The Gremlin used the AMC Hornet automobile platform, but its abrupt hatchback rear end cut the car's overall length from.

This depends on the car's overall condition with a low mileage, unmolested original always being highly coveted by collectors and fans.

The Electra 225 nameplate was a nod to the latter car's overall length of over 225 in ( 5, 715 mm ), earning it the street name " deuce and a quarter.

After having a wheel-to-wheel dispute with Kimi Räikkönen, Michael Schumacher was forced onto the grass, consequently losing his right deflector, which despite not having great overall impact on the car's aerodynamics, barred him from closing on Räikkönen again and made him miss the podium for the first time since the 2001 Italian Grand Prix and the first time Ferrari missed out on a podium since the 1999 European Grand Prix.

The new engine may be lighter or heavier than the existing one which affects the amount of weight over the nearest axle and the overall weight of the car-this can adversely affect the car's ride, handling and braking ability.

This compared with a top speed of, a 0-time of 20 seconds and an overall fuel consumption of for the petrol version of the car which had recently been tested by the same journal and which ( albeit without the diesel car's rev limiter ) had exactly the same gear ratios.

A labor strike at Chevrolet's Flint, Michigan assembly plant ( where most Monte Carlo production was scheduled ) during the early months of the 1970 model year immediately following the car's introduction on September 18, 1969 limited overall model-year sales to 159, 341 ; short of the projected 185, 000.

Even though the car's structure received an acceptable rating, the overall car received a marginal rating as the dummy's left leg would have been broken.

The OTT rear wing gave the car something of a " Wacky Races " appearance, although in overall terms, the car's design was quite respectable, featuring energy absorbing bodywork with box-section crumple zones.

The overall effect is to give the car's body a more massive appearance.

" Until the arrangement was simplified in 1954, the 4CV featured a ' dummy ' grille comprising six thin horizontal chrome strips, intended to distract attention from the similarity of the car's overall architecture to that of the German Volkswagen, while recalling the modern designs of the fashionable front-engined passenger cars produced in Detroit during the earlier 1940s.

Ford found that customers were turned off by the car's oval shape, and although it managed to retain its title as the bestselling car in the United States, this was only because of heavy sales to rental fleets ; 51 % of all Taurus sales for 1996 went to rental fleets, in contrast to the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, of which most sales were to private customers through retail outlets.

Instead of sloping back, the car's trunk stood upright in a more traditional shape, increasing trunk space by another two cubic feet.

Drag coefficient ( C < sub > d </ sub >) is a commonly published rating of a car's aerodynamic smoothness, related to the shape of the car.

When modeling a car, for example, it is desirable to describe the center of each wheel with respect to the car's coordinate system, but then specify the shape of each wheel in separate local spaces centered about these points.

The car's basic shape would survive into the 1990s as the 200 series.

The shape of the car's front allowed exceptional forward visibility.

The last Studebaker until the Avanti to have styling influenced by industrial designer Raymond Loewy's studio, the Golden Hawk took the basic shape of the 1953-55 Champion / Commander Starliner hardtop coupe but added a large, almost vertical eggcrate grille and raised hoodline in place of the earlier car's swooping, pointed nose.

This allows for highly flexible modular vehicle configurations such as a 4 door sedan, mini van, or even a small bus to be placed on the same drive system, with the only difference being the shape of the car's upper body and the location of seats.

The term " switchback gravity railroad " is sometimes applied to gravity railroads that used special self-acting ( momentum-driven ) Y-shaped switches known as switchbacks to automatically reverse a car's direction at certain points as it descends ; this essentially folds the incline across the slope in a characteristic " zig-zag " shape.

In 2010's the sales of the Lada Classics remained strong in the car's native Russia and some of the former Eastern Bloc nations.

Also updated was the car's interior appointments, though the plastic window remained.

None of this did much to help the car's sales ; Q45 sales in the North American market remained much lower than sales of its primary competitor, the Lexus LS.

The't ' called attention to the car's new engine / transmission layout: the previously-transverse engine was now mounted longitudinally whilst the gearbox remained transverse, thus forming a't '.

Like its predecessor's, the car's best result in a WRC event remained a fourth place.

Over time the filter will get clogged and require cleaning or replacement, hence the recommendation to change a car's oil filter at the same time as changing the oil.

The same description of the car's driver was also given by the president of the Board of Education, H. Wallace Caldwell, who had also witnessed the accident.

Some of their famous sound effects included a rapid bongo drum take used for when a character's feet were scrambling before taking off, a " KaBONG " sound produced on a guitar for when Quick Draw McGraw, in his Zorro-style " El Kabong " crime fighting guise, would smash a guitar over a villain's head, the sound of a car's brake drum combined with a bulb horn for when Fred Flintstone would drop his bowling ball onto his foot, an automobile's tires squealing with a " skipping " effect added for when someone would slide to a sudden stop, a bass-drum-and-cymbal combination called the " Boom Crash " for when someone would fall down or smack into an object, a xylophone being struck rapidly on the same note for a tip-toeing effect, and a violin being plucked with the tuning pegs being raised to simulate something like pulling out a cat's whisker.

Unless customers checked an option, the Tempest's powerplant was a 194. 5 ci inline-slant-four-cylinder motor, derived from the right bank of the venerable Pontiac 389 V8, enabling it to be run down the same production line as the 389, saving costs for both the car's customers and Pontiac.

He often uses his car's multitude of gadgets to help out the other drivers if they all get caught in the same trap.

The balloon however, is pushed due to buoyancy " out of the way " by the air, and will actually drift in the same direction as the car's acceleration.

It used the same platform as the Citroën Xantia, though without that car's sophisticated hydropneumatic suspension system.

Again, the car's price for its sophomore year stayed the same, but in the four years after that, it rose to $ 16, 990.

The balloon however, is pushed due to buoyancy " out of the way " by the air, and will actually drift in the same direction as the car's acceleration.

One of the pickup items in the game causes all your car's panels to fall off, in much the same way as the Bluesmobile toward the end of the movie.

He pioneered the idea of constant improvement-improving the car's underpinnings while keeping the styling the same.

November 1968 saw the release of the flying car ' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ' ( 266 ) from the successful film of the same name that had been in cinemas throughout that summer, and which featured plastic wings that popped out from the car's side skirts when the hand brake was pushed and detailed miniatures of the car's inventor ' Caracticus Potts ', ' Truly Scrumptious ' and the children ' Jeremy ' and ' Gemima '.

The K16 82 hp variant is exactly the same as the version, apart from a restrictive throttle body designed to lower the car's insurance group ; the Spi features single-point fuel injection rather than the multi-point of the later engine.

At the time of the car's launch, it was reported that Leyland Australia had an accumulated deficit equivalent to £ 8. 6 million, and had borrowed the same amount again in order to fund the development of the P76.

Those same attributes made the Beetle the perfect choice for the basis of an off-road vehicle as evidenced by the car's success both then and now in the Baja 1000 off-road race.

In the same month, in the car's first outing, in the Oulton Park Gold Cup, the car finished 3rd and 4th behind two Ford Galaxies, but beat the 3. 8 litre Jaguars which had been dominant in saloon car racing for so long.

The rear side windows appeared enlarged ( although the body glass aperture was actually the same size as the earlier car ), and the buttresses stayed ( although their appearance was minimized by the new side window treatment ), as designer Geoff Lawson argued that they were part of the car's character.

Optional 48-lace wire wheels could be ordered painted the same colour as the car's bodywork ( rare ), stove-enamelled ( matte silver with chrome spinners, most common ) or in matte or polished chrome finishes ( originally rare, but now more commonly fitted ).

The mesh usually has the same color as the car's body, while the frame is in contrast with the main color.

In April 2006 the same year Poison celebrated their 20 year anniversary, Rockett made a guest appearance on TLC's new " Wrecks To Riches " auto overhaul series, helping to restore a 1969 Dodge Dart before giving Poison's new version of " We're an American Band " a spin on the car's amped-up sound system.