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• Lamborghini Cheetah
  ...military]] to design and build a new all-terrain vehicle. The basis of the design came from MTI, and was largely a copy of [[Food Machinery Corporation|FMC]] ...and the engine choice was not powerful enough to be adequate for the heavy vehicle (2042kg/4500lbs), resulting in overall poor performance.
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• Lamborghini Genesis
  ...a vehicle like it, it was never really intended to go beyond the show car design study.
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• Double wishbone
  ...(vehicle)|suspension]]''' is an [[automobile]] [[independent suspension]] design using two parallel [[wishbone]]-shaped arms to locate the wheel. Each wishb ...ntegral spindle usually do not allow the wheel to be driven. A bolt on hub design is commonly used if the wheel is to be driven.
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• Ercole Spada
  ...n]]er. His most notable designs were made in the 1960s, for the [[Zagato]] design studio house, where Spada was chief stylist. During this period some of the ...MX-3]], which aimed to capture the magic of the [[Alfa Romeo Giulia GTZ]] design, according to its creators. Shortly before leaving Zagato, Spada designed o
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• Bugatti Prototypes
  ...ome a new generation of cars from Bugatti. The engine, a 3-valve [[SOHC]] design, was based on the 3-valve straight-8 from the [[Bugatti Type 35|Type 35]]. The entire vehicle was unique, including its chassis. The Type 45 used a 102.2 in (2596&
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• Classic car
  ...ion for its classic status — by 25 years old, a car will have exceeded its design life by some considerable margin, 10-15 years being the norm barring accide ...with the greater difficulty of so doing or the high cost of restoring the vehicle to reliable condition. Another reason to drive classic cars is that alterna
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• Swing axle
  A '''swing axle''' [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] is a simple type of [[independent suspension]] used in [[auto The First Production (1960-1964) Chevrolet [[Corvair]] used this design. The alleged unsafe behaviour of the [[Corvair]] was described in detail b
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• RR layout
  ...e rear axle. This is not to be confused with the center of gravity of the vehicle itself, as an imbalance of such proportions would make it nearly impossible ...er for the engine to be located in the rear of the car - either a RR or MR design.
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• City car
  ...an areas. It is more substantial and faster than a [[neighborhood electric vehicle]] ("NEV") and has four seats, unlike [[microcar]]s which are two-seaters; t ...from their workplace. In these cases, a city car may be [[battery electric vehicle|battery electric powered]]; in some locations, electric recharging is provi
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• Bremach
  ...ver 7.000 aircraft, developed a new [[3-wheel]] compact, reliable delivery vehicle for light weight freight carriage. ...ent of the market and began to design, test and then manufacture a 4-wheel vehicle that has been used worldwide.
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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 ...ical scientists for answers regarding the planning of new roadways and the design of [[noise mitigation]].
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• Mid-engine design
  ...ht is more evenly carried by all the wheels with this layout. As a result, vehicle stability, traction, and ride quality are naturally improved when turning, ...a curve or is unable to stop quickly enough. And additionally, mid-engine design is a way to provide additional empty crush space in the front of the automo
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• Compact MPV
  ...ting between the [[mini MPV]] and [[large MPV]] classifications. The first vehicle to be described by that name was [[Renault Scénic|Renault Mégane Scénic] Some compact MPVs and [[compact SUV]]s are becoming closer together regarding design and styling.{{fact}} Some European manufacturers are considering to release
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• Lamborghini LM001
  The '''Lamborghini LM001''' was a prototype offroad vehicle designed and built by [[Lamborghini]]. It was first revealed at the 1981 [[ ...[[Lamborghini Cheetah|Cheetah]] project, the idea of a Lamborghini offroad vehicle was still very much alive, and with new capitol from deep pocketed investor
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• Rayton
  ...d because [[Fiat]] made cars, not trucks! This was obviously a new type of vehicle, and did not seem to fit in the scheme of things, back in 1985. The name "[ ...o produce all the necessary dies and jigs was a fraction of the expense to design and tool up for a normal body. With this in mind, the body shop in Cherasco
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• FR layout
  ...heel drive]]''' means a layout where the [[engine]] is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout fo ...ls at the rear allows ample room for the transmission in the center of the vehicle and avoids the mechanical problems of transmitting drive to steered wheels.
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• Batmobile
  ...ed [[weapon]]s to disable vehicles and remove obstacles. In addition, the vehicle typically carries a [[computer]] that is remotely linked to the [[Batcave]] ...first appeared in Batman #5 in the spring of 1941. Since then, the car's design gradually evolved, beginning with a bat [[hood ornament]] which became much
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• Rotary combustion engine
  ...lcolm Bricklin]] for use in place of the [[V8]] powering the Bricklin SV-1 vehicle, but never used. ...s addressed in the Quasiturbine AC design, but the simpler Quasiturbine SC design has the same problem of varying seal angle as the Wankel.
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• Engine braking
  ...of the [[internal combustion engine]] to dissipate energy and slow down a vehicle. '''Compression braking''' is a common legal term for the same mechanism. L ==Design==
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• Bruno Sacco
  |Discipline || Car design |Significant design || Mercedes 190
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