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• Daytime running lamp
  ...y, from certain DRL implementations. Nevertheless, a safety improvement is at least suggested by many studies. ...approximately 400 to 600 [[candela]] on [[Coordinate axis|axis]], mounted at the outer left and right edges of the front of the vehicle. [[Finland]] ado
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• Capriolo
  The development of aircraft had stoped, so at the start of a Second World War the heavy Caproni aircraft was obsolete and ...fter some time the elegant [[Cento 50]]. Unfortunatly the 49cc version don't have continuation; we know only that one exemplary of this bike is survivin
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• Laverda
  '''Laverda''' is an Italian manufacturer of [[Combine harvester]]s and at one time a maker of high performance [[motorcycles]]. The agricultural equ ...that some engine parts were cast in kitchen of Francesco, confirming that at least initially, the project was not regarded as a serious business proposi
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• Rear wheel drive
  ...es place the transmission at the rear, though most attach it to the engine at the front. ...d punishes the lack of it. Other layouts are much more forgiving, but don't offer the same rewards in handling.
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• Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains
  ...two air pipes for Westinghouse operation) and a jumper cable was provided at each end of every unit for use when two or more units were coupled to run i Moody G T, Southern Electric 1909-1979, 1979, Ian Allan Ltd, ISBN 0 7110 0924 4<br />
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• Demolition Derby
  ...emolition derby evening.JPG|right|thumb|250px|A demolition derby under way at the [[Greenwich, Ohio]] Firemen's Festival, 2005]] '''Demolition derby''' is a motorsport usually presented at [[county fair]]s and festivals. They originated in North America and quickl
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• 1993 Formula One season
  ...th traction and launch control from the start of the season. Benetton didn't introduce their own traction control system until the [[1993 Monaco Grand P ...nly other driver to win a race that year, taking his second career victory at the [[Portuguese Grand Prix]].
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3
  ...competitive in the [[World Sportscar Championship]], its best result a 5th at the [[1000km Nürburgring|Nürburgring 1000]], co-driven by Zeccoli and [[R ...Lucien Bianchi]] and [[Mario Casoni]]. Galli and Giunti then won the class at the 1000km Nürburgring, where the 2.5&nbsp;L version finished for the firs
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• Nino Vaccarella
  ...carella, Nino - Ferrari 512 S - 1970-05-31.jpg|thumb|262px|left|Vaccarella at 1970 [[1000km Nürburgring]] with [[Ferrari 512S|Ferrarijem 512S]]]] ...[Porsche 910]] models. The Porsches had recently swept the endurance races at [[Daytona International Speedway|Daytona]] and [[Sebring Raceway|Sebring]].
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• Lamborghini Miura
  ...ully in competition, including by the [[Ford GT40]] and [[Ferrari 250 LM]] at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]. [[De Tomaso]] had produced a road car wit ...to design the body. Both body and chassis were launched five months later at the [[1966]] [[Geneva Motor Show]]. It was a sensation, with its flamboyant
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• Italjet
  ...unchanged since the foundation of the company, up to the third generation, at present striving to consolidate the national and international image of the The new Grifon 650 will arrive then; it won't remain a prototype and it will be in good company. It will be placed side b
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• Juan Manuel Fangio
  ...el Fangio driving a [[Mercedes-Benz W196]] in the 1986 Oldtimer Grand Prix at the [[Nürburgring]]]] ...achieved is also unique. I have such respect for what he achieved. You can't take a personality like Fangio and compare him with what has happened today
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• Osella
  ...e a [[wind tunnel]] until [[1988]]. [[Jean-Pierre Jarier]] finished fourth at [[San Marino Grand Prix|Imola]] in [[1982]] (where only 14 cars started) an ...Paletti]] who had high hopes but sadly was killed in a startline accident at the Canadian [[Formula One|Grand Prix]] 1982.
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• Alfa Romeo TZ
  ...he TZ; the standard Giulia alloy block with wet steel liners was installed at an angle under the hood of the TZ to improve airflow. ...there is surprisingly little increase in drag by simply chopping the tail at an angle. Zagato had previously proved the success of this tail treatment i
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• Benetton Formula
  ...tsen 1988 Canada 2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thierry Boutsen]] driving for Benetton at the [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix]].]] ...and 1985 and finally [[Toleman]] in 1985. Benetton Formula Ltd. was formed at the end of 1985 when the [[Toleman]] team was sold to the [[Benetton family
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• Newton's Second Law
  *''"An object at rest or traveling in uniform motion will remain at rest or traveling in uniform motion unless acted upon by a net force."'' ...were deemed perfect). Moving from Aristotle's "A body's natural state is at rest" to [[Two New Sciences|Galileo's discovery]] was one of the most profo
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• Dani Pedrosa
  ...nd which he used to race with his friends. Pedrosa experienced real racing at the age of 11, when he entered the Spanish Minibike Championship and ended ...ip, eighteen year old Pedrosa broke both of his ankles in a practice crash at Phillip Island (Australia), ending his season.
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• Maserati 4CL/50
  ...eased during [[World War II]], the 4CL was one of the front running models at the resumption of racing in the late 1940s. Experiments with two-stage [[su ...irst taste of victory came in the hands of privateer [[Johnnie Wakefield]] at the [[Naples Grand Prix]], two races later. Through the remainder of 1939 v
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• Siata
  ...unched an auxiliary engine for bicycles which was an immediate success and at the same time changed the meaning of Siata to Societa Italiana Auto Trasfor ...ild by [[Carrozzeria]] [[Motto]] , despite what badge there was on the car at delivery.
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• 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
  ...Monaco Grand Prix]]''' was a [[Formula One]] race held on [[May 21]], 1950 at [[Circuit de Monaco|Monaco]]. This is the second round of [[1950 Formula On ...ay from the back of the field after being delayed by the pile-up, but didn't finish.
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• Rallying
  ...allying forever. Drivers became paid professionals and technology advanced at shocking speeds, almost totally unhindered until the mid-eighties. The [[Wo ...ichael Park (rally co-pilot)|Michael Park]] (admittedly the first fatality at the top level in over a decade).
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• Stanguellini
  ...Bialbero Sport 1100....one of two made with the [[Reggiano]] designed body at [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy]''']] Situated in [[Northern Italy]] at the foot of the Apennine mountains, [[Modena]] is located about 15 miles we
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• 2007 World Touring Car Championship season
  | [[Toyota Corolla|Toyota Corolla T-Sport]] ...uit Park Zandvoort|Zandvoort]], one of them, by the car of [[Tom Coronel]] at the opening races in [[Curitiba]].]]
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• Vespa
  ...spas would have completely disappeared from the American scene if it weren't for the enthusiasts who kept the vintage scooters on the road by rebuilding [[Image:Vespa LX STL Opening.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Vespa LX at a St Louis dealership.]]
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• Road bicycle racing
  ...inger Turm-2005-Finale-Runde2-Spitzengruppe.jpg|thumb|250px|Bicycle racers at the 2005 [[Rund um den Henninger-Turm]] in Germany]] ...taneously (unless riding a handicap event) with the winner being the first at the end of the course ([[individual time trial|individual]] and [[team time
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• List of Fiat models
  *1920 Fiat 1 T Taxi ...:Fiat_millecento.jpg|thumb|right|250px|1960's Fiat Millecento, photo taken at the 2005 Clonroche Vintage Rally, Ireland]] -->
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• Suzuka 8 Hours
  ...Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race)'' is an endurance motorcycle race held at the [[Suzuka Circuit]] in [[Japan]] each year. As the name implies, the ra ...es, the race now centered around superbikes. The Formula One class, which at the time was the pinnacle of the race, would be removed altogether. Anothe
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• Understeer
  ...eer, typically between 0 and 0.4g, and limit handling understeer, which is at higher lateral accelerations, and is what racing drivers are talking about ...he same time understeer can be caused by having a heavier aerodynamic load at the rear end of the car giving the rear tires more traction than the front
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• Turbocharger
  ...cifically designed turbocharged [[diesel]] engines. However, for operation at altitude, the power recovery of a turbocharger makes a big difference to to ...from the turbine, so turbochargers are generally only about 80% efficient, at peak efficiency, because it takes some work for the engine to push those ga
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• James Toseland
  ...side [[Ray Stubbs]] for BBC's Sport Relief, as well as playing a piano set at the British sports personality of the year awards 2007. ...the Royal Schools of Music|Grade 6]] - not enough for him to gain a place at the [[London College of Music]].
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• Ferrari America
  Ironically though, Ms. Bergman wasn't too fond of the car, or of Rossellini's love for Ferraris in general.{{-}} ...extremely high &mdash; at [[USD|US$]]16,800, the 410 Superamerica offered at the [[New York Auto Show]] by importer, [[Luigi Chinetti]], was more than t
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• Forti FG01
  The car was designed by [[Giacomo Caliri]] and was built at the team's base in [[Alessandria]], [[Italy]]. "It simply wasn't efficient and we had to restart it. We took off more than 60&nbsp;kg from t
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• Ferrari Dino
  [[Image:006.jpg|thumb|350px|left|'''1974 Ferrari Dino GTS at [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy]]]''' ...ino.jpg|280px|A Dino in the parking lot of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the 2005 United States Grand Prix]]
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• Motobi
  ...48 and cross the street to found his own rival marque, whose products were at first solely identified by a large letter 'B' on the fuel tank. [[Giuseppe Benelli]] passed away in 1957 at the age of 78, leaving his sons, Marco and Luigi, to grapple with the task
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• Alberto Ascari
  ...i 4CLT/48]], on his way to second place in the [[1948 British Grand Prix]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]].]] ...1 race the following season on the [[Nürburgring]] circuit and added a win at Monza, finishing runner up in the championship to [[Juan Manuel Fangio]].
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• Raimondi
  ...show how production was intent on finding innovative technical solutions. At this time (1899) Ippolito was also representing the '''[[Ditta Societa Ital ...s, Romeo. This went on until he too moved to Modena where he worked, first at the Gatti shell factory (1915-1918) and then for a short while in an automo
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• Formula One sponsorship liveries
  ...ponsorships are prohibited, teams may use an alternate non-tobacco livery. At historical events, cars are allowed to use the livery which was used when t ...Sauber BMW.jpg|thumb|left|Jacques Villeneuve driving the BMW Sauber F1.06 at the 2006 USGP.]]
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• Niki Lauda
  | Video || '''Lauder in an Brabham-[[Alfa Romeo]] BT46 at [[Zolder]]''' ...errari 312T]]. His first World Championship was confirmed with a fifth win at the last race of the year, the [[1975 United States Grand Prix|United State
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• Cam in block
  ...ed in past production cars because engines could not run long and reliably at high speed due to other factors. This was a minor concern given the benefit ...other side of the cylinder, in which case the layout is referred to as a ''T-block''.
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• 2009 Formula One season
  ...’ Association]] (GPMA) have signed a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MoU) at the [[2006 Spanish Grand Prix]] to compete in the 2008 season. |rowspan=2| {{flagiconUK}} [[AT&T]] [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]
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• Dr. No
  ...id Niven for the role of Bond, both of whom he knew personally. Moore wasn't linked publicly to the role of 007 until 1967 in which Harry Saltzman claim Ultimately, the producers turned to [[Sean Connery]], a relative unknown at the time to play agent 007 for five films. It is often reported that Conner
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• Industrial design
  ...roduct has to be produced in an industrial way, for example an artisan can't be considered an industrial designer although she may challenge the same as
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• Rally
  ...allying forever. Drivers became paid professionals and technology advanced at shocking speeds, almost totally unhindered until the mid-eighties. The [[Wo ...ichael Park (rally co-pilot)|Michael Park]] (admittedly the first fatality at the top level in over a decade).
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• Marciano
  ...ho in the '70s dreamed of running with a car built on their own. He worked at Pistoni Asso (Ace Pistons), and in his spare time, given the passion for ra ...68a is something unique. How it sounds, how it goes. Unbelievable! It wasn't built by Alfa, not by Ferrari or Maserati, it was entirely handmade by an I
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• EuroBrun
  ...infringements, and Larrauri failing seven times), and Modena's 11th place at the [[Hungarian Grand Prix]] would be their best result. ...duction of [[George Ryton]]'s new ER189 for the [[German Grand Prix]] didn't help. Foitek quit after the [[Belgian Grand Prix]], with Larrauri returning
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• ASA
  ...develpment at Ferrari), [[Bizzarrini]] (chassis & suspension design while at Ferrari as a test engineer), [[Bertone]] (carrozeria), Guigiaro (body desig The body of the Mille GT concept car shown at the 1961 Auto Show was commissioned thru [[Bertone]] and designed by [[Giug
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• Bugatti
  ...bout 2,000 still exist), each Bugatti model was designated with the prefix T for Type, which referred to the chassis and drive train. During the war Bugatti worked at [[Levallois]] on several new projects, including the ''Type 73'' road car,
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...s, using all the different layouts as and when they were the best solution at the time to meet the design parameters. ...the car including the chassis to Giacosa. Giacosa was engineering manager at Fiat by 1937 and he had become director of the engineering division of Fiat
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...s backend around through a corner. The multiple drivers show the car angle at different points in a corner. ]] ...other of the different type cars. Open wheel fans say, "Real racecars don't have fenders." Stock car (shown right and above) fans point out that even m
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• Cam-in-block
  ...ed in past production cars because engines could not run long and reliably at high speed due to other factors. This was a minor concern given the benefit ...other side of the cylinder, in which case the layout is referred to as a ''T-block''.
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• Catalytic converter
  ..., so no useful energy is extracted. The catalytic converter was invented at [[Trinity College (Connecticut)]] ...O_x &rarr; O₂ + N₂ <!-- this equation isn't balanced -->
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• Lamborghini Murcielago
  ...lago]]'' comes from a bull that survived 24 sword strokes in an 1879 fight at the arena of Cordoba, and fought with such passion and spirit that the mata ...e the base Murciélago, the engine is mounted "backwards", with the gearbox at the very back of the car. It also, like the base spec. car features rear-bi
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  ...e wealthy [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]] launched the [[Vanderbilt Cup]] at [[Long Island, New York|Long Island]], New York in 1904. Influenced by thes In 1906, the first (and at that time only) race carrying the name Grand Prix was organized by the Auto
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• Maserati 250F
  In 1956 [[Stirling Moss]] won at the [[1956 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]] and the [[1956 Monaco Gr ...man Grand Prix]] at the [[Nürburgring]] (Aug. 4, 1957), and his final race at the [[1957 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]].
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• Bugatti Royale
  Two of the original six including Ettore Bugatti's own Royale are located at [[Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse]], as is the replica Esders R ...twenty-five of these cars, and sell them to royalty. But even royalty wasn't buying such things during the Great Depression. Bugatti was able to sell on
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• Damon Hill
  ...at the age of 23. The following year he won the 350&nbsp;cc Clubman's cup at [[Brands Hatch]]. In 1985 he moved on to four-wheel single-seater racing wi ...ies of controversial clashes on and off the track, including the collision at the [[1994 Australian Grand Prix]] that gave Schumacher his first title by
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• Intermeccanica
  ...w/polished aluminum heads and alum, 4 bbl. intake manifold. A Borg/Warner T-10 4spd and Dana-44 posi are also factory options. Remote power brakes and ...mid 1960's. The Apollo (earlier version of the Vetta Ventura) was featured at the 1963 New York Auto Show, where it received rave reviews.
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• Supercross
  ...Coliseum]] in Los Angeles, California. This event was won by Marty Tripes at the age of 16. That initial contest featured many of the top Motocross rid ...ance at Supercross races in the [[United States]] is typically higher than at the Motorcross events. Typically, a Supercross event consists of a set num
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• Astra Trucks
  ...by the new series HD7 / C equipped with new engines Iveco Cursor (Euro 3). At ESIS (Batimat Italian) Astra unveils new range of articulated dump trucks ( ...background:#CCCCCC;text-align:center" | <font color=black>'''PTC / PTR and t'''
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• Nigel Mansell
  ...eria Ecosse GT race team to drive their number 63 [[Ferrari F430]] GT2 car at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] on 6 May 2007. ...Later that year he was given the chance to race a Lola T570 Formula 3 car at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]]. He finished fourth and decided that he
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• Standards body
  '''Standards Organizations''' are constituted at the national, transnational and international levels - e.g. the [[British S ...n be adopted at transnational levels (BS 5750 was adopted as EN 29000) and at international levels (BS 5750 was adopted as ISO 9000).
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• Maserati MC12
  |Designer:||[[Frank Stephenson]] at [[Pininfarina]] The [[tachometer]] in the MC12 indicates [[redline]] [[rpm]] at 7500 but the engine is safe from damage up to 7700. The centre-lock wheel [
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• Ljubljana
  ...;2.50, 50 min) and minibuses (&euro;4.00, 30 min) to the bus/train station at Trg OF. Alternatively, a metered taxi to the center will cost about &euro; ...tation is on Trg Osvobodilne Frente (OF) at the northern edge of downtown, at walking distance to most hotels.
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• Scuderia Toro Rosso
  ...], after [[Paul Stoddart]] sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team at the end of 2005. Scuderia Toro Rosso is the sister team of [[Red Bull Racin ...i]] V8 engines, taking over the contract that their senior team broke from at the end of 2006. The team principal is [[Franz Tost]], formerly of [[BMW]]'
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• Enduro
  ...locations along a prescribed route. The object of the event is to arrive at those locations exactly per the defined schedule, with early or late arriva ...are calculated differently depending on how late or early a rider arrives at each type of check. For example, emergency checks are used to break scoring
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• Travel in Italy
  ...to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principl The pricier tier is usually faster, but there isn't a consistent speed difference between tiers. On some routes, the Eurostar
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• You Only Live Twice
  ...hatch. Unfortunately, they are spotted before entering, and Blofeld shoots at them with the crater's sentry guns. All is hopeless until Bond manages to o ...the audience had been led to think was the main Bond girl, was killed off at the end of the second third of the film, leaving her successor Kissy to car
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• Piaggio P.180 Avanti
  ..., behind the cabin, and the highly unconventional design also features a [[T-tail]] and a fixed [[canard]] foreplane. This arrangement allows all three ...r. Jerry Gregorek of Ohio State University to achieve 50% [[laminar flow]] at cruise.
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• Targa Florio
  ...ship until 1973. While also a whole tour (''giro'') of the island was used at times, the track length of the last decades was limited to the 72 km of the ...t Targa Florio 1908.jpg|thumb|250px|'''[[Jean Porporato]] finishing fourth at the 1908 race.''']]
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• Lamborghini LM002
  ...ackground:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |<videoflash>t-1tBhVcAXg|280|200</videoflash> The LM002 was an unusual departure for Lamborghini who, at the time, was primarily known for high-performance [[grand tourer]]s and [[
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• Quantum of Solace
  ...in [[Panama]], [[Chile]], Italy and [[Austria]], while the sets were built at [[Pinewood Studios]]. Forster aimed to make the film more modern yet classi ...acter)|James Bond]]'''. Craig said Bond is "still too headstrong and doesn't always make the right decisions". Writer [[Paul Haggis]] added Bond will be
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• Liquid fuels
  ...biodiesel and a host of other factors- and it has been proven to be viable at much lower costs in some countries. Also, it gives about 10% less energy th ...rmentation process for renewable butanol emits a foul odour. It also doesn't help efficiency that the Weizmann organism can only tolerate butanol levels
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• Ferrari
  ...cars and high-performance sports cars formed by [[Enzo Ferrari]] in 1929. At first, '''[[Scuderia Ferrari]]''' sponsored drivers and manufactured raceca [[image:Ferrari 250 TDF.jpg|thumb|300px|right|'''1957 Ferrari 250GT TDF at [http://www.woiow.com Wheels Of Italy]]]'''
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...le.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The front suspension components of a [[Ford Model T]].]] ...solated from road noise, bumps, and vibrations. These goals are generally at odds, so the tuning of suspensions involves finding the right compromise. T
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• Mille Miglia
  ...most competitors had to start before midnight and arrived after dusk - if at all. ...most competitors had to start before midnight and arrived after dawn - if at all.
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• Fiat Nuova 500
  The car is produced at the moment only in [[Tychy]], [[Poland]], by Fiat Auto Poland alongside a s ...show was broadcast live by Italian [[Canale 5]] and by a live video stream at fiat500.com, which was watched by over 100,000 people online.
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• The Living Daylights
  |R t:||[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/living_daylights/ 76%] At the opera in Vienna, Bond excuses himself from Milovy to meet his MI6 conta
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• Gilles Villeneuve
  ...drove for the Italian team. He won six Grand Prix races in a short career at the highest level. In 1979 he finished second by four points in the champio ...Pironi's move to pass Villeneuve at [[1982 San Marino Grand Prix|Imola]]. At the time of his death, Villeneuve was extremely popular with fans and with
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• Tony Stewart
  When he wasn't racing Indy Cars, he raced stock cars. In 1996, Tony made his [[NASCAR]]'s ...nd of the race and settled for 5th. Tony finally got his first career win at [[Pikes Peak International Raceway|Pikes Peak]], where he led all but seven
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• Gucci
  ...sion in the late [[1960s]], opening stores in [[Hong Kong]] and [[Tokyo]]. At that time, the company also developed its famous '''GG''' logo (Guccio Gucc ...accessories, such as cosmetic bags, lighters, and pens, which were priced at considerably lower points than the other items in the company’s accessori
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• Gino Bartali
  [[Image:Casabartali.jpg|thumb|left|The native house of Gino Bartali at Ponte a Ema, Florence]] ...bottles. He began work in a bicycle shop when he was 13. He started racing at 13, became a promising amateur and turned professional in 1935 when he was
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• 1997 Formula One season
  ...jpg|thumb|250px|left|The 24 drivers line up for the pre-season photograph, at the [[1997 Australian Grand Prix]].]] ...his F1 career. The moment was short-lived, however, as Villeneuve was out at the first corner after colliding with [[Johnny Herbert]]. [[McLaren]]'s [[D
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• Thunderball
  ...with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (1974), and was at one point attached to direct ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Lo ...ms to lap them up... My only grumble about the Bond films is that they don't tax one as an actor... I'd like to see someone else tackle Bond, I must say
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• Formula 3000
  ...ne]] had purchased a job-lot of DFVs in 1984, with no obvious use for them at the time). ...] moved up from Formula Two but never recaptured their occasional success. At least one unraced F3000 chassis existed - the Wagner fitted with a straight
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• Formula One car
  ...|thumb|215px|[[Michael Schumacher]] driving a modern '''Formula One car''' at the [[2004 United States Grand Prix]]]] ...ingle-seat, open cockpit, open wheel race cars that have substantial wings at front and rear, and position the engine behind the driver. The regulations
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• Vuelta a España
  ...rs (5,160 feet) over 12.9 km (8 mi.) with grades as steep as 23.6 percent (at ''Cueña les Cabres'') making it one of the steepest in Europe. Credit for ...[[Alessandro Petacchi]], an Italian sprinter won four stages, but he didn't finish the Vuelta. Pérez Fernández won three stages.
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• Tourist Trophy
  ...ap speed of 127.68 mph (205.43 km/h). McGuinness lowered this even further at the 2006 TT, setting a time of 17:29.26 for an average speed of 129.451 mph ...course]] over which the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races are run. Starting at the town of [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] on the south-east coast, the c
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• For Your Eyes Only (film)
  ...ond, was reluctant to return. The sequence begins with Bond laying flowers at the grave of his wife, [[Tracy Bond]], but ends with Blofeld attempting to ...or this outing, so interviews and screentests were held for a replacement. At the forefront were [[Lewis Collins]], famous for his role as Bodie in ''[[T
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• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  Although the film was not as successful as previous Bond films at the box office, some aficionados consider this the best film of the James B There is a persistent belief that this film was a poor performer at the box office, or even that it was an actual [[List of movies generating l
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• Champcars
  ...g body was formerly known as '''C'''hampionship '''A'''uto '''R'''acing '''T'''eams, or '''CART''' prior to its 2003 bankruptcy. The series was previous ...t for an organization called '''C'''hampionship '''A'''uto '''R'''acing '''T'''eams<ref>[http://www.allamericanracers.com/cart_white-paper.html Eagle-ey
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• ...3; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Kimi.jpg|240px|Kimi at the 2004 UK Grand Prix]] ...ap 56 when the race stopped, therefore the winner was decided by the order at lap 54. This granted the win to Fisichella, with Räikkönen 2nd.
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• Casino Royale (1967 film)
  ...ynd]]) and [[Peter Sellers]] (card-sharp Evelyn Tremble impersonating Bond at Casino Royale to play [[baccarat]] against Le Chiffre). ...R. Broccoli]] and [[Harry Saltzman]], turned him down. Believing he couldn't compete with the official series, the novel was then adapted as a spoof of
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• Alain Prost
  ...Grand Prix]] victories. Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the [[2001 Belgian Grand Prix]] . Prost now races on ice in the [[Andros Tr ...hed in the points on his Formula One debut and took his first race victory at his home Grand Prix in France a year later, while he was driving for the [[
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• Live and Let Die
  ...Saltzman got to work trying to find the next actor to portray James Bond. At one point, the producers decided they would not hire another actor and inst ...e, she didn't like the way Bond "cheated" Solitaire of her powers ("I didn't think he (Bond) was such a nice guy!"). In any case, Solitaire is unique am
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• From Russia with Love
  ...the major change between the literary and cinematic versions of the story. At the [[Cold War]]'s height, EON Productions felt it inadvisable casting the ...earance of [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], leader of SPECTRE, although he wouldn't directly confront Bond for several more cinematic adventures. To integrate
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• Michele Alboreto
  ...s Sebring victory, he was killed testing an [[Audi R8 (race car)|Audi R8]] at the [[EuroSpeedway Lausitz|Lausitzring]] in Germany. ...rrent era, with the [[Minardi]] team. He scored Minardi's only F2 victory, at [[Misano World Circuit|Misano]], during the [[1981 European Formula Two sea
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• Diamonds Are Forever
  ...plus the idea of Tiffany being a diamond smuggler, are retained, so it isn't a complete "rewrite." ...murder of his wife, [[Tracy Bond]] with the implied permission of [[MI6]], at the end of the previous adventure, ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (fil
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• Zagato
  ...12 '''[[Zagato]]''': It's more Italian now...wow! So cool, that "they" won't even allow us to show it on our site, yet; very cool car! The company was established at the end of the [[World War I]] by [[Ugo Zagato]], putting [[aircraft]] indu
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• The Man with the Golden Gun (film)
  Bond's mission at this time revolves around the work of a scientist named Gibson, thought to .... Chu Mi gamefully invited Bond to join her; he could have if Hai Fat didn't barge in on them.
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• Cockpit
  ...e pilot uses a [[side-stick]] (usually located on the outboard side and/or at the left). ...important developments was the “[[Basic Six]]” pattern, later the “[[Basic T]]”, developed from 1937 onwards by the [[Royal Air Force]], designed to o
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