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• Pickup truck
  A '''pickup truck''' or '''ute''' is a light [[motor vehicle]] with an open-top rear cargo area. ...nerally refers to a small or medium sized [[truck]]. This light commercial vehicle features:
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• Zastava
  ...ssembling in 1955 for Eastern European markets. The firm also manufactures military and sporting small arms, most of them based on Russian or German design, un ...ombed the Zastava conglomerate plant in Kragujevac, as it was considered a military target as Zastava Arms infrastructure was also located on site. Nevertheles
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• Hudson
  ...g changes, so that their cars looked fresh every year, whereas the smaller manufacturers could only afford gradual change. Hudson's once innovative "step-down" unit ...merican Motors]]. The Hudson factory in Detroit, Michigan was converted to military contract production at the end of the model year, and the remaining three y
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• John Francis Dodge
  ...tract to build transmissions for the [[Oldsmobile#Early history|Olds Motor Vehicle Company]] upon which they built a solid reputation for quality and service. ...omobiles. They began building [[truck|motor trucks]] for the United States military during the arms buildup for World War I, and in October 1917 they produced
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• Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle
  ...ems or components. The HV provides better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle because the engine is smaller and may be run at speeds providing more effic ...to describe an [[engine swap]]. Some have also referred to [[flexible-fuel vehicle]]s as ''hybrids'' because they can use a mixture of different fuels — typ
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• Four Wheel Drive
  [[Image:Jeep_Wrangler_TJ.jpg|thumb|right|224px|The [[Jeep Wrangler]] is a 4WD vehicle with a transfer case to select low range or high range 4WD.]] ...d '''[[Four Wheel Drive|AWD]]''' are terms used to describe a four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive power from the [[e
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• Cooper Car Company
  ...urer of racing cars for sale to privateers. Built with parts salvaged from military barracks and aircraft factories, and fitted with a series of different moto [[Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of the United Kingdom]]
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• Autobahn
  ...trengthening centralized rule, was to provide mobility for the movement of military forces. This, however, overlooks the fact that gradients on autobahns built ...autobahns were in bad shape, severely damaged by heavy Allied bombing and military demolition. As well, thousands of kilometers of autobahns remained unfinish
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• Packard
  ...able to keep its costs down. Packard did not change cars as often as other manufacturers did at the time. Rather then introduce new models annually, Packard began u ...t the Clipper could have provided Packard was negated by the conversion to military production and the end of consumer car sales for the duration of the war. H
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• Chrysler Airflow
  ...gh the air in a "V" flight pattern. Another source lists Breer as watching military planes on their practice maneuvers, while still other sources attach the ge Within six months following the introduction of the Airflow, the vehicle was already a sales disaster. Adding insult to injury, General Motors mount
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• Off-roading
  '''Off-roading''' is a term for driving a specialized vehicle on unpaved roads, such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and ot ==Off-road vehicle==
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• Automobile layout
  ...compartment and [[Trunk (automobile)|boot]]), weight distribution and the vehicle's intended [[car handling|handling characteristics]]. ...packaging; since the engine and driven wheels are on the same side of the vehicle, there is no need for a central tunnel through the passenger compartment to
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• GPS
  ...add a third and fourth civilian signal to the system, as well as advanced military capabilities. * '''Military Applications'''
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• Land Rover Defender
  |Class = Off-Road Utility Vehicle The '''Land Rover Defender''' is a British four wheel drive [[Off-road vehicle|Off-road]]
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• Motor oil
  ...r]]s and motorcycles, heavier vehicles such as [[bus]]es and [[Large Goods Vehicle|commercial vehicles]], non-road vehicles such as [[Kart racing|go-karts]], ...ash it around the crankcase as needed to lubricate parts inside. In modern vehicle engines, the oil pump takes oil from the oil pan and sends it through the o
  42 KB (6,527 words) - 06:09, 25 May 2010
• Plug-in hybrid
  ...chnology has been implemented or proposed in delivery vans, trucks, buses, military vehicles, and other medium- to heavy-duty vehicles. .../docs/fy07osti/40485.pdf "Cost-Benefit Analysis of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology"] National Renewable Energy Laboratory conference report CP-540-
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...d) to become a major advantage. As a result, in recent decades automobile manufacturers have replaced most of their straight-six engines (and many of their V8s) wi ...ontinue to be commonly used in medium to large trucks, and [[sport utility vehicle]]s, where engine length is less of a concern. In 2002 [[General Motors]] i
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• Gas turbine
  *1918: One of the leading gas turbine manufacturers of today, General Electric, started their gas turbine division. ...most straightforward form, these are commercial turbines acquired through military surplus or scrapyard sales, then operated for display as part of the hobby
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...did from 1913 to 1919. However, after World War I, the native drivers and manufacturers regained their dominance of the race, with the engineer Harry Arminius Mill In the meantime, European manufacturers, gone from the Indianapolis 500 for nearly two decades, made a brief return
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• Diesel Vehicles
  A diesel vehicle is an automobile or other vehicle that uses a diesel engine for propulsion. The [[Diesel engine]] is a type o ...ted from the air intake. This was often a consequence of "bump starting" a vehicle using the wrong gear.
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