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• Giovanni Michelotti
  ==[[Standard Motor Company|Standard]] [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]]== ...he [[Standard Vanguard]] and going on to design models for [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] such as the [[Triumph Herald|Herald]], [[Triumph Spitfire|Spitfir
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• Michelotti
  ...He influenced numerous car designs, including a number of [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]]s, the [[Maserati]] Spyder, [[BMW]] 700, [[Alpine_(car)|Alpine]] A ==[[Standard Motor Company|Standard]] [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]]==
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• Brass Era car
  * [[Automobiles Darracq S.A.|American Darracq Automobile Company]] ([[New York, New York]]) * [[Apperson|Apperson Brothers Automobile Company]] ([[Kokomo, Indiana]])
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• De Tomaso Pantera
  The '''Pantera''' was a [[sports car]] produced by the [[de Tomaso]] car company of [[Italy]] from 1971 through 1996. The word "Pantera" is Italian for "Pan ...-assisted four-wheel [[disc brake]]s and [[rack and pinion]] steering were standard equipment. The 1971 Pantera could accelerate to 60 mph (97 km/h)
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• Weber
  '''Weber''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] company producing [[carburetor]]s, currently owned by [[Magneti Marelli]] Powertrai The company was established as
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• Triumph-Italia
  ...Kingdom, and built by Alfredo [[Vignale]] assembly was carried out by the company ''Carrozzeria [[Vignale]]'' in Turin, Italy. ...ining stock mechanical parts, but who wanted a better looking car than the standard Triumph - ''"Italian bodywork at its best, British tradition in sports car
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• Ducati Mach 1
  | Manufacturer || [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati Meccanica]] | Parent company ||
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• Johnny Herbert
  ..., and more recently in sports cars. He enjoyed much success in lower-level motor racing but never managed to achieve the same level of performance at the to During the mid-1980s, Johnny Herbert was widely regarded as a coming man of [[motor racing]], likened by some to the [[Scotland|Scot]] [[Jim Clark]]. Winning
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• Ferrari 550 Maranello
  ...the 2+2 [[Ferrari 456|456]] (Engine Code: F133) but was positioned as the company's highest-end model. ...h the 550 was a softer GT model, it did take the place of the F512M as the company's upmarket coupe, discounting the F50 [[supercar (car classification)|super
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• Ferrari Colombo engine
  |[[Image:Ferrari212 motor.JPG|250px|thumb|[[Ferrari 212]] 2.6 L engine]] ...company, it was Colombo's V12 which would be the primary motivator for the company's consumer products through the 1950s and 1960s.
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• Ducati 60
  |Class || [[Types of motorcycles#Standard|Standard]] ...small-capacity mopeds and motorcycles which, until the mid-1950s, was the company's main source of revenue, the first being the Ducati 60 of 1950. This was q
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• Brembo
  |Company type || [[Public company|Public]] ([[Borsa Italiana]]:[http://www.borsaitaliana.it/bitApp/scheda.bit Brembo is a company which is well-known for their aftermarket automotive brake components. In f
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• Borrani
  ...mechanism was licensed from the [[Coventry]]-based [[Rudge Whitworth Cycle Company]], which had developed the patents since 1908. ...to replace [[steel]] wheels. These [[bimetal]] cast-aluminum wheels were standard on [[Maserati 3500]].
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• Ducati Hypermotard
  |Manufacturer || [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] |Parent company ||
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• Giannini
  ...|Topolino]] from [[Fiat]], not limiting themselves to modifications on the motor but also to the order and the brakes. ...1947, production began on a three cylinder [[Diesel]] [[direct injection]] motor for a truck called the ''3A'' with 40 HP. They did not have a lot of succes
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• Aspes
  ...the ''Cross 69 Special'', which was the first moped bikes to be fitted as standard with a ''Ceriani'' tele-hydraulics front suspension. In the 1970's they bui ...978, they added the ''Sioux 50'', a single speed automatic with a friction motor, and the ''Mini Sioux'', with the same engine [[Minarelli]] V1 kick-start s
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• Autodelta
  ...]]'s competition department. Established in 1961 as '''Auto-Delta''', the company was started by [[Carlo Chiti]], a former Alfa Romeo and Ferrari engineer, a The purpose of the company was bringing Alfa Romeo back to the top level of motor racing after Alfa Romeo's success in the 1950s. The first car developed to
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• Classic car
  ...porters, such as the CCCA, who think that only a few thousand "Classic Era Motor Cars" even exist in good condition. They consider nothing newer than 1948 t ...on. As a result, Cuba is in the unique position that pre-1959 cars are the standard, rather than an exception, although that is slowly changing. These cars are
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• AC Cars
  ...car marques in Britain. Based in [[Weybridge, Surrey]] (see also [[British motor industry]]). ...This company became Autocarriers Ltd in [[1911]] using the 'AC' logo. The company moved to [[Thames Ditton]], Surrey in [[1911]] and grew into a substantial
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• Romanazzi
  ...ly]] had buckled in the minor effects of the economic crisis overseas, the company was able to effectively overcome the obstacles, investing additional resour ...tbreak of the Second World War, production was specialized in the field of motor vehicles for the new centers of Italian expansion abroad.
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• Rolling friction
  ...played a part in the infamous [[Ford Explorer]] [[Firestone vs Ford Motor Company controversy|rollover accidents]]. |0.005 ||   tram-rails standard dirty with straights and curves
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• Iveco Massif
  |Parent company || [[Fiat|Fiat Group]] The Massif is produced by Iveco (the commercial section of the Fiat motor company) and competes with the [[Land Rover Defender]] at the utility end of the 4x
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• Scooter
  Most modern motor scooters have smaller wheels than motorcyles, between 8 and 12 inches (20-2 ...ooled such as the [[Honda]] [[Honda FC50|FC50]] or the 2002 [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] YQ50s. Scooters increasingly have four stroke engines to meet stri
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• Testi
  ...was founded in 1936 as a manufacturer of racing bikes . After the war the company decided to produce [[motorcycles]] in 1949, with a two stroke Sachs engines ...be most important is the Champion built in various versions since 1969. At Standard Champion in 1971 is flanked Luxury version with the engine Minarelli P6SS t
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• V8
  ...ha V8]] used in the [[Ford Taurus]] ''SHO''. It was based on [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'s [[Ford Duratec engine#Duratec 25|Duratec V6]] and shares that engi ...he recent exceptions of the [[Dodge Viper]]'s [[V10]] and the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] large truck engine of the same arrangement, there are practically no
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• Maserati Quattroporte II
  ...) on a [[Citroën SM]] chassis, since [[Citroën]] had purchased the Italian company. It had an angular [[Bertone]] body, fashionable at the time, and was the o *There were 1821 standard 4portes manufactured between 1979 and [[1984]].
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• Straight-4
  ...ën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]] engine, and the [[1948]] [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] 2660 cc engine used in the [[Austin-Healey 100]] and [[Austin Atla ...of the biggest straight-4s of its time was [[De Dietrich]] 17,000&nbsp;cc motor. Its cubic capacity is over twice the size of the Cadillac's 500 in<sup>3</
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• Daytime running lamp
  ...) are [[automotive lighting|lighting devices]] on the front of roadgoing [[motor vehicle]]s, automatically switched on when the vehicle is moving forward, a [[Image:Varselljussats.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hella (company)|Hella]] DRL retrofit kit offered in Sweden in the 1970s. Package text read
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• Jackie Stewart
  ...n the wet. It was only natural that Jackie would soon become involved in [[motor racing]] like his older brother. ...[[Ken Tyrrell]] who was running the [[Formula Junior]] team for Cooper Car Company heard of this young Scotsman from a track manager and called up Jimmy Stewa
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• Fiat Bravo (2007)
  ...S. Germano. The car was designed by Fiat Style Centre. Austrian automotive company [[Magna Steyr]] engineered a large amount of the car's body and internal fi ...w feature first introduced with the [[Fiat Grande Punto]] and is fitted as standard on the Bravo Dynamic and Sport. Developed with [[Microsoft]] this system of
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• Ferrari F2008
  ...= [[Shell Oil Company|Shell]] V-Power ULG 64 Fuel<br>[[Shell Oil Company|Shell]] SL-1098 Lubricant| The '''Ferrari F2008''' is a [[Formula One]] [[motor racing]] car, which [[Scuderia Ferrari]] will use to compete in the [[2008
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• Lamborghini Diablo
  After three years of making minor adjustments to the standard Diablo, Lamborghini decided in 1993 that a second even more specialized ver ...arbonfibre molded seats, helping to make it 125 kilograms lighter than the standard car. Lamborghini choose to do without the VT's advanced electronic suspensi
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• Aurea
  ...t fairly heavy. Regular production of Aureas stopped around 1926, but the company produced a few more cars from existing parts and maintained parts supply un ...aly]]; later verions contain O.S. instruments as a variation of the Veglia standard type. Amp gauge is American Westinghouse and oil gauge is "Aurea" insignia
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• Fiat 130
  ...ension]] ([[torsion bar]]s in the front and [[coil spring]]s in the rear), standard power steering and four-wheel [[disc brakes]], and was the first Fiat to ad Using the "128 type A" motor as a basis, a new crossflow [[V6]] engine, with a 60° vee angle and rubber
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• Raimondi
  ...ir shop. In 1922 Romeo, with his partner '''[[Malagoli]]''', set up the MR company to build [[motorcycles]]. In 1925 '''[[MR]]''' produced three versions of m ...CV. 1935 saw the start of Seacraft Motors which were a main feature of the company until the mid-sixties. During this thirty-year period more than 20 models o
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• Ducati 999R Xerox
  |Parent company || Ducati Motor Holdings, SpA The 999R Xerox is a special with features that distinguish it from the standard 999R model: [[Öhlins]] forks with black sleeves, anodised black footpegs a
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• Ferrari 166
  ...p;mm long. 39 examples were produced from its introduction at the [[Turin Motor Show]] in [[1948]] to its retirement in [[1950]]. It was replaced by the 2 ...omer's choice. Many used [[Carrozzeria Touring]], who produced a somewhat-standard [[barchetta]] and [[coupe]], but [[Stabilimenti Farina]], [[Ghia]] and [[Vi
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• Ducati Singles
  When [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] began manufacturing motorcycles, they were single cylinder ...the military, making the factory a target for Allied bombing. The [[Ducati Motor Holding|Ducati]] factory at Borgo Panigale was hit badly more than once, bu
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• Bimota
  '''Bimota''' is an [[Italian]] [[motorcycle]] [[company]] located in the city of [[Rimini]]. The Bimota was born in [[1966]] as a company in the field of heating and air conditioning. Its name is the first two let
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• Sequential manual transmission
  ...cars of the 1990s made the most high-profile debut of this technology in [[motor sports]], and enhanced variations on this theme are still in use in many fo ...fforts. This technology has also trickled down to the cars of their sister company, [[Maserati]] where it is known as "Cambiocorsa". [[Alfa Romeo]]'s [[Selesp
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• Van (road vehicle)
  The "standard" or "full size" vans in the [[United States]] were originally manufactured '''[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
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• Lancia Fulvia
  ...t the [[Geneva Motor Show]] in 1963 by [[Lancia]]. It was produced by that company, and later by [[FIAT]], through 1976. Fulvias are notable for their role in ...gine producing 115 hp at 6000&nbsp;rpm. The body work was changed from the standard 1.3 Coupe to incorporate 'flared' wheel arches (replacing the extensions us
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• Ducati Quattrovalvole
  ...city, from 851, to 888, 916, and then 996&nbsp;cc, remains true to the 851 motor designed by Massimo Bordi. That 851 was the first successful adaptation of In 1995, the company introduced the [[Ducati 916]] model designed by Massimo Tamburini, with str
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...d as Fabbrica Automobili Isotta-Fraschini. Prior to establishing their own company in 1903, Isotta and Fraschini were assembling Renault autombiles beginning ...)engine. For a short time, in 1907 Isotta-Fraschini merged with the French company [[Lorraine-Dietich]]
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• Fiat 8V
  ...a 1996 cc of volume, at 5600 [[rpm]] the [[engine]] produced 105 [[hp]] in standard form giving a top speed of 190 km/h. The engine was connected to a four spe ...completely new and innovative car which was introduced at the 1952 Geneva Motor Show. Apart from the differential all parts were specially designed for thi
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• Formula One engines
  ...ation occur at TDC and is in the area of 95,000 m/s², about 10,000 times [[standard gravity]]. *[[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] inline-4 1.5&nbsp;L Compressor
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• Autobianchi Primula
  ...]], it also found its way to other, bigger models, starting with [[British Motor Corporation|BMC's]] own [[BMC ADO16|Austin/Morris 1100]]. ...gner, [[Dante Giacosa]], recognized the potential of that concept, but the company decided to experiment with it not risking the chances of the popular Fiat-b
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• Stirling Moss
  ...eer races between 1948 and 1962, including 16 [[Formula One]] [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]]. In an interview at the [[Goodwood Revival]], he once c ...raced for [[Maserati]], [[Vanwall]], [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] and [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] as well as the mighty [[Mercedes-Benz]]. He prefered to race Brit
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• Maserati Coupe
  |Parent company || [[Fiat Group]] ...fter 2003 most buyers chose the optional 7-spoke sport wheels which became standard by 2005. Maserati offered sixteen exterior colors, ten shades of leather in
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• Electric vehicle conversion
  ...vehicle that has been built by two separate manufacturers. The result is a standard, complete vehicle. ...alership|automaker dealerships]] only paying the cost of the batteries and motor, with no installation costs (it is called preconversion or previous convers
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