Sentences with phrase «told autocar»

The Japanese firm plans to have a hybrid option available in every model by 2020, but the efficiency of small engines means a full Prius - style hybrid system is unlikely to feature in small cars like the Yaris in the near future, a Toyota source told Autocar.

Incidentally, Rushforth is actually set to leave Hyundai for a senior role at Nissan, but before he trades in his Hyundai hat for a Nissan beanie, Rutherford told Autocar that the Korean automaker is planning to build a new sports car that could be positioned as a global model.

Winkelmann also told Autocar that he wouldn't rule out a plug - in hybrid version from joining the range later on.

«The platform, in general, can take 4x4,» Ford of Europe's head of vehicle engineering, Joe Bakaj, told Autocar.

Sources familiar with Toyota's plans told Autocar the Supra's second powertrain will be a gasoline - electric hybrid built around a turbocharged four - cylinder engine borrowed from BMW and powerful electric motors that draw electricity from endurance racing - inspired supercapacitors.

«As of today, I can not say clearly that S2000 will be reinvented as further studies are necessary,» Hachigo told Autocar at the Tokyo Motor Show.

It will be the most powerful 911 we've ever had; 700bhp might be possible,» Porsche CEO Oliver Blume told Autocar.

Indeed, Ollivier told Autocar last year: «The ratio of light weight versus power is not negotiable; it's the DNA.»

Audi's ex-head of technical development, Stefan Knirsch, told Autocar that a hydrogen - powered Le Mans racer «could be possible», although no timescale for such a car was set.

«They are not a priority for the 3 - series,» Draeger told Autocar last week.

We all love the sound of the V8 and an electric car can still be thrilling, so we are going to have to develop a second love for that,» Ola Kallenius told Autocar when asked about the noise factor.

Ford hasn't confirmed the arrival of the GT500 and insiders have told Autocar it won't make it to Europe.

Cheyne told Autocar that, like the GS, the new car would offer a large amount of equipment for considerably less money than rivals.

«We have decided to keep the E-tron name and use it like quattro,» an Audi source told Autocar UK.

In the long term, the name e-tron will stand for a pure electric driveline structure,» Stadler told Autocar.

Hans Holzgartner, product and marketing manager for the Mulsanne told Autocar part of the reason for this comes down to Chinese lawmakers possibly passing legislation banning all vehicles except EVs in certain cities.

«I am absolutely convinced that once fully autonomous vehicles are established, the more people will appreciate driving on a road free of traffic and enjoy driving their car again,» Wester told Autocar.

Wagener told Autocar UK that the EQ concept displayed at the Paris show is about «90 %» similar to the production model with only details like the lack of door mirrors and door handles changed for production.

«We all know the situation, whether you live in London or Milan,» the Alfa boss told Autocar.

The brand's design boss, Marc Lichte, has told Autocar that he'd love to see that kind of car built, but that market demand was still too low to justify it.

he told Autocar.

According to what AMG boss Tobias Moers told Autocar, AMG, the tuning division not Mercedes as a whole, is almost as big as the entire Porsche brand was in 2010 before it built the Macan.

Glickenhaus told Autocar that not only is the twin - turbo six - cylinder lighter than the equivalent V8, but the VR38DETT 3.8 - litre V6 is «practically bulletproof» — even when uprated to 515kW for the «entry - level» model SCG004S.

A Porsche insider told Autocar that the changes will «provide more of a sporting flavour» over the old car, with extra throttle adjustability and a more rearward power bias.

BMW sources have told Autocar the shift to using a front - wheel - drive architecture in the Active Tourer hasn't meant compromises, saying «it has been designed with dynamism and athleticism in mind.

«We've got a pure EV mule and part of the reason for that is to ask how we can deliver driver engagement in a fully electric world,» McLaren Design Director Dan Parry - Williams told Autocar.

The Mazda 5 MPV is set to stop production with no replacement planned, company officials have told Autocar UK.

See, 400 horsepower will be a little too close to the 425 - horsepower output of the current M4, so achieving a number in the vicinity of 375 horsepower is the more realistic and practical goal for BMW M. Fortunately, sources within BMW M have told Autocar that the first prototypes of the M2 Coupe have engines that run on that exact number.

VW's head of R&D, Frank Welsch, told Autocar at the Geneva Motor Show that «two or three generations is enough now.»

Nandan told Autocar that the N brand vehicles will bridge the gap between Hyundai's rally cars and its road cars.

Recently, BMW M Boss, Frank Van Meel, told Autocar that 600 horsepower would be the limit for the next - gen M5.

A spokesman told Autocar the brand's Merseyside facility would adopt temporary production schedule changes, which are designed to help «re-balance» the number of Range Rover Evoques and Discovery Sports available in the marketplace.

Bentley CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer told AutoCar that the uber - SUV will come in W12, V8, and plug - in hybrid variants — the last of which will offer 30 miles of zero - emissions driving range.

«The latest diesel technology is really such a step in emissions, performance, particulates; it's better for the environment when compared to [an equivalent] petrol,» Speth told Autocar.

Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth told Autocar that the automaker will devote more efforts to promote modern diesel tech, citing its widespread use in commercial vehicles among other factors.

Speth told Autocar.

«There is interest, but it is more complex than the World Rally Championship situation — these cars are on a different level technologically to anything else racing today, including F1,» Durheimer told Autocar.

Research and development boss Maurizio Reggiani told Autocar last month that the key issues currently preventing the brand from integrating hybrid technology were focused around driving range, but he hoped to have a solution for a super-sports car within «four to five years».

Luca de Meo, Audi's sales and marketing boss, told Autocar that the electric model will «cost about the same as a well - specced Audi A6».

«If I say anything about [launch] dates I put too much pressure on our engineers,» Mazda president and CEO Masamichi Kogai told Autocar earlier this year.

Sam Hignett, the technical director of Jota Sport, told Autocar, «We are still developing the car, but we are now at a point that we can offer this car to customers safe in the knowledge that it is going to be a front runner in any GT4 field.

VW brand board member Arno Antlitz told Autocar, «The Beetle and Scirocco are representatives of an emotional and appealing class of vehicles, but it [VW product planning] is not always about continuing cars from one generation to the next.»

As a result, a Lamborghini official told Autocar that the Urus has not been officially green - lit for production.

«On the supersports cars we are convinced that the choices we have made with the naturally aspirated engines are still the right ones,» he told Autocar.

Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelsson told AutoCar that this compact crossover will debut before 2019, after the rest of the existing Volvo range has been updated.

At the Frankfurt auto show, Kogai told Autocar that there is still a Mazda engineering team working on rotary engine development.

Right now, there are signs we may be heading for a downturn in the markets due to various factors, including trouble in the Middle East,» the unnamed official told Autocar.

Palmer told Autocar that he hopes to build 400 units a year in Gaydon, and sell 100 of those RapidE units annually in China, most likely with a starting price of around # 200,000.

«The last architecture presented some fairly major challenges, to be able to produce a convertible in that format,» a spokesman told Autocar.

«The Galibier is officially dead,» Volkswagen Group lead Martin Winterkorn told Autocar.