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• Zagato
  ! colspan=2 |'''SZ Design s.r.l.''' |Services||design consultancy and engineering services
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• Sports car
  ...d stabililty control which do much to counteract the inherent flaws of the design. Many of Porsche's techniques have been applied to other cars with success ...r the driver to enter/exit the vehicle. [[McLaren Cars|McLaren]] used the design in their limited-edition supercar the [[McLaren F1|F1]] whose performance w
  7 KB (1,180 words) - 20:04, 31 March 2009
• George Barris (auto customizer)
  ...e with relatives. Both were good students, interested in drama, music, and design. George was fascinated with [[model aircraft]], and pursued the [[hobby]] s ...lished the early 1950s Mercury as possibly the classic base for custom car design, a status it retains today.
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• Rotary engine
  ...ctive rotaries were built by [[Stephen Balzer]], who was interested in the design for two main reasons: ...ywheel, thus rotaries were lighter than similarly sized engines of regular design.
  12 KB (2,030 words) - 18:09, 14 September 2009
• Cam-in-block
  ...he V of a [[V engine]]. This contrasts with an [[overhead camshaft]] (OHC) design which places the camshafts within the cylinder head and drives the valves d ...ile V8 engine|Rocket V8]]. It was the first high-compression, cam-in-block design, and is the [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines. Currently only
  11 KB (1,817 words) - 11:16, 30 January 2011
• Air brake (aircraft)
  One interesting airbrake design is the [[deceleron]], a special kind of [[aileron]] that functions normally
  2 KB (341 words) - 16:01, 2 August 2009
• Sibona & Basano
  ...'. The designs and builds were not very active and would only occasionally design some innovative cars and ideas.
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• Piaggio P.180 Avanti
  ...P.180 in flight, illustrating the twin pusher propeller and forward plane design.]] ...g is located very far aft, behind the cabin, and the highly unconventional design also features a [[T-tail]] and a fixed [[canard]] foreplane. This arrangeme
  5 KB (732 words) - 11:07, 8 October 2009
• Delta engine
  ...ltic story began in 1944 when the British Admiralty commissioned Napier to design a [[diesel engine]] for their [[Motor Torpedo Boat]]s and other lightweight ...e Admiralty felt these would be a reasonable starting point for the larger design they required.
  7 KB (1,108 words) - 21:43, 26 September 2009
• Restelli
  ...have a 1724 cc 4-cylinder engine with 10 hp, but it never came through the design stage and to florision. Restelli began with the construction of a car model
  1 KB (213 words) - 16:28, 10 December 2009
• VR6 engine
  ...ngine in existing Volkswagen models. A wider [[V6 engine]] of conventional design would have required lengthening existing vehicles to provide enough [[crump ...ine. The original VR6 engine displaced 2.8 L and featured a 12 valve design. These engines produced 174 [[horsepower#PS|PS]] (128 kW/172&nbs
  13 KB (2,025 words) - 21:40, 16 July 2008
• Lamborghini Athon
  Widely praised, the design was based on the, then out of production, [[Lamborghini Silhouette|Silhoutt
  1 KB (165 words) - 23:37, 21 October 2009
• Alfa Romeo 146
  ...Romeo]] between [[1994]] and [[2001]]. The 145 and 146 both share common design plans and interior components from the B-pillar forwards; the 145 is a 3-do ...oddly shaped cut-away dashboard attracted much attention, but in fact the design was for safety rather than aesthetic purposes.
  5 KB (690 words) - 00:07, 3 March 2009
• Aprilia SR50
  .... Introduced in 1992 and considered to be the first "sports" scooter, the design and technology of the SR50 has evolved considerably over the years, althoug ==Design==
  6 KB (835 words) - 17:06, 4 March 2010
• Swing axle
  The First Production (1960-1964) Chevrolet [[Corvair]] used this design. The alleged unsafe behaviour of the [[Corvair]] was described in detail b
  2 KB (318 words) - 21:51, 17 August 2009
• Bremach
  ...EMACH concentrated on the light freight segment of the market and began to design, test and then manufacture a 4-wheel vehicle that has been used worldwide. ...of the PRO.DE group which has a long and successful history in automotive design and engineering with DARMAK brand.
  3 KB (522 words) - 08:05, 25 October 2011
• Cometto
  Today Industrie Cometto S.p.A. is a leader company specialised in study, design, production and sales of trailers and semitrailers for heavy transport.
  2 KB (323 words) - 10:41, 24 May 2009
• Ghia
  ...] in [[Turin]]) is one of the most famous [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile]] design and [[coachbuilder|coachbuilding]] firms, established by [[Giacinto Ghia]] ...ver. Ghia then bought [[Pietro Frua]] , appointing Frua as head of ''Ghia Design'' (1957-60), designing the [[Renault Floride]].
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• History of the Alfa Race Engine
  ...and Prix]] formulas, it was time to try a different tact. Alfa Romeo would design a car which would dominate the voiturette class of 1500cc race cars. The bi After the war, Gioachino Colombo was asked by Enzo Ferrari to design a [[V-12]] sports racing car. This he did in four months; the 125S became t
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