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• List of automobile manufacturers
  ...,000 jobs lost this decade. As a result, in 2009, China became the largest automobile market in the world. ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Continental AG
  products = Tires, automobile parts | ...re]]s, [[brake]] systems, [[vehicle stability control]] systems, and other automobile parts based in [[Hanover]], [[Germany]].
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• Greenhouse (automotive term)
  Some manufacturers incorporate trademark design features in the greenhouse that are present ac {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Two-wheel drive
  ...urers who have one in production include [[ROKON]] [http://www.rokon.com]. Manufacturers who are working or have worked on a prototype include [[ZID]] [http://www.z {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Marque
  ...d" and pronounced as "mark") is a [[brand]] name, most commonly used for [[automobile]] brands. For example, ''[[Chevrolet]]'' is the marque for the ''[[Chevrol There are huge [[economies of scale]] in the automobile industry. A larger company can develop and produce vehicles much more econ
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• Cyclecar
  From [[1898]] to [[1910]], [[automobile]] production quicky expanded. Light cars of that era were commonly known as There were sporting cyclecars such as [[Amilcar]], [[Major (automobile|Major]] or [[Salmson]] of [[France]].
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• Brass Era car
  ...hings as lights and [[radiator]]s. It extends from the first commercial [[automobile]]s marketed in the 1890s down to about [[World War I]]. These cars are als ...that there were well over 1,000 manufacturers in the [[List of automobile manufacturers#United States|U.S. alone]].
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• Variable displacement
  ...ngine displacement]] to change for improved fuel economy. Many automobile manufacturers have adopted this technology as of 2005, but it is not a new concept.
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• Quagliotti
  ...04 he built automobiles and motorcycles from components from various other manufacturers. He used 2 hp and 3 hp and 5 hp single-cylinder V-twin engines from ''[[Ast
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• Firing order
  ...rs]] the front of the engine also points to the front of the car, but some manufacturers (Saab, Citroën) in some models place the engine 'backwards', with #1 towar ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• V4 engine
  * The German [[Ford Taunus V4 engine]] (also used by [[Saab Automobile|Saab]]) ...hey are [[two stroke cycle]] and generally [[carburetor|carbureted]]. Some manufacturers are [[Johnson Outboards|Johnson]], [[Evinrude Outboard Motors|Evinrude]] an
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• All Japan Road Race Championship
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Teams || 5 manufacturers
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• F.I.T.
  ''Click here for [[FIT]] automobile'' [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Moto Italia
  ''Click here for [[Italia]] automobile'' [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Straight engine
  ==Automobile use== ...height and easier to fit into the engine bay of smaller modern cars. Some manufacturers, notably Acura, Audi, Toyota, VW and Volvo Cars, have also used [[straight-
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• Giovanni Battista Ceiranos
  ...acturers|automobile manufacturing]] sector and founder of various domestic automobile companies.
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• MacPherson strut
  The '''MacPherson strut''' is a type of [[automobile|car]] [[suspension (vehicle)|suspension]] system widely used in modern vehi ...] vehicles have. For those reasons, it has become almost ubiquitous with manufacturers.
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• Rossi Varese
  * There was a brand called [[Rossi]] (Automobile) and [[Rossi Parma]]. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Rear-engine design
  In [[automobile design]], a '''rear-engine design''' layout places both the [[engine]] and Most manufacturers have abandoned the rear engined layout apart from [[Porsche]] who has gradu
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• Piaggio Aero
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...''', an Italian company. The company is one of the world's oldest airplane manufacturers, and its planes have been well known from the early days of [[aviation hist
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• Twin-clutch gearbox
  ...ted with manual transmissions, are rumored to be in development by several manufacturers. ==Manufacturers==
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• Fimer
  ...''' (Fabbrica Italiana Motoveicolie e Rimorchi) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile]] manufactured based in [[Milan]] from 1948 until 1949. One of many [[mini [[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Beccaria motorcycle
  :''Click here for the'' [[Beccaria]] ''automobile'' [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy|Beccaria motorcycle]]
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• Rossi Parma
  * There was a brand called [[Rossi]] (Automobile) and [[Rossi Varese]]. [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Grecav
  '''Grecav''' is an Italian automobile and farm machinery manufacturer from [[Gonzaga (MN)|Gonzaga]], province of [[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Torque steering
  ...tribute the torque better between the driveshafts. Automobile transmission manufacturers like [[Quaife]], [[Torsen]], [[TrueTrac]], [[Gold Trac]] offer worm-gear-ba {{Automobile configurations}}
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• FIA
  The '''Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile''', commonly referred to as the '''FIA''', is a non-profit association esta ...s committee that later became the FISA (Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile). A restructuring of the FIA lead to the disappearance of the FISA, putting
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• Compact MPV
  Some manufacturers offer the third row seating as an option, and a few offer two distinct mode ...coming closer together regarding design and styling.{{fact}} Some European manufacturers are considering to release SUV versions of their compact MPVs, like the [[V
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• RR layout
  In [[Automobile]] design, an '''RR''', or '''Rear-engine, [[Rear wheel drive]]''', layout p ...or this reason, a RR layout car can also be prone to [[understeer]]. Most manufacturers have abandoned the RR layout apart from [[Porsche]] who has gradually devel
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• Giovanni Michelotti
  ==Other manufacturers== {{Italian automobile designers}}
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• Carrozzeria
  ...a or '''coachbuilder''' is a manufacturer of bodies for [[carriage]]s or [[automobile]]s. ...s for their chassis. For example, [[Fisher Body]] built all of [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]]'s closed bodies in the [[1910s]].
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• Fiat 132/Argenta
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |width="40%"|Manufacturers:||[[Fiat]] S.p.A.
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• Flat-12
  ...errari flat-12 design was successful and influential especially on Italian manufacturers, [[Alfa-Romeo]] was also successful in [[endurance]] with a flat-12 while t {{Automobile configurations}}
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• World Touring Car Championship
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...uring Car]] championship organized by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]].
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• ROMA
  ...e took over as the technical director and worked on the construction of an automobile and a heavy vehicle, both of which should have been driven by the same [[en [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• IENA
  The '''IENA''' (Industria Economica Nazionale Automobili ) was an Italian [[automobile]] manufacture based in di Tommasi et Rizzi in [[Lodi, Italy|Lodi]] from 192 [[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Mantovani
  ...d by [[Carlo Mantovani]] in 1903, was a workshop for the construction of [[automobile]]s, [[motorcycle]]s and [[bicycle]]s. In 1906 after the initial activities [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Derbi
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers]]
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• Tansini
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• V16
  V16 engines have been used in certain luxury and high-performance [[automobile]]s, mostly for their smoothness (low vibration) since it is possible to mak ...production '''Sixteen''' model until [[1931]]. By that time, [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]] had already introduced their [[Cadillac V-16|V-16]], designed b
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• Targa top
  ...pularise this body style, they took out a trademark for the Targa name and manufacturers sought for alternative names for their removable roof. ...nto the front [[windscreen]], Targas and T-top witnessed a slow decline as manufacturers discontinued them one by one, in favour of full convertibles.
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• Fial
  ...had a two cylinder 1135 cc engine, of which a copy is at the ''Museo dell'Automobile'' in [[Turin]]. In 1908, just two years after the founding of '''Fial''', t ...g|left|thumb|250px|'''1908 Legnano 6/8 HP''' in the Museo Carlo Biscaretti Automobile Museum in [[Turin]].]]
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• Pininfarina
  ...sign firm and [[coachbuilder]] in [[Turin]], [[Italy]], founded in 1930 by automobile designer and builder [[Battista Pininfarina|Battista "Pinin" Farina]] (Foll ...y automobile manufacturers, notably [[Ferrari]], [[Maserati]], [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], [[Peugeot]], [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]], [
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• Sports car
  A '''sports car''' is a type of [[automobile]] designed for sporting performance. While opinions differ as to the exact ...itain and Europe, a more flexible attitude towards small-volume specialist manufacturers has allowed companies like [[TVR]], [[Noble (car)|Noble]], [[Pagani]], etc.
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• Wire wheels
  [[Image:1957_mga.jpeg|right|thumb|300 px|A 1957 MGA Automobile with wire wheels]] Bicycle manufacturers build millions of wheels annually, using the common crossed spoking pattern
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• Michelotti
  ==Other manufacturers== {{Italian automobile designers}}
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• I.DE.A Institute
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" | Services || industrial engineering and design, automobile design and prototyping
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• Capri Motorcycle
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ! colspan=2 |'''Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile'''
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• FR layout
  ...ront of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. Some manufacturers, such as Porsche (944,924,928), retained this layout but moved the gearbox
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• Intramotor Gloria
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Sports car racing
  ...r racing and the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. Road cars sold by these manufacturers have in many cases been very similar to the cars that were raced, both in e ...nce races across [[Europe]] such as the [[Mille Miglia]], [[Tour de France automobile|Tour de France]] and [[Targa Florio]], which were often run on dusty roads,
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• Mid-engine design
  ...this is mid-ship, though that term is used mostly by British and Japanese manufacturers. ...esign is a way to provide additional empty crush space in the front of the automobile between the bumper and the windshield, which can then be used in a frontal
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• Ferenc Szisz
  ...d up in [[Paris, France]] where he found work at the new [[Renault|Renault Automobile]] company. ...October of that same year, along with other French and Italian automobile manufacturers, Renault sent a team to the [[United States]] to compete in the [[Vanderbil
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• Tiptronic
  Other manufacturers use Tiptronic-like systems under different names: * [[Saab Automobile |Saab ]] : '''[[Sentronic]]'''
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• List of Ferrari engines
  ...mobile manufacturers in attempting to build a [[straight-twin|straight-2]] automobile engine. The racing prototype never made it to production. [[Category:Automobile engines|Ferrari]]
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• Firestone
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Tire manufacturers]]
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• Halo vehicle
  ...s a car designed and marketed to showcase the talents and resources of the manufacturers and to promote sales of other vehicles within a [[marque]].
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• Iso Rivolta
  Starting in 1954. Isetta was licensed to automobile manufacturers in several countries and was built in ([[France]], [[Spain]], [[Great Brita
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• Small family car
  ...s segment. This proved popular and by the end of the decade, several other manufacturers launched hatchbacks like the [[Fiat Ritmo]], [[Citroën GS|Citroën GSA]], *[[List of recent automobile models by type#Small family cars / Compact cars|List of current small famil
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• V12
  ...[Sunbeam (car)|Sunbeam]]. Many [[Zeppelin]]s had V12 engines, from German manufacturers [[Maybach]] and [[Daimler]]. Various US companies produced the V12 [[libert ...le)|Cadillac]], [[Packard]], [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]], [[Franklin (automobile)|Franklin]], [[Rolls-Royce]], and [[Hispano-Suiza]]. Packard's [[1912]] "D
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• List of Superbike World champions
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Pushrod
  ...C engines a regulatory advantage in those countries, which resulted in few manufacturers wanting to design both OHV and OHC engines. ...rs some vestige of its original purpose as a proving ground for automobile manufacturers, in that it once gave an advantage in engine displacement to engines based
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• Moto Aquila
  *[[Aquila]] automobile [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• BBC
  After the war, Beretta was associated with the Beretta-Benelli-Castelbarco automobile. For some years the company also owned [[Mi-Val]], a motorcycle manufacture [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• City car
  ...]], and nowadays they are a proper [[car classification]]. Most mainstream manufacturers have one or even two city cars in their lineup, so the competition is fierc ...107]]'''/'''[[Toyota Aygo]]''' trio. Some of the other mainstream European manufacturers will release all-new models in 2007: the [[Renault Twingo]], [[Fiat Nuova 5
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• Semi-automatic transmission
  ...quick and smooth. The system was designed by [[Europe]]an [[automobile]] manufacturers to provide a better driving experience, especially in [[city|cities]] where {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Van (road vehicle)
  ...haped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large [[automobile]], but taller and usually higher off the ground. It can either be a special ...]]s to make box vans, ambulances, campers and other vehicles. Second stage manufacturers also modify the original manufacturer's body to create [[custom van]]s for
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• Car body style
  [[Automobile|Cars]] can come in a large variety of different '''body styles'''. Some ar ;'''[[Cabrio coach]]''' or '''Semi-convertible''' : Style of automobile roof. A car that has a retractable textile cover for what amounts to a larg
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• Gasket
  ...he "[[hot compression test]]" is probably the most accepted of these. Most manufacturers of gasket materials will provide or publish these results. {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Aprilia Futura
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...d made it "look like an [[F-117]]"; some said it was just too bulky. Other manufacturers began using similar angularity in their designs only a few years after the
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• V-twin
  ...ends to lean the motorcycle slightly to one side. However, many motorcycle manufacturers have corrected for torque reaction by rotating the transmission input shaft {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Piovaticci
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Aero-Caproni
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Sports cars
  A '''sports car''' is a type of [[automobile]] designed primarily for performance driving while not being a rally orient ...t (e.g. [[UAE]]), a more flexible attitude towards small-volume specialist manufacturers has allowed companies like [[TVR]], [[Noble (car)|Noble]], [[Pagani]], etc.
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• Amilcar Italiana
  '''Amilcar Italiana''' manufactured some French [[Amilcar]] [[automobile]] models in [[Italy]] from 1925 to 1928 under licence granted in 1925 to '' This French House was founded with the name of''Nouvelle Société pour l'Automobile Amilcar''. The name derives from the merger Amilcar and dall'anagramma, wit
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• Front-wheel drive
  Experiments with front wheel drive cars date to the early days of the automobile. [[Alvis Cars]] of the [[United Kingdom]] introduced a front wheel drive mo ...m [[Citroën]] in Europe, and the contemporary [[Cord 810|810]] from [[Cord Automobile]] in the United States. These vehicles featured a [[mid-engine]] front whee
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• Straight-6
  Many manufacturers build cars equipped with straight six engines. Manufacturers [[BMW]] and [[Volvo]] both produce multiple models with straight sixes. BM [[BMW]], on the other hand, is one of the few remaining manufacturers to persist with the I6 configuration, making [[petrol]] and [[turbocharger|
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• Vignale
  '''Vignale''' was an Italian [[automobile]] [[coachbuilder]] company. ''Carrozzeria Alfredo Vignale'' was establishe ...sually low volume variants of the main production cars of these automobile manufacturers.
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• AMA Superbike
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Teams || 5 manufacturers
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• FOD
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Source || [http://www.museoauto.it National Italian Automobile Museum]
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• Microcar
  [[Image:Smart.car.bristol.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Smart (automobile)|Smart]] car is an example of a microcar]] ...]] [[Europe]], particularly in [[Germany]], where former military aircraft manufacturers such as [[Messerschmitt]] and [[Heinkel]] were prominent microcar makers. T
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• Guizzo
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Luxury car
  |bgcolor=#333333| Luxury Car Manufacturers |bgcolor=#333333| Non-Luxury Car Manufacturers
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• Carnielli (Motorcycle)
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Empolini
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Straight-5
  ...ore expensive to manufacture than a comparable 4-cylinder engine, but some manufacturers feel these costs are outweighed by the 5-cylinder engine's greater smoothne ==Automobile use==
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• Maserati Motorcycles
  ...ident'' trademark. Production ended due increased competition from other manufacturers ([[Moto Morini|Morini]], [[MV Agusta]], [[Benelli]] and [[Laverda]]), as we ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Supersport racing
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Teams || 5 manufacturers
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• Anti-lock braking system
  ...Ford Zodiac]], but saw no further use; the system proved expensive and, in automobile use, somewhat unreliable. The first car (worldwide) to have ABS fitted as s ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Miller Balsamo
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Piaggio
  ...disastrous state of the roads did not assist in the re-development of the automobile markets. Enrico Piaggio, the son of Piaggio's founder Rinaldo Piaggio, deci * [[Ligier]] - 4wheel micro [[automobile]]s
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• Oscar
  ...s not half contemptible, but a [[motorcycle|motorcycle]] like this, with [[automobile plate|plate]], was not the favors of the public who chose to address the 12 [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Formula One tires
  ...nificant changes throughout the [[history of Formula One]], with different manufacturers and specifications used in the sport. ==Manufacturers==
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• Brake lining
  [[Image:Disk brake dsc03682.jpg|thumbnail|right|In this view of an automobile disc brake, the '''brake pad''' is the black material held by the red metal ...ings; as a result, brake dust should never be inhaled. Most major vehicle manufacturers have banned the use of asbestos in brake linings.
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• List of international auto racing colors
  ...German teams (like Porsche and BMW) returned to white paint. Others German manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz and Audi (Auto Union) used silver paint when they return ...soon from the cars of private teams, while the Rosso Corsa used by Italian manufacturers like Ferrari is in continuous use to the present day.
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• Alpino
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...945 by the [[Motobi]] Stradella ([[Pavia]]) comapny, a leading [[Italian]] manufacturers of [[engines]] and [[motorcycles]]. At the end of the Second World War the
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• Run flat tires
  ...ire rotation, slowing acceleration and increasing stopping distances. Some manufacturers by 2001 had mandated that run-flat tires provide low rolling-resistance for ...res generally cost more to replace than conventional radial tires, however manufacturers cite the various safety advantages of run flat tires as justification to co
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• Electronic Stability Control
  ...ized by the [[Society of Automotive Engineers]], although individual motor manufacturers use a range of different marketing names (see below). ...erzealous ESC systems spoil much of the fun of driving. Consequently, some manufacturers allow drivers to disable ESC systems, and/or use ESP systems that allow gre
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• Maserati Mistral
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...direct fuel injection system which was novelty at the time for Italian car manufacturers.
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• San Marino Grand Prix
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...w road linking existing public roads, which could be used by the local car manufacturers to test their prototypes. Construction began in March 1950. The first test
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• Storero
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Bathurst 24 Hour
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...hampionship which ran a variety of makes, most of them being from Japanese manufacturers. The entrants had to comply with the following rules: the cars must be GT P
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• Superbike World Championship
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Teams || 7 manufacturers ([[Ducati]], [[BMW Motorrad|BMW]], [[Aprilia]], [[Honda]], [[Kawasaki Heavy
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• Bellasi
  [[Guglielmo Bellasi]] was one of several car manufacturers to try to establish themselves in the [[Italian Formula 3]] circles in the ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Multi-valve
  .... They are common among the [[Japan]]ese and [[Europe]]an makers. The US manufacturers have lagged, though improvements to their pushrod designs have caused some {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Ducati 125 S
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Limited slip differential
  ...allow the difference in speed to increase beyond a preset amount. In an [[automobile]], such limited slip differentials are sometimes used in place of a standar ..., hence the more the output shafts get locked into the same rotation. Some manufacturers produce adjustable clutch limited slip differentials whereby you may set a
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• Straight-4
  ...-banger''', this [[straight engine]] configuration is the most common in [[automobile|car]]s with a [[engine displacement|displacement]] up to 2.3 [[litre|Litres == Automobile use==
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• Husqvarna
  ...sn’t take long before Husqvarna, just like the other pioneering motorcycle manufacturers, also develops racing motorcycles in the classes up to 1000 cc. ...t numerous European events, facing tough competition from other well-known manufacturers such as BMW, DKW, Excelsior, FN, Harley Davidson, Indian, Norton and Veloce
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• Florentia
  ...The Florentia company produced 10, 18 and 28 HP (the latter to 6-cylinder) automobile in that period. Interesting experiment engine without valves. However, the [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Suicide door
  ...e obviously negative connotations, the term is avoided in major automobile manufacturers' promotional literature, although it is familiar to many English-speakers a Models of automobile that featured suicide doors include:
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• Monocoque
  ...used in [[aircraft]], starting in the [[1930s]], and is the predominant [[automobile]] construction technology today. ...nium]] (specifically [[duralumin]]) started dropping considerably and many manufacturers started using it to replace the internal framing, and in some cases, the ex
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• Picchio
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• World Rally Car
  ...les built to the specification set by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] and used to compete in the outright class of the [[World Rally Champi However, unlike [[Group A]], manufacturers are no longer required to build "Homologation Specials" in order to meet ap
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• Economy car
  An '''economy car''' is an [[automobile]] that is designed for [[low cost]] operation. They are designed for drive ...n [[Japan]] during the same time period, leading to the start of their own automobile industry.
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• FIA GT Championship
  ...rganisations]] (SRO) at the behest of the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]] (FIA). The championship is mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout The FIA defines a [[Grand tourer|GT car]] as "an open or closed automobile which has no more than one door on each side and a minimum of two seats sit
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• Nembo
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...m and extreme, and temporarily became a leader in the Italian community of automobile stylists. In 1964 Meade made a series of three similar designs, echoing the
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• B Engineering
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" '''B Engineering''' is a small-volume [[automobile]] manufacturer located in [[Italy]]. It is made up of several former emplo
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• List of Italian companies
  ==Automobile Manufacturers== ''Main article'' [[Automobile industry in Italy]]
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• Ducati 125 Desmo Twin GP racer
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• 2007 World Touring Car Championship season
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ....shtml]. On [[27 February]] [[2007]], the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] announced that the 13th and 14th races of the series originally sched
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• 2003 World Superbike season
  ...hanges in [[MotoGP]] to allow [[4-stroke]] engines meant that the Japanese manufacturers had focused their resources there leaving the Superbike World Championship ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Ferves
  The '''Ferves''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile]] manufactured from [[1965]] until [[1970]]. Based on the [[Fiat]], it was [[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Andrea Moda Formula
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...and in August the team was warned by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]] that it faced exclusion from the World Championship if it did not imp
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• American Le Mans Series
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...] and ran its first season in 1999. Panoz created a partnership with the [[Automobile Club de L'Ouest]] (ACO), the organizers of the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], to
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• Ducati ST series
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...frame and electrical systems, and also the choice of suspension component manufacturers.
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• Fornasari
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Flat-6
  ...sically expensive design to manufacture, and somewhat too wide for compact automobile engine compartments, which makes it more suitable for luxury sports cars, c ...cy of adding four-wheel drive to the layout. In the past a number of other manufacturers have used them, notably [[Preston Tucker]] in the [[1948 Tucker Sedan]] and
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• 2008 World Touring Car Championship season
  ...ar Championship for Drivers and the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Manufacturers. ...[[Rob Huff|Robert Huff]] finishing third just a point behind Tarquini. The Manufacturers Championship was awarded to SEAT.
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• Siva
  The '''Siva''' ''(Italian Society Vendite Automoblie)'' was a small [[automobile]] manufacturer based on [[Lecce]] in [[1967]], which operated until the ear [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Graphite-reinforced plastic
  ...ctions where little or no load would be placed on the member. Conversely, manufacturers developed uni-directional carbon fiber weaves that apply strength in all di ...ls with expertise in working with it. Recently, several mainstream vehicle manufacturers such as [[General Motors]] and [[BMW]] have started to use carbon fiber tec
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• Station wagon
  ...; the "sportwagon" name has been popularised again in recent years by some manufacturers. ...began to be enclosed, especially in higher price categories from up market automobile companies. Windows in these early enclosed models were either retractable,
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• List of international Formula One colors
  ...German teams (like Porsche and BMW) returned to white paint. Others German manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz and Audi used silver paint when they returned to interna ...soon from the cars of private teams, while the Rosso Corsa used by Italian manufacturers like Ferrari is in continuous use to the present day.
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• Ducati 1098
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...bied the WSBK to update the rules to accommodate its new bike. Other bike manufacturers were not happy about racing a bike with a larger engine, especially when th
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• 2005 World Touring Car Championship season
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Pushrod engine
  ...e [[World War II]] [[Jeep]], for instance. L-heads are no longer used in [[automobile]] engines, although they are still used for some small-engine applications ...rs some vestige of its original purpose as a proving ground for automobile manufacturers, in that it once gave an advantage in engine displacement to engines based
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• Grand Prix motor racing
  '''Grand Prix motor racing''' has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a ...cars of the day. From the 32 entries representing 12 different automobile manufacturers, the [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born [[Ferenc Szisz]] (1873–1944) won the
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• Disc brake
  ...'''disc-style brakes''' began in England in the [[1890s]]; the first ever automobile disc brakes were patented by [[Frederick William Lanchester]] in his [[Birm Leading manufacturers in China include Laizhou Sanli, MAT (Midwest Air Technology), Winhere, Long
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• René Dreyfus
  ...d daring in inferior machinery. Although France had been the birthplace of automobile racing, it now was a distant third in the racing hierarchy, behind the all- In an effort to induce manufacturers to develop new cars which would be competitive with the Germans, in [[1937]
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• Engine tuning
  ...ead]]s". It has a long history, almost as long as the development of the [[automobile|car]] in general, originating with the development of early [[racing car]]s ...etermined solely by the engine management system software. This allows the manufacturers to sell cars in various markets with different tax and emissions regulation
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• Emerson Fittipaldi
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...earnings were enough to gain Fitipaldi's sponsor, Team Lotus, the 1973 F1 Manufacturers Championship.
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• Scioneri
  ...ooming they gradually began 'personalising' the cars produced by the major manufacturers, starting with two-tone paintwork and such like. In 1950 they produced thei ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Motorcycle Trials
  ...untries such as Spain, Japan, Britain and Italy - see [[List of motorcycle manufacturers]]. ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Intermeccanica
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" '''Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica''' is an [[Italian]] [[automobile]] manufacturer, founded by [[Frank Reisner]] in 1959, ([[Torino]]).
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• Life
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...had faded away and everybody needed a normally-aspirated motor. New engine manufacturers entered Formula 1 (such as [[Ilmor]], [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] and [[Yamaha M
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• Automatic transmission
  An '''automatic transmission''' is an [[automobile]] [[gearbox]] that can change [[gear ratio]]s automatically as the vehicle ...baru Justy]]), the technology has recently gained greater acceptance among manufacturers and customers.
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• Alfa Romeo in Formula One
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...F1 teams used Alfa Romeo [[straight-4]] engines in cars such as the [[LDS (automobile)|LDS]] Mk1 and Mk2 "Specials", [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]]s and [[De Toma
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• Michelin
  ...ved into tyres for [[bicycle]]s and later for [[car]]s. Michelin owned the automobile manufacturer [[Citroën]] between [[1934]] and [[1976]]. ...ship with the sport's governing body (the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]]) since around 2003 and this escalated to apparent disdain between the
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• Understeer
  ...bispo County Court Case CV078853, and others. The recommendation from most manufacturers when replacing only two tires is to fit the unworn ones to the rear, and th ...igh speed (greater than approximately 10mph (16 km/h) for a typical [[automobile]]) cornering conditions a wheeled vehicle with pneumatic [[tire]]s develops
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• British Superbike Championship
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Teams || 5 manufacturers
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• Briggs and Stratton
  ...e. This had replaced all means of starting on all B&S engines except for [[Automobile self starter|electric start]] systems. ...be used on B&S's larger engines, but was shelved in [[1997]] due to new [[Automobile emissions control|emission regulations]].
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• Four-stroke cycle
  ...e cycle most commonly used for automotive and industrial purposes today ([[Automobile|cars]] and [[truck]]s, [[generator]]s, etc). It was invented by German engi ...t speeds and loads. The end result is always a compromise, and automobile manufacturers will usually choose the most cost effective solution.
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• Slick tire
  ...similarly instituted classes which require DOT approved street tires, some manufacturers similarly began to market tires which superficially resembled their high pe {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Ducati Corse
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• 2007 World Superbike season
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Hydropneumatic suspension
  ...itroën]] and fitted to Citroën cars, as well as being adapted by other car manufacturers, notably [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]], [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Peuge ...enz]], [[British Leyland]] ([[Hydrolastic]], [[Hydragas]]), and [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] have sought to create simpler variants.
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• 2006 World Touring Car Championship season
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Polski Fiat 125p
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...er 100 Polish suppliers were also involved in the effort, as well as other manufacturers from the Eastern Bloc assembling Fiat-licensed models - [[Zastava|Crvena Za
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• Eddie Lawson
  ...e first rider to win back-to-back championships on machines from different manufacturers. ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...and [[Casino token|poker chips]]. The company grew with the advent of the automobile.
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• Inovo Design
  ...heeled business card. The firm offers full spectrum consulting services in automobile and product design, from the initial concept, to research, project developm ...inimum chrome and embellishments create a sober and extremely contemporary automobile.
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• Exhaust pipe
  *[[Automobile emissions control]] ...om/performance_car_parts/exhaust-systems.html Links to performance exhaust manufacturers]
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• Zust
  ...lity of the automobile as a dependable means of transportation, taking the automobile from an amusement of the rich to a reliable and viable means of long distan [[Category:Automobile manufacturers]]
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• Gilera
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Overhead cam
  ...hough the system that drives the cams may become more complex, most engine manufacturers easily accept the added complexity in trade for better engine performance a {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Allemano
  ...ozzeria Allemano''' (established [[1928]], discontinued [[1965]]) was an [[automobile]] [[coachbuilder]] in [[Turin]], [[Italy]], owned by [[Serafino Allemano]] ...etc..) Contributed to the city of Turin one of the world capital of design automobile.
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• Raymond Sommer
  ...ench Grand Prix]]. At the time the French [[Bugatti]] team and the German manufacturers [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Auto Union]], were the dominant force in GP racing, ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Automobile
  ...thumb|right|213px|Karl Benz's "Velo" model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race]] An '''automobile''' is a [[wheel]]ed [[passenger]] [[vehicle]] that carries its own [[car en
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• List of microcars by country of origin: U
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ! width="15%" | Automobile Name
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• ISO
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" Starting in 1954, Isetta was licensed to automobile manufacturers in several countries: France (by [[VELAM]]), Spain, Great Britain and Brazi
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• Fiat Ritmo
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...|| 3-door [[hatchback]]<br>5-door [[hatchback]]<br>2-door [[Cabriolet (automobile)|cabriolet]]
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• Electronic stability control
  In 1995, automobile manufacturers introduced electronic stability control systems. [[Mercedes-Benz]] supplied Indeed, all ESC manufacturers emphasize that the system is not a performance enhancement nor a replacemen
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• Motto
  ..., which were then shaped by endless beating with wooden mallets. Technical automobile drawings were rarely made for these cars and ''Motto'' created full-size sh [[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Hand brake
  ...[unconsciousness|unconscious]], for instance). Traditionally, American car manufacturers (who more often sold cars with [[bench seat]]s, thus requiring this configu However, the most common use for an automobile emergency brake is to keep the vehicle motionless when it is [[parking|park
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• Automobiles of Italy
  '''Italian automobile manufacturers include:'''
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• List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Overhead camshaft
  While modern domestic manufacturers have only recently begun a large-scale implementation of overhead cam techn {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Fondmetal
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Piedmont
  ...lso contains major industrial centres, notably Turin, home to the [[FIAT]] automobile works. *[http://www.federpiemonte.org/ Confindustria] (manufacturers association)
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• Itala
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ala car which won the Peking to Paris in 1907. Documentation Centre of the Automobile Museum, Turin [pdf] Daily Telegraph and the Corriere della Sera, in fact, p
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• V8
  ...engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 4 litres in displacement and in automobile use have gone up to 8.5 litres or so. ...es, including those from [[De Dion-Bouton]], [[Peerless]], and [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]], were flat-plane designs. In [[1915]], the cross-plane design
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• Powertrain
  ..., is built on the chassis to complete the [[vehicle]]. Commercial vehicle manufacturers may have “chassis only” and “cowl and chassis” versions that can be {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Alfa Romeo 169
  ...e used as a base for the next generation of [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Smart (automobile)|Smart]] small cars. In return, Fiat would gain access to Mercedes' rear wh ...porte's chassis. He said that Alfa was still looking at sharing with other manufacturers; however, the announcement of development being put back a year does sugges
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• Covini
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  A '''hydrogen vehicle''' is a [[vehicle]], such as an [[automobile]] or [[aircraft]], which uses [[hydrogen]] as its primary source of [[power ...rather than hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, will soon become standard in the automobile industry. To achieve lower emission goals, the power grid re-charging these
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• Four-stroke
  ...e cycle most commonly used for automotive and industrial purposes today ([[Automobile|cars]] and [[truck]]s, [[generator]]s, etc). It was invented by German engi ...t speeds and loads. The end result is always a compromise, and automobile manufacturers will usually choose the most cost effective solution.
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• Sport compact
  ...cts are one of the fastest growing segments of the performance car market. Manufacturers such as [[Honda]], [[Toyota]], [[Mazda]], and [[Nissan]] have begun produci Manufacturers of automobiles in the [[United States]] have now begun to respond to the ex
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• Brevetti
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Lancia Thema
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...f a fall in popularity. But Lancia continued to be one of the most popular manufacturers in the Italian market and the Thema's replacement, the [[Lancia Kappa]], he
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• Hatchback
  '''Hatchback''' is term describing an [[automobile]] design, consisting of a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, a ...pproximation, the credit for the ''first hatchback'' is claimed by several manufacturers.
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• Formula 5000
  ...d in the cars, although many cars ran with 3.5, 4.5 and 4.7 litre engines. Manufacturers included greats such as [[McLaren]], [[Anglo American Racers|Eagle]], [[Mar ...red Britain's non-championship F1 events were left behind, and the [[Royal Automobile Club|RAC]] quickly adopted the American F5000 regulations.
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• Iveco
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...e'''hicle '''Co'''rporation, an alliance among European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as [[Fiat]] (including [[Officine Meccaniche|OM]] and [[Lancia|Lancia
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• Driving
  ...lly a [[motor vehicle]] such as a [[truck]], [[bus]], [[motorcycle]], or [[automobile|car]]. For [[bicycle]]s and mounted [[animal]]s and &mdash; at least in th ...e high degree of responsibility which is imposed upon both the drivers and manufacturers of vehicles to make them as safe in use as they can possibly be.
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• Lancia
  '''Lancia Automobiles S.p.A.''' {{IPA|[ˡlantʃa]}} is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile manufacturer]] founded in 1906 by [[Vincenzo Lancia]] and which became part ...o Fogolin, both being Fiat racing drivers, as Lancia & C. The first Lancia automobile the "[[Lancia Alfa-12HP|tipo 51]]" or 12 HP (later called Alfa) was made in
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• History of the automobile
  {{Automobile history eras}} ...[[Bearing (mechanical)|bearing]], which are also the features of a modern automobile. His design had three wheels. Unfortunately, as with many of his inventions
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• Turbo
  For automobile use, typical boost pressure is in the general area of 80&nbsp;kPa (11.6&nbs ...hter materials, reducing so-called ''turbo lag'' or ''boost lag''. Some [[automobile|car]] makers use water cooled turbochargers for added bearing life.
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• World Rally Championship
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...is a [[rallying]] series organised by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]], culminating with a champion driver, co-driver and manufacturer. The
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• AAC 815
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• Continuously variable transmission
  ...fore CVTs have typically been limited to low [[Power (physics)|power]]ed [[automobile|car]]s and other light duty applications. ...iency|efficiency]]. This improves both [[fuel economy]] and [[exhaust]] [[Automobile emissions control|emission]]s, but some drivers are bothered by the resulti
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• Catalytic converter
  ...re unburned [[hydrocarbon]]s are more completely [[combustion|combusted]]. Automobile converters use [[platinum]] or [[palladium]] and [[rhodium]] as [[catalyst] ...these are three-way types designed to reduce combined NO_x+HC [[automobile emissions control|emission]]s from 12 [[gram]]/[[horsepower#Brake horsepowe
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• Maserati MC12
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...competed in one race; [[Dubai]]. In 2005 the Maserati Team won the FIA GT Manufacturers Cup with 239 points, almost double the next team ([[Ferrari]] with 125 poin
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• Front wheel drive
  ...m [[Citroën]] in Europe, and the contemporary [[Cord 810|810]] from [[Cord Automobile]] in the United States. Many American auto manufacturers are shifting expensive models away from front wheel drive. The [[Chrysler 3
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• Nino Vaccarella
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...of 11 endurance events held in Europe and North America for the 1970 world manufacturers championship. Vaccarella and [[Toine Hezemans]] won the 1971 Targa Florio i
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• Jonghi
  ...had even reached 400 units produced daily. From year to year the sale of [[automobile]]s had increased exponentially in comparison to motorcycles and the popular It was a swift and devastating crisis that manufacturers expected in French and their European competitors did not understand. In ju
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Fully-automatic transmission
  An '''automatic transmission''' is an [[automobile]] [[gearbox]] that can change [[gear ratio]]s automatically as the car or t Recently manufacturers have begun to make '''[[continuously variable transmission]]s''' available.
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• Formula One engines
  ...ve springs]] introduced by Renault. Since the 1990s all Formula One engine manufacturers now use pneumatic valve springs with the pressurised air allowing engines t Formula One engines have come through a variety of regulations, manufacturers and configurations through the years.
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• Wankel engine
  Although many manufacturers licensed the design, and [[Mercedes-Benz]] used it for their [[Mercedes-Ben ...which tax automobiles according to displacement and regulatory bodies in [[automobile racing]] variously consider the Wankel engine to be equivalent to a four-st
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• Rally
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" '''Rallying''' (international) or '''rally racing''' (US) is a form of [[automobile racing]] that takes place on public roads with modified production or speci
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• Piston ring
  ...following sentence is confusing and incoherent--> Newer modern motorcycle manufacturers have many single function but serrated ports to retain the ring. Typically, {{Automobile configurations}}
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• Battaglin
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Bike manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Four-wheel drive
  ...ange Rover in the 1970s, which unlike most subsequent offerings from other manufacturers, was capable of serious off-road use. ...er automobile. The Super Wagoneer (1966 to 1969) was powered by [[Rambler (automobile)|Rambler]] or [[Buick]] [[V8 engine|V8s]]. Its high level of equipment made
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• Vanderbilt Cup
  ...]] event had been run on [[June 26]], [[1906]] under the auspices of the [[Automobile Club de France]] in [[Sarthe]]. One of the competitors was American Elliot
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• Ducati Monster
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...torcycles] Ducati compares their motorcycle offerings to those of Japanese manufacturers like Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki.
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• Horsepower
  ...sepower persists as a legacy term in many languages, particularly in the [[automobile|automotive]] industry for listing the maximum power of [[internal-combustio ...e after the American [[Society of Automotive Engineers]] (SAE) recommended manufacturers use "hp (SAE)" to indicate the power of the engine, given that particular c
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• Bugatti
  '''Bugatti''' is one of the most celebrated [[marque]]s of [[automobile]] and the one of the most exclusive [[Italy|Italian]]/French/German car pro Although founder [[Ettore Bugatti]] was born in Italy, the automobile company that bears his name was located in [[Molsheim]], in the then-German
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• Rallying
  '''Rallying''' (international) or '''rally racing''' (US) is a form of [[automobile racing]] that takes place on public roads with modified production or speci ...st foothold in car-crazy Europe. Not blind to the growing popularity, auto manufacturers began to support “works” or “factory” cars and sometimes entire tea
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• Junior
  ...tablished and directed by a member of the family [[Ceirano]] note that the automobile industry has made it almost an apostolate. The main purpose of this new fac ...tomotive sector and its related companies, estimated at 111, including car manufacturers themselves, body shops, garages, factories [[tires]], [[ball bearings]], [[
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• Targa Florio
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Targa Florio''' was an open road [[endurance]] automobile race held in the mountains of [[Sicily]] near [[Palermo, Sicily|Palermo]].
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• OSI
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" [[Category:Car manufacturers of Italy]]
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• Moto Guzzi Grand Prix 500 cc V8
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...In the end, '''The Otto''' remained undeveloped, as Moto Guzzi and other manufacturers withdrew from racing entirely in the 1957 season. Speculation suggests tha
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  The first automobile which this marque produced featured a four cylinder that had an output of 1 The Isotta-Fraschini is the automobile driven by the character Norma Desmond in the Oscar winning movie "Sunset Bo
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• Tractor
  ...an implement by shaft or belt. The foot throttle gives the operator more automobile-like control over the speed of the tractor for road work. This is a featur ==Current manufacturers==
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• Engine Control Unit
  ...la One]], but it was not long before these found their way into everyday [[automobile|cars]]. Haltech Engine Management Systems based out of Sydney Australia are Manufacturers of Aftermarket ECUs
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• Torsion beam suspension
  ...and SUV's from [[Ford]], [[General Motors Corporation|GM]] and [[Dodge]]. Manufacturers change the torsion bar or key to adjust the ride height, usually to compens {{Automobile configurations}}
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• James Toseland
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Cockpit
  ...ckpit also came to be used informally to refer to the driver's seat of a [[automobile|car]], especially a high performance one, and this is official terminology ...has undergone standardisation, both within and between aircraft different manufacturers and even different nations. One of the most important developments was the
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...fresh charge from intake to exhaust which increases fuel consumption and [[Automobile emissions control|emission]]s of unburned [[hydrocarbon]]s. ...n [[automobile]]s (although there was some use, such as in historic [[Saab Automobile|Saab]]s and [[DKW]]s and until recently in several automobiles produced in
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• Luigi Colani
  ;1990: Exhibition in ''Centre International de l'Automobile'' car museum in [[Paris]]; Presentation of the new [[Swissair]] uniforms de ...of a bank terminal design project with one of the world's leading computer manufacturers. Design for a new microscope and photo camera at the Colani Shanghai office
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• Two stroke
  ...n [[automobile]]s (although there was some use, such as in historic [[Saab Automobile|Saab]]s and [[DKW]]s and until recently in several automobiles produced in ...all systems simple four-stroke engines are most cost-effective. Many large manufacturers, including [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[Honda]] are still actively res
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• Tre Spade
  The '''Marca-Tre-Spade''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[automobile]] manufactured from 1908 until 1911. The four-cylinder [[ioe]] 24&nbsp;hp ...coffee and household utensils and kitchen, venture nell'insidioso field of automobile production, which use the brand experience "Three Spade." The year is 1905,
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• Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...monly known as the '''Grand Prix of Endurance''', it is organised by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO) and runs on a [[Circuit de la Sarthe|circuit]] cont
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• Turbocharger
  For automobile use, typical boost pressure is in the general area of 80&nbsp;kPa (11.6&nbs ...hter materials, reducing so-called ''turbo lag'' or ''boost lag''. Some [[automobile|car]] makers use water cooled turbochargers for added bearing life.
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• Michael Jekot
  ...is native Poland before the War. He was employed by most of the major auto manufacturers during his working life and in his spare time enjoyed making toys in his ba ...f photorealism as he developed his own focus on man's interaction with the automobile. He completed his formal education at the San Francisco Art Institute in 19
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• Suzuka Circuit
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...ders and with the exception of 2005, due to the importance of the big name manufacturers involvement, the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] ensure
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• Touring car racing
  ...e more purebred racing machines than most [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]]-GT vehicles. ...chines, covered with largely [[carbon fibre]] bodyshapes resemblant of the manufacturers' road machine (although the roof and roof pillars do originate from the pro
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• Automobile safety
  ...nstruction, and equipment to minimise the occurrence and consequences of [[automobile accident]]s. ([[Road traffic safety]] more broadly includes roadway design Improvements in roadway and automobile design have steadily reduced injury and death rates in all [[first world]]
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• 12 Hours of Sebring
  ...A.J. Foyt]], [[Jacky Ickx]], [[Stirling Moss]] and [[Lake Underwood]], and manufacturers such as [[Ferrari]], [[Porsche]], [[BMW]], [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]], [[Brig ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• Grand Prix motorcycles
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" |Manufacturers || [[Aprilia]],[[Derbi]],[[Ducati]],FGR,Friba,<br />[[Gilera]],[[Honda]],[[
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• Auto racing
  ...'''autosport''' or '''motorsport''') is a [[sport]] involving [[racing]] [[automobile]]s. '''Motor racing''' or '''motorsport''' may also mean [[motorcycle raci With auto construction and racing dominated by [[France]], the French automobile club ACF staged a number of major international races, usually from or to
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• Autocrossing
  ...United States, and many areas have independent autocross clubs. Automobile manufacturers and their associated clubs (e.g. the [[BMW Car Club of America]]) sometimes
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• Autocross
  ...United States, and many areas have independent autocross clubs. Automobile manufacturers and their associated clubs (e.g. the [[BMW Car Club of America]]) sometimes
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• Electric vehicle
  ...]] has introduced a high-performace roadster using Li-On cells from laptop manufacturers to keep costs down. It boasts 0-60mph in 3-4 seconds with a range of 250 mi ...ly by [[Sony Pictures Classics]] in 2006. The film explores the roles of [[automobile maker]]s, [[oil industry]], the [[US government]], [[batteries]], [[Hydroge
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• Cam in block
  ...e [[World War II]] [[Jeep]], for instance. L-heads are no longer used in [[automobile]] engines, although they are still used for some small-engine applications ...rs some vestige of its original purpose as a proving ground for automobile manufacturers, in that it once gave an advantage in engine displacement to engines based
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• Lancia Beta
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile"
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• 24 Hours of Daytona
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...rst weekend of February, part of [[Speedweeks]], and it is the first major automobile race of the year in the United States.
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