Indeed, the car requires less of a leap than many sporty vehicles, and it will please a customer willing to put up with only moderate ego massage and limited individuality.

The best sporty vehicles manage to balance good handling with enough suspension compliance to be moderately comfortable.

While it is natural to associate more power with a sportier vehicle, the lighter four-cylinder model felt quicker to respond on twisting rural Virginia roads.

Mercury dealerships have had difficulty attracting younger drivers oriented toward sporty vehicles.

The review could lead to mandatory design changes in many small cars, pickup trucks and sporty off-road vehicles.

"They don't look upon many of those vehicles as trucks; they see them as sporty vehicles that meet their needs."

The 14hp Saloon and Sports were luxurious and sporty vehicles, and were popular, if expensive.

He liked the way the sporty vehicle drove and the power it gave.

The General Motors Cadillac division, which is promoting sporty vehicles, has to fight its image as a maker of big, roomy cars, he noted.

Stranger yet, promotion stressed business use rather than spiffy personal transportation - and didn't even mention tailfins, which in 1957 were vital on any "sporty" vehicle.