Sentences with phrase «vehicle maker did»

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Despite the expected decline in sales, auto makers are likely to sell at least 50,000 more sport utility vehicles, mini-vans and pickups than they did last year, while car sales will likely drop by 250,000 this year, Merlis predicted.

While domestic auto makers narrowed the gap in initial vehicle quality, they didn't fare as well in plant rankings.

Of interest here, however, one of the least remarked of low - dough petroleum's surprise casualties actually might have been a foreseeable one — that is what it's done to FCA, maker of Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Ram, and Jeep vehicles.

We're asked this question very frequently, but seldom do we know where our old test vehicles end up after their makers pry them back from our clammy hands.

SENIOR ROAD TEST EDITOR NATALIE NEFF: I have to admit, I can go for long stretches where I never once think of Mitsubishi Motors, and when I do, it may take me a second to not confuse it with Suzuki, which doesn't even exist anymore (at least as a maker of vehicles that find their way Stateside).

Dodge Ram Heavy Duty: If a full - line auto maker is unveiling just two redesigned vehicles, as Chrysler Group LLC is doing for 2010, at least one had better be big.

The Japanese makers have done it again and have been working on another high - end vehicle.

Although Ford was among the last of the minivan makers to add even a manual sliding door on the driver's side of the vehicle, it's a feature that no family would want to do without after experiencing it.

In a new video published by the German sports car maker, the singer / songwriter steps out of his classic black 356 Speedster for a spin in the Mission E concept to see if it addresses his feeling that electric vehicles «don't have a soul»...

U.S. auto manufacturers did not lose their dominance when one car maker put out a lemon, while Japanese car makers released more reliable vehicles.

While it does work very quickly, there is another product from the makers of Safe Paw that is designed to provide instant traction for feet and vehicle tires — Traction Magic.

I've noticed something when writing about electric cars: People can get very, very angry if a car maker doesn't make the vehicle they were hoping for.

Also, the utility and oil companies are and will interfere with progress that hurts their bottom line; economics has a place to be sure, but just old fashioned greed hinders progress... still, there are hard working people who support families and citizens who do can not afford any upgrades or changes, the building of the wind infrastructure is already past a billion dollars and has not brought the efficiency we need to even talk of transitions, and with the 7 - 10 billion dollars car makers are requesting in addition to 20 - 75 billion for the current production lines to be maintained (and to stop the big three from filing chapter 11) and the regular gas powered vehicles to continue in the mainstay, it is not likely the government will have the money (or credit?)

Two big questions remain: considering that China's love for fuel efficient cars has more to do with wallets than pollution, how will domestic and foreign car makers (along with the government) encourage more advanced (and slightly costlier) fuel efficient vehicles?

It's already pretty complex to pick a battery for a single electric vehicle, how do you get auto makers to agree on which design will be used for many completely different models of electric cars?

The NEB is the vehicle through which the Crown acts; it does not matter whether the final decision maker on a resource project is Cabinet or the NEB; in either case, the decision constitutes Crown action that may trigger the duty to consult.

Right now, that means you could be breaking the law just by doing something as simple as repairing your car on your own, without the vehicle - maker's pricey tool.

Tesla may have made waves with its Tesla Energy home batteries, but more luxury car makers are looking to do something similar as they make the jump to all - electric vehicles.

The electric car maker said the driver, who was killed in the accident, did not have his hands on the steering wheel for six seconds before the crash, despite several warnings from the vehicle.