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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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• Indianapolis 500
  |Venue || [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] ...ompeted in it. It has been broadcast live over radio on the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network]] since 1952, televised live in 1949 and 1950 on the
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ! Film !! Vehicle !! Owner !! Notes ! Novel !! Vehicle !! Owner !! Notes
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• Wankel engine
  National agencies which tax automobiles according to displacement and regulatory bod ...ed States]] where a customer can purchase several laps around a track in a vehicle very similar to [[open wheel racing]] vehicles, but powered by a small [[Cu
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...great deal of money that would be better spent, if it were to be spent on motor racing, on a permanent circuit elsewhere. Finally, they said that the claim ...ade of F1 machinery and V8 Supercars, Australia’s highest-profile domestic motor sport category.
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• Fiat
  * ''Vehicle components'' - the major Italian component maker [[Magneti-Marelli]] is own ...(created in 1926 for the famous newspaper), Itedi, Italiana Edizioni. Some national and local newspapers are owned or otherwise controlled by the different com
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• Ilario Bandini
  ...'' (18 April 1911 - 12 April 1992) was an [[Italy|Italian]] businessman, [[motor racing|racing driver]], and [[racing car]] builder. ...00px|'''Ilario and his brother Gualtiero (Walter) with their first wheeled vehicle.''']]
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• Tazio Nuvolari
  ...[[European Championship (auto racing)|European Champion]] in [[Grand Prix motor racing]]. Dr [[Ferdinand Porsche]] called Nuvolari "''The greatest driver o ...e both [[bicycle]] racers - Giuseppe was a multiple winner of the Italian national championship and was particularly admired by a young Tazio.
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• Motorcycle
  A '''motorcycle''' is a two-wheeled [[vehicle]] powered by an [[engine]]. The [[wheel]]s are in-line, and at higher speed The operator or "rider" sits [[wiktionary: astride|astride]] the vehicle on a seat, with his hands on a set of handlebars. The feet are supported on
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• History of the bicycle
  ...London]]. We can assume a name change occurred when Johnson patented his vehicle and named it “pedestrian curricle” or “velocipede,” but the public The first mechanically-propelled 2-wheel vehicle was believed to have been built by [[Kirkpatrick MacMillan]], a Scottish bl
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• Bicycle
  ...s a [[bicycle pedal|pedal-driven]] [[human-powered transport|human-powered vehicle]] with two [[bicycle wheel|wheels]] attached to a [[bicycle frame|frame]], The 1968 [[Vienna Convention on Road Traffic]] considers a bicycle to be a vehicle, and a person controlling a bicycle is considered a driver. The traffic co
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