Sentence examples for car tradition from inspiring English sources

Mr. King left Rover in the 1970s to design aluminum engines for the Triumph Stag and TR8, powerful convertibles in the English sports car tradition.

Despite its pedigree and its good intentions that the world should have more high-performance cars rather than less does the new Marauder have the authenticity, the genuine "cool" it needs to be accepted as a true, new heir to the muscle car tradition, or is it merely a pretender trying to trade on a nostalgia for Detroit iron that will never come again?

In Britain a new firm called the Lightning Car Company plans to revive the country's sports-car tradition with the Lightning GT.

The true car designer, tradition holds, dreams of nothing else -- he has "gasoline in his veins".

The new fourth-generation Prius has arrived, continuing the hybrid car's tradition of becoming stingier with gasoline than the previous version.

We can be certain that in the great car dealer tradition, there will be a good amount of options available for the car (dealers make a lot of money on those extras and car-makers like to keep their dealers happy).

Lotus built its reputation on lightweight sports cars, a tradition pioneered by Colin Chapman, the brand's founder.

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Not to be outdone, Mercedes has announced that it will build the SLR, a sleek sports car in the tradition of its SL's of the 50's.

Well, Luken says, 'We have no chance to do this, there's rush-hour traffic.' Gore says, 'Watch me,' and jumps into the car, invoking the tradition that allows members of Congress to break traffic rules if it's on a vote".

"Morgans tend to be bought by people who want to have fun in a car, who like tradition and for whom the human content in something hand-made is important," he said.