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  • ...t after the war, [[Volkswagen]] would be founded to produce the car in the new democratic West Germany, where it would be a success. ...ed economy cars to become more sophisticated. Early economy cars like the Beetle and [[Citroen 2CV]] were extremely simple. Advances such as [[monocoque]]
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  • Only a few months later he got a new job as [[Daimler]]'s Technical Director in [[Stuttgart]], a center of autom ...n Winter [[1936]]. Daimler-Benz was made to build another 30 prototypes. A new city, "Stadt des KdF-Wagens", was founded for the factory. The city is name
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  • ...n of a rear–engine, rear–drive [[Volkswagen Beetle|Volkswagen "Beetle"]] in combination with a motorcycle front end. Other trikes include ATVs th ...of injuries related to their use, a 10-year ban was placed on the sale of new three-wheeled Bikes in the United States in January 1988.
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  • ...ra models on the Porsche-designed Kdf-Wagen of 1938 (later known as the VW Beetle), a post-war lawsuit resulting in a DM3,000,000 settlement paid by Volkswag The system was applied to many new [[armoured fighting vehicle]] designs during the [[Second World War]]. It w
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  • :''"500" can also refer to the later [[Fiat Cinquecento]] or to the new [[Fiat Nuova 500]]'' ...y car]]s, the Fiat 500 was rear-engined on the pattern of the [[Volkswagen Beetle]]. Several car makers followed this now nearly vanished pattern at the time
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  • [[Image:1968 VW BEETLE VOLKSROD.jpg||thumb|250px|[[Volksrod]] based on a Volkswagen Type 1.]] ...artly because the supply of vintage tin had diminished, but mostly because new cars were equipped for greater speed and power from the factory with little
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  • ...was one of the first clients who contracted Frua for the styling of their new 2-litre, 6-cylinder sports car, the A6G. From 1950 to 1957, Frua built 19 S ...e [[prototype]]s for this company. After a [[Corvair]]-like styled pontoon-Beetle in [[1960]], Italsuisse showed a [[Maserati 3500]] GTI Coupé on the Italsu
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  • ...] was devoted to the simple conversion of the Custom "Maggiolino 1200" (VW Beetle) by providing it, among other things, with elongated fenders [[fiberglass]] ...rived, Adriano, decided to import a new box assembly thus giving life to a new Buggy "Made in Italy", to which he chose to give the name '''Puma Gatto Spi
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  • ...a design is the [[Ford Trimotor]], which is an "old style" plane built of new materials. The structure of the plane consists of a latticework of U-shaped ...ative [[Citroën Traction Avant|Traction Avant]]. The popular [[Volkswagen Beetle]] also used a semi-monocoque body (its frame required the body for support)
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  • ...ckground:#333333; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" |[[Image:Fiat-new-500-front.jpg|280px|]] [[image:Fiat-new-500-back.jpg|thumb|250px|Fiat 500 in Piazza San Carlo, [[Turin]].]]
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  • ...eate the [[Ford Ranger EV]]) or by an independent converter that purchases new vehicles without a motor or related equipment (these vehicles are called "[ ...pular light vehicles, most notably the rear motor, rear drive [[Volkswagen Beetle]], its [[VW Type 3 |Type 3]] evolution, and its successor, the front motor/
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  • ..."old Panda". The second model, launched in 2003, is sometimes referred to "new Panda" or "Nuova Panda" (in [[Italian language|Italian]]), and was the [[Eu ...re minor styling changes to the Super including the introduction of Fiat's new black plastic "corporate" grille with five diagonal silver bars. The earlie
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  • Renzo Rivolta wanted to concentrate on his new [[Iso Rivolta]] sports car, and was extremely interested in doing licensing ...dent suspension on the 600. This suspension would be used on almost every new model for the next four decades. Because of extra size and weight, the 600
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  • ...part of [[Fiat Powertrain Technologies]] were [[demerger|demerged]] into a new entity, [[Fiat Industrial]], at the beginning of 2011. Fiat Industrial has ...ch includes: Case Construction, Case IH, Flexi-Coil, Kobelco, New Holland, New Holland Construction, and Steyr); and Fiat-Hitachi Construction.
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  • * [[Volkswagen Beetle]] — (original Beetle) senstitivity to crosswinds, due to the lightness of the front of the [[rea * When the [[NHTSA|American government]] in the early [[1970s]] required new automobiles to withstand a five mile per hour impact without damage, this w
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  • ...inal vehicle manufacturer and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition - cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals are ** Best-selling single model - [[Volkswagen Beetle]] ''(21,529,464 of the same basic design sold worldwide between 1938 and 20
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