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• Straight-12
  ...ome Russian firms built straight-12s for use in [[boat]]s in the 1960s and 1970s.
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• Fiat 242
  '''Fiat 242''' was a van which was produced by [[Fiat]] in the 1970s. This van was the result of a cooperation with [[Citroën]] and was sold un
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• Lancia Flat-4 engine
  ...d version of the Lancia boxer was only ever used in the Flavia. In the mid 1970s, an overhead cam engine based on a similar layout was designed and brought
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• Colnago
  ...1970s, Colnago began using their current [[cloverleaf]] logo. In the late 1970s, some lower end models were produced, using heavier steel than the high end ...onsored at least one, often several, professinal team every year since the 1970s. In the 1970's, Colnago sponsored the Molteni team, which included [[Eddy M
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• Martini (vermouth)
  ...1976 and 1977 with [[Porsche 936]], as well as in many other events in the 1970s for the factory [[Porsche]] team, with their distinctive dark blue, light b
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• Whitewall tire
  ...- it was popular during the pre and post-war era, only to resurface in the 1970s as a limosine trademark and within the [[pimpmobile]] culture. Although wid
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• Ducati 900GTS
  ...e]] that was produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] firm [[Ducati]] in the late 1970s. It used an 864 cc L-twin engine. It was introduced as a result of customer
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• Lamborghini Urraco
  ...s car]] manifactured by [[Italy|Italian]] automaker [[Lamborghini]] in the 1970s. It was introduced at the [[Turin]] auto show in [[1970]] but it wasn't unt ...s car]] manufactured by [[Italy|Italian]] automaker [[Lamborghini]] in the 1970s. It was introduced at the [[Turin]] auto show in 1970 but wasn't available
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• Flat-12
  ...]]. When [[wing-cars]] requiring air-flow venturies came along in the late 1970s, the wide flat-layout obstructed the airflow and became obsolete.
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• Society of Automotive Engineers
  ...wer (''SAE Net Horsepower'') generally followed in the USA after the early 1970s, and its engine lubricating oil classification standards.
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• Targa top
  ...mpany|Ford]] and its rival at the time, [[Ferrari]] in the 1960s and early 1970s for twistier road courses. This body style became popular in the 1960s and 1970s, when there were fears that the [[United States Department of Transportatio
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• CRG
  They were founded in the late 1970s by three Italian racers and were originally known as Kali Karts. In the beg
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• Roadway noise
  ...over aerodynamic noise. Small reductions in vehicle noise occurred in the 1970s as states and provinces enforced unmuffled vehicle ordinances. The vehicle '''Tire types''' had considerable design changes in the 1970s, and at this juncture are probably optimized for noise control, given the n
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• Arie Luyendyk
  Born in [[Sommelsdijk]], Luyendyk started racing in the early [[1970s]], winning a number of Dutch national titles. In [[1977]], he won the Europ
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• Subcompact car
  ...r vehicles, although the subcompact did not see wider adoption until the [[1970s]] with such cars as the [[Ford Pinto]] and [[Chevrolet Vega]]. Today numero
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• Nuccio Bertone
  ...were only a foreshadow to the controversial [[Ferrari GT4|308GT4]] of the 1970s.
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• Autobianchi A111
  As the 1970s progressed, Fiat has introduced an increasing number of FWD cars under its [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• CR&S
  ...assions: the aim of the project was to sell classic bikes of the 1960s and 1970s, and to import, distribute, set up and tune special contemporary supersport
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• Compact car
  During the [[1960s]], compacts were the smallest class, but in the early [[1970s]], the domestic [[automaker]]s introduced even smaller models, the subcompa
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• Sprint car racing
  ...protect the drivers. Wings have been mounted on top of the cars since the 1970s to give them sufficient downforce so as not to become airborn as readily as In the early 1970s, many sprint car drivers began to put wings with sideboards on both the fro
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• Ducati PaulSmart1000LE
  The bike is styled to look like a race bike from the 1970s, the rounded bubble style half fairing and [[café racer]] tail section are
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• Convertible
  ...demand until then. Later convertibles were made less often, and by the [[1970s]] they had almost disappeared. It was not until the [[1980s]] and cars lik
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• List of microcars by country of origin: S
  |{{flagiconSweden}} [[Sweden]]||[[Mopedbi]]|| || || || || late 1970s
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• Supermini car
  ...ian rival - the [[Fiat 500]] - was also launched. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the Mini was a huge successful for the [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] a ...ious reputation for being rust-prone. Other successful superminis from the 1970s included the [[Volkswagen Polo]], [[Ford Fiesta]], [[Opel Kadett City]] (Va
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• Savoia-Marchetti
  ...its former self. It began to focus increasingly on [[helicopter]]s in the 1970s and was eventually purchased by the aerospace firm [[Agusta]] in [[1983 in
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• Cimatti
  In the 1970s through early 80s, they produced several moped lines including the City-Bik
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• Straight-6
  Opel has also used a straight-6 engine in the 1970s until the early 90s, ranging between 2.5 and 4.0 L. They powered Opel' ...their high-end saloon and sports cars from the mid [[1950s]] to the mid [[1970s]].
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• Portland International Raceway
  ...iorating roads and dangerous obstacles, the track was finally paved in the 1970s.
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• Lancia Thema
  ...ty steel instead of money. This steel went into many Fiat products in the 1970s and 1980s and nearly ruined the company. The Thema reversed this trend wit
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• Clay Regazzoni
  ...ch was a point of great pride during his years with [[Ferrari]] in the mid-1970s. However, he holds a Swiss passport and also the official Formula One recor ...to [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] by only three points. In the second part of the 1970s Regazzoni participated in the [[Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500 miles]] w
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• Sedan
  ...re now less popular after the revolution of the [[hatchback]] during the [[1970s]], although many hatchbacks also form the basis of sedans. The first major
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• Alfa Romeo GTV6
  ...Giugiaro]]-designed Alfetta Sprint GT, it retained its wedge-shaped mid-[[1970s]] lines until the end of production in [[1989]] ([[Europe]]) and [[1986]] (
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• Formula Three
  ...]] faded from F3 to concentrate on [[Formula One]], F3 constructors of the 1970s included [[Alpine (car)|Alpine]], [[Lola]], [[March Engineering|March]], [[ There has never been a World Championship for Formula Three. In the [[1970s]] and into the [[1980s]] the European Formula Three Championship was the mo
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• Giorgio Moroder
  ...nd performer, whose groundbreaking work with [[synthesizers]] during the [[1970s]] was a significant influence on [[techno music|techno]] and [[electronic m
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• Drum brake
  ...r screw that moves the brake shoes toward the drum. In the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]] brake drums on the front wheels of cars were gradually replaced with [[di
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• Bizzarrini GT Varedo
  In the early 1970s, [[Piero Rivolta]] decided that because his company was racing in [Formula
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• Life
  ...d GTS. There were rumours that Rocchi's W-12 plans dated back to the early 1970s when he was a highly-regarded Ferrari man; but it is doubtful if those plan
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• Nelson Piquet
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• Gitan
  ...ing models, even though they were continued to be produced. Only until the 1970s were there new Gitane models launched which were mainly mopeds. In the Neth
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• Dashboard
  ..., [[odometer]], and [[fuel gauge]]. One of the safety enhancements of the 1970s was the widespread adoption of padded dashboards. In the [[1990s]], driver
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• Endurance racing
  The popularity of motorcycle endurance racing increased in the 1970s with the arrival of [[four-cylinder]] machines from Japan. In 1976 the FIM
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• Giorgio Francia
  ...riving a works Osella [[sports prototype]] in endurance racing in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and also taking part in the factory [[Alfa Romeo in motors
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• Fila (company)
  ...ary product was originally underwear, before moving into sportswear in the 1970s, initially with the endorsement of tennis player [[Björn Borg]].
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• Exotic car
  ...e American magazine ''Car Life'', in a test of the [[Pontiac GTO]]. By the 1970s and 1980s the phrase was in regular use, if not precisely defined.
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• V8
  ...ar]]s grew throughout the [[1950s]], [[1960s]] and into the early to mid [[1970s]]. The increasing size of full-size cars meant that smaller models of car ...2 L (500 in³) ''[[Cadillac V8 engine#500|500]]''. Once the 1970s oil crisis and pollution regulations hit, big-block V8s didn't last too muc
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• OSFA
  Commencing in the late 1970s the Faccioli was exhibited at the [[Monza]] Museum for some nine years and
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• International Motorsports Hall of Fame
  |1960s-1970s |1956-1970s
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• De Tomaso Pantera
  ...ell understood in the 1970's. Rust-proofing was non-existent in the early 1970s (not only on the Pantera) and the quality of fit and finish was poor, with
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• Sandown Raceway
  ...d]] rivalry really surfaced at the track in the late 1960s and through the 1970s until [[Peter Brock]] won seven meetings in a row, out of a total of nine.
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• Ferrari 308GTB
  ...list of [[Sports Car International Top Sports Cars|Top Sports Cars of the 1970s]].
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• Distributor
  Around the 1970s the primary breaker points were largely replaced with Hall effect sensors.
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• Alfa Romeo SE 048SP
  ...Group 6 prototype was driven to Sportscar World Championship twice in the 1970s.
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• FR layout
  ...n]] vehicles from [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]]. The [[Oil crisis]] of the 1970s and the success of small [[FF layout|FF]] cars like the [[Mini]], [[Volkswa
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• Autobianchi
  == Into the 1970s == ...-model brand. Consequently, the A112 was marketed as a Lancia from the mid-1970s in most markets, except for Italy and [[France]], where it retained the Aut
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• Firestone
  During the 1970s, the Firestone 500 steel-belted radials where known to separate from the tr
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• Rallycross
  ...Drivers. Nordic drivers have dominated the sport ever since the end of the 1970s, with names as Martin "Mister Rallycross" Schanche ([[Norway]]), Olle Arnes
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• List of Formula One people
  ...no]] - TV Globo Head of Sport Department and commentator (presenter) since 1970s === 1970s– ===
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• Zolder
  ...e [[Formula One]] [[Belgian Grand Prix]] on 10 separate occasions in the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]]. Unfortunately, Zolder is probably best remembered as the
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• Ferrari 308
  ...list of [[Sports Car International Top Sports Cars|Top Sports Cars of the 1970s]].
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• Lancia Monte Carlo
  ...onte Carlo''' was a [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] sold in the [[1970s]]. A low-power version, the '''Scorpion''', was sold in the United States [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Giorgetto Giugiaro
  ...nfluential and prolific ever. He initiated the "folded paper" era of the [[1970s]] where the cars were designed with straight lines and sharp edges. As well
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• Alessandro de Tomaso
  During the 1960s and 1970s, de Tomaso built up a considerable Italian industrial empire. As well as th
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• Formula 5000
  ...pt using [[open wheel racing]] cars. F5000 enjoyed popularity in the early 1970s in the U.S. and featured drivers such as [[Mario Andretti]], [[Jody Scheckt However, by the 1970s, the Tasman Series had become a competitive Australian/New Zealand local ch
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• Scandinavian Raceway
  ...ilt on [[marshlands]] in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as Swede [[Ronnie Peterson]] was at the height of his career. It had
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• Alfa Romeo Spider
  ...ir of lights on each side recalling the [[1750 GTV]] of the late 1960s and 1970s. It has a wedge shape which is in keeping with traditional Alfa Sports desi
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• Alan Jones
  ...amsF1|Williams]] team. He had a solid [[Formula One]] career in the late [[1970s]] and early [[1980s]], and will return to racing in [[2006]] in the inagura
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• Seat belt
  ...nation of the two above (two separate belts). Mainly used in the 1960s and 1970s, usually in the rear. Generally superseded by three-point design. ...oving body in a collision over the chest, pelvis, and shoulders. Until the 1970s three-point belts were commonly available only in the front seats of cars,
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• Fuel pump
  In earlier [[Automobile|car]]s built before the late [[1970s]], the pump was mechanically driven by a lobe on the engine's [[camshaft]]
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• Power steering
  ...me Hydraguide. Most new vehicles now have power steering, although in the 1970s and 1980s it was the exception rather than the rule, at least on European c
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• Grand Prix motorcycle racing
  ...[[two-stroke]] engines began to take root in the smaller classes. By the 1970s, two-strokes completely eclipsed the four-strokes. In 1979, [[Honda]] made ...P motorcycle racing has changed dramatically in recent years. From the mid-1970s until [[2002]] the top class of GP racing was restricted to four cylinders
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• George Lazenby
  In the 1970s he worked in [[Hong Kong]] with [[Bruce Lee]]; a luncheon meeting with Lee ...he combined gross earnings of which exceeded $100 million worldwide in the 1970s (then the standard establishing an actor as a box office success), Lazenby'
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• Lancia 2000
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• De Tomaso
  ...American supercar fans), the [[1973 oil crisis|the oil crisis of the early 1970s]], and the dismal quality of the cars produced, caused [[Ford Motor Company ...-production car, the [[De Tomaso Pantera|Pantera]] settled down during the 1970s and into the 1980s as an ordinary, small-production but 'invisible' Italian
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• SWM
  ...erved Trials]], [[Enduro]], [[Motorcross]] and off-road motorcycles in the 1970s and 1980s. They started with small capacity Sachs engined enduro bikes and
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• Culture
  ...that country's [[Italian unification|unification]] in [[1861]] until the [[1970s]], when the first trickle of [[North African immigrants]] began arriving. T ...written the soundtrack to the animated TV series [[Signor Rossi]] in the [[1970s]]. The [[European Music Office]]'s report on [[Music in Europe]] claimed th
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• Hillclimbing
  ...national series, attracting many new F2 and 2-litre sports cars during the 1970s and early 1980s. Notable champions from this period include [[Pierre Maubl It is now a "classics" only event - after some serious accidents in the 1970s.
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• Formula Ford
  ...ish Formula Ford Festival early in her career. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] and [[Jody Scheckter]] were both competing in Grand ...o several other categories of racing: [[Formula Ford 2000]] evolved in the 1970s to use a [[Ford Pinto engine|Pinto]] engine and, although it used basically
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• Boat
  ...one of the massive cars manufactured in America from the 1950s through the 1970s.
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• Straight engine
  ...'s famous Chrysler Slant 6 engine was used in many models in the 1960s and 1970s. Honda also often mounts their straight-4 and straight-5 engines at a slant
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• Dunlop Tyres
  During the 1970s, Dunlop pioneered the world's first 'fail safe' tyres, permitting a vehicle
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• List of vehicle speed records
  ...157,078 mph) || [[Helios probes|Helios 2]] probe || (unmanned) || mid 1970s
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• Pietro Frua
  In the [[1970s]] Frua reduced the frequency of his presentations, but in the sixth decade
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• Bimota
  ===1970s===
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• Ducati SportClassic
  ...h Ducati original accessory lower fairings to create a late 1960s or early 1970s racebike look. ...riginal 'reverse cone' "Conti" silencers that were present on the original 1970s Ducatis that inspired the GT1000. In addition to several primary colors, t
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• Ferrari 312PB
  ...was a [[sportscar racing|sportcar]] prototype [[racing car]] of the early 1970s. It was officially designated the '''312P''', but often known as the 312PB
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• Sprint car
  In the early 1970s, many sprint car drivers began to put wings with sideboards on both the fro
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• Gianni Agnelli
  ...-ventures (like [[Iveco]]) which marked a new industrial mentality. In the 1970s, during the international petrol crisis, he sold part of the company to Laf ...e Italian political or economic scenes. It has to be mentioned that in the 1970s Fiat and its leaders became an object of terrorist attacks, mostly by the [
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• RMR layout
  === 1960s to 1970s ===
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• Car body style
  ...this usage is rare nowadays. Better known is the usage of it during the [[1970s]] by both [[General Motors]] and [[American Motors Corporation|AMC]] in [[N ;'''Pillared Hardtop''' : This name was used by Ford in the [[1970s]] to describe its bodies which had frameless door glass like a hardtop, but
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• Gucci
  ...e of the premier luxury goods establishments in the world until the late [[1970s]], when a series of disastrous business decisions and family quarrels broug ...orating the brand’s standing with fashionable customers. "In the 1960s and 1970s," writes [[Vanity Fair]] editor Graydon Carter, "Gucci had been at the pinn
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• Motorcycle Museums
  ...-by-mouse surround-view of the display area. Mostly H-Ds, from 1902 to the 1970s, and good photography.
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• Lancia Stratos
  The Stratos was a very successful [[rallying|rally]] car during the 1970s and early 1980s. It started a new era in rallying as it was the first car d *A Gr.5 silhouette version can be seen in the 1970s [[manga]], ''[[Circuit Wolf]] (Circuit no Ookami)''.
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• Bellasi
  ...[Swiss]] nationality. They participated in 6 grands prix during the early 1970s, entering a total of 6 cars.
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• Van (road vehicle)
  ...[[panel van]]s, recreational vehicles popular among young people in the [[1970s]], were based on locally-manufactured [[Pickup_truck#The_Australian_ute|ute
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