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• Reva
  ...5.41 litre [[Oldsmobile]] V8. Then the rules for amateur built vehicles in Sweden changed and they had to end production. ...duct planning at Volvo of America. He also worked on Volvo trucks and some of Volvo's [[concept car]]s like the [[Volvo VESC]].<ref>{{cite book
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• Vabis
  ...nicipality of Södertälje to produce railway cars. The first [[automobile]] of Vabis was designed in 1897, and the first truck appeared in 1902. Many examples of Vabis, Scania and Scania-Vabis commercial and military vehicles can be seen
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• Pelle Petterson
  ...lvo]]'s successful sports car [[Volvo P1800|P1800]] while he was a student of [[Pietro Frua]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Lasse |last=Swärd |title=Volvo ger ...for Starboat racing in 1964 and 1972.<ref>{{cite | title=Pelle Petterson - Sweden's sailing hero|url=http://www.americascup.org/en/acmag/votre_interview/inde
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• Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
  ...Scandinavian countries with the majority of the races being in Sweden. The cars are [[Porsche 911 GT3#Racing|Porsche 911 GT3]] Cup (Type 997) with 3.6 lite Inspired by the success of the Carrera Cup in France and Germany, the first race in the Scandinavian e
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• Aixam
  ...'''Mega''' brand, but by 2002 this brand was just being applied to a range of microvans. ...car comparable with the [[Smart|Smart]]. A notable difference is that some of the smaller models can be driven without a [[driver's licence]] since they
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• Volvo P1900
  ...]] built in very small numbers in 1956 and 1957 by [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] of Sweden. ...to tool a glassfiber-reinforced polyester body which was later produced in Sweden. The car was built on a tubular steel [[chassis]] and used Volvo's B14A and
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• Moose test
  ...in 1997 the newly invented [[Mercedes-Benz A-Class]] failed an examination of the Swedish motor magazine [[Teknikens Värld]]. ...and a collision cannot be avoided, it would be better to hit the rear part of the animal so the antlers do not smash through the [[windshield]].{{cn}} --
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• Antique vehicle registration
  ...ar|vintage]], or historic. Both the specific term used and the definition of a qualifying vehicle vary from country to country, as well as within a coun ...the Australian state of Queensland, and 35 years in Singapore and 30 years Sweden. The United Kingdom requires that the vehicle was built before 1 January 1
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• Minerva
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''Minerva''' was an important Belgian luxury auto ...' in Berchem (Antwerp). Volume car production started in 1904 with a range of two, three and four cylinder models with chain drive and metal clad wooden
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• Scania AB
  ...glish: lorries''), [[bus]]es, and [[diesel engine]]s, based in Södertälje, Sweden. ...ond World War, Scania-Vabis imported [[Volkswagen]] cars, under the banner of "Svenska Volkswagen AB".
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• FF layout
  ...rol|traction control]] can avoid wheelspin but largely negates the benefit of extra power. ...ion of the final drive, coastdown losses are reduced by approximately 2-3% of flywheel power and hence overall efficiency is slightly higher than with a
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• Hot Rod
  ...stream. Other sources indicate that the term was derived from replacement of [[connecting rod]]s in engines to allow higher RPMs to be reached without f ...n the sport. The [[Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum]] houses the roots of hot rodding.
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• Mini Marcos
  ...Dizzy Addicott and the design was similar to the [[Fiat-Abarth 1000]]. In Sweden it was sold by Elmhorn-Troberg Racing Service.[http://www.minimarcos.org.uk ...of the Marcos company, the Mini Marcos moulds were acquired by Rory McMath of Marcos Heritage Spares who has re-launched the car as the Mk. VI and Mk. VI
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• Top Gear (magazine)
  :''This article is about the magazine. For other uses of '''Top Gear''', see [[Top Gear (disambiguation)]]'' ...s, though only communicates his thoughts and feelings through the articles of others.
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• Dutch Grand Prix
  == Winners of the Dutch Grand Prix == |[[Lotus Cars|Lotus]]
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• Jensen
  ...nd commercial vehicles, based in West Bromwich (in the West Midlands, west of Birmingham). ...ed huge interest in their work including a deal with Ford to produce a run of [[Jensen-Ford]]s with Jensen bodywork on a Ford chassis. In 1934 they also
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• Henney Kilowatt
  ...att followed a period in which they had been out of favor<ref>"The History of Electric Vehicles: The Middle Years of Electric Cars (1930 - 1990)", About.com:Inventors, [http://inventors.about.com/library/we
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• Ginetta Cars
  {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}} '''Ginetta Cars''' was founded in 1958 by the four Walklett brothers (Bob, Ivor, Trevers an
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• Cyclecar
  '''Cyclecars''' were small, generally inexpensive cars manufactured mainly between 1910 and the late 1920s. ...inimal comfort and weather protection. They used various layouts and means of transmitting the engine power to the wheels, such as [[Belt (mechanical)|be
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• Formula Junior
  ...c [[Formula Three]], and although Italian marques dominated the first year of the formula, they were soon overtaken by British constructors. ...s were very much in the front-engined tradition of contemporary Grand Prix cars; the first international Formula Junior championship in 1959 was won by the
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