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• Buick
  ...2004, although GM's Swedish subsidiary, [[Saab]], fills a similar segment in price and prestige level. ...1910VanderbiltCup.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Louis Chevrolet driving a Buick Bug in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup]]
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• Volvo PV
  ...vo]] enjoyed a reputation for building fine automobiles from the beginning in 1927, most of this marquee's fans acknowledge that the defining moment dete ...poured in from the Swedish population. It was another three years though, in 1947, before the production was made available.
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• Ginetta Cars
  ...ded in 1958 by the four Walklett brothers (Bob, Ivor, Trevers and Douglas) in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. ...0 were made up to 1969 with a variety of Ford engines. In 1963 a coupe was introduced alongside the open car and a BMC axle replaced the Ford one at the rear. On
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• Packard
  ...ard automobiles were produced in 1899 and the brand went off the market in 1958. Packard automobiles are highly sought after by collectors today, and the m ...ed the Ohio Automobile Company, quickly introduced a number of innovations in its designs, including the modern steering wheel and the first production 1
  16 KB (2,357 words) - 03:05, 12 December 2010
• Simca
  ...a part of [[Chrysler Europe]] and a brand rather than independent company. In 1978, Chrysler divested its European operations to another French automaker ...ros|Barreiros]] (another Chrysler subsidiary) in Spain, and also assembled in Chile, Colombia and the Netherlands <ref>[http://members.home.nl/jurriaankn
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• Nanjing Automobile Group
  ...s amounting to RMB 12 billion and an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles. The group's major products are cars, trucks, and travel buses. ...1947. It successfully produced the first light truck of China on March 10, 1958. The state named the truck Guerin autos and approved the establishment of N
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• Ford Thunderbird
  Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be ...graphs, pictures and other information regarding the powertrain is placed in this section.
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• Daimler Motor Company
  ...een the motor car marque of the British '''Daimler Motor Company''', based in Coventry. The company was a subsidiary of BSA from 1910 up until 1960, when ..., in 1902, while the name ''Daimler'' was last used for a German built car in 1908.
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• Alfa Romeo Giulietta SS
  ...as made before the United States began implementing automobile safety laws in 1967. Regardless, later examples have seatbelts but not any other safety de ...ginally based on the [[Alfa Romeo Giulietta]], the post-war Alfa that came in coupe(Sprint), sedan(Berlina), and convertible(Spider) variations. The Velo
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• Colin Chapman
  ...s. Lotus is one of but a handful of British performance car builders still in business after the industrial decline of the 1970s. Chapman died of a heart ...tus 6 kits were sold through 1956. It was with the [[Lotus Seven|Lotus 7]] in 1957 that things really took off, and indeed [[Caterham Cars]] still manufa
  10 KB (1,631 words) - 15:55, 4 October 2009
• Packard Clipper
  [[Image:1946packclip.jpg|thumb|300px|In 1946, Packard applied Clipper styling and name to all its post-war models]] Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be
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• Subaru 360
  |Production = 1958 - 1971 <br> 392,000 units ...hat quirky cars, now known for boxer engines and [[all-wheel-drive]], both introduced long after the 360.
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• Fluid coupling
  ...alternative to a mechanical [[clutch]]. It also has widespread application in marine and industrial machine drives, where variable speed operation and/or ...rk of Dr. Herman Fottinger, who was the chief designer at the Vulcan Works in Stettin.<ref name="mjn">Light and heavy vehicle technology, Malcolm James N
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• Alvis Cars
  ...dom from 1919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing long after car production ceased. ...e Alvis as a compound of the words "aluminium" and "vis" (meaning 'strong' in Latin)although de Freville himself vigorously denied this theory. Perhaps t
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• Studebaker
  ...the Studebaker Corporation. While the company left the automobile business in 1966, Studebaker survived as an independent closed investment firm until 19 ...armer, blacksmith, and wagon-maker who lived near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. By 1840 he had moved to Ohio and taught his five so
  15 KB (2,189 words) - 05:02, 19 February 2007
• Supermini car
  ...all superminis. Overall in 2005, of the fifteen best selling types of car in Europe, six were superminis. ...i-based [[multi-purpose vehicle]]s and [[sport utility vehicle]]s appeared in the last years, which are called the [[mini MPV]] and [[mini SUV]] respecti
  9 KB (1,406 words) - 08:55, 26 June 2010
• Coventry Climax
  The company was started in 1903 as [[Lee Stroyer]], but two years later following the departure of Str ...[[Daimler Motor Company|Daimler]] employee, who saw a need for competition in the nascent [[piston engine]] market.
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• Pontiac
  ...by [[GMC|General Motors]] and sold in the United States from 1926 to 2009. In the GM brand lineup, Pontiac is a mid-level brand featuring a more sporting ..., Michigan to build the Cartercar. Oakland was purchased by General Motors in 1909. The first General Motors Pontiac was conceived as an affordable [[V6|
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• Lancia Aurelia
  ...e Aurelia was launched in 1950 and production lasted through the summer of 1958. ...]] design, with rear [[semi-trailing arm]]s replaced by a [[de Dion tube]] in the [[#Fourth series|Fourth series]].
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• Limited Slip Differential
  .... In an [[automobile]], such limited slip differentials are sometimes used in place of a standard differential, where they convey certain dynamic advanta ...manding use however, such as driving [[off-road]], or for high performance vehicles, such a state of affairs is undesirable, and the LSD can be employed to dea
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