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• Ivan Capelli
  ...h]] V8 normally-aspirated engine. Capelli also continued with BMW touring cars for the [[Schnitzer]] team, as the March budget was tight (so tight in fact ...so bad that on the notoriously bumpy [[Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez|Mexico City]] track neither driver could make the car work and both failed to qualify.
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• Denny Hulme
  ...ing - instead becoming a hero in CanAm and subsequently Australian Touring Cars. Hulme's untimely death, caused by a heart attack whilst driving a BMW M3 d The finale, in Mexico City would determine the champion that year - but unfortunately for Denny it was
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• Bizzarrini
  ...landowner and came from a good family with strong roots in Tuscany and the city of Livorno. His grandfather, also named Giotto Bizzarrini, was a biologist ...for [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]], [[Lamborghini]], [[ISO]] and later built cars under his name. He also developed advanced designs for [[General Motors|GM]
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• Rick Mears
  ...ears finished in fourth place in the points with one win, scored at Mexico City. ...ash at Sanair. The March chassis, like most contemporary open-wheel racing cars, sat the driver far forward in the nose, with little protection for the leg
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• Cizeta
  ...were built before the shutdown of the firm in 1994. Subsequently, 2 more cars were completed (one more coupe, and one spyder) in 1999 and 2003. ...[California]], called Cizeta Automobili USA. He currently services exotic cars as well as continues to build (on demand) the Cizeta V16T.
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• Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  ...tar. There were terrible injuries to the race car drivers and spectators. Cars caught fire, there were deaths, and the race was halted and canceled when o ...Europe (there were so few entries that the Speedway itself entered several cars), a lack of oil, and out of respect for the [[World War I|war in Europe]].
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• Rome
  |align="center" width="140px"|[[Image:Rome city flag.png|100px]] |align="center" width="140px"|City [[flag]]
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• Castagna
  ...o]]'s canals were flowing, when [[Italy]] was not yet united and when this city was more European than [[Lombard]]. ...personalities order promenade carriages, the precursors of today's sports cars: [[Alessandro Manzoni]] and [[Enrichetta Blondel]] use one of such carriage
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• Lombardia
  ...taly's population lives in Lombardy. Its capital is [[Milan]], the largest city in Northern Italy. The current president of Lombardy is [[Roberto Formigoni ...ies have their headquarters in Milan. Manufactures include iron and steel, cars, mechanics components, chemical products, textiles, furnitures, leather, sh
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• Manual transmission
  ..., such as those commonly mounted on [[motorcycle]]s and some types of race cars, only allow the driver to select the next-highest or next-lowest [[gear rat ...|400px|Top and driver's side view of a typical manual transmission used in cars, with external floor shifter.]]
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• Fully-automatic transmission
  Most cars sold in the [[United States]] since the [[1950s]] have been equipped with a ...ted (and expensive) to build and repair than manual transmissions. In most cars (except US family, luxury, sport-utility vehicle, and minivan models) they
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• Italdesign
  | Location city || [[Moncalieri]], [[Turin]] ...ayed at the Auto Show in Turin in 1968 was the first of more than 75 dream cars that the company has built and presented on every continent, earning its pr
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• Grand-Am
  ...of the [[Ferrari 360]], the new Ferrari 430, and historic [[Ferrari]] race cars. ...erred to as Prep2, allow for the introduction of tube-frame, purpose-built cars into the class. The first examples of these are [[Pontiac GTO]]s campaigned
  16 KB (1,912 words) - 12:15, 8 October 2009
• Fiat Topolino
  ...e") was the name given to the first Fiat 500 which was one of the smallest cars in the world at the time of its production. Launched in 1937, three models Fiat is known to be working on a low-cost entry-level city car, to fit into its range below both the Fiat 500 and [[Fiat Panda|Panda]]
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• Macau Grand Prix
  ...he double-header '''[[Guia Race]]''', which traditionally features touring cars from world-renowned car manufacturers, has officially become the final two ...originally conceived in 1954 as a treasure hunt around the streets of the city, but shortly after it was suggested that the hunt's track could host an ama
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• Paul Tracy
  Fascinated by cars since boyhood, at age 16 in [[1985]] Tracy became the youngest ever [[Canad ...hio Sports Car Course|Mid-Ohio]] and [[Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez|Mexico City]]. He led 658 laps, earned six poles and ten podiums on the way to his fir
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• Geneva
  Geneva is officially a [[French phrasebook|French]]-speaking city, although with the large international presence English takes a close secon ...arly three years, Calvin returned triumphantly in 1541 to help elevate the city to the rank of a «Protestant Rome ». The intellectual influence of the Re
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• Hybrid vehicles
  The term ''[[hybrid]]'' when used in relation with cars also has other uses. Prior to its modern meaning of hybrid propulsion, the ...the electronic speed control that paved the way for modern hybrid electric cars. The Henney Kilowatt was the first modern production electric vehicle and w
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• History of the automobile
  ...forgotten. In 1891, [[John William Lambert]] built a three-wheeler in Ohio City, Ohio, which was destroyed in a fire the same year, while [[America On Whee ...to take off in western Europe, especially in France where, in 1903, 30,204 cars were produced, representing 48.8% of world automobile production that year.
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• Ayrton Senna
  |Team(s) || [[Toleman|Toleman Hart]], [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]], [[Team McLaren|McLaren]], [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] Senna was born in [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]]. As the son of a wealthy Brazilian landowner, he quickly deve
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