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• Isotta-Fraschini
  *Four-wheel power drum brakes ...r engine. The bonnet stood as tall as a man and made the driver behind the wheel seem like an infant, barely able to see above the cowl. This massive roadst
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• Fiat Tipo
  ...evels of packaging - rear passenger room being greater than that in a rear wheel drive [[Ford Sierra]], but in a car that was of a similar size to the small ...e. The car launched into a favourable market in the UK, where none of the "big three" carmakers ([[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]]
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• Spada
  ...and, when it was ready, we carried out a series of tests. With Elio at the wheel and me next to him with a stopwatch we carried out a series of kilometre ru ...ko Shark infuence in the front end design. It is a front-mid-engined, rear wheel drive two-door coupé featuring a very lightweight aluminum spaceframe stru
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• Hatchback
  ...or Corporation]] design) was the 1968 [[Austin Maxi]], a five-speed, front-wheel drive hatchback. The first all-Italian hatchback was the [[Fiat 127]], whic ...Europe were hatchbacks. The 1980s began with the launch of two more front-wheel drive hatchbacks: the [[Ford Escort]] and [[Lancia Delta]]. More similar ca
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• Menarini
  ...ambulances, shop trucks for war purpose, but later bad times occurred: the big plant was mostly damaged by bombing raids and the manufacturing activity ha ...kes]] application appears on the beginning of the eighties, then the front wheel suspensions for coaches, and even a DE DION rear axle on the coach Monocar
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• Lancia Monte Carlo
  ...er the X1/20) while in development, and was intended to be a Fiat-branded 'big brother' to the [[Fiat X1/9]]. It had a similar mid-engined layout, with a [[Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles]]
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• Ancillotti
  ...n [[Gualtiero]]. He is above all fascinated by motorcycles, even the three wheel version, seeing that he will be a prized side car driver. ...aborating the [[Lambretta]]. A period in which the scooter dominates the 2 wheel market, almost totally replacing the classic motorcycle. The success of the
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• Ducati Apollo
  ...ee two valve head V4 using a 180 degree crankshaft with [[roller bearing]] big ends. That [[crankshaft]] fitted into a horizontally split [[wet sump]] [[c *Interchangeable and quickly detachable front and rear wheel
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• Laverda
  ===The big twins=== ...ikes of Ducati, but much more exclusive. With 65 bhp available at the rear wheel and a very rev-happy engine, these bikes were nothing like traditional para
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• American Championship Car Racing
  :''This article provides a general outline of the major American Open-Wheel motor racing championship, for specific information on the current Champ Ca ...championship for drivers of single seater (commonly referred to as [[open wheel]]) cars.
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• Tire
  ...oscillations caused by irregularities in the road surface, to protect the wheel from [[wear and tear]] as well as to provide a high-friction bond between t ...bert William Thomson]], born in [[Stonehaven, Scotland]], as the '''Aerial Wheel'''. This invention consisted of a [[canvas]] inner tube surrounded by a [[
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• Aermacchi
  In [[1948]] began to design a futuristic model of a [[scooter]] with big wheels, which was presented to [[Rimini]] in [[1950]] with the name the Aer *1945 - Three Wheel Truck MB1 is indroduced
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• Fiat 8V
  ...ch was tested in a wind tunnel; very advanced for that time. Even the rear wheel spats contributed to reducing drag and increased the top speed by 4 kph. ...cally beautiful, its aerodynamic design is certainly impressive and made a big impact in 1952, being not alike any other car.
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• Hot rod
  ...ing]], or replacing the [[engine]] to give more power, and changing the [[wheel]]s and [[tire]]s to improve [[traction]] and handling. Such modifications w ...y automobile enthusiasts, also known as [[raggare]]. Meetings like [[Power Big Meet]] and clubs such as [[Wheels and Wings]] in [[Varberg]], Sweden have e
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• Lancia Beta
  ...oupés" and also as "Spiders". The car was originally designed as a Fiat, a big brother to the Bertone-styled [[Fiat X1/9]], and was initially called the X ...herson strut]]s all round and disc braking on all four wheels. The [[front wheel drive]] models were available in a number of engine capacities ranging from
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• Itala
  ...return to motor sport producing the Tipo 11 a very advanced car with front wheel drive, V-12 supercharged engine and all round independent suspension but th ...kerosene lanterns for the location and number plate and acetylene for the big lights. It has no front brakes or electrical system. Among other car compan
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• Lancia Astura
  ...he bilanceri and the relative starter shaft (the axis to cams centers them wheel between the two heads). |+ ''' <big>1946</big> '''
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• Maserati Quattroporte
  ..., and was the only Maserati with a [[hydropneumatic]] suspension and front wheel drive. However, the [[1973 oil crisis]] had intervened and demand for such ...ef [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] and his design staff in 1976. This was a [[rear wheel drive]] car, powered by a large V8 engine. It was important to ''de Tomaso'
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• Lancia Artena
  ...l (printed publication) with directly strained antifriction bearing in the big end of connecting rod; [[pistone|pistoni]] in aluminum alloy; fused cylinde |Sterzo||a screw without aim and helicoidal wheel; guide to right; diameter of sudden turn mt 10,20
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• Isetta
  ...rhaps a small child. Behind the seat was a large parcel shelf with a spare wheel located below. A heater was optional, and ventilation was provided by openi ...a pair of closely-spaced 10-inch rear wheels. The first prototypes had one wheel at the rear but this made the car prone to roll-overs, so they placed two r
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