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• Ariete
  ...[Fiat]] and [[Oto Melara]] combined forces to develop a new tank utilizing modern firepower, mobility, and protection technologies. ...Army]]. The first tank was delivered in 1995 and final delivery of the 200 tanks ordered took place in August 2002.
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• Fiat 124 Coupé
  ...g in both 6 or 8 slot configuration. All of these coupes are fun competent modern driving cars which look fantastic in their original forms. They are akin to
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• Steering
  ...example, a [[tiller]] or rear–wheel steering. [[Tracked vehicle]]s such as tanks usually employ differential steering — that is, the tracks are made to mo Many modern cars use [[rack and pinion]] steering mechanisms, where the steering wheel
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• Gasoline
  ...e required specifications (in particular [[octane rating]]; see below) for modern engines, but these streams will form part of the blend. ...]] (meaning it readily [[evaporation|evaporates]]), requiring that storage tanks on land and in vehicles be properly sealed. But the high volatility also me
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• Alfa Romeo in Formula One
  ...ciency|fuel consumption]] engine required no fewer than four separate fuel tanks to contain {{Convert|47|impgal|L usgal |0}} of fuel. Murray's increasingly ...t, engine was targeted to use with Ligier Formula One cars. This was first modern V10 Formula One engine, followed soon by Honda and Renault engines. In its
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• Hydraulic brake
  Many modern hydraulic brake systems have a "[[Vacuum]]-assist" module which is attached ...ed. Air brake systems are bulky, and require air compressors and reservoir tanks for their operation.
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• Lancia Delta S4
  ...ight left-hand hairpin bend and plunged into a ravine, where his S4's fuel tanks exploded. {{Lancia modern timeline}}
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• Liquid fuels
  ...E85, has a higher fuel octane than most premium gasolines. When used in a modern [[Flexible fuel vehicle]], it delivers more performance to the gasoline it ...han its gaseous counterpart. Liquid hydrogen would be stored in cryogenic tanks. Its application would be most useful in [[fuel cells]] where hydrogen wou
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• History of the automobile
  ...]], and [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearing]], which are also the features of a modern automobile. His design had three wheels. Unfortunately, as with many of his ...gned, and [[engine displacement]] ranged to more than a dozen liters. Many modern advances, including [[hybrid car|gas/electric hybrids]], [[multi-valve]] en
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• Laverda
  ...ural machinery made by the other family business, Laverdas were built like tanks. The parallel twin cylinder engine featured no less than ''five'' main bea ...new 1000C model in 1973. Immediately recognizable as a motorcycle of the modern era, it was configured in a conservative layout, shedding some of the more
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• Fuel injection
  ...''' is a means of metering fuel into an [[internal combustion engine]]. In modern automotive applications, fuel metering is one of several functions performe ...ive engineers strive to best satisfy a customer's needs competitively. The modern [[digital]] [[EFI]] system is far more capable at optimizing these competin
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• Pagani Huayra
  Unlike many modern supercars, the Pagani Huayra does not use a [[dual-clutch gearbox]]; instea ...is built directly to the engine. The intercooler covers serve as expansion tanks to the low temperature circuit and the engine coolant circuit. The vertical
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• All wheel drive
  ...our-wheel drive automatically as needed. The terms are thus quite vague in modern usage, with AWD being used to describe vehicles with a wide variety of very ...split and the car driven solely by either engine. Combined with twin fuel tanks and twin batteries (which could be set up to run either or both engines), t
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...w. Early suspension devices were developed for [[stagecoach]]es in [[early modern Britain]]. The physical laws of [[damping]] were not discovered until the 1 ...settle back to a normal state in a minimal amount of time. Most damping in modern vehicles can be controlled by increasing or decreasing the resistance to fl
  29 KB (4,645 words) - 10:46, 8 October 2009
• Four-wheel drive
  ...r case (e.g. a [[Toyota Land Cruiser]]). The terms are thus quite vague in modern usage. ...split and the car driven solely by either engine. Combined with twin fuel tanks and twin batteries (which could be set up to run either or both engines), t
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• Fiat
  ...[[Giovanni Agnelli]]. Fiat has also manufactured [[railroad]] vehicles, [[tanks]] and [[aircraft]]. As of 2009, Fiat is the world's sixth largest carmaker ...n]] aircraft used along with the [[Savoia-Marchetti]], and also made light tanks and armored vehicles. These machinery were weak compared to some of the Ge
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• Fiat Panda
  Designed by [[Giorgetto Giugiaro]], the Panda was designed as a modern day "peasant car": A cheap, basic, no-frills utility vehicle that would be ...spension was also upgraded, the rear leaf springs being replaced by a more modern independent suspension system using a rigid rear axle (known as the 'Omega'
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...tti]] developed cars which saw the beginnings of aerodynamics. Nicknamed ''tanks'' due to their similarity to a [[drop tank]], these cars used simple curves A modern film not centering on Le Mans yet featuring events from the {{24hLM|2002}}
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• Vienna
  ...ddress and formal dress attire, the residents of Vienna tend to be equally modern and old-fashioned. Waiters address their customers with honorifics; a man w ...the permanent collection "Vienna around 1900 and the Art of the Classical Modern." Gustav Klimt, master of a particularly Viennese form of Art Nouveau calle
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