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• Straight-12
  ...ome Russian firms built straight-12s for use in [[boat]]s in the 1960s and 1970s.
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• Whitewall tire
  ...in the [[pimpmobile]] culture. Although wide whitewalls are rare on modern automobiles, they are still manufactured by specialty outlets and/or classic car restor
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• Giorgetto Giugiaro
  ...nfluential and prolific ever. He initiated the "folded paper" era of the [[1970s]] where the cars were designed with straight lines and sharp edges. As well ==[[Bugatti Automobiles SAS]]==
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• List of microcars by country of origin: S
  |{{flagiconSweden}} [[Sweden]]||[[Mopedbi]]|| || || || || late 1970s [[Category:Lists of automobiles|Microcars]]
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• Firestone
  ...onship to become the original equipment supplier of [[Ford Motor Company]] automobiles, and was also active in the replacement market. During the 1970s, the Firestone 500 steel-belted radials where known to separate from the tr
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• Autobianchi A111
  As the 1970s progressed, Fiat has introduced an increasing number of FWD cars under its [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Drum brake
  ...r screw that moves the brake shoes toward the drum. In the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]] brake drums on the front wheels of cars were gradually replaced with [[di ...umstances. For this reason drum brakes have been superseded in most modern automobiles and light trucks with at least front wheel (often now four wheel) [[disc br
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• Dashboard
  ..., [[odometer]], and [[fuel gauge]]. One of the safety enhancements of the 1970s was the widespread adoption of padded dashboards. In the [[1990s]], driver Lawn mowers, farm tractors, and earlier automobiles sometimes have little more than a steering wheel and ignition switch.
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• Gull-wing door
  ...the [[Mercedes-Benz 300SL]] from the 1950s, the [[Bricklin SV-1]] from the 1970s and the [[De Lorean DMC-12]] from the 1980s. == List of automobiles ==
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• Lancia Monte Carlo
  ...onte Carlo''' was a [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] sold in the [[1970s]]. A low-power version, the '''Scorpion''', was sold in the United States [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Alfa Romeo Spider
  The '''Alfa Romeo GTV''' and '''Alfa Romeo Spider''' are two automobiles produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] since 1995. ...ir of lights on each side recalling the [[1750 GTV]] of the late 1960s and 1970s. It has a wedge shape which is in keeping with traditional Alfa Sports desi
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• Life
  ...w the light of day in 1989 before being tested privately in an out-dated [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]] chassis. Apart from the W-12 configuration,
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• Fiat 124
  ...wned the [[Fiat 124 Sport Spider]], and [[124 Coupe]], both sought after [[1970s]] classic cars. A stretched and more luxurious version of the 124 sedan kn ...e to their outdated technology and lower quality when compared with modern automobiles.
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• Lancia 2000
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Alfa Romeo Giulietta (nuova)
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Alfa Romeo 1750
  [[Category:1960s automobiles]] [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• De Tomaso Deauville
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Alfa Romeo Alfa 6
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Autobianchi
  ...[[Fiat]] and [[Pirelli]] with a proposal to form a new company to produce automobiles. Thus, the Autobianchi company was born, with the agreement signed by the t == Into the 1970s ==
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• Maserati Bora
  ...with distinctive removable polished stainless steel hubcaps in the earlier automobiles and Michelin XWX tyres. Engine-wise, Maserati decided to install a subtly u [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Culture
  ...that country's [[Italian unification|unification]] in [[1861]] until the [[1970s]], when the first trickle of [[North African immigrants]] began arriving. T ...written the soundtrack to the animated TV series [[Signor Rossi]] in the [[1970s]]. The [[European Music Office]]'s report on [[Music in Europe]] claimed th
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• Fiat 600
  ...from 1955 to 1969 at the [[Mirafiori]] plant was 2,604,000. During 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, the car became very popular in countries such as [[Spain]] (as Until the 1970s it was widely used as a [[Taxicab|taxi]] in many parts of [[Italy]].
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• Lee Iacocca
  Iacocca was involved with the design of several successful Ford automobiles, most notably the [[Ford Mustang]]; he was also the "moving force," as one ...d during Iacocca's tenure there. Coming right after the oil crisis of the 1970s, these small, efficient and inexpensive, [[front-wheel drive]] cars sold ra
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• Alfa Romeo Sprint
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...open wheel racers were built for racing, and the stock cars were ordinary automobiles modified to varying degrees. Stock cars are generally automobiles manufactured by the major automakers with certain modifications as allowed
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• Station wagon
  ...akes in framing the passenger compartments of their passenger vehicles. In automobiles, the framing was sheathed in steel which was then covered in colored lacque ..., evolved from trucks and were viewed as Commercial Vehicles, not consumer automobiles. The framing of the early station wagons were left unsheathed because of th
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• Luigi Chinetti
  Driving the automobiles of more than one manufacturer, Luigi Chinetti competed in every Le Mans [[m ...had a very successful endurance racing program at Le Mans, right into the 1970s. In addition to the racing cars, the team commissioned many limited-run spe
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• Lancia
  '''Lancia Automobiles S.p.A.''' {{IPA|[ˡlantʃa]}} is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile manufact ...he end of the distinctive Lancia [[brand]], and exciting new models in the 1970s such as the [[Lancia Stratos|Stratos]], [[Lancia Gamma|Gamma]] and [[Lancia
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• Car body style
  ...this usage is rare nowadays. Better known is the usage of it during the [[1970s]] by both [[General Motors]] and [[American Motors Corporation|AMC]] in [[N ;'''Pillared Hardtop''' : This name was used by Ford in the [[1970s]] to describe its bodies which had frameless door glass like a hardtop, but
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• Ignition system
  ...tiple magnetos to provide redundancy in the event of a failure. Some older automobiles had both a magneto system and a battery actuated system (see below) running With the universal adaptation of electrical starting for automobiles, and the concomitant availability of a large battery to provide a constant
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• Torsion beam suspension
  ...eered on the [[Volkswagen Golf]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}} in the early [[1970s]], and remain common on compact cars and [[minivan]]s.
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• Engine
  ...n a four-stroke Otto cycle, has traditionally been the most successful for automobiles, while diesel engines are widely used for trucks and buses. However, in the ...ed at the rear of the vehicle; compression ratios were relatively low. The 1970s and '80s saw an increased interest in improved fuel economy which brought i
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• Dirt track racing
  Stock cars are generally automobiles manufactured by the major automakers with certain modifications as allowed These cars are modified manufactured automobiles. There is a high degree of variability between classes of modified cars. Th
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• Marine engine
  ...n a four-stroke Otto cycle, has traditionally been the most successful for automobiles, while diesel engines are widely used for trucks and buses. However, in the ...ed at the rear of the vehicle; compression ratios were relatively low. The 1970s and '80s saw an increased interest in improved fuel economy which brought i
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• History of the automobile
  Vehicles that can be considered [[automobiles]] may have been demonstrated as early as 1769, although that date is disput ...1892 to carry two adults. One of the first four-wheeled [[petrol]]-driven automobiles in Britain was built in [[Birmingham]] in 1895 by [[Frederick William Lanch
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• Alfa Romeo GTV & Spider
  ...each side recalling the [[Alfa Romeo 1750|1750 GTV]] of the late 1960s and 1970s. It has a wedge shape which is in keeping with traditional Alfa Sports desi [[Category:1990s automobiles]]
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• Culture of Italy
  ...that country's [[Italian unification|unification]] in [[1861]] until the [[1970s]], when the first trickle of [[North African immigrants]] began arriving. T ...written the soundtrack to the animated TV series [[Signor Rossi]] in the [[1970s]]. The [[European Music Office]]'s report on [[Music in Europe]] claimed th
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• Alfa Romeo Montreal
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• List of Formula One constructors
  ...nd Lotus chassis were used extensively by other teams during the 1960s and 1970s and several quite competitive teams never built their own chassis. [[Rob Wa |align="left"| [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]] <small>Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives)</small>
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• Lancia Fulvia
  [[Category:1960s automobiles]] [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Fiat 130
  [[Category:1970s automobiles|Fiat 130]]
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• Fiat 131
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Lancia Beta
  ...ust prevention techniques (typical of many automobile manufacturers in the 1970s), and inadequate water drainage channels led to the Beta gaining a reputati [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Catalytic converter
  ...North America have been fitted with catalytic converters since the early [[1970s]], and the technology being used in non-automotive applications is generall
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• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
  ...1930s, one in the 1940s, five in the 1950s, five in the 1960s, two in the 1970s, two in the 1980s, and one in the 1990s. | {{flagiconFrance}} [[Alpine (car)|Société Automobiles Alpine]]
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• Engine displacement
  There are four major regulatory constraints for automobiles: the European, the British, the Japanese, and the American. The method used ...cars in the late [[1950s]], and continuing to the [[oil crisis]] in the [[1970s]], there was an engine displacement race in the industry. Firms would put b
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...al [[Sports Car Club of America]]'s Trans-Am championship in 1966. In the 1970s, Alfa concentrated on prototype sports car racing with the [[Alfa Romeo Tip By the 1970s Alfa was again in financial trouble. The Italian government company [[Finme
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• Fiat X1/9
  ...by FIAT for their new development projects during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The 'X' projects were subcategorised as X0 (for engines), X1 (for passenge [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Motor oil
  ...somewhat differently than reciprocating engine oils traditionally used in automobiles. Deposit control and corrosion are not significant issues when formulating ...tended drain intervals. Today, synthetic lubricants are used in modern day automobiles to lubricate and nearly all lubricated components often with superior perfo
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• Manual transmission
  ...not heard in the forward gears. The teeth on the forward gears of consumer automobiles are helically cut. When helical gears rotate, their teeth slide together, w ...[[1970s]], 5-speed transmissions began to appear in low priced mass market automobiles and even compact pickup trucks, pioneered by [[Toyota]] (who advertised the
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