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• Buick Skylark
  ...division of [[General Motors]]. The model was made in six production runs. In each production, the car design varied quite dramatically. This was due to ...the Apollo name continued for the rest of that year on the X-body sedans. In 1976, the Skylark name totally replaced the Apollo name and was used for al
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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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• Toyota Tacoma
  ...e on Earth" by 160 different countries, the latest major upgrades occuring in 2005 which earned it '''Motor Trend''''s "''Truck of the Year''" award. * The 2006 Toyota Tacoma comes in three body styles: Regular Cab, Access Cab (extended cab) and Double Cab (c
  12 KB (1,833 words) - 14:21, 20 August 2008
• Ford Fairlane (Australian)
  Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be Since the Fairlane ceased production, companies in the US under the [[Ford Motor Company]] have been willing to use the Fairla
  14 KB (2,031 words) - 13:07, 31 July 2010
• Buick Electra
  ...biles built by the [[Buick]] division of General Motors. The Electra name (in various manners) was used by Buick between 1959 and 1990. ...r, Roadmaster and Limited constituted the upper echelon of Buick's lineup. In 1959, all of Buick's models were renamed, with the Electra taking the place
  12 KB (1,912 words) - 07:34, 4 June 2010
• 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
  12 KB (1,702 words) - 10:22, 25 May 2010
• Lotus
  ...behind the Railway Hotel in Hornsea. Team Lotus was active and competitive in [[Formula One]] racing from 1958 to 1994. Since the 1960s the company has o ...begun life an inn-keeper's son and ended a multi-millionaire industrialist in post-war Britain. The carmaker built tens of thousands of successful racin
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• Alpine
  ...pe garage proprietor who began to achieve considerable competition success in one of the few French cars produced just after World War 2. ...these at [[Le Mans]] and [[12 Hours of Sebring|Sebring]] with some success in the early 50s.
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• Personal luxury car
  ...th common mechanical components beneath their distinctive exteriors, these vehicles were a lucrative segment of the post-World War II automotive marketplace. ...utomobiles which eschewed both pure luxury and absolute sports performance in favor of a distinctive combination of style, craftsmanship, and power: thes
  11 KB (1,562 words) - 10:41, 19 December 2009
• Buick Riviera
  ...d:#996; color:#fff; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" | [[Image:Buick Riviera 1963.jpg|300px]] | 1963-1999
  24 KB (3,384 words) - 07:31, 4 June 2010
• Lincoln Continental
  ...ime, the Continental nameplate referred to the four-door Lincoln flagship. In 1981 the Continental's reign as the Lincoln flagship ended when the Town Ca ...ready for Edsel's March 1939 vacation. The design, allegedly sketched out in an hour by Gregorie working from the [[Lincoln-Zephyr|Lincoln Zephyr]] blue
  35 KB (5,074 words) - 20:28, 9 August 2010
• Dodge Dart
  ...up through 1976. Dodge also used the "Dart" name for a Ghia-built show car in the 1957. ...ealers had been selling Plymouths since 1930, but divisional restructuring in 1960 took Plymouth away from the Dodge dealer network. The Dart was a short
  24 KB (3,683 words) - 12:59, 10 December 2010
• Straight-6 engine
  ...sesses both primary and secondary mechanical [[engine balance]], resulting in relatively low manufacturing cost combined with much less vibration than en ...vo AB|Volvo]] diesel engine and the 15 liter [[Cummins]] ISX used in heavy vehicles.<ref>Nunney, p. 4</ref> The largest are used to power ships, and use fuel
  36 KB (5,541 words) - 08:25, 24 May 2010
• AC
  ...[[automobile]] manufacturer and one of the oldest independent car marques in Britain. ...Edge]], who had been behind [[Napier & Son]], joined the board in 1921 and in 1922 both John Weller and John Portwine left.
  14 KB (2,269 words) - 02:14, 9 December 2010
• Chevrolet Opala
  ...trucks and pick-up trucks, so, the Opala was its first passenger car made in Brazil. ...acement, the Chevrolet Omega, but making use of Electronic Fuel Injection, in GLS and CD trims from 1995 to 1998. Some of the components and chassis were
  10 KB (1,665 words) - 19:55, 2 February 2010
• Jaguar XK6 engine
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Displacement = '''in litres, cc's or cu-in.'''
  19 KB (2,986 words) - 15:25, 18 December 2009
• State Limousines of the United States
  ...to {{PAGENAME}} Template}}The State Limousine for the most powerful person in the world is without a doubt the single most impressive vehicle modern tech ...as "the beast".<ref>{{cite news | author=Sheryl Gay Stolberg | title=Bush in Europe was a man on the run | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/11/fr
  14 KB (2,093 words) - 18:39, 5 November 2010
• Disk brake
  ...e. To stop the wheel, friction material in the form of brake pads (mounted in a device called a ''brake caliper'') is forced mechanically, hydraulically ...]] were patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham factory in 1902, though it took another half century for his innovation to be widely a
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• Chevrolet Nova
  ...t Citation|Citation]] in 1980. The Nova name would reappear briefly again in 1985 as a twin to (of all things) the [[Toyota Corolla]]. The "Toyolet" No ...installed options, up to and including the fuel injected version available in the [[Chevrolet Corvette]]. Transmissions were a column or floor 3-speed m
  27 KB (3,994 words) - 21:23, 4 November 2010
• Lotus Europa
  |Height = 42 in The '''Lotus Europa''', or '''Europe''' in its initial export-only guise, was a two door [[MR layout|mid-engined]] [[G
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