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• Lancia Flaminia
  |Production:||1957–1970 ...tingly, coupés outsold the 4-door variant by far, even in spite of shorter production run and coachbuilt bodies.
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• Lancia Fulvia
  |Production:||[[1963]]–[[1976]] ...ducing 115 hp. This version had electric front windows and was the fastest production Fulvia produced, with a top speed of 118 mi/h.
  11 KB (1,734 words) - 01:13, 12 December 2011
• Fiat Nuova 500
  |Production || 2007-present ...ll models except the "naked" (sold only in Italy) version. There are also electric aids available such as ABS brakes, ESP (electronic stability program), ASR
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• Automobile 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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• Bugatti
  Only a few examples of each of Ettore Bugatti's vehicles were ever produced, the most famous being the [[Bugatti Type 35|Type 35 Gra Throughout the production run of approximately 7,900 cars (of which about 2,000 still exist), each Bu
  19 KB (2,446 words) - 16:04, 12 October 2011
• Four-cylinder
  ...ey appear mostly in the form of [[gas turbines]]. They are also used for [[electric generator]]s and by industry. ...sity of [[battery (electricity)|batteries]] and lack of affordable onboard electric generators such as [[fuel cell]]s has largely restricted their use to speci
  22 KB (3,344 words) - 22:07, 11 August 2009
• Motor 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
  17 KB (2,720 words) - 08:27, 8 October 2009
• Hydropneumatic suspension
  ...on [[Berliet]] trucks. Similar systems are also used on some [[military]] vehicles. ...ure generation; combined pump/sphere unit for the suspension only and with electric height adjustment sensors
  16 KB (2,430 words) - 23:46, 7 August 2009
• Alfa Romeo GTV & Spider
  |Production || 1995-2005 ...me, which completely disappears from sight under a flush fitting cover. An electric folding mechanism is fitted on some versions. As would be expected the GTV
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• Race car
  ...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
  20 KB (3,085 words) - 20:44, 2 October 2009
• Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce
  |Production:||[[1966]]–[[1993]] ...rth American market). Widely regarded as a design classic, it remained in production for almost three decades with only minor aesthetic and mechanical changes.
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• Diesel engine
  ...air until the engine reaches operating temperature. Engine block heaters (electric resistive heaters in the engine block) plugged into the utility grid are of ...trols the amount of fuel and its timing (the "start of injection") through electric or hydraulic [[actuators]] to maintain engine speed.
  33 KB (5,114 words) - 23:11, 23 September 2009
• Internal-combustion engine
  ...ey appear mostly in the form of [[gas turbines]]. They are also used for [[electric generator]]s and by industry. ...sity of [[battery (electricity)|batteries]] and lack of affordable onboard electric generators such as [[fuel cell]]s has largely restricted their use to speci
  20 KB (3,085 words) - 13:24, 8 October 2009
• Formula SAE
  ...ce car]]. The prototype race car is to be evaluated for its potential as a production item. The target marketing group for the race car is the non-professional w ...ormula Hybrid]], similar to Formula SAE except all cars must have gasoline-electric hybrid power plants, was inaugurated. The first two contests were held at t
  20 KB (2,718 words) - 01:04, 14 March 2009
• Rapid
  ...the end of World War I, they started an auto repair shop. In 1921 the car production was disbanded and taken over by [[SPA]]. ...e Company Cars will be in Turin Rapid able to present a new model of light vehicles with four cylinder engines, the relative strength of 16, 24 and 50 HP, inha
  17 KB (2,711 words) - 23:21, 13 November 2011
• Fuel injection
  ...technology. These early systems were generally used on exotic performance vehicles, such as the early [[V8]] powered [[Chevy Corvette|Corvettes]], or for raci ...fuel tank and adjust the injector calculations "on the fly". Flexible fuel vehicles have a single fuel tank where a blend of both fuels can coexist.
  35 KB (5,222 words) - 08:19, 11 June 2009
• Brake-by-wire
  Some x-by-wire technologies have been already installed on commercial vehicles such as steer-by-wire, and throttle-by-wire. Brake-by-wire technology is st ...icle stability control]] (VSC). These command signals are sent to the four electric [[caliper]]s (e-calipers) via a communication network. As this network migh
  12 KB (1,782 words) - 15:24, 7 August 2009
• Automatic transmission
  ...ween set gear ratios. Even though CVTs have been used for decades in a few vehicles (e.g. [[Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek|DAF]] saloons and the [[Volvo 340]] [[Oldsmobile]]'s 1940 models featured [[Hydra-Matic]] drive, the first mass-production fully automatic transmissions. Initially an Olds exclusive, Hydra-Matic had
  18 KB (2,740 words) - 23:27, 3 July 2009
• Internal combustion engine
  ...ctric pistol ([http://ppp.unipv.it/Volta/Pages/eF5struF.html]) in which an electric spark exploded a mixture of [[Earth's atmosphere|air]] and [[hydrogen]], fi ...internal combustion engine in London (pt. Num. 1072) but did not get into production with it. It was similar in concept to the successful Otto Langen indirect e
  40 KB (6,068 words) - 09:48, 2 August 2009
• Four-wheel-drive
  ...s. The third differential is in the center. This setup is used on most AWD vehicles to this day.]] ...ther driveline issues associated with the use of 4WD on dry pavement. With vehicles with more than four wheels, AWD means all wheels drive the vehicle, to vary
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