Sentences with phrase «few other mechanical»

Aside from the addition of all - wheel drive, the 2015 BMW 2 Series has few other mechanical changes.

Not exact matches

Aircraft designers are keenly interested in the whale's flippers, for they realize that aircraft would evidently need fewer wing flaps or other mechanical devices to alter airflow.

Only in the last few years have Johnson and others at MIT, including Homer Reid, an applied mathematics instructor; Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Mehran Kardar, the Francis Friedman Professor of Physics; begun to predict and quantify heat transfer at the nanoscale.

They take the idea of «going through the motions» with depressing literalness, pantomiming their daily routines of loveless life and boring work with mechanical indifference and as few words to each other as possible.

The problems Toyota experienced just a few years ago with unintended acceleration and other mechanical and safety issues over a preceding period were grossly overplayed by government and the media.

Some are lightly disguised future production vehicles, while others exhibit an environmentally friendly theme.Here's a look at a few of the more interesting concept vehicles on display at the show, which closes Monday: AUDI ALLROAD QUATTROThe German automaker has been building all - wheel drive cars for years, so it's no surprise that a beefier version of the A6 station wagon is on the way.The Allroad Quattro show car uses many of the same mechanical and suspension parts as the A6 wagon but wears a sport - utility wagon body complete with large fender flares and huge tires.

Likewise, a BMW 3 - Series or Audi A4 ends up being a safer, more conservative choice than the Giulia, and while I'd bet large money that a Lexus sedan will have fewer mechanical problems than an Alfa Romeo sedan, I think I'd lay even money on the Alfa versus its German competitors in the long - term reliability department... and the Alfa's price tag is very tempting when compared to the other sedans.

By the way, the rotary engine may return in a few years in some version of a sports sedan Mazda displayed at the recent Tokyo Auto Show.The mechanical workings under the hood of the 2000 Millenia are very different from all other cars.For more of Richard Truett's test drives and a video version of this one, go to orlandosentinel.

Other than the regular maintenance, I have only had a few issues with electrical components and only one semi-major mechanical breakdown where it had to go to the shop.

Folks, a few other types of «OTEC» will work also but they are not as efficient as «Ocean Mechanical Thermal Energy conversion» or «OMTEC».