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• Car handling
  Cars with relatively soft suspension and with low unsprung weight are least affected by uneven surfaces, while on flat smooth surfaces the st === Weight distribution ===
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• Graphite-reinforced plastic
  ...iff panel will not corrode in water and is very strong, especially for its weight. If the mould contains air, small air bubbles will be present in the materi ...igated by the material's unsurpassed [[strength-to-weight ratio]], and low weight is essential for high-performance automobile racing. Race car manufacturer
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• Disc brake
  ...gh some retain the use of drum brakes on the rear wheels to keep costs and weight down as well as to simplify the provisions for a [[Emergency brake|parking ...del will not overly stress them; or as a function of reducing the unsprung weight of the brake assembly, with the engineering assumed that enough brake rotor
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• Menarini
  ...mprovements were introduced such as a better acoustic insulation, the curb weight reduction, the interchangeability of parts which can fail. The transfer of property to the Breda Group first, and later under the direct control of
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• Drifting (motorsport)
  ...lavors and what is commonly available, but center around light to moderate weight, rear-wheel-drive passenger cars with an emphasis on good handling. Japanes ...relatively neutral handling will begin to slide, simply from the [[weight transfer]] resulting from engine braking. The drift is controlled afterwards by ste
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• Touring
  ...oy panels attached to cover and strengthen the framewoek. Aside from light weight, the [[Superleggera]] technique gave great flexibility, allowing Touring to ...rnational automotive Zeta Europe BV group in 2006, which also included the transfer of the Touring Superleggera
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• Pagani Huayra
  | Weight || 1350 kg (dry) 44% front 56% rear ...use a dual-clutch in oil bath was because it would lead to an increase in weight of over 70 kg, negating the advantage of the ability of such transmissions
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• Pistonless rotary engine
  * Higher [[power-to-weight ratio]]s. ...arge surface area of the combustion chamber which reperesents a large heat transfer and quench area, combined with an unfavorably long rather thin stretched co
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...e]], to try to increase the range of hydrogen vehicles, while reducing the weight, energy consumption, and complexity of the storage systems. Two primary met ...and energy penalties associated with packaging, distribution, storage and transfer of hydrogen.
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• Spacecraft propulsion
  ...cient means to move from one circular orbit to another is with a [[Hohmann transfer orbit]]: the spacecraft begins in a roughly circular orbit around the Sun. ...from [[Low Earth orbit|LEO]] is approximately 3000 m/s, using a [[Hohmann transfer orbit]]. (A manned probe would need to take a faster route and use more fu
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• Jonghi
  ..., who added his surname as the new name for the marque and then decided to transfer the company to France. | Curb weight || 100 [[kilogram|kg]]
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• Lancia Beta
  | Weight || 1000kg-1195kg ...engine 20 degrees rearwards, the Lancia engineers achieved improved weight transfer over the driven wheels and towards the centre of the car, as well as loweri
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• Motorcycle
  ...on of slight turning of the handlebars and lateral shifting of the rider's weight. ...steer]] and body steering slightly overbalance the leaning forces from the weight of the bike, at a speed near the running speed of a person. This is the spe
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• Isetta
  ...each end of which were the two rear wheels. Thanks to this elaborate power transfer, the engine-gearbox unit was both free of tension and well soundproofed in ...most every new model for the next four decades. Because of extra size and weight, the 600 had a more powerful engine than the Isetta. The 600 had the 582&n
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...% gains in fuel economy compared to four-door conventional cars of similar weight and size. ...of the worst design flaws of the ICE-Electric vehicles is overall vehicle weight in part due to heavy batteries. But, the real waste is that 90% of the time
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• List of James Bond gadgets
  ...e for field missions because they must not be tilted lest the highly-toxic transfer liquid spills out. Unlike the safe cracker used in ''You Only Live Twice'', ...It can fire out up to 75 feet of high tensile wire designed to support the weight of an average person.
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