Car designers use fluid mechanics to find a properly balanced net down force for each car. ... Draft occurs when cars are traveling close to one another; when a car is traveling at high speeds behind another car, it forces the car in front of it to take the load of the air resistance. ... Figure 3 (Two Car Pressure Diff) Figure 4 (Two Car Pressure Diff) The increased air pressure ahead of the trailing car fills in the wake of the lead car, and the air off the spoiler sees that pressure before it even gets there, so the streamline over the rear of the lead car is raised. ... Car de...

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(Barbara Whitener 9) Despite these advantages electric cars have not been widely adapted yet because they are not able to compete with gasoline powered cars. ... Today's electric cars come standard with regenerative breaking. ... A common energy saving feature of electric cars is regenerative braking. ... At the moment Honda only leases the car. ... (Sirius 1) Hondas goal in designing this car was price and reliability not style. ...

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This thesis will therefore look at the advantage that a car company receives from participating in car racing. ... The relationship between a manufacturer and the motor sport it functions in is based on four pillars: - Popularity of the sport - Changing profile of the car manufacturer - Changing profile of the car - Entry barriers Firstly, the popularity of the sport, car racing has been popular since the creation of cars. ... Currently however, Ford, which was one of the top three Detroit car manufacturers, for example, is pulling out of most of the car racing fields in which it was ...

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In most cars, when you brake, all the energy used to accelerate the car is lost as heat. ... Satisfaction can also be experienced when washing the exterior of the car on a sunny afternoon. ... The product life cycle of a car at Ford all depends on consumer trends as to what type of car they are buying. ... When the sales of a particular vehicle dwindle, Ford may make the decision to retire the name of the car and put into production one of the concept cars that they have been working on. ... Doing this redesign extends the product life cycle for the car that they choose. ...

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Car Recycling The EU has recently demanded that the manufacturer be responsible for the disposal of all cars on the road that it has manufactured. The new rules state that the manufacturer is responsible for all new cars from July 2002 and all old cars from July 2007. ... V.A.T. increases could make the cars seem significantly more expensive. ... This has begun a gentle shift in the demand of cars. Smaller cars are becoming more popular by both private and business buyers and low emission diesel cars are becoming the norm as company vehicles. ...

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Stated simply, the car being tested was hit by a barrier moving at 20 mph. ... When hit by the barrier, how much fuel leaked from the car? ... Ford reacted to these changes, planned and produced a sub-compact car of their own. ... According to Ford, the repairs for the problem would have been $11.00 per car. ... An Engineer was given the task to address the gas tank of the car. ...

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When the cars had no moonshine in them the cars would ride very high off of the ground making them easy for the law to spot. ... With all of these great new inexpensive beasts of cars on the market the things that separated average moonshiners and great moonshiners was all about the modifications you could put on the cars. ... He would upgrade the carburetors, engines, tires, and suspension on these Ford V-8's and turn them from already incredible cars to cars that could over 100 MPH down rural backroads which made these modified ford V-8's the first race cars that these moonshine...

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Daimler-Benz knows the car market extensively well and has confidence in its operation due to its expertise. ... While in the past, BMW's strength was in smaller cars, the Series 5 and 7 cars compete directly with Mercedes's middle- and upper-class luxury cars. ... Comparisons showed the Japanese cars are up-to-par with those by BMW and Mercedes. ... The ties between the two companies go beyond their interests in cars; they extend to electronics and aerospace. ... In the future, however, as the economies improve, the demand for luxury cars is likely to increase. ...

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For example, if a car manufacturer starts to make its cars with cheaper materials and still asks the same price for these cars, this will maximize the profit of the company in the short-term. But this company cannot expect to increase its shareholders' value in this way because once the customers realize that these are not the same cars as before, they will stop buying them which will affect the business negatively in the long-term. ...

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I sat down in the car, and we left. ... We crashed into the car, and I must have passed out. ... He slowly approached the car and pulled out a gun, as the humanoid figure started getting out of the car, the man shot it in the head twice. ... I sat down in the car, and we left. ... We crashed into the car, and I must have passed out. ...

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For instance the passenger aircraft is often combined with the rental car in the 21st century in terms of foreign tourist travel for the UK tourist. ... Today, rail is not the dominant means of transport to a UK seaside resort such as Blackpool, here it has been over taken by the motor car. ... In the UK the majority of people use the car for road transport with only 9% of people using coaches or buses in 1994 . ... Technologically, the internal combustion engine was the single most significant development for the motor car. ... The motor car key competitive advantage over all of the other tra...

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Cars were still built essentially one at a time. ... During a car race in Florida, Ford examined the wreckage of a French car and noticed that many of its parts were of lighter-than-ordinary steel. ... As a result, the only cars in the world to utilize vanadium steel in the next five years would be French luxury cars and the Ford Model T. ... The car went to the first customers on October 1, 1908. ... By 1918, half of all cars in America were Model Ts. ...

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The man requested that the teens get out of their car, but they refused. ... He then moved to the front of the car and fired another round into the left tire. ... The man got out, adjusted the tire, and then got back in his car and sped off. ... "The car came to a sudden halt. ... Upon seeing the trucker, the man fleeted back to his car and hastily drove off. ...

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He heard of the new cars coming out that are called hybrids. The hybrid cars use gas and electric technology. They don't use as much gas as regular cars and people really like the cars. ... Jesus thought he could get with the car dealers to see if they would offer an incentive for trading in a car that uses a lot of gas for a hybrid. The car dealers said that they would do zero percent interest and have rebates and their regular specials, but they also didn't want to lose money on the new cars. ...

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It was stated in the case analysis that Ford was so anxious to get the car on the market, they decided that the design changes would not be made, because it would take too much time and cost too much money (1). ... This weakness was enhanced by other features of the car. ... As I reflect on this case, the contract view theory, and the inappropriate methods used by Lee Iacocca to get his small compact American made car out into the market first, I can't help but wonder what happened to contractual view they should have held with the consumer's to provide them with a product with c...

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Joyed to see our food arrive, we also noticed another car pulling into the parking lot. ... After eating we repacked the cars as our parents paid for the night. ... We saw many cars on the side of the road putting snow chains on the wheels. ... We kept driving for around 10km in astonishment for how long this line of cars was. ... It was the mechanics sent to fix the broken down car. ...

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Science Nordic3 states that this relationship exists as the wealthy travel, fly, and driving their cars more often than someone who is in the lower bracket of income. ... He makes a simple statement by saying that if we decrease the number of times we drive to the shops by car to once per week, we can reduce the climate effect by 7.4%. ...

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Over the past several years, temperatures around the world kept rising. Sometimes it's unbearable for people on this planet. "The temperature during an eight-day heat wave in Chicago in July 1995 hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit. High levels of humidity made the air feel even hotter, creatin...

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There were cars, vans, buses and even semi's that were Mercedes Benz. ... I found myself and my companions getting car sick fairly often, which for most of us was uncommon. ... This allowed for free car washes. ... One problem of this is that when some of the hockey players have received their team vehicles they weren't told that the car/van was a diesel and so when they filled their vehicle with gas it messed up their engines and the car/van had to get fixed. ... He told me that over there Mercedes Benz are considered to be their average joe cars not really fancy ones like her...

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As the car drives along the shore, the Captain remains motionless and focused on the road ahead. ... Eventually in the distance we approach a man, who approaches the car from the shore. The car has to swerve to avoid hitting the man. ... The car backs up, sheds the drunken man and continues on. ... Cutting back to the shot from the back seat, the car continues on as the sailors urinate on the Captain"s car. ...

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I zoomed by cars, driving at a steady one hundred miles per hour. ... Reducing my speed brought the flashing car back into view. ... That same stupid row of cars finally passed, the wind from each of them jolted my car. ... Step out of the car" he ordered me. ... The car shifter as the weight of the trooper now set in the drivers seat. ...

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While playing with a toy car and the animals, Dylan had decided that he was going to put one of the toy frogs inside the car. ... His fingers were too large to get two in the car to pull it out so he brought it over to me and held it in front of my face and said, "stuck". ... After only a couple of hits, the frog flew out of the car and Dylan picked it up, ran over to me and said "I did it!... When another child was observed to take a few cars out of the box of cars he was playing with, Dylan made a whining noise and tried to take the cars back from his peer. When the teacher to...

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Giving customers the ability to build a car to suit their needs by using the web site, they are able to custom configure their car's features and components, see it online, price it, and have it delivered to nearby dealers, thereby cutting inventory requirements in half, while at the same time giving customers exactly what they want. Using a virtual car on the web site, customers can view more than 1,250 possible exterior combinations in real time, rotate the image 360 degrees, and see the price updated automatically with each selection of trim or accessories. After storing the car in a...

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March 1992- January 1994: Process Of Sale The Company underwent a period of where several other car manufacturers proposed to buy rover. ... BMW ACQUISITION OF ROVER: The session can begin with a discussion about the car industry in 1993, which can be summarized as follows: Maturing in life cycle terms. ... The build quality of BMW cars was not in fact as high as generally perceived. ... -Example Toyota has also successfully entered the luxury car segment occupied by BMW, through its Lexus brand. ...

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What Cops See and Know Criminal investigators have numerous responsibilities when conducting investigations such as following certain procedures and overcoming obstacles to obtain crucial evidence. Jackall describes how officers are required to write a report and research a case. However, Jac...

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