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• Headlight styling
  ...ptions for what they could add or detract from the looks of the front of a car. .... Most cars had their headlights in pairs side by side on each side of the car; some models of Oldsmobile had a parking light in the middle of the pair.
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• 1955 Le Mans disaster
  [[Image:Le_Mans_1955_start.jpg|thumb|250px|'''Start of the race, Levegh #20 car is in the center of the frame''']] ...disc brake]]s on a car was in a [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] racing in Le Mans. Mercedes-Benz still used drum-brake in 1955, but also used a special hood as an "air
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• Gull-wing door
  [[Image:Mercedes_300SL_Gullwing.jpg|right|thumb|A Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing with its doors open]] ...edge of the door and allow the door to swing outward from the body of the car.
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• Hermann Lang
  ...ash; died [[October 19]], [[1987]], was a [[Germany|German]] champion race car driver. ...d [[Spanish Grand Prix]], Hermann Lang was given a chance to drive for the Mercedes team. He proved to be most capable on high-speed racetracks, capturing his
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• 2003 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]''' | '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]'''
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• Rudolf Caracciola
  ...prowess in rainy conditions, Caracciola began racing as an employee for [[Mercedes-Benz]] in 1922. In 1926, he entered the first-ever German Grand Prix at the ...the two drivers who all but defined success for the two German car makers, Mercedes-Benz and [[Auto Union]], Carracciola and fellow countryman [[Bernd Rosemeye
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• Front-engine design
  ...ight distribution]]—the heaviest component is at one end of the vehicle. [[Car handling]] is not ideal, but usually predictable. * [[Mercedes-Benz S-Class]]
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• 1998 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]''' | [[Jaguar (car)|Stewart]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• 1997 Monaco Grand Prix
  | '''[[Jaguar (car)|Stewart]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]''' | [[Jaguar (car)|Stewart]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
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• Coggiola
  ...t time at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1956 and was originally designed for car racing, and the changes to the international sports regulations prevented t ...er of different form to change the type of body while maintaining the same car. Not lacking in that decade also makes prototypes of more "noble", as the [
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• Stirling Moss
  ...ad of [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] who finished second). His co-driver in the [[Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR]] number 722 (indicating the time of the start) was journalist ...n front of his team mate, friend, mentor and arch-rival at [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]], Juan Manuel Fangio. It is sometimes debated whether Fangio, one of the a
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• FR layout
  ...Corvette]], and originally [[Germany|German]] vehicles from [[BMW]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]]. The [[Oil crisis]] of the 1970s and the success of small [[FF layou ...ut its FR luxury cars after the 1996 model year, and its [[GM F platform|F-car]] ([[Chevrolet Camaro]]/[[Pontiac Firebird]]) in 2002. GM reintroduced Nort
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• Hungarian Grand Prix
  | Winning team || {{flagiconGBR}} [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | Pole team || {{flagiconGBR}} [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
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• Maserati Kyalami
  |Similar || [[De Tomaso Longchamp]]<br>[[Mercedes SLC]]<br> ...d the front and rear end to create a distinctive Maserati feel for the new car. The interior was also upgraded to incorporate classic Maserati elements su
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• William Grover-Williams
  ...Monaco Grand Prix]] beating the heavily favored [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] car driven by the great [[Germany|German]] driver, [[Rudolf Caracciola]].
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• Inboard brake
  ...rakes inboard reduces [[unsprung weight]] substantially, improving ride, [[car handling|handling]] and braking. This system was more common in the [[1960 * [[Mercedes-Benz W196 and 300SLR]]
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• Suicide door
  [[Image:Lloyd Kleinbus.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Lloyd (car)|Lloyd LT 600 van]] with front suicide door]] ...t is familiar to many English-speakers and often used openly in the custom-car trade.
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• Pagani
  ! colspan=2 |'''Pagani Zonda car review''' ...showing his drawings to [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] who he planned to name the car after (as the Fangio F1).
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• History of the Alfa Race Engine
  ...f [[Enzo Ferrari]] in 1924. He immediately began work on the P2 Grand Prix car, which was based on his experience with the very successful [[Fiat 805]]. T ...credibly complex DOHC V-12 of 1936-7 put out 370 hp but not enough to beat Mercedes.''']]
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• FIA GT Championship
  The '''FIA GT Championship''' is a [[sports car racing]] series organized by the [[Stéphane Ratel Organisations]] (SRO) at ...o qualify. Both types may undergo significant modifications from the road car they are based on, but GT1 allows the use of exotic materials, better [[aer
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