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• Hydrolastic
  ...ension system used in many [[Automobile|car]]s produced by [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC) and its successor companies. ...bber engineer [[Alex Moulton]], and first used on the 1962 [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] project [[BMC ADO16|ADO16]] under designer [[Alec Issigonis]] (of [[M
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• Innocenti
  ...e the [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] (later the [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC)) [[Mini]], with 998 cc and 1275 cc engines, following with other m
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• Innocenti De Tomaso
  Innocenti, under the ownership of the [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC) developed rebodied versions of the [[Mini]], the [[Innocenti Mini]
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• Whitney Willard Straight
  ...ritish Empire|CBE]], [[Military Cross |MC]], [[Distinguished Flying Cross (British)|DFC]] [[November 6]], [[1912]] - [[April 5]], [[1979]]) was a [[Grand Prix ...ing [[World War I]]. Following his mother's remarriage to [[United Kingdom|British]] agronomist [[Leonard K. Elmhirst]] in 1925, the family moved to [[England
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• Straight-twin
  Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight two cylinder engines had a crank angle of 36 [[Japan]]ese motorcycles, with the exception of [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]], use a crank angle of 180°. This leads to fewer vibrations but un
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• Rallycross
  ...of real rallycross specialists, a lot of them coming from the ranges of [[British autocross|autocross]] and [[autograss]] racing. ...yness" Hansen (Sweden) and Per Eklund (Sweden) as some of the more famous. British drivers to win European rallycross titles were the first ever European RX c
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• Innocenti A40
  |width="40%"|Manufacturer:||[[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] ...Company|Austin]] A40 Farina''' was a [[compact car]] from [[British Motor Corporation]] in the [[1960s]].
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• Brooklands
  ...ish Grand Prix]] which raised interest in the sport in Britain. This first British Grand Prix was won by Louis Wagner and Robert Senechal driving a Delage 155 ...rcraft factories there. From 1944-72 Vickers (and later [[British Aircraft Corporation|BAC]]) also used nearby [[Wisley]] aerodrome which offered a longer [[runwa
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• Straight-2
  Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight-twin engines had a crank angle of 360°, whi [[Japan]]ese motorcycles, with the exception of [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]], use a crank angle of 180°. This leads to fewer vibrations but un
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• Superbike racing
  ===British Superbike Championship=== ...005.jpg|thumb|[[Gregorio Lavilla]] riding for Airways Ducati in the 2005 [[British Superbike Championship]] season]]
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• Piero Dusio
  ...M|202MM]] almost ruined Cisitalia (1947), as well as involved the Juventus corporation (where Dusio was president 1941-1947). Consequently, Dusio moved to [[Arge | [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
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• Supermini car
  ...f [[1957]], and the design was further popularized by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] [[Mini]] two years later. ...as a huge successful for the [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] and later [[British Leyland|BL]] combines which produced it. The Fiat 500 remained hugely popul
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• Alessandro de Tomaso
  ...e [[Innocenti]] car company (founded as an offshoot of the [[British Motor Corporation]] to build [[Mini]]s in [[Italy]]), and, in [[1975]], the celebrated sports
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• Pininfarina
  :1962 [[British Leyland]] [[BMC ADO16|1100 (ADO16) line]] :1964 [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] [[Austin 1800|1800 (ADO17) line]]
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• List of microcars by country of origin: U
  ...Co [[Private company limited by shares|Ltd]], [[Hampton Hill]] ||[[Anzani|British Anzani]] 322&nbsp;cc ||2 ||1956-1959 ||Originally produced by JARC as th ...imited by shares|Ltd]], [[Biggleswade]], [[Bedfordshire|Beds]] ||[[Anzani|British Anzani]] 322&nbsp;cc ||2 ||1956 ||
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• List of international auto racing colors
  ...ars in a tobacco livery, but also to change the team name accordingly. The British Racing Green vanished soon from the cars of private teams, while the Rosso ...ciplines in the 1970s, it is still informally used, especially by Italian, British and German [[automaker]]s and teams that want to emphasize their traditions
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• Wayne Rainey
  ...Races in which they were supposedly team-mates competing against a team of British riders. ...came the team manager for [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] for a few years. After the 1995 season, Schwantz retired from the
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• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
  ...aft Company]] and then after [[World War II]] renamed [[Goodyear Aerospace Corporation]]. The subsidiary was sold in [[1987]] to [[Loral Corp.]], in the aftermath ...years Goodyear grew to become a [[Multinational corporation|multinational corporation]] with multi-billion dollar earnings. It acquired their rival Kelly-Spring
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• Automobile design
  ...Teague|Richard Teague]], a famous automobile designer at [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC).]] ...market began reaching saturation. To maintain unit sales, [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] head [[Alfred P. Sloan|Alfred P. Sloan Jr.]] devised annua
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• Car body style
  ;'''[[Station wagon|Estate car]]''' : A [[British English]] term for what [[North America]]ns call a ''station wagon''. ...r compartment. May be 2 or 4 door and 2 or 4 seat, but generally called in British English 3 door, 5 door.
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• Alex Caffi
  ...to [[Arrows]] for 1990. The team had been bought by the Japanese Footwork Corporation, and were planning a major championship assault in 1991 with a new [[Porsch | [[1986 British Grand Prix|<font color=>GBR]]<br /><font color=black><small></small>
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• List of international Formula One colors
  ...ars in a tobacco livery, but also to change the team name accordingly. The British Racing Green vanished soon from the cars of private teams, while the Rosso ...ciplines in the 1970s, it is still informally used, especially by Italian, British and German [[automaker]]s and teams that want to emphasize their traditions
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• Alejandro de Tomaso
  ...e [[Innocenti]] car company (founded as an offshoot of the [[British Motor Corporation]] to build [[Mini]]s in [[Italy]]), and, in [[1975]], the celebrated sports
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• Twin Ring Motegi
  |Operator || Mobilityland Corporation, Ltd. ...tube.com/watch?v=fBS-wKwkiAU Impossible Dream]'', the sequence where the [[British American Racing|BAR]] [[Formula One]] car is driven into the bridge is shot
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• Straight-6
  The straight 6 was the archetypal British engine for sports and luxury cars for many years. Rolls-Royce used straigh British sports car company [[TVR]] has designed its own straight six, known as the
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• Autobianchi Primula
  ...also found its way to other, bigger models, starting with [[British Motor Corporation|BMC's]] own [[BMC ADO16|Austin/Morris 1100]].
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• Formula One sponsorship liveries
  |[[Petronas]], [[Intel Corporation|Intel]], [[T-Systems]] ==British American Racing==
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• 1993 Formula One season
  | rowspan=2 | [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] OX10A 3.5 V10 | {{flagiconUK}} [[British Grand Prix]]
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• James Toseland
  ...seland''' (born 5 October 1980 in [[Doncaster]], [[South Yorkshire]] is an British [[motorcycle]] racer. Toseland was the {{SBK|2007}} [[List of Superbike Wor ...Ray Stubbs]] for BBC's Sport Relief, as well as playing a piano set at the British sports personality of the year awards 2007.
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• Pushrod engine
  For years the British motor car firms [[Rolls-Royce]] and [[Rover]] used this arrangement. From 1 ...oday in some designs (notably several engines produced by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]).
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• Formula SAE
  ...Corporation|General Motors]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], and [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler]], can have staff interact with more than 1000 student engineers. *[http://www.formulaubc.com/ University of British Columbia - Formula UBC]
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• 1996 Formula One season
  Forti went bankrupt after the British Grand Prix. | {{flagiconUK}} [[British Grand Prix]]
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• Shock absorber
  ...s. Used in early automobiles such as the [[Ford Model T]], up through some British cars of the 1940s. Although now considered obsolete, an advantage of this s * [http://www.kinetics.ca General Kinetics Engineering Corporation - Military Vehicle Suspension Systems and Components]
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• Italian Grand Prix
  ...[September 4]], [[1921]] at [[Brescia]]. However, the race is more closely associated with the course at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]], which was built in ...nce then. The only other championship race for which this is true is the [[British Grand Prix]].
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• Formula 2
  ...and dedicated racing engines from [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] and [[British Racing Motors|BRM]]. ...er]], also runs the British series [[Formula Palmer Audi]], as well as the British Superbike Championship.
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• List of Formula One broadcasters
  | {{flagiconUK}} [[British Grand Prix]] | {{flagiconUK}} [[British Grand Prix]]
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• Air brake (rail)
  ...ractice since 1949, fully described in [[Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains]]. Electro-pneumatic brakes are currently in testing in [[N *[[Electro-pneumatic brake system on British railway trains]]
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• Four-wheel drive
  ...drive Model B trucks for the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] and [[United States|American]] armies during [[World War I]]. The Eagle station wagon remained in production for one year after Chrysler Corporation acquired AMC in 1987.
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• Ducati Apollo
  ...ion in power though meant that the Apollo could now be outperformed by the British and [[BMW motorcycles|BMW]] twins, which restricted the anticipated market ...of 1965. The price in the USA will be approximately $1500.|Berliners Motor Corporation|
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• Valentino Rossi
  ...005]] MotoGP World Championship after leaving Honda to join [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]]. ...e the second man in history to accomplish the feat behind [[United Kingdom|British]] racer [[John Surtees]].
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• Scooter
  ...rclub.com/index.php Garden City Rally] held every Victoria Day in Victoria British Columbia is the longest continuously running scooter rally in North America * [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]]
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• Watkins Glen International
  |Owner || [[International Speedway Corporation]] |Operator || International Speedway Corporation
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• Horsepower
  ...;hp (350&nbsp;kW) under the new tests, while the rating for [[Toyota Motor Corporation|Toyota]]'s [[Toyota Camry|Camry]] 3.0&nbsp;L ''[[Toyota MZ engine#1MZ-FE|1M ...d Kingdom|Britain]] and used to denote the power of early [[20th century]] British [[automobile|cars]]. Many cars took their names from this figure (hence the
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• Damon Hill
  |Nationality || {{flagiconUK}} [[United Kingdom|British]] |First race || [[1992 British Grand Prix|1992]], [[British Grand Prix]]
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  Hydrogen fuel cells were initially plagued by the high production costs associated with converting the gas to electricity ultimately required to power a hydro ...s an energy carrier. Additionally, there are economic and energy penalties associated with packaging, distribution, storage and transfer of hydrogen.
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• Hatchback
  ...car launched by the then-new [[British Leyland]] (albeit a [[British Motor Corporation]] design) was the 1968 [[Austin Maxi]], a five-speed, front-wheel drive hat ...f sitcoms starring former "[[Seinfeld]]" cast members; "no one wants to be associated with them."
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• Suzuka Circuit
  ...ji Speedway]] (owned by [[Honda]]'s perennial rival, [[Toyota|Toyota Motor Corporation]]) after the latter underwent a transformation and redesign by famous race ...oved to the side of Gilbert-Scott's car but hit the rear-left wheel of the British driver's car. The front wheel of Ogawa's car climbed over the aforementione
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• You Only Live Twice
  ...ductions]] [[James Bond]] series and the fifth to star [[Sean Connery]] as British Secret Service agent Commander James Bond 007. After its release in [[1967 ...elbow room". He is then sent to Japan to investigate the [[United Kingdom|British]] suspicion, in conjunction with the Japanese secret service leader "Tiger"
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ===[[American Motors Corporation|American Motors]] (AMC)=== ...s were performed in advance before the one jump performed by an uncredited British stuntman "Bumps" Williard for the film with six (or 8, depending on the sou
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• Cam in block
  For years the British motor car firms [[Rolls-Royce]] and [[Rover]] used this arrangement. From 1 ...oday in some designs (notably several engines produced by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]).
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