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• Twin-clutch gearbox
  ...gear, and vice versa, DCT's have been configured which shift faster than [[Formula One]] cars and other single-clutch AMT's (automated-manual transmissions, a ...e seven-speed DCT for the 1001-horsepower [[Bugatti Veyron]] 16.4, another Volkswagen Group product.
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• Twin-clutch Gearbox
  ...gear, and vice versa, DCT's have been configured which shift faster than [[Formula One]] cars and other single-clutch AMT's (automated-manual transmissions, a ...n the VW Golf, VW Jetta, VW Passat, VW Touran, Audi A3 and Skoda Octavia. Volkswagen are believed to be developing a family of DCTs to go across the VAG product
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• Formula Three
  ...widely accepted as an important step for drivers towards [[Formula One]]. Formula 3 race cars are fast and relatively inexpensive, which makes F3 an attracti ...other notable marques included [[Kieft Cars|Kieft]] and [[Emeryson]]. The formula was the usual route into motor racing through the early and mid 1950s (and
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• V10
  * The Volkswagen Phaeton and Volkswagen Touareg currently have a 5.0 L turbocharged [[Diesel]] V10 option, ava ...re the configuration was introduced by Honda and Renault before the [[1989 Formula One season|1989]] season. The introduction of the 3 litre rule made the V10
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• Jenson Button
  ...r Lyons Button''' (born 19 January 1980) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Formula One]] racing driver from [[England]]. He currently drives for the [[Brawn G ...ing the 1970s well-known in the UK for his so-called ''Colorado beetle'' [[Volkswagen]], whose best overall results was to become the runner-up in both the Embas
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• Sequential manual transmission
  ...obviated, with the clutch only used for starting from a complete stop. [[Formula One]] cars of the 1990s made the most high-profile debut of this technology ...drive is passed from one gearbox to the other by use of the two clutches. Volkswagen (parent owner of Lamborghini) has also recently introduced sequential trans
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• Macau Grand Prix
  ...one of the most demanding circuits in the world. Many current or former [[Formula One]] drivers have participated in the event early in their careers and som ...lass motor-racing competitions such as the [[GP2 Series|GP2]] series and [[Formula 1]].
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• Semi-automatic transmission
  ...The Bugatti Veyron uses this approach for its 7-speed transmission. In [[Formula One]], the system is adapted to fit onto the [[steering wheel]] in the form ...till required the use of a clutch, primarily to start and stop. Later, the Volkswagen Beetle came with an optional "Autostick", which was essentially a clutchles
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• Future of Formula One
  {{Formula One}} ...ut the future of the sport, and disagreements about the direction in which Formula One should progress.
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• V6
  ...similar (but mostly [[V4]]) engines until the [[1970s]]. More recently, [[Volkswagen]] have used such a design, known as the [[VR6]]. In this engine, both banks ...with an increased [[engine displacement]]—competed in the 2.5 L formula.
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• Italdesign
  Theirs was an innovative formula for the automobile industry: creation of a services company for the large, The company launched a relationship with Volkswagen, which would culminate in the creation of three exciting new models for VW,
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• All wheel drive
  ...]] and [[Audi TT|TT]], use a center Torsen differential. For a time, the [[Volkswagen]] [[Passat]] [[4motion]] shared this design. The [[HMMWV]] uses front and r ...winter tests in Scandinavia that a vehicle used by the German Army, the [[Volkswagen]] [[Iltis]], could beat any high performance Audi. He proposed developing
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• Supercar
  ...mph. The prototype was driven by Andy Wallace on the 9 km straight at Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test track in Wolfsburg, Germany. ...roduction version of the Veyron for the November 2005 issue. This test, at Volkswagen's Ehra-Lessien test track, reached a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph).
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• Forti
  ...o F1 as a [[List of Formula One constructors|constructor]] and [[:Category:Formula One entrants|entrant]] in {{F1|1995}} and continued into {{F1|1996}}, befor ...it quit the formula to concentrate solely on [[Formula 3000|International Formula 3000]].
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• Four-wheel drive
  ...]] and [[Audi TT|TT]], use a center Torsen differential. For a time, the [[Volkswagen]] [[Passat]] [[4motion]] shared this design. The [[HMMWV]] uses front and r [[Jensen Motors|Jensen]] applied the ''[[Formula Ferguson]]'' four-wheel drive system to their [[1966]] [[Jensen FF]] markin
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• Sports Car Club of America
  ...n only the basic shape of the original vehicle) and designed-from-scratch "formula" and "sports racer" cars can be used in club racing. ...) Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup . The SCCA is also the governing body for the [[Formula 2000 Championship Series]]. [http://www.f2000championshipseries.com/]
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• Bugatti
  ...of World War II, but has been resurrected twice, most recently under the [[Volkswagen Group]]. [[Volkswagen AG]] purchased the rights to produce cars under the Bugatti marque in 1998.
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• Lamborghini Gallardo
  |Parent Company:||[[Volkswagen Group]] ...engine was split again to become the straight-5 engine found in the new [[Volkswagen Jetta]]. The 5.0-liter engine is a current Audi 4.2-liter V8 (featured in A
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• Diesel engine
  ...ctured by Fiat, other by Isuzu), PSA Peugeot Citroen's HDI, Toyota's D-4D, Volkswagen's TDi, and so on. ...ieved. This type of injection system, also developed by Bosch, is used by Volkswagen AG in cars (where it is called Pumpe Düse - literally "pump nozzle"), and
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• Four-wheel-drive
  ...[[Mercedes-Benz]] products, [[BMW]] with the [[BMW xDrive|xDrive]], and [[Volkswagen]]'s [[4motion]] can mean either an automatically-engaging system with a [[H [[Jensen Motors|Jensen]] applied the ''Formula Ferguson'' four-wheel drive system to their 1966 [[Jensen FF]] marking the
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