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| Class || [[Sports car]] | Length || 4740 mm (186.6 in.)

| Class || [[Sports car]] | Production || 1971-1979<br>791 produced

[[Image:image-47092.jpg|thumb|right|300px|1971 O.T.A.S. [[Lombardi]] [[Grand Prix]] Coupe [[Abarth]] Tuned with [[Fiat 850 ...small runs of custom-bodied automobiles. His background and education was in aeronautics, though Lombardi did not produce automobiles that appeared to b

|Class || [[Sports car]] ...|Italian]] automobile manufacturer [[De Tomaso]] produced between 1967 and 1971.

| Debut || [[1970 South African Grand Prix]] (''312B'')<br>[[1971 Monaco Grand Prix]] (''312B2'')<br>[[1973 Spanish Grand Prix]] (''312B3'') ...-12]] engine, colloquially referred to as a "boxer", was developed for use in the new Ferrari 312B, giving a lower [[center of gravity]].

...'''1947-present:''' Gran Premio di Roma)'' was an [[automobile race]] held in [[Rome]], [[Italy]] from 1925 until 1991. ...rand Prix was run to [[Formula One]] rules, but neither event was included in the World Championship.

...Development Centre, which was developed from the [[karting]] circuit built in [[1997]]. ...event. The hairpin complex consisting of two corners is called Moss Corner in his honour as he suggested that it be that be two distinct corners to be of

|Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] |colspan=2|[[Image:1971 Ferrari 365 GTS Daytona.jpg|280px|1971 Ferrari 365 GTS Daytona]]

...is a three-time Scottish [[Formula One]] racing champion. He is well-known in the United States as a commentator of racing television broadcasts where hi ...ner in the wet. It was only natural that Jackie would soon become involved in [[motor racing]] like his older brother.

'''Franco Scaglione''' is born in [[Florence]] on 26th September to [[Vittorio Scaglione]], a chief army doct ...ers. He rejoins his mother (his brother Eugenio was killed during the war) in [[Carolei]], near [[Cosenza]], and will stay with her for almost a year.<br

| Production || 1971-1978 (Bora 4.7)<br>289 produced ...ater [[coupe]] powered by a [[V8 engine]] mounted amidships. Produced from 1971 to 1978, it had a top speed of 174 - 177 mph.

[[Carlo Abarth]] began his well-known association with [[Fiat]] in 1952, building the [[Abarth 1500 Biposto]] upon Fiat mechanicals.[http://ww ...from 1962 until 1965, winning the [[1000km Nürburgring|500km Nürburgring]] in 1963 with [[Teddy Pilette]]

...fredo Vignale'' was established in [[1946]] by Alfredo Vignale (born 1913) in Grugliasco, near [[Turin]] (Torino). ...lia]], [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]], [[Fiat]], [[Maserati]] and [[Lancia]]. In 1968, Vignale designed the body of ''[[Tatra (car)|Tatra]] T613''. Vignale

|Production || 1967&ndash;1971 |Class || [[Sports car]]

...fferent [[Ferrari]] race cars which have 3 litre 12-cylinder engines, both in V12 and 180° flat boxer shape. ...e are their 1966 to 1980 [[Formula One]] cars, and also their 1969 to 1973 sports prototypes of the [[Ferrari P]] series, using modified engines.

...undamentally different series based on obsolete [[Formula 5000]] cars with sports car bodies. ..., [[turbocharging]] and chassis [[downforce]] which resulted by its end it in truly outrageous cars with well over 1000 [[horsepower]] (750 kW), wings, a

...d [[CanAm]] series. A small number of road going cars were derived from it in 1967, called [[Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale]]. ...Romeo started development of Tipo 33 in early 1960s, first car being built in 1965. First version was sent to 1963 established

|Foundation || [[1959]] in [[Modena]] ...Argentinian]]-born [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] (1928&ndash;2003) in [[Modena]] in 1959.

: ''This article is about the 1969-1971 race car. For road cars designated '''512 BB / 512 BBi''' and '''512 TR / F ...[[1970]] and [[1971]], then withdrawn from competition following a change in the regulations.

The '''Alfa Romeo Tipo 33''' was a [[sports car racing]] prototype raced by the [[Alfa Romeo]] factory team between 196 A small number of road going cars were derived from it in 1967, called [[Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale]]

...m along with a shorter wheelbase. Fiat designed and manufactured the Coupé in-house while the Spider's [[monocoque]] was designed and produced by Italia ...bber timing belts, an innovation that would come into nearly universal use in the decades after its introduction.

...ng a change in the regulations, and some 512 in private hands were entered in [[CanAm]] and [[Interserie]] races. ...orts car championship and [[24 hours of Le Mans]] racing cars, regulations in those days restricted maximum displacement to 5.0&nbsp;L. The Ferrari 512 d

...ta "Pinin" Farina]] (Following the company, his surname became Pininfarina in 1961, as a result of combining his nickname and surname). ...r 3,000 people in subsidiary company offices throughout Europe, as well as in Morocco and China.

|Class:||[[Sports car]] ...t pioneer but did popularise the wedge-shaped, sharply angled look popular in many high performance cars since.

...Italy 1910.jpg|thumb|250px|Map of automobile industry in [[Turin]], Italy in the 1910s.]] ...mployer in the country, with a labour force of over 196,000 (2004) working in the industry.

...ng company and one of the oldest independent car marques in Britain. Based in [[Weybridge, Surrey]] (see also [[British motor industry]]). ...e|S F Edge]], who had been behind [[Napier]], joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.

...], non-works [[De Tomaso|De&nbsp;Tomaso]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], [[Porsche in Formula One|Porsche]] ...ino Vaccarella''' (born [[March 4]] [[1933]] in [[Palermo]]) is a former [[sports car racing]] and [[Formula One]] driver from [[Sicily]], [[Italy]].

|Production || 1971&ndash;1985 |Wheelbase || 2770 mm (109.1 in)

...s an [[Italian]] [[automobile]] manufacturer, founded by [[Frank Reisner]] in 1959, ([[Torino]]). ...500 were made (1966-1970), followed by the eleven &laquo;Murena GT&raquo; (1971).

|Class:||[[FR layout|front-engined]] [[sports car]] |Production:||[[1966]] &mdash; [[1971]]

|Class:||[[Sports car]] ...t pioneer but did popularise the wedge-shaped, sharply angled look popular in many high performance cars since.

...it was [[1971]] before a Ferrari V12 was placed behind a road-going driver in the [[Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer|365 GT4 BB]]. ...50#250 Testa Rossa|250 Testa Rossa]] [[V12]] engine. The car was produced in [[1963]] and won the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], and

|Class || [[Sports car|Sports]]/[[Rally car]] ...allying|rally]] car during the 1970s and early 1980s. It started a new era in rallying as it was the first car designed from scratch for this kind of com

...]] the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on [[Île Notre-Dame]] in [[Montreal]]. In 2005, the Canadian Grand Prix was the most watched Formula One GP in the world. The race was also the third most watched sporting event on the p

...g one of the few men to compete at the Grand Prix level on motorcycles and in auto racing. ...ted at [[Pangbourne College]], but left early and worked for a short time in the family business before his father sent him to work at Triumph motorcycl

|Class:||[[Sports car]] ...sold in the [[1970s]]. A low-power version, the '''Scorpion''', was sold in the United States at the same time. [[Spyder|Spider]] versions of the Mont

...[1966]] and [[1973]]. A [[mid-engine]]d layout had been used successfully in competition, including by the [[Ford GT40]] and [[Ferrari 250 LM]] at [[24 ...ds on both the front and rear of the car. There was a small trunk located in the very rear of the tail behind the engine.

|Production:||[[1971]]-[[1989]] ...eo Alfasud''' was a compact car made by [[Alfa Romeo]] of [[Italy]] from [[1971]] to [[1989]]. It was considered one of Alfa Romeo's most successful models

...to racing|motor racing]] circuit at [[Narellan, New South Wales|Narellan]] in southwestern [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. Most of the circuit is visible from ...[[Frank Matich]]'s outright time set in a 2.6 litre [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] [[Sports Car]].

The first event, in [[1964]], was held at a [[race track]] on the [[Zeltweg Airfield]]. The rac ...o located near [[Zeltweg]]). These events were moderately successful, but in [[1987]], this track was also deemed too dangerous, by FIA standards, where

...fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Ferrari Dino.jpg|280px|A Dino in the parking lot of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the 2005 United State |Class:||[[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]]

...formerly based in [[Italy]]. It was founded in 1925 and ceased operations in the mid-1980s. Today, many of its sportscar models can still be found at va ...made them very expensive which forced that branch of the factory to close in 1952.

'''Scuderia Serenissima''' was a successful [[auto racing]] team in the early [[1960s]]. Funded by [[Giovanni Volpi]], Serenissima used [[Ferr In [[1963]], Volpi began developing his own prototype [[GT car]], the '''Jungl

The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. ...ting F1, [[Ferrari]] began producing [[MR layout|mid-engined]] racing cars in [[1960]] with the [[Ferrari Dino]]-V6-engine [[Formula 2]] 156, which would

...lectricity|electric]] propulsion, creating a [[battery electric vehicle]]. In some cases the vehicle may be built by the converter, or assembled from a [ Most conversions in North America are performed by hobbyists who typically will convert a well

...Agusta''' is a [[motorcycle]] manufacturer founded in 1945 near [[Milan]] in Cascina Costa, [[Italy]]. ...tation. They produced their first prototype, ironically called "Vespa 98", in 1945. After learning of that that the name had already been registered by [

| Years || {{F1|1971}} - {{F1|1979}}, {{F1|1982}} - {{F1|1985}} | First race || [[1971 Austrian Grand Prix]]

...4-door [[fastback]] (called '''Berlina''') and 2-door [[coupé]] (presented in 1977), both designed by [[Pininfarina]]. There were only 15,272 berlinas an ...e following Greek character (Beta is second) appears as logical. The Gamma sports the '''γ''' (lower case gamma) sign on several badges both inside and outs

|Video || John Surtees driving a [[Ferrari]] in the 1964 Grand Prix ...ohn Surtees''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 11 February 1934 in [[Tatsfield]], [[Surrey]]) is a former [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand

...''Tour of Flanders'') is a [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling race]] held in [[Flanders]], [[Belgium]]. It is held every spring, exactly one week befor ...]] [[Steffen Wesemann]] climbing the Muur ''(wall)'' of [[Geraardsbergen]] in the 2004 edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen.]]

'''[[Grand American Road Racing Association|Grand-Am]] [[Rolex Sports Car Series]]'''<br>[[6 Hours of Watkins Glen|Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen |Layout2 || 1971 Six Hours Course

...is 500]] has been a round of the National Championship since its inception in 1911. ...|AAA]]). AAA introduced the first championship for racing cars as early as in 1905 but it was cancelled after a couple of serious incidents. Barney Oldfi

...or Valley". As in most of [[Italy]], the Modenese are fond of their wines, in particular Lambrusco, and their cuisine. It was here that the famous "torte ...] and a [[SCAT]], long before he started the first dealership for [[Fiat]] in the region.

...ian car giant [[Fiat]], after having been a part of [[Ferrari]] (a company in which [[Fiat]] has a majority stake) for some years. ..., based on one the [[Fontana del Nettuno, Bologna]]. Alfieri Maserati died in [[1932]] but three other brothers, Bindo, Ernesto and Ettore, kept the firm

...y doors and the hatch) or five-door (four entry doors and the hatch) cars. In Europe, [[city car]]s, [[supermini car|superminis]], and [[small family car ...ertical, to reduce the car's footprint. This is an important consideration in countries where small streets and traffic congestion are factors. Hatchback

...pe of [[formula racing]]. It was replaced by [[Formula 3000]] in 1985, but in 2009 the [[Formula Two]] name returns. The 2009 FIA Formula Two Championshi ...o racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant a need for a path to reach this peak. For much

...ustin Hoffman|Dustin Hoffman's]] Spider (1966 1600 Duetto) runs out of gas in ''[[The Graduate]].'']] ...North American market). Widely regarded as a design classic, it remained in production for almost three decades with only minor aesthetic and mechanica

...] had 6 liter straight-4 engine. [[Alfa Romeo]] quickly gained a good name in motorsport and gave a sporty image to the whole marque. ....L.F.A 40/60 HP|40-60HP]], [[Enzo Ferrari]] was second in [[Targa Florio]] in same year. Year later Giuseppe Campari

...A.]]''', and is now controlled by the [[Fiat]] group. The company is based in [[Maranello]], near [[Modena]], [[Italy]]. ...artered in Modena. Ferrari prepared and successfully raced various drivers in [[Alfa Romeo]] cars until 1938, when he was officially hired by Alfa as hea

Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials. ...he TT race series the most significant motor-cycle road-racing competition in the world.

...n|1950]]. '''Bold''' entries indicate the record-holder is still competing in Formula One. ...[List of Formula One driver records#Most wins in first championship season|In first season]]{{·}} [[List of Formula One driver records#Youngest winners|

...[Endurance racing]] and [[Sports car racing]] event on the [[Nürburgring]] in Germany, organized by the [[ADAC]] since 1953. ...the race was not held in the following two years. It became quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s though, and even more so after [[Formula One]] decided

...World Champions '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]''', from 1949 to 2005, in order of year and [[engine displacement]]. ...rld Champions''', from [[1949 in sports|1949]] to [[2007 in sports|2007]], in order of year and [[engine displacement]].

...cia]], [[Lamborghini]], [[Mercedes Benz]] and [[Volvo Cars]] among others. In addition the Bertone studio were responsible for two of the later designs o ...ompany is based in [[Turin]]. It was founded as '''Carrozzeria Bertone''' in [[1912]] by [[Giovanni Bertone]], with designer [[Nuccio Bertone]] taking o

|Class || [[Sports car|Sports Car]] ...ulia|Giulia]] [[Sedan (car)|Berlina car]]. These appealing cars were made in a wide variety of models over a period of 13 years, so they provide a lot o

In 2005, the Championship visited the following countries: * 1971 FIAT Willi Bartels Plettenberg Porsche 911S

...lian]] car designer. His work covered a large range from [[minicar]]s to [[sports car]]s, using all the different layouts as and when they were the best solu ...Zerbi]], designer of [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] cars for Fiat. In 1933 when work commenced on the Fiat 500, the director of the aero-engine d

In the early 1960s, Maserati's reputation was at a high. With growing sales, P It was equipped with a 4.1&nbsp;L (4136&nbsp;cc/252&nbsp;in³) [[V8 engine]], producing 256&nbsp;hp ([[horsepower#hp (SAE)|SAE]]) (191&

...r [[Palermo, Sicily|Palermo]]. Founded in 1906, it used to be the oldest [[sports car racing]] event, part of the World Championship until 1973. While also a After 1973, it was a national sports car event until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It is since run as a [[rallying]] event, and i

|Birthdate || [[May 20]], [[1971]] |Best Cup Pos || 1st - [[2002 in NASCAR|2002]], [[2005 in NASCAR|2005]] (Winston/NEXTEL Cup)

...ége and Liége-Sofia-Liège rallies was held on the Nürburgring from 1965 to 1971. ...urance racing events at very long tracks, at least until Spa was shortened in the late 1970s.

...[[Triple Crown of Motorsport]]). The history, spectacle and glamour result in the race being considered "the jewel of the Formula One crown". ...tight corners, making it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula One. In spite of the relatively low average speeds, it is a dangerous place to race

|First win ||[[1971 South African Grand Prix|1971]] [[South African Grand Prix]] ...nship]] and [[NASCAR]] (the other being [[Dan Gurney]]). He also won races in [[midget car racing|midget cars]], [[sprint car racing|sprint cars]], and [

...t|thumb|Promotional poster for the first Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1985. Melbourne is now the host of this event.]] ...rix demonstration event melbourne.JPG|thumb|220px|Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix]]

...1964 by a collective of [[automobile magazine]]s from different countries in [[Europe]]. The current organisers of the award are ''Auto'' ([[Italy]]), ' ...e award is not restricted to European cars, but nominees must be available in at least five European countries, and have expected sales of 5,000 a year.

...and Ronzoni competing in the 1911 [[Targa Florio]] with two 24 HP models. In 1914, an advanced Grand Prix car was designed and built, the [[Alfa Romeo G ...en [[Giuseppe Campari]] won at [[Mugello]] and continued with second place in the [[Targa Florio]] driven by [[Enzo Ferrari]]. Giuseppe Merosi continued

...echnologies in motor racing. In 2008, stories about his sex life appeared in the British press. Despite the controversy, Mosley retained his position. ...e briefly worked for the [[British Conservative Party|Conservative Party]] in the early 1980s.

...'''. Information about the race organisiation and its history is contained in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] article. ...tley Boys''. After 70 years, this marque returned to Le Mans, to win again in 2003.

...sed area of Rome, as represented by the province of Rome, making it second in population to [[Milan, Italy|Milan]]. The current [[Mayor of Rome]] is [[Wa With a [[gross domestic product]] of €97 billion in the year 2005, the ''comune'' of Rome produced 6.7% of Italy's GDP, which i

...al championships existed in [[South Africa]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]]. ...the FIA, forerunner of FISA, as the premier single seater racing category in worldwide motorsport. It was initially known as Formula A, but the name For

...industry's infancy to its place today as the oldest European manufacturer in continuous motorcycle production. Guzzi is now one of seven brands owned by ..., enjoyed prominence in world-wide motorcycle racing, and led the industry in ground-breaking innovation &mdash; for the greater part of its history.

...limited to automobiles built after World War II. Many odd vehicles emerged in the early days of the automobile industry. There is [[#Pre-War|a section]] ...riginal vehicle manufacturer and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition - cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals