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• Luxury car
  ...er]], etc.), a light truck (light [[pickup trucks]]), or a [[sport utility vehicle]]. Luxury vehicles place more emphasis on comfort, appearance, and amenitie ...the new millennium, it has become rather difficult to determine whether a vehicle is indeed a luxury car or not. Many vehicles such as the [[GMC Yukon]] or t
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• Sports car racing
  ...Mans 24 Hours]] endurance race. First run in 1923, it is one of the oldest motor races still in existence. ...n are) one-of-a-kind machines, and need bear no relation to any road-going vehicle. In the ACO classification system, two categories are recognized: P1 and P2
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• Automobile
  ...a [[wheel]]ed [[passenger]] [[vehicle]] that carries its own [[car engine|motor]]. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to r ...r"—derived from similar words in French and much earlier Greek words—for a vehicle that moves, especially on wheels, that was applied to [[chariot]]s, small c
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• Hellé Nice
  ...r 1]], [[1984]], was a [[France|French]] model, dancer, and a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver. ...nvalescing was discharged from the hospital. The tragedy turned her into a national hero amongst the Brazilian population. A large number of families even bega
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• Race car
  ...'''motorsport''') is a [[sport]] involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and it c :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''
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• Itala
  ...erg etext 17432.jpg|thumb|The 1907 Itala which won the [[Peking to Paris]] motor race]] ...5/45hp model driven by Count Scipione Borghese won the [[Peking to Paris]] motor race by three weeks. These sporting successes helped sales dramatically, th
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  '''Grand Prix motor racing''' has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France ...(1878–1941), a [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-born employee of a French motor vehicle manufacturer would move to the United States. Beginning in 1910, he would b
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• Airbag
  [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] built an experimental fleet of cars with airbags in 1971. T Airbags became common in the 1980s, with [[Chrysler]] and [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] introducing them in the mid-1980s; the former made them stan
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• Maserati Coupe
  ...es (305 mm) longer than a 996 Series [[Porsche 996|Porsche 911]]. Overall vehicle length is 178.1 in, width is 71.7 in, and height is 51.4 in. Total curb wei The Maserati Coupé and Spyder utilize the same vehicle systems – engine, transmission, suspension, and interior driver and front
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• Automobile racing
  ...'''motorsport''') is a [[sport]] involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''
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• Motor racing
  ...'''motorsport''') is a [[sport]] involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle racing]], and can :''See: [[Grand Prix motor racing]]''
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• Lee Iacocca
  ...ctives in [[politics]] and [[plastic]]s. He then began a career at [[Ford Motor Company]] as an engineer. Eventually becoming dissatisfied with that job, h ...etplace as Ford products. Eventually, he became the president of the Ford Motor Company, but he clashed with [[Henry Ford II]] and ultimately, in 1978, he
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...tems or components. The HV provide better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle because the engine is smaller and may be run at speeds providing more effic ...motor that drives the vehicle. This contrasts with all-[[Battery electric vehicle|electric car]]s which use batteries charged by an external source such as t
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• History of the automobile
  ...n [[Redruth]], and in 1801 [[Richard Trevithick]] was running a full-sized vehicle on the road in [[Camborne]]. ...he USA but was also the first [[amphibious vehicle]], as his steam-powered vehicle was able to travel on [[wheel]]s on land and via a [[paddle wheel]] in the
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• Enduro
  ...an.jpg|thumb|[[Stefan Merriman]], 2004 World Enduro Champion on a [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]]] * National championships
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• Bimota
  ...and successor [[Federico Martini]], author of the''motion''DB1 (the first motor Bimota Ducati) and chassis [[aluminum]] became a box Bimota standard. Its a ...ic centimeter|cc]]), first [[two-stroke engine]] operated by [[injection ( motor)|injection]] electronically.
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• Prototype
  ...ynamics]] of the vehicle) and in function — especially for improving vehicle [[crashworthiness]] and in weight reduction to improve mileage. ...s M4 Shermans, a favorite among US Military modelers), railroad equipment, motor trucks, motorcycles, airplanes, and space-ships (real-world such as Apollo/
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• List of automobile manufacturers
  ..., more than 70 million motor vehicles, including [[car]]s and [[commercial vehicle]]s were produced worldwide. ...uate their private vehicle usage. Roughly half of the US's fifty one light vehicle plants are projected to permanently close in the coming years with the loss
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• Auto Club Speedway
  ...uto Club Dragway). The racetrack is near the former locations of [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] and [[Riverside International Raceway]]. After Riverside's closu *[[September 8]], [[2001]]: The first weekend for the [[Street-legal vehicle|street-legal]] Friday night at [[California Dragway]] is run.
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• Rapid
  ...by the municipalities of Rome and Turin, resulting in significant win for National in Turin. ...rdinary degree. " Indeed, in those weeks, the Rapid is part of the Olympia Motor Show in London, is that of Paris, and costs were not light.
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