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• Autocrossing
  ...United States, and many areas have independent autocross clubs. Automobile manufacturers and their associated clubs (e.g. the [[BMW Car Club of America]]) sometimes ...the lower average speeds, lack of physical obstacles and lack of wheel-to-wheel racing means that the potential for car damage, particularly from collision
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• Autocross
  ...United States, and many areas have independent autocross clubs. Automobile manufacturers and their associated clubs (e.g. the [[BMW Car Club of America]]) sometimes ...the lower average speeds, lack of physical obstacles and lack of wheel-to-wheel racing means that the potential for car damage, particularly from collision
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• Turbo
  ...e help but there are cost increases and reliability disadvantages that car manufacturers are not happy about. Lag is also reduced by using a precision bearing rathe ...the effective boost rpm to a slightly higher level. The amount a turbine wheel is and can be clipped is highly application-specific. Turbine clipping is
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• Suzuka Circuit
  ...ders and with the exception of 2005, due to the importance of the big name manufacturers involvement, the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] ensure ...me issue the open source game ''[[TORCS]]'' also has the track renamed as "Wheel-2".
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• Formula 5000
  ...d in the cars, although many cars ran with 3.5, 4.5 and 4.7 litre engines. Manufacturers included greats such as [[McLaren]], [[Anglo American Racers|Eagle]], [[Mar ...from American [[V8]]s; the idea was to replicate the concept using [[open wheel racing]] cars. F5000 enjoyed popularity in the early 1970s in the U.S. and
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• Automatic transmission
  ...baru Justy]]), the technology has recently gained greater acceptance among manufacturers and customers. ...s Corporation]], [[Ford Motor Company]], [[Studebaker]], and several other manufacturers in the US and other countries. [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler]] was late
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• Bus
  A '''bus''' is a large, motorized, [[wheel]]ed [[vehicle]] intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the [[dri ==Manufacture and manufacturers==
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• Savio
  ...st use of the silent-bloc system. They went on to make bodies for numerous manufacturers (including [[Itala]], [[OM]], [[Isotta Fraschini]], [[Ansaldo]], [[Chiribir ...roader' displayed by Savio featuring wicker seats and a nose-mounted spare-wheel. Based on the mechanicals of the [[Fiat 500]] it had a total length of only
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• Lancia Thema
  ...f a fall in popularity. But Lancia continued to be one of the most popular manufacturers in the Italian market and the Thema's replacement, the [[Lancia Kappa]], he [[Category:Front wheel drive vehicles]]
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• Station wagon
  ...; the "sportwagon" name has been popularised again in recent years by some manufacturers. ...se of World War II made all-steel station wagons practical when automobile manufacturers switched over to new designs.
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  *Four-wheel power drum brakes ...r engine. The bonnet stood as tall as a man and made the driver behind the wheel seem like an infant, barely able to see above the cowl. This massive roadst
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• V6
  ...t shares with that engine a compactness very suited to the popular [[front wheel drive]] layout, and is becoming more popular as car weights increase. ...as introduced by [[Lancia]] in [[1950]] with the [[Lancia Aurelia]], other manufacturers took note and soon other V6 engines were in use. The design really took of
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• Husqvarna
  ...sn’t take long before Husqvarna, just like the other pioneering motorcycle manufacturers, also develops racing motorcycles in the classes up to 1000 cc. ...t numerous European events, facing tough competition from other well-known manufacturers such as BMW, DKW, Excelsior, FN, Harley Davidson, Indian, Norton and Veloce
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• World Rally Championship
  ...cylinder cars, but feature [[turbocharger]]s, [[anti-lag]] systems, [[four-wheel-drive]], [[sequential gearbox]]es, aerodynamic parts and other enhancements ...nine of which were previously part of the [[International Championship for Manufacturers]] (IMC), which was contested from 1970 to 1972. The [[1973 World Rally Cham
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• Electric vehicle conversion
  ...n]]). A two-stage vehicle is a vehicle that has been built by two separate manufacturers. The result is a standard, complete vehicle. ...automotive type front wheel steering, as compared with placing the single wheel in the front.
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• Lancia Beta
  ...n as one word, not Monte Carlo, the capital of Monaco). This was a [[rear-wheel drive]] [[mid-engine]]d two-seater sports car that shared very few componen ...herson strut]]s all round and disc braking on all four wheels. The [[front wheel drive]] models were available in a number of engine capacities ranging from
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• Economy car
  ...extremely simple. Advances such as [[monocoque]] construction and [[front wheel drive]] would allow progressively more advanced small cars to be produced, ...rest in economical cars wax and wane. During this time, the American auto manufacturers would introduce smaller cars of their own, such as the [[Chevrolet Corvair]
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• Brake-by-wire
  ...ogy is still under development by some automotomobile and automotive parts manufacturers industry worldwide and has not been widely commercialized yet. This is main ...data is a serious problem for functionality of the vehicle control system. Wheel speed data are also vital in a brake-by-wire system to avoid skidding. The
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• History of the automobile
  ...owered vehicle was able to travel on [[wheel]]s on land and via a [[paddle wheel]] in the water. ...ric hybrids]], [[multi-valve]] engines, [[overhead cam]]shafts, and [[four-wheel drive]], were attempted and discarded at this time.
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• Intermeccanica
  ...true 72 spoke [[Dunlop]] wire wheels and were held on by a knock-off style wheel nut. The Squire has an original ladder-type frame undercarriage. [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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