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• Electric vehicle
  ...] driven by rotary motors, or in the case of tracked vehicles, by [[linear motor]]s. ...]] has introduced a high-performace roadster using Li-On cells from laptop manufacturers to keep costs down. It boasts 0-60mph in 3-4 seconds with a range of 250 mi
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• Ducati Singles
  When [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] began manufacturing motorcycles, they were single cylinder ...the military, making the factory a target for Allied bombing. The [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] factory at Borgo Panigale was hit badly more than once, bu
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• Continuously variable transmission
  ...he cones can be computer-controlled and driven, for example by a [[servo]] motor. However, in the light-weight VDP transmissions used in automatic motorsco ...s are very expensive. However, they have the advantage that the hydraulic motor can be mounted directly to the wheel hub, allowing a more flexible suspensi
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• Benelli
  Towards the end of the 1960s, the arrival of Japanese manufacturers caused a crisis in the European motorcycle industry. The original Benelli c Benelli is now part of motor Group Qianjiang, which is a corporation located in southeast China at Wenli
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...rmance, small-capacity [[motorcycle]]s, [[moped]]s, [[scooter (motorcycle)|scooter]]s, [[snowmobile]]s, [[kart racing|karts]], [[model airplane]]s (and other ...ngines are most cost-effective. Many large manufacturers, including [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[Honda]] are still actively researching ways to build p
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• Two stroke
  ...motor]]s, high-performance, small-capacity [[motorcycle]]s, [[moped]]s, [[scooter]]s, [[snowmobile]]s, [[kart racing|karts]], [[model airplane]]s and motoriz ...ngines are most cost-effective. Many large manufacturers, including [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[Honda]] are still actively researching ways to build p
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• Macau Grand Prix
  The '''Macau Grand Prix''' is a motor-racing event held annually in November in the streets of [[Macau]]. It is k ...ce]]''', which traditionally features touring cars from world-renowned car manufacturers, has officially become the final two races of the [[FIA]] [[World Touring C
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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. ...alership|automaker dealerships]] only paying the cost of the batteries and motor, with no installation costs (it is called preconversion or previous convers
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• Laverda
  ...trial and [[motocross]] machines were developed in conjunction with other manufacturers Zuntapp, BMW and Husqvarna, and were successfully raced. But the real deve ...Strike''; the ''Lynx'', a small, naked roadster with a Suzuki 650cc V twin motor; and finally the ''800TTS'' trail/enduro, which aimed to take on the likes
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33
  ...ing]] [[prototype]] raced by the [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] [[motor racing|works]] team between 1967 and 1977. These cars took part for [[World ...burgring races. At the end of season 1968 Alfa Romeo finished third in the manufacturers championship.
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• Ducati
  '''Ducati Motor Holding, [[S.A. (corporation)|SpA]]''' ([[Borsa Italiana]]:[http://www.bors ...9, TPG issued an [[IPO]] of Ducati stock and renamed the company '''Ducati Motor Holding SpA'''. TPG sold over 65% of its shares in Ducati. In December 2005
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• Moto Guzzi
  Not unlike Harley-Davidson and other storied motorcycle manufacturers that have survived for decades, Moto Guzzi has experienced a series of busi ...ned creating a motorcycle company after the war. Guzzi would engineer the motor bikes, Parodi (scion of wealthy Genovese ship-owners) would finance the ven
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• Motobi
  ...wheel which Primo has extracted from the born-again Motobi 6T's 74 x 58mm motor. ...welI the package turns out, with an appetite for revs on this [[pushrod]] motor that I only ever remember seeing safely on my works-spec ultra [[short-stro
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• Isetta
  ...o Preti]] and [[Pierluigi Raggi]] had designed a small car that used the [[scooter]] engine and named it Isetta—an Italian diminutive meaning ''little I ...utocarro'' was an extremely popular type of vehicle in Italy, and numerous manufacturers produced some variant of the type. [[Iso]] had previously produced a motorc
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• Bicycle
  ...s'', and included many types of human-powered vehicles. One of these, the scooter-like ''[[dandy horse]]'' of the French Comte de Sivrac, dating to 1790, was ...humb|A more-than-typical Amsterdam 'granny bike']]Successful early bicycle manufacturers included Englishman [[Frank Bowden]] and German builder Ignaz Schwinn. Bowd
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