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• Automobile
  ...people, typically have four wheels and be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. However, the term is far from precise. ...roduction run in 1860. One of the major problems was the poor state of the road network. [[Santler (car)|Santler]] from Malvern is recognised by the Vetera
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• Wankel engine
  ...eel race cars with Mazda Wankel engines, adaptable to both oval tracks and road courses, on several levels of competition. Since 1991, the professionally o ...the major uses of the engine was to drive pumps on natural gas [[Pipeline transport|pipelines]].
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• Sicily
  ==Transport== ...Palermo-[[Messina]], '''A29''' Palermo-[[Mazara del Vallo]] and the [[toll road]] '''A18''' Messina-Catania. Much of the motorway network is elevated by co
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• Max Mosley
  ..., and FISA, which was supported by the "[[grandee]]" constructors owned by road car manufacturers (primarily [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] and [[Renault]]). ...terested me [in F1] you maybe save one life every five years, whereas [in] road safety you are talking about thousands of lives". A challenge to Mosley's e
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• Tour de France
  ...e Boucle''''', '''Le Tour''' or '''The Tour''', is an epic long distance [[road bicycle racing]] competition for professionals held over three weeks in Jul ...he three weeks usually includes two rest days, which are sometimes used to transport the riders long distances between stages.
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• Ancient Rome
  ...he entire length of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]].{{ref|Atlas3}} Transport by sea was around 60 times cheaper than by land, so the volume for such tri ...aAppiaAntica03.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The [[Appian Way]] (''Via Appia''), a road connecting the city of [[Rome]] to the southern parts of [[Italy]], remains
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• Ilario Bandini
  ...de good use of experience he had accumulated repairing trucks, operating a transport business between [[Dekemhare]] and [[Asmara]]. He returned to Italy in 193 ...obles County, Minnesota|Wilmont]], [[Cumberland Race Track|Cumberland]], [[Road America|Elkhart Lake]], Fairchild Park and [[Sebring International Raceway|
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...urope featured straights the length of the [[Mulsanne]]. The fact that the road is public and therefore not maintained to the same quality as some permanen ...d more exotic [[supercar]]s due to manufacturers wishing to develop faster road cars for the purposes of developing them into even faster GT cars.
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• Lancia Augusta
  Even if of secondary importance, the transport system deserves a citation baggages previewed. ===Tests on road===
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• European Car of the Year
  ....2 unit all the way up to the swift 1.8 GSi — and soon afterwards the road-burning 2.0 GTE 8v and 16v versions. Its wide range guaranteed the Kadett/A ...ttractive styling, comfortable interior, solid build quality and excellent road behaviour. It went on to be a massive hit all over Europe, with the next ge
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• Barcelona
  ...CN] ({{IATA|BCN}}, {{ICAO|LEBL}}), also known as '''El Prat''', is a major transport hub and fields flights from all over Europe and beyond. There are three te ...[http://www.tmb.net/en_US/home.jsp More information]. 1- to 5-day public transport tickets are available which allow unlimited travel on the metro and bus net
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• Vienna
  ...own', or city center, is the first district. It is encircled by the 'Ring' road, which is also the location of many famous old buildings. Districts 2-9 are gathered within the Gürtel ('belt') Road; there, you can find the Prater (amusement) park, the hip quarters of the s
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• Fiat
  ...arbox), but the body and four-wheel drive system were VAZ designs. Off the road there were few vehicles that could match it. The Riva and Niva are still in In 1964-65, the [[Ceylon Transport Board]] contemplated production of buses in [[Sri Lanka]] in collaboration
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• Fiat Panda
  ...success, being considered less reliable and too low to be employed in off road duty. ...er fuel economy and CO2 emissions. Both models also qualify for £35 annual road tax in the UK, and replace the original standard engines. Dynamic Aircon an
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• Damon Hill
  ...t to the title, but at Imola the Brazilian died after his car went off the road. With the team undergoing investigation from the Italian authorities on man ...ho accomplishes the most outstanding demonstration of the possibilities of transport by land, sea, air, or water.
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• List of automobile manufacturers
  ...groups who are also least likely to own and drive cars. The [[sustainable transport]] movement focuses on solutions to these problems. ...he industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle usage. Roughly half
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ....7 kW) when running 60 mph (95 km/h) on level roads ( one term for this is Road-Horsepower ). It is very inefficient to run a large spark-ignition (''i.e.' ...The qualified owners do not have to pay for parking in any city garage or road side parking meters
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• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  ...takes him. Soon, he comes across the same car parked along the side of the road. Using a telescopic rifle sight, Bond spies her walking into the tall waves ...evice isn't very practical; aside from its slowness it requires support to transport the large device to the site and again to remove it after the job is done (
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