How to Use coachwork in a Sentence

coachwork

noun
  • To complete the swap, Mr. Mann restored the Franay cabriolet coachwork to the 145.
    Jim Motavalli, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Venturi was founded in the mid-1980s by two French engineers, former employees of the Heuliez coachworks.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 25 July 2023
  • Jeep reinforced the aft section of the CJ-6 frame for more torsional rigidity and slid the whole business under new coachwork.
    Michael Jordan, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Of the 28 made, a lone example wore sporting aluminum coachwork by Rocco Motto.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 July 2022
  • Although not always the case, the car now wears its original coachwork, which obviously not only impressed the judges but was a crowd-pleaser as well.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Put a battery company and a coachworks under one roof and what's more natural than to give electric-car production a shot?
    Kevin A. Wilson, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The cabriolet is also finished in a striking yellow hue that highlights the coachwork and signature curves.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The example features coachwork by the marque’s own team of artisans at Sindelfingen, Germany.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2022
  • It’s also one of just two to sport elegant all-alloy Modèle New York coachwork, and the only such example with its exterior still intact.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Remarkably, this Ferrari retains its matching-numbers engine, chassis and body—the coachwork being one of the few designed and built by Sergio Scaglietti.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 July 2022
  • Cadillac's commercial division used to supply the bare chassis to other companies, which would add their own custom coachwork.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The design was a hybrid, long before the word suggested gas and electric power-train configurations, but rather, the combination of sleek Italian coachwork and a powerful American V-8 engine.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 July 2021
  • The Balbo coachwork is generally considered the more beautiful, and this car, retaining its original numbers-matching Tipo 104 engine, represents the model at its most perfect.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 3 July 2023
  • Its interior is almost luxurious for a vehicle in the mountain-goat division, its gearbox snicks with Japanese precision, and its stately coachwork can get by, more or less, in polite society.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 1 July 2023
  • The model had Pininfarina coachwork and was Ferrari’s most successful early line, which included several racing and road-going variants.
    Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2017
  • The Range Rover's coachwork no longer looks particularly futuristic or sleek, its driveline lacks modern Iimited-slip technology, and its luxury features and power assists have been matched by any number of current off-roaders.
    Tony Assenza, Car and Driver, 30 June 2020

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