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• Maserati Coupe
  ...vice)|differential]]. This gives both the Coupé and Spyder a 48/52% weight distribution between the front and rear [[axle]]s. ...n control]] (ASR), the motor spin regulation (MSR), electronic brake force distribution (EBD), and [[anti-lock braking system]] (ABS). The wheels employ a high-per
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• Manual transmission
  The earliest automotive transmissions were entirely mechanical unsynchronized gearing systems. They could be shifted, with multiple gear r ...hen shift into first and start up again. With continuing sophistication of mechanical development, however, fully synchromesh transmissions with three speeds, th
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• Alfa Romeo GT
  ...ont and 276mm at the rear. ABS anti-lock brakes with electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) and hydraulic brake assistance (HBA) act on all four wheels to reduce ...how it works. The “Q2” system is based on a limited slip differential, the mechanical Torsen type. In particular, this differential has the job of permanently di
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...onio Fessia. He had sufficient confidence to entrust the design of all the mechanical components of the car including the chassis to Giacosa. Giacosa was enginee ...er rear engined designs by identifying that the problem was not the weight distribution of the cars, but the simple swing axle rear suspension used in those design
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• Pagani Huayra
  ...ension are raised to counteract the weight transfer and balance the weight distribution between front and rear axles, allowing a better use of the rear brake force ...ed from one solid block of aluminum and features a clarinet style array of mechanical switches controlling the HVAC system. The high definition central touchscre
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• Spada
  ...ideal distribution of weights, and specially designed suspension. From the mechanical point of view, the Giulietta had by this time reached the peak of its devel
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• Formula One car
  ...llast is that it can be placed anywhere in the car to provide ideal weight distribution. ...peratures, up to 1,000 degrees Celsius. The driver can control brake force distribution fore and aft to compensate for changes in track conditions. Regulations sp
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• Bicycle
  ...this generation were difficult to ride, and the high seat and poor weight distribution made for dangerous falls. ...s'', or ''safety bicycles'', for their lower seat height and better weight distribution. Starley's 1885 Rover is usually described as the first recognizably modern
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• Four-wheel-drive
  ...trains meant that they could make it back to civilization even after major mechanical failures. Only around 700 of these cars were built, and only 27 are known === Center differential with mechanical lock, or other torque transfer features===
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• Ilario Bandini
  ...ommodate Bandini’s first 850 [[cubic centimeters|cc]] engine, with a mixed distribution chain and gears and a different oil pump (whose design dated to 1955): thi ...company in 1980 presented the [[Bandini 1300|'''1300''']] with 16 valves, mechanical [[fuel injection]], and electronic ignition; after chassis, engines and fly
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• Bizzarrini
  ...zarrini also moved the engine well back into the chassis to improve weight distribution and handling. He also lowered the engine, using a [[dry sump]] lubrication ...Bizzarrini 5300 GT America'', depending on the market). The body shape and mechanical parts were the much the same as the Iso A3C's, resulting in a power-packed
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• Aluminium
  ...echanical processing, [[aluminium alloy]]s display a marked improvement in mechanical properties, especially when [[tempering|tempered]]. Aluminium alloys form v * [[Electrical transmission line]]s for power distribution
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• 1995 Formula One season
  ...cher, and Hill was widely blamed for the accident. Hill also suffered with mechanical problems in his Williams-Renault. ...on Sunday. At the [[1995 Hungarian Grand Prix]] Inoue's car retired with a mechanical problem. He got out of his car and grabbed a fire extinguisher in order to
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• Automobile safety
  *[[Electronic brakeforce distribution]] systems In 1942, [[Hugh De Haven]] published the classic ''Mechanical analysis of survival in falls from heights of fifty to one hundred and fift
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• Fiat Panda
  ...e]] suspended on [[leaf spring]]s. Later versions of the car added various mechanical improvements but this spirit of robust simplicity was adhered to throughout In January 1986 the Panda received a series of significant mechanical improvements. The 652 cc air-cooled 2-cyl engine was replaced by a 769 cc (
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• Lancia Ardea
  ...' one new valve distribution in head tilted, commant from a single tree of distribution set in action from one silent chain fortified of tenditore automatic rifle' ...ù Nozzle, the plan of the motor of the Ardea - beyond to already described distribution system - previews a light group (approximately 80 Kg) and of compact dimens
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• History of Formula One
  ...e Ferrari 312T appeared, its transverse [[gearbox]] allowing better weight distribution. ...first Formula One career victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Alonso had a mechanical failure whilst leading in the later stages of the race whilst Michael Schum
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