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• Marcel Renault
  '''Marcel Renault''' (1871 or 1872 -1903) was a French racing car driver and industrialist, co-founder of the car maker [[Renault] [[Category:French automotive engineers]]
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• Louis Renault
  ...nault''' (February 12, 1877, Paris, France – October 24, 1944) was a French industrialist, one of the founders of [[Renault]] and one of the foremost p ...f name= "helium.com">{{cite web | last =Boniface | first =Patrick | title =Automotive history: Louis Renault | work =Biography | publisher =Helium | url =http://
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• Tweel
  ...'' and ''wheel'') is an experimental [[tire|tyre]] design developed by the French tyre company [[Michelin]]. The tyre uses no air, and therefore cannot burs ...The rectangular spokes can be designed to have a range of stiffnesses, so engineers can control how the Tweel handles loads. The inner hub contains a matrix o
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• Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
  '''Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot''' (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor]]. He is believed to have built the first self-propelled mechanica ...h working models of [[steam engine|steam-engine]]-powered vehicles for the French Army, intended for transporting cannon, starting in 1765.
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• Henney Kilowatt
  ...ll Cars", Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK) & Society of Automotive Engineers (USA), 2001</ref>. Although electric cars outsold gasoline cars in 1900, < ...Batteries &mdash;and naturally had a vested interest in shifting American automotive focus from fossil fuels to lead-cell batteries. Morrison McMullan, Jr., con
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• Walter Owen Bentley
  ...r, H.M. (Henry) Bentley, in a company called "Bentley and Bentley" selling French [[DFP]] cars. Unsatisfied with their performance, W.O. designed new alumin [[Category:British automotive engineers|Bentley, Walter Owen]]
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• Étienne Lenoir
  ...and noisy after prolonged use",<ref name="Georgano, p.9"/> however. Other engineers, especially [[Nikolaus Otto]], began making improvements in internal combus Granted French citizenship 1870 for assistance during the Franco-Prussian War,<ref name="W
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• Horsepower
  ...sists as a legacy term in many languages, particularly in the [[automobile|automotive]] industry for listing the maximum power of [[internal-combustion engine]]s ...r]]" or "[[HP|hp]]" in the press releases or media coverage of the German, French, Italian, and Japanese automobile companies. Companies of the United Kingd
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• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
  ...gen Beetle|Beetle]] was designed by Ferdinand Porsche senior and a team of engineers (that included Ferry Porsche). ...airplanes and motorboats. Father and son were also accompanied by renowned engineers who were already known to Porsche.
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• Audi R10 LMP
  ...06 [[12 Hours of Sebring]] was overweight at 935&nbsp;kg, meaning that the engineers did not have the ability to play around with the weight ballasts (which wou ....com/articles/050601.html Racing Toward Relevance], Christopher A. Sawyer, Automotive Design & Production, May 2006</ref> The wheelbase has been increased over t
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• Dan Gurney
  First race = [[1959 French Grand Prix]] | First win = [[1962 French Grand Prix]] |
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• Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3
  ...in a third-person point of view'''''. If using criticisms from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''. ...des-Benz, but then a small local tuning company founded by former Mercedes engineers, produced special versions of the 6.3 to compete in racing events, usually
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• Car body style
  In [[automotive engineering]], the '''bodywork''' of an [[automobile]] is the structure whi There are three main types of automotive bodywork:
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• AMC
  ...orse, both companies had determined to go it alone in the ever competitive automotive market. ...[[Renault]]. Under the terms of the American Motors-Renault alliance, the French company purchased a 5% interest in American Motors and provided $135 millio
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• Sleeve valve
  ...t]] car and light truck, the British [[Daimler Motor Company|Daimler]] and French [[Avions Voisin]] luxury cars, also used the same Willys-Knight double-slee *Longevity, as demonstrated in early automotive applications of the Knight engine. Prior to the advent of leaded gasolines,
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• Lincoln MKS
  If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''. ...ht camel, or cashmere colours, all three featuring perforated sections and French seams for a luxurious and comfortable feel. Upgrade to the Ultimate package
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• Land Rover Range Rover Classic
  ...ject. This was shelved in 1958, and the idea laid dormant until 1966, when engineers [[Spencer King]] and [[Gordon Bashford]] set to work on a new luxury off-ro ...although the two-door continued to be produced to the end, mainly for the French market.<ref>
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• Wilhelm Maybach
  ...continued until the company joined the German war effort in 1940, ceasing automotive production in favour of engines for the Panzer and Tiger tanks. ...[[Emil Jellinek]] a successful Austrian dealer and racing driver on the [[French Riviera]] who greatly admired Maybach's work. Jellinek had promised to buy
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• Internal Combustion Engine
  ...engine" and a "motor." At one time, the word "engine" (from Latin, via Old French, ''ingenium'', "ability") meant any piece of machinery. A "motor" (from Lat ...kinson cycle|Atkinson]] and [[Miller cycle|Miller]] cycles. Most truck and automotive Diesel engines use a four-stroke cycle, but with a compression heating igni
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  Ancient military engineers used leaf springs in the form of bows to power their siege engines, with li ...ed as an integrated unit of gas spring and damping components, used by the French manufacturer [[Citroën]] and the [[hydrolastic]], [[hydragas]] and rubber
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