Sentences with word «trucklet»

The Evoque is somehow blunt yet rakish, by far the most confident - looking little trucklet on the market.

For buyers looking for big thrills, lots of noise, and enough cargo space to go to the big box store, Chevrolet also slotted the 454 under the hood of the El Camino, a small trucklet built off the floorpan and chassis of the Chevelle wagon.

Unibody trucklets built on B - segment platforms with cab - over semi-truck seat heights will be coming soon, mark my words.

The advertised price of $ 39,875 for the base GLC rear - drive model is well in line with competitors like the X3, and offers a lot of trucklet for the money.

The tiny trucklet looks to capture the corner of the market which has sat vacant since the Subaru Baja vanished after a short tenure in dealerships.

Launched in 2005, the Pilot - based crew - cab trucklet was designed to appeal to buyers looking for an efficient alternative to conventional midsize pickups.; Though the Ridgeline's 3.5 - liter V - 6 and unibody construction are fuel - saving measures, the truck is still considerably thirsty: the EPA rates the 2009 Ridgeline at 15/20 mpg city / highway.

Jeep design cues such as the slatted grille combine with a well - proportioned, boxy shape to create a convincingly rough - and - tumble trucklet.

Don't think this means it's a pudgy trucklet — the U.S. market Ranger rides on a special boxed frame.

Not much changed underneath, as the new trucklet shared much of the original's chassis and driveline.

Since BMW considers its SAC vehicles to be part of its coupe range, this makes sense — the automaker wants to create more of a visual link to its slinky two - doors than to its boxy trucklets and conservative sedans.

That brings us back to the Encore — a premium little trucklet with bona fide luxury options.

The pugnacious red trucklet is still chilling in the Jag's slipstream, still spoiling for a bare - knuckle fight.

Taken together with its exsiting CVT capacity, virtually all its autos and most light trucklets will have 6 speed autoamtics, too.

When it was revealed, Hyundai hinted the four - door trucklet would be powered by a 2.0 - liter turbodiesel four - cylinder engine (this was before the Volkswagen Dieselgate affair) and cost well below $ 40,000.

Steep mountains await the new Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, an oddly appealing trucklet probably better suited to hills and big...

Toyota made headlines at the 2003 North American International Auto Show with a cool concept that paid homage to the original 1950s FJ40, the Jeep - style trucklet that led to the Land Cruiser.

It's almost fun as these small trucklets go.

I sometimes fantasize about opening a catering firm just so I could dash about town with trays of hors d'oeuvres secured into the built - in shelving that the aftermarket surely is already providing for this clever little trucklet.

I can't figure out how Honda stuffed a V - 6 in this trucklet and still only manages 15/20 mpg.

Still, the trucklet will feature some new design bits and a tweaked interior.

While our trucklet never left anyone stranded or failed to complete its appointed rounds, by the end of its stay, it had developed some issues.

Senior editor Joe Lorio and I, in Nyack, New York, one day, lazing on a sunny afternoon (to borrow a Kinks lyric), watched while the chrome band that wraps around the trucklet's waistline peeled off, revealing that it was not chrome at all but shiny plastic tape.

The combination of LED headlights and LED running lights on the lower front fascia are a nod to the three - row crossover customer's taste for mild bling, but this trucklet will hardly be mistaken for an Escalade or Mercedes - Benz GL.

The CX - 5 is a surprisingly fun little trucklet to drive around in, possessing in some amount the principle of sporty cars if not the thorough execution of them — otherwise, the CX - 5 would be a Miata shooting brake with a 13B rotary engine.

On paper, the weight and power characteristics might suggest the Trax would always be a step behind everything else on the road, but this never materialized and the trucklet more than held its own.

Ditto the steering: About what I expected, and the ride / handling mix is good for a trucklet this heavy with little wallowing, good body control and soaks up potholes well.

Gritzinger summed it up nicely: Take some money off the sticker and we're talking about a nice little trucklet.

It helped that our particular model sported creamy light - gray leather seats with matching door panel inserts and headliner, which definitely lends the trucklet a richer feel than the more common all - black getup, but to her civilian eyes (sorry, my term for non-auto-journo), it read like pure luxury.

Hyundai should give up the fake wood in its cars and work on the Santa Fe's steering feel, but otherwise this little trucklet is a good deal at the as - tested price of $ 26,690.

Today, Jeep announced its redesigned small crossover built on the Small Wide platform that underpins the Fiat 500X and Jeep Renegade, a trucklet meant to slot in between the Tonka - toy Renegade and the landshark - go Cherokee.

The RAV4 was last made new back in 2013, and this hybrid model benefits from a midlife refresh of the trucklet.

The trucklet can tow up to 5000 pounds, Acura says, adding that its customer surveys show only 18 percent of SUV owners say they need to tow more.

Without a truck or even a trucklet in its lineup, the small automaker had to get creative in courting the adventure - seeking set, and what it eventually came up with would last well into the next millennium and eventually become the brand's flagship vehicle.