That engine would surely put the Passat in the sweet spot of affordability and performance that VW is seeking.
A survey earlier this year for the retailer CarMax ranked safety fifth out of six factors that consumers consider most important when choosing a vehicle, behind affordability, quality, performance and environmental factors but ahead of design.
Affordability, good performance characteristics (efficiency, controllability, robustness, reliability, power and torque densities et cetera) and expanded operating envelopes result in a strong interest in the application of induction micromachines.
Obama's speech in Buffalo kicked off a two-day bus tour of colleges in New York and Pennsylvania, where he'll speak on his plan to judge schools on affordability and performance.
Interviews, focus groups and research showed that across the board, consumers in the Northwest tended to share the same general priorities when it came to TVs: high performance, affordability, a trusted brand and features that would not quickly become outdated.
Remarkable efforts have been dedicated to paper-based chemosensors and biosensors over the last few years, mainly driven by the promise of reaching the best trade-off between performance, affordability and simplicity.
We conclude that the quantitative performance, affordability, and expansive multiplexing capability of the 12-plex DiLeu reagents establish them as a powerful tool for large-scale, high-throughput quantitative proteomics studies and make them an attractive alternative to current commercial options.
Still, if opera fans in the greater New York area get used to the convenience and affordability of seeing performances in their local movie houses, will they eventually stop coming to the Met?
These devices focus on performance and affordability.
