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• Hydroplane racing
  ===Limited racing=== Limited hydroplane racing uses several size classes to ensure fair competition, sim
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• Whitney Willard Straight
  In his early 20s, as head of the Straight Corporation Limited, he operated airfields throughout Britain and ran flying clubs. In 1936 he ...[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|Mig 15]] planes had counterfeit versions of the Rolls-Royce Derwent and Nene engines. [[Russia]] had been provided with 40 of these eng
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• Classic car
  ...5 and 1948. Generally, a Classic was high-priced when new and was built in limited quantities. Other factors, including engine displacement, custom coachwork [[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]] -
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• Suicide door
  ...passengers to exit from the front and rear seats simultaneously due to the limited space between the front edge of the rear door and the rear edge of the fron ...oming Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe 4-seat convertible based on the [[Rolls-Royce 100EX|100EX]] show car has suicide front doors.
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• Hydropneumatic suspension
  ...as being adapted by other car manufacturers, notably [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]], [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Peugeot]]. It was also used on [[Berliet]] truck * 1965 [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] licenses Citroën technology for the suspension of the new [[Silver Shado
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• Automotive Museums
  ...all on permanent display, but rotated. Some are one-offs or examples from limited series; others are taken from bigger production runs or are styling models
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• Cam-in-block
  ...ause of their design, the size of valves and the [[compression ratio]] are limited, which in turn reduces available power and economy. Not all L-heads are ca For years the British motor car firms [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] and [[Rover]] used this arrangement. From 1927-1929, the American firm [[
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• Radial engine
  ...peed aircraft appeared, along with more powerful V-type engines like the [[Rolls-Royce Merlin]] and [[Daimler-Benz]] [[DB 601]]. This re-opened the debate anew, w ...ge aircraft designs in the post-[[World War II]] period. USSR also built a limited number of '''Zvezda''' 42-cylinder diesel boat engines featuring 7 banks of
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• Pushrod engine
  ...ause of their design, the size of valves and the [[compression ratio]] are limited, which in turn reduces available power and economy. For years the British motor car firms [[Rolls-Royce]] and [[Rover]] used this arrangement. From 1927-1929, the American firm [[
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• Luxury car
  ...des the entire lineup of [[Rolls-Royce car|Rolls Royce]], [[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]], [[Maserati]], and [[Maybach]]. Many "flagship sedans" from car c ...like [[Lexus]]. In the end of the spectrum, [[Bentley]], [[Maybach]] and [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars|Rolls Royce]] are above all the previous brands. Sports car manu
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• Pininfarina
  ...dor|Ambassador]]. In addition, the [[Nash-Healey]] sports car was built in limited numbers from 1952 to 1954 at Pininfarina's Turin facilities. The work with :1975 [[Rolls-Royce Camargue]]
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• Automatic transmission
  However, some simple machines with limited speed ranges and/or fixed engine speeds only use a [[torque converter]] to ...[[Kaiser Motors|Kaiser]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], and [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]]. From 1950 to 1954 [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] cars were also availa
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• Boneschi
  ...th custom coachwork. Boneschi proved interested and soon began producing a limited number Lancia Lambda bodywork by the Milanese designer. ...schi looked in the past, still it is worthwhile to mention the Talbot, the Rolls-Royce and [[Fiat]].
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• Spanish Grand Prix
  | [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]]
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• Cam in block
  ...ause of their design, the size of valves and the [[compression ratio]] are limited, which in turn reduces available power and economy. For years the British motor car firms [[Rolls-Royce]] and [[Rover]] used this arrangement. From 1927-1929, the American firm [[
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• Supercharger
  ...entley front 34 right.jpg|right|thumb|250px|1929 "Blower" [[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]] from the [[Ralph Lauren]] collection. The large "blower" (superch ...on vehicles being built by [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] and [[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]] in the 1920's. Since then superchargers (as well as turbochargers
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• V8
  ...a V8 engine. The [[Triumph V8]] was used in the [[Triumph Stag]] and in a limited number of [[Saab 99]]s. [[Rolls-Royce]]
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• List of James Bond vehicles
  ===[[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]]=== ...fficial car in the [[Ian Fleming]] novels was a grey 1933 [[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]] [[convertible]]. The car featured a 4.5 L engine with the [[
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• Fully-automatic transmission
  However, some simple machines with limited speed ranges and/or fixed engine speeds only use a [[torque converter]] to ...ac]], and was sold to various other automakers, including [[Bentley Motors Limited|Bentley]], [[Hudson Motor Car|Hudson]], [[Kaiser Motors|Kaiser]], [[Nash Mo
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• Diesel engine
  ...d cooled 100hp twin cylinder, four piston twin stroke diesel by Diesel Air Limited in the United Kingdom is sure to send waves through the light engine commun The company, 'Diesel Air Limited' is now producing the powerplant for use and has applied for CAA Design app
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