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• Motor racing
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. ...] saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road cars, with [[Delage]], [[Auto Union]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bug
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• Autocrossing
  ...ed by [[traffic cone]]s, rather than racing on a track with multiple other cars, as in [[road racing]] or [[oval racing]]. Autocross tends to place more em ==Cars and Classing==
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• Autocross
  ...ed by [[traffic cone]]s, rather than racing on a track with multiple other cars, as in [[road racing]] or [[oval racing]]. Autocross tends to place more em ==Cars and Classing==
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• Race car
  ...[[Frank Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first trophy awarded was the [[Vanderbilt Cup]]. ...] saw the radical differentiation of racing vehicles from high-priced road cars, with [[Delage]], [[Auto Union]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bug
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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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• Three wheeler
  ...relaxed pollution reqirements, leading to higher efficiency, three-wheeled cars are usually very economical to run. One of the most famous three wheeled cars is the dirty yellow [[Reliant Regal|Reliant Regal Supervan III]] from the T
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• Vehicle dynamics
  * [[Ground effect in cars]]
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• RR layout
  A range of sports road cars and racing cars with the RR layout was produced by the French company [[Alpine]] (badged as Early cars using the RR layout include the [[Tucker automobile|Tucker]], the [[Volkswa
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• Bellasi
  ...articipated in 6 grands prix during the early 1970s, entering a total of 6 cars. ...as a fifth place for Mariella in the [[Coppa Autodromo at Monza]]. Similar cars continued to be seen in 1969 with Georges Ferreira, Pino Pica and Giorgio P
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• Viotti
  == Cars by Viotti ==
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• Serpollet
  ...'. His car had the particularity to mount their steam engine, as in normal cars with engine firing, but in the case of Serpollet, were equipped with fake r ...urst. The success of Serpollet then crossed the border into France and the cars were sold in [[England]] in [[Germany]] and even [[Italy]]. In 1906 they we
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• 2 plus 2
  ...efinition, and there is no official body offering a strict definition, but cars called 2+2s ''must'' have: Many [[convertible]], [[targa top]] and [[hatchback]] cars are strictly within this definition, but are rarely deemed 2+2s.
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• Car tuning
  Car tuning is related to [[auto racing]], although most performance cars never compete. Rather they are built for the pleasure of owning and driving ...the air filters; but they could also install a more powerful engine on the cars they modify.
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• Body-on-frame
  ...also easy to use the same chassis and driveline for several very different cars. Especially in the days before [[computer-aided design]], this was a big ad ...onstruction in the [[1960s]], leaving just [[truck]]s, [[bus]]es and large cars using conventional frames. The switch continued for several decades - even
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• Brake (railway)
  ...o be used to operate loading and unloading doors on [[Railroad car#Freight cars|wheat, coal and ballast wagons]]. On passenger coaches, the main reservoir
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• Sport compact
  ...act car]]. They are typically are [[front engine]]d, [[front wheel drive]] cars driven by a [[naturally aspirated]] [[straight-4]] [[gasoline engine]]. Typ ...a sport compact sharply contrasts with those of 'true' sports cars. Sports cars are designed with a performance-oriented philosophy, often compromising car
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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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• Sway bar
  .... This can be used to advantage, in fact many front wheel drive production cars will lift a wheel when cornering hard, in order to overload the other wheel Some high-priced cars, such as the [[Mercedes-Benz W220|Mercedes S-class]] and [[BMW E65/E66|BMW
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• Child safety lock
  Child safety locks are also built into some [[cars]] to prevent children from opening the doors during transit; vehicles have
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• Understeer
  It is common practice among automobile manufacturers to configure production cars deliberately to have a slight linear range understeer by default. If a car ...being used for turning and motor [[torque]]. This is why rear wheel drive cars tend to handle better as the rear wheels' main job is to handle the motor's
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• DOT 3
  All brake fluids must meet [http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/FMVSS/ federal standard #116]. Under this standard there are t Most cars produced in the US use DOT 3.
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• Street racing
  ...acing in the US is a [[drag race]] of [[automotive tuning|modified]] stock cars happening late at night on straight public roads with very low traffic that ...up of motorcyclists. Nowadays, with heavier punishments, patrolling police cars and speed cameras, expressway racing in Japan is not as common as it was du
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• Straight-3
  ...se in modern cars, generally for [[engine displacement]]s of around 1.0L. Cars in the 'super-mini' class often use them on base models, as do the Japanese
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• Offroad racing
  ...of racing where various classes of specially modified vehicles (including cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buggies) compete in races through [[off-road]] en
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• Run flat tires
  ...They have grown in popularity for other vehicles, such as high-end luxury cars, because of their safety and convenience, ...-supporting run flat tires are fairly common on light trucks and passenger cars and typically provide for the vehicle to drive for 50 miles at around
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• Watkins Glen International
  * [[Can-Am]] ..., Hopkins was the most recognizable starter in Grand Prix racing. Once the cars had taken their places, Hopkins strode across the front of the grid with hi
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• Blowoff valve
  ...owoff valves to the atmosphere. In the United States, Australia and Europe cars featuring unmuffled blowoff valves are illegal for street use.
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...] in the South. The open wheel racers were built for racing, and the stock cars were ordinary automobiles modified to varying degrees. ...gh as 1500. The sport is popular in Australia and Canada also. Many of the cars may also race on [[Short track motor racing|asphalt short tracks]] during 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 145
  ...lfa Romeo 145''' and '''Alfa Romeo 146''' were two [[compact car|compact]] cars produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] between [[199 ...3|33 model]] and [[Alfa Romeo 75|75 model]], Alfa Romeo launched these two cars in [[1994]] (the 145) and [[1995]] (the 146) to compete in the extremely co
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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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• Fuel pump
  ...rging the pump in the tank is one of the safest places to put it. In most cars, the fuel pump delivers a constant flow of gasoline to the engine; fuel not ...ent this will also prevent fuel leaking from any ruptured fuel line. Other cars have an additional ''roll over valve'', that will shut off the fuel pump in
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• Autobianchi A111
  ...t was the largest Autobianchi ever made, as the brand specialized in small cars. A modern [[front-wheel drive]] (FWD) construction, it was launched concurr 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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• Brake fluid
  ...ol]] [[ester]]s and [[ether]]s; and [[DOT 5]] is [[silicone]]-based. Most cars produced in the US use DOT 3. ...formance of the brake system, but this is often not a concern in passenger cars. On the other hand, changing fluid at least every several years will preser
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• Hydraulic brake
  ..., and thus, reduced braking effectiveness. [[Bundy tube]] is often used in cars.
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• Ground effect
  ...cessor to the earlier dominant aerodynamic theory of streamlining. [[Champ Cars]] employed ground effect to some extent, but [[Formula One]] and most other ...nverted [[airfoil|aerofoil]]s, were routinely used in the design of racing cars to increase downforce, but this is ''not'' ground effect.) This kind of gro
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• Supercar
  ...uperiority in the future. The automotive press frequently calls new exotic cars "supercars". ...t often does not include roll cages and other features required for [[race cars]].
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• OSI
  .... In 1968 [[Ghia]] took total control of the company and the production of cars ceased. They continued to work in other areas. OSI ScarabeoA total of three cars were built, two coupes (the first with right-hand-drive, the second with le
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• Carbon fibre
  ...of automobiles and reduce weight. Many of the "[[car tuning|tuner]]" style cars have carbon fiber hoods to reduce weight from a stock 28 lb hood to an 8 lb
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• Jackie Stewart
  Jackie's early involvement with cars was in the family business, Dumbuck Garage, in Milton, where he worked as a ...Barry Filer, a customer of his family business, to test in a number of his cars at Oulton Park. Stewart impressed all who were in attendance that day. [[Ke
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• Motorama
  ...ated its Golden Anniversary (50 years of production) in 1952, and two show cars were on display at various venues around the country: the [[Cadillac Townsm ..., San Francisco (March 24 through April 1), Boston (April 19-29). Featured cars included Buick [[Centurion]], [[General Motors Firebird II]], the [[Oldsmob
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• Siata
  ...urin]] in 1926 to manufacture tuning accessories for Italian (mainly Fiat) cars. Their cylinder heads with [[overhead valves]] (for the 500A) were particul ...ere capable of 135km/h and 125km/h respectively. In 1939 a small number of cars called the Amica were built. Designed by [[Bertone]] and with bodies constr
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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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• Alfa Romeo Arna
  ...lfa factory in Pratola Serra, near [[Naples]], for assembly. Italian-built cars badged as Nissan Cherry Europe can be readily identified by their rear ligh ...dly. The Arna is listed as number 26 in the [[Richard Porter]] book, "Crap Cars".
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• Fiat Linea
  Linea's size is similar to saloon versions of other small family cars, like the [[Ford Focus (International)|Ford Focus]], [[Renault Mégane]] an ...ce for maintenance and 3 years warranty, the biggest warranty for [[Fiat]] cars in [[Brazil]].
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• Canadian Grand Prix
  ...winning. Formula One took over the following year, although the CSCC and Can-Am series continued to compete at Mosport in their own events. ! [[1966 Can-Am season|1966]]
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• Triumph-Italia
  ...A. Industria Construzione Automobile of Naples – it was thought that these cars would appeal to people willing to spend more for the dependability and ease ...tandard-Triumph to supply chassis and mechanical components to build 1,000 cars.
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• Ferrari 330
  |Predecessor:||[[Ferrari 250#Sports cars|250 GT Spyder]] The '''Ferrari 330''' cars are the successor of [[Ferrari 250]], first introduced by [[Ferrari]] in [[
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• Alfa Romeo 177
  ...earlier in the [[Alfa Romeo Tipo 33|Alfa Romeo 33TT12]] and 33SC12 sports cars. In {{F1|1976}} this engine was supplied to [[Brabham]] and the deal conti [[Category:Alfa Romeo Formula One cars]]
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• Fiat 128
  ...W Golf]], rather than the 3P, that first caught the public imagination for cars of this type and sold in significant numbers worldwide. ...2, featuring a range of minor changes inside and out; pre- and post-revamp cars can be distinguished by their differing radiator grilles. 1974 saw the laun
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