Word: synchromesh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shifts through patterns of intricately sliding rhythms with synchromesh precision, embellishing phrases with improvised dipsy doodles that make each song uniquely Warwick...
...exception to all the gaudy gullaballoo was, of course, VW, looking wallflowery as ever. No go-go here. No folk singer either. A white gowned mechanic expounded the virtues of synchromesh, rear wheel drive, and a well balanced engine. Too bad he couldn't extemporize verses. He could have had fun to the tune of "If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, you'd better make an ugly woman your wife...
Porsche pulls in as much as $10 million a year from the licenses (mostly for its patented synchromesh gear box) that it sells to such automakers as Italy's Ferrari and Germany's BMW. Its closest ties are still with Volkswagen. Besides a royalty of 250 for every Volkswagen that rolls off the assembly line, Porsche reaps from VW an additional research-and-development...
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