Not surprisingly, low gasoline prices helped students to rationalize their desire for fast, powerful models.
Monica Baretta, an Aprilia spokeswoman, said the higher price of more powerful models "translates into a more restrained drop in overall revenue".
The combination of search and social, says E.B. Boyd of Fast Company, "won't just affect the search competitors as they race to develop the most powerful models.
The consumer group argues that the move is self-defeating – claiming that householders would simply use the less powerful models for longer to achieve the same degree of cleaning.
Consumers are being urged to buy powerful vacuum cleaners while they can after it emerged that some of the most powerful models on the market will disappear in September when a new EU rule comes into force.
This happened 20 years ago – and Moss, of course, went on to have a phenomenally successful career, becoming one of the most powerful models, and remained close to Day.
The two more powerful models get an Active Exhaust system that uses electronically controlled bypass valves in order to enhance engine sounds; Active Exhaust is also available as an option on the entry-level model.
But it's high time we began to understand games on their own terms, with all the potentials and dangers that entails: as arguably the most powerful models we have for connecting and motivating, and understanding those vast, disparate groups of people a digital age throws together.
