Aerodynamics played an important role in the car's speed, Mercedes-Benz engineers even placing horizontal " eyebrows " over the wheel openings to reduce drag.

The fuel system incorporated a relief valve that returned fuel to the tank when pressure in the leads to the carburetters exceeded 1. 5 psi in order to reduce the risk of vapour locks occurring at the engine's high operating temperature, while the car's battery, unusually, benefited from its own thermostatically controlled cooling fan.

The dedicated Daytona Prototypes ( DP ) use less expensive materials and technologies and the car's simple aerodynamics reduce the development and testing costs.

This goal was aided by a conscious effort to reduce the number of panels needed to build the car's body — a remarkably low 215, reportedly only 5 more than for a Mini.

GM investigated the possibility of making the EV1 a four seater, but ultimately determined that the increased length and weight of the four seater would reduce vehicle's already limited range to 40 – 50 miles-placing the first ground up electric car's performance squarely in the pack of aftermarket gas vehicle conversions.

The player can upgrade their car's engine, drivetrain, suspension, tires, engine control unit ( ECU ) as well as add nitrous oxide, turbo chargers, and reduce the car ’ s weight ( in the form of " weight reduction packages ").

To reduce the XK engine's height, Jaguar's Chief Engineer William Haynes and former Bentley engineer Walter Hassan developed dry sump lubrication, and it has been said that the car's frontal area was also a consideration in canting the engine at 8½ ° from the vertical ( which necessitated the bonnet bulge ).

Most radar detectors are used so the driver can reduce the car's speed before being ticketed for speeding.

The car's 1, 759. 3 cc four-cylinder engine combined supercharging and turbocharging to reduce turbo lag at low engine speeds.

The car used Ford's contemporary design language of the period with the black louvred radiator grille and straked rear lamp clusters, as well as introducing the aerodynamic " bustle-back " bootlid stump ( trademarked by Ford as Aeroback ) which would be further developed in the forthcoming Sierra and Scorpio ; the stump was proven to reduce the car's aerodynamic drag co-efficient significantly, which was a class leading 0. 37 at launch.

Arbitrage tends to reduce price discrimination by encouraging people to buy an item where the price is low and resell it where the price is high ( as long as the buyers are not prohibited from reselling and the transaction costs of buying, holding and reselling are small relative to the difference in prices in the different markets ).

In 2008, Foundation director Inder Singh announced that deals to reduce the price of anti-malaria drugs by 30 % in developing nations.

Repeal of the Corn Laws would remove the tariffs on imported wheat and reduce the price of wheat and bread for the average and poor citizens of Britain.

From another perspective, the farmer and the miller both reduce a risk and acquire a risk when they sign the futures contract: the farmer reduces the risk that the price of wheat will fall below the price specified in the contract and acquires the risk that the price of wheat will rise above the price specified in the contract ( thereby losing additional income that he could have earned ).

* P-Max quantity, price and profit: If a monopolist obtains control of a formerly perfectly competitive industry, the monopolist would increase prices, reduce production, and realise positive economic profits.

For a monopoly to increase sales it must reduce price.

The task for the seller is to identify these price points and to reduce the price once one is reached in the hope that a reduced price will trigger additional purchases from the consumer.

The only means which have been placed in my power of ‘ raising the wages of colliers ’ has been by endeavouring to beat down all those restrictions upon trade which tend to reduce the price to be obtained for the product of their labour, & to lower as much as may be the taxes on the commodities which they may require for use or for consumption.

To reduce the price, the 32 kB extension used eight faulty 64 kilobit chips with only one half of their capacity working and / or available.

His plan had been to offer the licenses to one company in each of several geographic areas, at a royalty price per ton that included a lower rate on a proportion of their output in order to encourage production, but not so large a proportion that they might decide to reduce their selling prices.

Li directed a tight monetary policy, implementing price controls on many commodities, supporting higher interest rates, and cutting off state loans to private and cooperative sectors in attempts to reduce inflation.

The result is that buyers will only pay the fair price of a lemon, so at least they reduce the risk of overpaying.

1 would reduce quantity demanded of a good smoothly as price rose relatively for that good.

He could have the U. S. Treasury issue up to $ 3 billion in greenbacks, reduce the gold content of the dollar by as much as 50 percent, or accept 100 million dollars in silver at a price not to exceed fifty cents per ounce in payment of World War I debts owed by European nations.

In general, the Act prohibits sales that discriminate in price on the sale of goods to equally-situated distributors when the effect of such sales is to reduce competition.

For example, it is fairly easy for a top executive to reduce the price of his / her company's stock – due

news will be likely to ( at least temporarily ) reduce share price.

reduce share price.

A mixed economy is a largely market-based economy consisting of both private and public ownership of the means of production and economic interventionism through macroeconomic policies intended to correct market failures, reduce unemployment and keep inflation low.

This requirement is used to keep the game fair ( and reduce the chance of loaded dice ).

His New Look policy of nuclear deterrence gave priority to inexpensive nuclear weapons while reducing the funding for conventional military forces ; the goal was to keep pressure on the Soviet Union and reduce federal deficits.

Among other things Thomas suggested to Sanders that were implemented ; KFC's signature chicken bucket ( to keep the chicken crisp ), reduce the number of items on the menu, focus on a signature dish, and introduce the trademark sign featuring a revolving red-striped bucket of chicken.

In 1871 – 1878 Bismarck launched the " Kulturkampf " in Prussia to reduce the power of the Catholic Church in public affairs, and keep the Poles under control.

In the long run, due to desire to keep costs low, it was advantageous for firms to merge and reduce their transportation costs thus producing and transporting from one location rather than various sites of different companies as in the past.

The solution was to keep the chip the same size, retain the existing pad-ring, and only reduce the size of the Pentium's logic circuitry to enable it to achieve higher clock frequencies.

It will increase countries ’ energy security through reliance on an indigenous, inexhaustible and mostly import-independent resource, enhance sustainability, reduce pollution, lower the costs of mitigating climate change, and keep fossil fuel prices lower than otherwise.

As a result, Eastwood is renowned for his efficient film directing and ability to reduce filming time and to keep budgets under control.

This would keep the Armed Forces out of internal conflicts but would invariably reduce their claim to the rapidly shrinking budget.

It was in the vet's interest to keep the animals healthy and reduce the number of calls from farmers, rather than to ensure that the farmer needed to call for service and pay regularly.

This care will help keep the glucose ( sugar ) level in the blood from becoming either too high or too low, reducing or eliminating acute problems, and if sustained over a long time, reduce the chance of chronic problems as well.

It repudiated his Declaration of Verona, promised to abolish conscription, keep Napoleon I's administrative and judicial system, reduce taxes, eliminate political prisons, and guarantee amnesty to everyone who did not oppose a Bourbon Restoration.

* To reduce sleepiness and to keep the person awake when necessary, as well as to treat narcolepsy.

Occasional exhalation through the nose while snorkeling will reduce the build up of carbon dioxide, as well as helping to keep the mask clear of water.

Unlike the high-maintenance Persian, the Exotic is able to keep its own fur tidy with little human assistance, though weekly brushing and combing is recommended to remove loose hair and reduce shedding and hairballs.

The shorter masts therefore reduce the amount of ballast and stress on the rigging needed to keep the boat upright.

In 1897 Batesville decided to stop the use of the electric lamps because of the rates that people had to pay to keep them going, but then in 1898 Batesville decided that they would reduce the rates and only use the lamps when needed.

While these pads slightly reduce a vehicle's cross-country traction, they keep it from ( in theory ) damaging any pavement.

Diclofenac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ( NSAID ) and when given to working animals it can reduce joint pain and so keep them working for longer.

Then, there was the issue of fuel for the ships: traditional sail-powered ships did not need refueling, but powered ships, obliged to keep moving to reduce their vulnerability as sitting targets, were continuously using fuel, and had to return to home ports every few days.

Combinations of antiretrovirals create multiple obstacles to HIV replication to keep the number of offspring low and reduce the possibility of a superior mutation.

An aircraft is usually streamlined from nose to tail to reduce drag making it typically advantageous to keep the sideslip angle near zero, though there are instances when an aircraft may be deliberately " sideslipped " for example a slip in a fixed wing aircraft.

Parents should also keep all fire lighting devices out of reach of children and any teenagers to reduce the risk of their starting any fires.