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• Lancia Pagani
  ...pg|right|300px|thumb|'''The Lancia Pagani as it appears today. It was very advanced for its day, and featured an Aprilia V-4 in a ladder frame''']] ...dities. We generally think of etceterinis as tiny, small displacement Fiat engine specials, but this one, built around 1947 by Luigi Pagani, is powered by th
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• Giottiline
  ...er Giottiline, that features a 500 cc [[petrol engine|petrol]] or [[diesel engine]] and scissor-style front doors. ...An important extent of space is devoted to the development of prototypes, research and quality control.
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• Sleeve valve
  [[Image:Bristol Perseus sleeve valve radial engine.jpg|thumb|200px|''Bristol Perseus'']] ...-Knight]] car and light truck, and saw substantial use in 1940s [[aircraft engine]]s, but subsequently fell from use due to advances in poppet-valve technolo
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• American Le Mans Series
  ...[[Dick Barbour Racing]] <br> ([[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard 01Q]] - [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]) ...rs|Nissan]]) <br> ([[Courage Compétition|Courage C65]] - [[Advanced Engine Research|AER]])
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• Farina
  ...odies, starting with the [[Temperino]], at a rate of around 1500 per year. Research into mechanical devices such as brakes and sunroof mechanisms was also foll ...nced British chassis, at a time when British chassis were not particularly advanced.
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• Spacecraft propulsion
  ...jpg|thumb|A remote camera captures a close-up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the [[John C. Stennis Space Center]] in [[Hancock C ...ck of the vehicle. This sort of [[engine]] is called a '''[[rocket|rocket engine]]'''.
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• Compression ratio
  ...ion ratio''' of an [[internal-combustion engine]] or [[external combustion engine]] is a value that represents the ratio of the volume of its combustion cham ...d combustion chamber when the [[piston]] is at the bottom of its [[stroke (engine)|stroke]], and the volume of the combustion chamber when the piston is at t
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• Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
  | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:darkred;"| Engine ...ogy demonstrator. Boasting an extremely lightweight construction thanks to advanced carbon-fiber technology, the '''Lamborghini Sesto Elemento''' has an overal
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• Engineering mechanics
  '''A a practical discipline''', applied mechanics has also advanced by participating in major inventions throuhout history, such as buildings, ...wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/374/description#description Mechanics Research Communications]
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• Alfa Romeo Visconti
  ...ement, a V6 rather than a V12 engine. Placed clearly in evidence is a more advanced interior compartment than on the Bugatti, with the windshield base becoming Also at the level of concept cars, research into proper functionality even imposed compromises which the Designer regre
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• Pagani Huayra
  | Layout || Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout | Engine || [[Mercedes-AMG]] V12 Bi-Turbo M158, 5980 cc
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• Internal combustion engine
  ...acting on pistons, rotors, or even by pressing on and moving the entire [[engine]] itself. ...[[external combustion engine]]s, such as [[steam engine]]s and [[Stirling engine]]s, which use the combustion process to heat a separate working fluid, whic
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• Raimondi
  ...diesel engine constructors. At the beginning of the fifties, RC developed advanced technology (motors with head valves) and was competing successfully with pr ...ites and in iron mines. The L2 Motor Grader (1964) with 60 CV T 360 diesel engine was also based on the Bruco designed with four wheel drive.
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• Automobile safety
  *[[Headlamp#Advanced front-lighting system .28AFS.29|Adaptive headlamps]] swivels headlamps arou ...severity of injuries when a crash is imminent or actually happening. Much research is carried out using anthropomorphic [[Crash test dummy|crash test dummies]
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• Diesel engine
  ...on [[energy]] (such as a [[spark plug]]), as is the case in the [[gasoline engine]]. ...[[patent]] on [[February 23]], [[1893]] (1893-02-23). Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including [[coal dust]]. He demonstrated it in t
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• Future of Formula One
  ...an increase in costs, as the bigger teams pour huge amounts of money into research in order to get the most out of the new regulations. This leads the smaller ...elieve that it would be silly to have road cars which are more technically advanced than Formula One cars. However, most now agree that getting rid of electron
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• Fiat Panda
  |Engine || 652&nbsp;cc [[Straight-2|I2]]<br>769&nbsp;cc [[Straight-4|I4]]<br>903& ...from that in the 126)&nbsp;— the Panda 30; or a four cylinder water cooled engine displacing 903 cc (from the 127)&nbsp;— the Panda 45. Sized to fit betwee
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• Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
  ! Engine ! Engine
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• Electronic stability control
  ...e inner rear wheel to counter [[understeer]]. Some ESC systems also reduce engine power until control is regained. Electronic stability control does not impr ...ous sensors. When too much [[throttle]] has been used when taking a curve, engine output and braking are automatically regulated to ensure the proper line th
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...The HV provide better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle because the engine is smaller and may be run at speeds providing more efficiency. ..., [[#Full hybrid|"full" hybrids]] such as the Prius can use the combustion engine to generate electricity by spinning a [[generator]] (often a second electri
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