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• Hydrolastic
  ...ension system used in many [[Automobile|car]]s produced by [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC) and its successor companies. ...bber engineer [[Alex Moulton]], and first used on the 1962 [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] project [[BMC ADO16|ADO16]] under designer [[Alec Issigonis]] (of [[M
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• Innocenti
  ...e the [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] (later the [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC)) [[Mini]], with 998 cc and 1275 cc engines, following with other m
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• Innocenti De Tomaso
  Innocenti, under the ownership of the [[British Leyland Motor Corporation]] (BLMC) developed rebodied versions of the [[Mini]], the [[Innocenti Mini]
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• Whitney Willard Straight
  ...ritish Empire|CBE]], [[Military Cross |MC]], [[Distinguished Flying Cross (British)|DFC]] [[November 6]], [[1912]] - [[April 5]], [[1979]]) was a [[Grand Prix ...ing [[World War I]]. Following his mother's remarriage to [[United Kingdom|British]] agronomist [[Leonard K. Elmhirst]] in 1925, the family moved to [[England
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• Straight-twin
  Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight two cylinder engines had a crank angle of 36 [[Japan]]ese motorcycles, with the exception of [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]], use a crank angle of 180°. This leads to fewer vibrations but un
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• Rallycross
  ...of real rallycross specialists, a lot of them coming from the ranges of [[British autocross|autocross]] and [[autograss]] racing. ...yness" Hansen (Sweden) and Per Eklund (Sweden) as some of the more famous. British drivers to win European rallycross titles were the first ever European RX c
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• Innocenti A40
  |width="40%"|Manufacturer:||[[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] ...Company|Austin]] A40 Farina''' was a [[compact car]] from [[British Motor Corporation]] in the [[1960s]].
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• Brooklands
  ...ish Grand Prix]] which raised interest in the sport in Britain. This first British Grand Prix was won by Louis Wagner and Robert Senechal driving a Delage 155 ...rcraft factories there. From 1944-72 Vickers (and later [[British Aircraft Corporation|BAC]]) also used nearby [[Wisley]] aerodrome which offered a longer [[runwa
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• Straight-2
  Most of the British [[four-stroke cycle]] straight-twin engines had a crank angle of 360°, whi [[Japan]]ese motorcycles, with the exception of [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]], use a crank angle of 180°. This leads to fewer vibrations but un
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• Superbike racing
  ===British Superbike Championship=== ...005.jpg|thumb|[[Gregorio Lavilla]] riding for Airways Ducati in the 2005 [[British Superbike Championship]] season]]
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• Piero Dusio
  ...M|202MM]] almost ruined Cisitalia (1947), as well as involved the Juventus corporation (where Dusio was president 1941-1947). Consequently, Dusio moved to [[Arge | [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
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• Supermini car
  ...f [[1957]], and the design was further popularized by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] [[Mini]] two years later. ...as a huge successful for the [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] and later [[British Leyland|BL]] combines which produced it. The Fiat 500 remained hugely popul
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• Alessandro de Tomaso
  ...e [[Innocenti]] car company (founded as an offshoot of the [[British Motor Corporation]] to build [[Mini]]s in [[Italy]]), and, in [[1975]], the celebrated sports
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• Pininfarina
  :1962 [[British Leyland]] [[BMC ADO16|1100 (ADO16) line]] :1964 [[British Motor Corporation|BMC]] [[Austin 1800|1800 (ADO17) line]]
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• List of microcars by country of origin: U
  ...Co [[Private company limited by shares|Ltd]], [[Hampton Hill]] ||[[Anzani|British Anzani]] 322&nbsp;cc ||2 ||1956-1959 ||Originally produced by JARC as th ...imited by shares|Ltd]], [[Biggleswade]], [[Bedfordshire|Beds]] ||[[Anzani|British Anzani]] 322&nbsp;cc ||2 ||1956 ||
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• List of international auto racing colors
  ...ars in a tobacco livery, but also to change the team name accordingly. The British Racing Green vanished soon from the cars of private teams, while the Rosso ...ciplines in the 1970s, it is still informally used, especially by Italian, British and German [[automaker]]s and teams that want to emphasize their traditions
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• Wayne Rainey
  ...Races in which they were supposedly team-mates competing against a team of British riders. ...came the team manager for [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] [[Yamaha Motor Corporation|Yamaha]] for a few years. After the 1995 season, Schwantz retired from the
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• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
  ...aft Company]] and then after [[World War II]] renamed [[Goodyear Aerospace Corporation]]. The subsidiary was sold in [[1987]] to [[Loral Corp.]], in the aftermath ...years Goodyear grew to become a [[Multinational corporation|multinational corporation]] with multi-billion dollar earnings. It acquired their rival Kelly-Spring
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• Automobile design
  ...Teague|Richard Teague]], a famous automobile designer at [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC).]] ...market began reaching saturation. To maintain unit sales, [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] head [[Alfred P. Sloan|Alfred P. Sloan Jr.]] devised annua
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• Car body style
  ;'''[[Station wagon|Estate car]]''' : A [[British English]] term for what [[North America]]ns call a ''station wagon''. ...r compartment. May be 2 or 4 door and 2 or 4 seat, but generally called in British English 3 door, 5 door.
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