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• Car body style
  ;'''Fordor''' and '''Tudor''' : These names were coined by [[Ford Motor Company]] in the [[1950s]] to describe four-door and two-door bodystyles respective ;'''[[Fixed-head coupé]]''' : British term for a standard coupé with a fixed solid roof, as opposed to a ''drophead coupé''.
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• Alfa Romeo Giulia
  ...units) [[convertible]], the Giulia Sprint GTC, was a modification from the standard car by [[Carrozzeria Touring|Touring]] of Milan, offered as a catalogue mod ...tensive modifications for racing, so they were priced much higher than the standard models and sold in much smaller numbers. Practically all GTA's made were us
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• Fiat Panda
  ...th the fifth having the same ratio as fourth in the normal Panda. Austrian company Steyr-Puch supplied the entire drivetrain (clutch, gearbox, power take-off, ...o introduced, with both petrol and diesel engines. The van was basically a standard Panda without rear seats. The rear windows were replaced with plastic blank
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• Fuel injection
  ...er nearly as quickly as burning too little fuel in the lean cylinders. The standard fuel metering compromise is to run the rich cylinders "even richer" than th ...dal, and the CPU determines how far to open the throttle using an electric motor. This has many benefits some of which include: controlling emissions during
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• Car classification
  ...inis were the [[Fiat]] [[Fiat 500|500]] of [[1957]] and the [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] [[Mini]] of [[1959]]. Today, superminis are some of the biggest se ...werful, and luxurious, which is a reason why they are more expensive than "standard" sedans.
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• Diesel engine
  ...on rail engines by different names, e.g. DaimlerChrysler's CDI, Ford Motor Company's TDCi (most of these engines are manufactured by PSA), Fiat Group's (Fiat, ...d on gasoline. Once warmed up, the operator moved two levers to switch the motor to diesel operation, and work could begin. These engines had very complex c
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...ne (gasoline) - 4.9 L (4917 cc/300 in³) - 1965 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] ''[[Ford Straight-6 engine#300|300]]'' ***Honorable mention: 9.3 L (9373 cc/572in³) - (2003 Chevrolet crate motor)
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...ful engines ([[A.L.F.A 40/60 HP|40-60 HP]]). A.L.F.A. also ventured into [[motor racing]], drivers Franchini and Ronzoni competing in the 1911 [[Targa Flori ...n by [[Enzo Ferrari]]. Giuseppe Merosi continued as head designer, and the company continued to produce solid road cars as well as successful race cars (inclu
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• Tire
  ...e acceleration and handling. Today most tires, especially those fitted to motor vehicles, are manufactured from [[synthetic rubber]], however other materia ...obile|car]]s. Dunlop is now a subsidiary of the [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company]].
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• World Rally Championship
  As the planned Group S was also cancelled, [[Group A]] regulations became the standard in the WRC until 1997. A separate Group A championship had been organized a ...} [[Sébastien Loeb]] || [[Citroën C4 WRC]] || {{flagiconUSA}} [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• Alfa Romeo 164
  ...dependent (although it was launched a few months after the purchase of the company by [[Fiat]]), and was most notably the first large front wheel drive Alfa. ...tion within the ventilation system was controlled by a pair of [[servo]] [[motor]]s, which can give maintenance troubles in older vehicles; Possible high pa
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• Automotive
  http://www.highwoodalfa.com/ - Highwood Motor Co. - - Standard and hard to find parts for all Fiat, Lancia Beta series, Maserati
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• History of the bicycle
  ...e diagonal one which their competitors were already using, and the Michaux company continued to dominate the industry in its first years. ...Ball bearing]]s, solid rubber tires and hollow-section steel frames became standard, reducing weight and making the ride much smoother. Depending on the rider'
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• Bandini 750 sport siluro
  ...' is a racing car model, produced from [[1950]] to [[1956]] by the italian company [[Bandini|Bandini Cars]]. The first two-seater body in [[aluminium]] were made by the Rocco Motto's company.
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• Cagiva Mito
  ...Varesina [[Cagiva]] decided to launch a new road naked single [[two-stroke motor|2 stroke]], since [[1990]] became hull and the more casual of the previous ...via the [[Gilera Crono|Crono]] to the [[Gilera GFR|GFR]] then the [[Yamaha Motor Co.|Yamaha]] with [[Yamaha TZR|TZR]] and l '[[Honda]] with l' [[Honda NSR|N
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• Enduro
  ...|thumb|[[Stefan Merriman]], 2004 World Enduro Champion on a [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]]]] ...nding on the number of seconds that a rider is early or late, whereas in a standard secret check, points are calculated based on the number of minutes that a r
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...from motorsports at the time. Instead of focusing on the ability of a car company to build the fastest machines of the time, the 24 Hours of Le Mans would in ...was declared the winner. This is known to have caught out the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] team in {{24hLM|1966}}. With a dominant 1-2 lead, the two cars slowe
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• Lancia Delta
  | Parent company || [[Fiat Group]] [[Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung|Frankfurt Motor Show]] in 1979. The Delta is best known for its [[World Rally Championship]
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• Max Mosley
  ...He has also promoted increased safety and the use of green technologies in motor racing. In 2008, stories about his sex life appeared in the British press. ...g Walter Hesketh as parliamentary candidate for [[Moss Side]] in 1962. The motor racing journalist [[Alan Henry]] describes him as one of his father's "righ
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• 2008 Formula One season
  * A standard [[Electronic Control Unit]] (ECU) was supplied by Microsoft MES, a joint ve † [[Marko Asmer]] also drove in the [[GP2 Series]] with the [[Fisichella Motor Sport|FMS International]] team in [[2008 GP2 Series season|2008]].
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