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Flat engine
...have a lower [[center of gravity]] than any other common configuration. [[Automobile]]s and [[motorcycle]]s powered by a flat engine generally have a lower cent ...iston movement of the opposite side. Boxers are one of only three cylinder layouts that have a natural dynamic balance; the others being the [[straight-6]] an

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Sports car racing
...nce races across [[Europe]] such as the [[Mille Miglia]], [[Tour de France automobile|Tour de France]] and [[Targa Florio]], which were often run on dusty roads, ...competition in the classification of the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] ([[Automobile Club de l'Ouest|ACO]]), the sanctioning body for Le Mans and the model for

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Rear wheel drive
...ne in the front of the vehicle, but the [[mid engine]] and [[rear engine]] layouts are also used. ...rous. Rear wheel drive rewards skill, and punishes the lack of it. Other layouts are much more forgiving, but don't offer the same rewards in handling.

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Front wheel drive
...m [[Citroën]] in Europe, and the contemporary [[Cord 810|810]] from [[Cord Automobile]] in the United States. All [[Subaru]] front wheel drive and all wheel drive layouts are derived from the standard longitudinal front engine/rear drive transmis

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Concept car
A '''concept car''' is a [[Automobile|car]] [[prototype]] made to showcase a new vehicle's styling, [[technology] ...einforced_plastic|carbon fiber]] to exotic [[alloy]]s. Others have unique layouts, such as gullwing doors, 3 or 6 (or more) wheels, or special abilities not

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Overhead cam
There are two overhead camshaft layouts: {{Automobile configurations}}

6 KB (952 words) - 17:33, 7 August 2009
Flat-6
...sically expensive design to manufacture, and somewhat too wide for compact automobile engine compartments, which makes it more suitable for luxury sports cars, c ...dth interferes with the ability of the front wheels to steer. Only a few [[automobile|auto]] makers, including [[Porsche]] and [[Subaru]], currently use horizont

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Overhead camshaft
There are two overhead camshaft layouts: {{Automobile configurations}}

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Cam in block
The '''cam-in-block''' valvetrain layouts are ones in which the [[camshaft]] is placed within the [[cylinder block]], ...ngines have become competitive lately. The cause is historical: while both layouts are over 100 years old, the cam-in-block design engine came first. OHC engi

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Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...0px|left|Diagram showing the differences between the 1994 and 2006 circuit layouts]]

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Fuji Speedway
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ble in its current (with or without the last chicane), 1974-85 and 1986-92 layouts; and in [[TOCA Race Driver]], in its 1993-2004 layout. The circuit was neit

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Straight-6
...lso rather expensive to manufacture and physically longer than alternative layouts. [[list of automotive superlatives|The smallest]] production straight-6 wa In [[1959]], [[Saab Automobile|Saab]] had an experimental car with ''two'' transverse [[straight-3]] engin

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Moto Guzzi Grand Prix 500 cc V8
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ons: horizontal singles, parallel twins, V-twins in in-line and transverse layouts, 3-cylinders, and 4-cylinders in horizontal and in-line form. Ultimately '

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Miller Motorsports Park
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ot use the tighter infield lay-out, as well as two {{convert|2.2|mi|km|1}} layouts that each use half of the full course and can be run simultaneously. At al

7 KB (927 words) - 10:38, 25 September 2009
Aprilia
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...zuki]] and [[Ducati]] went for (differently-designed) [[V4 engine|V-Four]] layouts. [[Honda]] took the idea even further, producing the championship-winning [

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Oran Park Raceway
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" Oran Park Raceway has several track layouts. It was established on [[1 January]] [[1963]] with what was mostly like the

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Cam-in-block
...s have become more competitive lately. The cause is historical: while both layouts are over 100 years old, the pushrod design engine came first. OHC engines w ...e [[World War II]] [[Jeep]], for instance. L-heads are no longer used in [[automobile]] engines, although they are still used for some small-engine applications

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Car classification
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:95%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |[[Microcar]]||-||Microcar||[[Smart (automobile)|Smart Fortwo]]

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Silverstone Circuit
...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"

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Four-wheel drive
...er automobile. The Super Wagoneer (1966 to 1969) was powered by [[Rambler (automobile)|Rambler]] or [[Buick]] [[V8 engine|V8s]]. Its high level of equipment made ...the forerunner of the designs that followed from other manufacturers. The automobile press at the time tested the traction of the Eagles and described it as far

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