By failing to do as he was told instantly -- to take out a permit or return the gun to his car -- he had played into Lord's hands.

Still nursing anger I listlessly thumbed a car that was slowly approaching, its pre-war chrome nearly blinding me.

A big car was approaching, its chrome teeth grinning.

The car was just about to us, its driver's fat, solemn face intent on the road ahead, on business, on a family in Sante Fe -- on anything but an old pick-up truck in which two human beings desperately needed rescue.

Another car was coming, a tiny, dark shape on a far hill.

The car was approaching fast.

The Indian's arm whipped sidewise -- there was a flash of amber and froth, the crash of the bottle shattering against the side of the first car.

I was so scared well, I just ran to my car and came here ''.

Nicolas was dreaming he had his head pressed against the dashboard of a speeding car.

What had caught his attention was obscured by the car itself, so that neither the girl nor the truck drivers could see, but Benson knew what it was.

The freight car was cold, early in the morning.

He was pressed far back into the corner of the car on his hay sacks, the rattling and tinning of the wheels on the rails almost covering the sound of his ocarina.

`` I didn't know I was gonna have company in this car ''.

He advanced on them, and abruptly there was a shocked electricity in the car.

The car was waiting for him.

Harry ran to the side of the car where Alfred was sitting and looked at him, begging him to speak.

Another remained when an American Army car was recovered but with a broken glass.

It was doing very well, too, having reached the center, and was pursuing its way with commendable singleness of purpose when Mr. Podger saw hazard approaching in the shape of a flashy little sports car.

Eugene offered Harold his car, to use at any time he cared to, and when this offer was not accepted, the armchair creaked.

But he did not notice, and was already backing the car down to the road, saying `` Toot-toot ''!!

When they first married he had been working in the fields all day, and she would get in the car and drive to wherever he was working, to take him a fresh hot meal.

When the automobile was in its embryonic stage, such roads as existed were pretty much open roads with the tacit understanding that horses should not be unduly terrified being about the only rule governing where, when and how fast a car could go.

He had made such a fuss about buying that second car that he knew he was vulnerable.

In 1964, after some success in motor-racing, namely with the Porsche 550 Spyder, the company launched the Porsche 911 another air-cooled, rear-engined sports car, this time with a six-cylinder " boxer " engine.

The Trabant was a relatively advanced car when it was launched in 1958 ; with front wheel drive, a unitary construction, composite bodywork and independent suspension all around.

Vega became the first star to have a car named after it with the French Facel Vega line of cars from 1954 onwards, and later on, in America, Chevrolet launched the Vega in 1971.

Although launched in 1989, the luxury brands Lexus and Infiniti began car sales of 1990 model year vehicles and saw great success.

* The General Motors EV1, the first production electric car of the modern era is launched and becomes available for lease.

In 1933 Chevrolet launched the Standard Six, which was advertised in the United States as the cheapest six-cylinder car on sale.

South Korean car maker Hyundai, which as per reports is also world ’ s fastest growing automaker and fourth largest car manufacturer across the globe, has launched a new car, Hyundai EON in October in India.

Shortly after, Ford of Britain first hired Lotus to create a high-performance version of their Cortina family car, then in 1968 launched the Escort Twin Cam, one of the most successful rally cars of its era.

The new car, launched in 1923 featured a rigid backbone tube with swinging semi-axles at the rear giving independent suspension.

Grudging respect began to emanate from the international press: towards the end of 1951 the opinion appeared in Germany's recently launched Auto Motor und Sport magazine that, despite its " ugliness and primitiveness " (" Häßlichkeit und Primitivität "), the 2CV was a " highly interesting " (" hochinteressantes ") car.

The first working prototype using a tilting carbody was ETR Y 0160, an electrically powered car launched by FIAT in 1969.

The Simca Aronde, launched in 1951, was the first true Simca car as opposed to a Fiat design.

* Lotus Esprit: A mid-engined sports car, launched in the early 1970s.

The team's current car for the 2012 season, the Ferrari F2012, was launched on 3 February 2012.

A smaller car was launched in 1929 with the first of a long line of Midgets starting with the M-Type based on a 1928 Morris Minor chassis.

The Proton Waja ( Proton Impian in UK ), launched early 2001, is the first car model designed internally by Proton.

That year, a new small car, the Erskine Six was launched in Paris, resulting in 26, 000 sales abroad and many more in America.

Studebaker prepared well in advance for the anticipated post-war market and launched the slogan First by far with a post-war car.

The Astra was Britain's third best-selling car that year, while the Vectra and the Zafira ( a compact MPV launched in 1999 ) were just outside the top ten.

1970 – The HC Viva is launched, which went on to become Vauxhall's best-selling car of the decade.

2012 – New Vauxhall Adam city car to be launched at the Paris Motor Show in late 2012, with sales starting in early 2013.

In 1952 a four-seat car version was launched, initially with an aluminium body, but panel by panel the company substituted glassfibre, as the company's understanding of the material improved and the price of aluminium increased.

In 1965, the MGB-GT was launched with a hatchback designed by Pininfarina, the first volume-production sports car so equipped.