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• Brooklands
  ...d theoretically take the banked corners without having to use the steering wheel. ...This first British Grand Prix was won by Louis Wagner and Robert Senechal driving a Delage 155B.
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• Lamborghini Jalpa
  | Layout || [[Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|RMR layout]] Also can be seen in ROCKY IV - when Rocky Balboa (Stallone) is driving and remembering the past.
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• Partenavia
  ...Two 150kW (200hp) Lycoming IO360A1B fuel injected flat four piston engines driving two blade constant speed propellers. P.68TC - Two 155kW (210hp) turbocharge ...radar and more avionics, extra fuel, revised cabin interior and redesigned wheel fairings. The turbocharged TC was introduced in 1980 and features two turbo
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• Scooter
  ...the engine to swing vertically in conjunction with the motion of the rear wheel. Older [[Vespa]]s, most vintage scooters, and some newer retro models have ...e seen new variations on the classic scooter. A common variation, the 'big-wheel' or commuter-style scooter features wheels as large as a motorcycle. Popul
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• Maserati Birdcage 75th
  ...'glasshouse effect', journalists (including evo Magazine's Harry Metcalfe) driving the vehicle were reportedly forced to keep the bubble slightly open on hot ...by [[Motorola]] and several cameras so that the driver can "share [their] driving experience with others".
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• Emanuele Pirro
  ...erturismo Championship|Italian Touring car championship]] in 1994 and 1995 driving for [[Audi]]. ...ers to win the Le Mans 24-hour race in a [[diesel]]-powered car. Pirro was driving the [[Audi R10]] Diesel when it completed a record 380 laps of the La Sarth
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• De Tomaso Mangusta
  *[[Kylie Minogue]] is shown driving a Mangusta on the video for [[Can't Get You Out Of My Head]]. [[Category:Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive vehicles]]
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• Understeer
  ...on is of a greater radius than the circle indicated by the direction its [[wheel]]s are pointed. The effect is opposite to that of [[oversteer]]. In simpler In modern [[race car]]s, especially [[open wheel car]]s, understeering is caused mainly due to the [[Automotive aerodynamics
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• Lancia Dedra
  ...he perfect driving position was helped by the adjustable seats, [[steering wheel]] and electrically adjustable mirrors. Safety, both passive with a structur [[Category:Front wheel drive vehicles]]
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• Concept car
  ...n drawings. Other more traditional concepts can be developed into fully [[driving|driveable]] vehicles with a working drivetrain and accessories. The state o * [[Eliica]] an 8 wheel drive 4 door, 4 passenger, high speed electric car.
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• Dan Wheldon
  ...[[United States]] in [[1999]]. He then spent several years in lower [[Open wheel car|open-wheeled]] circuits like the [[U.S. Ford Formula 2000 series]], the ...riumph in 1966. But in November of 2005, it was announced that he would be driving for [[Chip Ganassi Racing]] in the IRL in 2006. Shortly after his first IRL
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• Olivier Gendebien
  ...he [[Rome-Liège Rally]] and the [[Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti]] in [[1955]] driving a [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes 300SL]]. This brought Gendebien to the attention ...mobile racing where more than two dozen of his competitors had died at the wheel. At 38 years of age, in [[1962]] Olivier Gendebien retired following his fo
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• Hillclimbing
  ...ecord of the Feleac was set by famous German racer [[Hans Stuck]] in 1938, driving a 600 bhp Auto Union Grand Prix car. Stuck stormed through the 7 km gravel ...fferent lines, with dirt bikes and [[four-wheel drive]] machines literally driving up the side of a roadless hill.
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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  ...e speed range. Some vehicle designs have separate electric motors for each wheel. Series hybrids can be also be fitted with a [[supercapacitor]] or a [[flyw ...and efficient rate, even as the car changes speed. During stop-and-go city driving, series hybrids are relatively the most efficient.
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• Bicycle brake systems
  [[Image:Brake.agr.jpg|thumb|V-brake on rear wheel of a mountain bike]] ...equipped with a front spoon brake and no rear brake, although with no free wheel, back-pedalling was an option. This was undoubtedly a big improvement on ha
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• Denny Hulme
  ...lian Touring Cars. Hulme's untimely death, caused by a heart attack whilst driving a BMW M3 during the Bathurst 1000 - made him the first Formula One Champion ...hen retired to New Zealand, returning to Touring Cars in the early 1980's, driving for the concern of the well travelled Scot, Tom Walkinshaw. Racing for his
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• Lucien Bianchi
  ...[[Emeryson]]. After a couple of races for the UDT Laystall team in 1961, driving another Lotus, he returned to ENB for whom he drove their ENB-[[Maserati]]. ...his biggest victories coming in the 1968 [[Le Mans 24 Hours]], behind the wheel of a [[Ford GT40]] with [[Pedro Rodriguez]] and at [[Sebring]] in 1962 with
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• Alfa Romeo GT
  ...th pinches from the GT's 11.5-metre turning circle. The fitting of the 18" wheel option also introduces torque-steer in the higher torque engines like the 1 ...orated insert and Alfa Romeo logo on the headrest, as well as the steering wheel and display panel in leather.
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• Manual transmission
  ...ance on how to drive with a manual transmission, see [[Manual transmission driving technique]].'' ...ed in [[automotive]] applications. Manual transmissions often feature a [[driving|driver]]-operated [[clutch]] and a movable [[gear]] selector, although some
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• Formula Ford
  '''Formula Ford''' is a single seater, [[open wheel racing|open wheel]] class in [[motorsport]] which exists in some form in many countries aroun ...h]], Geoff Clarke of [[Motor Racing Stables]] (the circuit's resident race driving school) and [[Jim Russell (racing driver)|Jim Russell]] were largely respon
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