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• Fiat 131
  ...ori", is a small/medium [[family car]] produced by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Automotive industry|car manufacturer]] [[Fiat]] from 1974 to 1984. It was exhibited a ...ts day. The body was a monocoque type, made of conventional [[steel]]. [[Automotive design|Designed]] and styled on the typical "three-box" design, with distin
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• Car handling
  ...lso includes their stability when moving in a straight line. Handling and braking are the major components of a vehicle's "active" safety. The maximum later ...ite'' to that of an actual change in the center of gravity. When a car is braking, the downward load on the front tires increases and that on the rear decrea
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...purpose – contributing to the car's [[car handling|handling]] and [[brake|braking]] for good active safety and driving pleasure, and keeping vehicle occupant ...wheel rate under cornering is different than it is under acceleration and braking. This varying wheel rate can be minimized by locating the spring as close t
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• Hybrid vehicles
  ...arge on their batteries by capturing [[kinetic energy]] via [[regenerative braking]]. As well, when cruising or in other situations where just light thrust is The regenerative-braking hybrid, the core design concept of most production hybrids, was developed b
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• Automobile
  ...t was then greatly expanded by [[Henry Ford]] in the 1910s. Development of automotive technology was rapid, due in part to the hundreds of small manufacturers co ==Alternative technologies ==
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• Automobile safety
  *The vehicle's [[headlamp]]s, [[Retroreflector|reflectors]], and other [[Automotive lighting|lights and signals]] *[[Automotive night vision|Infrared night vision]] systems to increase seeing distance be
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• Pagani Huayra
  ...Huayra merges the past, present and future in a timeless interpretation of automotive art. The styling of the car was perfected over the course of 5 years to fin ...f rigidity through the application of new advanced composite materials and technologies first tested on the Zonda R. The fuel tank is located integrally in the bes
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ===Engine technologies=== * First [[Automotive aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] design - 1921 [[Rumpler]] Tropfenwagen
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• Fiat Panda
  The '''Fiat Panda''' is a [[city car]] from the [[Italy|Italian]] automotive manufacturer [[Fiat]]. The first Fiat Panda was made from 1980 to 2003 with ...ipped with [[electronic stability program|stability control]], [[anti-lock braking system|ABS]], [[electronic brakeforce distribution|EBD]] and at least two f
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