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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3
  A small number of road going cars were derived from it in 1967, called [[Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale]] The number was also used in the 1980s for the unrelated road car, [[Alfa Romeo 33 (road car)]].
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• Hatchback
  ...ed to carry large volumes), but distinguished by a smaller load area. Some vehicles acheive this by having little car length behind the [[Pillar (car)|C-Pillar ...y doors and the hatch) or five-door (four entry doors and the hatch) cars. In Europe, [[city car]]s, [[supermini car|superminis]], and [[small family car
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• Lamborghini Countach
  |Production:||[[1974]]–[[1990]] ...t pioneer but did popularise the wedge-shaped, sharply angled look popular in many high performance cars since.
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• Maserati Quattroporte
  In the early 1960s, Maserati's reputation was at a high. With growing sales, P It was equipped with a 4.1 L (4136 cc/252 in³) [[V8 engine]], producing 256 hp ([[horsepower#hp (SAE)|SAE]]) (191&
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• Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
  ...ustin Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman's]] Spider (1966 1600 Duetto) runs out of gas in ''[[The Graduate]].'']] ...North American market). Widely regarded as a design classic, it remained in production for almost three decades with only minor aesthetic and mechanica
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• Lancia
  ...Lancias are seen as presenting a more luxurious alternative to the models in the Fiat range upon which they are based. One of the firm's trademarks is t ...e the "[[Lancia Alfa-12HP|tipo 51]]" or 12 HP (later called Alfa) was made in 1907 and produced from 1908. This car had a small four cylinder engine with
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• Italdesign
  ...development process, with the intention of expanding the range of products in a short time, substantially reducing the “time to market” of new models ...st major assignment for a new vehicle (and a new production unit to locate in Southern Italy).
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• Alfa Romeo Alfasud
  It was built at a new factory at [[Pomigliano d'Arco]] in southern Italy, hence the car's name, ''Alfa Sud'' (Alfa South) and develop It was shown at the [[Turin]] Motor Show in 1971 and was immediately praised by journalists for its styling (by [[Giorg
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• Formula 2
  ...pe of [[formula racing]]. It was replaced by [[Formula 3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championshi ...o racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant a need for a path to reach this peak. For much
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• Alfa Romeo Giulia
  ...ulia|Giulia]] [[Sedan (car)|Berlina car]]. These appealing cars were made in a wide variety of models over a period of 13 years, so they provide a lot o ...feature the four cylinder, all-light-alloy [[Alfa Romeo Twin Cam engine]] in various cubic capacities from 1290 cc to 1962 cc, all with two valves per c
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• Alfa Romeo Alfetta
  | Aka || Gold Leaf model was also sold as the Alfetta 159i in some markets ...gines, selling over 400,000 units until the end of its production run, but in the final years its sales were down due to Alfa Romeo's reliability problem
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• Automobile safety
  ...leading cause of injury-related deaths, an estimated total of 1.2 million in 2004, or 25% of the total from all causes. ...e, 45% of all fatal injuries to workers under age 18 between 1992 and 2000 in the United States resulted from transportation incidents.
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• Lancia Beta
  ...st Lancia produced by the company after it had been taken over by [[Fiat]] in 1969. ...Lancia]] (1881–1937), utilized letters of the Greek alphabet for his early vehicles - such as Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on. "Beta" had been used before
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• Fiat X1/9
  ...uary 26 1977:<div style= "font-size:87%;"><blockquote>"At its announcement in 1972, Fiat's Bertone styled X1/9 had the distinction of being the first mid ...bly from the front of the 128 to the rear of the passenger cabin, directly in front of the rear axle with the manifolds on the rear face, giving a [[Mid-
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• Maserati
  ...ian car giant [[Fiat]], after having been a part of [[Ferrari]] (a company in which [[Fiat]] has a majority stake) for some years. ..., based on one the [[Fontana del Nettuno, Bologna]]. Alfieri Maserati died in [[1932]] but three other brothers, Bindo, Ernesto and Ettore, kept the firm
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• Airbag
  ...irbag.600pix.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An [[automobile]] airbag, like this one in a crashed [[SEAT Ibiza]] car, deflates after 0.3 seconds.]] ...ost commonly used for cushioning, in particular after very rapid inflation in the case of an automobile [[collision]].
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• 24 Hours Nürburgring
  ...a real race, unlike the earlier endurance contests that covered 12h, 24h (in 1961 and 1967), 36h, 84h and even 96h, like the [[Marathon de la Route]]. T ...urance racing events at very long tracks, at least until Spa was shortened in the late 1970s.
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• Thunderball
  ...British Secret Service agent, Commander James Bond 007. Released in [[1965 in film|1965]], it was directed by [[Terence Young]], his third 007 film. .... EON producer's [[Albert R. Broccoli]] and [[Harry Saltzman]] made a deal in 1964 to film an adaptation of the novel. Like a good number of James Bond f
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...1965 to 1985, and then with live flag-to-flag coverage beginning in 1986. In May 2006, the race celebrated its 90^th running and 61<sup>st</su ...nsidered Harroun to be a hazard during the race, as he was the only driver in the race driving without a riding mechanic, who checked the oil pressure an
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...limited to automobiles built after World War II. Many odd vehicles emerged in the early days of the automobile industry. There is [[#Pre-War|a section]] ...riginal vehicle manufacturer and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition - cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals
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