Sentences with phrase «aerodynamic function»

Front and rear styling has been revised for the benefit of a new look, but also aerodynamic function.

Functional air curtains add both a visual design cue and an active aerodynamic function.

The sloping roofline and sleek exterior design details not only provide aerodynamic function, they offer plenty of head room and cargo room in the rear.

Ferrari cites the Sharknose 156 F1 car from 1961 as inspiration for the huge nostrils at the front and the 250LM and 196 / 246SP sports cars from the early 1960s for the intakes over the rear fenders, but the styling is truly dictated by aerodynamic function rather than form.

It is the lightest and most powerful V8 Vantage ever made, the Vantage GT8's dramatically sculpted carbon fibre bodywork has been shaped by race - bred aerodynamic function.

For most of the past century, people hypothesized that feathers had evolved from elongated scales, like shingles on a house that got longer and longer until they hung off the body and provided aerodynamic function, catching air and enabling gliding and ultimately flying.

The reduced wing surface and relatively long setae of fairyflies and many other minute flying insects likely have an aerodynamic function, perhaps to reduce turbulence and hence drag on a wing flapping at several hundred beats per second.

This rib is quite beautiful, but it has an aerodynamic function, too, keeping air from spilling down the side of the body.

The rear fenders have a flat, elongated surface towards the rear: their aerodynamic function guarantees a steady and constant disconnection of the air flow from the rear regardless of whether the car is on a bend or a straight section of road, once again resulting in more stability.

The fins in the air intakes that extend from either side of the headlamps serve an aerodynamic function and also act as fog lamps for improved visibility.

At the rear of the front fender, a large L - shaped cooling outlet provides essential cooling and aerodynamic functions and also conveys the car's performance enhancement.