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• Compact car
  [[Image: 1996geoprizm.jpg|thumb|250px|A 1996 [[Geo Prizm]], an example of a compact car]] ...105 inches). The American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a "Compact" car as measuring between 100 ft³ (2800 L) and 109 ft³ (30
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• Compact MPV
  ...1.jpg|thumb|250px|Renault Mégane Scénic, the first car to be marketed as a compact MPV]] ...Focus C-Max]], [[Volkswagen Touran]] and [[Fiat Multipla]]. In few years, compact MPVs outsold [[station wagon|estates]] and [[sedan|saloons]] in many countr
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• Family car
  ...ture as with the other [[body style]]. The term covers two types of family cars. ==Small family cars==
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• Vehicle size class
  ...classifying cars. The common North American parlance is word-based (eg, [[compact car]]) while European writers typically use letters for sizes. |[[Compact car|Compact]]||Small family car||C class||[[Ford Focus]]
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• Small family car
  ...nt classification system, cars of this size are generally referred to as [[compact car]]s, and the term "small family car" is almost never used to describe th ...sed on small family cars, which are called '''[[compact MPV]]s''' and '''[[compact SUV]]s''' respectively, have been produced since the early [[1990s]].
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• Subcompact car
  ...two) and in North America, subcompacts are usually considered to be those cars that have a [[wheelbase]] of 2.54 [[metre]]s (100 [[inches]]) or less or be ...gh the subcompact did not see wider adoption until the [[1970s]] with such cars as the [[Ford Pinto]] and [[Chevrolet Vega]]. Today numerous models of subc
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• Alfa Romeo 146
  |Body Styles:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[compact car|compact]] 3- or 5-door [[hatchback]] ...lfa Romeo 145''' and '''Alfa Romeo 146''' were two [[compact car|compact]] cars produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] between [[199
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• Sport compact
  ...GTI]], and more recently, the [[Dodge Neon SRT-4]]. The name for any sport compact in a hatchback form is a "hot hatch". ...pace, seating, gas mileage, (daily) driveability, and reliability. A sport compact is usually designed with a practical design philosophy and profit in mind.
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• List of microcars by country of origin
  ...s]] by country of origin'''. This list excludes cars over 700 cc, and cars where production or manufacture ended before 1945. Microcars have been defined as 'very compact, small-engined cars, designed for use in large cities, especially in Japan.'
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• FF layout
  ...sidered superior to FR cars in conditions such as snow. However, powerful cars rarely use the FF layout because weight transference under acceleration unl ...he 1980s, the traction and packaging advantages of this layout caused many compact and mid-sized vehicles to adopt it. Because the transversely-mounted engin
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• Geddes
  ...operations in 1942. Lieutenant [[Giorgio Geddes]] designed an aerodynamic compact car with a colleague. The vehicle was named the ''Rondinello''. The car had [[Category: Cars]]
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• Economy car
  ...who use their car primarily for personal transportation. Typical economy cars are small, light weight, and inexpensive to buy. ...or vehicles that could navigate narrow streets and alleys. These European cars, such as the [[Austin Seven]], would also start to catch on in [[Japan]] du
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• Fiat Bravo/Brava
  |Layout & Class:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[compact car|compact]] ...cements for [[Fiat]]'s successful but ageing [[Fiat Tipo|Tipo]] model. The cars came with all new engines, the base model using a 1.4 L 12-valve engin
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• De Dion tube
  ...version of the [[Lotus Seven]]) produced by [[Caterham Cars]] are the only cars currently in production that utilize this arrangement, as well as some kit
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• Supermini car
  ...some of the biggest selling cars in Europe. In [[2004]], the best selling cars in [[Belgium]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]], [[France]], [[Greece]] ...he year 2000. During that time it took its place as one of the most iconic cars of all time.
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• Autobianchi A111
  ...on, it was launched concurrently with [[Fiat 128]], Fiat's first own FWD [[compact car]], and can be seen as a further development of the revolutionary [[Auto As the 1970s progressed, Fiat has introduced an increasing number of FWD cars under its own brand, and thus the Autobianchis became redundant. The last c
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• Alfa Romeo 145
  |Body Styles:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[compact car|compact]] 3- or 5-door [[hatchback]] ...lfa Romeo 145''' and '''Alfa Romeo 146''' were two [[compact car|compact]] cars produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] between [[199
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• Bandini GT
  ...dini GT''' 750 is a road [[car]] produced in [[1955]] by [[Bandini|Bandini Cars]] [[Forlì]]. This is the first type of deck biposto to bring the [[Bandini Cars | emblem Bandini]].
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• Twin-clutch gearbox
  ...versa, DCT's have been configured which shift faster than [[Formula One]] cars and other single-clutch AMT's (automated-manual transmissions, a.k.a. singl ...he Doppelkupplung)]] used in the [[Porsche 956]] and 962 [[Le Mans]] race cars and the Sport Quattro S1 race car.
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• Twin-clutch Gearbox
  ...versa, DCT's have been configured which shift faster than [[Formula One]] cars and other single-clutch AMT's (automated-manual transmissions, a.k.a. singl ...che Doppelkupplungs)]] used in the on the Porsche 956 and 962 Le Mans race cars and the Sport Quattro S1 race car.
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• Innocenti A40
  |Class:||[[compact car]] The '''[[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] A40 Farina''' was a [[compact car]] from [[British Motor Corporation]] in the [[1960s]].
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• Ercole Spada
  ...ortly before leaving Zagato, Spada designed one of the most modern looking cars of the era, the [[Alfa Romeo Sprint GT (Veloce)|Alfa Romeo Junior Z]], as w ...], where he designs a strings of [[compact]] and [[Luxury vehicle|luxury]] cars, for [[Fiat]] – the groundbreaking [[Fiat Tipo|Tipo]] and [[Fiat Tempra|T
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• Sports cars
  While opinions differ as to the exact definition, most sports cars have two seats and two doors and are designed to provide excellent [[Car ha ...ing quality, but brands such as [[Lamborghini]] which do not race or build cars exclusively for racing are also highly regarded.
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• Alfa Romeo 33
  |Body Styles:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[compact car|compact]] 5-door [[hatchback]] & [[station wagon]] The '''Alfa Romeo 33''' was a [[compact car|compact]] car built between by [[Alfa Romeo]] between 1983 and 1994.
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• Car classification
  |[[Compact car|Compact]]||Small family car||C class||[[Ford Focus]] | -||Compact MPV||[[Renault Scénic]]
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• Lancia V4 engine
  ...esigned again for [[1936]]'s [[Lancia Aprilia|Aprilia]]. The first-series cars used a 1352 cc version with a 72 mm bore and 82 mm stroke. A small V4 powered the compact [[1939]] [[Lancia Ardea|Ardea]]. It was a 20° narrow-angle engine displac
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• Fiat Regata
  |Class:||[[Compact car|Compact]] [[Category:Compact cars]]
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• Bruno Sacco
  ...[[Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class|CLK]] and [[Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class|SLK]] sports cars, and the [[Mercedes-Benz M-Class|M-Class]] luxury sport utility vehicle. Hi ...ss of design. Sacco felt this was of special importance to Mercedes, whose cars' reputation for longevity meant that their typical life cycle was 20 to 30
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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 perce ...ay also drift, but only with much more difficulty. When front wheel drive cars drift, the driver usually pulls on the emergency brake in order for the bac
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• Alfa Romeo 147
  |Body Styles:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[compact car|compact]] 3-door & 5-door [[hatchback]] The '''Alfa Romeo 147''' is a [[compact car|compact]] automobile produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]]
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• Straight engine
  ...modern cars. Some manufacturers, notably Acura, Audi, Toyota, VW and Volvo Cars, have also used [[straight-5]] configurations. The General Motors ''GM Atl ...round the same time, fuel consumption became a much more important factor. Cars became smaller and much more space-efficient. The engine bay of a modern sm
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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 perce ...ay also drift, but only with much more difficulty. When front wheel drive cars drift, the driver usually pulls on the emergency brake in order for the bac
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• Demolition Derby
  ...ilized. However, this increased speed, coupled with the fact that compact cars tend to be less crashworthy, makes injuries more frequent. Vehicles from t ...tery]], and occasionally cutting an escape hatch in the roof. To make the cars last longer, they are occasionally pre-bent, [[frames]] notched, rear [[bum
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• Flat-6
  ...ry sports cars, cruising motorcycles, and aircraft than ordinary passenger cars. ...engine luxury sports cars, while Subaru uses it in its [[all-wheel drive]] cars, where the difficulties of fitting the engine between the front wheels are
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• World Touring Car Championship
  |Category || [[Touring car racing|Touring cars]] The first WTCC, which was open to [[Group A]] Touring Cars, was held in [[1987 World Touring Car Championship season|1987]] concurrent
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• Straight-6
  ...-wheel-drive and transverse ("east-west") engine configurations in smaller cars saw that the shorter engine length of the V6 became highly desirable, and t ...dels with straight sixes. BMWs are [[rear wheel drive]], but Volvo builds cars equipped with [[front wheel drive]] and a [[transverse engine|transverse]]
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• Front-wheel drive
  ...h front wheel drive cars date to the early days of the automobile. [[Alvis Cars]] of the [[United Kingdom]] introduced a front wheel drive model in 1928, b ...successful models were the 1934 [[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] cars from [[Citroën]] in Europe, and the contemporary [[Cord 810|810]] from [[C
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• Ferrari F2002
  ...weight by as much as 15% and lowering the cars centre of gravity. The new compact design allowed for great advancement in the bodywork and increasing the car ...managed by Ferrari agreeing to aggregate their tyre usuage between the two cars, ensuring that Schumacher used the same total number of tyres as all the ot
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• Fiat 1800/2100
  ...ed that of the [[Peugeot 404]] and [[BMC]]'s [[Austin A55 Cambridge|family cars]] of the same period: all three were designed by [[Pininfarina]] of [[Turin ...d the designation 1500L ''(lunga = long)''. The car shared with its more compact sibling Fiat's four cylinder 1481 cc engine, delivering 72 bhp, which in 19
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• Ferrari Colombo engine
  [[Ferrari]]'s earliest cars used engines designed by [[Gioacchino Colombo]], who had formerly designed The early 166, 195, and 212 cars used Colombo V12s of varying sizes. All shared the same 58.8 mm strok
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• Fiat Tipo
  |Body Styles:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[compact car|compact]] 3 and 5-door [[hatchback]] The Tipo platform spawned five more cars. The first of these was the [[Lancia Dedra]] [[sedan (car)|sedan]] in 1989,
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• Vignale
  ...esigned and built cars, usually low volume variants of the main production cars of these automobile manufacturers. ...er of fresh and original design cues which found their way into production cars for decades to come. As a whole however it was a bit too wild and unbalance
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• W engine
  ...ugatti]]'s [[Bugatti EB 118|EB 118]] and [[Bugatti EB 218|EB 218]] concept cars, but the design was determined to be impractical because of the irregular [ ...kaging, that is, they contain high numbers of cylinders but are relatively compact.
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• Alfa Romeo 156
  ...e Crosswagon Q4 and Sportwagon Q4 (both using the 1.9 L JTD engine). These cars were equipped with a [[Torsen]] four-wheel drive system. *Best Compact Executive 1998 - (What Car - UK)
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• Front wheel drive
  ...cessful models were the [[1934]] [[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] cars from [[Citroën]] in Europe, and the contemporary [[Cord 810|810]] from [[C ...of the [[Ford Taurus]] bringing front wheel drive to prominence in midsize cars. By the mid 1980s, most formerly rear wheel drive Japanese models were fro
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• Luxury car
  ...t is somewhat subjective, there are certain guidelines by which the luxury cars are defined. These guidelines include price, design, comfort, and prestige. In addition to being relatively expensive, luxury cars also offer a higher degree of comfort than their mainstream counterparts as
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• Ferrari 275
  12 lightweight '''GTC''' cars had aluminium bodywork. Twelve were constructed in between the end of the ...weight made a difference of over 150 kg compared to the alloy bodied road cars.
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• Torsion beam suspension
  ...re nothing more than crawling under the car with a wrench in hand. In most cars which use this type of suspension, swapping torsion bars for those with a d ...ling dead axle, also sprung by torsion bars. The Czechoslovakian [[Tatra]] cars designed by Professor [[Hans Ledwinka]] in the mid 1930s used all round ind
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• Lancia Fulvia
  |Class:||[[Compact car]] * ''Berlina'' - A compact four-door saloon introduced in 1963 with 1098 cc engine producing 58 b
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• Bremach
  ...d in 1913, that has built over 7.000 aircraft, developed a new [[3-wheel]] compact, reliable delivery vehicle for light weight freight carriage. [[Category: Cars]]
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