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• Buick Blackhawk
  ...meant to be driven, maybe even from custom show to custom show across the country. ...re well received by Doble. Finally he chose one of four concepts submitted by Steven D. Pasteiner, a former Buick designer who owns a design and prototyp
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• Chery QQ
  The '''Chery QQ''' (codename ''S11'') is a [[city car]] produced by the [[China|Chinese]] manufacturer [[Chery Automobile]] since 2003. In 2006 If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''.
  14 KB (1,937 words) - 21:00, 23 September 2010
• General Motors Company
  ...and commercial financing and insurance. GM's [[OnStar]] subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. ...automakers around the world, including Toyota, Suzuki, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France.
  30 KB (4,492 words) - 02:35, 11 April 2010
• Automotive lighting
  ...rear of the vehicle. The purpose of this system is to provide illumination by which for the driver to operate the vehicle safely after dark, to increase ...n- ("high") and dipped- ("low") beam [[headlamp]]s, which may be augmented by fog lamps and/or driving lamps.
  29 KB (4,459 words) - 06:50, 14 October 2010
• Catalytic converter
  ...ogen dioxide (NO₂) both of which are smog precursors. HC is the industry short form for hydrocarbons). ...[gasoline]]) engines in automobiles up until 1981, when they were replaced by three-way converters due to regulatory changes requiring reductions on NOx
  22 KB (3,502 words) - 10:56, 28 March 2010
• Studebaker
  ...owered automobiles under its own “Studebaker” brand name. Acquired in 1954 by [[Packard|Packard Motors Company]] of Detroit, Michigan, Studebaker became ...ke wagons. They all went into that business as they grew westward with the country.
  15 KB (2,189 words) - 05:02, 19 February 2007
• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
  ...iness events. The [[Volkswagen]] [[Volkswagen Beetle|Beetle]] was designed by Ferdinand Porsche senior and a team of engineers (that included Ferry Porsc ...of war, Ferry Porsche maintained the company and its business deals. Aided by the postwar Volkswagen enterprise, he created the first ''real'' Porsches.
  24 KB (3,572 words) - 20:28, 7 August 2009
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  ...latory authority over Greenhouse gas emissions, but this has been disputed by such state regulatory agencies as the [[California Air Resources Board]]. ...nly in the US, but throughout the world. Research contributions using FARS by researchers from many countries appear in many non-US technical publication
  30 KB (4,277 words) - 16:23, 2 July 2010
• Autogas
  ...ol|exhaust emissions]]. In particular, it reduces CO₂ emissions by around 20% compared to [[gasoline|petrol]]. It has an [[octane rating]] (MO ...aviation fuel or ''avgas'', require a Supplemental Type Certificate issued by the United States Federal Aviation Agency.
  25 KB (4,088 words) - 20:43, 22 August 2009
• Karl Benz
  ...by the front wheel and with the passengers and the engine being supported by the two in the rear—some now refer to it as the Tri-Car. Among other thin ...enz then bought out Ritter's share in the company using the dowry provided by the father of his fiancée, [[Bertha Benz|Bertha Ringer]].
  20 KB (3,038 words) - 14:18, 12 December 2008
• Zastava Koral
  ...' (known in the US simply as the '''Yugo''') is a subcompact vehicle built by [[Zastava]] corporation. ...fter 30 years and 800,000 units, the Yugo has been completely discontinued by Zastava.
  20 KB (3,221 words) - 01:51, 22 November 2008
• Corporate Average Fuel Economy
  ...conomy''' ('''CAFE''') are regulations in the United States, first enacted by US Congress in 1975,<ref>{{cite web ...ay penalty, currently $5.50 USD per 0.1 mpg under the standard, multiplied by the manufacturer's total production for the U.S. domestic market.
  63 KB (9,262 words) - 07:46, 10 July 2010
• Motor oil
  ...hibits corrosion, improves sealing and [[engine cooling|cools the engine]] by carrying heat away from moving parts. Dieter Klamann's text<ref>Klamman, Di ...roleum synthesized chemical compounds. Motor oils are today mainly blended by using base oils composed of hydrocarbons (mineral, polyalphaolefins (PAO),
  42 KB (6,527 words) - 06:09, 25 May 2010
• Driverless car
  ...hat autonomous vehicles have the potential to transform the transportation industry while virtually eliminating accidents, and cleaning up the environment. Acc ...rly marked course it achieved speeds of up to 30 km/h (20 miles per hour), by tracking white street markers (special hardware was necessary, since commer
  32 KB (4,781 words) - 08:41, 21 August 2009
• Rallying
  ...oints. Rallies may be won by pure speed within the stages or alternatively by driving to a predetermined ideal journey time within the stages. ...nd entries from leading manufacturers. Prizes were awarded to the vehicles by a jury based on the reports of the observers who rode in each car; the join
  38 KB (5,921 words) - 23:23, 6 July 2010
• Citroën DS
  ...ss'', after the punning initials in French) was an [[automobile]] produced by the French manufacturer [[Citroën]] between 1955 and 1975. Citroën sold ...erms of ride quality, roadholding, handling, and braking in an automobile. Automotive journalists of the time often noted that competitors took decades to adapt
  31 KB (4,913 words) - 09:44, 12 December 2010
• Custom auto
  ...their aging cars from the 1920s and 1930s for gleaming new models offered by the Big Three (and the others who are now gone, like Wilys and Kaiser). The ...important, Los Angeles was the first city truly shaped from its beginnings by the automobile: There were more roads, and new ones there. Finally, and per
  49 KB (8,295 words) - 17:09, 18 April 2010
• Holden VE Commodore
  The '''Holden VE Commodore''' is the 14th series Commodore launched by Holden. The VE is the most technically advanced and refined series so far, * Country suspension (Optional, not available in Dual Fuel model)
  30 KB (4,092 words) - 03:46, 15 December 2010
• Jeremy Clarkson
  | minutes = 18:31 | format = Real Audio}}</ref> By his own account, he was expelled from Repton School for "drinking, smoking ...ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1481871/Shakespeare's-Bottom-pinched-by-Levi-admen.html | accessdate = 2008-07-22 | quote = "For a period in the la
  69 KB (10,628 words) - 11:40, 1 May 2010
• Toyota Supra
  The '''Toyota Celica Supra''' was a [[sports car]]/[[grand tourer]] produced by [[Toyota Motor Company]] from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Celic ...upra was based largely upon the Toyota Celica [[liftback]], but was longer by 5.1&nbsp;in (129.5&nbsp;mm). The doors and rear section stayed the same len
  54 KB (8,585 words) - 01:37, 31 October 2008

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