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• Alfa Corse
  ...ble itself distinse for its success all over the world, and with pilots of big thickness. Seen the experience acquired from you Shoe, and the valuable re ...ond place of Franchini to the [[Parma-Poggio of Berceto]], to the steering wheel of the [[Alfa Romeo 40-60 HP|40-60 HP]].
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• Front wheel drive
  ...ly instead. [[Rear wheel drive]] was the traditional standard while [[four wheel drive]] is also sometimes used. See also [[FF layout]]. ...e automobile. [[Alvis Cars]] of the [[United Kingdom]] introduced a front wheel drive model in [[1928]], but it was not a success. The first successful mo
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• Touring car
  [[Image:Studebaker1920.jpg|thumb|250px|1920 [[Studebaker Big Six]] '''touring car''' with its top down. The folded top behind passengers ...1927 were four and then three-door models (with drivers sliding behind the wheel from passenger seat) touring cars, accounting for 6,519,643 cars sold out o
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• Fiat 130
  ...front and [[coil spring]]s in the rear), standard power steering and four-wheel [[disc brakes]], and was the first Fiat to adopt an alternator instead of a The rear suspension is independent using conventional springs, with good wheel geometry control and a limited-slip differential. It is noteworthy that the
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• Alfa Romeo G1
  |Platform || [[FR layout|FR]]/[[Rear-wheel drive|RWD]] ...Garda. Petrol prices were rising and it was hard to sell a car with such a big engine, so total production was only 52 copies. At this moment only one cop
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• Wheel
  ...so used for other circular objects that rotate or turn, such as a [[Ship's wheel]] and [[flywheel]]. ==History of the wheel and axle==
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• Fiat 850
  The '''[[Fiat]] 850''' was a small [[rear engine|rear-engined]] [[rear wheel drive]] [[car]] in the tradition of the [[Renault Dauphine]] and was produc ...iat codename for the 850 project was 100G (G for the Italian word Grande - big). The [[engine]] of the 850 was based on that of the Fiat 600, but had its
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• Alfa Romeo 2000
  |Brakes || Four-wheel drum brakes ...acing trim with lightweight bodies or as luxurious grand touring cars with big, comfortable bodies. Regardless of [[coachwork]], the chassis and engines w
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• Lamborghini Jalpa
  | Layout || [[Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|RMR layout]] ...g much cheaper than the [[Lamborghini Countach|Countach]]. Instead of the big car's V12, the Jalpa was fitted with a transversely-mounted 3.5 litre V8 th
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• Maserati Kyalami
  ...s also upgraded to incorporate classic Maserati elements such the steering wheel and instrumentation. ...nd an agile, very easy to control handling. The performance offered by the big bore 4.9 V8 was also excellent thanks to the abundant power and torque deli
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• Garage Italia
  ...ttractive instrument panel has been inserted in the centre of the steering wheel, allowing the driver maximum concentration on the road and leaving a very c
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• List of Manufacturers
  *Big Cat (''see'' [[Catrike]]) *[[Standard Wheel Company]]
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• Understeer
  .... Understeer covers several different phenomena, in particular, there is a big difference between linear range understeer, typically between 0 and 0.4g, a In modern [[race car]]s, especially [[open wheel car]]s, understeering is caused mainly due to the [[Automotive aerodynamics
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• Puma Rome
  ...it, among other things, with elongated fenders [[fiberglass]], and a wide wheel base that exceeded the limits of the body. ...oresina]] and a line of particularly attractive and aerodynamic look. The "Big Brother" took some sporting aesthetic concepts of the past, like the grille
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...theast and West and [[Stock car racing|stock cars]] in the South. The open wheel racers were built for racing, and the stock cars were ordinary automobiles ...cars. In reality, both types of vehicles have weak and strong points. Open wheel racers are usually lighter and nimbler. Stock cars can push and shove their
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• ALCA
  ...located where the two passengers besides the [[dashboard]] and the spare [[wheel]] and later we find the petrol [[tank]] and [[engine]].<br> ...ustry was trying to raise his head, supported initially by the cheaper two-wheel: the Garelli Mosquito motorized bicycles, while [[Piaggio]] filed in 1946 t
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• Lancia Montecarlo
  ...er the X1/20) while in development, and was intended to be a Fiat-branded 'big brother' to the Fiat X1/9. It had a similar mid-engined layout, with a larg ...ironment active prevention is required to fend off rust. The firewall and wheel wells are common locations for rust. Rusted floor pans are a major cause o
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• O.T.A.S.
  ...ports car based on then-new [[Fiat 850]] mechanicals package - certainly a big step up from the 500- and 600-based [[drivetrain]]s these specialty manufac ...ertain. With an overall length of 142 in., it would fit meatly between the wheel centers of most extended-cab pickup trucks. The Grand Prix's 81-in. wheelba
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• Hermann Lang
  Lang's big break came when he landed a job at the [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] factory w ...ined Grand Prix racing and Lang came back for another F1 season behind the wheel of a Mercedes W196. But at age 45, he had a less than successful campaign t
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• Turbocharger
  ...r, for operation at altitude, the power recovery of a turbocharger makes a big difference to total power output of both engine types. This last factor mak ...parts to allow the spin-up to happen more quickly. Ceramic turbines are a big help in this direction. Unfortunately, their relative fragility limits the
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  *Four-wheel power drum brakes ...r engine. The bonnet stood as tall as a man and made the driver behind the wheel seem like an infant, barely able to see above the cowl. This massive roadst
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• Fiat Tipo
  ...evels of packaging - rear passenger room being greater than that in a rear wheel drive [[Ford Sierra]], but in a car that was of a similar size to the small ...e. The car launched into a favourable market in the UK, where none of the "big three" carmakers ([[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]]
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• Spada
  ...and, when it was ready, we carried out a series of tests. With Elio at the wheel and me next to him with a stopwatch we carried out a series of kilometre ru ...ko Shark infuence in the front end design. It is a front-mid-engined, rear wheel drive two-door coupé featuring a very lightweight aluminum spaceframe stru
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• Hatchback
  ...or Corporation]] design) was the 1968 [[Austin Maxi]], a five-speed, front-wheel drive hatchback. The first all-Italian hatchback was the [[Fiat 127]], whic ...Europe were hatchbacks. The 1980s began with the launch of two more front-wheel drive hatchbacks: the [[Ford Escort]] and [[Lancia Delta]]. More similar ca
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• Menarini
  ...ambulances, shop trucks for war purpose, but later bad times occurred: the big plant was mostly damaged by bombing raids and the manufacturing activity ha ...kes]] application appears on the beginning of the eighties, then the front wheel suspensions for coaches, and even a DE DION rear axle on the coach Monocar
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• Lancia Monte Carlo
  ...er the X1/20) while in development, and was intended to be a Fiat-branded 'big brother' to the [[Fiat X1/9]]. It had a similar mid-engined layout, with a [[Category:Rear wheel drive vehicles]]
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• Ancillotti
  ...n [[Gualtiero]]. He is above all fascinated by motorcycles, even the three wheel version, seeing that he will be a prized side car driver. ...aborating the [[Lambretta]]. A period in which the scooter dominates the 2 wheel market, almost totally replacing the classic motorcycle. The success of the
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• Ducati Apollo
  ...ee two valve head V4 using a 180 degree crankshaft with [[roller bearing]] big ends. That [[crankshaft]] fitted into a horizontally split [[wet sump]] [[c *Interchangeable and quickly detachable front and rear wheel
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• Laverda
  ===The big twins=== ...ikes of Ducati, but much more exclusive. With 65 bhp available at the rear wheel and a very rev-happy engine, these bikes were nothing like traditional para
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• American Championship Car Racing
  :''This article provides a general outline of the major American Open-Wheel motor racing championship, for specific information on the current Champ Ca ...championship for drivers of single seater (commonly referred to as [[open wheel]]) cars.
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• Tire
  ...oscillations caused by irregularities in the road surface, to protect the wheel from [[wear and tear]] as well as to provide a high-friction bond between t ...bert William Thomson]], born in [[Stonehaven, Scotland]], as the '''Aerial Wheel'''. This invention consisted of a [[canvas]] inner tube surrounded by a [[
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• Aermacchi
  In [[1948]] began to design a futuristic model of a [[scooter]] with big wheels, which was presented to [[Rimini]] in [[1950]] with the name the Aer *1945 - Three Wheel Truck MB1 is indroduced
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• Fiat 8V
  ...ch was tested in a wind tunnel; very advanced for that time. Even the rear wheel spats contributed to reducing drag and increased the top speed by 4 kph. ...cally beautiful, its aerodynamic design is certainly impressive and made a big impact in 1952, being not alike any other car.
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• Hot rod
  ...ing]], or replacing the [[engine]] to give more power, and changing the [[wheel]]s and [[tire]]s to improve [[traction]] and handling. Such modifications w ...y automobile enthusiasts, also known as [[raggare]]. Meetings like [[Power Big Meet]] and clubs such as [[Wheels and Wings]] in [[Varberg]], Sweden have e
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• Lancia Beta
  ...oupés" and also as "Spiders". The car was originally designed as a Fiat, a big brother to the Bertone-styled [[Fiat X1/9]], and was initially called the X ...herson strut]]s all round and disc braking on all four wheels. The [[front wheel drive]] models were available in a number of engine capacities ranging from
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• Itala
  ...return to motor sport producing the Tipo 11 a very advanced car with front wheel drive, V-12 supercharged engine and all round independent suspension but th ...kerosene lanterns for the location and number plate and acetylene for the big lights. It has no front brakes or electrical system. Among other car compan
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• Lancia Astura
  ...he bilanceri and the relative starter shaft (the axis to cams centers them wheel between the two heads). |+ ''' <big>1946</big> '''
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• Maserati Quattroporte
  ..., and was the only Maserati with a [[hydropneumatic]] suspension and front wheel drive. However, the [[1973 oil crisis]] had intervened and demand for such ...ef [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] and his design staff in 1976. This was a [[rear wheel drive]] car, powered by a large V8 engine. It was important to ''de Tomaso'
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• Lancia Artena
  ...l (printed publication) with directly strained antifriction bearing in the big end of connecting rod; [[pistone|pistoni]] in aluminum alloy; fused cylinde |Sterzo||a screw without aim and helicoidal wheel; guide to right; diameter of sudden turn mt 10,20
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• Isetta
  ...rhaps a small child. Behind the seat was a large parcel shelf with a spare wheel located below. A heater was optional, and ventilation was provided by openi ...a pair of closely-spaced 10-inch rear wheels. The first prototypes had one wheel at the rear but this made the car prone to roll-overs, so they placed two r
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• Fiat 1100
  ...re-named the '''1100B''' and popularly known as the "1100 musone" (i. e. "big nose"). After World War II, in 1949, the car was re-introduced with a curvy ...in the car's overall length, and with more careful packaging of the spare wheel (under the floor) and the fuel tank (in the rear wing on the right).
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...ng a transverse [[leaf spring]] and [[wishbone]]s and neat packaging was a big advance, with the engine located over the front wheels and radiator behind ...ve shaft]]s. This is the arrangement we see under the bonnet of most front wheel drive cars today. Other features of the design are not so familiar, such as
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• Capriolo
  ...rm its first heavy bomber squadron in 1918. The Caproni factories used its big productive capacity and tecnology, in other fields, like marine, industrial ...hub is separable at rubber buffer level, so to permit to keep out the rear wheel without to remove the chain.
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• Formula 2
  ...any|Cooper]] to move up to Formula Two, rather than to compete against the big manufacturers of [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]] and [[Maserati]]. ...d Prix Engineering Ltd]] and prepared by MotorSport Vision (MSV). The open wheel chassis will be powered by a 1.8L turbocharged Audi engine developed by Mou
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• ASA
  ...lem. [[Ferrari]] marketing did not want to diminish the image for Ferrari big car sales in their largest market in the U.S.A. by selling a much smaller l ...and sway bar---conventional, Ferrari type stuff. But the ASA also had four wheel disc brakes at a time when Ferrari was still hard pressed to put them on hi
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• Bandini 750 sport siluro
  A front precise and stable, big traction and drive, [[center of mass | CG]] aerodynamic efficiency are the * [[Steering]]: a worm wheel and twisted with vibration damper on shaft
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• Champcars
  | category || [[Open wheel car|Open wheel racing]] ...litical situation, along with the absence of many of the top CART drivers, big-name sponsors, and faster CART-spec cars cast a shadow over the race. It wa
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...[[IndyCar]]" class of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed in it. It has been broadcast live over radi Although the first race was won by an American driver at the wheel of an American car, European makers such as the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Fiat]]
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• Gilles Villeneuve
  ...to his snowmobiling days: "Every winter, you would reckon on three or four big spills - and I'm talking about being thrown on to the ice at 100 mph. Those ...frenetic style which seemed more like that of a rally driver, Villeneuve's wheel-banging duel with [[René Arnoux]] in the last laps of the [[1979 French Gr
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• European Car of the Year
  ...and reliable, and its ultra-modern hatchback body was the most modern on a big car to be seen on Europe's roads during the 1970s. It sold well in the luxu ...tchback which had been penned by world renowed designer Giugiaro. The four-wheel drive Integrale version would go on to enjoy a long and successful rally ca
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