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• Orlandi
  ...ty and degree of finish of carriages and products. The following year, the city walls were torn down, which resulted in a flourishing season of development ...r, this always remained a marginal production of ''Orlandi''. In the '30s, cars were made of great formal elegance, intended for widespread use and popular
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• Supermini car
  ...some of the biggest selling cars in Europe. In [[2004]], the best selling cars in [[Belgium]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[France]], [[Greece]] ...he year 2000. During that time it took its place as one of the most iconic cars of all time.
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• Gastone Brilli-Peri
  ...knew the track well having won the race one year earlier, came to test the cars of his team, the Scuderia Materassi. He died at only 37 years old. Today the stadium of his native city, [[Montevarchi]], is named in his honour.
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• Fiat Seicento
  |Body Styles:||[[FF layout|FF]] 3-door [[supermini car|supermini]]/[[city car]] ...body, instead of the 5-door [[mini MPV]] look seen on many [[Korea]]n city cars. Like its predecessors, the Cinquecento and [[Fiat 126|Polski Fiat 126]], t
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• Fioravanti
  ...Moncalieri]], an historic town lying in the Piedmont foothills outside the city of Turin, Italy. ...a]], where he personally designed some of the most famous [[Ferrari]] road cars and became Managing Director and General Manager of Pininfarina's research
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• Fiat Cinquecento
  |Class:||[[City car]] ...iŋkweˈtʃɛnto}} in Italian, {{IPAEng|ˌtʃɪŋkwəˈtʃɛntoʊ}} in English) was a [[city car]] designed by [[Giorgetto Giugiaro]] of [[Ital Design]], launched by [[
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• Microcar
  Very small cars have also been popular in [[Japan]], where again they attract various tax a ...fter [[World War I]] were often motorcycle based and referred to as "cycle cars".
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• Vehicle registration plates of Italy
  The progressive code for the first 999999 cars of the provinces was just a progressive number, sometimes filled with initi For cars from 1000000, it was A00000-A99999, B00000-B99999 etc. Possible letters wer
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• Hillclimbing
  ...ing under one minute for the fastest drivers to complete. For this reason, cars and drivers do not generally cross between the British and continental Euro ...of the European national series, attracting many new F2 and 2-litre sports cars during the 1970s and early 1980s. Notable champions from this period inclu
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• Giovanni Bertone
  ...ifested that his interest was in mechanics and in particular for passenger cars. Just a boy, he found employment as an apprentice repairing wagons. He gain ...uccio'' began to learn some of his skills and basis working on some of the cars.
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• Polski Fiat 126p
  ...tern bloc]] countries and for several years it was one of the most popular cars in [[Poland]] and [[Hungary]]. ...ion after spartan times of [[Władysław Gomułka]]. Despite it was a small [[city car]], but in a reality of a communist system, it was the only car availabl
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• Motorama
  ...rew out of [[Alfred P. Sloan]]'s yearly industrial luncheons at [[New York City]]'s [[Waldorf Astoria]], beginning in [[1931]]. They were almost invariably ...staged again at the Waldorf Astoria, in January 1949. Between the New York City venue and the Boston extension, nearly 600,000 people saw the show. Seven "
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• Detroit street circuit
  Created largely in an effort to improve the city's international image, the race meant that the United States would host an The narrow track resulted in a large number of cars retiring during the race due to contact with the concrete walls. In its yea
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• Nicola Romeo
  ...d completed a second bachelor degree in electrical engineering in [[Liège (city)|Liège]], [[Belgium]]. In 1911 he returned to Italy and created "Ing. Nico ...technical [[Vittorio Jano]], which previously had worked on [[Fiat]]. The cars were marketed under the brand name '[[Alfa Romeo]], after a legal battle fo
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• Engine braking
  ...and the road to have less [[leverage]] on the engine. This is what allows cars to slow down using their relatively flimsy engine parts. The engine maintai Engine braking is always active in all non-[[hybrid car|hybrid]] cars with an internal combustion engine, regardless of transmission type. Engine
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• Fiat Abarth 850TC Berlina
  [[Category:City cars]]
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• Street racing
  ''For sanctioned racing taking place on temporary circuits erected on city streets, see [[road racing]].'' ...acing in the US is a [[drag race]] of [[automotive tuning|modified]] stock cars happening late at night on straight public roads with very low traffic that
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• CMN
  Giuseppe [[De Vecchi]] started to produce cars on his own through 1903. [[Ettore Strada]], who joined De Vecchi, moved up ...he new corporate name the activity continued, in 1909, with the model from city 16/20 HP Tipo T of 2800 cm³ with patented pending, it did not carry an axl
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• Brembo
  |Location city || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Curno]], [[Bergamo]] ...turer of [[automotive]] [[brake]] systems, especially for high-performance cars and motorcycles. It was established in [[Bergamo]], [[Italy]] in [[1961]],
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• Varesina
  *Inter-city versions built by coachwork [[Caprini]] (2 units built in 1950) ...re damaged during the bombardments in 1943. In the postwar period all the cars were rebuild by Caprini or Varesina bodies, with an advanced booth and dies
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• Wellington 500
  ...e for [[touring car racing|touring cars]] which took place at [[Wellington City]] in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]]. The race was first proposed in 1984 a ...he Australian V8's.]]The race went through four different types of touring cars classes from [[Group A]] to [[Supertouring]] then the category now known as
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• Car classification
  ===City car=== :''Main article [[City car]]''
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• Hellé Nice
  ...headed at the age of sixteen. Once in Paris, she found work in some of the city's [[music hall]]s and within a few years became a very successful dancer un ...etitions for auto enthusiasts. Hellé Nice loved the thrill of driving fast cars and as such she jumped at the opportunity to compete in a racing event at t
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• Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
  ...cetrack'''") is a 4.421 km (2.747 [[mile|mi]]) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous Rodríguez brothers. ...n northeast [[Mexico City]]. The circuit is owned by the Government of the City, but is currently operated under concession by Corporación Interamericana
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• Motorsport
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. === City to city racing ===
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• Masaryk Circuit
  ...cuit''', is a [[Czech republic|Czech]] racing circuit located close to the city of [[Brno]]. It was formerly the site of the pre-war [[Czechoslovakian Gran *Track capacity: 55 motorcycles or 40 cars
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• Pukekohe Park Raceway
  ...ew Zealand Formula Ford Championship|Formula Ford]], [[New Zealand Touring Cars|New Zealand V8's]], [[Toyota Racing Series]], [[V8 Supercars]] ...acing]] circuit in [[New Zealand]]. It is located 40mi south of [[Auckland City]] in the [[North Island, New Zealand|North Island]]. The track is now owned
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• René Dreyfus
  ...[[Louis Chiron]]. Realizing that factory cars were always faster than the cars owned by private entrants, Dreyfus reasoned that his only chance of winning ...ed by the German teams and jumped at the chance to drive the most advanced cars available, as a [[Jew]] this option was not available to Dreyfus. Instead h
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• Auto racing
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. === City to city racing ===
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• Circuit de Catalunya
  ...1975 and, unlike the Circuit de Catalunya, is actually located within the city of [[Barcelona]]. ...little elevation change and few exciting corners. Overtaking is rare, as cars are unable to follow each other through the fast final corner due to [[turb
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• Allemano
  ....jpg|thumb|350px|right|'''Of all the [[Maserati]] 5000GTs, Allemano bodied cars represent the largest proportion – some 22 of the 34 examples built. They ...ccess both at customers both at the same Car Allemano that relied to their cars. These successes Italians made sure that Allemano was noticed abroad. It wa
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• Zagato
  |Location city||[[Milan]] ...], [[MG (car)|MG]], [[Rover (car)|Rover]], [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]], [[Bristol Cars|Bristol]], and [[Rolls-Royce car|Rolls-Royce]].
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• Fiat 500
  |Class:||[[City car]] ...he 500 redefined the term "small car" and is considered one of the first [[city car]]s.
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• Brass Era car
  ...[automobile]]s marketed in the 1890s down to about [[World War I]]. These cars are also often called by the name they were originally known by, "horseless * Pre-[[1905]] vehicles are '''veteran cars'''
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• Ralph DePalma
  ...he established the DePalma Manufacturing Company in Detroit to build race cars and engines for automobiles and aircraft. ...rnia]] in 1956 and was interred in the [[Holy Cross Cemetery]] in [[Culver City, California]]. In 1973, he was made a posthumous member of the [[Automotive
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• Jean-Pierre Wimille
  ...isien newspaper, Jean-Pierre Wimille developed his fascination with racing cars at a young age. He was 22 years old when he made his Grand Prix debut, driv ...[Raymond Chambost]] and [[Marcel Lehoux]] in separate incidents. Of the 16 cars that started the race, only three managed to finish.
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• Brevetti
  ...of the former Fiat Ansaldi, as a vehicle "for tourism and services for the city" (as a presentation of 1907), with little power and great road space. ...used on contemporary Lorraine De Dietrich) through which the floor of the cars could be downgraded 7 to 10 cm of the quota allowed by the usual side-strai
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• Automobile racing
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. === City to city racing ===
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• ...Brothers Racetrack'''") is a 4.421-km (2.747-mile) race track in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]], named for the famous racing drivers [[Ricardo Rodríguez (ra ...n northeast [[Mexico City]]. The circuit is owned by the Government of the City, but is currently operated under concession by Corporación Interamericana
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• Nikon Indy 300
  ...e Government has been largely supportive of the event while the Gold Coast City Council support at local level has varied in its level of support, even occ | [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]] T91/00 [[Chevrolet]]-[[Ilmor]] A
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• Motor racing
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. === City to city racing ===
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• SCAT
  ...behind . The company started big, with 150 workers and producing over 100 cars per year. Expansion followed, and a new plant with 600 workers was opened i ...e). SCAT's headquarters was located in Via Madama Cristina of that Italian city.
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• Adelaide Street Circuit
  ...ands|East Parklands]] adjacent to the [[central business district]] of the city of [[Adelaide]] in [[South Australia]]. ...led the [[Adelaide 500]] since [[1999]] on a shorter variant of the track. Cars race clockwise around the circuit.
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• Champcar
  ...For much of their history Champ Cars have been similar to [[Formula One]] cars, although there have traditionally been several key differences between the ...e tracks mean that the cars tended to be heavier and more sluggish than F1 cars, which race exclusively on road and street courses.
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• Sandown Raceway
  ..., [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], approximately 25 km south east of the city. 1984 saw the first appearance of [[Group A]] touring cars and an extension of the track to 3.9km. It also saw the first 500 km race,
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• Sports Car Club of America
  ...e original vehicle) and designed-from-scratch "formula" and "sports racer" cars can be used in club racing. The professional autocross series, called [[ProSolo]], runs two cars at a time on mirror-image courses and features a [[drag racing]] style "Chr
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• Piero Taruffi
  ...than four minutes. Taruffi trimmed 15 minutes off the distance from Mexico City to Leon and another 21 minutes off the Leon to [[Durango, Durango|Durango]] ...1956]] 12 Hours of Sebring. Taruffi established a world record for Class E cars in June 1956. He raced 100 miles in 46 minutes 27.2 seconds, for an average
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• Fiat 1
  ...xis and sold not only in [[Italy]] but also in other markets like New York City, London, Paris and other cities. In 1910, Fiat reiterates its full range of passenger cars and inaugurated a new name: '''Tipo'''. Thus, at the same time the were del
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• Louis Chiron
  ...cal race, taking the Grand Prix de Comminges at [[Saint-Gaudens]] near the city of [[Toulouse]]. From there, Chiron went on to drive a [[Bugatti]] and an ...the track's curves for him. Louis Chiron held the most podiums in Bugatti cars, and the 21st Century Bugatti company remembered him with a [[concept car]]
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• Menarini
  ...ery, the Company started, with good results, and also built car bodies for cars and taxi. ...beginning of the war the [[Italian]] factories built many more buses than cars.
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• Circuit de Monaco
  ...t de Monaco''' is the name given to a motor racing circuit laid out on the city streets of [[Monte Carlo]] and [[La Condamine]] around the harbour of the [ ...of the circuit, it favours the skill of the drivers over the power of the cars. However, there is very little overtaking as the course is so narrow and da
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• Ferdinand Porsche
  ...left Austro-Daimler after differences about the future directions of their cars. ...ity]] for his work for Daimler. He constructed more very successful racing cars, dominating racing in the [[1920s in Sports|1920s]]. His idea of a small, l
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• Fiat Nuova 500
  |Class || [[City car]] ...the second generation [[Ford Ka]] due for release in 2008, and the other [[city car]] in the Fiat range, the [[Fiat Nuova Panda|Panda]].
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• Semi-automatic transmission
  ...le]] manufacturers to provide a better driving experience, especially in [[city|cities]] where congestion frequently causes stop-and-go [[traffic]] pattern ..., while depressing the left paddle shifts into a lower one. Numerous road cars have inherited the same mechanism.
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• Motorcycle Museums
  * Moskow Museum Of Antique Cars And Motorcycles - The site describes the dangerous struggle of what we cons ...mber of motorbikes with good photos and historical description. Planes and cars are the major part of the collection.
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• Moroccan Grand Prix
  ...n 1935 and 1953. When it returned in 1954, it was held on a circuit at the city of [[Agadir]] for [[sports car]]s, and French dominance was interrupted by | [[Sports car racing|Sports cars]]
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• Fiat 126
  | Class || [[city car]] The '''Fiat 126''' is a [[city car]] introduced in October 1972 at [[Turin Motor Show]] as a replacement f
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• Bologna
  ...m [[Latin]] ''Bononia'', ''Bulåggna'' in the local dialect) is the capital city of [[Emilia-Romagna]] in northern [[Italy]], in the [[Pianura Padana]], bet ...h in [[Europe]], with important international exhibitions, like Motorshow (cars, motor-cycles, considered the most important in all the World), Saie, Saied
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• Race car
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. === City to city racing ===
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• Dirt track racing
  ...cars are purpose-built racing vehicles, stock cars (also known as fendered cars) can be either purpose-built racecars or street vehicles that have been mod ...gh as 1500. The sport is popular in Australia and Canada also. Many of the cars may also race on [[Short track motor racing|asphalt short tracks]] during t
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• Bertone
  | Location city || [[Turin]] ...|| engineering products and processes,building prototypes and cars, producing special windscreens
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• Daytona International Speedway
  ...rcycle#Dirt Bike|dirt bikes]], [[Motorcycle racing|motorcycles]], [[sports cars]], modified pickup trucks, and [[stock car racing|stock car]]s. The facilit ...dgling series in 1953. On [[August 16]] [[1954]] he signed a contract with city officials to create this new track that would become famous as the Daytona
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• Bandini 750 sport internazionale
  ...s a racing [[car]] built from [[1957]] until [[1961]] by [[Bandini|Bandini Cars]]. ...s auto racing that as "out of range" to be submitted to the streets in the city.
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• I.DE.A Institute
  |Location city || [[Turin]] ...mes, in addition to its major European customers, the company has designed cars for the fast moving Chinese market for such manufacturers as Changan and Ha
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• Emerson Fittipaldi
  '''Emerson Fittipaldi''' (born [[December 12]], [[1946]], [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]) is a highly successful [[open-wheel]] racing ser "Emmo" began racing in [[Europe]] in [[1969]] in [[Formula Ford]] cars, and progressed quickly to F1, joining [[Team Lotus]] during the [[1970]] s
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• Luigi Colani
  ...e host of futuristic concepts that will have us living in pods and driving cars so flat that leg amputation is the only option." ;1960: World's first kit car in series: 1700 cars, Colani GT
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• Sébastien Bourdais
  ...family (his father Patrick races in touring cars, hill climbs, and sports cars), Bourdais began his racing career at age 10 in [[karting|karts]]. During t ...luding a win from pole at [[Cleveland]]. With a runner-up finish in Mexico City, he clinched the Rookie of the Year title and finished 4th in the overall s
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• GP2
  == GP2 Series cars == ...mula One]], and [[Indy Racing League|IRL]] [[IndyCar Series]] models. The cars are predicted to be reliable and should run within less than ten seconds pe
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• Automatic transmission
  Most cars sold in the [[United States]] since the [[1950s]] have been equipped with a ...ted (and expensive) to build and repair than manual transmissions. In most cars (except US family, luxury, sport-utility vehicle, and minivan models) they
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• Fiat 600
  | Class || [[City car]] The '''Fiat 600''' (or "Seicento") [say-chento] is a [[city car]] produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[automaker]] [[Fiat]] from 1955 to
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• Shanghai International Circuit
  ...wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%8A shang] (上) the first word in the name of the city Shanghai, and which also means 'above' or 'ascend'. This was an unintention
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• Grand Prix de la Marne
  ...'' was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] event staged at a racecourse near the city of [[Reims]] in the [[Marne]] [[département]] of north-east [[France]]. Fi | [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]]
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• Car safety
  ...ing to human life and health. Special safety features have been built into cars for years, some for the safety of [[car]]'s occupants only, some for the sa ...ge:Safety_distance_1s_p1050014.jpg|thumb|Distance crossed by vehicles in a city (here, [[Paris]]) during 1 second (typical time to react to an emergency).]
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• Passive safety
  ...ing to human life and health. Special safety features have been built into cars for years, some for the safety of [[car]]'s occupants only, some for the sa ...ety_distance_1s_p1050014.jpg|thumb|250px|Distance crossed by vehicles in a city (here, [[Paris]]) during 1 second (typical time to react to an emergency).]
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• Autobianchi
  ...handful of models during its lifetime, which were almost exclusively small cars, with the biggest being the short-lived [[Autobianchi A111]], a [[small fam ...(mechanics)|differential]] (final drive) that has become prevalent in its cars today. This car competed with the [[Innocenti]]-built [[Mini]], which was t
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• Vittorio Brambilla
  ==Formula Three, Formula Two, Sports cars== ..., the 5th 1973 event in the European automaker's championship for 2,000 cc cars.
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• Monza
  ...al photo.jpg|thumb|262px|Aerial photo of the Autodoromo of Monza, with the city in the upper part.]] ...s. The two circuits could be combined to create a 10 km long circuit, with cars running parallel on the main straight. The infrastructure was also improved
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• Gianni Agnelli
  ...d to be a man of exquisite taste. He left his extraordary paintings to the city of Turin in 2002. ...over Fiat, seeing how the boy was more interested in mysticism than making cars (he studied religion at [[Princeton University|Princeton]] and took part in
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• 2006 GP2 Series season
  | rowspan=2 | {{flagiconSpain}} [[Valencia (city in Spain)|Valencia]], [[Spain]] !width="27"| [[Valencia (city in Spain)|VAL FEA]] {{flagiconSpain}}
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• Giuseppe Campari
  ...automobile company. Campari's job eventually involved test driving factory cars and his skills and interest led to his participation in competitive [[hillc ...[Gastone Brilli-Peri|Count Gastone Brilli-Peri]] and [[Antonio Ascari]] in cars designed by [[Vittorio Jano]].
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• All wheel drive
  ...ipping side as it delivers to the slipping side. Most [[Audi]] [[Quattro]] cars, notably excluding the [[Audi A3|A3]] and [[Audi TT|TT]], use a center Tors ...of the power going to the '''rear''' axle under normal conditions. Sports cars using this type of system always drive only the rear under normal condition
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• Automobile industry in Italy
  ...automotive industry is best known of its automobile designs and small city cars, sports and supercars. The automotive industry makes a significant 8.5% to
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• Hatchback
  ...he hatch) or five-door (four entry doors and the hatch) cars. In Europe, [[city car]]s, [[supermini car|superminis]], and [[small family car]]s are usually Small cars often incorporate a hatch tailgate to make the best use of available space.
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• Continuously variable transmission
  ...was produced in [[1958]]. Van Doorne's patents were later sold to [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] along with DAF's car business. [[General Motors]] designed a CVT for use in small cars, which was first offered in [[2002]]. After just three years, however, thi
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• Monaco
  |Largest city || [[Monte Carlo]] |Footnotes || ¹Monaco is a [[city-state]].<br>²Monégasque and Italian are also spoken widely.
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• Automobile self starter
  ...ates [[Patent]] No. 745,157 was issued to [[Clyde J. Coleman]] of New York City for an electric '''[[automobile]] self-starter'''. He had invented the fir ...an's design and made it practical. It was tested successfully on Cadillac cars of [[1911]] and first installed by [[Cadillac]] on production models in [[1
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• Automobile
  ...hich in a sense predates them. As of 2002 there were 590 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly one car for every eleven people), of which 140 million i ...Lenoir installed his engine in a vehicle. It seems to have been powered by city lighting-gas in bottles, and was said by Lenoir to have ''"travelled more s
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• Suzuka Circuit
  ...ort]] [[race track]]s in [[Japan]]. It is located in [[Suzuka, Mie|Suzuka City]], [[Mie Prefecture]] and is owned by [[Honda|Honda Motor Co., Ltd.]]. ...ear the Casio Triangle. The cars were Winston Cup and Winston West Series cars and the field was by invitation for the two races, run after the 1996 and 1
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• Bugatti Veyron
  ...d the Bugatti factory in [[Molsheim]] in February 2005 and saw a number of cars in various stages of production, including at least one completed productio ...not the most efficient vechicle in history however, using 40.4 l/100 km in city driving and 24.1 l/100 km in combined cycle. At full-throttle, it uses up t
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...urned" in engines in fundamentally the same method as traditional gasoline cars. High-speed cars, [[bus]]es, [[submarine]]s, and [[rocket]]s already can run on hydrogen, in
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• Ferrari
  ...[[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by [[Enzo Ferrari]] in 1929. At first, '''[[Scuderia Ferrari]]''' sp ...Ferrari prepared and successfully raced various drivers in [[Alfa Romeo]] cars until 1938, when he was officially hired by Alfa as head of their racing de
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• Vanderbilt Cup
  ...hero [[George Robertson (racecar driver)|George Robertson]] from [[Garden City, New York]] became the first American to win the event. *2002 - {{flagiconBRA}} [[Cristiano da Matta]] ([[Lola Racing Cars|Lola]]-[[Toyota]])
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• Ceirano GB & C
  ...jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''1899 Welleyes''' <br>'''Ceirano intended to build cars and the first prototype appeared in 1899 under the name Welleyes.''' [http: ...liquidated in 1903, a year later became the Ceirano & C. [[STAR]] Company Cars in Rapid Torinese.
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• Fiat 1100
  |Class:||[[city car]]<br>[[FR]] == Fiat 1100 Performance and Race cars ==
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• Marco Andretti
  ...sports journalist Gordon Kirby suggested at the Champ Car finale in Mexico City that the youngest Andretti would be replacing [[Dan Wheldon]] in his #26 [[ ...the 2008 season at [[Texas Motor Speedway]]. Andretti had one of the best cars that night and was able to drive the high line all night, but [[Ryan Hunter
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• Chiribiri
  Antonio Chiribiri was born in Venice in 1865 but it was not a natural city for engineering so he moved to [[Florence]] to work in a small factory. He ...dexnew.htm Official Chiribiri (clothing) web site with images of Chiribiri cars and film of Nuvolari driving (mostly) Alfa Romeos and Auto Unions].
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• Brands Hatch
  ...d Prix' configuration. These factors, along with its close proxmity to the city of [[London]], ensured a popular slot on the [[Formula One|Grand Prix]] cal ...1950 to create a 1 mile oval course suitable for cars. 500cc [[Formula 3]] cars began racing later that year, and in 1953 the Universal Motor Racing Club w
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• Maserati
  |Location city || {{flagiconItaly}} [[Modena]] ...manufacturer of [[automobile racing|racing cars]] and [[sports car|sports cars]], established in 1914 in [[Bologna]]. The company's headquarters are now i
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• Alfa Romeo Visconti
  ...what must be almost a career span of fifty years, I found myself designing cars on more than one occasion for the “Biscione” Carmaker, sometimes by way ...the next-generation 156 Sedan, Sportwagon, Coupe and Spider, a quartet of cars all drawing life from the pencil of Giugiaro as evolution of the Brera conc
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