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• Moretti
  ...over and thus demand for their commercial vehicles wavering, Moretti began production of conventional cars. ...st half the price and consequently dominated much of the marketplace. Mass production of all models were subsequently slashed due to continued low sales and fina
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• Fiat Stilo
  |Production:||[[2001]]—present |Successor:||Still in production
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• Lancia Trikappa
  |Production || 1922-1925<br>847 produced * '' Period production'' : years [[1922]]-[[1925]]
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• Fiat Tempra
  |Production:||[[1990]]&mdash;[[1995]] During the its 6 year production run few changes were made apart from a minor facelift in 1993 resulting in
  10 KB (1,440 words) - 16:02, 2 November 2009
• Automobile
  === Internal combustion engine powered vehicles === ...|Samuel Brown]], and the American inventor, [[Samuel Morey]], who produced vehicles powered by clumsy internal combustion engines about 1826.
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• Run flat tires
  ...le room for spare tires and jacks. They have grown in popularity for other vehicles, such as high-end luxury cars, because of their safety and convenience, ...e 5 Series (E60 Series) was already in production and part way through its production life cycle. Later designs such as the BMW 3 Series (E90 Series) do not hav
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• Liquid fuels
  Production of gasoline is achieved by [[distillation]] of [[crude oil]]. The desirabl ...o reduce the amount of [[sulfur]] in the fuel. Sulphur causes corrosion in vehicles, [[acid rain]] and higher emissions of soot from the tail pipe (exhaust pip
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• Savio
  ...h as ambulances, and the resin area, undertaking research, development and production of the special materials. ..., not pleasure. It was first shown at the Turin Motorshow in 1965, entered production in the following year and continued to be built until 1974. In that time se
  7 KB (1,153 words) - 09:26, 5 December 2010
• Four-wheel drive
  ...s. The third differential is in the center. This setup is used on most AWD vehicles to this day.]] ...wheels all the time (e.g., a [[Subaru Impreza]]), whereas 4WD is used for vehicles designed primarily for heavy off-road use, normally with a low range transf
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• Station wagon
  [[Image:Alfa_159_Sportwagon_3_lg.jpg|thumb|left|400px|'''Current production [[Alfa Romeo 159]] Sportwagon''']] ...automotive makes in framing the passenger compartments of their passenger vehicles. In automobiles, the framing was sheathed in steel which was then covered i
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• Motorsport
  ...ea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. ..., [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bugatti]] constructing streamlined vehicles with engines producing up to 450 kW(612HP) with the aid of multiple superch
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• Auto racing
  ...ea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. ..., [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bugatti]] constructing streamlined vehicles with engines producing up to 450 kW(612HP) with the aid of multiple superch
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• Torsion beam suspension
  ...bars to provide [[self-leveling suspension|automatic leveling]], using a [[electric motor|motor]] to tighten the bars to provide greater resistance to load and ...on beams (possibly based on the [[Volkswagen Type 3]] passenger car) until production ended in 1989 (with Chrysler's M platform). Light-duty Dodge trucks however
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• VR6 engine
  ...6 engine]] of conventional design would have required lengthening existing vehicles to provide enough [[crumple zone]] between the front of the vehicle and the ...for VW Motorsport. This gave extra low-down torque but was deleted before production on cost grounds and was instead offered as an aftermarket option. The desig
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• History of the automobile
  Vehicles that can be considered [[automobiles]] may have been demonstrated as early ....jpg|thumb|1885-built [[Benz Patent Motorwagen]], the first car to go into production with an internal combustion engine]]
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• Lancia
  ...engine]]. Also, Lancia pioneered the use of [[independent suspension]] in production cars, in an era where [[live axle]]s were common practice for both the fron ...l the late 1960s. By this time, the company's expensive, high standards of production had become unsustainable. In aiming to produce a product of the highest qua
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...r plant based oils have also seen occasional use. A number of other hybrid vehicles use hydrogen fuel. ...l combustion engine that spun a generator which powered four wheel-mounted electric motors. The car was presented at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. The up
  64 KB (9,873 words) - 22:35, 14 June 2009
• Fiat Punto
  |Production:||[[1993]] &mdash; present |Successor:||Still in production
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• Fiat Grande Punto
  |Production:||[[1993]] — present |Successor:||Still in production
  15 KB (2,018 words) - 16:07, 2 November 2009
• Disc brake
  ...ar C-Type]] racing car in 1951. In 1950, disc brakes appeared on the first production car, the [[Crosley Hotshot]], followed by the [[Chrysler Imperial]] in 1951 ...tive for some time after a water crossing, an important factor in off-road vehicles). Disc brakes are also more reliable than drum brakes due to the simplicit
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