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• Automotive industry
  ...., and [[McLaughlin automobile|McLaughlin]], Canada had many domestic auto brands. In 1918 McLaughlin was bought by an American firm, [[General Motors]], and ...d the second World Wars and the economic crisis of the 70's, many of these brands disappeared or were bought by Fiat or foreign manufacturers. Today the Ital
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• V8 engine
  == British V8 engines == The first British V8 was the 3.5 L [[Rolls-Royce V-8 (1905)]] followed shortly by [[Darr
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• Scuderia Ferrari
  ...es in which a Ferrari car has set the fastest lap time. In both the [[1954 British Grand Prix]] and [[1970 Austrian Grand Prix]], two drivers each set equal f ...hen rotund driver [[José Froilán González]] took first place at the [[1951 British Grand Prix]]. Ferrari also won the 1950 and 1951 [[Mille Miglia]] sports ca
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• AMC
  ...bler]] name, which now became a marque in its own right. The slow-selling, British-built [[Nash Metropolitan]] subcompact became its own standalone brand and ...m that point on, the focus of the company would be on the Renault and Jeep brands. Introduced in 1980, the [[AMC Eagle|Eagle]] was a trend-setting [[four-whe
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• Diesel Vehicles
  ...] sells more cars with diesel engines than gasoline engines, as the French brands (also [[Peugeot]]) pioneered smoke-less ''HDI'' designs with filters. Even ...lo Rally when it was driven by Lord Howard de Clifford. It was the leading British car and finished fifth overall. [http://web.ukonline.co.uk/m.gratton/Sport.
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• History of the automobile
  ...ors Corporation|General Motors]]' [[Oldsmobile]] and [[Cadillac|Cadillac]] brands. The [[unibody]]/[[MacPherson strut|strut-suspended]] 1951 [[Ford Consul]] ...adge engineering]] swept through the US and UK as conglomerates like the [[British Motor Corporation]] consolidated the market. BMC's revolutionary space-sav
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