Swallow

I swallowed my disdain for cheesy interior materials and fascinated over the slick design of the air-conditioning ducts and deep set gauges.

The XC90 swallows more cargo than its competitors, and it comes with features that allow quick, easy tailoring for cargo, gear or people. The XC90 is not the sportiest vehicle among luxury-class SUVs, but it handles well on city streets and highways.

The trunk swallowed four golf bags with ease. It could have easily handled two more, which isn't a bad idea to have a spare after you launch your regular set into a water hazard. If any game ever required a sports psychologist, this is the one.

The X3 readily swallows mile after mile of high-speed highway. It feels confident in the wet, and really shines on dusty, gravel-strewn back roads and slushy boulevards.

The large trunk swallowed up groceries one night and jackets, hats, ponchos and more for the ball game. The navigation screen was big and clear and was very helpful when backing out of tight spots.

The BMW will still swallow a couple of mountain bikes, carry four people and their golf clubs in business class style or transport the whole family, together with baby paraphernalia, anywhere you want to go.

First the good stuff - it’s big on the outside but massive on the inside - we go camping with masses of stuff, three kids and a dog and it swallows it all. For the size of car it’s cheap to buy and cheap to run.

As readily as the X3 swallows up mile after mile of high-speed highway, and as confident as it feels in the wet, it really shines on dusty, gravel-strewn back roads and slushy boulevards.

For instance, components from the all-wheel-drive system, together with the rear-mounted battery, swallow almost five cubic feet of the Lancer's trunk.

"Despite the added, albeit compromised, utility, the exterior shape that allows the extra room is difficult to swallow. The styling is bulbous and frumpy and makes the Crosstour look like a supersized Insight hybrid on stilts." -- Car and Driver ...

Where the Shuttle really knocks other MPVs in to a cocked hat though is being able to carry a full compliment of passengers and their luggage; the 'boot' behind the rear seats is truly huge, and diagonally swallowed my mountain bike (front wheel ...

The cabin is large and spacious, side door pockets swallow large drink bottles and clipboards easily. A storage tray under the driver's seat is large enough to store street directories and small stowage straps.

Over the years it has become a slightly ironic joke that the British car industry has been largely swallowed up by the Germans.

In the article VTEC Powerhouse, written by Michael Knowling I find the results virtually impossible to swallow.

The interior is a riot of clever expanding cubbies, hidden storage compartments, and great big holes that will swallow all of your work and play detritus while still managing to look relatively organized.

Even with all the seats in place, and occupied, the Premacy will still swallow enough luggage for a long weekend.

With the rear seats folded forward, the 29 cubic feet of rear cargo space is larger than it looks and is able to swallow up a fully-assembled 36-inch bathroom vanity my mother and I picked up for her condo.

Off-road the 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is in a league of its own, swallowing knee-high whoops at extralegal speeds, all while refusing to bottom the suspension. Fire roads you once crawled on can be handled at a freeway pace.

The Epica is a full-size family car, capable of swallowing four adults.

Though it's price may be a bitter pill for some buyers to swallow, bear with me for a moment. For a start, this is one of the sexiest French cars ever built.

5 mpg average easier to swallow. But it's still a little disappointing that this four-cylinder econowagon can't do better on gas. The primary culprit is Toyota's torquey 2.

You would've thought a retro reissue of Hitler's people's car would've fallen down the same rat hole that swallowed-up the mustachioed Plymouth Prowler, Chevrolet's WTF SSR and Ford's turkey T-bird. But no.

Even in some ultra-free market/Stephen Colbert nightmare, the Earth isn't going to open up and swallow Detroit whole. Say things get as bad as they could.

To swallow the massive rubber and widen the track, GSR fabricated widebody front fenders and a matching front bumper in carbon. Rear flares were also molded over the stock panels as a stopgap measure.

The Landcruiser's biggest asset is its size, and it will easily swallow up five adults and their luggage and there are plenty of storage options throughout the cabin.

The Jaguar is no exception, but while German rivals have a sizzle reminiscent of frying bacon and egg, the Coventry Cat sounds as though Captain Hook’s nemesis, the alarm clock-swallowing crocodile, is lying in wait under the bonnet.

With a tank capable of swallowing £95 worth of fuel, the 508 is capable of covering 800-plus miles if driven efficiently.
A few hiccups aside, the 508 is worth considering in what is a highly competitive segment of the market.

The Alhambra is a big car by any standard, and it swallows occupants like a minibus. The second row of seats can be moved backwards and forwards so most legroom requirements should be met.

Especially trick is the third row seat that disappears into the low floor; with the seat up, a deep well swallows cargo at will.

“ The boot is big enough to swallow everything associated with a small child, the seats are extremely... '
Living with it
Having booked two weeks off, I had a chance to get the Ford in for its first service. I put a...

Not this one, the Europa S would swallow up the motorway miles in sixth gear without inflicting injury or even discomfort, it’s a car for all seasons that’s still fun on your favourite road.

You'll appreciate its ability to swallow nine people and their luggage - or do a post-Christmas tip-run in one go - every time you utilise it, but it'll be a pain if you do many journeys with fewer people in it.

Luggage for four is literally swallowed up in the cavernous boot of the 607, and even with all four of us and our baggage up, the big Peugeot's suspension seemed barely to be affected.

Getting to the numbers that are a little easier to swallow, the 1200 HP Venom GT will sprint from 0 to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and to 200 mph in 15.9 seconds. The tuner has also reported a top speed of 275 mph.
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Unlike 'three-box' cars with a trunk, the cargo area of 'two-box' hatchbacks is much roomier, swallowing tall items as well as long ones, since the rear seats fold down to extend the cargo area.

The facility to swallow wardrobes, large dogs, numerous children. Its ability to embarrass motorway fastlane tailgaters - you know who you are...

We'll admire the efficiency and maybe even swallow the styling line about the big band of wood on the dash echoing the lines of a luxury speedboat, ...

And even though its small size hardly makes it a family car, the trunk will swallow more than you might think and it's reasonably quiet on the highway.

Overall: I'd say it's the best roadster in its class (man, that's gonna be hard to swallow, and my Honda mates won't be happy to hear that), ...

Peugeot's corporate front end looks somewhat incongruous on the front of the 807 - it looks like a Chrysler Voyager has just swallowed a 207.
Handling
Poor grip levels and a roll-prone chassis discourage anything other than gentle driving.

Still fun to drive - diesel pulls well and with the right tyres she grips well. Has swallowed the most immense loads - never hire a van again! ...

On September 4, 1922, in Blackpool, England, two young motorcycle enthusiasts, William Lyons and William Walmsley, set up the Swallow Sidecar Company to produce sidecars for motorcycles.

A complementing clamshell deck lid opens in the opposite direction to swallow the Velite's folding soft top.

Around 95 per cent of buyers will specify the 2+2 version. The luggage area up front will swallow a modest 160 litres, making it best suited to soft bags, which can also be squeezed into nooks and crannies around the cabin.

Pissed enough to make any conventional WRX afraid. Pissed enough to swallow an EVO in a single snort. Maybe even pissed enough to blast some very well-prepared tuner cars straight off our test track.

from the $13,325 pile of options and spend that money on the engine upgrade instead.) But it's easier to be cavalier with money when you're writing imaginary checks. For customers spending real money and finding the difference harder to swallow, ...

Agabashian found himself in eighth place before reaching the first turn, he moved up to fifth in a few laps and was running competitively (albeit well back in the field after a tire change) until the badly situated air intake of the car swallowed ...

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