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  • ...50px|A modern [[Formula 1]] car has all its gauges mounted on the steering wheel]] ...actors, and earlier automobiles sometimes have little more than a steering wheel and ignition switch.
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  • ...he passenger in front of the steering compartment, the space for the spare wheel and luggage. It is not known whether there even after the prototype there w
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  • ...the revolutions of the wheel, CBC regulates the pressure in the different wheel brake cylinders so that wheels operate separately and brake optimally. In t ...recise way; for instance, it can cause brake pressure at the outside front wheel to build up more rapidly than at the other wheels.
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  • ...h [[rail tracks]] combined together with [[railroad switch]]es provide the steering function. [[image:suspension.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Part of steering mechanism: tie rod, steering arm, king pin.]]
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  • '''Rear wheel drive''' was a common form of [[engine]]/[[transmission (mechanics)|transmi The vast majority of rear wheel drive vehicles use a longitudinally-mounted engine in the front of the vehi
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  • ...ly instead. [[Rear wheel drive]] was the traditional standard while [[four wheel drive]] is also sometimes used. See also [[FF layout]]. ...e automobile. [[Alvis Cars]] of the [[United Kingdom]] introduced a front wheel drive model in [[1928]], but it was not a success. The first successful mo
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  • ...eel, impressive materials (leather, carbon fibre, alloy, high tech fabric) all combine to create a sporty ambience.
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  • ...front and [[coil spring]]s in the rear), standard power steering and four-wheel [[disc brakes]], and was the first Fiat to adopt an alternator instead of a The rear suspension is independent using conventional springs, with good wheel geometry control and a limited-slip differential. It is noteworthy that the
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  • ...gine]] setup, as well as the first Fiat group car with [[rack and pinion]] steering. Primulas were built in the Autobianchi factory in [[Desio]] and were price ...rear-engined]]. Meanwhile, a practical concept emerged, namely the [[front-wheel drive]] layout with the engine mounted [[transverse engine| transversely]],
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  • ..., was really an act of great courage and confidence in the future. Against all odds, ''Monviso'' managed to survive and even thrive, producing several pro ...second on the [[Fiat 1400]]. The Stella ''Alpina'' model had its steering wheel change that included the shifter. One of the latest creations by Monviso, w
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  • ...|Input torque is applied to the ring gear, which turns the entire carrier (all blue), providing torque to both side gears (red and yellow), which in turn ...evice, usually consisting of [[gear]]s, for allowing each of the driving [[wheel]]s to rotate at different speeds, while supplying equal [[torque]] to each
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  • ...2 production; No "S" versions, 5 passenger body styles; 1460&nbsp;cc, rear wheel brakes only, wooden artillery type [[wheels]].<br> ...senger models have 2 wheel brakes and wooden artillery wheels and are rear wheel brake only.<br>
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  • ...frame, European touring sedan handling and a technologically advanced four-wheel drive. Laforza can easily handle hazardous weather and bad road conditions. ...ansmission with high efficiency overdrive and a full-time all-wheel drive. All these systems are manufactured by Ford Motor Company.
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  • The '''Ferves''' Ranger was a small all off-road car, produced by the body builder Ferves of [[Turin]] from 1966 to ...iat 600]]D, earlier off the [[Autobianchi Primula]], while the engine and steering were derived from the [[Fiat 500]]F.
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  • |Steering ||worm-and-sector |Brakes ||drums, all-round
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  • [[Rear wheel drive]] cars are generally more prone to oversteer, in particular when appl In modern race cars, especially [[open-wheel]] race cars, oversteering in high speed turns is caused mainly by aerodynam
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  • ...a 4.0 L 325 bhp [[V12 engine]], fully [[independent suspension]] and four wheel [[disc brake]]s. Most [[transmission (mechanics)|transmissions]] were [[Man ...r the S2, and the interior was again revamped for the S3. In 1970, [[power steering]] was offered as an option, and in 1974 an automatic transmission was also
    5 KB (656 words) - 22:27, 21 October 2009
  • ...s drive-wheel slip under acceleration and individually brakes the slipping wheel or wheels, and/or reduces excess engine power, until control is regained. E ...dy by stating that up to 10,000 fatal crashes could be avoided annually if all vehicles were equipped with ESC.[http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr061306.html
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  • ...ari]] F2002''' was one of the most dominant [[Formula One car]] designs of all time, designed by [[Ross Brawn]], [[Rory Byrne]], and [[Paolo Martinelli]]. *[[Wheel]] [[Diametre]]: 13 [[inches]] (approximately 33.28[[cm]])
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  • ...ngine between the front wheels are offset by the efficiency of adding four-wheel drive to the layout. In the past a number of other manufacturers have used The movement of the pistons in a horizontal engine is all in the same plane, so it creates less vibration than in a V-configuration e
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