Abstract: To improve the starting behavior of brand-new motor vehicles which, as export vehicles, have been stationary for considerable periods during a sea voyage it is proposed to insert a spark gap between the ignition coil and the distributor. When the spark jumps, a high voltage is suddenly delivered to the sparking plugs, thus preventing a shunt at that point.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling means between an output control member of an internal combustion engine, in particular for automotive vehicles, and an actuator member, which coupling means in the range of small actuations of the actuator member does not open the output control member at all or only slightly, and only at larger actuations does it open the output control member in a noticeable fashion and thereafter moves it into a full-load position. Such a coupling means makes possible an enlarged operative range for a control device which controls the output control member in dependency of the position of the actuator member and at least one operating parameter of the internal combustion engine in a range lying between the full-load position and the minimum opening position determined by the given position of the actuator member.