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• Pistonless rotary engine
  ...ar is the large surface area of the combustion chamber which reperesents a large heat transfer and quench area, combined with an unfavorably long rather thi ...d in racing, notably the 4-rotor Mazda 26B engine that powered the winning car in the 1991 [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race.
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• Isetta
  ...se of its egg shape and bubble-like windows, it became known as a [[bubble car]]—a name later given to other similar vehicles. Other countries had o ...gineers [[Ermenegildo Preti]] and [[Pierluigi Raggi]] had designed a small car that used the [[scooter]] engine and named it Isetta—an Italian dimin
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• Ferrari 250 LM
  ...they were almost entirely dissimilar. The first mid-engined Ferrari road car did not arrive until the [[1967]] [[Ferrari Dino|Dino]], and it was [[1971] ...ith a [[Ferrari 250#250 Testa Rossa|250 Testa Rossa]] [[V12]] engine. The car was produced in [[1963]] and won the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], [[24 Hours of
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• Laverda
  ...no Zen, a young technician/draughtsman. In 1948-9, in between running the family business they designed and built the first prototype motorcycle, a simple f ...just returned from the USA where it was clear that sales were dominated by large capacity British and American hardware. Above all this, was a desire to pr
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...founders, [[Cesare Isotta]] and [[Oreste Fraschini]]. This high-end luxury car marque was established as Fabbrica Automobili Isotta-Fraschini. Prior to es ...is a forgotten former silent film star from the 19teens and 1920s, and the car represents both the height her glamour and how its time has past.
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• Maserati
  ...emblem is a [[trident]]. Today, Maserati is owned directly by the Italian car giant [[Fiat]], after having been a part of [[Ferrari]] (a company in which ...Maserati brothers sold their shares in the company to the [[Adolfo Orsi]] family, who in [[1940]] relocated the company headquarters to their hometown of [[
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• Ferrari 250
  The '''[[Ferrari]] 250''' is a series of [[sports car]]s from the 1950s and early 1960s. It was the company's most successful ea ...lombo engine|Colombo]] ''Type 125'' [[V12]]. At 2963 cc, it is not a large engine even for the time, but its light weight and impressive output (up to
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• Rapid
  ...fter the end of World War I, they started an auto repair shop. In 1921 the car production was disbanded and taken over by [[SPA]]. ...cause one after another, are devoting themselves to the same job: to found car companies. Base, and then leave, or merge with others, or dissolve, or dete
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• Mike Hailwood
  ...[[Pangbourne College]], but left early and worked for a short time in the family business before his father sent him to work at Triumph motorcycles. He marr ...stopped his car on the circuit to pull [[Clay Regazzoni]] from his burning car after an accident, an act for which he was awarded the [[George Medal]]. He
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• Alfa Romeo GT
  ...power output and distinctive Alfa Romeo soundtrack, unique to the Alfa V6 family of engines. The 2.0L petrol has direct injection and is an improvement on t ...f the Diesel combined with the power and 6 speed gearbox make it a real GT car with a range of around 600 miles per tank at motorway speeds.
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• Niki Lauda
  ...s. His career seemed to be going nowhere in particular until he took out a large bank loan, secured by a life insurance policy, to buy his way into the fled ...mpionship and demonstrated immense commitment to testing and improving the car.
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• Max Mosley
  ...t association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users worldwide. The FIA is also the governing body for [[Formula One]] and ...European New Car Assessment Programme]] (Euro NCAP or Encap), a European [[car safety]] performance assessment programme. He has also promoted increased s
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• Airbag
  ...|250px|An [[automobile]] airbag, like this one in a crashed [[SEAT Ibiza]] car, deflates after 0.3 seconds.]] ...he airbag the following year. It was an invention to help protect his own family using expertise from his naval engineering days.
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• Fiat
  ...but Agnelli heir [[John Elkann]] became vice chairman at age 28 and other family members are on the board. At this point, [[CEO]] [[Giuseppe Morchio]] immed |[[Image:FiatYump1_SM.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[Fiat Uno]] rally car ]]
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• Indy Racing League
  ...Ironically, the series is now dominated by many of the same wealthy multi-car teams that once dominated CART. ...on road courses, especially when compared to [[GP2 Series|GP2]] and Champ Car chassis.
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• Alfa Romeo 159
  |Layout & Class:||[[FF layout|FF]] [[Mid-size car]] ...a Romeo 156''' (known internally as the type 932) is a [[compact executive car]] introduced by [[Italy|Italian]] automaker [[Alfa Romeo]] at the 1997 [[Fr
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• Alain Prost
  Prost discovered [[kart racing|karting]] at the age of 14 during a family holiday. He progressed through motor sport's junior ranks, winning the Fren ...' for his intellectual approach to competition. Skilled at setting up his car for race conditions, Prost would often conserve his brakes and tyres early
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• Forti
  ...teams to race in an era when many large [[List of automobile manufacturers|car manufacturers]] were increasing their involvement in the sport. ...{F1|1988}} season). A combination of an inexperienced team and an untested car was not a suitable platform for any success, and so Forti did not score any
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• On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  ...shing net. Meanwhile, the woman takes Bond's car, drives it back up to her car, jumps into the Cougar, and speeds away. Bond comments, "This never happene ...e hotel. Inquiring about the car's owner, the manager advises him that the car belongs to Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo ([[Diana Rigg]]). Later, Bond encount
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...to the "[[IndyCar]]" class of [[formula racing|formula]], or [[open wheel car|open-wheel]], race cars that have competed in it. It has been broadcast liv ...h the first race was won by an American driver at the wheel of an American car, European makers such as the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Fiat]] or [[France|French]
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