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• F4 layout
  ...is an important part of rally racing as well as the more familiar off-road vehicle. * [[Front-engine design|front-engine]]
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• Donato Coco
  ...e]] in [[Besançon]], [[France]], before taking a masters degree in vehicle design at the [[Royal College of Art]] in [[London]]. ...[[Citroën]] following a design competition in 1983. There, he oversaw the design of the [[Citroën Xsara|Xsara Picasso]], [[Citroën C2|C2]], [[Citroën C3|
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• Semi-trailing arm suspension
  ...arm suspension''' is an [[automobile]] [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] design in which one or more arms (or "links") are connected between (and perpendic ...suspension]] designs are much more commonly used for the rear wheels of a vehicle where they can allow for a flatter floor and more cargo room. Many small v
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• Backbone chassis
  ...t areas. A body is then placed on this structure. It is almost a trademark design feature of Czech(oslovak) Tatra heavy trucks (cross-country, military etc.) * [[Frame (vehicle)]]
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• Maserati Quattroporte III
  ...Benz]] and [[BMW]], it was important to de Tomaso that there be an Italian vehicle of like production and style. ....9 liter V8 (280 bhp @ 5800 rpm). One distinguishing characteristic of the vehicle was its lavish interior. The car was designed by [[Giorgetto Giugiaro]] of
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• Lamborghini LMA002
  The '''Lamborghini LMA002''' was a prototype offroad vehicle designed and built by [[Lamborghini]]. It was a followup to the [[Lamborghi ...from the [[Lamborghini Countach|Countach]] was actually used in an offroad vehicle, giving it significantly more power than its predecessors. Which was likely
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• Harley Earl
  ...ts own discipline, and demonstrating the critical place of good industrial design in the automobile field. He is credited with many innovations, some practi ...ototype]] to showcase a new vehicle's styling, [[technology]], and overall design a long time before mass production decisions have to be taken by engineers.
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• Automobile design
  ...have an art background and a degree in [[industrial design]] or transport design. ==Design elements==
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• Axle
  ==Vehicle axles== ...serve one or more of the following purposes depending on the design of the vehicle:
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• Jean Bugatti
  ...ls. Regarded as the finest of all touring Bugatti models, the supercharged vehicle was launched at the 1936 Paris Salon. Jean Bugatti also showed his engineer ...uppigheim, 30-year-old Jean Bugatti was killed when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree. He is interred in the Bugatti family plot at the m
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• Camber angle
  ...front or rear. It is used in the design of [[steering]] and [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]]. If the top of the wheel is further out than the bottom (that ...he road. Proper management of camber angle is a major factor in suspension design, and must incorporate not only idealized geometric models, but also real-li
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• Exhaust brake
  ...ere is no fuel being applied, the engine works backwards, slowing down the vehicle. The amount of negative torque generated is usually directly proportional t ...power output. More performance is usually easily had by down shifting the vehicle (increasing the [[leverage]] , or [[gear ratio]] of the engine over the whe
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• Lamborghini Raptor
  ...om a [[4WD]] [[Lamborghini Diablo]]. The design was completed and a sample vehicle displayed at the [[Geneva Auto Show]] in 1996. At the time of showing, it w ...s well as the extensive use of [[carbon fiber]] for the body work made the vehicle significantly lighter than the Diablo, thus theoretically faster. To make u
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• Rear-engine design
  ...axle. This is not to be confused with the center of gravity of the whole vehicle, as an imbalance of such proportions would make it impossible to keep the f *Since the engine is located at an extremity, the rest of the vehicle can be used for passengers and luggage
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• MacPherson strut
  ...MacPherson strut suspension on the left front wheel of a rear-wheel drive vehicle.]] ...as well as a suspension mounting for the wheel. Rear struts of a similar design are properly called [[Chapman strut]]s.
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• Unsprung weight
  ...ring (device)|springs]], [[shock absorber]]s, and suspension links. If the vehicle's [[brake]]s are mounted outboard (i.e., within the wheel), their weight is ...also exacerbates wheel control under hard acceleration or braking. If the vehicle does not have adequate wheel location in the vertical plane (such as a [[re
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• Halo vehicle
  [[Image:2005 Ford GT.jpg|thumb|350px|A [[halo vehicle]], produced in order to promote sales of an entire [[marque]]]] A '''halo vehicle''' (or '''halo model''') in [[automobile]] [[marketing]] is a car designed
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• Lamborghini LM003
  ...e was determined to be entirely insufficient to power the 2600kg (5700lbs) vehicle and the project was abandoned. ...leo, to differentiate it with the previous LM003. The idea was taken to SZ Design, an offshoot of [[Zagato]], but it never went past a few concept drawings t
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• Serpent Auto Sport
  ...om built wheel segment. Custom wheel manufacturers build wheels to fit any vehicle's requirements for width, offset, and bolt pattern. I soon discovered this
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• Trailing arm
  ...arm suspension''' is an [[automobile]] [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] design in which one or more arms (or "links") are connected between (and perpendic A trailing arm design can also be used in an [[independent suspension]] arrangement. Each [[wheel
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