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• Fiat Cinquecento Lucciola
  *Body architecture: hybrid traction 3-door, 4-seat *Wheelbase, front and rear track: 2200, 1270, 1268
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• Rear-engine design
  .... The [[center of gravity]] of the [[engine]] itself is actually past the rear axle. This is not to be confused with the center of gravity of the whole v Rear engined cars are almost always [[rear wheel drive]], a layout known as [[RR layout|RR]]. The exception is certain
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• RR layout
  ...r, the [[center of gravity]] of the [[engine]] itself is actually past the rear axle. This is not to be confused with the center of gravity of the vehicle ...rs with the front wheels, it is better for the engine to be located in the rear of the car - either a RR or MR design.
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• Mid-engine design
  ...ent of an [[automobile]] [[internal-combustion engine|engine]] between the rear and front axles. Another term for this is mid-ship, though that term is us ...arried by all the wheels with this layout. As a result, vehicle stability, traction, and ride quality are naturally improved when turning, braking, and acceler
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• Slick tire
  ...ven (powered) wheels in [[drag racing]], where the only concern is maximum traction to put power to the ground. ...es are designed to remove water from the contact area, thereby maintaining traction even in wet conditions.
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• FF layout
  ...under acceleration unloads the front wheels and reduces grip. Electronic traction control can avoid wheelspin but largely negates the benefit of extra power. ...Citroën Traction Avant]], [[Saab 92]] and the [[Mini]]. In the 1980s, the traction and packaging advantages of this layout caused many compact and mid-sized v
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• Trail braking
  ...que, as a [[motorcycle]] rider approaches a turn they apply both front and rear brakes as necessary to reduce speed. Then as they enter the turn, they part This will give more traction as the front [[tire]] is forced into the [[Pavement (material)|pavement]].
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• RWD
  ...the front of the vehicle, but the [[MR layout|mid engine]] and [[RR layout|rear engine]] layouts are also used. ...the rear axles. Some [[FR layout]] vehicles place the transmission at the rear, though most attach it to the engine at the front.
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• Alfa Romeo Spyder
  ...le size, the Spider is 20 mm shorter than the Brera Coupé due to a shorter rear overhang. ...an 260 bhp, and 335 Nm of torque. An all-wheel-drive traction system, with rear bias, coupled to a 6-speed gearbox completes the driveline. The prototype i
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• Lancia Dialfa-18HP
  ...ansmission]]'': tree with [[cardan joint|joints]] [[rear traction|traction rear wheel]] [[clutch (mechanical)|clutch]] Multi bath oil; exchange (box in [[a ...) acting on the transmission and brakes handmade (mechanical) agent on the rear wheels
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• Oversteer
  ...ne marked with green dots. If the vehicle oversteers, the rear wheels lose traction and the vehicle tends to follow the red dotted line.]] ...bile]] which is attempting to turn. The car is said to oversteer when the rear wheels do not track behind the front wheels but instead slide out toward th
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• Front-wheel drive
  ...decades were positioned [[longitudinal engine|longitudinal]]ly instead. [[Rear-wheel drive]] was the traditional standard while [[four-wheel drive]] is al The first successful models were the 1934 [[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] cars from [[Citroën]] in Europe, and the contemporary [[Cord 810|8
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• Torque steering
  * Unequal traction forces due to road surface (µ-Split) in combination with Kingpin Offset ...uce the amount torque from the front axle by passing part of torque to the rear axle. This is achieved on [[all-wheel-drive]] (AWD) vehicles with full-time
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• FR layout
  ...here the [[engine]] is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. ...han about 200bhp, as the weight transference during acceleration loads the rear wheels and increases grip.
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• Axle
  ...ront wheels' [[Axis_of_rotation|rotational axis]] relative to the body and rear wheels. ...efore support heavy loads. Straight axles are used on [[train]]s, for the rear axles of commercial [[truck]]s, and on heavy duty [[off-road]] vehicles. T
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• Spoiler (automotive)
  ...tire and the road surface, thereby increasing traction. This increase in traction allows a vehicle in motion to brake, turn, and accelerate more aggressively ...tic or metal attached to the very back of the roof, usually just above the rear window.
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• Ferves
  ...[[1970]]. Based on the [[Fiat]], it was a multi-purpose car powered by a rear-mounted 499 cc two-cylinder in-line [[engine]]. The engine, located in the rear, a inline cylinder air-cooled with an engine capacity of 499.5 cc, with sid
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• Ducati 1198
  ...e power and torque, redesigned wheels, lighter headlights, the addition of traction control and lighter fairings on the S model and few minor paint changes. An ! Rear suspension
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• Ducati Multistrada 1200
  |Power || 150 hp<br>136.5 hp (rear wheel at 9,200&nbsp;rpm |Torque || 87.5 lbft<br>85.0 lbft (rear wheel at 7,700&nbsp;rpm
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• Understeer
  ...marked with green dots. If the vehicle understeers, the front wheels lose traction and the vehicle tends to follow the red dotted line.''']] As with oversteer, understeer has a variety of sources such as mechanical traction, aerodynamics and suspension.
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