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• Grand Prix motor racing
  ...own to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver. Innovation and the drive of competition soon saw speeds exceeding 100 mph, but because the races wer ...tor to Renault winning this first Grand Prix was held to be the detachable wheel rims (developed by Michelin), which allowed tire changes to occur without h
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• Formula 2
  ...arly years was so expensive and entrants were so few that in 1952 and 1953 all World Championship [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races were run in [[Formula Junior]] was introduced in 1959, an attempt to be all things to all people (both a training formula replacing F3 and a high-level international
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• Lambretta
  ...affordable vehicle for Ferdinando Innocenti. The vehicle had to be easy to drive for both men and women, be able to carry a passenger, and not get its drive ...allenge. The front fork, like an aircraft's landing gear, allowed for easy wheel changing. The internal mesh transmission eliminated the standard motorcycl
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• Automotive
  classic Alfa Romeo parts specialist 1955-78 and all Spiders until 1993. Classic Lancia and Ferrari parts. "We currently have listed all our our inventory online
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• Fiat Punto
  ...electa with a [[CVT]]-type automatic gearbox, and the Punto ED (Economical Drive), a 1.1 Punto whose 5-speed gearbox was designed for high fuel efficiency. ...w) Punto, codenamed ''Project 188'', was launched in 1999. The styling was all-new while retaining the original Punto's distinctive shape and design, whil
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ...ies. Among the most noteworthy gadgets Bond has been equipped with various vehicles that have numerous modifications to include weapons systems, anti-pursuit s ...ump in AMC sponsored thrill shows) compared to the stock Hornet X model in all of its other appearances in the movie. Seven tests were performed in advanc
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• Bicycle
  ...ven]] [[human-powered transport|human-powered vehicle]] with two [[bicycle wheel|wheels]] attached to a [[bicycle frame|frame]], one behind the other. First ...were called ''[[velocipede]]s'', and included many types of human-powered vehicles. One of these, the scooter-like ''[[dandy horse]]'' of the French Comte de
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• Moto Guzzi
  ...ade in their 1953 motorcycle prototype remarkably resembles the ''V-twin + drive shaft'' arrangement that Guzzi developed more than ten years later, ultimat ...ponsored by the Italian government for a new police bike. The sturdy shaft-drive, air-cooled V-twin won, giving Moto Guzzi renewed competitiveness. This 196
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• Goldfinger
  The film is one of the most critically acclaimed of all the James Bond films; for many, critics and fans alike, ''Goldfinger'' set ...ighest [[Nielsen Ratings]] of any film broadcast on television with 49% of all viewers.
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• Lancia Ardea
  One characteristic interesting é given from the drive shaft with snodati and elastic joints to cylindrical ear-ring joints (insid ...he is not accessible here from the outside but from the nside). The spare wheel is instead accessible from the outside, rimuovendo an appropriate bringing
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• 24 Hours Nürburgring
  ...when only rather standard FIA [[Group N]] cars competed, more spectatular vehicles were admitted since 1999, like the [[Zakspeed]] [[Chrysler Viper GTS-R]] wh ...00 or more drivers, as 2, 3 or 4 can share a car. One driver is allowed to drive 150 minutes nonstop, and can enter on two cars, yet a rest time of at least
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