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• Sports car racing
  '''Sports car racing''' is a form of circuit [[auto racing]] with [[automobile]]s that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be ...y involve complex pit strategy and regular driver changes—sports car racing is seen more as a team sport than a gladiatorial individual sport, and team
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• Audi Quattro
  ...n automaker [[Audi]]. Notably, it was the first [[four-wheel drive]] grand tourer since 1966's [[Jensen FF]]. ...ntly changed rules which allowed the use of all-wheel-drive in competition racing. Many critics doubted the viability of all-wheel drive racers, thinking the
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• AC
  {{List OF AC Models}}'''AC Cars Group Ltd.''' is a British specialist [[automobile]] manufacturer and one o ...ny successful cars at Ferry Works. In 1922 the name changed again to A.C. Cars Ltd. Edge bought the company outright for £135,000 in 1927 and re-register
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• Lotus
  '''Lotus Cars''' is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, England. The company is famous for designing and building ...Hotel in Hornsea. Team Lotus was active and competitive in [[Formula One]] racing from 1958 to 1994. Since the 1960s the company has occupied a modern factor
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• Porsche 911 GT2
  Rear-wheel drive provides driving dynamics that are similar to those of a racing car. The lightweight build keeps the overall weight low for a power-to-weig If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• Lancia Fulvia
  |Class = Grand Tourer ...l Rally Championship]] in 1972. The Fulvia's triumph in the world of rally racing established Lancia as a power in the sport and led to the company building
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• Lotus Europa S
  ...ropa S''' is a sports car that is meant to be more like a two-seat [[Grand Tourer]] than Lotus's [[Lotus Elise|Elise]]. It is meant to be more practical and ...ttp://jalopnik.com/5049034/lotus-celebrates-60-years-of-simple-lightweight-cars-with-a-diamond+trimmed-lotus-europa]
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• Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
  ...a petrol engine producer, but after the success of a small number of race cars built on contract by Wilhelm Maybach for [[Emil Jellinek]], it began to pro ...g the death of [[Willhelm Bauer]] in a Daimler racer)<ref>Georgano, G.N. ''Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930'' (London: Grange-Universal, 1990), p.39.</re
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• Maserati MC12
  ...IA GT Championship]] racing variant. Despite Maserati calling it a [[grand tourer]], the MC12 qualifies as a super car, meeting all criteria. The car entered ...me="Motor Trend" /><ref name="worldcarfans"/> Current driver for Vitaphone Racing Team, Andrea Bertolini, was the chief test driver through the development a
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• Holden Special Vehicles
  ...olden and [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing|TWR]] - an operation owned by Scottish [[racing car]] driver and entrepreneur [[Tom Walkinshaw]]. HSV effectively replaced ...ds of [[Allan Grice]] and [[Win Percy]] for HSV's racing arm, the [[Holden Racing Team]].
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• History of the automobile
  ...iquitous modern [[gasoline]]- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. Cars powered by [[electric power|electricity]] briefly appeared at the turn of t ...technologies hailed as a replacement for gasoline as an energy source for cars, was discovered in principle by yet another German, [[Christian Friedrich S
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• List of Top Gear episodes
  ...ce challenge (London to Edinburgh and back on one tank) • Ford SportKa vs. racing pigeons race • [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII|Evo]] vs. [[Subaru Impr | Aux2 = Diesel versus Petrol hot hatch race • Blowing over cars using Boeing 747 jetblast
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• Toyota Supra
  The '''Toyota Celica Supra''' was a [[sports car]]/[[grand tourer]] produced by [[Toyota Motor Company]] from 1979 to 2002. The styling of th ...on body molded mudflaps became available. On the copper metallic and white cars the mudflaps were painted the body color while the mudflaps were left black
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• La Macchina
  ...esigners of the past, including [[Ettore Bugatti]] who, though he made his cars in France, was Italian by birth.) ...se of suction fans for producing downforce, among others. And street-legal cars also use engines, brakes and suspension systems—among other technologies�
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