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• Trailer
  ...fically called potrailers. Commonly, the term '''trailer''' refers to such vehicles used for transport of goods and materials. ...e in single and multiple axle varieties, to allow for varying sizes of tow vehicles.
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• Dune buggy
  A '''dune buggy''' is a recreational vehicle with big wheels and tires designed for use on sand dunes or beaches .../ SCORE indoor track racing. Some are even built for and used as on-road vehicles. Typically the function is determined before the buggy is created in order
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• Lloyd (Germany)
  ...ompany were sold as Hansa with the Hansa-Lloyd name attached to commercial vehicles only. Nevertheless two cars, the 4 litre Treff AS and the 8 cylinder 4.6 li Overall, the vehicles matched the need for small and cheap cars which were a characteristic of po
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• Off-road vehicle
  ...do not travel public streets or highways are generally termed off-highway vehicles, which would include tractors, forklifts, cranes, backhoes, bulldozers and ...eas distant from pavement. The use of higher clearance and higher traction vehicles enables access on trails and [[forest road]]s that have rough and low tract
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• Crossover
  ...reet Journal article called the CUVs, "wagons that look like sport utility vehicles but ride like cars,"<ref name="wsj1">{{cite web ...14/crossover-market-is-thinly-sliced/}}</ref> To avoid referring to their vehicles as [[station wagon]]s, some nameplates will instead call them crossovers.<r
  8 KB (1,093 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2010
• Coachbuilder
  ...le]]s. Initially, the skills used to build the wooden and metal bodies of vehicles was so specialized that most manufacturers procured contracts with existing ...ce of custom coachbuilding gained favor among the rich. Some ultra-luxury vehicles sold as chassis only. Examples include the [[Bugatti Type 57]], [[Cadillac
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• SEMA
  ...rod]]s, [[light truck]]s (off-road and sport trucks) SUVs and recreational vehicles.
  5 KB (737 words) - 13:52, 18 May 2010
• Freightliner
  ...egan in Burnaby, B.C., in 1961, to reduce the duty penalty on the complete vehicles sold in Canada. Assembly plants in Indianapolis and Chino, CA, complemente ...91, the company displaced a poor-selling line of Mercedes-Benz medium duty vehicles with an all-new, range of medium duty trucks designed for North America tha
  12 KB (1,769 words) - 09:48, 27 March 2009
• Zimmer
  ...included the manufacturing of luxury yachts, motor homes, RV-recreational vehicles and van conversions. Each new Zimmer product developed the reputation of be
  5 KB (889 words) - 00:43, 20 March 2007
• Honda HR-V
  ...a]] from 1999 to 2006. The HR-V was introduced to cater for the demand for vehicles with the benefits of [[SUV]]s (in particular its bigger brother the [[Honda The HR-V, sometimes known as "Hybrid Recreational Vehicle" is often mistaken as a hyrbid vehicle.
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• Recreational Vehicle
  ...g room. In other countries the term [[camper van]] is more common, and the vehicles themselves vary, typically being smaller than in North America. ...ving quarters". They in turn give one of the meanings for ''camper'' as "a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while travelling". The earliest caravans w
  38 KB (6,264 words) - 11:54, 8 October 2009
• Car classification
  '''Car classification''' is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories or do not fit well into any. Not all car type Straddling the boundary between car and motorbike, these vehicles have engines under 1.0 litre, typically seat only two passengers, and are s
  20 KB (2,933 words) - 14:27, 22 September 2009
• Ford Territory
  ...of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. * 2004 '''RACV''' ''Australia's Best Recreational 4WD''
  15 KB (2,009 words) - 23:44, 17 December 2010
• Off-roading
  ...th these extras by default. Furthermore, the military]usually design their vehicles with off-roading in mind, such as a [[Jeep]] or [[HMMWV]], or buy them from ...estern countries the term is frequently used usually more specifically for recreational pursuits.
  33 KB (5,328 words) - 15:59, 31 May 2010
• Autobianchi
  ...w and innovative concepts which later found their way into mainstream Fiat vehicles; these concepts included fibreglass bodies and [[front-wheel drive]]. ...i, was assigned the duties of preparing the bodies and assembling complete vehicles; a step towards their desired return to full passenger car production.<ref
  12 KB (1,830 words) - 22:21, 18 February 2007
• Amphibious vehicle
  ...lthough they ''are'' part of ''amphibious assault''. Nor are Ground effect vehicles, such as Ekranoplans. The former don't offer any real land transportation a ...ody configurations or other unconventional designs such as screw-propelled vehicles which use auger-like barrels which propel a vehicle through muddy terrain w
  27 KB (4,252 words) - 07:44, 14 March 2010
• Passenger vehicles in the United States
  ...g Three." The motor car has become an integral part of American life, with vehicles outnumbering licensed drivers.<ref name="BTS1"/> ...nsed drivers since 1972 at an ever increasing rate, while light trucks and vehicles manufactured by foreign marques have gained a larger share of the automotiv
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• Drag racing
  '''Drag racing''' is a competition in which vehicles compete to be the first to cross a set finish line, usually from a standing ...mph (530 km/h), depending upon the type of vehicle being used. The faster vehicles then need a parachute to slow down, an innovation credited (indirectly) to
  31 KB (5,039 words) - 09:00, 14 October 2010
• Gasoline direct injection
  ...a]]'s D4 direct injection system first appeared on various Japanese market vehicles equipped with the [[Toyota SZ engine|''SZ'']] and [[Toyota NZ engine|''NZ'' ...5i series and the 135i models.<ref>[http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Vehicles/2009/3/335iSedan/ModelHighlights/335iSedanPower.aspx?enc=2l7Ui9j/d4RLxyGJkO
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• Land Rover Defender
  Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options ...of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here.
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