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• Marine engine
  ...cylinder layouts replacing longer straight-line arrangements. In passenger cars, [[V8|V-8]] layouts were adopted for all piston displacements greater than Smaller cars brought about a return a to smaller engines, the [[V4|four]]- and [[v6|six]
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• Autotecnica
  In 1953 the 1100 was completely redesigned as a compact four door saloon with a modern monocoque chassis and bodywork incorporating [[Category: Cars]]
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• Fiat 8V
  ...iat]]s (but many parts were made by [[Siata]] and they used them for their cars). The 8V was developed by [[Dante Giacosa]] and the stylist [[Fabio Lucio R ...cars had a factory produced bodywork by [[Carozzeria Speciale FIAT]]. Some cars had the bodywork done by other [[Italian]] [[coachbuilders]]. [[Carozzeria]
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• Ferrari 500 Mondial
  In the early 1950s, [[Ferrari]] shifted from using the compact [[Gioacchino Colombo]]-designed [[V12 engine]] in its smallest class of spo ...erraris is that they lacked the hood scoops common on V12 models. The V12 cars used [[carburettor|downdraft carburettors]] located centrally in the "valle
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• Ferrari Monza
  In the early 1950s, [[Ferrari]] shifted from using the compact [[Gioacchino Colombo]]-designed [[V12 engine]] in its smallest class of spo ...erraris is that they lacked the hood scoops common on V12 models. The V12 cars used [[carburettor|downdraft carburettors]] located centrally in the "valle
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• Lee Iacocca
  ...of bankruptcy, as it was focusing most of its money on large, fuel thirsty cars that the public didn't want due to a fuel crisis at the time. First, Iacoc ...nment-backed loans seven years earlier than expected; most of it came from cars built on the K platform.
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• Pushrod engine
  ...engines and have largely replaced cam-in-block designs in countries where cars are taxed based on [[engine displacement]]. In [[1949]], [[Oldsmobile]] int ...oorer "breathing". Breathing was not greatly emphasized in past production cars because engines could not run long and reliably at high speed due to other
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...s [[Tranquillo Zerbi]], designer of [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] cars for Fiat. In 1933 when work commenced on the Fiat 500, the director of the ...bsp;km/h was claimed. A batch of twenty cars was laid down in 1946 and the cars were raced successfully throughout the rest of the 1940s.
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• AC Cars
  '''AC Cars Group Ltd.''' is a British specialist car manufacturing company and one of In 1922 the name changed again to A.C. Cars Ltd. Edge bought the company outright for £135,000 in 1927 and re-register
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• Autobianchi
  ...handful of models during its lifetime, which were almost exclusively small cars, with the biggest being the short-lived [[Autobianchi A111]], a [[small fam ...(mechanics)|differential]] (final drive) that has become prevalent in its cars today. This car competed with the [[Innocenti]]-built [[Mini]], which was t
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• Straight-5
  ...versions. Since the [[Volvo 850]] was introduced in [[1991]], many [[Volvo Cars|Volvos]] make use of straight-5 engines, often [[turbocharger|turbocharged]
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• V6
  ...onfiguration. It is the second most common engine configuration in modern cars after the [[straight-4]]; it shares with that engine a compactness very sui Narrow angle V6 engines are very compact but suffer from vibration. Lancia's [[1924]] engine was such a design; Lanc
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• Hydropneumatic suspension
  ...vehicle)|suspension system]] invented by [[Citroën]] and fitted to Citroën cars, as well as being adapted by other car manufacturers, notably [[Rolls-Royce ...d to work on the cars - making them seem radically different from ordinary cars with common mechanicals. Citroën thus encountered the same issue as [[Appl
  16 KB (2,430 words) - 23:46, 7 August 2009
• Pushrod
  ...-in-block|camshaft's location inside the engine block]], pushrods are more compact than an overhead cam engine of comparable displacement. For example, [[For ...engines are usually limited to about 6,000 RPM to 8,000 RPM in production cars and 9,000 RPM to 10,500 RPM in racing applications. In contrast, many mode
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• Rayton
  ...s shown to [[FIAT]], where it was yet again rejected because [[Fiat]] made cars, not trucks! This was obviously a new type of vehicle, and did not seem to ...e, and actually sawed in half and welded back together again. It was now a compact design and had a much more pleasing overall proportion, not to mention bett
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• Fiat Ritmo
  ...anics)|gearbox]] was much-criticised. A cheaper alternative to many other cars in its class from manufacturers such as [[Ford]] and [[Renault]], the Ritmo ...they were hit hard by the infamous "rust-bug" which afflicted most Italian cars of the 1970s and 1980s thanks to the use of low-grade [[USSR|Soviet]] steel
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• Fiat Siena
  ...by giogetto giugiaro, famous italian designer whom had previously designed cars for Alfa Romeo. ...ront, rear and interior design. The 04' Siena was the very first Brazilian compact sedán with 4 airbags (2 at front and 2 sidebags), light and rain sensor, p
  5 KB (794 words) - 00:07, 11 November 2009
• Fiat Stilo
  |Layout & Class:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[compact car|compact]] [[Category:Euro NCAP small family cars]]
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• Mosport Park
  ...here [[Porsche]]s, [[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette]]s, and very fast sport [[compact car]]s can be seen battling hard. The [[American Le Mans Series]] still vi
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• Wankel engine
  ...piston engine|pistons]]. This design promises smooth high-rpm power from a compact, lightweight engine; however Wankel engines are criticized for poor [[fuel Since its introduction in the [[NSU Motorenwerke AG]] (NSU) and [[Mazda]] cars of the 1960s, the engine has been commonly referred to as the ''[[rotary en
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