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• Automobile
  ...s its own [[car engine|motor]]. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for between one and ...f the modern automobile, several other German engineers worked on building automobiles at the same time. In 1886, [[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm Maybach]] in
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• Station wagon
  ...akes in framing the passenger compartments of their passenger vehicles. In automobiles, the framing was sheathed in steel which was then covered in colored lacque ..., evolved from trucks and were viewed as Commercial Vehicles, not consumer automobiles. The framing of the early station wagons were left unsheathed because of th
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• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
  ...who died in a practice session in May 1997. Two drivers total died in the 1920s, with another two in the 1930s, one in the 1940s, five in the 1950s, five i | {{flagiconFrance}} [[Alpine (car)|Société Automobiles Alpine]]
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• Philippe de Rothschild
  During the 1920s, Philippe lived the life of a wealthy playboy, often found in the company o Despite the time spent racing automobiles and producing the 1932 film ''[[Lac aux Dames]]'', the first French "[[talk
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• Tractor
  ...rd]] and [[Deere & Company|John Deere]] began manufacturing them. By the [[1920s]], tractors with a gasoline powered [[internal combustion engine]] had beco The pedal furthest to the right is the foot [[throttle]]. Unlike in automobiles, it can also be controlled from a hand-operated lever ("hand throttle"). T
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• Ferrari
  ...], powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine; Enzo reluctantly built and sold his automobiles to fund the Scuderia. While his beautiful and blazingly fast cars quickly g ...of [[Württemberg]], just like the city is placed within the state. In the 1920s, Ferdinand Porsche had constructed supercharged cars for [[Mercedes-Benz]]
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...t Commercial Vehicles S.p.A. These companies are fully owned by Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.{{-}} ...nal coachbuilt custom, Alfa Romeo found itself producing not just sporting automobiles but also railway locomotives, buses, tractors and commercial vans.
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• Fiat
  ...s. After the war, Fiat introduced its first tractor, the 702. By the early 1920s, Fiat had a market share in Italy of 80%. Fiat automobiles have been made in Poland since 1920. In 1932, the [[Polski Fiat|Polskie zak
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• Fuel injection
  ...was formed. Both agencies now create and enforce emission regulations for automobiles, as well as for many other sources. Fuel injection has been used commercially in [[diesel engine]]s since the mid 1920s. The concept was adapted for use in petrol-powered aircraft during [[World
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...owing him to win the 1922 edition of the race. Miller then created his own automobiles, which shared the 'Miller' designation, which, in turn, were powered by sup
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...t various circuits around Australia for many decades, dating back into the 1920s, making the race one of the oldest surviving races today. Like the [[Frenc | [[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]]
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• History of the bicycle
  ...d 1910. Automobiles became the preferred means of transportation. Over the 1920s, bicycles gradually became considered children's toys, and by 1940 most bic
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