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• Alfa Romeo Arna
  |Engine:||1.2 L [[Flat-4]]<br>1.4 L [[Flat-4]]<br>1.5 L [[Flat-4]] |Similar to:||[[Nissan Pulsar|Nissan Pulsar/Cherry]]
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• Multi-valve
  ...[cylinder head]] of four [[Poppet valve|valve]] engine.<br />( [[Nissan VQ engine]] )]] In [[automotive engineering]], an engine is referred to as '''multi-valve''' (or '''multivalve''') when each cylinde
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• 2 plus 2
  ...) is a phrase used to describe the [[car classification|configuration]] of a [[automobile|car]] with seating for ''two'' passengers in the front, ''plus ...rsche 911]] is a [[RR layout|rear engined, rear wheel drive]], so it lacks a large transmission tunnel, but loses space in the rear due to its wheel arc
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• Twin-turbo
  ...', also called bi-turbo by some, refers to a [[turbocharger|turbocharged]] engine, usually larger than 2500 cc, on which two turbochargers compress the intak ...nly) 6 cylinder inline engine also used this same configuration, as does [[Nissan]]'s 1990-1996 Z32 300ZX in its V6 VG30DETT.
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• Top dead center
  In a [[reciprocating engine]], the '''dead centre''' is the position of a piston in which it is farthest from, or nearest to, the [[crankshaft]]. The ...s]], so that dead centres can never exist on all cranks at the same time. A [[steam locomotive]] is an example of the latter, the connecting rods being
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• Sport compact
  ...[Dodge Neon SRT-4]]. The name for any sport compact in a hatchback form is a "hot hatch". ...ises when it comes to performance, such as front wheel drive, conservative engine design, and platform sharing. [[Electronic control unit]]s are also program
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• Rear wheel drive
  ...the engine in the front of the vehicle, but the [[mid engine]] and [[rear engine]] layouts are also used. ...vehicles place the transmission at the rear, though most attach it to the engine at the front.
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• I.DE.A Institute
  ...6 I.De.A. Vuscià (Fiat Brava).jpg|250px]] '''1996 I.De.A. Vuscià (built on a Fiat Brava)''' ! colspan=2 |'''I.DE.A Institute S.p.A.'''
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• Small family car
  [[Image:2000.ford.focus.arp.750pix.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A [[Ford Focus]], a small family car]] ...and smaller than a [[large family car]]. In [[North America]], which uses a different classification system, cars of this size are generally referred t
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• Steering
  ..., etc. which allow for a [[automobile|car]] or other [[vehicle]] to follow a course determined by its driver, except in the case of [[rail transport]] b ...to move at different speeds or even in opposite directions to bring about a change of course.
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• Fiat 124
  The '''Fiat 124''' is a [[midsize car|mid-sized]] [[sedan (car)|sedan]] produced by the [[Fiat]] co The 124 was introduced by being dropped by parachute from a plane and instantly won critical acclaim, including that year's [[European
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• Rendez-vous
  |Music ||Sound of a [[Ferrari]] ...hort [[film]] made in [[1976 in film|1976]] by [[Claude Lelouch]], showing a nine-minute drive through [[Paris]] at 5:30 AM.
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• Lancia Delta S4
  ...was homoligated with 500hp plus meaning a turbo had to be added to the S4 engine design to remain competitive. ...inner door skin, no door handle or window winder. The door was opened with a small loop and the windows were fixed perspex with small sliding panels to
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• Car tuning
  [[Image:Jzx100b.jpg|thumb|250px|A tuned [[Toyota_Mark_II#Generation_8_.281996-2000.29_X100_series|Toyota Mark ...for average driver expectations and average conditions, tuning has become a way to personalize the characteristics of the vehicle to the owner's prefer
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• Sports cars
  ...px|The [[1963|(1963)]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] [[Jaguar E-Type|E-Type]] is a classic sports car.]] ...[[automobile]] designed primarily for performance driving while not being a rally orientated car.
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• Electronic Stability Control
  ...ility Control''' (ESC) is the generic term for systems designed to improve a [[car handling|vehicle's handling]], particularly at the limits where the d ...-Benz could not afford to be perceived as marketing unsafe vehicles, every A-Class was retrofitted with ESC at great expense.
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• Compression ratio
  ...bustion chamber; from its largest capacity to its smallest capacity. It is a fundamental specification for many common combustion engines. ...d combustion chamber when the [[piston]] is at the bottom of its [[stroke (engine)|stroke]], and the volume of the combustion chamber when the piston is at t
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• Fiat Stilo
  The '''Fiat Stilo''' is a [[small family car]] available as a 3-door and a 5-door [[hatchback]], as well as an [[stationwagon|estate]] ('''Fiat Stilo ...in with a 5 speed manual gearbox and a 168 bhp (125 kW), 5 cylinder, 2.4 L engine combined with Fiat's [[Selespeed]] 5 speed semi-automatic gearbox, also use
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• Dallara
  ...b|300px|[[Bruno Senna]] drives a Dallara F304 [[Formula Three]] Car during a support race at the [[2006 Australian Grand Prix]]]] ...re it dominated the field and won the championship ever since. Dallara had a brief involvement in [[Formula 3000]] in the mid 1980s.
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• Formula 3000
  [[Image:F3000.jpg|thumb|300px|right|'''Formula 3000 is a type of Formula Racing''']] ...in engine rules. (It has been observed [[Bernie Ecclestone]] had purchased a job-lot of DFVs in 1984, with no obvious use for them at the time).
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