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• AC
  ...vernment to make glass fibre bodied single seat invalid carriages with BSA engines. These continued to be made until 1976 and were an important source of reve ...When the company lost access to the Bristol engine in 1959 [[Ford Zephyr]] engines were used with the highest tuned version giving 170 bhp (127 kW)
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• Fiat Tipo
  ...engines as well as a 1.7 diesel, 1.9 diesel and 1.9 turbo-diesel. The base engines were widely regarded as underpowered for the car, which was roomy for 5 adu
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• Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
  The company started as a petrol engine producer, but after the success of a small number of race cars built ...esellschaft'' (DMG). Its purpose was the construction of small, high speed engines based on the same [[stationary engine]] technology.
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• GM Iron Duke engine
  |Type = ''Petrol'' ...t-6 engine#153|153]]'' from the 1960s [[Chevrolet Nova|Chevy II]], but the engines are entirely different - the Iron Duke's intake manifold is on the passenge
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• Alfa Romeo 155
  ...the latter two with variable valve timing. Two four-cylinder turbo diesel engines, a 1.9 (92 PS) and a 2.5 (125 PS) were available in some markets (but not t ...vehicle. Other changes included the move to 16 valve belt timed Twin Spark engines from the original 8 valve chain timed units (also the 1.7 was replaced by a
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• Autogas
  ...ion engine]]s in [[vehicles]]. The same equipment is also used for similar engines in stationary applications such as generators. ..., it reduces CO₂ emissions by around 20% compared to [[gasoline|petrol]]. It has an [[octane rating]] (MON/RON) that is between 90 and 110 and an
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• Lanchester Motor Company
  ...irst production cars in 1900. These had two cylinder horizontal air cooled engines with two crankshafts rotating in opposite directions to give smooth running ...ingham, designed by Tim Tolkien, is on the site where the first four wheel petrol car was made by Lanchester.
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• Mercedes-Benz Viano
  ...]] CDI Diesel<br>3.5L [[V6]] Petrol <br>4.3L [[V6]] Petrol <br>6.0L [[V8]] Petrol <br> ...hs, two wheelbases and a choice of four standard, modern petrol and diesel engines (as well as two specialist tuned models) coupled to either a six-speed manu
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• Rotary engine
  ...d a substantial [[power-to-weight ratio]] advantage over more conventional engines. Another advantage was improved cooling, as the rotating cylinder block cr Most rotary engines were arranged with the cylinders pointing outwards from a single crankshaft
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• Fuel injection
  For [[gasoline]] engines, [[carburetor]]s were the predominant method to meter fuel prior to the wid ...complexity, and lower cost. Prior to 1980, nearly all automotive gasoline engines used carburetors. However, carburetors are simply not accurate enough to d
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• Peugeot 205
  ...from 954 cc to 1905 cc engine displacement, in carburetor or fuel injected petrol and diesel versions. Its use of the now standard [[PSA Peugeot Citroën]] s ...(105.8 N·m)), for instance, was as fast yet smoother than the 205 GR (1.4 Petrol, 59 bhp (44 kW), 78 lb·ft (105.8 N·m)), due to the engine developing peak
  24 KB (3,630 words) - 05:49, 8 August 2009
• Pegaso
  ...ly due to the severe shortages of the post-war era. An enhanced, but still petrol-engined, version, the '''Pegaso II''' (model code Z-203), was launched in ...and three-axle [[articulated buses]]; all of them featuring Pegaso's own engines of up to 352-horsepower.
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• Alcohol fuel
  ...ally, and they have characteristics which allow them to be used in current engines. One advantage shared by all four alcohols is [[octane rating]]. [[Biobutan ...Book", SAE International, ISBN 978-1-56091-589-8</ref>. Ordinary European petrol is typically 95 RON, 85 MON, equal to 90 AKI. Note that AKI refers to '[[An
  21 KB (3,045 words) - 06:53, 26 May 2010
• Straight-6 engine
  ...n relatively low manufacturing cost combined with much less vibration than engines with fewer cylinders.<ref>Nunney, pp. 12-13</ref> ...cu in) (0.25 L) six cylinder, 24-valve motorcycle engine. Though pre-WWII engines could be considerably larger, such as 7.4l on a [[Rolls Royce Silver Ghost]
  36 KB (5,541 words) - 08:25, 24 May 2010
• Lexus LF
  ...d]] version of the LF-A would be produced. The hybrid version, combining a petrol engine with electric motors, would likely feature a [[V8]] powertrain simil
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• BMW E30
  ...engine, to 230 N·m (170 lb·ft) torque from the 2.7 L (2693 cc) 6 cylinder petrol engine. The E30 BMW M3 was fitted with a 4 cylinder engine (BMW S14) produc
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• ACEA agreement
  ...of 5,8&nbsp;L/100&nbsp;km or 5,25&nbsp;L/100&nbsp;km for petrol and diesel engines respectively. However, the average for the whole car market for 2008 was 15
  10 KB (1,420 words) - 09:04, 24 May 2010
• Lexus LF-A Concept
  ...d]] version of the LF-A would be produced. The hybrid version, combining a petrol engine with electric motors, would likely feature a [[V8]] powertrain simil
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• Turbo Engine
  ...a Roots Blower, which is an air mover and does not actually compress air. Engines with a Roots Blower have a higher boost level as a result of the blower mov ...in turbocharging has come to the point where [[Turbo Engine|turbocharged]] engines make boost nearly as quickly as mechanically driven [[Supercharged Engine|s
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• Jaguar Mark V
  |Engine = 2.5 litre [[Inline-6]]<br>3.5 litre [[Inline-6]]<br>gasoline (petrol) ...d in the 1930s by the [[Standard Motor Company]], though after the war the engines were built by Jaguar.
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