Types of Sports Cars Many people have a great fascination for sports cars. These machines have a lot of power and torque‚ and most importantly are lower to the ground‚ contributing to proper aerodynamics against the wind. Moreover‚ they are generally available in either two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. Two-wheel drive ones are usually used for road racing or drifting‚ whereas AWD sports cars are used for rally racing. Just like any other cars‚ they are also divided into certain groups.
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Electric Car has a history but is there a future in the UK or will there be a better option? The invention of the first Electric Car was in 1830 but was not perfected until the creation of rechargeable batteries in 1859. By 1912 50 companies were producing 34‚000 electric cars. Once the development of the electric starting motor occurred and the price of fuel was cheap then the electric cars industry vanished. The oil crisis in the 1970’s caused some re-emergence of electric cars but the high
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1.0 ASSIGNMENT 1 1.1 Automobile Industry History The birth of the car as we know it today took several years and the works and developments of many people. It was not until 1885 that the first car rolled down the streets‚ however‚ earlier attempts at steam powered road vehicles were successful‚ giving people the idea that cars as we know them today have existed for a lot longer than they have. In the year 1769‚ a French engineer by namely Nicolas J. Cugnot invented the first automobile to
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Related Relative Risk of Drivers Fatalities and Driver Involvement in Fatal Crashes in Relation to Driver Age and Gender. JORNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL.387-395 Problems that motivated the researchers to do this study: * The number of deadly car accidents in the U.S. caused by drivers under the influence of alcohol has increased in the past decades making alcohol one of the main factors of fatal crashes. * The legal level of BAC (blood alcohol concentration) in the U.S. has changed. 31
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The Smart Car The Smart car was introduced in 1994 between Mercedes-Benz and the Swiss manufacturer of Swatch watches and was unveiled in 1997. The car was named for “Swatch‚ Mercedes and art.” The Smart car only measures in at 8-feet-8-inches long and is 5-feet-1-inch wide. More than 95% of the components are recyclable. The Smart car is priced in at three different versions. The Pure is at the base level and starts at $11‚590. The Passion is decked out and is most popular and starts at $13
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Text and Driving Introduction In todays generation‚ people have grown completely attatched to socializing‚ especially teens. But the two most favorite objects teens cherish is their phone and car. Phone; for texting‚ and car; for driving‚ They are both okay‚ but not together. What could texting and driving at the same time do? There are three main things. One
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standing vehicle? Domestic Vs. Import Challenging every car company in the world‚ fuel economy‚ quality‚ and of course cost. How would the world be with out vehicles of various forms as a form of transportation? A question we all may have to soon figure out with out cars the world wouldn’t have as much pollution sure but how are we gonna get some where safely‚ reliably‚ and quickly. Basically in the United States of America there are two types of cars‚ imports and domestics imports meaning being shipped
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Elderly Driving There has been an increase of accidents caused by elderly drivers over the course of many years. With such a dramatic increase‚ should elderly drivers have driving restrictions? I believe that after the age of 75‚ seniors should have to retake their drivers test or have restrictions‚ regardless of their driving record. There is support for some restrictions on elderly drivers based on evidence that older drivers are more involved in traffic accidents than any age group except
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Mariana Ramos ESOL 0351 Mr. Shaw April 05‚ 2012 San Miguel El Salvador Before and Now San Miguel El Salvador has had many changes during the past 15 years. San Miguel is a big‚ beautiful‚ famous and very touristic city in El Salvador. El Salvador is located in Central America‚ and San Miguel is situated in the east side of the capital‚ San Salvador. San Miguel was founded on May 8‚ of 1530 by Luis de Moscoso who came from Spain. San Miguel is also the second city most important after the capital
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