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• Hofmeister kink
  ...translated '''Hofmeister kick''', German: '''Hofmeister-Knick''') is an [[automobile design]] feature seen on modern [[BMW]]s. It is a low forward bend in the [ * [[Saab hockey stick]] - a similarly unique styling cue of modern [[Saab Automobile|Saab]] automobiles.
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• Vittorio Jano
  '''Vittorio Jano''' (April 22, 1891 – 1966) was a famed Italian [[automobile]] designer from the 1920s through 1960s. ...engines, Jano watched as [[Tazio Nuvolari]] drove a P3 to victory in the [[German Grand Prix]] at [[Nürburgring]] in 1935.
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• Ercole Spada
  '''Ercole Spada''' (August 26, 1938) is an Italian automobile designer. His most notable designs were made in the 1960s, for the [[Zagato ...ledged as seminal by his fellow designers as well as by generetions of new designers; One example of the attraction of Spada's work was that of the [[Mazda MX-3
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• Luc Donckerwolke
  '''Luc Donckerwolke''', (born June 19, 1965) is a Belgian [[Automobile design|car designer]] currently Design Director of [[SEAT]]. ...tures and learning languages. He speaks Italian, French, Spanish, English, German, Dutch and Swahili.
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• Georges Paulin
  '''Georges Paulin''' was a dentist, part-time automobile designer and hero of the French Resistance during the Second World War. He ...French Vichy elements he was arrested in 1941 and condemned to death by a German military tribunal. He was executed March 1942.
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• Bruno Sacco
  ...er-Benz]] between 1975 and 1999. He is acknowledged as one of the greatest designers in automotive history. ...lisher = EyesOn Design | date = | url = http://www.brophy.com/eodweb/htmls/designers/hd97_1.htm | format = | doi = | accessdate = }}</ref> Afterwards he could n
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• Austro-Daimler
  ...Austrian automaker company, from 1899 until 1934. It was subsidiary of the German ''[[Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft]]'' (DMG). ...he assembling parts stemmed from Stuttgart, in 1900 they built their first automobile which featured 2 cylinders, 4 hp, and 4 seats. Soon they started producing
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• Main Page
  ...s:about|Wikicars]]</div> A collaborative guide about cars and all things [[automobile|automotive]]. We're growing very fast and so far we have {{NUMBEROFARTICLE ...1998. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is built at Mercedes-Benz factories in the German towns of Sindelfingen and Bremen. The very first C-Class sedan was produced
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• Albrecht Goertz
  '''Albrecht Graf Goertz''' (en: '''Count Albrecht von Goertz''') in German (born January 12, 1914 died October 27, 2006) designed cars for [[BMW]] inc ...Nissan's design staff, Nissan agrees that the personnel who designed that automobile were influenced by your fine work for Nissan and had the benefit of your de
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• Peter Schreyer
  '''Peter Schreyer''' is an [[automotive design|automobile designer]], widely known for his design contributions to the [[Audi TT]]<re | url = http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/designers/whos_where/display/store4/item45209/}}</ref>
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• BMW Z1
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...d 8,000 Z1s. The vast majority of these (6,443) were sold in BMW's native German market. The country to receive the second-greatest number of Z1s, Italy, re
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• Coachbuilder
  A '''coachbuilder''' is a manufacturer of bodies for [[carriage]]s or [[automobile]]s. Initially, the skills used to build the wooden and metal bodies of veh ...uced before World War II. Many coachbuilders became associated with famed designers, such as [[Pininfarina]] and [[Giugiaro]].
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• Benz & Cie.
  ...riage, which is why Karl Benz is regarded by many as the inventor of the [[automobile]]. ...arsten.popp/DE_00037435_A.pdf DRP's patent No. 37435] (<small>PDF, 561 kB, German</small>) was filed January 29, 1886 and granted November 2, 1886, thus taki
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• Volkswagen Brasilia
  ...razil's president Rudolf Leiding, made a challenge for the company's major designers. He wanted to recreate the Beetle but with a Brazilian flair and with the B ...actical, economical and larger than the Beetle as well as utilize reliable German engineering.
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• Alfa Romeo in motorsport
  ...com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.velocetoday.com/cars/cars_75.php|title=Alfa Designers|accessdate=2007-08-24|work=velocetoday.com}}</ref> In 1920 [[Giuseppe Campa ...ufacturers' Championship|Automobile World Championship]] in the history of automobile racing. Over 4 rounds the [[Alfa Romeo P2]] won the [[European Grand Prix]]
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• Gottlieb Daimler
  ...invented the first high-speed [[petrol engine]] and the first four-wheel [[automobile]]. ...d, in the next year, to a stagecoach, and a boat. They are renowned as the designers of this ''Grandfather Clock'' engine.
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• Audi A2
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" The '''Audi A2''' marked a departure from the normal for the German company. Produced from 1999 to 2005 at the company's Neckarslum plant, the
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• Karl Benz
  ...lly regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered [[automobile]]. Other German contemporaries, [[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm Maybach]], also worked i ...reated the ''[[Benz Patent Motorwagen|Motorwagen]]'', the first commercial automobile, powered by a [[Internal combustion engine|gasoline engine]]. It had three
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• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
  ...t, Germany. His father, [[Ferdinand Porsche]] senior, was also a renowned automobile engineer, and his nephew, Dr. [[Ferdinand Piech]], was chairman of [[Volksw ...echnical knowledge since his childhood. Father and son opened a bureau of automobile design, at Stuttgart in 1931.
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• NSU Ro 80
  ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" ...German company [[NSU]] between 1967 and 1977. The Ro80 was a very advanced automobile, becoming the first production car to feature the [[Wankel Rotory engine]].
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