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  • ...describes the placement of an [[automobile]] [[internal-combustion engine|engine]] in front of or on the front [[axle]]. ...is the most traditional form and remains a popular, practical design. The engine which takes up a great deal of space is packaged in a location passengers a
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  • | Engine || [[straight-4]] 1460 cc ...in 1926. About 26,000 copies were by [[Bertone]] from 1919 to 1926. The [[engine]] was a 1460 cc, 4 cylinder with 23 hp at 2600 rpm and could reach a maximu
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  • |Engine || 4.7-litre (4728 cc/289 cid) [[V8]]<br>5.0-litre (4949 cc/302 cid) [[ ...that the car was so named because De Tomaso had been promised engines from Ford that went to the [[AC Cobra|Shelby Cobra]] instead. The Mangusta was repla
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  • [[Image:T-Bucket.jpg|thumb|250px|[[T-bucket]] hot rod]] ...s]]), lowering it, modifying, [[Engine tuning|tuning]], or replacing the [[engine]] to give more power, and changing the [[wheel]]s and [[tire]]s to improve
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  • |Engine || 4250cc [[Straight-4|I4]] sidevalve 67 bhp ...upper class and price was high, around three times that of a [[Ford Model T]], which was a remarkable amount immediately after [[World War I]]. Price w
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  • The [[Ford Model T]] can be considered the "first" economy car. While it was at first the ''o ...era. [[Adolf Hitler]] admired the ideals exemplified by the [[Ford Model T]], and sought the help of [[Ferdinand Porsche]] to create a vehicle with th
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  • | Engine || ...versions of other small family cars, like the [[Ford Focus (International)|Ford Focus]], [[Renault Mégane]] and [[Opel Astra]]. Its wheelbase is 2603mm, i
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  • [[Image:GTV engine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''1972 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 Engine''']] ...engine]] configuration is the most common in [[automobile|car]]s with a [[engine displacement|displacement]] up to 2.3 [[litre|Litres]]. The current "practi
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  • ...innovation. Those rules allowed virtually unlimited experimentation with [[engine power]], [[displacement]], [[turbocharging]] and chassis [[downforce]] whic ...llowed in 1968 by the M8A, a new design based around the Chevy "big block" engine as a stressed member of the chassis. The M8B, M8C, M8D and M20C were develo
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  • |Competitors:||[[Ford Escort]]<br>[[Volkswagen Golf]]<br>[[Yugo Florida]] ...[[Ford Sierra]], but in a car that was of a similar size to the smaller [[Ford Escort]]. The only car with comparable packaging efficiency was the outdate
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  • ...though many possess them. Most early British sports cars lacked a powerful engine and did not accelerate as quickly as contemporary American muscle cars, but [[Image:63 vette.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Chevrolet Corvette]] (shown is a 1963 model) is commonly referred to as "America's Sports Car". A cross between a sport
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  • [[Image:Ferrari 312 F1.jpg|thumb|250px|left|'''1967 Ferrari 312 F1 V12 engine''']] ...e issue was about priorities in racing, as Ferrari was under pressure from Ford in sports car racing, and the F1 effort was somewhat neglected. [[Mike Park
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  • ...350px|[[Displacement]], One complete cycle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in red.]] ...ed in [[cubic centimetre]]s, [[litre]]s or [[cubic inch]]es. In a [[piston engine]], this is the volume that is ''swept'' as the [[piston]]s are moved from '
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  • | Engine || [[V8]] 1996 cc ...] produced 105 [[hp]] in standard form giving a top speed of 190 km/h. The engine was connected to a four speed gearbox. The car had independent suspension a
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  • ...racing cars in [[1963]]. Although these cars shared their names (based on engine displacement) with road models, they were almost entirely dissimilar. The ...s car racer with a [[Ferrari 250#250 Testa Rossa|250 Testa Rossa]] [[V12]] engine. The car was produced in [[1963]] and won the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], [[2
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  • |Engine || 3929&nbsp;cc [[V12]] ...ne]]d layout had been used successfully in competition, including by the [[Ford GT40]] and [[Ferrari 250 LM]] at [[24 hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]]. [[De Tom
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  • |Engine || Cosworth DFR ...red some technical input to the small [[Turin]] team; The 1984 Osella (the model FA 1/F) was based on the 1983 works Alfa Romeo 183T, which had been loaned
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  • ...layout|mid-engined]] racing cars in [[1960]] with the [[Ferrari Dino]]-V6-engine [[Formula 2]] 156, which would be turned into the [[Formula 1]]-winner of 1 ...h road models, they were almost entirely dissimilar. The first Ferrari mid-engine in a road car did not arrive until the [[1967]] [[Ferrari Dino|Dino]], and
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  • ...sp;hp form. In 1966 a convertible version of the Grifo was shown that didn't manage to go into production. Starting in 1968 the Grifo could also be had ...) with body by [[Ghia]], the Grifo 7 litri (with the GM V8 7&nbsp;L marine engine) and the 2 + 2 fastback Coupé Lele (1970) with body designed by [[Bertone]
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  • |Engine || 1.2&nbsp;L petrol<br>1.4&nbsp;L petrol<br>1.3&nbsp;L ''[[JTD]] |Related || [[Fiat Nuova Panda]]<br>[[Ford Ka]] II
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  • ...at group, was able to turn some of his attention towards Alfa Romeo. A new model plan was revealed shortly after Antonio Baravalle's appointment as CEO, wit ...idder for the purchase of [[Jaguar cars|Jaguar]] and [[Land Rover]] from [[Ford]]. [[Tata Motors|Tata]] and [[Fiat]] have had an agreement in place to prod
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  • ...y advantage of turbochargers is that they offer a considerable increase in engine power with only a slight increase in weight. ...tput of both engine types. This last factor makes turbocharging [[aircraft engine]]s considerably advantageous&mdash;and was the original reason for developm
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  • ...0 Gran Sport (1937) which was a spider with a rocket-like body and a 636cc engine. One of these, with a body by [[Zagato]] and driven [[by Piero Dusio]] (lat ...estroyed by bombing in 1943. Following the war Siata launched an auxiliary engine for bicycles which was an immediate success and at the same time changed th
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  • | [[Ford Mustang]] | [[Ford Fiesta]]
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  • ...(increasing the steering effectiveness of the front wheels as there is no engine torque to deal with) which can cause the car to [[lift-off oversteer|snap o | Car model
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  • ===Engine capacity/displacement=== ===Engine output===
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  • ...e vehicles. Drivers use the back end of the vehicle to ram to protect the engine compartment from damage. ...from the [[1990s]] and later are thusfar rarely used as their more complex engine emissions controls are difficult or impossible to re-tune for derbying.
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  • ...at same jump in AMC sponsored thrill shows) compared to the stock Hornet X model in all of its other appearances in the movie. Seven tests were performed in ...a [[runway]] at which point the scene cut to the radio-controlled [[scale model]] built by [[John Stears]]. See Aircraft section below.
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  • ...le.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The front suspension components of a [[Ford Model T]].]] ...compression and the force exerted cannot be fitted adequately to a linear model. For example, the first inch exerts 500 lb force, the second inch exerts a
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  • | Layout || [[Front-engine design|Front engine]], [[front-wheel drive]] / [[four-wheel drive]] ...were the [[Volkswagen Golf]], [[Opel Astra]]/[[Opel Kadett|Kadett]] and [[Ford Escort]]. For a few years after its launch, the Delta was one of the most c
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  • Coulthard graduates to [[Formula Ford]] in 1989. He won the first ever [[McLaren Autosport BRDC Award|McLaren/Aut ...was brought into the pits for a precautionary stop. Coulthard stalled his engine twice whilst trying to exit the pits, losing his lead in the process. What
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  • ...n|drivetrain]] that allows all four [[wheel]]s to receive power from the [[engine]] simultaneously. In the [[United States]], these cars are included in the ...g the driver or occupants about the status of the drivetrain. This shouldn't be confused with the term [[automatic transmission]].
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  • ...an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automaker|automobile manufacturer]], [[manufacturer|engine manufacturer]], [[financial]] and [[industry|industrial]] group based in [[ ...ost between $3,600 and $8,600, compared to US$825 the [[Ford Model T|Model T]] in 1908.
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  • ...an Formula Super A championship. He also competed that year in the Formula Ford Euro Cup, and by the age of twenty, he had won the [[British Formula Renaul Räikkönen, long linked to Sauber's engine supplier [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], instead sufficiently impressed [[Tea
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  • ...rear heavy cars to [[oversteer]], all other things being equal. The [[mid-engine design]] offers the ideal center of gravity. ...ays. This phenomenon is often explained by use of the [[circle of forces]] model.
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  • ...w changes, and is now sometimes referred to as the "old Panda". The second model, launched in 2003, is sometimes referred to "new Panda" or "Nuova Panda" (i ...this spirit of robust simplicity was adhered to throughout the life of the model.
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  • ==1964 to 1967 Ford/Ferrari duel== ...proved to be the last win for the red cars. Four consecutive victories for Ford followed in the next years.
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  • ...], almost hitting Bond instead. As Tilly attempts to flee the scene in her Ford Mustang, Bond slashes her tires with a spike that extends from his [[Aston ...en told by Goldfinger that it was sleeping gas, not nerve gas, so she hadn't been planning mass murder anyway.) Goldfinger and his men blow up the main
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  • Engine = [[Ferrari]] 056 | ...orthiness for the [[1964 Formula One season]], featuring an eight-cylinder engine designed by [[Angelo Bellei]]. Surtees and Bandini were joined by young Mex
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  • ...nd attract them to the Movement by showing that we were like them and didn't go on about Hitler and Mussolini, Franco and British Fascism all the time." ...achbuilder]].' And I thought to myself, 'I've found a world where they don't know about Oswald Mosley.' And it has always been a bit like that in motor
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