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• Emergency brake
  ...regular (hydraulic or air) brakes and commonly used as a parking brake in automobiles. Also called [[hand brake]], many people shorten ''emergency'' and call the In most [[rolling stock]] built since the 1980s, '''passenger communication handles''' (PassComms) have been installed. Whe
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• Windshield
  ...oduced on [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] vehicles ("[[Quickclear]]") in the [[1980s]], uses very thin heating wires embedded between the two laminations. [[Category:Automobiles]]
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• Gull-wing door
  ...the [[Bricklin SV-1]] from the 1970s and the [[De Lorean DMC-12]] from the 1980s. == List of automobiles ==
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• Lancia 037
  ...Abarth #037''') was mid-engine rally car built by [[Lancia]] in the early 1980s purely for [[FIA]] [[Group B]] [[World Rally Championship]]. [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Alfa Romeo Giulietta (nuova)
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Lee Iacocca
  ...tion]] and was a passionate advocate of U.S. business exports during the [[1980s]]. Iacocca was involved with the design of several successful Ford automobiles, most notably the [[Ford Mustang]]; he was also the "moving force," as one
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• Flat-6
  ...than the [[flat-4]] aircraft engine, although also more expensive. In the 1980s, Porsche adapted their 911 unit to become the [[Porsche PFM 3200]] aero eng ===List of automobiles with flat-six engines===
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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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• Fondmetal
  ...husiast, was a regular sponsor of Italian teams in various classes. In the 1980s, Fondmetal supplied some Formula One teams with wheels, and by 1985, the Fo ...fellow back row contenders [[Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems|Coloni]] or [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]].
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• Alfa Romeo Arna
  [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Lancia Monte Carlo
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Moretti
  ...ased in [[Italy]]. It was founded in 1925 and ceased operations in the mid-1980s. Today, many of its sportscar models can still be found at various European ...ched to using [[Fiat]] mechanicals and chassis for all of its conventional automobiles. Despite offering a full range of model versions based on the '750' (saloon
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• Station wagon
  ...other cars in a manufacturer's range. The popularity of the minivan in the 1980s and early 1990s is credited with the decline of the traditional station wag ...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
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• Fiat Uno
  ...t of 0.34 won it much praise for airy interior space and [[Fuel economy in automobiles|fuel economy]]. It incorporated many packaging lessons learnt from Giugiaro ...started its venture as a 50-50 Industrial Joint Venture between Fiat Group Automobiles S. p. A. (Fiat) and Tata Motors Limited (who now own Jaguar-LandRover) in J
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• RWD
  Rear wheel drive has fallen out of favor in passenger cars since the [[1980s]], due in part to higher manufacturing costs, and a perception by many car
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• List of Formula One constructors
  Since the early 1980s the FIA have required that Formula One entrants own the intellectual rights ...rs|Lola]] built cars for [[Larrousse]] and [[Scuderia Italia]] in the late 1980s and early 1990s, for example. Larousse had their points from the 1990 seaso
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• Alfa Romeo Sprint
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Continuously variable transmission
  In the 1980s and 1990s, the [[Subaru Justy]] was offered with a CVT. While the Justy saw ==New automobiles equipped with CVT==
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• Fiat Tipo
  [[Category:1980s automobiles]] [[Category:1990s automobiles]]
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• Fiat Croma
  [[Category:1980s automobiles]] [[Category:1990s automobiles]]
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• Lancia
  '''Lancia Automobiles S.p.A.''' {{IPA|[ˡlantʃa]}} is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile manufact During the 1980s, the company cooperated with [[Saab Automobile]], with the [[Lancia Delta]]
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• Wankel engine
  National agencies which tax automobiles according to displacement and regulatory bodies in [[automobile racing]] va ...as the power source for several [[US Marine]] combat vehicles in the late 1980s.
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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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• Rear-wheel drive
  Rear wheel drive has fallen out of favor in passenger cars since the [[1980s]], due in part to higher manufacturing costs, and a perception by many car
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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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• Lancia Delta S4
  [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Fiat 600
  ...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 [[Seat 600] [[Category:1950s automobiles]]
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• Fiat 131
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Lancia Beta
  ...rear suspension system layouts in other manufacturers' vehicles during the 1980s and 1990s. [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Carburetor
  ...igned for [[stock car racing]]. However, most cars built since the early [[1980s]] use [[computer]]ized electronic [[fuel injection]] instead of carburetion ...eason. Other, similar designs are used on some European and a few Japanese automobiles.
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• List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
  ...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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• Formula One engines
  ...the mean effective pressure has stayed at around 14 bar MEP. Until the mid-1980s Formula One engines were limited to around 12,000 rpm due to the traditiona *[[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]] inline-6 1.5 L Compressor
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• Cam-in-block
  Although L-head inline 4 and 6 cylinder engines were frequently used for automobiles, tractors, etc., the best known L-head automotive engine is the [[Ford Flat ...ost modern racing engines. The [[Buick]] V6 program that began in the late 1980s and continued through 1996 as the [[Team Menard|Menard V6]] was designed to
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• Internal combustion engine
  ...enz designed and built his own [[four-stroke]] engine that was used in his automobiles, which became the first [[automobile]]s in production. ...ed the engine to be named ''Daimler-Mercedes'' after his daughter. In 1902 automobiles with that engine were put into production by DMG.
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• Maserati
  ...ati]], [[Ernesto Maserati]] and [[Mario Maserati]], were all involved with automobiles from the beginning of the 20th century. Alfieri, Bindo and Ernesto built 2 The [[1980s]] saw the company largely abandoning the mid-engined sports car in favour o
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• Fiat Tempra
  ...which were not totally compatible with a model projected at the end of the 1980s. A small defect, not technical, only in practical use, on sedan version the [[Category:1990s 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 ...ead" rear axle. Indeed Peugeot in facelifting their 305 range on the early 1980s switched from their former adherence to the Mini in-sump gearbox to the Pri
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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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• Ferrari Dino
  ...ngine; he died on June 30, 1956 at the age of only 24, before his namesake automobiles Fiat Dino and Dino were produced. ...hom Ferrari owed so many great engines. Lampredi, interviewed in the early 1980s (he died in 1989 at the age of 72), noted that, "Things didn't work out exa
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• Ferrari 328
  [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Fuel injection
  ...tomobile emissions control|exhaust emission]] regulations of the 1970s and 1980s gradually eroded and then reversed the simplicity, cost, and packaging adva Injection systems have evolved significantly since the mid 1980s. Current EFI systems provide an accurate and cost effective method of meter
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• Ferrari
  ...], powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine; Enzo reluctantly built and sold his automobiles to fund the Scuderia. While his beautiful and blazingly fast cars quickly g ...uel injection]] in the 1980s, they were quite temperamental. Until the mid-1980s they carried a reputation for unreliability and bad engineering, though the
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• Auto rickshaw
  ...Greaves]], [[Force Motors]][previously Bajaj Tempo], Atul Auto and Kerala Automobiles. A new entry into the Three Wheeler market will be a Two Wheeler major, TVS ...[[psychopath]]ic killer operated in south Chennai as an auto driver in the 1980s. The image of auto rickshaw drivers in these cities has suffered greatly du
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...t Commercial Vehicles S.p.A. These companies are fully owned by Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.{{-}} Until the 1980s, Alfa Romeos, except for the [[Alfa Romeo Alfasud|Alfasud]], were rear-whee
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• Fiat
  In the 1970s and 1980s, the company became a pioneer in the use of industrial robotics for the ass Zastavas were not popular outside of Eastern Europe before the 1980s, although they were exported to the United States under the Yugo brand as l
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• Airbag
  ...h [[Chrysler]] and [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] introducing them in the mid-1980s; the former made them standard equipment across its entire line in 1990. A Despite the 1970s implementation of airbags in GM cars, many conventional automobiles did not even have them until the mid 1990s.
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• Engine displacement
  The [[cubic inch]] was often formerly used (until the 1980s) to express the displacement of engines for new cars, trucks, etc. (e.g., t There are four major regulatory constraints for automobiles: the European, the British, the Japanese, and the American. The method used
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...not having to change drivers, although this was later banned. Up until the 1980s there were teams where only two drivers competed, but by the end of the dec The rest of the 1980s was known for the dominance by [[Porsche]] under the new [[Group C]] race c
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• Fiat X1/9
  [[Category:1970s automobiles]] [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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