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• Ferrari 328
  {{Ferrari car timeline 1960s-1990s}} [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• Carburetor
  ...eason. Other, similar designs are used on some European and a few Japanese automobiles. ...and [[vacuum gauge]]. Since the advent of emissions controls on production automobiles, the idle fuel flow is typically set at the factory on the "lean" side of o
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• Engine displacement
  There are four major regulatory constraints for automobiles: the European, the British, the Japanese, and the American. The method used In the mid-[[1960s]], Chrysler offered a V8 engine of 426 cubic inches (6981 cm³) on its
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• Automobile safety
  In 1949 SAAB incorporated aircraft safety thinking into automobiles making the [[Saab 92]] the first production SAAB car with a safety cage, an The sizable traffic safety lead enjoyed by the USA since the 1960s had narrowed significantly by 2002, with the US improvement percentages lag
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• Fuel injection
  ...y offered. Fuel injection appeared first on European-made cars in the late 1960s and early '70s. It was phased in through the latter '70s and '80s at an acc ...was formed. Both agencies now create and enforce emission regulations for automobiles, as well as for many other sources.
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• Ferrari
  ...], powered by a 1.5&nbsp;L V12 engine; Enzo reluctantly built and sold his automobiles to fund the Scuderia. While his beautiful and blazingly fast cars quickly g {{Early Ferrari vehicles| 1948-1960s}}<br>
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• Fiat X1/9
  ...enames employed by FIAT for their new development projects during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The 'X' projects were subcategorised as X0 (for engines), [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Aerodynamics
  ...ions, the knowledge of [[hypersonic]] aerodynamics has matured between the 1960s and the present decade. Therefore, the goals of an aerodynamicist have shi
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• Fiat
  Fiat corporation, starting from the late 1960s, has bought (or gained control of) a wide range of companies, including: Fiat automobiles have been made in Poland since 1920. In 1932, the [[Polski Fiat|Polskie zak
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• Alfa Romeo Giulia
  [[Category:1960s automobiles]] [[Category:1970s automobiles]]
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...aham Hill]] was known as "''Mr Monaco'' due to his five Monaco wins in the 1960s. ...rom 1911. In 1928 the club applied to the ''Association Internationale des Automobiles Clubs Reconnus'' (AIACR), the international governing body of motorsport, t
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...ut assistance, before driving away. This became a safety issue in the late 1960s when drivers would ignore their safety harnesses, a recent invention. This ...ime were still mostly based on production road cars, but by the end of the 1960s, the [[Ford Motor Company]] would enter the picture with their [[Ford GT40|
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• Aluminium
  ...uctivity of [[copper]], the traditional household wiring material. In the 1960s aluminium was considerably cheaper than copper, and so was introduced for h ...ce aluminium from ore. Recycling was a low-profile activity until the late 1960s, when the growing use of aluminium [[beverage can]]s brought it to the publ
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• Motorcycle
  ...il the rise of the Japanese manufacturers (led by [[Honda]]) in the late [[1960s]] and early [[1970s]] who were able to produce designs faster, cheaper and ...e racers]] of [[1950s]] Britain, and the [[Mods]] and [[Rockers]] of the [[1960s]]. Others are purportedly [[fraternal]] organizations, the most well known
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• Ilario Bandini
  This was the period of greatest growth for Bandini Automobiles. A contemporary newspaper reports discussion of plans under way to develop ...T. Hotchkiss, who in latter years won in F. Junior at Sebring), in the mid-1960s, production for the United States was stopped for lack of adequate funding,
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• Airbag
  Despite the 1970s implementation of airbags in GM cars, many conventional automobiles did not even have them until the mid 1990s. Although they were touted in the 1960s and 70s as a potential seat belt replacement, automobile airbags are now de
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• Fiat Panda
  ...features styling elements that remind of the spirit and way of life of the 1960s. [[Category:1980s automobiles]]
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...t, the list (except for the [[#Firsts|Firsts]] section) will be limited to automobiles built after World War II. Many odd vehicles emerged in the early days of th ** Smallest V6 engine (gasoline) - 1.0&nbsp;L - 1960s [[DKW]] [[DKW F102|F102]] (a two-stroke V6) ''(about 100 produced for testi
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• Alfa Romeo 159
  ...nkfurt Motor Show. The GTA was named after the [[Alfa Romeo GTA]] from the 1960s, the letters GTA meaning Gran Turismo Alleggerita ({{lang-en|lightened Gran [[Category:2000s automobiles]]
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...n Grand Prix|2004]] when it was equalled by [[Michael Schumacher]]. In the 1960s the race was an integral part of the [[Tasman Series]] which attracted the | [[English Racing Automobiles|ERA]]
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...author [[Herman Wouk]] ). Wouk's work with electric hybrid vehicles in the 1960s and 1970s earned the title as the "Godfather of the Hybrid". Wouk installe ...scent of "[[turbo lag]]", but demonstrated that turbines could be used for automobiles (see [[Chrysler Turbine engines]]). Also, in late 1990s General Motors made
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• History of the bicycle
  ...ut it dropped off dramatically in the United States between 1900 and 1910. Automobiles became the preferred means of transportation. Over the 1920s, bicycles grad In the late 1960s, spurred by Americans' increasing consciousness of the value of exercise an
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• Moto Guzzi
  From the 1930s until the 1960s, Moto Guzzi was the largest marque among Italian motorcycle manufacturers. ...sight saw Moto Guzzi adapting to a cultural shift away from motorcycles to automobiles. The company focused on popular lightweight mopeds including the Dingo and
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• Goldfinger
  ...Aviation Traders [[Carvair]], an aircraft that was built for transporting automobiles and well-off passengers. Only 21 Carvairs were ever built and therefore it ...bomb. China was known to be working to become a nuclear power in the early 1960s, despite withdrawal of all Soviet assistance in 1960. However, China did no
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