Sentences with phrase «volume production cars»

Planned to be Jaguar's 21st century supercar, the C - X75 was canned as JLR looked to their main market and realised their money would be better spent on volume production cars — like the new Jaguar F - Pace — than creating a # 1 million hybrid supercar.

This set a new record for volume production cars and the entire Nissan line.

According to Nissan, the 2015 Nissan GT - R Nismo holds the volume production car lap record at Germany's Nürburgring racetrack, with a lap time of 7:08.679.

Its interior is among the best ever assembled for a volume production car, and it has a feel of quality that justifies the shark bite your wallet will take to get one (base price $ 66,025, but more like $ 85,000 nicely configured).

«With a 7:08.679 lap time, we can authoritatively say that the Nissan GT - R Nismo * holds the volume production car lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschliefe, which is the gold standard of high performance achievement.»

Not exact matches

Car production at German plants was reduced by 13 percent to 474,900 vehicles in March, bringing the three - month volume decline to 11 percent, the VDA said.

Ferrari's 250 series of cars was the first indication of volume production from the brand, with race cars and road cars sharing many chassis and engine components and more body styles on offer than ever before.

McLaren threw everything it had at the P1, using it as a test bed on which to perfect and trial technology that would underpin and inspire later, larger production volume cars.

The GT - R Nismo is still the fourth - fastest production car to lap the Nordschleife, and you can argue that it is the fastest car in genuine volume production to ever make the circuit.

Mazda Chairman, President and CEO Takashi Yamanouchi tells WardsAuto on the sidelines at the auto show here that production and sales volumes of the midsize car have fallen far short of the 100,000 - unit target set for North America when the second - generation Mazda6 launched in Flat Rock in autumn 2008.

Nissan president Carlos Ghosn describes it as an «electric vehicle for car - lovers» — something its volume production Leaf hasn't quite achieved — and sees it as a real - life study into the potential of advanced electric vehicle performance.

It's not only the volume question dictating production location, but also the hefty tariffs that are slapped on U.S. made cars heading to European markets.

The fact that a Kia Rio appears on a list of our favorite new production cars speaks volumes: the new Rio is seriously impressive.

Think of this car as an upscale, upsized retake on the more miniscule mid-engine Elise that returned Lotus to volume production in 1995.

The new Volkswagen Beetle Dune may not be quite as exotic as its predecessor, but it is far more grounded in reality than the original show car — and as a result, it potentially has a chance at reaching volume production down the road.

When he turned to serious automobiles, his cars were properly engineered for volume production, and the designs were terrific.

Chevrolet sold 84,391 Camaros in the U.S. last year, so moving the car's production to Lansing would essentially double the plant's current production volume.

In this case, though, I really have never heard a production car sound this much like a race car in both tone and volume.

With Tesla already working to ramp up Model 3 production and excellent cars like the Chevrolet Bolt already on the road from mainstream, high - volume manufacturers, a mid-2019 entry with a low - volume, high - performance halo hybrid might seem a year (or five) late.

When it goes into production in China in 2012, Ford expects global volumes of its new C - car family to reach 2 million units annually.

Given the choice between a high - end production car you can't afford and a a lower - volume car tweaked to be even more awesome (and unaffordable), the tweaked car is more fascinating.

I am confident that the mechanics at Berlin City Chevrolet will have this issue resolved and the volume of airflow will be like the day the car came off the production line.

According to Toyota Europe sales and marketing boss Matthew Harrison, production volume will be less than 10,000 cars per year.

Schaeffler says that the 4ePerformance could be a supplement to volume - production drive concepts for electric high - performance sports cars.

This high volume, mass production car was introduced in 1934 and sold 760,000 units over the next 23 years of production.

The latest iteration of the sporty 2 +2 features an independent rear suspension; sophisticated, modern powerplants; and all the bulk that comes with being a volume - production road car in a world of stringent safety regulations.

In the Vision Zero Vehicle, which is based on a volume production platform for compact and mid-size cars, the mSTARS semi-trailing link independent suspension takes up no more installation space than the conventional rear axle installed originally.

Two years after reaching volume production, the Tesla Model S remains the most unique, forward - looking car on the market.

The latest achievement speaks volumes for Renault's ability to dial the expertise and experience it has forged in motorsport — including Formula 1 — into its production cars.

Currently the Sanand plant produces the Nano, with the production limited to 1000 - 2000 units a month; however the new car will be a volume puller like the Indica and will be based on the «X0» platform to be produced alongside the Nano in 2015.

Combined, those sources give the Demon V - 8 an air - flow rate of 1,150 cubic feet per minute, 18 percent greater than the Hellcat V - 8 and the largest air induction volume of any production car.

There also are small penalties of complexity, weight and cost ($ 20 for a high - volume car but hundreds of dollars on small production runs).

Production of the CES - bound concept car is scheduled to commence this spring, but volume will be kept low, and all vehicles will be built for testing purposes only.

If you like Dodge's red - hot, 10 - cylinder Viper sports car, you'll want to pay close attention to the Chrysler Corp. in the next few years.Chrysler is committed to building more of such low - volume specialty vehicles, said Robert Eaton, the automaker's new chairman.During a recent visit to Orlando, Eaton said Chrysler has at least two specialty vehicles under consideration for production: the Plymouth Prowler and the Dodge Viper GTS Coupe.The Prowler is a modern version of the classic American hot rod.

With its excellent performance, beautifully sculpted exterior body lines and ultra-low production volume, the second generation GT - R has become a much sought after and prized collector car.

Porsche's Director of GT Model Line, Andreas Preuninger explained that the GT2 RS is tested to the same durability standards as Porsche's higher - volume production sports cars.

The new car will be built exclusively at Honda's Performance Manufacturing Centre in Ohio, where around 100 highly skilled «low - volume production specialists» will conduct full body construction, paint and final assembly.

With electric mobility, Audi takes a holistic, resource - conserving approach also to production: In Brussels, the Audi e-tron is the first premium car to be produced in certified CO2 - neutral high - volume production.

Last month we covered in much detail the Mercedes BlueZERO trio of electric concept cars by Mercedes (which it now says are production - ready, and that it will make a low - volume EV in 2010), but back

Therefore they, like the car manufacturers themselves, have the necessary combination of a very high degree of specialization along with very high production volumes that enables the development of a high degree of specialization of staff, equipment, and manufacturing methods.

I talked for a while with Lucid's people about how much work the company has ahead of it, how it hopes to start low - level production within two years, then use the money from those early cars to go into more volume production from there and then get into developing other cars.

It views the Revero as a luxury car that just happens to be electric, and is aiming for low production volumes and a high level of exclusivity, along the lines of Rolls - Royce or Bentley.