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• Ferrari 250
  The '''[[Ferrari]] 250''' is a series of [[sports car]]s from the 1950s and early 1960s. It was the company's most successfu ...'' introduced at the 1952 [[Giro di Sicilia]]. Two of the two-seat sports prototypes were built, an open barchetta and closed coupe both by Vignale. Seven 225
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• Allemano
  ...a Turin committed by a small Japanese company for the construction of two prototypes. ...the small house Italian ATS the task of designing a new and unprecedented sports car road. From this was born the ATS 2500 GT, but not ebeb very successful,
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• FIA GT Championship
  The '''FIA GT Championship''' is a [[sports car racing]] series organized by the [[Stéphane Ratel Organisations]] (SRO ...racing-bred cars that took full advantage of the new rules, to build quasi-prototypes with very limited production runs of 25 cars. [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysl
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• Motor racing
  The [[Sports Car Club of America]]'s [[SPEED World Challenge]] Touring Car and GT champi ...RA]] (National Hot Rod Association) which is the largest sanctioning motor sports body in the world. The NHRA was formed to prevent people from [[street raci
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• Automobile racing
  The [[Sports Car Club of America]]'s [[SPEED World Challenge]] Touring Car and GT champi ...RA]] (National Hot Rod Association) which is the largest sanctioning motor sports body in the world. The NHRA was formed to prevent people from [[street raci
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• Jim Clark
  ...ritain in a Lotus Cortina, and nearly won the event before crashing, and [[sports car]]s. He competed in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24 Hour]] race in He was also able to master difficult Lotus sportscar prototypes such as the [[Lotus 30]] and 40. Clark had an uncanny ability to adapt to w
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• Lamborghini
  ...wagen]]. Lamborghini is the main counterpart to [[Ferrari]] in the Italian sports car business. The Italian company was founded in 1963 by businessman [[Ferr ...d War II]], [[Ferruccio Lamborghini]] was able to cultivate an interest in sports cars. After owning a [[Mercedes-Benz 300SL]], a [[Jaguar E-Type]], and a [[
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• Lancia Flaminia
  ...eloped by [[Pininfarina]] and previewed by the Aurelia-based '''Florida''' prototypes. While the '''Florida I''', presented at the 1956 [[Turin Motor show]], was ...ngs. Until 1967, 593 Sports and Super Sports were built (99 Preseries, 344 Sports, 150 Supersports).
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• Ferrari 250 LM
  ...ely unrelated to the other [[Ferrari 250|250 cars]]. It was a mid-engined sports car racer with a [[Ferrari 250#250 Testa Rossa|250 Testa Rossa]] [[V12]] en ...us had to run in the prototype class until it was homologated as a Group 4 Sports Car for the 1966 season.
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• Giotto Bizzarrini
  ...eded a test driver. He was quickly promoted to controller of experimental, Sports and GT car development. ...the ideas from the GTO and developed with [[Piero Drogo]] of [[Carrozzeria Sports Cars]] in the [[Modena]] works an aerodynamically advanced body, even lower
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• Ferrari P
  The '''Ferrari P''' series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. Sports car racers followed in 1963. Although these cars shared their names (based
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• Gilco
  ...]], Gilberto Colombo knows Mario Speluzzi, professor and director of motor sports in the technical, begins to love the design issues in this field. ...bo [[Enzo Ferrari]] in [[Modena]] and begins to apply to the design of its sports cars, in a report that will remain tight collaboration of professional unti
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• Ducati Apollo
  Ducati was to produce two prototypes and two extra engines as spares. Today only one survives. The second prototype, a black and silver sports version with four Dell'Orto SS 1 carburettors, survived, and was on display
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• Race car
  The [[Sports Car Club of America]]'s [[SPEED World Challenge]] Touring Car and GT champi ...RA]] (National Hot Rod Association) which is the largest sanctioning motor sports body in the world. The NHRA was formed to prevent people from [[street raci
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• Pagani Huayra
  | Class || [[Sports car]], [[Supercar]] The '''Pagani Huayra''' is a [[Mid-engine design|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by [[Pagani]]. It is a successor to the [[Pagani Zonda]] and
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...'''24 Hours of Le Mans''' (''24 Heures du Mans'') is a [[sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance racing|endurance race]] held annually since {{24hLM|1923} ..., the [[Sauber C9]], while an influx of Japanese manufacturer interest saw prototypes from [[Nissan]] and [[Toyota]]. However, [[Mazda]]'s unique [[rotary engine
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• Bertone
  | Services || engineering products and processes,building prototypes and cars, producing special windscreens [[Category:Sports cars]]
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• Le Mans 24 Hours
  ...Le Mans''' (''24 heures du Mans'') is the most famous [[Sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance race]]. It is held at ''[[Circuit de la Sarthe]]'' near [ ...ltaneously in a number of different categories and classes, from dedicated prototypes to street cars, the overall winner being the car that has covered the great
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• ASA
  ...limited budget stretched by [[Formula 1]] racing, [[Formula 2]], [[GT]] [[sports car]] world championship pursuit and regular road car production, resources ...nd six-cylinder vehicles were individually built to order; almost all were prototypes.
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• Bizzarrini
  ...oined Ferrari, were he was quickly promoted to controller of experimental, Sports and GT car development. ...the ideas from the GTO and developed with [[Piero Drogo]] of [[Carrozzeria Sports Cars]] in the [[Modena]] works an aerodynamically advanced body, even lower
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• Lancia LC2
  * [http://wsrp.ic.cz/chassis/chassis_lancia.html World Sports Racing Prototypes] - Lancia Chassis Numbers
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• Villa
  ...f Borgo Panigale needed greater publicity, especially in the 125 and 175cc Sports class, events that created a market, as Ducati focussed on commercial succe ..., in 1966 the Villa brothers in joint collaboration, after producing a few prototypes in 1965, presented two new 125 and 250cc motorcycles, both twin-cylinder tw
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• Targa Florio
  ...r [[Palermo, 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 After 1973, it was a national sports car event until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It is s
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• Ilario Bandini
  .... These cars, when their headlights were removed, qualified to race in the sports category: they could also be adapted to qualify for the racing category sim ...750 in 1953's [[12 Hours of Sebring]] (the first [[sports car racing|World Sports Car]] [[World Sportscar Championship|Championship event)]], after coming in
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• Pagani
  ...nd for the services of design, engineering, model construction, moulds and prototypes. In 1992, he started construction of the prototype for the Fangio F1 and b [[Category:Sports cars]]
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• Fully-automatic transmission
  ...e the ratios over a range rather than between set gear ratios. Even though prototypes for CVT have been around for decades, it is just now reaching commercial pr ...under the [[trade name]] [[Tiptronic]], have become a popular option on [[sports cars]] and other performance vehicles. With the near-universal prevalence o
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• Le Mans 24 hours races
  ...275 P and a 4.0 L [[Ferrari P#330 P|330 P]]. Other Ferrari prototypes, including two 330 Ps, were entered by the British team Maranello Conc ...ed by a 3.3 L. The performance of the 275 LM was far from "real" prototypes but as the SOHC V12 engine was a close derivative of production Ferrari eng
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• List of Italian companies
  * [[Fornasari]] (sports cars) * [[Pininfarina]] (car body styling, prototypes)
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• Nuerburgring
  ...AC [[1000km Nürburgring]] race was introduced, an [[Endurance race]] and [[Sports car racing]] event that counted towards the [[World Sportscar Championship] ...ordschleife is used by many auto manufacturers as a proving ground for car prototypes. Some of the most notable corporate "Ring Rats" are BMW, Porsche, Mercedes-
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• Fiat Panda
  ===Prototypes & Special Editions=== ...xtreme sport clothing manufacturer Dainese, the show star is equipped with sports seats incorporating a rigid titanium fibre shell.
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• Alfa Romeo
  ...won the [[1977 World Sportscar Championship season|World Championship for Sports Cars]] in 1977. ...izione|8C Competizione]] (named after one of Alfa's most successful prewar sports and racing cars, the [[Alfa Romeo 8C|8C]] of the 1930s).
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• Isetta
  ...lid rear axle with a pair of closely-spaced 10-inch rear wheels. The first prototypes had one wheel at the rear but this made the car prone to roll-overs, so the Renzo Rivolta wanted to concentrate on his new [[Iso Rivolta]] sports car, and was extremely interested in doing licensing deals. Plants in [[Spa
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• Grand Prix motorcycles
  ...e Motocyclisme (FIM)]] in 1949. The commercial rights are owned by [[Dorna Sports]]. Teams are represented by the International Road Racing Teams Association ...epartments could finally get back to blue sky engineering, building racing prototypes for the sole purpose of racing. It meant that costs of leased machines incr
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...o directly control the motion of the car. [[Lotus Cars]] developed several prototypes, and introduced them to F1, where they have been fairly effective, but have ...tain the ride height, and therefore the camber, independent of load. In [[sports car]]s, optimal camber change when turning is more important.
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• Moto Guzzi
  ...o Industries Inc. (D.T.I. Group or DTI), manufacturer of the [[De Tomaso]] sports and luxury cars, owned by Argentinian industrialist [[Alejandro de Tomaso]] ...orcycle [[wind tunnel]], ''La Gallerie del Vento'', capable of testing 1:1 prototypes at the Mandello del Lario works, thereby allowing the company to market the
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