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• Variable displacement
  ...ler Chrysler Hemi engine#5.7. Other systems appeared in 2005 from General Motors (''Displacement on Demand'' in the GM LS engine generation IV small-block) * General Motors Cadillac V8 engine#L62 V8-6-4|V8-6-4(
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• Harley Earl
  ...]]s, and wrap-around [[windshield]]s, but he is probably best known to the general public for beginning the [[tailfin]] craze that dominated automobile stylin ...tors for the [[1957]] model year. He ordered that for [[1958]] all General Motors cars should have 50 pounds (23 kg) of chrome-plated steel trim apiece. Thes
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• Alfa Romeo Kamal
  ...yder|Spyder]], and [[Alfa Romeo Brera|Brera]]. A version of the [[General Motors]] ''[[GM Premium V engine|Premium V]]'' [[V8]] engine (familiar as the [[Ca
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• V20
  ...ome large [[diesel engine]]s. For example, the [[1960s]] vintage [[General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] [[EMD SD45]] [[railroad]] [[locomotive]] was fitt
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• Straight-8
  ...engine|flathead]] configuration) and [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] owned marques (flathead and [[overhead valve|OHV]] configuration), but th
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• Concept car
  [[General Motors]] designer [[Harley Earl]] is generally credited with inventing the concept ...mperfections in design. They can also be quite refined, such as [[General Motors]]' [[Cadillac Sixteen]] Concept [http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/200
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• V16
  Cadillac revived the V16 concept in [[2003]] with a [[General Motors]] [[concept car]], the [[Cadillac Sixteen]]. This car used a 1000 [[horsep ...as railroad [[locomotive]]s use V16 powerplants, including many [[General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] locomotives.
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• Motorama
  ...otorama''' was an auto show staged by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] from [[1949]] to [[1961]]. Motorama (also known as Autorama) was aptly de ...ss]], [[Buick Wildcat II]], [[Chevrolet Nomad]] [[station wagon]], General Motors [[Firebird XP-21]] and [[Pontiac Bonneville Special]], [[Cadillac El Camino
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• Subframe
  The sub frame saw regular production in the 60's and 70's General Motors X and F cars.
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• GM High Feature engine
  |Manufacturer || [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] ...derivative '''LP1''') are members of [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]' new '''High Feature''' (or '''HFV6''') engine family of modern [[DOHC]]
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• Marque
  ...rts car]]. A company may operate a single marque, or many—[[General Motors]] has used more than a dozen in the American market alone. ...Corporation]]'s [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]] division and [[General Motors]]' [[Oldsmobile]] are recent examples of marques that failed when they lost
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• Unit
  * A unit can be a general word for a module or device. For more specific example, see next entry. * [[Multiple unit]], a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors
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• Crumple zone
  [[Image:Vehicle crash test at the General Motors Vehicle Safety and crash Worthiness Laboratory.jpg|thumb|right|A [[crash te The only other general downside to crumple zones is that repair costs are higher in "fender bender
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• Japan Black
  ...e disuse of Japan Black by the end of the [[1920s]]. In [[1924]], General Motors introduced "True Blue" Duco (a product of [[DuPont]]) nitrocellulose lacque
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• Giovanni Battista Ceiranos
  ...]], which until 1903 the "Ceirano 5HP" and the "Ceirano 6/8HP" with single motors and a vierzylindrigen "Ceirano 16HP with 4,562 cc developed. Matteo''''1903
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• Compact car
  ...before, the post World War II era compact class began in 1950 when [[Nash Motors|Nash]] introduced a convertible [[Nash Rambler|Rambler]]. It was built on a Today, although the general downsizing of all vehicles has somewhat blurred size class distinctions, th
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• Iso Rivolta
  ...driving performance: the 5,4 l V8 (small-block) motor came from [[General Motors]] in Detroit, the transmission, too, axles (de Dion) and braking system (4
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• DOHC
  ...r was the [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]-reworked Ford Kent engine 1962, and General Motors' first was the 1975 Cosworth-tweaked GM 2300 engine, though by comparison,
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• Bugatti EB110
  ...ano Artioli purchased the [[Lotus (car)|Lotus]] car company from [[General Motors]]. The acquisition brought together two of the greatest names in automotive
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• Turbo-Hydramatic
  ...smission]]s developed and produced by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]. These transmissions mate a three element [[torque converter]] to a [[sim ...e first fully automatic transmission, [[Hydramatic]], developed by General Motors [[Oldsmobile]] division in the late 1930s, the two transmissions were not m
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• Straight-5
  ...ra]] [[Acura Vigor|Vigor]]. Recently, [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] launched a popular straight-5 engine for its compact trucks (Chevrolet Co
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• Automobile design
  ...ard A. Teague|Richard Teague]], a famous automobile designer at [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC).]] ...g saturation. To maintain unit sales, [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] head [[Alfred P. Sloan|Alfred P. Sloan Jr.]] devised annual model-year de
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• Torsion beam suspension
  ...uspensions are currently used on trucks and SUV's from [[Ford]], [[General Motors Corporation|GM]] and [[Dodge]]. Manufacturers change the torsion bar or ke ...sistance to load and, in some cases (depending on the speed with which the motors can act), to respond to changes in road conditions. [[Height adjustable sus
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• Van (road vehicle)
  ...modify the original manufacturer's body to create [[custom van]]s for the general public. Dodge, now part of [[Daimler-Chrysler]] quit making their model in
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• Hand brake
  ...[front-wheel drive]] cars in the early [[1980s]] (United States v. General Motors, 841 F.2d 400 (D.C. Cir. 1988)). The cars were initially designed to be fiv
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• Electric vehicle
  ...on may be provided either by [[wheels]] or [[propellers]] driven by rotary motors, or in the case of tracked vehicles, by [[linear motor]]s. ...chanics)|gearbox]]es and [[Torque converter|torque converters]]. Electric motors also have the ability to convert movement energy back into electricity, thr
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• Electric car
  ...ear motor]]s. The [[Electricity|electrical]] [[energy]] used to power the motors may be obtained from a direct connection to land-based generation plants, a ...que convertor]]s and [[Differential_(mechanics)|differential]]s. Electric motors also have the unusual ability to convert movement energy back into electric
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• V8
  ...dynamic styling meant that the straight-8 was simply too large. [[General Motors]] responded to Ford's V8 success with the [[1949]] introduction of the ''[[ During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, every [[General Motors]] division had their own engines, whose merits varied. This enabled each d
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• Pushrod engine
  ...(notably several engines produced by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]).
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• ISO
  The motor company '''Iso Rivolta''' (Iso Motors since 1973) was initially named '''Isothermos''' and used to manufacture re ...vrolet Small-Block engine]] came from [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] in Detroit, the transmission, too, axles (de Dion) and braking system (4
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• Pininfarina
  ...ably [[Ferrari]], [[Maserati]], [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], [[Peugeot]], [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]], [[Volvo]], [[Alfa Romeo]] an ...na designed (and partially assembled) the [[Cadillac Allanté]] for General Motors. The car's bodies were assembled and painted in Italy before being flown to
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• Automobile self starter
  ...on was purchased by the [[Delco]] Company, later acquired by the [[General Motors Corporation]]. Coincidentally, the death of a friend from complications du ...gear away from the ring gear, and the starter motor stops. Modern starter motors have a "bendix" — a gear and integral [[freewheel]], or overrunn
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• Iso Lele
  ...s [[powertrain]], a [[V8]] engine and [[automatic gearbox]] from [[General Motors|GM]]
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...General Motors Sequel|Sequel]], a fuel cell powered vehicle from [[General Motors]]]] ...en is turned into electricity through fuel cells which then power electric motors.
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• Ferrari 400
  ...er an [[automatic transmission]], in this case a 3-speed unit from General Motors. The engine, based on the Daytona's, was a 4.8 L (4823 cc) [[V12
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• Steering
  [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] offers [[Delphi]]'s [[Quadrasteer]] in their consumer [[Chevrolet Silvera ...ature first appeared on cars built by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] after an extensive and very public lobbying campaign enacted by [[Ralph N
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• List of microcars by country of origin: U
  |{{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom]]||[[Bond Bug]]||[[Reliant|Reliant Motors Co Ltd]], [[Tamworth]], [[Staffordshire]] || [[Reliant]] 700 cc ||2 |{{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom]]||JARC 'Little Horse'||JARC Motors [[Private company limited by shares|Ltd]], [[Isleworth]] ||[[Excelsior (Co
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• Formula SAE
  Big companies, such as [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], and [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler]], can General Motors hosted the competition in 1991, Ford Motor Co. in 1992, and Chrysler Corp.
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• Daytime running lamp
  ...galized (but not mandated) effective with the [[1995]] model year. General Motors immediately equipped most (and, in following years, all) of its vehicles wi *(Canada) [http://www.tc.gc.ca/acts-regulations/GENERAL/m/mvsa/regulations/mvsrg/100/mvsr108.html#Daytime_Running_Lamps Canada Moto
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• Scooter
  ...der motors). Most jurisdictions have no legal definition for "scooter". In general, 50 cc and under scooters are classified in most states and countries as a ...rs don't agree this is a good solution because they are used to two-stroke motors.
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• Sport compact
  ...the explosion of this market segment. [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] has responded with a new [http://www.gm.com/company/racing/technology/FWD
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• Cam-in-block
  ...he [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines. Currently only General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, and Cummins produce cam-in-block or pushrod engines ...(notably several engines produced by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]).
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• Fiat Doblò
  | Related || [[Pyonghwa Motors|Pyongwha Ppeokkugi]] In North Korea [[Pyonghwa Motors]] produces Doblò branded as its own name Ppeokkugi.
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• Car body style
  ...usage of it during the [[1970s]] by both [[General Motors]] and [[American Motors Corporation|AMC]] in [[North America]] as another word for "station wagon" ;'''[[Sportshatch]]''' : This term, which has been used by [[General Motors]] for several European models, has been applied to a number of body styles:
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• Straight engine
  ...and Volvo Cars, have also used [[straight-5]] configurations. The General Motors ''GM Atlas engine'' family includes straight-4, straight-5, and straight-6
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• Raimondi
  ...s]]. In 1925 '''[[MR]]''' produced three versions of motorbikes with TRAIN motors: 98 and 123 cc with 'Raimondi type' gradual gears which, as the advertiseme ...ese used diesel engines of 6, 10 and 15 CV. 1935 saw the start of Seacraft Motors which were a main feature of the company until the mid-sixties. During this
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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  ...sories such as power steering and air conditioning are powered by electric motors instead of being attached to the combustion engine. This allows efficiency ...cient over a wide speed range. Some vehicle designs have separate electric motors for each wheel. Series hybrids can be also be fitted with a [[supercapacito
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• Gianni Agnelli
  ...the 2000s, Agnelli made overtures to [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]], with whom an agreement was reached to progressively let the American com
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• Overhead camshaft
  ...Cubic inch "Tornado" SOHC inline six engine. In the 1970's, both General Motors and [[Ford]] produced SOHC inline four engines: the GM 2300 engine and the
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• Cam in block
  ...(notably several engines produced by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]).
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• Multi-valve
  [[General Motors]] began using 4-valve DOHC heads with their [[GM Quad-4 engine|Quad-4]] and
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• Sports car
  ...efer to any car with more power or performance than is typical for cars in general. Often vehicles in the [[muscle car]], performance sedan/saloon or [[grand ...] and [[Lamborghini]], as well as Japanese manufacturers like [[Mitsubishi Motors|Mitsubishi]], [[Subaru]] and [[Nissan]], use AWD in performance cars.
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• Electronic Stability Control
  * [[General Motors]]: '''[[StabiliTrak]]''' * [[Nissan Motors|Nissan]]: '''Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC)'''
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• Straight-6
  In 2001 [[General Motors]] introduced a new family of straight engines, the ''[[GM Atlas engine|Atla ...[Datsun]] and [[Toyota]] were among the first in this trend, though Prince Motors (later acquired by Datsun) and others offered straight sixes in that time t
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• Locking differential
  ...orque input from the [[driveshaft]]. An example of this would be [[General Motors Corporation|GM]]'s "Gov-Lok." This is the type most often found on vehicles
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• Pushrod
  ...ad design, and is the archetype for most modern pushrod engines. [[General Motors]] is the world's largest pushrod engine producer with engines such as the [
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• Fuel injection
  :*General Engine Operation ...ody injection''' (called '''TBI''' by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] and '''CFI''' by [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]) was introduced in the mid 1
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• Automatic transmission
  ...d|Bentley]], [[Hudson Motor Car|Hudson]], [[Kaiser Motors|Kaiser]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], and [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]]. From 1950 to 1954 [[Lincol ...veloped a series of three-speed torque converter automatics for [[American Motors Corporation]], [[Ford Motor Company]], [[Studebaker]], and several other ma
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• Bugatti Royale
  ...ced in a New York junkyard in 1943, was bought and restored by a [[General Motors]] executive, who eventually gave it to the [[The Henry Ford|Ford Museum]].
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• United States Grand Prix
  ...ates motor racing, which is run counter-clockwise. However, it follows the general procedure of F1, in which the vast majority of races are run clockwise. The | [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[British Racing Motors|BRM]]
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• Dirt track racing
  ...rs with certain modifications as allowed for each class. There are several general types: ...380 [[Engine_block#Small-block|small block]] is a common open motor. These motors utilize aluminum blocks and heads and often have specially welded [[cam]]s.
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• Lancia Flaminia
  ...specification, with the assistance of [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] with regard to various electric extras. They were seven-seater landaulets
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• Automobile
  ...mbers of cars produced) are currently [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]], [[Toyota]] and [[Ford Motor Company]]. It is expected that Toyota will r |colspan=90 bgcolor=#433b3b|[[General Motors]]||colspan=10 bgcolor=#686868|9,040
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• History of the automobile
  ...[[V8]] engines and modern bodies from [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]' [[Oldsmobile]] and [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]] brands. The [[unib ...echnology, and Japan appeared as a serious car-producing nation. [[General Motors]], [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler]], and [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] tried
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• Johnny Cecotto
  ...1]] and [[2002 in sports|2002]], he switched to the [[Irmscher]] [[General Motors Omega|Opel Omega]] and won the German V8 Star Championship two years runnin
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• Fully-automatic transmission
  ...d|Bentley]], [[Hudson Motor Car|Hudson]], [[Kaiser Motors|Kaiser]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], and [[Rolls Royce]]. From [[1950]] to [[1954]] [[Lincoln (automobil * [[List of GM transmissions|General Motors]] — [[Powerglide]], [[Turbo-Hydramatic]] 350 and 400, [[GM 4L60-E transmi
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• Supermini car
  ...Vauxhall/Opel replaced the Chevette/Kadett City with the all-new [[General Motors Corsa|Corsa]].
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• Wankel engine
  ...[[Comotor]], and abortive attempts by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] and [[Mercedes Benz]] to design Wankel-engine [[automobile]]s, the most e ...ormation has surfaced in the outside world; what has been seen indicates a general similarity to Wankel designs by [[NSU]], [[Comotor]], and [[Mazda]], theref
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• Flat engine
  ...nes made by companies such as [[Lycoming Engines|Lycoming]], [[Continental Motors|Continental]] and [[Rotax]].
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• Nuerburgring
  ...ommon misconception that it is derestricted like a race track. There is no general speed limit, however speed limits exist in certain areas in order to reduce ..., Nissan, Lexus and starting in 2002, [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]. GM's first wave of Nürburgring-honed vehicles includes the [[Cadillac C
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• Fiat Idea
  ...n the [[Fiat Punto|Grande Punto]]) and the latest version of the [[General Motors|GM]]-sourced Powertrain 1.8-litre 8-valve 114 hp engine. Both have [[f
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...rs with certain modifications as allowed for each class. There are several general types: ...allowed then cars with these motors must carry more weight then all steel motors. most tracks run this style late model as their top class calling them "ste
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...ion engine that spun a generator which powered four wheel-mounted electric motors. The car was presented at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. The up to 56 ...program in [[September 29]] [[1993]] that involved Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, USCAR, the DoE, and other various governmental agencies to engineer the ne
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• Disc brake
  ...lugs nuts, it is best to follow the directions included in your manual. A general rule of thumb is to skip every other lug nut in a clockwise or counter-cloc ...h performance brakes use as many as 8. (Some pre-1969 Chrysler and General Motors vehicles had 4-piston calipers - usually sought after by restorers.) Moder
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• Alfa Romeo Brera
  ...2 [[V6]], priced around [[USD|US$]]35,000, and a [[V8]] based on [[General Motors]]' [[GM Premium V engine|Premium V]] unit may also be introduced. ...both the Alfa Brera and Alfa Spider are fitted with advanced and excellent motors of outstanding performance: the two “petrol” JTS (2.2 with 185 Cv and 3
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• Hatchback
  ...]] and [[Plymouth Turismo]] names, debuted the following year. [[American Motors]] (AMC) joined the hatchback market at the start of the decade with America ...windows when the third generation editions came out in [[1982]]. American Motors, by then partially owned by [[Renault]], added the Encore to its larger All
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• Touring car racing
  '''Touring car racing''' is a general term for a number of distinct [[auto racing]] competitions in heavily-modif In general, however, touring cars are based upon [[hatchback]]s, [[saloon car|saloons]
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• Maserati
  ...ion of the agreement between Fiat and [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] under which GM may have been obliged to buy [[Fiat]]'s car division, Mase
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• V6
  In [[1977]], [[General Motors]] introduced a unique "split-pin crankshaft" in the [[GM 3800 engine]]. Us
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• Electric vehicle conversion
  *One or more electric motors and their mechanical attachment to the driveline ...www.solectria.com/ Solectria], has converted the front wheel drive General Motors [[Geo Metro]] for electric use, creating the [[Solectria Force]].)
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...llingStevens), a horizontal, opposed piston, three-cylinder. The [[General Motors]] EMD diesel 2-strokes powered diesel [[locomotives]] in the 1930s. These e
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• Luxury car
  =General definition (American market)= ...ercedes-Benz C-Class is an entry-level luxury sedan with a base MSP in the general range from $29,000 to $38,000]]
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• Electronic stability control
  In 1990, [[Mitsubishi Motors|Mitsubishi]] released the [[Mitsubishi Diamante|Diamante]] (Sigma) in Japan ...standard in 2004, Toyota has yet to fit the Scion tC and Yaris). [[General Motors]] had made a similar announcement for the end of 2010. The [[NHTSA]] requir
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• Lee Iacocca
  Iacocca was also responsible for Chrysler's acquisition of [[American Motors|AMC]] in [[1987]], which brought the profitable [[Jeep]] division under Chr ...the innovative diabetes research of [[Denise Faustman]] at [[Massachusetts General Hospital]]. In [[2000]], Iacocca founded [[Olivio Premium Products]], which
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ===[[American Motors Corporation|American Motors]] (AMC)=== ...an="3"|''[[The Man With The Golden Gun]]'' || [[AMC Hornet]] || [[American Motors]] [[Car dealership]] || Featured in ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]''. Bo
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• Continuously variable transmission
  [[General Motors]] designed a CVT for use in small cars, which was first offered in [[2002]]
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• Fiat
  ...However, the [[Italian Socialist Party]] and its ally organization, the [[General Confederation of Labor]], in an effort to effect a compromise with the cent ...l 1963, when Giovanni's grandson, [[Gianni Agnelli|Gianni]] , took over as general manager until 1966, as chairman until 1996.
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• Turbo
  For automobile use, typical boost pressure is in the general area of 80 kPa (11.6 lbf/in²), but it can be much more. Beca The first production turbocharged engines came from [[General Motors]]. The [[GM A platform|A-body]] [[Oldsmobile Cutlass]] and [[Chevrolet Cor
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• Lambretta
  [[Aerospace engineering|Aeronautical engineer]] General [[Corradino D'Ascanio]], responsible for the design and construction of the ...tubing, there by allowing him to revive both parts of his pre-War company. General D'Ascanio disassociated himself with Innocenti, and took his design to [[En
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• Ship
  ...r-to-space ratio. About this period too, heavy [[fuel oil]] came into more general use and began to replace [[coal]] as the fuel of choice in steamships. Its ==General terminology==
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• Car classification
  Also know as off-roaders, there are two general trends among them: '''SUVs''' and '''crossover SUVs'''. *[[General Motors Zafira|Opel Zafira]] - also Chevrolet, Holden, Subaru, or Vauxhall
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• List of automobile manufacturers
  |[[Hino Motors|Hino]] *||align="center"|{{flagiconJapan}} |colspan="5"|<big>'''2. [[General Motors Corporation]]'''</big> ({{flagiconUnited States}})
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• Fiat Croma
  ...or, while the chassis was provided via the short-lived link with [[General Motors]]. The new Croma is therefore based on the extended variant of the [[GM Eps
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• Graphite-reinforced plastic
  ...h it. Recently, several mainstream vehicle manufacturers such as [[General Motors]] and [[BMW]] have started to use carbon fiber technology in everyday road
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• Station wagon
  ...he rear door not reaching all the way to the rear wheel arch. [[Mitsubishi Motors|Mitsubishi]]'s Australian subsidiary designed wagon versions of its [[Mitsu ...ther manufacturers. The concept was reintroduced in 2003 on [[GMC (General Motors division)|GMC]]'s mid-size Envoy XUV [[SUV]], but did not last long on that
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...ngine (gasoline) - 3.7&nbsp;L (3653&nbsp;cc/223&nbsp;in³) - 2007 [[General Motors Corporation|GM]] ''[[GM Atlas engine#LLR|Atlas L5R 3700]]'' ...(gasoline) - 5.8&nbsp;L (5755&nbsp;cc/351&nbsp;in³) - 1966 [[GMC (General Motors division)|GMC]] 1000-3500 series ''[[GMC V6 engine|351E 60° V6]]''
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• Turbocharger
  For automobile use, typical boost pressure is in the general area of 80&nbsp;kPa (11.6&nbsp;lbf/in&sup2;), but it can be much more. Beca The first production turbocharged engines came from [[General Motors]]. The [[GM A platform|A-body]] [[Oldsmobile Cutlass]] and [[Chevrolet Cor
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• Rapid
  ...econd in Milan, via Porta Tenaglia n . 9. The President is a Mr. A. White, General Manager for the technical part of John the Baptist, and G. Peroni, for the ...e in May 1906 because this time the assembly department and the department motors are driven with all the workers obediently pose. You see the faces of young
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• Motorsport
  ...and other types of circuit auto races, flags are displayed to indicate the general status of a race and to communicate instructions to competitors in a race. * http://www.motorstv.com Motors TV Network
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