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• Tractor
  The classic farm tractor is a simple open vehicle with two very large driving wheels on an axle below and slightly behind a single seat (the seat and [[s ...arm tractors. These technologies are used in modern, [[precision farming]] techniques. The [[spin-off]]s from the [[space race]] have actually facilitated [[auto
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• Electronic stability control
  During normal driving, ESC works in the background, continuously monitoring steering and vehicle ...ivers to become overconfident in their vehicle's handling and/or their own driving skills. For this reason, ESC systems typically inform the driver when they
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• Lancia Beta
  ...uding [[The Independent]] newspaper 2nd August 2005), poor rust prevention techniques (typical of many automobile manufacturers in the 1970s), and inadequate wat ...ex engine under the hood driving the front wheels, and another in the back driving the rear wheels, with air scoops in the rear doors. The two gearboxes were
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• Alain Prost
  [[Image:ALAIN PROST Ferrari.jpg|thumb|left|300px|'''Alain Prost driving for Ferrari''']] ...t race victory at his home Grand Prix in France a year later, while he was driving for the [[Renault F1|Renault Factory team]].
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• Lancia
  ...due to the Lancia [[Lancia Beta|Beta]] rust scandal. Poor rust prevention techniques and inadequate water drainage channels led to the Beta gaining a reputatio ...r after missing a chicane. One week later Ascari was killed in an accident driving a Ferrari sports car at Monza. With Ascari's death and Lancia's financial p
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• Pagani Zonda
  ...ave joined. The windscreen is also strengthened for safety reasons. These techniques enable the Roadster to have virtually the same weight as the coupe, 1230 lb * '''Transmission''': 7-speed sequential cross. AMT robotic system with driving programs
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• Car handling
  Since only the brakes on the driving wheels can easily be inboard, the [[Citroën 2CV]] had additional dampers o The stability control of some cars may not be compatible with some driving techniques, such as power induced over-steer. It is therefore, at least from a sporti
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• Station wagon
  ...umed using tooling left over from 1942. However, advancement in production techniques learned over the course of World War II made all-steel station wagons pract ...er in profile than a minivan or SUV and thus have less air resistance when driving on the highway.
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• History of the automobile
  ...e'' songbook featuring an [[Oldsmobile Curved Dash]] automobile and period driving clothing]] ...f the first [[sports car]]s, the Raceabout expressed the exuberance of the driving public, as did the similarly-conceived [[American Underslung]] and [[Hispan
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• Cagiva Mito
  ...6510) and limit the power (to avoid having to guide to 21 years with the [[Driving License # A|A license]] direct) regimes favoring lower, also models with Mi New techniques have allowed adoptions to this model to be approved [[Euro III|Euro 3]], th
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• Juan Pablo Montoya
  He was born in [[Bogotá]] where he was taught the techniques of [[karting]] from an early age by his father Pablo, an architect and [[mo ...e [[United States|U.S.]] [[Skip Barber]] driving school, and was hailed by driving instructors as being one of the best pupils to ever come through their scho
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• Mario Andretti
  ...cupboards and run around the kitchen, going "Vroom, vroom," like they were driving cars - this before they had seen a car. In 1945, at the age of five, he and ...la 5000]] and [[Championship Car|IndyCar]] racing in America with Andretti driving. The team had run Andretti in the two North American end-of-season races in
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• Motorcycle
  ...ng friction buildup between the plates until they rotate as a single unit, driving the transmission directly. A lever on the handlebar, through a cable or hyd ...-tune their skills, as well as the opportunity to practice crash-avoidance techniques in a more controlled environment (and without risking one's own motorcycle)
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• History of Formula One
  ...o make good use of the Lancia-born Ferrari to win his fourth championship. Driving for Maserati, he took his fifth championship in the [[1957 Formula One seas ...e wins than Hawthorn, lost the title by one point. This season saw a woman driving in Formula One for the first time with [[Maria Teresa de Filippis]] racing
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• Australian Grand Prix
  ...cessful bid by northern rival city Sydney to host the 2000 Olympics, was a driving force behind Melbourne’s motivation to wrest the Australian Grand Prix aw | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Techniques d'Avant Garde|TAG]]
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