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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  ...sories such as power steering and air conditioning are powered by electric motors instead of being attached to the combustion engine. This allows efficiency ...cient over a wide speed range. Some vehicle designs have separate electric motors for each wheel. Series hybrids can be also be fitted with a [[supercapacito
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• Cam-in-block
  ...he [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines. Currently only General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Cummins produce cam-in-block or pushrod engines ...ted|Rolls-Royce]] and [[Rover]] used this arrangement. From 1927-1929, the American firm [[Hudson Motor Car Company|Hudson]] used a 6-cylinder engine of this f
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• Sport compact
  ...en in the Honda S2000. Never has this amazing feat been accomplished by an American automaker. ...the explosion of this market segment. [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] has responded with a new [http://www.gm.com/company/racing/technology/FWD
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• History of the automobile
  ...n 1840 for the use of rails as conductors of electric current, and similar American patents were issued to Lilley and Colten in 1847. Between 1832 and 1839 (th ...a]] founded the [[Duryea Motor Wagon Company]] in 1893, becoming the first American automobile manufacturing company. However, it was [[Ransom E. Olds]], and h
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• Cam in block
  ...s [[Rolls-Royce]] and [[Rover]] used this arrangement. From 1927-1929, the American firm [[Hudson Motor Car Company|Hudson]] used a 6-cylinder engine of this f ...(notably several engines produced by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]).
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• Hatchback
  ...car launched by the then-new [[British Leyland]] (albeit a [[British Motor Corporation]] design) was the 1968 [[Austin Maxi]], a five-speed, front-wheel drive hat ...]] and [[Plymouth Turismo]] names, debuted the following year. [[American Motors]] (AMC) joined the hatchback market at the start of the decade with America
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• Electronic stability control
  In 1990, [[Mitsubishi Motors|Mitsubishi]] released the [[Mitsubishi Diamante|Diamante]] (Sigma) in Japan ...standard in 2004, Toyota has yet to fit the Scion tC and Yaris). [[General Motors]] had made a similar announcement for the end of 2010. The [[NHTSA]] requir
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• Daytime running lamp
  ...galized (but not mandated) effective with the [[1995]] model year. General Motors immediately equipped most (and, in following years, all) of its vehicles wi ...European DRL requirements voicing no objection to the proposal, and North American automakers vociferously repeating the same objections they raised in respon
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• Automobile
  ...th the British inventor, [[Samuel Brown (engineer)|Samuel Brown]], and the American inventor, [[Samuel Morey]], who produced vehicles powered by clumsy interna ...infringing upon his patent. [[Henry Ford]] was notorious for opposing the American patent system and Selden's case against Ford went all the way to the [[Supr
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• Fuel injection
  **[[Robert Bosch GmbH]], and [[Bendix Corporation|Bendix]] introduced the first electronic injection systems starting in the ...ody injection''' (called '''TBI''' by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] and '''CFI''' by [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]) was introduced in the mid 1
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• List of automobile manufacturers
  |colspan="5"|<big>'''1. [[Toyota Motor Corporation]]''' </big>({{flagiconJapan}}) |[[Hino Motors|Hino]] *||align="center"|{{flagiconJapan}}
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• Italian Grand Prix
  ...e of [[Harry A. Miller]]'s rare European appearances with his single seat "American Miller 122" driven by [[Louis Zborowski|Count Louis Zborowski]] of [[Chitty [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]] Gran Premio d'Italia '''1992-1996'''<br />
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• Station wagon
  A '''station wagon''' ([[American English|American]] usage), '''wagon''' ([[Australian]] usage, though station wagon is widely Traditionally, full-sized American station wagons were configured for 6 or 9 passengers. The basic arrangement
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• 24 Hours of Daytona
  == Grand American & Daytona Prototypes == ...Daytona event aligned with the [[Grand-Am]] series, a competitor of the [[American Le Mans Series]], which, as its name implies, includes the 24 Hours of Le M
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ===[[American Motors Corporation|American Motors]] (AMC)=== ...an="3"|''[[The Man With The Golden Gun]]'' || [[AMC Hornet]] || [[American Motors]] [[Car dealership]] || Featured in ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]''. Bo
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• Formula One sponsorship liveries
  |[[Petronas]], [[Intel Corporation|Intel]], [[T-Systems]] ==British American Racing==
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...ehicle of mixed national origin; generally, a [[Europe]]an car fitted with American mechanical components. This meaning has fallen out of use. In the [[import ...ion engine that spun a generator which powered four wheel-mounted electric motors. The car was presented at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. The up to 56
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• Horsepower
  In the United States the term "bhp" fell into disuse after the American [[Society of Automotive Engineers]] (SAE) recommended manufacturers use "hp Prior to [[1972]] most American automakers rated their engines in terms of '''SAE gross horsepower''' (defi
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• Lamborghini
  ...setback for Ferruccio Lamborghini, as a massive tractor order from a South American buyer fell through. Lamborghini had invested heavily in his factories to ac ...er, Chrysler executives, unimpressed with Gandini's work, commissioned the American car-maker's own design team to execute a third extensive redesign of the ca
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...gasoline) - 3.7&nbsp;L (3653&nbsp;cc/223&nbsp;in³) - 2007 [[General Motors Corporation|GM]] ''[[GM Atlas engine#LLR|Atlas L5R 3700]]'' ...(gasoline) - 5.8&nbsp;L (5755&nbsp;cc/351&nbsp;in³) - 1966 [[GMC (General Motors division)|GMC]] 1000-3500 series ''[[GMC V6 engine|351E 60° V6]]''
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