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• De Tomaso
  '''De Tomaso''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile|car]]-manufacturing company. It was founded by the [[Argentina|Argentinian]]-bo ...aso produced various prototypes and racing cars, including a [[Formula 1]] car for [[Frank Williams]]'s team in 1970.
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• Lancia Kappa
  |Class:||[[Executive car]] |Similar:||[[Renault Safrane]]<br>[[Rover 800]]<br>[[Saab 9-5]]
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• Four-wheel-drive
  [[Image:Car rally.jpg|thumb|right|224px|A [[Subaru Impreza]] [[rally car]] uses 4WD for traction on loose dirt.]] ...icle continuously. AWD can also be thought of as automatic 4WD, having the car engage all four wheels when conditions warrant and disengage without notify
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• Electric vehicle conversion
  ...cases the vehicle may be built by the converter, or assembled from a [[kit car]], and vehicles of this type are also noted below.<br> ...ries, the user can choose to buy a converted vehicle of any model in the [[Car dealership|automaker dealerships]] only paying the cost of the batteries an
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• Ferrari P
  Although [[Enzo Ferrari]] resisted the move even with [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] dominating F1, [[Ferrari]] began producing [[MR layout|mid ...ey were almost entirely dissimilar. The first Ferrari mid-engine in a road car did not arrive until the [[1967]] [[Ferrari Dino|Dino]], and it was [[1971]
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• Cam in block
  ...]] used this arrangement. From 1927-1929, the American firm [[Hudson Motor Car Company|Hudson]] used a 6-cylinder engine of this form as well, but this en
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• Cam-in-block
  ...]] used this arrangement. From 1927-1929, the American firm [[Hudson Motor Car Company|Hudson]] used a 6-cylinder engine of this form as well, but this en
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• Electronic stability control
  ...' ('''ESC''') is a computerized technology that improves the safety of a [[car handling|vehicle's stability]] by detecting and minimizing skids. When ESC ...that ESC is highly effective in helping the driver maintain control of the car and saving lives and reducing the severity of crashes. In the fall of 2004
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ...5-2a.jpg|right|thumb|350px|[[Aston Martin DB5]] the most famous James Bond car]] ...#GT.2C GTV and GTV6|Alfa Romeo GTV6]] || Unknown || Bond steals the parked car while its owner uses a pay phone booth and makes haste towards Octopussy's
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• Tourist Trophy
  Motor racing began on the Isle of Man in 1904 with the Gordon Bennett car trials. Rumours have started to spread of a well-known sports car manufacturer supporting the event in the future.
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• Tire
  ...m [[wear and tear]] as well as to provide a high-friction bond between the car and the road to improve acceleration and handling. Today most tires, espec ...By Dunlop's time, the bicycle had been fully developed (see [[Rover (car)|Rover]]) and it proved a far more suitable application for pneumatic tires. Pneum
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• Airbag
  ...|250px|An [[automobile]] airbag, like this one in a crashed [[SEAT Ibiza]] car, deflates after 0.3 seconds.]] ...bags in 1971. The first example of an airbag in a production [[automobile|car]] was in [[1972]] when the 1973 model [[Oldsmobile Toronado]] was released.
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...ari]] [[Formula One]] 1.5&nbsp;L V8 engines ''(none of them used in a road car)'' ....6&nbsp;L (13600&nbsp;cc/829 cu&nbsp;in³) 2003 Cadillac Sixteen ([[concept car]])
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• The Living Daylights
  ...apes with his reserve parachute while the assassin is killed when the Land Rover explodes in mid-air. ...using the Aston Martin's weapons. Bond, however, is forced to destroy the car, whereupon he and Milovy sled down a snow-covered hill in the girl's cello
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• Bicycle
  ...for their lower seat height and better weight distribution. Starley's 1885 Rover is usually described as the first recognizably modern bicycle. Soon, the '' ...levelled off or declined as motorized transportation became affordable and car-centred policies led to an increasingly hostile environment for bicycles. I
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• Le Mans 24 hours races
  Rover and the BRM Formula 1 team joined forces to produce a [[gas turbine]] power ...disappointing, the car was unstable on the straight, however Ford sent one car to Germany for Phil Hill and Bruce McLaren to race in the [[1000km Nürburg
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