| 31. | In the early 1970s, steel-belted radial tires were new.
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| 32. | Michelin began making radial tires in Greenville in 1975.
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| 33. | That gives a radial tire roughly 20 percent less rolling resistance than a bias-ply tire.
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| 34. | The Aurelia was also first car to be fitted with radial tires as standard equipment.
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| 35. | Steel-belted radial tires became standard equipment on all Matadors.
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| 36. | This allows vehicles with radial tires to achieve better fuel economy than with bias-ply tires.
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| 37. | Several current car models have been fitted with radial tires that have incorporated the silica blend.
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| 38. | Radial tires are probably the biggest single reason.
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| 39. | It took many years before seat belts, air bags, radial tires and antilock brakes became commonplace.
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| 40. | Modifications to the jets include tougher radial tires and reinforced fuel tanks lined with bulletproof Kevlar.
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