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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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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...toric [[Saab Automobile|Saab]]s and [[DKW]]s and until recently in several automobiles produced in the [[Eastern bloc]], including [[Trabant]]s and [[Wartburg (ca ...eneral Motors]] EMD diesel 2-strokes powered diesel [[locomotives]] in the 1930s. These engines had up to 18 cylinders (with a total displacement of approxi
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• Fiat 508
  ...automobile]] famous, built by the manufacturer [[Italy]] n [[Fiat]] in the 1930s that contributed greatly to the motorization of the middle classes the coun [[Category:1900s automobiles]]
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• History of the automobile
  Vehicles that can be considered [[automobiles]] may have been demonstrated as early as 1769, although that date is disput ...1892 to carry two adults. One of the first four-wheeled [[petrol]]-driven automobiles in Britain was built in [[Birmingham]] in 1895 by [[Frederick William Lanch
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• Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
  ...he lines of the twin seater are meant to echo the styling of Alfa's of the 1930s and 1940s, and the "Competizione" name is a pointer to the 1948 6C 2500 Com [[Category:2000s automobiles]]
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• Supercharger
  ==Automobiles== In the 1930s two-speed drives were developed for superchargers. These provided more flex
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• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
  ...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 in the 1960s, two in the 1970s, | {{flagiconFrance}} [[Alpine (car)|Société Automobiles Alpine]]
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• Philippe de Rothschild
  Despite the time spent racing automobiles and producing the 1932 film ''[[Lac aux Dames]]'', the first French "[[talk ...ith the acquisition of the neighboring Chateau d'Armailhacq. By the late [[1930s]], the wines of Mouton Rothschild were recognized as among the world's grea
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• OSCA
  ...ers on 10 year contracts. This arrangement worked successfully in the late 1930s but during the war the Orsis decided to move the factory to [[Modena]] and From 1951 to 1962, automobiles or engines made by O.S.C.A. also were entered in some [[Formula One]] and [
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...successful prewar sports and racing cars, the [[Alfa Romeo 8C|8C]] of the 1930s). ...t Commercial Vehicles S.p.A. These companies are fully owned by Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.{{-}}
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• Turbocharger
  Turbocharging is very common on [[Diesel engine]]s in conventional automobiles, in [[truck]]s, for marine and heavy machinery applications. In fact, for ...mmonly used on two types of engines: Gasoline engines in high-performance automobiles and Diesel engines in work trucks. Small cars in particular benefit from t
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• Motorsport
  The [[1930s]] saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road
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• Tractor
  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 [[Image:Chelyabinsk tractor factory 1930s.jpg|thumb|right|260px|A tractor factory in [[Chelyabinsk]] in the [[Soviet
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• Auto racing
  The [[1930s]] saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...t, the list (except for the [[#Firsts|Firsts]] section) will be limited to automobiles built after World War II. Many odd vehicles emerged in the early days of th * First [[convertible|retractable hardtop]] - 1930s [[Lancia]]
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• Ilario Bandini
  This was the period of greatest growth for Bandini Automobiles. A contemporary newspaper reports discussion of plans under way to develop ...Italian "gentleman drivers" who mainly run hillclimbs (a throwback to the 1930s, in an era of increasing costs, professionalism, and specialization). There
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• Alfa Romeo 8C
  ...''' name was used on road, [[Auto racing|race]] and [[sports cars]] of the 1930s. The 8C means 8 cylinders, and originally referred to a [[straight-8|straig ...n one hundred ninety examples of the 8C 2300. Yet those one hundred ninety automobiles have created a mythical history that is many times greater than their numbe
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• Automobile safety
  In the 1930s, plastic surgeon [[Claire L. Straith]] and physician C. J. Strickland advoc In 1949 SAAB incorporated aircraft safety thinking into automobiles making the [[Saab 92]] the first production SAAB car with a safety cage, an
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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 ...nz]] in Stuttgart before starting his own engineering company there in the 1930s, designing the [[Auto Union]] race cars, amongst others.
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...arques. Innovations in car design began appearing at the track in the late 1930s, with Bugatti and Alfa Romeo running highly aerodynamic bodywork in order t ...o not only achieve greater speed but also to have better [[Fuel economy in automobiles|fuel economy]], and spend less time in the pits. Engine sizes have also va
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