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- From [[1898]] to [[1910]], [[automobile]] production quicky expanded. Light cars of that era were commonly known as There were sporting cyclecars such as [[Amilcar]], [[Major (automobile|Major]] or [[Salmson]] of [[France]].6 KB (694 words) - 07:07, 20 July 2009
- [[Italy|Italian]] '''Gioacchino Colombo''' was an [[automobile]] [[engine]] designer. He began work as an apprentice to the great [[Vitto Colombo's great work for Ferrari was a tiny 1.5 L V12, first used in the [[Ferrari 166|166]] [[sports car]]s. Thi2 KB (267 words) - 14:35, 13 April 2009
- '''Bubble car''' is a generic name given to a range of small economical [[automobile]]s — mainly produced in the 1950s and 1960s. Bubble cars became popular ...ll as BMW's [[Isetta]]. [[France]] also produced large numbers of similar tiny vehicles called [[voiturette]]s, but unlike the German makes, these were ra1 KB (221 words) - 23:23, 2 October 2009
- ..." lady caused a media sensation at the time. The abiding image of Kay is a tiny woman seated in a huge 10.5 litre V12 [[Delage]]. This was the car in which ...leys. She was ninth in the Mountain Grand Prix at Brooklands in a [[Riley (automobile)|Riley]] 1.5 in 1934, against tough opposition. Her first visit to [[Le Man3 KB (482 words) - 19:16, 2 March 2009
- The Type 56 was a tiny 2-seat open car very much in the style of turn-of-the-century horseless car The five Type 73 chassis were sold off after the company exited automobile production. Most were later assembled, and one (number 2) was even given a4 KB (711 words) - 14:25, 4 August 2009
- In [[automobile design]], an '''RMR''' or '''Rear [[Mid-engine design|Mid-engine]], [[Rear- ...00|Indianapolis]] between 1939 and 1947. In 1953 [[Porsche]] premiered the tiny and altogether new RMR [[Porsche 550|550 spyder]] and in a year it was noto7 KB (899 words) - 11:42, 7 July 2009
- [[Image:Smart.car.bristol.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Smart (automobile)|Smart]] car is an example of a microcar]] A '''microcar''' is an extremely small [[automobile]]. Various definitions are used, including "less than 3 [[metre]]s in leng7 KB (1,049 words) - 23:10, 7 August 2009
- ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" Other tiny groups consist of British, Filipinos, and Ethiopians.4 KB (651 words) - 18:40, 24 February 2009
- ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...y two seats. The rear seats can be optionally deleted to increase the very tiny boot space.5 KB (779 words) - 10:26, 15 July 2009
- The Bugatti automobile was prototyped as the '''Type 10''' in [[Ettore Bugatti]]'s basement in [[1 ...]], and entered the [[French Grand Prix]] at [[Le Mans]] in [[1911]]. The tiny Bugatti looked out of place at the race, but calmly took second place after5 KB (797 words) - 19:00, 10 September 2009
- ...disastrous state of the roads did not assist in the re-development of the automobile markets. Enrico Piaggio, the son of Piaggio's founder Rinaldo Piaggio, deci ...to develop other products. In [[1957]] they produced the [[Vespa 400]], a tiny passenger car.7 KB (1,064 words) - 14:29, 30 April 2010
- ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...the end of Formula One racing in Las Vegas since the races had drawn only tiny crowds.5 KB (634 words) - 21:21, 26 September 2009
- ...-banger''', this [[straight engine]] configuration is the most common in [[automobile|car]]s with a [[engine displacement|displacement]] up to 2.3 [[litre|Litres == Automobile use==7 KB (1,100 words) - 20:21, 19 October 2010
- ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ounted to a three-speed gearbox. (No reverse gear was included.) With this tiny engine the car could achieve top speed of 35km/h. Despite having such a sma5 KB (674 words) - 00:23, 3 November 2011
- The '''Batmobile''' is the fictional personal [[automobile]] of [[comic book]] [[superhero]] [[Batman]]. The car has followed the evol Originally in the [[comic books]], Batman simply drove a simple red automobile with nothing special in its functions. This version first appeared in Batm8 KB (1,240 words) - 20:58, 22 September 2009
- ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...F1 teams used Alfa Romeo [[straight-4]] engines in cars such as the [[LDS (automobile)|LDS]] Mk1 and Mk2 "Specials", [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]s and [[De Toma8 KB (1,194 words) - 07:56, 15 July 2009
- ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ..."cinquecento" from the [[Italian language|Italian]] word for "500") is a [[automobile|car]] produced by the [[Fiat]] company of [[Italy]] between 1957 and 1975 (11 KB (1,713 words) - 17:00, 22 January 2014
- ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Image:vespa_400_1958.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The '''1958 Vespa 400''' was a tiny passenger car with a 349 [[Cubic centimetre|cc]] engine built in both 2 and4 KB (563 words) - 22:47, 12 December 2016
- The Bugatti automobile was prototyped as the '''Type 10''' in [[Ettore Bugatti]]'s basement in [[1 ...]], and entered the [[French Grand Prix]] at [[Le Mans]] in [[1911]]. The tiny Bugatti looked out of place at the race, but calmly took second place after6 KB (880 words) - 18:10, 5 November 2009
- ...engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 4 litres in displacement and in automobile use have gone up to 8.5 litres or so. ...es, including those from [[De Dion-Bouton]], [[Peerless]], and [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]], were flat-plane designs. In [[1915]], the cross-plane design17 KB (2,591 words) - 00:05, 8 August 2009