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• Car classification
  Examples of city cars: ...[hatchback]]s and the smallest [[sedan]]s. These vehicles are the smallest cars widely sold in the North American market. They have usually three, four or
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• Internal-combustion engine
  ...one power stroke for every four strokes (up-down-up-down) and are used in cars, larger [[boat]]s and many light [[aircraft]]. They are generally quieter, ...e]]s and [[moped]]s. Note that in [[Europe]], sophisticated diesel-engined cars are far more prevalent, representing around 40% of the market. Both gasolin
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• EuroBrun
  ...ss ownership. They participated in 46 grands prix, entering a total of 76 cars. ...failing to start a single race in 1989, the team returned in 1990 with two cars once again. Pavanello had now left the partnership altogether, and the team
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• Tecno
  ...from [[Italy]]. It participated in 10 grands prix, entering a total of 11 cars, and scored one championship point. ...cno found itself in the strange position of having two radically different cars, one of them backed by the team's sponsors and the other by the Pederzani b
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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  ...in an idling manner or be connected by a one-way clutch or freewheel. With cars it is more usual to join the two sources through a differential gear. Thus ...nation of both. The Prius and Escape Hybrids are examples of this, as both cars can be moved forward on battery power alone. A large, high-capacity battery
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• Marciano
  ...ni Asso (Ace Pistons), and in his spare time, given the passion for racing cars, he had improvised a builder, building a tube frame with iron, an Alfa Rome
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• Dallara
  ...in the following years. Only a few one-off entries, mostly from [[Martini Cars]], attempted to fight the Italian company's dominion. Dallara eventually br ...lar, a design characteristic that both manufacturers still retain. Dallara cars have won seven of the eleven [[Indianapolis 500]]'s they have contested. Fo
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• Formula One car
  ...ique to the championship. The current Formula One regulations specify that cars must be constructed by the racing teams themselves. ...ernationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] mandated that as of the 2006 season the cars must be powered by 2.4 litre naturally-aspirated engines in the [[V8 engine
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• A1 Grand Prix
  [[Katherine Legge]] was the first woman to drive [[A1 Grand Prix cars]] during test session in december 2005 on [[Dubai Autodrome]]. ''Main article:'' [[A1 Grand Prix cars]]
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• Rapid
  ...is in 1903, in 1904 transformed the Ceirano & C. in STAR, Società Torinese Cars Rapid object of this brief survey. The Rapid will last until 1921, then ter ...st known existing factories . tralascierà Neither the manufacture of small cars like "Popular" in the Company ceased GFlli Ceirano, already so welcomed by
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• Alfa Romeo GTV & Spider
  ...re comforts, with [[air conditioning]] and a decent stereo. Most 1995-1997 cars have aftermarket radios fitted. Leather was standard on "Lusso" specified m Both cars were designed by [[Pininfarina]]. It is a typical Italian design, with the
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• Ferrari 250 GTO
  ...red to be the quintessential Ferrari model, and one of the greatest sports cars - indeed, one of the greatest automobiles - of all time. ...eight on the list of [[Sports Car International Top Sports Cars|Top Sports Cars of the 1960s]], and number one as the top sports car of all time. Similarl
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• Formula 2
  ...e pinnacle of open-wheeled auto racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant a need for a path t ...les for voiturette racing permitted 1.5 L supercharged engines; Grand Prix cars were permitted 3.0 L supercharged or 4.5 L "normally aspirated" (unsupercha
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• Toro Rosso STR2
  ...ation as one of the most successful F1 designers with Championship-winning cars at both [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] and [[McLaren]]. In order for [[Red Bull Ra ...ockpit. Another development is a new gearbox, as the 2008 rules state that cars must have a gearbox that lasts for four races: if one fails, the driver wil
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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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• Thierry Boutsen
  ...993, after which he retired from Formula One. Boutsen briefly drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche, alongside [[Bill Adam]
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• Liquid fuels
  ...increase the [[octane rating]]. Methanol-based fuels are used in some race cars and model airplanes. ...oadway conditions such as bumps, the impracticality of conversion of older cars and difficulties with storage and handling.
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• Felice Nazzaro
  ...he company went into liquidation in 1916, after having produced around 230 cars plus some 50 trucks. At the end of the war Nazzaro tried again, this time a ...azzaro was appointed head of the Fiat competitions department for existing cars in 1925 and continued until Fiat, after Bordino's spectacular one race come
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• Clay Regazzoni
  ...Formula One season|1977]],[[1980 Formula One season|80]]), [[Shadow Racing Cars|Shadow]] ([[1978 Formula One season|1978]]), [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] ([[197 ...[[Sir Frank Williams]] offered him a competitive seat again in one of his cars in 1979. Regazzoni paid him back by giving the team its maiden win at [[Sil
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• Forti FG01
  {{F1 cars 1995}} {{F1 cars 1996}}
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