Taking 13% off the curb weight has many salutary effects, both on-road and off.

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I'd also note that without direct injection, the Mazda mill fails to fully exploit the car's lighter curb weight.

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The engine has 208 horses and 258 foot-pounds of torque to move the estimated 3, 264 pounds of curb weight.

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The similarity in construction affects more than curb weight (3, 000 pounds for the Cayman S) or torsional rigidity (up 40%).

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Three hundred pounds is not a minor uptick in curb weight.

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With a net 188 hp on tap and curb weight around 3, 700 pounds, the Fusion Hybrid is quick enough off the line in city traffic but power reserves fall off at highway speeds.

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Refinements over the DBS the Bond car in the last two movies, incidentally include a 25% increase in torsional rigidity, says the company, and about a 150-pound reduction in curb weight, which comes in around 3, 850 pounds.

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However, Ukraine's growing independence would curb Russia's ability to throw its weight around.

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That having bureaucrats and government deciding upon prices, negotiating with suppliers, using the sheer weight of money at their disposal to get better prices, would curb the way that health care seems to have its own, higher, inflation rate.

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