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• Motorcycle Museums
  ...good sampling of classic racing and touring motorcycles from the 1950s to the current models. Located near Boston. ...on looks back on a 75 year history of motorcycling at a new museum next to the association's headquarter in Columbus, Ohio.
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• Menarini
  ...since the total lack of capitals, but the skillness and the untiring work of [[Ettore Menarini]] imprinted in it a so great activity so as to ensure a c ...in 1925 as soon as it was possible to extend the plant and buy machinery, the Company started, with good results, and also built car bodies for cars and
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• Cabi-Cattaneo
  ...Cattaneo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|'''CABI-Cattaneo [[Gilco]] 6C2500, built on the Alfa Romeo 6C2500.''']] ...tino Cattaneo was awarded the gold medal for Aeronautical achievement with the following distinction:
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• B Engineering
  ...ing is the company behind the superexclusive [[Edonis]] supercar, based on the [[Bugatti EB110]]. Thanks to severe engine modifications it has higher perf ...from 610 hp [[DIN]] (448 kW) and 650 Nm (479 ft·lbf) of [[torque]] to 680 hp DIN (500 kW) at 8000 rpm and 735 N
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• Stirling Moss
  '''Sir Stirling Moss [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]''' (born [[September 17]], [[1929]] in [[London]]) is ...ula One]] racing scene and is regarded as the greatest driver never to win the Formula One Drivers' World Championship. He came second four times in a row
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• Roman Holiday
  ...own for its [[Vespa]] footage, much praised by classic scooter enthusiasts the world over. ...Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter. (Trumbo's name was finally restored to the film's credits when it was released on DVD in 2003.)
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• Fiat 127
  ...127 in Italy ended in 1983 following the introduction of its replacement, the [[Fiat Uno]]. ...the [[European Car of the Year]] award in 1972, and quickly became one of the best-selling cars in [[Europe]] for several years.
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• Siena
  ...e Piazzo Del Campo.]][[image:SienDuom.jpg|thumb|350px|View looking towards the Duomo]] ...n of 322 m (1056 ft). It is the provincial capital of [[province of Siena|Siena province]].
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• Architecture
  [[Image:Acparthenon5.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Parthenon]] on top of the [[Acropolis]], [[Athens]], [[Greece]]]] ...ader" and ''τεκτων'', "builder, carpenter") is the [[art]] and [[science]] of [[design|designing]] [[building]]s and [[structure]]s.
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• Fiat 130
  The '''Fiat 130''' is a large [[executive car]] manufactured by the [[Italy|Italian]] [[automaker]] Fiat, made as [[sedan (car)|saloon]] and [[ ...eel [[disc brakes]], and was the first Fiat to adopt an alternator instead of a direct-current generator.
  8 KB (1,123 words) - 15:35, 31 October 2009
• Cam in block
  ...OHC) design which places the camshafts within the cylinder head and drives the valves directly or through short rocker arms, called fingers. ...Rocket V8]]. It was the first high-compression cam-in-block design, and is the [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines.
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• Cam-in-block
  ...OHC) design which places the camshafts within the cylinder head and drives the valves directly or through short rocker arms. ...ocket V8]]. It was the first high-compression, cam-in-block design, and is the [[archetype]] for most modern pushrod engines. Currently only General Mot
  11 KB (1,817 words) - 11:16, 30 January 2011
• History
  ...ficantly contributed to the [[culture|cultural]] and social development of the entire [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] area, deeply influencing Europea ...a]] was eventually [[Italian unification|unified]] amidst much struggle in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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• Alfa Romeo TZ
  ...oy block with wet steel liners was installed at an angle under the hood of the TZ to improve airflow. ...Zagato sports-racing cars, and it was a natural evolution to adapt this to the Giulia TZ.
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• Lamborghini Gallardo
  ...t in just two years, making it the company's most-produced model to date. The second-place [[Lamborghini Diablo|Diablo]] took a decade to sell 2,903 exam ...di]] is renowned for its [[Quattro]] AWD system, Lamborghini uses a system of its own.
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• Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
  | class="lightbg" id="car_specsleft" | Country of origin ...DI AG, the Italian carmaker also benefits from the undisputed expertise of the German manufacturer when it comes to lightweight construction.
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• Pagani Huayra
  ...nd model produced by Pagani. It will cost £850,000 when it goes on sale in the spring. ...i Huayra is capable of withstanding 1.5g of lateral acceleration at speeds of 230 mph.
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• Laverda
  ...l equipment brand is famous for quality, simplicity, and efficiency; while the motorcycles in their day gained notoriety for being robust and innovative. ...founded almost on a whim by [[Pietro Laverda]] junior (son of the founder of
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...ferent layouts as and when they were the best solution at the time to meet the design parameters. ...ger at Fiat by 1937 and he had become director of the engineering division of Fiat by 1950.
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• Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  ...egion is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west of southern Europe. It encompasses two historical regions, each own with its d ...Austria]] to the North and [[Slovenia]] to the East; to the South it faces the [[Adriatic Sea]].
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