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• Rolling friction
  ...the deformation of the ground. It depends very much on the material of the wheel or tire and the sort of ground. For example, [[rubber]] will give a bigger ...car. Maximum braking force occurs when there is about 11% slip between the wheel's speed and the road - this is used to advantage in [[Anti-lock braking sys
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• Elizabeth Junek
  ...iving until an injury to his hand afforded her the opportunity to take the wheel. She immediately began winning and by 1926 was good enough to compete in ra ...rati]] and [[Tazio Nuvolari]]. Back at Nürburgring in July, she shared the driving with her husband and had just changed places with him when he went off cour
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• Tiptronic
  ...be commanded by pushbuttons or rocker switches installed on the [[steering wheel]] with an optional display in the instrument panel indicating the current g ...; these electronics modify the shift points to adapt to a given operator's driving style.
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• Jean-Pierre Wimille
  ...pe 50B]] 4.7 L racing [[Bugatti]] with '''J. P. Wimille''' behind the wheel]] ...ars at a young age. He was 22 years old when he made his Grand Prix debut, driving a [[Bugatti]] 37A at the [[1930]] [[French Grand Prix]] in [[Pau]].
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• Front wheel drive
  ...ly instead. [[Rear wheel drive]] was the traditional standard while [[four wheel drive]] is also sometimes used. See also [[FF layout]]. ...e automobile. [[Alvis Cars]] of the [[United Kingdom]] introduced a front wheel drive model in [[1928]], but it was not a success. The first successful mo
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• Slick tire
  ...ck]] racing, where steering and braking require maximum traction from each wheel, but are typically used on only the driven (powered) wheels in [[drag racin ...n some autosports to wear out multiple sets of tires during a single day's driving.
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• Variomatic
  ...ards as fast as forwards. As a result, in the former Dutch annual backward driving world championship, the DAFs had to be put in a separate competition becaus ...nics)|differential]]: if a drive wheel on slippery road revs up, the other wheel can still transfer the full torque. This results in unusually good traction
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• Three wheeler
  A '''three wheeler''' is a [[vehicle]] with three [[wheel]]s, either "human or people-powered vehicles" (HPV or PPV or [[velomobile]] ...back and two at the front, (for example: [[Morgan Motor Company]]) or one wheel at the front and two at the back (such as the [[Reliant Robin]]).
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• GT car
  ...'''GT'''), is a high-performance [[automobile]] designed for long-distance driving. Any such car could be considered a grand tourer, but the traditional and ...rts cars, such as their use mainly of [[rear-wheel drive|rear-]] or [[four-wheel drive]], and the term sports car may be used to describe a car with grand t
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• All wheel drive
  ...l (mechanics)|differential]] and uses [[traction control]] to recover from wheel spin.]] ...o describe a four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four [[wheel]]s to receive power from the [[engine]] simultaneously. While many people t
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• Autograss
  ...class are Mk2 Escorts and Skoda Estelles. Since the introduction of front wheel drive cars into this class the Vauxhall Nova has become one of the favourit ...wheel drive. This leads to very powerful cars with little weight over the driving wheels, and very sideways action.
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• Felice Nazzaro
  ...the new Fiat racing team. He won the [[Padua]] 200 km race in 1900 at the wheel of a red Fiat and the 1901 [[Giro d'Italia]] in a [[Fiat 6 HP]]. The popula ...ccess in motor sport. In 1913 he won the Targa Florio for the second time, driving a Nazzaro Tipo 2, putting no less than 3 hours between himself and the runn
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• Differential (mechanics)
  ...evice, usually consisting of [[gear]]s, for allowing each of the driving [[wheel]]s to rotate at different speeds, while supplying equal [[torque]] to each ...an the outer wheel, resulting in the inner wheel spinning and/or the outer wheel dragging. This results in difficult and unpredictable handling, damage to t
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• Sports car
  Most modern cars use front wheel drive ([[FF layout|FF]]) where the engine is in the front and drives the fr Previously [[FR layout|FR]], front engine driving rear wheels, was common. This form has survived longer in sports cars than
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• Anti-lock braking system
  ...Bosch GmbH|Bosch]]) is a system on [[motor vehicles]] which prevents the [[wheel]]s from locking while [[brake|braking]]. The purpose of this is twofold: to ...est version (8.2) not only handles the ABS function itself (ie, preventing wheel locking) but also traction control, [[BAS]] (Braking Assist System), anti-[
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• Electronic Stability Control
  ...s drive-wheel slip under acceleration and individually brakes the slipping wheel or wheels, and/or reduces excess engine power, until control is regained. E ...not live up to its promise and may, in fact, encourage even more dangerous driving behaviour.
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• Oversteer
  ...mechanical traction, aerodynamics and suspension, and driver control. The driving technique called [[opposite lock]] is meant to cope in this circumstance. [[Rear wheel drive]] cars are generally more prone to oversteer, in particular when appl
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• Semi-automatic transmission
  ...designed by [[Europe]]an [[automobile]] manufacturers to provide a better driving experience, especially in [[city|cities]] where congestion frequently cause ...ion. In [[Formula One]], the system is adapted to fit onto the [[steering wheel]] in the form of two [[paddle]]s; depressing the right paddle shifts into
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• Mopeds
  ...plete powered rear wheel which was simply substituted for the bicycle rear wheel, which originated from a design by two [[DKW]] engineers in Germany. Slight Mopeds can be driven with M-class driving licence, at the age of 15. People born before 1985 can drive a moped withou
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• Wheel
  ...so used for other circular objects that rotate or turn, such as a [[Ship's wheel]] and [[flywheel]]. ==History of the wheel and axle==
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