Sentences with phrase «ute market»

Take a bigger bite of the car - based «crossover» sport ute market, and make people forget more conventional Ford people - movers, such as the unlamented Ford Windstar and Freestar minivans.

With factory distribution, Great Wall is looking to grab a stake in the lucrative commercial and recreational ute market — and they just might, given the level of specification and keen drive - away pricing of the current stable of Steeds.

OUR TAKE: The Rogue gives Nissan a strong competitor in the small ute market, with livable looks, a sharp interior despite unbroken swaths of plastic (though seat upholstery looks great), good power...

The price is right The LUXE tested here is loaded up with most of the gear buyers expect at the top - end of the ute market, but what's missing is the big price.

LDV officially unveiled the T60, its first foray into the lucrative ute market, at the Shanghai Auto Show this week.

Not exact matches

Had Jeep not pursued a second iteration of the Grand Cherokee SRT8, the X5 M would likely be one of the cheapest performance sport - utes on the market.

Although Americans know of this creation through the Ford Ranchero and Chevrolet El Camino of the 1960s and»70s, the Ute first came to market in 1933 down under, well before anything like it roamed the streets of the U.S.

We didn't get the chance to wheel the lightweight 4Speed or Renegade Trailhawk - based B - Ute due to mechanical problems, but the concept lineup demonstrates that Jeep is looking to expand its reach in the SUV market.

The 650 - hp super ute, capable of a blistering 185.5 mph top speed, got a myriad of reactions from our commenters, with some lauding the bold styling and others criticizing it for looking like the awkward lovechild of too many other high riders on the market.

He attributed the lagging sales to a market moving away from traditional, body - on - frame SUVs, but confirmed that the Nissan's pickup lineup and its Pathfinder sport - ute are not going anywhere.

The Chevy SS, in its original markets, is also known as the Holden VF Calais and the Holden VF Ute.

So Jeep had room to innovate — plus considerable incentive to do so; the market for smaller crossover utes (launched, more or less, by the original 1984 - 96 Cherokee) has exploded.

There's quite a bit of tire noise that gets back into the cabin, and there doesn't seem to be as much sound insulation — big trucks rolling past on the highway resonate loudly in the cabin — as other sport / utes on the market.

The mid-sized Kia is one of the most comprehensively equipped sport utes on the market today.

Let's face it, LDV faces a big challenge entering a market that wants a knock - about ute but one with car - like quality and refinement, and preferably from a brand it knows.

One of the most competitive market segments in all of automotive - dom is in the compact, car - based sport ute segment, where every vehicle offered is a pretty good one.

GM is displaying a version of the Vue Green Line sport - ute that, the company says, will be the industry's first plug - in hybrid, which should go into production within two years, beating even the heralded Chevrolet Volt to market.

With the Land Rover Defender and Nissan Y61 Patrol utes now discontinued, Toyota says the 70 Series is the only heavy - duty 4 × 4 remaining in the Australian market, excluding full - size locally converted US pick - ups like the F - Series, Silverado and RAM.

An item in this week's Automotive News was a bit of an eye - catcher: Apparently the diesel version of the Jeep Liberty sport ute «seems to have passed its U.S. marketing test,» the story said.

That's not a whole lot of muscle for a five - seat sport ute, but it should be reliable and well suited to those overseas markets.

The Everest has again shown why it's one of the best ute - based 4WD SUVs on the market.

The Nissan Terra will make its global premiere in China this spring, most likely at Beijing motor show in April, and although it's only slated for the Chinese market at present, the Navara - based ute is on the wish list for Australia.

«For several years now we have introduced a limited - edition X-RUNNER that is designed to appeal to the younger end of the segment,» explained Isuzu UTE Australia assistant general manager of marketing and public relations, Dave Harding.

Nissan has returned to the hard - core ute - based SUV market with the seven - seat diesel - powered Terra, which has been launched in South East Asia and is odds - on for Australia, eventually.

We know these ute - lettes are just slightly jacked - up hatches, you know they're just jacked - up hatches and heck, the automakers know they're just jacked - up hatches... but the market is what it is.

In rugged terrain the V240 was no less capable, in terms of ground clearance and wheel articulation, than the older utes on the market.

The company has an interesting sport ute, the Vue, which is slower coming to market than the company would like, but the acceptance is there.

Still, then and now, I suspect the Suzuki sport - ute was seldom anyone's first choice, especially after other manufacturers discovered the mini-ute market and began selling vehicles such as the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR - V, Ford Escape and Kia Sportage.

The «sport - ute» is the market's real success story, and the 2000 model year brings the following hot new crop, including Ford's Excursion, the largest passenger vehicle ever built.

Meanwhile, there are a growing number of hybrid and plug - in hybrid utes coming to market.