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• Lancia Beta
  ...ackaging, but also, by tilting the engine 20 degrees rearwards, the Lancia engineers achieved improved weight transfer over the driven wheels and towards the ce The Lancia engineers made changes to the engines fitted to the Beta range. These included a besp
  19 KB (2,841 words) - 01:39, 12 December 2011
• Suspension (vehicle)
  Leaf springs have been around since the Early Egyptians. War engineers used leaf springs, to little success, on catapults. The use of leaf springs ...ust include Anti-Roll Bar Wheel Rates. Many "very knowledgable, well paid" engineers have made the error of calculating the Anti-Roll Bar's Spring Rate incorrec
  29 KB (4,645 words) - 10:46, 8 October 2009
• Motor oil
  The [[Society of Automotive Engineers]], usually abbreviated as '''SAE''', has established a numerical code syste ...motor oils were formulated and commercially applied for the first time in automotive applications. Improving the efficiency of lubricants, synthetic lubricants
  19 KB (3,054 words) - 08:52, 8 October 2009
• Fuel injection
  ...a means of metering fuel into an [[internal combustion engine]]. In modern automotive applications, fuel metering is one of several functions performed by an "en ...tem to fully optimize all criteria simultaneously. In practice, automotive engineers strive to best satisfy a customer's needs competitively. The modern [[digit
  35 KB (5,222 words) - 08:19, 11 June 2009
• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...endeavors with Isotta-Fraschini, would become one of the greatest Italian engineers of all time. An attempt by Isotta-Fraschini to re-enter the automotive market after the war, the 8C Monterosa, launched in 1947, used an unconvent
  14 KB (2,091 words) - 23:37, 24 March 2010
• Internal combustion engine
  ...kinson cycle|Atkinson]] and [[Miller cycle|Miller]] cycles. Most truck and automotive Diesel engines use a four-stroke cycle, but with a compression heating igni ...th an engine tender refilling these as needed. As engines were adapted for automotive and aircraft use, the need for a high power to weight ratio lead to increas
  40 KB (6,068 words) - 09:48, 2 August 2009
• Lancia Augusta
  ...sion, with substitution of the shocks-absorber to dry with those hydraulic engineers; modifications are recorded also to calender (hour to badge) and the mudgua ...of the Augusta is recorded in the late spring of 1934, to massacring [[the automotive Turn of Italy]] (defined also, in homage to the fascist government, Goblet
  33 KB (4,913 words) - 11:15, 12 September 2010
• Pagani Huayra
  ...Huayra merges the past, present and future in a timeless interpretation of automotive art. The styling of the car was perfected over the course of 5 years to fin ...veloped the bespoke P Zero tires, specifically for the Huayra. The Pirelli engineers were faced with a demanding task, combining road holding for excitement beh
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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  ..., a hybrid uses a large battery pack with a higher voltage than the normal automotive 12 volts. Accessories such as power steering and air conditioning are power ...LA]] mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, is collaborating with engineers from Ford to get Pneumatic hybrid technology up and running. The system is
  22 KB (3,527 words) - 09:10, 7 October 2009
• Hybrid vehicles
  Automotive hybrid technology became successful in the 1990s when the [[Honda Insight]] ...large battery pack is required, providing a higher voltage than the normal automotive 12 volts. Accessories such as power steering and air conditioning are power
  64 KB (9,873 words) - 22:35, 14 June 2009
• Alfa Romeo 159
  *Auto 1 Europa 1998 - (Panel of engineers, drivers and journalists from the 11 European magazines headed by [[Auto Bi *European Award for Automotive Design in Belgium 1998
  24 KB (3,356 words) - 10:13, 22 October 2009
• Scuderia Ferrari
  ...which forced him to stop on the entrance of pit lane, giving no chance to engineers to repair the car. He started in 16th place on the grid. Massa qualified in ...zeugtechnik AG|BBS]], [[Selex]], [[Sabelt]], [[TRW Automotive Holdings|TRW Automotive]], [[Microsoft]] (note: the sponsors/suppliers information is accurate for
  43 KB (6,599 words) - 19:49, 12 November 2013
• Moto Guzzi
  ...followed attributed to DTI using Moto Guzzi financially prioritizing their automotive ventures. '''Engineers:'''
  53 KB (7,792 words) - 12:53, 9 December 2009

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