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• RMR layout
  ...uses up central space, making it impractical for any but two-seater sports cars. ...ccesses in racing, the RMR platform has been popular for road going sports cars despite the inherent challenges of design, maintenance and lack of cargo sp
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• Sports cars
  ...963|(1963)]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] [[Jaguar E-Type|E-Type]] is a classic sports car.]] A '''sports car''' is a type of [[automobile]] designed primarily for performance drivi
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• Flat-6
  ...ry sports cars, cruising motorcycles, and aircraft than ordinary passenger cars. ...between the front wheels are offset by the efficiency of adding four-wheel drive to the layout. In the past a number of other manufacturers have used them,
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• Fiat Barchetta
  ...mall alterations inside and out. The most notable changes were the revised front spoiler and rear bumper. Production of the car finally stopped in June 200 ...] cars only, even though the car was marketed and sold in two [[right hand drive]] markets, the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Japan]].
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• Ferrari California
  ...[[Front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|Front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive]] .... The California is powered by [[Front mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|front-mid mounted]] [[gasoline direct injection]] 4.3L [[V8 engine|V8]], sending
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• Autodelta
  .... This allowed Autodelta to use the [[Balocco]] test track for new racing cars and prototypes. ...TZ]] introduced in June 1962. The TZ was updated to TZ2 in 1965, with both cars taking many wins in various championships. Alfa Romeo and Autodelta would
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• Bandini 1000 V
  ...orts prototype''' is a race [[car]] built in [[1970]] by [[Bandini|Bandini Cars]] [[Forlì]]. This two-seater sports together for many years previous ''[[Bandini 1000 | 1000/66]]'' (which repr
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• Oversteer
  ...The car is said to oversteer when the rear wheels do not track behind the front wheels but instead slide out toward the outside of the turn. Oversteer can ...he condition when the [[slip angle]] of the rear tires exceeds that of the front tires.
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• All wheel drive
  ...mb|right|224px|The [[Lamborghini Murciélago]] is a 4WD/AWD that powers the front via a VCU if the rear slips.]] ...W Golf]] is a 4WD/AWD that powers the rear via a multi-plate clutch if the front slips.]]
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• Amilcar Italiana
  ...:Amilcar Kühlerfigur.jpg |150px|thumb|right|Amilcar insignia on one of its cars]] ...rn the [[Amilcar CGS|CGS]], which helped maintain the high reputation that sports hovered house on Saint-Denis.
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• Sport compact
  ...act car]]. They are typically are [[front engine]]d, [[front wheel drive]] cars driven by a [[naturally aspirated]] [[straight-4]] [[gasoline engine]]. Typ ...d to several compromises when it comes to performance, such as front wheel drive, conservative engine design, and platform sharing. [[Electronic control uni
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• Maserati Quattroporte II
  ...d intervened and demand for such cars slowed. Furthermore, the front wheel drive layout and modest V6 powerplant from the [[Maserati Merak|Merak]] (offering ...ndro de Tomaso]] and his design staff in [[1976]]. This was a [[rear wheel drive]] car, powered by a large V8 engine. It was important to de Tomaso that the
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• Lancia Zagato
  It has the famous Lancia HF four cyl. four carb. front wheel drive engine (114 hp) combined with light weight (2000 lbs.), a butter smooth fiv Various sports and "fast touring" '''[[Lancia]]''' cars have had bodies built or designed by the great Italian design house '''[[Za
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• Straight-6
  ...-wheel-drive and transverse ("east-west") engine configurations in smaller cars saw that the shorter engine length of the V6 became highly desirable, and t ...re [[rear wheel drive]], but Volvo builds cars equipped with [[front wheel drive]] and a [[transverse engine|transverse]] straight six.
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• Four-wheel drive
  ...mb|right|224px|The [[Lamborghini Murciélago]] is a 4WD/AWD that powers the front via a VCU if the rear slips.]] ...W Golf]] is a 4WD/AWD that powers the rear via a multi-plate clutch if the front slips.]] -->
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• Ferrari P4/5
  ...d:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Ferrari P45 front right.jpg|At the [[Concours d'Elegance]]|300px]] |Class || [[Sports Car]]
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• Alfa Romeo 2500
  |Platform || [[FR layout|FR]]/[[Rear-wheel drive|RWD]] |Front track ||
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• Ferrari 458 Italia
  ...|| [[Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive]] ...ar-wheel drive layout|mid-engined]] [[sports car]] produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer [[Ferrari]]. The 458 Italia replaces the [[Ferrari F430]].
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• Diatto
  ...pany since 1835) and Clement (a Paris based company) in order to construct cars known as the '[[Torino]]' at [[Turin]]. These were actually licenced produc ...cacchi]], the builder of the Storero brand cars and [[Newton]], builder of cars badged NB) whose experience, equipment and plans were all used by Diatto. A
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