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• Headlight styling
  ...ptions for what they could add or detract from the looks of the front of a car. .... Most cars had their headlights in pairs side by side on each side of the car; some models of Oldsmobile had a parking light in the middle of the pair.
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• 1955 Le Mans disaster
  [[Image:Le_Mans_1955_start.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Start of the race, Levegh #20 car is in the center of the frame''']] ...disc brake]]s on a car was in a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] racing in Le Mans. Mercedes-Benz still used drum-brake in 1955, but also used a special hood as an "air
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• Gull-wing door
  [[Image:Mercedes_300SL_Gullwing.jpg|right|thumb|A Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing with its doors open]] ...edge of the door and allow the door to swing outward from the body of the car.
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• Hermann Lang
  ...ash; died [[October 19]], [[1987]], was a [[Germany|German]] champion race car driver. ...d [[Spanish Grand Prix]], Hermann Lang was given a chance to drive for the Mercedes team. He proved to be most capable on high-speed racetracks, capturing his
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• 2003 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]''' | '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]'''
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• Rudolf Caracciola
  ...prowess in rainy conditions, Caracciola began racing as an employee for [[Mercedes-Benz]] in 1922. In 1926, he entered the first-ever German Grand Prix at the ...the two drivers who all but defined success for the two German car makers, Mercedes-Benz and [[Auto Union]], Carracciola and fellow countryman [[Bernd Rosemeye
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• Front-engine design
  ...ight distribution]]—the heaviest component is at one end of the vehicle. [[Car handling]] is not ideal, but usually predictable. * [[Mercedes-Benz S-Class]]
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• 1998 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]''' | [[Jaguar (car)|Stewart]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• 1997 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Jaguar (car)|Stewart]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | [[Jaguar (car)|Stewart]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• Coggiola
  ...t time at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1956 and was originally designed for car racing, and the changes to the international sports regulations prevented t ...er of different form to change the type of body while maintaining the same car. Not lacking in that decade also makes prototypes of more "noble", as the [
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• Stirling Moss
  ...ad of [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] who finished second). His co-driver in the [[Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR]] number 722 (indicating the time of the start) was journalist ...n front of his team mate, friend, mentor and arch-rival at [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]], Juan Manuel Fangio. It is sometimes debated whether Fangio, one of the a
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• FR layout
  ...Corvette]], and originally [[Germany|German]] vehicles from [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]]. The [[Oil crisis]] of the 1970s and the success of small [[FF layou ...ut its FR luxury cars after the 1996 model year, and its [[GM F platform|F-car]] ([[Chevrolet Camaro]]/[[Pontiac Firebird]]) in 2002. GM reintroduced Nort
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• Hungarian Grand Prix
  | Winning team || {{flagiconGBR}} [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | Pole team || {{flagiconGBR}} [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
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• Maserati Kyalami
  |Similar || [[De Tomaso Longchamp]]<br>[[Mercedes SLC]]<br> ...d the front and rear end to create a distinctive Maserati feel for the new car. The interior was also upgraded to incorporate classic Maserati elements su
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• William Grover-Williams
  ...Monaco Grand Prix]] beating the heavily favored [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] car driven by the great [[Germany|German]] driver, [[Rudolf Caracciola]].
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• Inboard brake
  ...rakes inboard reduces [[unsprung weight]] substantially, improving ride, [[car handling|handling]] and braking. This system was more common in the [[1960 * [[Mercedes-Benz W196 and 300SLR]]
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• Suicide door
  [[Image:Lloyd Kleinbus.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Lloyd (car)|Lloyd LT 600 van]] with front suicide door]] ...t is familiar to many English-speakers and often used openly in the custom-car trade.
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• Pagani
  ! colspan=2 |'''Pagani Zonda car review''' ...showing his drawings to [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] who he planned to name the car after (as the Fangio F1).
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• History of the Alfa Race Engine
  ...f [[Enzo Ferrari]] in 1924. He immediately began work on the P2 Grand Prix car, which was based on his experience with the very successful [[Fiat 805]]. T ...credibly complex DOHC V-12 of 1936-7 put out 370 hp but not enough to beat Mercedes.''']]
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• FIA GT Championship
  The '''FIA GT Championship''' is a [[sports car racing]] series organized by the [[Stéphane Ratel Organisations]] (SRO) at ...o qualify. Both types may undergo significant modifications from the road car they are based on, but GT1 allows the use of exotic materials, better [[aer
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• Luigi Fagioli
  ...[[June 9]], [[1898]] - [[June 20]], [[1952]]) was an Italian champion race car driver. ...battles, Chiron eventually won but Fagioli showed how skilled he was in a car geared for great speed on long stretches, not the tight twists and short ru
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• Electronic Stability Control
  ...y Control''' (ESC) is the generic term for systems designed to improve a [[car handling|vehicle's handling]], particularly at the limits where the driver ...l [[Mercedes-Benz A-Class]] (without ESC) failed the [[moose test]]; since Mercedes-Benz could not afford to be perceived as marketing unsafe vehicles, every A
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• Luxury car
  ...e of "vehicles" that offer luxurious settings, a true luxury car will be a car ([[sedan]], [[coupé]], [[hatchback]], [[station wagon]], [[roadster]], etc ...Luxury-Car.jpg|thumb|250px|Woodgrain trim is one of the most iconic luxury car attributes]]
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 308
  {{Racing car | ...08 hold in reserve. He failed to finish while [[Hermann Lang]] driving a [[Mercedes-Benz W154]] was the winner. In this race [[Eugenio Siena]] driving a 312 wa
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• Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
  ===CART Champ Car history=== | [[Mercedes-Benz]]
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• List of international Formula One colors
  ...e, vehicles competing in [[Formula One]], [[sports car racing]], [[touring car racing]] and other international [[auto racing]] competitions customarily [ ...Porsche and BMW) returned to white paint. Others German manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz and Audi used silver paint when they returned to international racing
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• Rear wheel drive
  ...80s]], due in part to higher manufacturing costs, and a perception by many car buyers that [[front wheel drive]] is safer, and that it performs better on ...weight distribution in a rear wheel drive car than in a front wheel drive car, as more of the engine can lie between the front and rear wheels (in the ca
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• 1000km Nürburgring
  The '''ADAC 1000km Nürburgring''' is an [[Endurance racing]] and [[Sports car racing]] event on the [[Nürburgring]] in Germany, organized by the [[ADAC] ...] and [[David Brabham]] won, ahead of a [[BMW V12 LMR]], an [[Audi R8 Race Car|Audi R8]] and the second Panoz.
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• Alfa Romeo 169
  ...was going to go through, with the 169 to be based on the next generation [[Mercedes E-class]]. However in December 2007, after almost two months of negotiation ...d. The rumour was that in return for advising Tata on how to run a premium car company (something that Tata has never done before), Alfa Romeo would gain
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• Alfa Romeo 33/3 Full Story
  ...asi did the EPA and DOT on grey market cars, [[Ferrari]], [[Lamborghini]], Mercedes, Porsche. ...1977 and purchased his first Alfa T33, a TT/3, chassis 11572.006. He took car back to US and raced it. As usual the engine broke down and he went back to
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• Fiat 130
  |Class:||[[Executive car]] |Body style:||4-door [[saloon car|saloon]]<br>2-door [[coupé]]
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• De Tomaso Biguà
  | [[sportscar|sports car]] The '''De Tomaso Biguà''' was a sports car produced by [[De Tomaso]]. At first, It was known as the Biguà but later r
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• Ferenc Szisz
  ...er 20]], [[1873]]–[[February 21]], [[1944]]), was a [[France|French]] race car driver and the winner of the first [[Grand Prix motor racing]] event on a [ ...Lyon]]. In a race won by [[Christian Lautenschlager]] in a [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]], Szisz was honored with the No.1 designation on his vehicle but an injury
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• Car classification
  ...as many vehicles fall between classes or even outside all of them. Not all car types are sold in all countries and names differ in some cases between [[Br |&nbsp;-||rowspan=2|[[Supermini car|Supermini]]||A class||[[Fiat Panda]]
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• Rendez-vous
  ...a single take with no editing, using a camera attached to the bumper of a car. The length of the film thus was limited by the capacity of the camera reel ...ions of other cars, the visible headlight beam and the final shot when the car is parked in front of curbstones on the Sacre Coeur hill. Here, the driver
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• Juan Manuel Fangio
  |Team(s):||[[Alfa Romeo]], [[Maserati]], [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] ...Fangio-MB-W196-3lMotor-1986.jpg|thumb|270px|Juan Manuel Fangio driving a [[Mercedes-Benz W196]] in the 1986 Oldtimer Grand Prix at the [[Nürburgring]]]]
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• Spanish Grand Prix
  ...was not actually run to the Grand Prix formula of the day, but to touring car rules, taking place on a 300-kilometre road circuit at [[Guadarrama]], near ...ch was won by [[Jim Clark (racing driver)|Jim Clark]] racing in a [[Lotus (car)|Lotus]].
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• Touring car racing
  '''Touring car racing''' is a general term for a number of distinct [[auto racing]] compet ==Characteristics of a touring car==
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• Sports cars
  ...63)]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] [[Jaguar E-Type|E-Type]] is a classic sports car.]] ...igned primarily for performance driving while not being a rally orientated car.
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• Italian Grand Prix
  | Winning team || {{flagiconUK}} [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | Pole team || {{flagiconUK}} [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
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• Raymond Sommer
  ...]. At the time the French [[Bugatti]] team and the German manufacturers [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Auto Union]], were the dominant force in GP racing, with Hitle ...in five Grand Prix races for Talbot and BRM, retiring each time after his car failed.
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• Supercar
  '''Supercar''' is a term used for a high end [[sports car]], typically an exotic or rare one, whose performance is highly superior to Some common criteria for measuring whether a car should be considered a supercar include the following:
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• British Grand Prix
  | Winning team || [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | Fastest lap team || [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
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• Mille Miglia
  ==Car numbering== ...umbers according to their start time. For example, the 1955 Moss/Jenkinson car, #722, left Brescia at 7:22 AM (see below), while the first cars had starte
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• Canadian Grand Prix
  | Pole team || [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] ...Mosport]] Park in [[Bowmanville, Ontario]] as a [[sports car racing|sports car]] event before it alternated between Mosport and [[Circuit Mont-Tremblant]]
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• Pescara Grand Prix
  ...ingly it was Alfa Romeo, with their new [[Alfa Romeo 158|158 ''Alfetta'']] car, that took the honours in this last competition before the outbreak of [[Wo ...] and entered by [[Scuderia Centro Sud]]; an Italian team, with an Italian car and two Italian drivers, won the final iteration of this famous Italian eve
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• Understeer
  '''Understeer''' is a term for a [[car handling]] condition in which during cornering the circular path of the [[v ...s also often referred to as pushing, plowing, or refusing to turn in. The car is referred to as being "tight" because it is stable and far from wanting t
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• Targa Florio
  ...ermo, Sicily|Palermo]]. Founded in 1906, it used to be the oldest [[sports car racing]] event, part of the World Championship until 1973. While also a who After 1973, it was a national sports car event until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It is since
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• Barbi
  In 1931, in order to meet the competition of many and famous special car builders, it was necessary to find highly skilled workers that couldn’t b ...new mechanical technologies are produced in the current market: [[Fiat]], Mercedes, Volvo, Renault, Man, Daf. In the middle of the eighties Barbi began to con
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• Cam in block
  ...]] used this arrangement. From 1927-1929, the American firm [[Hudson Motor Car Company|Hudson]] used a 6-cylinder engine of this form as well, but this en ===1994 Mercedes-Benz Indianapolis 500 engine===
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