some purists to the brink of a stroke as they try to deal with the reality that luxury automakers are slowly moving some models into the FWD category Merc just announce an all - new FWD platform as well.

You have probably seen the Ford EcoSport multiple times already as the American automaker unveiled the vehicle almost 18 months back at the 2012 Auto Expo.

Cadillac took its time in the rollout of Super Cruise, following automakers such as Tesla and Volvo in introducing a semiautonomous system, it also beat other companies to demonstrating the first coast - to - coast hands - free drive in a production vehicle on U.S. freeways last year.

Though Cadillac took its time in the rollout of Super Cruise, following automakers such as Tesla and Volvo in introducing a semiautonomous system, it also beat other companies to demonstrating the first coast - to - coast hands - free drive in a production vehicle on U.S. freeways last year.

As the British automaker is celebrating Range Rover's 40th birthday, Swiss tuner Mansory is just in time with a new tuning program developed for the 2010 Range Rover Sport.

A year or so later, the automaker brought the C - HR to the LA Auto Show, this time as a Scion.

Acura's California Design Studio was responsible for the look of the sedan, which features a sharper grille than we're used to seeing on the automaker's production cars, though the sedan is very recognizable as an Acura — something that automakers at times fail to achieve with concepts not slated for production.

And while the infotainment system can get a bit complicated at times, that's to be expected - in reality, we have yet to run across a system from any automaker that works as well as a mobile device or personal computer.

The last time Mercedes - Benz redid its entry - level sedans — when it introduced the world to the C - Class as the successor to the 190 in the 1994 model year — the achievement earned the automaker the first North American Car of the Year award.

But don't hold your breath on that coming to fruition as it's just a rumor at this point and automakers, like people, are known to change their minds from time to time.

While the last generation was phased out from our market in 2013, the automaker has done its homework well this time as the Volkswagen Passat improves on almost every aspect as compared to the earlier car.

This time around the automaker has introduced a 10 - inch touchscreen while an 8 - inch touchscreen is offered as standard on the HSE and HSE Dynamic models.

American luxury automaker, Cadillac unveiled a new coupe and a new logo, as well; the more streamlined, two - door version of the popular Cadillac ATS was seen for the first time, anywhere adorned with a striking new «wreathless» grille crest.

The Japanese automaker has taken its own sweet time to bring a diesel engine into the Indian market but it had a dream run after its launch as the car's pricing was spot on.

But, before that time comes, the British automaker is giving all of us one last treat in the form of the Vanquish S Ultimate, a last hurrah special edition model that will serve as a fitting swan song for the beloved Vanquish line.

As European automakers were releasing graceful and light - weight sports cars, American automakers went in the opposite direction — big and full of brawn — producing some of the most memorable automobiles of all time.

Last time we had a look at the new Legacy we were driving the flagship 3.6 R model that is more about riding around in relaxed comfort whereas the Azurite Blue Pearl 2.5 GT model is what the Japanese automaker refers to as their sporting Legacy.

This means the production version MINI Paceman will join the automaker's model lineup as the 7th member, although at this point an exact time frame for when that will happen was not specified.

As with any other automaker, Mitsubishi's focus has switched to fuel efficiency, leading them to market their new i - MiEV extensively, so the extra work in trying to get the Eclipse to the next level was probably not worth it at the time.