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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
  41 KB (6,582 words) - 09:58, 27 September 2009
• 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
  24 KB (3,356 words) - 10:13, 22 October 2009
• 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
  60 KB (8,909 words) - 11:41, 8 October 2009
• 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
  63 KB (8,603 words) - 09:35, 31 October 2010
• 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
  33 KB (5,330 words) - 23:01, 3 November 2009
• 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]
  27 KB (4,045 words) - 22:42, 4 November 2009
• Ducati
  ''Click here to see'' [[Ducati car|Ducati]] ''automotive'' ...sp;cc road bike available, the Mach 1. In the 1970s Ducati began producing large-displacement [[Ducati V-twin motorcycles|L-twin]] (i.e. a 90° V-twin) moto
  27 KB (3,658 words) - 14:35, 26 November 2013
• Capriolo
  ...nition type with automatic spark advance ( centrifuge mass ) post inside a large frontal case. This position will not favour the reliability of the bike tha ...raulic now. New is also the fuel tank design that, in conjunction with the large case carefully polished do the bike very fine and ligth aspect respect to m
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• Monaco Grand Prix
  ...es before being settled in Varzi's favour on the final lap when Nuvolari's car caught fire. The race became a round of the new [[European Championship (au ...erful [[Formula Two]] cars, the race was run to [[sports car racing|sports car]] rules instead and did not form part of the World Championship. Since [[19
  38 KB (5,197 words) - 21:23, 4 November 2009
• 2006 Formula One season
  ...6-02.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Fernando Alonso]] driving his [[Renault R26]] car during a testing session held in February 2006 at [[Circuit de Valencia]].] ...er 2005 the [[SLEC Holdings|Formula One group]] was owned by an Ecclestone family trust and [[Speed Investments]], a grouping of [[Bayerische Landesbank]]; [
  96 KB (12,552 words) - 00:50, 6 February 2011
• Le Mans 24 hours races
  ...disappointing, the car was unstable on the straight, however Ford sent one car to Germany for Phil Hill and Bruce McLaren to race in the [[1000km Nürburg ...on the market which was able to sustain the torque of the 7.0 L, the car featured a new 4 ratio Kar Kraft gearbox. Two Mark IIs were entered by Shel
  71 KB (11,867 words) - 09:53, 7 October 2009
• Barcelona
  * '''Olympic Port'''. It has a large number of restaurants, bars and other establishments which have made Barcel ...ull of local artists, street entertainers and pavement cafes. It is also a large tourist haunt; so expect to pay higher prices for food and drink. Head off
  56 KB (9,123 words) - 09:23, 7 October 2009
• Goldfinger
  ...oyce]] in 18 kt. gold (explained as white gold in the novel) and using the car to smuggle the gold. He also overhears Goldfinger talking to a Chinese agen ...(a memorable scene includes one early-leaving mobster's body left inside a car reduced to a metal cube by a giant automobile wrecking compactor). As for
  38 KB (6,152 words) - 22:41, 3 November 2009
• Vienna
  ...bow; tourists are treated as if they were a long-lost member of the royal family returning home. This luxurious treatment is one of the reasons that many pe ===By car===
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