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- |Parent company || [[Fiat Group]] ...2006 as a 2007 [[model year|model]]. The 599 GTB debuted at the [[Geneva Motor Show]] on [[February 28]], [[2006]]. Styling of the 599 GTB was handled by24 KB (3,460 words) - 15:04, 28 September 2010
- ...Wankel engines are criticized for poor [[fuel efficiency]] and [[emissions standard|exhaust emissions]]. ...ngineering work by [[Mazda]] brought these problems under control, but the company was then confronted with a sudden global concern over both [[hydrocarbon]]23 KB (3,604 words) - 09:49, 2 August 2009
- |Parent company:||[[Volkswagen Group]]18 KB (2,708 words) - 11:41, 3 October 2016
- ...fficient use of hydrogen involves the use of [[fuel cell]]s and [[electric motor]]s instead of a traditional engine. Hydrogen reacts with [[oxygen]] inside ...ric vehicle]]s), rather than hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, will soon become standard in the automobile industry. To achieve lower emission goals, the power grid22 KB (3,293 words) - 00:01, 23 June 2009
- ...a [[wheel]]ed [[passenger]] [[vehicle]] that carries its own [[car engine|motor]]. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to r ...lieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm Maybach]] in [[Stuttgart]] patented the first motor bike, built and tested in 1885, and in 1886 they built a converted horse-dr31 KB (4,648 words) - 15:58, 10 August 2009
- ...sambiguation)|gas]]" (see other meanings). The term ''mogas'', short for ''motor gasoline'', for use in cars is used to distinguish it from [[avgas]], ''avi ...in the oil industry. The exact terminology for these streams varies by oil company and by country.)22 KB (3,330 words) - 22:38, 17 August 2009
- ...t the end of the [[2004 Formula One season|2004 season]] that [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] (former owner of [[Jaguar Racing]]) would pull out of Formula One is * The introduction of standard electronic units (facilitating the scrapping of driver aids such as Tractio20 KB (3,254 words) - 08:04, 8 October 2009
- ...counterpart to [[Ferrari]] in the Italian sports car business. The Italian company was founded in 1963 by businessman [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]] (April 28, 191 ...hared components with the clutches in the tractors manufactured by his own company. Encouraged by his discovery, and his desire to spite Ferrari, Lamborghini26 KB (3,679 words) - 09:47, 6 November 2011
- ...our-wheel drive vehicle was built in [[1911]] by the Four-Wheel Drive auto company (FWD) of [[Wisconsin]]. FWD would later produce over 20,000 of its four-whe ...w, originally conceived as a stop-gap product for the struggling Rover car company, and despite chronic under-investment succeeded far better than the passeng22 KB (3,431 words) - 14:39, 24 September 2009
- ...the last few feet across the finish line using either gravity, the starter motor, or a combination of both (the debate continues to this day) to not only sa ...unning shorter races. The race continued on as part of the [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] [[IMSA GT Championship|GT series]].28 KB (3,787 words) - 17:35, 11 May 2009
- ...s, and sells the world's [[motor vehicle]]s. In 2008, more than 70 million motor vehicles, including [[car]]s and [[commercial vehicle]]s were produced worl {{World motor vehicle production by country}}79 KB (7,858 words) - 09:06, 13 September 2009
- ...uced by [[Italy|Italian]] automaker [[Alfa Romeo]] at the 1997 [[Frankfurt Motor Show]] as the replacement for the [[Alfa Romeo 155]]. Cars were assembled a ...Gear stick|gear knob]]. There was also available De-Luxe pack with [[MOMO (company)|Momo]]'s [[mahogany]] steering wheel and gear knob and for Nordic countrie24 KB (3,356 words) - 10:13, 22 October 2009
- [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] built an experimental fleet of cars with airbags in 1971. The first ...tor Company|Ford]] introducing them in the mid-1980s; the former made them standard equipment across its entire line in 1990. Autoliv patented the side airbag24 KB (3,909 words) - 10:43, 8 October 2009
- ...Iso SpA]]. In the early 1950s, the company was building [[refrigerator]]s, motor scooters and small three-wheeled trucks. [[Iso]]'s owner, Renzo Rivolta, de ...e 1955 Paris car show. All told, five versions of the car were built: the standard Isetta, a convertible version, a luxury version, a one-off "Sport" version,19 KB (2,987 words) - 12:03, 30 April 2010
- ...pelled by enthusiasts) or '''karting''' is a variant of [[open-wheeler]] [[motor sport]] with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called '''karts''', '''go- === Motor and fuel ===17 KB (2,621 words) - 12:06, 8 October 2009
- ...ants were so few that in 1952 and 1953 all World Championship [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] races were run in Formula Two (although non-championshi A slightly-enlarged version of the F2 [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] won the first two F1 Grands Prix in 1958, marking the beginning of18 KB (2,587 words) - 16:05, 20 November 2009
- ...large trucks. Workers outside the motor carrier industry routinely operate company-owned vehicles for deliveries, sales and repair calls, client visits, and c [[Daytime running lamp]] that have been standard on Swedish cars since the 1970s, are soon to be mandatory across the entire22 KB (3,293 words) - 22:58, 15 November 2009
- Characteristically, the company only existed because of a family row which saw [[Giuseppe Benelli]] walk ou ...eaving his sons, Marco and Luigi, to grapple with the task of keeping the company afloat in the wake of the birth of the [[Fiat 500]] car, which brought the16 KB (2,640 words) - 11:43, 21 July 2012
- ...otor) to either recharge the battery or directly feed power to an electric motor that drives the vehicle. This contrasts with all-[[Battery electric vehicle ...ngine and an electric motor. Below 15 mph (25 km/h) the electric motor alone drove the vehicle and above this speed the "main" engine cut in to ta64 KB (9,873 words) - 22:35, 14 June 2009
- ...icity of the '''Fabbrica di Automobili G.G.F.lli '''[[Ceirano]]'''''', the company formed between Giovanni and Giovanni Battista Ceirano. The car proposal was ...to take the leap. They joined other donors, and founded on 11 July 1899 a company by the name of "Italian Car Factory Torino, which bought block after fiftee19 KB (3,076 words) - 00:25, 27 January 2012