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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 [[
  7 KB (1,015 words) - 17:50, 31 October 2009
• 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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