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• Alfa Corse
  ...ble itself distinse for its success all over the world, and with pilots of big thickness. Seen the experience acquired from you Shoe, and the valuable re ...ond place of Franchini to the [[Parma-Poggio of Berceto]], to the steering wheel of the [[Alfa Romeo 40-60 HP|40-60 HP]].
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• Front wheel drive
  ...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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• Touring car
  [[Image:Studebaker1920.jpg|thumb|250px|1920 [[Studebaker Big Six]] '''touring car''' with its top down. The folded top behind passengers ...1927 were four and then three-door models (with drivers sliding behind the wheel from passenger seat) touring cars, accounting for 6,519,643 cars sold out o
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• Fiat 130
  ...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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• Alfa Romeo G1
  |Platform || [[FR layout|FR]]/[[Rear-wheel drive|RWD]] ...Garda. Petrol prices were rising and it was hard to sell a car with such a big engine, so total production was only 52 copies. At this moment only one cop
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• Wheel
  ...so used for other circular objects that rotate or turn, such as a [[Ship's wheel]] and [[flywheel]]. ==History of the wheel and axle==
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• Fiat 850
  The '''[[Fiat]] 850''' was a small [[rear engine|rear-engined]] [[rear wheel drive]] [[car]] in the tradition of the [[Renault Dauphine]] and was produc ...iat codename for the 850 project was 100G (G for the Italian word Grande - big). The [[engine]] of the 850 was based on that of the Fiat 600, but had its
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• Alfa Romeo 2000
  |Brakes || Four-wheel drum brakes ...acing trim with lightweight bodies or as luxurious grand touring cars with big, comfortable bodies. Regardless of [[coachwork]], the chassis and engines w
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• Lamborghini Jalpa
  | Layout || [[Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|RMR layout]] ...g much cheaper than the [[Lamborghini Countach|Countach]]. Instead of the big car's V12, the Jalpa was fitted with a transversely-mounted 3.5 litre V8 th
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• Maserati Kyalami
  ...s also upgraded to incorporate classic Maserati elements such the steering wheel and instrumentation. ...nd an agile, very easy to control handling. The performance offered by the big bore 4.9 V8 was also excellent thanks to the abundant power and torque deli
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• Garage Italia
  ...ttractive instrument panel has been inserted in the centre of the steering wheel, allowing the driver maximum concentration on the road and leaving a very c
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• List of Manufacturers
  *Big Cat (''see'' [[Catrike]]) *[[Standard Wheel Company]]
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• Understeer
  .... Understeer covers several different phenomena, in particular, there is a big difference between linear range understeer, typically between 0 and 0.4g, a In modern [[race car]]s, especially [[open wheel car]]s, understeering is caused mainly due to the [[Automotive aerodynamics
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• Puma Rome
  ...it, among other things, with elongated fenders [[fiberglass]], and a wide wheel base that exceeded the limits of the body. ...oresina]] and a line of particularly attractive and aerodynamic look. The "Big Brother" took some sporting aesthetic concepts of the past, like the grille
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• Dirt speedway racing
  ...theast and West and [[Stock car racing|stock cars]] in the South. The open wheel racers were built for racing, and the stock cars were ordinary automobiles ...cars. In reality, both types of vehicles have weak and strong points. Open wheel racers are usually lighter and nimbler. Stock cars can push and shove their
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• ALCA
  ...located where the two passengers besides the [[dashboard]] and the spare [[wheel]] and later we find the petrol [[tank]] and [[engine]].<br> ...ustry was trying to raise his head, supported initially by the cheaper two-wheel: the Garelli Mosquito motorized bicycles, while [[Piaggio]] filed in 1946 t
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• Lancia Montecarlo
  ...er the X1/20) while in development, and was intended to be a Fiat-branded 'big brother' to the Fiat X1/9. It had a similar mid-engined layout, with a larg ...ironment active prevention is required to fend off rust. The firewall and wheel wells are common locations for rust. Rusted floor pans are a major cause o
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• O.T.A.S.
  ...ports car based on then-new [[Fiat 850]] mechanicals package - certainly a big step up from the 500- and 600-based [[drivetrain]]s these specialty manufac ...ertain. With an overall length of 142 in., it would fit meatly between the wheel centers of most extended-cab pickup trucks. The Grand Prix's 81-in. wheelba
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• Hermann Lang
  Lang's big break came when he landed a job at the [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] factory w ...ined Grand Prix racing and Lang came back for another F1 season behind the wheel of a Mercedes W196. But at age 45, he had a less than successful campaign t
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• Turbocharger
  ...r, for operation at altitude, the power recovery of a turbocharger makes a big difference to total power output of both engine types. This last factor mak ...parts to allow the spin-up to happen more quickly. Ceramic turbines are a big help in this direction. Unfortunately, their relative fragility limits the
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