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• Alfa Romeo 169
  ...at group, was able to turn some of his attention towards Alfa Romeo. A new model plan was revealed shortly after Antonio Baravalle's appointment as CEO, wit ...idder for the purchase of [[Jaguar cars|Jaguar]] and [[Land Rover]] from [[Ford]]. [[Tata Motors|Tata]] and [[Fiat]] have had an agreement in place to prod
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• Turbocharger
  ...y advantage of turbochargers is that they offer a considerable increase in engine power with only a slight increase in weight. ...tput of both engine types. This last factor makes turbocharging [[aircraft engine]]s considerably advantageous—and was the original reason for developm
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• Siata
  ...0 Gran Sport (1937) which was a spider with a rocket-like body and a 636cc engine. One of these, with a body by [[Zagato]] and driven [[by Piero Dusio]] (lat ...estroyed by bombing in 1943. Following the war Siata launched an auxiliary engine for bicycles which was an immediate success and at the same time changed th
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• European Car of the Year
  | [[Ford Mustang]] | [[Ford Fiesta]]
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• Understeer
  ...(increasing the steering effectiveness of the front wheels as there is no engine torque to deal with) which can cause the car to [[lift-off oversteer|snap o | Car model
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ===Engine capacity/displacement=== ===Engine output===
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• Demolition Derby
  ...e vehicles. Drivers use the back end of the vehicle to ram to protect the engine compartment from damage. ...from the [[1990s]] and later are thusfar rarely used as their more complex engine emissions controls are difficult or impossible to re-tune for derbying.
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ...at same jump in AMC sponsored thrill shows) compared to the stock Hornet X model in all of its other appearances in the movie. Seven tests were performed in ...a [[runway]] at which point the scene cut to the radio-controlled [[scale model]] built by [[John Stears]]. See Aircraft section below.
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...le.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The front suspension components of a [[Ford Model T]].]] ...compression and the force exerted cannot be fitted adequately to a linear model. For example, the first inch exerts 500 lb force, the second inch exerts a
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• Lancia Delta
  | Layout || [[Front-engine design|Front engine]], [[front-wheel drive]] / [[four-wheel drive]] ...were the [[Volkswagen Golf]], [[Opel Astra]]/[[Opel Kadett|Kadett]] and [[Ford Escort]]. For a few years after its launch, the Delta was one of the most c
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• David Coulthard
  Coulthard graduates to [[Formula Ford]] in 1989. He won the first ever [[McLaren Autosport BRDC Award|McLaren/Aut ...was brought into the pits for a precautionary stop. Coulthard stalled his engine twice whilst trying to exit the pits, losing his lead in the process. What
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• Four-wheel-drive
  ...n|drivetrain]] that allows all four [[wheel]]s to receive power from the [[engine]] simultaneously. In the [[United States]], these cars are included in the ...g the driver or occupants about the status of the drivetrain. This shouldn't be confused with the term [[automatic transmission]].
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• Fiat
  ...an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automaker|automobile manufacturer]], [[manufacturer|engine manufacturer]], [[financial]] and [[industry|industrial]] group based in [[ ...ost between $3,600 and $8,600, compared to US$825 the [[Ford Model T|Model T]] in 1908.
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• ...an Formula Super A championship. He also competed that year in the Formula Ford Euro Cup, and by the age of twenty, he had won the [[British Formula Renaul Räikkönen, long linked to Sauber's engine supplier [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], instead sufficiently impressed [[Tea
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• Car handling
  ...rear heavy cars to [[oversteer]], all other things being equal. The [[mid-engine design]] offers the ideal center of gravity. ...ays. This phenomenon is often explained by use of the [[circle of forces]] model.
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• Fiat Panda
  ...w changes, and is now sometimes referred to as the "old Panda". The second model, launched in 2003, is sometimes referred to "new Panda" or "Nuova Panda" (i ...this spirit of robust simplicity was adhered to throughout the life of the model.
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• Le Mans 24 hours races
  ==1964 to 1967 Ford/Ferrari duel== ...proved to be the last win for the red cars. Four consecutive victories for Ford followed in the next years.
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• Goldfinger
  ...], almost hitting Bond instead. As Tilly attempts to flee the scene in her Ford Mustang, Bond slashes her tires with a spike that extends from his [[Aston ...en told by Goldfinger that it was sleeping gas, not nerve gas, so she hadn't been planning mass murder anyway.) Goldfinger and his men blow up the main
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• Scuderia Ferrari
  Engine = [[Ferrari]] 056 | ...orthiness for the [[1964 Formula One season]], featuring an eight-cylinder engine designed by [[Angelo Bellei]]. Surtees and Bandini were joined by young Mex
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• Max Mosley
  ...nd attract them to the Movement by showing that we were like them and didn't go on about Hitler and Mussolini, Franco and British Fascism all the time." ...achbuilder]].' And I thought to myself, 'I've found a world where they don't know about Oswald Mosley.' And it has always been a bit like that in motor
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