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• Lancia LC2
  ...to be used by privateer teams until 1991. It was also the company's first car meeting [[Group C]] regulations, replacing the previous [[Lancia LC1|LC1]] ...tions, Lancia (under the direction of [[Cesare Fiorio]]) needed an all-new car to replace the open-cockpit LC1s that were no longer eligable for champions
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• Maserati Biturbo
  | Class || [[Sports car|Sports]] / [[Luxury vehicles|Luxury]] | Similar || [[BMW 3 Series]]
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• Lamborghini Miura
  |Class || [[Super car]] ...M]] at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]. [[De Tomaso]] had produced a road car with this layout, the [[De Tomaso Vallelunga|Vallelunga]], but otherwise ca
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• Phil Hill
  ...ill began racing cars at an early age, going to [[England]] as a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] trainee in 1949 and signing with [[Enzo Ferrari]]’s team in 195 ...with [[Ford Motor Company]] and the [[Chaparral Cars]] of [[Jim Hall (race car driver)|Jim Hall]].
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• Ferrari 250
  The '''[[Ferrari]] 250''' is a series of [[sports car]]s from the 1950s and early 1960s. It was the company's most successful ea ...gine|Jaguar XK straight-6]] The light V12 propelled the small Ferrari 250 racing cars to victory after victory.
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• Lancia Fulvia
  |Class:||[[Compact car]] ...Lancia Fulvia 1.3s Series 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lancia Fulvia Coupe 1.3s Series 2]]
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• Nino Vaccarella
  ...lla''' (born [[March 4]] [[1933]] in [[Palermo]]) is a former [[sports car racing]] and [[Formula One]] driver from [[Sicily]], [[Italy]]. ...rari 512]]S in a heroic yet ultimately losing effort in 1970, damaging the car in the final stages.
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• Maserati
  ...emblem is a [[trident]]. Today, Maserati is owned directly by the Italian car giant [[Fiat]], after having been a part of [[Ferrari]] (a company in which ...ny, however. Racing successes continued, even against the giants of German racing, [[Audi|Auto Union]] and [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]. In 1939, a [[Maserati
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• Car tuning
  '''Car tuning''' is both an '''industry''' and a [[hobby]], in which an [[automobi ...le. Another major facet of tuning includes performance modification to the car exterior. This includes changing the aerodynamic characteristics of the veh
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• MV Agusta
  ...for the 750 sports machines, with a limited production of 300 SR ("Special Racing") model in the traditional red and silver livery. ...burini designed the Ducati 916 sports bike (predecessor of the 748 and 996 series) which marked the return of Ducati as a successful motorcycle manufacturer
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• Alfa Romeo TZ
  ...f 134mph.The TZ was built both for street and racing trim, with the latest racing versions producing up to 160bhp. Alfa's twin-spark cylinder head, as also u ...success of this tail treatment in their "coda tronca" Sprint Zagato sports-racing cars, and it was a natural evolution to adapt this to the Giulia TZ.
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• Gilco
  ...], [[Ferrari 500|500S]], [[Ferrari 250 GT|250GT]] and some F1 cars). Other car companies followed, including [[Cisitalia]], [[Fiat]], [[Stanguellini]], [[ ...metimes the task gave a risk to build, as for instance the 'Nibbio' record car from 1935. On basis of a [[Gilco]]-[[Cattaneo]] chassis on the order of Lu
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• Tony Stewart
  |Car Team || 20 - [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] [[1996-1997 in IRL|1997]]<br> [[Indy Racing League|IRL]]<br> [[Indy Racing League#IRL Champions|Champion]]<br>
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• Alfa Romeo Sprint
  | Related || [[Alfa Romeo Alfasud]]<br>[[Alfa Romeo 33 Series|Alfa Romeo 33]] |Successors || [[Alfa Romeo Arna]], [[Alfa Romeo 33 (road car)|Alfa Romeo 33]]
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• Luigi Colani
  ;1957: Colani's [[Alfa Romeo]] design is the first [[sports car]] to clock a lap of under 10 minutes at the [[Nürburgring]]; it can now be ;1958: [[Catamaran]] racing success in Hawaii
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• Ferrari P
  The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. ...per]] dominating F1, [[Ferrari]] began producing [[MR layout|mid-engined]] racing cars in [[1960]] with the [[Ferrari Dino]]-V6-engine [[Formula 2]] 156, whi
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...car designer. His work covered a large range from [[minicar]]s to [[sports car]]s, using all the different layouts as and when they were the best solution ...t confidence to entrust the design of all the mechanical components of the car including the chassis to Giacosa. Giacosa was engineering manager at Fiat b
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• Ferrari F50
  ...t was developed from the 3.5L V12 used in the 1992 Ferrari F92 Formula One car. ...ltural, a monument. They must be hard to find, so we will produce one less car than the market." The last F50 was produced in [[Maranello]], [[Italy]] in
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• Bugatti
  ...ime. The company is legendary for producing some of the best [[sports car|sports cars]] in the world. The original Bugatti failed with the advent of World ...ering in its premium road cars and its success in early [[Grand Prix motor racing]], winning the first ever [[Monaco Grand Prix]]. The company's success culm
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• Tourist Trophy
  The '''Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy)''' is a [[motorcycle racing]] event held on the [[Isle of Man]] since 1907. The race is run on public r Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials.
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