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• Serpollet
  ...'. His car had the particularity to mount their steam engine, as in normal cars with engine firing, but in the case of Serpollet, were equipped with fake r ...urst. The success of Serpollet then crossed the border into France and the cars were sold in [[England]] in [[Germany]] and even [[Italy]]. In 1906 they we
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• 2 plus 2
  ...efinition, and there is no official body offering a strict definition, but cars called 2+2s ''must'' have: Many [[convertible]], [[targa top]] and [[hatchback]] cars are strictly within this definition, but are rarely deemed 2+2s.
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• Car tuning
  Car tuning is related to [[auto racing]], although most performance cars never compete. Rather they are built for the pleasure of owning and driving ...the air filters; but they could also install a more powerful engine on the cars they modify.
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• Body-on-frame
  ...also easy to use the same chassis and driveline for several very different cars. Especially in the days before [[computer-aided design]], this was a big ad ...onstruction in the [[1960s]], leaving just [[truck]]s, [[bus]]es and large cars using conventional frames. The switch continued for several decades - even
  3 KB (455 words) - 09:10, 7 October 2009
• Brake (railway)
  ...o be used to operate loading and unloading doors on [[Railroad car#Freight cars|wheat, coal and ballast wagons]]. On passenger coaches, the main reservoir
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• Sport compact
  ...act car]]. They are typically are [[front engine]]d, [[front wheel drive]] cars driven by a [[naturally aspirated]] [[straight-4]] [[gasoline engine]]. Typ ...a sport compact sharply contrasts with those of 'true' sports cars. Sports cars are designed with a performance-oriented philosophy, often compromising car
  8 KB (1,244 words) - 12:02, 8 October 2009
• Front wheel drive
  ...cessful models were the [[1934]] [[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] cars from [[Citroën]] in Europe, and the contemporary [[Cord 810|810]] from [[C ...of the [[Ford Taurus]] bringing front wheel drive to prominence in midsize cars. By the mid 1980s, most formerly rear wheel drive Japanese models were fro
  10 KB (1,565 words) - 10:51, 8 October 2009
• Sway bar
  .... This can be used to advantage, in fact many front wheel drive production cars will lift a wheel when cornering hard, in order to overload the other wheel Some high-priced cars, such as the [[Mercedes-Benz W220|Mercedes S-class]] and [[BMW E65/E66|BMW
  5 KB (793 words) - 09:26, 7 October 2009
• Child safety lock
  Child safety locks are also built into some [[cars]] to prevent children from opening the doors during transit; vehicles have
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• Understeer
  It is common practice among automobile manufacturers to configure production cars deliberately to have a slight linear range understeer by default. If a car ...being used for turning and motor [[torque]]. This is why rear wheel drive cars tend to handle better as the rear wheels' main job is to handle the motor's
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• DOT 3
  All brake fluids must meet [http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/FMVSS/ federal standard #116]. Under this standard there are t Most cars produced in the US use DOT 3.
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• Street racing
  ...acing in the US is a [[drag race]] of [[automotive tuning|modified]] stock cars happening late at night on straight public roads with very low traffic that ...up of motorcyclists. Nowadays, with heavier punishments, patrolling police cars and speed cameras, expressway racing in Japan is not as common as it was du
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• Straight-3
  ...se in modern cars, generally for [[engine displacement]]s of around 1.0L. Cars in the 'super-mini' class often use them on base models, as do the Japanese
  2 KB (349 words) - 12:22, 8 October 2009
• Offroad racing
  ...of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through [[off-road]] en
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• Run flat tires
  ...They have grown in popularity for other vehicles, such as high-end luxury cars, because of their safety and convenience, ...-supporting run flat tires are fairly common on light trucks and passenger cars and typically provide for the vehicle to drive for 50 miles at around
  10 KB (1,554 words) - 09:57, 12 December 2009
• Watkins Glen International
  * [[Can-Am]] ..., Hopkins was the most recognizable starter in Grand Prix racing. Once the cars had taken their places, Hopkins strode across the front of the grid with hi
  21 KB (3,231 words) - 21:05, 27 September 2009
• Blowoff valve
  ...owoff valves to the atmosphere. In the United States, Australia and Europe cars featuring unmuffled blowoff valves are illegal for street use.
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...] in the South. The open wheel racers were built for racing, and the stock cars were ordinary automobiles modified to varying degrees. ...gh as 1500. The sport is popular in Australia and Canada also. Many of the cars may also race on [[Short track motor racing|asphalt short tracks]] during t
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• Sports cars
  While opinions differ as to the exact definition, most sports cars have two seats and two doors and are designed to provide excellent [[Car ha ...ing quality, but brands such as [[Lamborghini]] which do not race or build cars exclusively for racing are also highly regarded.
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• Alfa Romeo 145
  ...lfa Romeo 145''' and '''Alfa Romeo 146''' were two [[compact car|compact]] cars produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] between [[199 ...3|33 model]] and [[Alfa Romeo 75|75 model]], Alfa Romeo launched these two cars in [[1994]] (the 145) and [[1995]] (the 146) to compete in the extremely co
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