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• Spoiler (automotive)
  ...performance [[sports cars]], although they have become common on passenger vehicles, as well. Some spoilers are added to cars primarily for styling purposes a ...]] cars are often equipped with smaller spoilers, similar to those seen on modern [[sports cars]]. [[Sprint cars]] have very large asymmetric spoilers desig
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• Power steering
  ...wheel drive]], greater vehicle mass and wider [[tire]]s means that modern vehicles would be extremely difficult to manouevre at low speeds (e.g. when parking) Some more modern implementations of hydraulic systems also include an electronic pressure va
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• Barchetta
  ...]] top raised the driver and passenger remain exposed to the elements. In modern times, the word is often used to describe a two-seat convertible without fi ...aditional open sense, many manufacturers today offer "roadsters." Notable vehicles include the '''[[BMW Z4]], [[Honda S2000]], [[Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class|Merce
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• Compact car
  ...recognized in much of the world as a C-segment (between B- and D-segment) vehicles. Compact cars usually have [[wheelbase]]s between 2.54 [[meter]]s (100 [[in ...h a [[station wagon]], [[hardtop]], and [[sedan]] versions were added. The modern compact class greatly expanded between 1958 and 1960 when the [[Studebaker
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• Lancia Prisma
  {{Lancia modern timeline}} [[Category:Lancia vehicles|Prisma]]
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• Regenerative brakes
  ...storing it for future use or feeding it back into a power system for other vehicles to use. Using a dynamo as an regenerative brake was discovered co-incident with the modern [[electric motor]]. In 1873, [[Zénobe Gramme]] attached the wires from tw
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• Dietrich-Bugatti
  ...a new car, the '''Type 5''' or '''Hermes'''. It was a prototype of a more-modern model with a [[straight-4|four-cylinder]] engine and four-speed [[manual tr [[Category:Bugatti vehicles|Dietrich-Bugatti]]
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• Subframe
  ...with a full chassis, separate front and rear subframes are used in modern vehicles to reduce the overall weight and cost. In addition a subframe yields benefi
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• Fiat Multipla
  ...erior and interior design of the Multipla was displayed at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (MOMA) in New York during its "Different Roads - Automobiles for the ==The Modern Multipla (1998–present)==
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• Fiat Ulysse
  {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}}
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• Naturally-aspirated engine
  ...enerally cannot offer suitable power:weight ratios to be acceptable in the modern car market. ...tter [[fuel efficiency]]. In drag racing, naturally-aspirated vehicles are vehicles that do not run a blower, a turbo, nor use [[nitrous oxide]].
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• Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta
  Edward Walson commissioned the car in 2008, asking Ferrari to build a modern interpretation of the [[gold]] covered Carrozzeria Fantuzzi-designed Ferrar {{Ferrari vehicles}}
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• Polizia Penitenziaria
  ...ch needed reforming to ensure the Italian prison system was operating in a modern and democratic way. Professionalisation and demilitarisation were also moti Its vehicles are dark blue with a light blue stripe along the side and ''Polizia Peniten
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• MacPherson strut
  ...ile|car]] [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] system widely used in modern vehicles, named after [[Earl S. MacPherson]], an engineer who developed the design f ...se engine|transverse]] oriented engines such as most [[front wheel drive]] vehicles have. For those reasons, it has become almost ubiquitous with manufacture
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• Body-on-frame
  ...-frame remains the preferred construction method for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, especially those which are intended to carry and pull heavy loads, such as ...issue now that CAD is commonplace), but still an advantage for coachbuilt vehicles.
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• Fiat Panorama
  {{Modern European Fiat vehicles}} [[Category:Fiat vehicles|Oggi]]
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• Lamborghini Concept S
  ...asis. Shown at the [[2005]] [[Geneva Motor Show]]. It was intended to be a modern interpretation of the single-seat roadsters of the past. Utilizing a 'saute {{Lamborghini vehicles}}
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• Kingpin
  ..."dead" feel for the driver which is undesirable, especially on performance vehicles.
  3 KB (429 words) - 14:44, 12 November 2009
• Autobianchi Y10
  {{Lancia modern timeline}} [[Category:Lancia vehicles|Y10]]
  2 KB (328 words) - 10:13, 18 October 2009
• Brake lining
  ...consumable surfaces in [[brake|braking systems]], especially those used in vehicles. ...bbery portion which contacts the rims when the brakes are applied. In most modern vehicular applications the system is conceptually identical, except the rim
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