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• Brass Era car
  * [[Baker Motor Vehicle|Baker Motor Vehicle Company]] ([[Cleveland, Ohio]]) * [[Santos-Dumont|Columbus Motor Vehicle Company]] ([[Columbus, Ohio]])
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• Santa Pod Raceway
  ...[FIM]]/[[UEM]] European Drag Racing Championship, along with the [[British National Drag Racing Championships]]. ...ndon. Santa Pod regularly takes its hospitality trailer to major events in motor sport and helps alot in the local community, offering disabled and local pe
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• Non-synchronous transmission
  ...operation of these vehicles is sometimes regulated by local, regional, or national [[laws]]. Some countries require the operator to obtain a [[commercial driv ...red partly by an [[internal combustion engine]], and partly by an electric motor. The concepts of transmission continue to employ methods for transferring t
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• Roadway noise
  '''Roadway noise''' is the collective sound energy emanating from [[motor vehicle]]s. In the USA it contributes more to environmental noise exposure than any ...puter model]]ing of this phenomenon was perfected. After passage of the [[National Environmental Policy Act]] and [[Noise Control Act]], the demand for detail
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• Automobile design
  ...arily concerned with developing the visual appearance or aesthetics of the vehicle, though it is also involved in the creation of the product concept. Automot ...terior of the vehicle develops the proportions, shape, and surfaces of the vehicle. Exterior design is first done by a series of digital or manual drawings. P
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• Panamerican Highway
  ...le to cross between South America and Central America by traditional motor vehicle. ...s been crossed by adventurers on [[bicycle]], [[motorbike]], [[all-terrain vehicle]], and foot, dealing with [[jungle]], [[swamp]], [[insect]]s, and other haz
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• Electronic Stability Control
  ...g]], particularly at the limits where the driver might lose control of the vehicle. ...recognized by the [[Society of Automotive Engineers]], although individual motor manufacturers use a range of different marketing names (see below).
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• Fiat 4 HP
  ...3 ½ HP''' sometimes also called'' 'Fiat 4 HP''', was the first model of [[vehicle]] built by the then nascent Italian factory in [[Turin]] ''[[Fiat]]''. On the 11th of July, 1899, a dozen of aristocrats who shared a passion for motor racing, established [[Fiat]] by the end of that year in [[Turin]] and began
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• Electric vehicle
  ...] driven by rotary motors, or in the case of tracked vehicles, by [[linear motor]]s. The [[energy]] used to propel the vehicle may be obtained from several sources:
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• Demolition Derby
  ...liberately ramming their vehicles into one another. The last driver whose vehicle is still operational is awarded the victory. ...ecome muddy to further slow the vehicles. Drivers use the back end of the vehicle to ram to protect the engine compartment from damage.
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• Sports Car Club of America
  ...to heavily-modified cars that retain only the basic shape of the original vehicle) and designed-from-scratch "formula" and "sports racer" cars can be used in The annual National Championship for Club Racing is called the "Runoffs" and has been historica
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• Aurea
  * Series 400 - 1 remnant vehicle in Australia, NSW; One ex Australian vehicle now being driven in UK. * Series 500 - 1 low mileage original vehicle at Biella, Italy.
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• Daytime running lamp
  ...vehicle is moving forward, and intended to increase the conspicuity of the vehicle during [[daylight]] conditions. ...axis|axis]], mounted at the outer left and right edges of the front of the vehicle. [[Finland]] adopted the requirement in [[1982]] (on rural roads, only in [
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• Car safety
  ...the [[United Nations]] established the [[World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations]], an [[international]] standards body advancing auto safety. M ...f Transportation]] (DOT) with automobile safety one of its purposes. The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) was created as an independent organiza
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• Passive safety
  ...the [[United Nations]] established the [[World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations]], an [[international]] standards body advancing auto safety. M ...f Transportation]] (DOT) with automobile safety one of its purposes. The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) was created as an independent organiza
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• Car tuning
  ...ditions, tuning has become a way to personalize the characteristics of the vehicle to the owner's preference. For example, they may be altered to provide bett ...ar exterior. This includes changing the aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicle via side skirts, front and rear bumpers, adding spoilers, splitters, air ve
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• Dirt track racing
  ...Australia and Canada also. Many of the cars may also race on [[Short track motor racing|asphalt short tracks]] during the racing season. ==The race vehicle==
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• Hillclimbing
  ...rance de la Montagne, has been one of the most competitive of the European national series, attracting many new F2 and 2-litre sports cars during the 1970s and ...''Island Car Club''']. Participants are divided according to their type of vehicle into various categories ranging from single seaters to saloon cars.
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...e:DSCN1474.JPG|thumb|[[General Motors Sequel|Sequel]], a fuel cell powered vehicle from [[General Motors]]]] A '''hydrogen vehicle''' is a [[vehicle]], such as an [[automobile]] or [[aircraft]], which uses [[hydrogen]] as it
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• Anti-lock braking system
  ...en to it by its inventors at [[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]]) is a system on [[motor vehicles]] which prevents the [[wheel]]s from locking while [[brake|braking ...tch or improve on the performance of a typical driver with an ABS-equipped vehicle. However, for a majority of drivers, in most conditions, in typical states
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