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• Pagani Huayra
  ...i Huayra is capable of withstanding 1.5g of lateral acceleration at speeds of 230 mph. ...transmissions to change gears faster. As a result, the entire transmission of the Pagani Huayra weighs 96 kg.
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• Alfa Romeo TZ
  ...alloy block with wet steel liners was installed at an angle under the hood of the TZ to improve airflow. ...ly chopping the tail at an angle. Zagato had previously proved the success of this tail treatment in their "coda tronca" Sprint Zagato sports-racing cars
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• Laverda
  ...an Italian manufacturer of [[Combine harvester]]s and at one time a maker of high performance [[motorcycles]]. The agricultural equipment brand is famo ...founded almost on a whim by [[Pietro Laverda]] junior (son of the founder of
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• Cisitalia
  ...|'''[[Tazio Nuvolari]] next to the 1950 Cisitalia [[Grand Prix]], the lack of money would not allow the stunning car to be completed.''']] Following the great success of pre-World War II [[Italian]] sports and racing cars like [[Ferrari]] and [M
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• The Man with the Golden Gun (film)
  ...ists]]. The resulting legalities over the Bond property delayed production of the next Bond film, ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]' ...ith Scaramanga's financier, Hai Fat); no pictures or physical descriptions of him exist.
  17 KB (2,669 words) - 23:59, 12 April 2010
• NCR
  ...Giorgio Nepoti]] and [[Rizzi]], the three founders, created a state-of the-art mechanical workshop where they built racing bikes starting from stock Ducat ...which Mike Hailwood won the 1978 Formula 1 World Championship in the Isle of Man.
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• Kart racing
  ...nly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher and more expensive ranks of motorsports. ...i F50. A kart like this can be driven by race licence holders over the age of 11.
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• Future of Formula One
  ...do talking about the present. There is always uncertainty about the future of the sport, and disagreements about the direction in which Formula One shoul ...rld Championship for five years in a row. The massive commercial interests of car companies and team sponsors are also at odds with the demand for an exc
  20 KB (3,254 words) - 08:04, 8 October 2009
• MV Agusta
  |Company slogan || Motorcycle Art ...eir first prototype, ironically called "Vespa 98", in 1945. After learning of that that the name had already been registered by [[Piaggio]] for its [[Ves
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• Rome
  ...natus Populusque Romanus &ndash; [[SPQR]]''<br/>(The Senate and the People of Rome)</small> ||[[Mayor of Rome|Mayor]]|| [[Walter Veltroni]]<br/>(''[[Left-Wing Democrats]]'')
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• Ancient Rome
  ...h century]], marking the [[decline of the Roman Empire]] and the beginning of the [[Middle Ages]]. ...re, architecture, and language in the [[Western world]], and its [[history of Rome|history]] continues to have a major influence on the world today.
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• Live and Let Die
  ...stop. By 1972, Broccoli and Saltzman had auditioned or considered a number of actors for the role, most notably [[Julian Glover]] (later the villain in t ...these are seen by some fans and researchers as apocryphal given that most of the evidence used to support these reports are false or misleading (see: [[
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• Travel in Italy
  ...ckground:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Flag of Italy.jpg|100px]] |Language || Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking with Ladin spo
  30 KB (4,846 words) - 15:03, 15 October 2010
• Lamborghini Murcielago
  ...h birthday, 50 special edition Murciélagos were built up during the autumn of 2003. ...that automatically open to the needed size to let in just the right amount of air needed to cool its engine.
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• Osella
  ...llowing years the Osella FA2s were occasionally entered by privateers, one of them being the Swiss [[Charly Kiser]]. ...y great impression. After this unsuccessful attempt, the racing activities of Osella Corse nearly came to an end. The team attended some local sports car
  42 KB (5,856 words) - 23:27, 3 June 2011
• Vatican City
  ...ckground:#808080; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Flag of the Vatican City.png|150px|center]] |Conventional long name || State of the Vatican City
  36 KB (5,648 words) - 08:49, 8 October 2009
• Niki Lauda
  ...s|F1 World Champion]]. He has founded and run two airlines and was manager of the [[Jaguar Racing|Jaguar]] Formula One racing team for two years. ...o Ferrari]] asked him what he thought of Lauda. Regazzoni spoke favourably of Lauda, so Ferrari promptly went and signed him, paying Niki enough to clear
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• Sicily
  ...faro]]<br />(''[[Union of Christian and Centre Democrats|UDC]]''-''[[House of Freedoms|CdL]]'') | ...of Ragusa|Ragusa]]<br />[[Province of Syracuse|Syracuse]]<br />[[Province of Trapani|Trapani]] |
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• The Spy Who Loved Me (film)
  ...res of EON Productions to [[United Artists]] in 1975 following the release of ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]''. It ...lm franchise due to financial difficulties. A second problem was the issue of finding a director. The first director attached to the film was [[Guy Hamil
  29 KB (4,534 words) - 20:40, 6 November 2011
• Barcelona
  ...rgest, has a wealth of unique historic architecture and has emerged as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe during the 1990s. *[[Barcelona/Eixample|Eixample]] - modernist quarter, noted for its ''art nouveau'' buildings
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