... can be a safer bet. Also, trucks can have four doors, which personally I think looks better but it makes them more bulky than they already are. Cars mostly come with four doors unless it's a sports car, then it has two. Four doors on a car means more passenger space and more luxurious. Trucks ... a considerably taller stance making them usually the kings of the road plus the most popular thing to do is lift them, which makes them even bigger. Cars have a lower to the ground stance, which looks more aggressive with a lower center of gravity, so you don't tip over. Trucks are obviously big...

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... multi million dollar automotive and industrial companies named after them making everything from automobiles to air craft engines. Ford motor company has been making cars for the public since 1903. During the early to mid 1900's Henry Ford was trying to build a vehicle that could be bought by ... Cunningham switched car manufactures and the c4r's slowly faded out (Richard 46). In 1953 Chevrolet began the production of one of America's most loved sports cars. The Chevrolet Corvette was produced with over 5 different engine choices. Four more would be added years later. The car was availab...

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... the cities are becoming more populated and people had to find a transportation system to meet the needs. Since the creation of steam engine, cars were highly expensive and were only available to the wealthy people. Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile industry by creating the assembly line. He produced ... the first model T car, which became affordable to the American public. Since then, many manufacturers competed in many ways to make their cars better and to achieve higher sales figures. In order to do that, they must capture the consumer's interest. Car manufacturers added more ga...

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... of an increase in labor and materials cost due to the overall inflation in the economy. There is a high consumer demand for imported compact cars due to their reliability factor, along with gas efficiency and insurance cost. Particularly, the Honda Accord 2.3 DX model is widely known for its ... There was a price increase of about $1,000 the year after. This may have been caused by the fact that there are few substitutes for such cars in this industry. With such a high demand for this car, dealerships each year could easily inflate their prices above the estimated target prices and ......

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... it help kill the environment every time. They cause others to inhale potentially dangerous chemicals in the air. It's breaking down the ozone layer, causing global warming to occur. Gas cars destroy the planet every time we start them. We need an alternative source of energy for our own good. The only other know portable energy we have that keeps its ... planet quite literally. According to a recent survey, about 90% of people would travel 300-500 miles in a car rather than a plane. This shows that people in general use cars more than nearly any other forms of transportation. This incre...

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... the future. Car manufactures like General Motors, ford, Nissan, and Mercedes-Benz jumped on the bandwagon and came up with cell fueled concept cars that they hope will be released in the future. Well, the future is now! What exactly is a fuel cell? Well it is ... much platinum as possible for the oxygen or hydrogen. There is always a negative side to go along with a positive side, and that no different from fuel cell cars. For example, unlike gas, hydrogen doesn't have its own refill station on every corner. To prevent this problem there is a device called a "Reformer". The ... reforme...

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... the money goes back to the people. The car also plays other important roles in the economy. This was especially noticeable after the Second World War, when cars began to be manufactured on a mass production scale. This caused a rise in employment and a rise in wages, overall a brilliant time for the economy. ... were 5,230 road deaths. Every year since then the number has been falling, to the latest figure of 3,581 in 1998. This is because cars are increasing their safety mechanism, involving brakes, steering control and protection of the passengers with airbags, meaning that soon the n...

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... 200 a month. With the oil prices rising and the amount of gasoline in demand climbing each year; people and companies are looking for alternative methods to power cars. Fuel cell powered vehicles may be one strong contender. The science of fuel cells is hard for many people to understand. In simple terms, a fuel cell ... . Fuel cells have supplied electricity to several space missions over the past 40 years (Fuel Cell Today). The public demand for fuel cell and hybrid cars is relatively low at the current time. Everyone has a reason not to like them, but many people may not be informed o...

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... advancements there are still many dangers while driving a car. Human error is probably the most dangerous of all. This paper will discuss how cars are being developed to be safer and more efficient to drive. Safety Advancements Many automotive engineers are working on systems that will reduce human ... of accidents such as drowsiness, tailgating and drinking and driving. For instance, General Motors has developed a cruise control that uses radar to detect other cars on the road. If the car is approaching too close then the brakes will be instantaneously applied by the system. Nissan Moto...

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... This was because designers were too busy designing tanks, planes, etc... for the ongoing war. The major event that took place that changed the way cars looked and how they performed happened on October 14, 1947. This was when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. From this point on everyone wanted to ... interiors. This may have not been the most technologically advanced car but it would pave the way for the true performance and sports car. Concept cars also played a part in the 1950's. They were designed to attract the publics eye, introduce and gauge the publics reaction to new styling...

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... already become the important component in our daily life gradually. Cars make our life convenient and swift. However, too many cars have caused very serious social problems. Some people claim that the disadvantages of car are more than the advantages. I doubt whether the argument ... transportation. We can [be] on and off duty by car every day, we can go to travel by car on the vacation, we can utilize the cars to deal with some emergency too. The car [is] playing an important role in our daily life. They make our rhythm of life faster and faster, ... to people, Give people countless ...

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... , and it is estimated that a high percentage of these accidents were caused by speeds in excess of the legal limit. Some performance cars can now reach 100km/h in less than four seconds. That is twice the speed limit for most suburban streets! Therefore, it is highly obvious that high ... -powered cars are more likely to be involved in accidents caused by speed. Drivers of fast cars put themselves in dangerous positions and due to their speed, they have less time to correct themselves. There is ... no limit on the power or top speed of cars, and some manufacturers take full advantage of ...

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... assumption made from automobiles experts around the world that there is more automobile advancement activity in the past two years then ever. A new era of cars is just over the horizon. A handful of advancements are being changed or being planned to changed for the future. Car keys will soon be ... system to run all these gizmos. Wow, and if that still doesn't impress you, Chris Gerdes, a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University visions customizable cars in the next 20 years. Amazing technologies are already here or soon coming to promise a new automotive era. Pioneers ...

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... me when my father drove his 1983 Chevy with no radio and a loud muffler noise. All the long drives made me less interested in cars since there wasn't much to do with them. But technology has advanced, and a lot of options became available in the last ten years when it comes ... to cars. Ever since I saw the movie "The Fast and the Furious", my opinion about cars has begun to change. The beginning of the movie starts showing how an undercover police officer got into a drag racing ... crew. He learns about the cheap imported cars and how they could be upgraded into something wild and ente...

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... you can't live without it but there is nothing you can do because James Madison University rules clearly state that all first year students can't bring their cars to campus. Does this story ring a bell because to many students it does? A matter of fact 24 out of 25 students in Weaver Hall ... to be done to cure this disease of being "carsick" before the stress brings about bigger problems. Offering first year students the option to bring their cars to campus would make students much happier; their families a lot less stressed and at the same time bring an end to this horrifying disease. ...

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Upon arrival back from training to serve our country, National guardsmen find their cars wrecked, with things stolen from them, or stolen. 26 cars had smashed windows, and while only one was stolen, the thieves left more than clear evidence that they had attempted to steal others. A specific officer, Private Jeremy Vaught, who had ... ...

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... century Henry Ford manufactured the world's first automobile, the Model T. Since then, the world has relied on automotive transportation. Today the automotive industry generates many different types and styles of cars. Primarily there are two styles of automobiles, American and foreign. The different styles of automobiles have comparable similarities and differences according to design, performance and value. There will always be ... designed to accommodate the driver and passengers with luxury and comfort in order to make the driving experience as pleasurable as possible. Most American...

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... An article from the Niagara Gazette in the December 24, 2001 edition, shows the problems of this racing in Florida. "Troopers stopped about 350 cars, many of them juiced-up Hondas and Toyotas, and arrested 172 people in a sting targeting drag racers. Eleven people have been killed in ... article: "Across America last Friday, the same night the movie was released, teenagers and young adults gathered in the darkness, racing souped-up cars. The cars burning rubber down the streets in these modern drag races aren't the tricked-out Fords of the 1950s featured in movies such as Rebel Without ....

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... with similar ideologies when it comes to transport policy. The idea it would seem is to improve public transport and reduce the number of cars on our roads therefore reducing congestion and pollution. Despite all attempts by these governments, car registrations will top 2.5 million in 2003 a ... Is it likely that they would have ceased trading by now considering the figures above? Interest Rates have significant impact upon demand Since the majority of cars (all?) are bought on finance (usually through a car company's own bank e.g. Ford Credit etc.) Interest rates have a significant bear...

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... more than a domestic engine. Another advantage imports have is the great amount of engineering that goes into the cars and the efficiency that results from this hard work. Although domestic cars have more horsepower, import cars create more horsepower per liter from a 1.8-liter engine. A Ford Mustang GT produces much less than 300 horsepower ... from a 4.6-liter engine. When comparing the horsepower per liter statistics, the imports have a clear advantage. Another large variance between the two groups of cars is the price for the car and aftermarket parts. Since import racing is in its in...

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... by batteries. This type of car is not very practical due to the many batteries you would need and the cost would be great. There are also cars powered by solar pane! ls, but they do not work at night and are not able to travel as fast or as far as an internal ... hybrid car. This car uses a battery along with an internal combustion engine. The problem with this car is that it still uses gasoline. Hybrid cars use less gasoline than most cars, but we need to develop a car that uses no gasoline at all. The most practical car of the future is the fuel cell car ... combustion engines. Advanta...

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... the drag. So going a little faster makes it much harder. Graph 1 (Velocity vs. Drag) A slowing phenomenon known as interference drag occurs when two cars are near each other. The sum of the drag of two bodies that are close to each other is higher than their individual drags. Essentially adding resistance ... The high speeds at which racecars travel at create dangerous scenarios for the drivers and fans. Car designers use fluid mechanics to lessen the effect of cars leaving the ground during racing. Racecars are designed to stay on the ground as long as they are moving forward, but if the...

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... Bordeaux Race of 1895. The first car, propelled by a Daimler engine, came in six hours ahead of the second car, and the next three cars to finish were all propelled by Daimler engines. Another pioneer with the gasoline engine was the German engineer Karl Benz (Yes Mr. Simon, Mercedes Benz ... 1885, working independently of Daimler, produced a mechanically propelled tricycle. Henry Ford produced his first experimental car in 1893. By this time, the amount of cars in the U.S. was about 600,000, so to meet the growing demand for automobiles of all types, Ford greatly speeded up production by...

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... Wreck." The staff of Auto Week magazine wrote, "At Talladega, usually it's coming off Turn Two, where the track funnels a bit. But with 30 or 40 cars running two-,three- and even four-wide for laps on end, the Big One is guaranteed to happen somewhere, sometime" (Auto Week 1) Racing should not be a ... not pay big money to go and see a race with the anticipation of a big wreck that would usually involve at least one forth of the cars in the field. This was not the original intention of racing legends when racing was first started in the Carolinas. The restrictor plates are hurting the sp...

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... The two largest companies today are GMC #1 and Ford Motor Company #2. Ford and GMC both consist of about ten companies each. Sales of these cars is done form companies to dealers and dealers to consumers. Consumers can do this over the Internet or at a dealer. In 1998 Internet sales were ... and highest around one hundred thousand. The average car today runs about twenty-five thousand dollars new. There are many factors in the price of cars. Prices rise when options become standard like airbags, safety standards and emission controls become strict. When consumers demands fluctuate prices ...

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