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  • [[Category:De Tomaso vehicles|Mangusta]] [[Category:Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...[Ford Mustang]], [[Chevrolet Corvette]], and originally [[Germany|German]] vehicles from [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]]. The [[Oil crisis]] of the 1970s and the ...FF by 1990; only GM and Ford retained FR for their luxury and performance vehicles.
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  • ...modern vehicles have '''independent front suspension''' ('''IFS'''). Many vehicles also have an '''independent rear suspension''' ('''IRS'''). IRS, as the na ...locity joint|constant-velocity (CV) joints]] used in [[front wheel drive]] vehicles.
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  • ...f the most common ways in which [[automobile]] enthusiasts customize their vehicles. Competition-oriented enthusiasts usually recognized performance benefits ...depending on the vehicle, style of wheel, and driving style; however, most vehicles will not see a performance increase when rims are increased more than two s
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  • ...]]s, where the engine drives the front [[wheel]]s. Most front wheel drive vehicles today feature [[transverse engine|transverse]] engine mounting, though many ...Saab 92]] predates it) although its mechanical layout differed from modern vehicles, since the transmission was built into the [[sump]] of the engine, and driv
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  • ...ial (mechanics)|differential]] between the rear axles. Some [[FR layout]] vehicles place the transmission at the rear, though most attach it to the engine at ...r recent rear wheel drive vehicles. See also [[:Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles]].
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  • ...rchangeably, but the term ''three-wheeler'' is more often applied to motor vehicles. ...at of a motorcycle and the rear axle similar to that of a car. Often such vehicles are owner–constructed using a portion of a rear–engine, rear&nd
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  • WOI has forged ahead to deliver a much-needed focus on Italian vehicles and their owners. There has been little or no activities with the clubs, la ...ign up to receive Event notices and general updates in the Italia world of vehicles; everyone is welcome to participate.
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  • ...and packaging advantages of this layout caused many compact and mid-sized vehicles to adopt it. Because the transversely-mounted engine does not require a be
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  • ...ess crucial nameplate, for which it was an entry into a whole new class of vehicles. [[Category:Classic vehicles]]
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  • ...his includes the utilisation of multiple power sources and non–wheel-based vehicles. ...nce may suffer. The motor vehicle industry doubts that customers may adopt vehicles in which acceleration responsiveness is reduced. This type of riding has be
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  • ...io, and it is an alternative to [[multi-purpose vehicle|mini multi-purpose vehicles (MPV)]], which have a more "boxy" appearance. {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}}
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  • In an [[automobile]] and other wheeled vehicles, a '''differential''' is a device, usually consisting of [[gear]]s, for all ...ls with equal force, while allowing them to rotate at different speeds. In vehicles without a differential, such as [[Kart racing|kart]]s, both driving wheels
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  • ...se, but the engine was now available in 2.8-litre capacity 76 KW (103 hp). All-wheel-drive variants were also made available. {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}}
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  • [[Category:Alfa Romeo vehicles|156]] [[Category:Front wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • [[Category:Maserati vehicles|V8RI]]
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  • ...a result of this unique layout, Subaru now specializes in all-wheel drive vehicles.
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  • ...ew more cars from existing parts and maintained parts supply under for the vehicles under Ceirano new Management from late 1926 onwards. ...WII under Ceirano management producing Aurea spares and Ceirano Commercial vehicles (not cars). Factory was bombed and lost in @ 1941 (supposed date).
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  • [[Category:All-wheel-drive vehicles]] [[Category:Ferrari vehicles|FF]]
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  • ...traight line. Other arrangements are sometimes found on different types of vehicles, for example, a [[tiller]] or rear–wheel steering. [[Tracked vehicle]]s s ...recirculating ball]] mechanism, which is still found on trucks and utility vehicles. This is a variation on the older [[worm and sector]] design; the steering
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  • {{Ferrari vehicles}} [[Category:Ferrari vehicles|458 Italia]]
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  • ...ause the length of such engines was not such a concern in rear wheel drive vehicles but also because V6s (unlike the [[crossplane]] [[V8]]) were somewhat diffi ...[[2006]] model year line-up for the [[BMW 6-series]] and [[BMW 7-series]] vehicles.
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  • ...performance [[sports cars]], although they have become common on passenger vehicles, as well. Some spoilers are added to cars primarily for styling purposes a ==Passenger vehicles==
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  • ...akes, these were rarely sold abroad. There were also some similar British vehicles (see [[Reliant Robin]]) — these were rather larger but continued in produ
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  • Some vehicles use torsion bars to provide [[self-leveling suspension|automatic leveling]] General Motors has used torsion bars since 1966, starting with the E-platform vehicles ([[Oldsmobile Toronado]], [[Cadillac Eldorado]]), 4 wheel drive [[S-10]] pi
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  • ...es. The company has been associated with the NFIA (National Association of Vehicles Constructors) since 1992. ...since 1991, with the electrification of light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles for transport. All the know-how is Micro-Vett original.
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  • ...e in the US and Europe. Production of other models, including its armoured vehicles, is scheduled for Spring/Summer 2001. The bodywork is styled by the automot ...00,000. Laforza anticipates Italian plant manufacturing capacity to be 200 vehicles for the next year, with expansion of the company's production capacity in t
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  • [[Category:Maserati vehicles|Bora]] [[Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • {{Early European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Fiat vehicles|850]]
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  • {{Lamborghini vehicles}} [[Category:Lamborghini vehicles|Flying Star II]]
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  • {{Early European Fiat vehicles}}
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  • ...ines. The largest model, the N 3 20 HP, had a six cylinder engine. All the vehicles had engines with side valves and a shaft drive.
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  • [[Category:Maserati vehicles|Mexico]] [[Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...ting one million [[euro]]s. The official press release stated that only 20 vehicles would be released to the public, with one additional car (marked as 0/20) p {{Lamborghini vehicles}}
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  • ...w and innovative concepts which later found their way into mainstream Fiat vehicles; these concepts included [[fibreglass]] bodies and [[front-wheel drive]]. ...i, was assigned the duties of preparing the bodies and assembling complete vehicles; a step towards their desired return to full passenger car production.
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  • ...; since Mercedes-Benz could not afford to be perceived as marketing unsafe vehicles, every A-Class was retrofitted with ESC at great expense. ...endation.php]. On November 21, 2006 the IIHS announced that 13 of the 2007 vehicles had earned their ''TOP SAFETY PICK'' rating--- a major new requirement for
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  • Small cars with high power ratings can be formidable racing vehicles, and racing sport compacts has become so popular that the [[NHRA]] in the U
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  • {{Ferrari vehicles}} [[Category:Ferrari vehicles|348]]
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  • [[Category:Lancia vehicles|Fulvia]] [[Category:Vehicles introduced in 1963]]
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  • [[Category:De Tomaso vehicles|Vallelunga]] [[Category:MR layout vehicles]]
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  • [[Category:Fiat vehicles|8 HP]] [[Category:Veteran vehicles]]
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  • [[Category:Bugatti vehicles|46]]
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  • ...estrictor is intended to limit the power to 300 bhp, most works cars (vehicles on a racing team supported directly by the vehicle manufacturer) are rumour
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  • ...main parts (most notably, the doors) were shared with the Fiat Tipo. Other vehicles, derived from the same project were [[Lancia Dedra]] (Tempra's most similar ...utomakers also, so they could find assembly line mistakes to improve their vehicles and give a better product.
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  • [[Category:Lamborghini vehicles|Jalpa]]
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  • [[Category:Lancia vehicles|Dedra]] [[Category:Front wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...iscous). The latter is gaining ground especially in modern all-wheel drive vehicles, and generally requires less maintenance than the mechanical type.
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  • [[Category:All wheel drive vehicles]] [[Category:Lamborghini vehicles|Murciélago]]
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  • [[Category:Lancia vehicles|Delta S6]] [[Category:All wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...d (the 18HP, 20-25HP and 30-40HP) as well as chassis' for light commercial vehicles for the military. Diatto 30 (1925)An expansion program led to the purchase
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  • ...facturers of sports cars have sought to increase the practicality of their vehicles by increasing the seating room. * [http://www.europaluxury.com/index/autos-%26-vehicles/sports-cars/ European sports cars]
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  • [[Category:Alfa Romeo vehicles|G1]]
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  • ...[[Lancia]]. It replaced the [[Lancia Thema|Thema]] as Lancia's [[flagship vehicles|flagship]] model in 1994 and was itself replaced by [[Lancia Thesis]] in 20 [[Category:Lancia vehicles|Kappa]]
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  • [[Category:Maserati vehicles|Mexico]] [[Category:Luxury vehicles]]
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  • [[Category:Ferrari vehicles|328]] [[Category:Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles]]
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  • [[Category:De Tomaso vehicles|Mangusta]] [[Category:Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • [[Category:Alfa Romeo vehicles|Giulietta (nuova)]] [[Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...any way from the special elegance that has always distinguished these two vehicles. The inserts in the dashboard and door panel, as well as the handle and ope ...ted up to now, as well as the different features which distinguish the two vehicles. The new Alfa Brera MY 08 is a coupè of great prestige, that arouses str
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  • {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Fiat vehicles|Oggi]]
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  • [[Category:Alfa Romeo vehicles|Sprint]] [[Category:Front wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...Exhaust emissions control systems were first required on 1966 model year vehicles produced for sale in the state of [[California]], followed by the [[United ...velled by each vehicle, and equally substantial increases in the number of vehicles in use, have meant that the overall reduction in pollution has been much sl
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  • ...a transverse position to a longitudinal position in order to decrease the vehicles [[polar moment]] and improve handling. An independent double wishbone susp [[Category:Lancia vehicles|037]]
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  • ...ent consists of 10 or more drivers competing by deliberately ramming their vehicles into one another. The last driver whose vehicle is still operational is aw ...or open fields that are usually soaked to become muddy to further slow the vehicles. Drivers use the back end of the vehicle to ram to protect the engine comp
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  • {{Early European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Vehicles introduced in 1969]]
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  • [[Category:Lancia vehicles|Beta-15/20HP]]
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  • {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Fiat vehicles|Regata]]
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  • ...le room for spare tires and jacks. They have grown in popularity for other vehicles, such as high-end luxury cars, because of their safety and convenience, ...The reason for this is that run flat tires became standard fitment on BMW vehicles when the 5 Series (E60 Series) was already in production and part way throu
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  • {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Fiat vehicles|Idea]]
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  • ...ehicle may be built by the converter, or assembled from a [[kit car]], and vehicles of this type are also noted below.<br> ...er that purchases new vehicles without a motor or related equipment (these vehicles are called "[[Glider (disambiguation)|glider]]s" to offer a two-stage vehic
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  • ...ain types are the [[internal combustion engine]] used extensively in motor vehicles, the [[steam engine]] which was the mainstay of the [[industrial revolution ...combustion engines, single and two-cylinder designs are common in smaller vehicles such as [[motorcycles]], while [[automobiles]] typically have between four
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  • ...ve been impossible to attain. Some supercar makers have started building [[all-wheel-drive]] supercars as new engines are producing more power than two wheels can tak ...ass of 1140 kg (2513 lb), translating to 2.44 kg/kW (4.01 lb/hp). Certain vehicles have a high power-to-weight ratio despite their heavy weight, due to a very
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  • ...re, at least notionally, derived from production cars while today's NASCAR vehicles are based on a shared, custom, design. In the early days of NASCAR, stock c ...mula One]], the similarity of the cars both to each other and to fans' own vehicles makes for entertaining, well-supported racing. The lesser impact of aerody
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  • {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Fiat vehicles|Doblò]]
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  • ...andling and presentation''' and improve the owner's driving style. As most vehicles leave the factory set up for average driver expectations and average condit For offroad vehicles, the emphasis is on lengthening the suspension travel and larger tires to i
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  • {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Fiat vehicles|Seicento]]
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  • [[Category:Lamborghini vehicles|Espada]]
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  • ...07}} of that term has it as applying only to certain specific high-quality vehicles from the pre-[[World War II]] era. ...dard. Thus, rare cars that are highly desired are highly expensive, while vehicles that are not [[fashion]]able to collect can be very cheap. Condition, of c
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  • ...]], the '''Doğan''', '''Şahin''' and the '''Kartal''' (the estate). These vehicles enjoyed a very long production run and were later replaced by newer Fiat mo {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}}
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  • ...storing it for future use or feeding it back into a power system for other vehicles to use. It is estimated that regenerative braking systems in vehicles currently reach 31.3% electric generation efficiency, with most of the rema
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  • [[Category:Ferrari vehicles|488]] [[Category:Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles]]
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  • [[Category:Fiat vehicles|Topolino]] [[Category:Veteran vehicles]]
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  • [[Category:Fiat vehicles|24-32 HP]]
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  • [[Category:Lancia vehicles|Monte Carlo]] [[Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...le it is locked, the passenger door cannot be opened from the inside. Some vehicles implement window-locking mechanisms as well.
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  • [[Category:Alfa Romeo vehicles|GTV/Spider]] [[Category:Front wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...n ca. 1200 BCE, and Barbieri-Low (2000) argues for earlier Chinese wheeled vehicles, circa 2000 BCE. It is an open question whether there was an independent "i ...nvented more recently, and allowed the construction of lighter and swifter vehicles. The earliest known examples are in the context of the [[Andronovo cultur
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  • ...also appears in Sega's [[Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast]] as one of the hidden vehicles. A further appearance for both Berlinetta and Spider models is found in Tes {{Ferrari vehicles}}
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  • ...n of overhead cam technology, it has been used in some domestic production vehicles intermittently at least since the 1960's, when Kaiser-Jeep produced the 230 When DOHC technology was introduced in mainstream vehicles, it was common for the technology to be heavily advertised. While the techn
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  • {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Fiat vehicles|Tipo]]
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  • [[Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle|Petroleum electric hybrid vehicles]] make use of both an on-board [[rechargeable energy storage system]] (RESS ...lower floors, which is useful for buses. Some 8x8 all-wheel drive military vehicles use individual wheel motors.
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  • After a first period aimed to the refurbishing of vehicles bodies, in 1925 as soon as it was possible to extend the plant and buy mach ...nufacture of tourism vehicles was stopped and the production of industrial vehicles: [[vans]], [[ambulances]], lorries, truck cabins was started and later, als
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  • [[Category:Alfa Romeo vehicles|Alfasud]]
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  • ...mining factor in the motorization of [[Italian]] commercial and industrial vehicles.
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  • ...estimates 5,300-9,600 traffic fatalities could be avoided if all passenger vehicles were equipped with the feature. According to the [[IIHS]] one-third of fata ...stimates it will prevent 5,300-9,600 annual fatalities once all passenger vehicles are equipped with the system.
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  • [[Category:Ferrari vehicles|F12berlinetta]] [[Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles]]
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  • ...called a '''double declutch''') is a driving procedure primarily used for vehicles with an [[manual transmission#Unsynchronized transmission|unsynchronized ma ...ue when unable to keep the transmission unloaded during shifting, as large vehicles are usually equipped with older, simpler and more durable unsynchronized ge
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  • ...Lancia]] (1881–1937), utilized letters of the Greek alphabet for his early vehicles - such as Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on. "Beta" had been used before ...ly inspired similar rear suspension system layouts in other manufacturers' vehicles during the 1980s and 1990s.
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  • ...any years: something clearly demonstrated by the brand's series production vehicles. The current Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera has a dry weight of only 1,340 [[Category:All wheel drive vehicles]]
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  • ...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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  • ...e recent trend is to build [[coupé cabriolet]]s with components from these vehicles. Examples of this are the [[Peugeot 307]], [[Opel Astra TwinTop]], [[Renaul
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