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• Variable displacement
  ...ler Chrysler Hemi engine#5.7. Other systems appeared in 2005 from General Motors (''Displacement on Demand'' in the GM LS engine generation IV small-block) * General Motors Cadillac V8 engine#L62 V8-6-4|V8-6-4(
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• Harley Earl
  ...]]s, and wrap-around [[windshield]]s, but he is probably best known to the general public for beginning the [[tailfin]] craze that dominated automobile stylin ...tors for the [[1957]] model year. He ordered that for [[1958]] all General Motors cars should have 50 pounds (23 kg) of chrome-plated steel trim apiece. Thes
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• Alfa Romeo Kamal
  ...yder|Spyder]], and [[Alfa Romeo Brera|Brera]]. A version of the [[General Motors]] ''[[GM Premium V engine|Premium V]]'' [[V8]] engine (familiar as the [[Ca
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• V20
  ...ome large [[diesel engine]]s. For example, the [[1960s]] vintage [[General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] [[EMD SD45]] [[railroad]] [[locomotive]] was fitt
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• Straight-8
  ...engine|flathead]] configuration) and [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] owned marques (flathead and [[overhead valve|OHV]] configuration), but th
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• Concept car
  [[General Motors]] designer [[Harley Earl]] is generally credited with inventing the concept ...mperfections in design. They can also be quite refined, such as [[General Motors]]' [[Cadillac Sixteen]] Concept [http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/200
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• V16
  Cadillac revived the V16 concept in [[2003]] with a [[General Motors]] [[concept car]], the [[Cadillac Sixteen]]. This car used a 1000 [[horsep ...as railroad [[locomotive]]s use V16 powerplants, including many [[General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] locomotives.
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• Motorama
  ...otorama''' was an auto show staged by [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] from [[1949]] to [[1961]]. Motorama (also known as Autorama) was aptly de ...ss]], [[Buick Wildcat II]], [[Chevrolet Nomad]] [[station wagon]], General Motors [[Firebird XP-21]] and [[Pontiac Bonneville Special]], [[Cadillac El Camino
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• Subframe
  The sub frame saw regular production in the 60's and 70's General Motors X and F cars.
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• GM High Feature engine
  |Manufacturer || [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] ...derivative '''LP1''') are members of [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]' new '''High Feature''' (or '''HFV6''') engine family of modern [[DOHC]]
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• Marque
  ...rts car]]. A company may operate a single marque, or many—[[General Motors]] has used more than a dozen in the American market alone. ...Corporation]]'s [[Plymouth (automobile)|Plymouth]] division and [[General Motors]]' [[Oldsmobile]] are recent examples of marques that failed when they lost
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• Unit
  * A unit can be a general word for a module or device. For more specific example, see next entry. * [[Multiple unit]], a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors
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• Crumple zone
  [[Image:Vehicle crash test at the General Motors Vehicle Safety and crash Worthiness Laboratory.jpg|thumb|right|A [[crash te The only other general downside to crumple zones is that repair costs are higher in "fender bender
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• Japan Black
  ...e disuse of Japan Black by the end of the [[1920s]]. In [[1924]], General Motors introduced "True Blue" Duco (a product of [[DuPont]]) nitrocellulose lacque
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• Giovanni Battista Ceiranos
  ...]], which until 1903 the "Ceirano 5HP" and the "Ceirano 6/8HP" with single motors and a vierzylindrigen "Ceirano 16HP with 4,562 cc developed. Matteo''''1903
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• Compact car
  ...before, the post World War II era compact class began in 1950 when [[Nash Motors|Nash]] introduced a convertible [[Nash Rambler|Rambler]]. It was built on a Today, although the general downsizing of all vehicles has somewhat blurred size class distinctions, th
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• Iso Rivolta
  ...driving performance: the 5,4 l V8 (small-block) motor came from [[General Motors]] in Detroit, the transmission, too, axles (de Dion) and braking system (4
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• DOHC
  ...r was the [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]-reworked Ford Kent engine 1962, and General Motors' first was the 1975 Cosworth-tweaked GM 2300 engine, though by comparison,
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• Bugatti EB110
  ...ano Artioli purchased the [[Lotus (car)|Lotus]] car company from [[General Motors]]. The acquisition brought together two of the greatest names in automotive
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