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...to Germany and established several automobile and motorcycle manufacturing companies, including [[DKW]] and [[Framo]]. [[Category:Automotive company founders|Rasmussen, Jørgen Skafte]]

...ongst other firms, manufacturing the transmissions for most German Panzers of World War II. ZF's most famous World War II-era transmissions are SSG 76 an ...i-automatic transmission]] in trucks and buses, ZF has also introduced one of its own, named the ASTronic.

...ary 3, 1951) was a German engineer and [[automobile]] pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing firm that would become [[Audi]]. ...y to ''Audi Automobilwerke GmbH'' in 1910, ''Audi'' being the Latinization of Horch.

...f [[Mitsubishi Motors]]. It is responsible for development and preparation of the company's [[rally racing]] and [[off-road racing]] vehicles, and is als ...lliart Australia as the official regional licensee in 1988, after 22 years of experience with the company's cars.<ref name="stewart">[http://www.ralliart

...1954 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA) is currently the Group Vice President of Design and Chief Creative Officer at [[Ford Motor Company]]. His name is si ...After later refocusing on art, Mays graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1980.

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* Parts and systems supplier for the automotive industry * Manufacture of consumer goods, power tools, home appliances

...|thumb|right|400px]]'''BRABUS''', founded 1977 in Bottrop near Düsseldorf, Germany by Klaus '''Bra'''ckmann and Bodo '''Bus'''chmann, is a high-performance af ...rimary focus is to achieve maximum engine performance through the increase of both horsepower and [[torque]]. Customers can either buy cars straight from

...produce bodies for their chassis. For example, [[Fisher Body]] built all of [[Cadillac]]'s closed bodies in the 1910s. ...omobile) manufacturers brought body building skills in-house, the practice of custom coachbuilding gained favor among the rich. Some ultra-luxury vehicl

He was the second son to an aristocratic family in Germany from Brunkensen in Lower Saxony. ...his prospects were not good, so in 1936 he emigrated to the United States of America. He eventually moved to Los Angeles and worked at a car wash and i

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...in London, where he got to know people such as [[Raymond Loewy]], were one of the most influencing times in his life. ==Automotive design==

...[[diesel engine]] manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. It is a subsidiary of the [[Fiat Group]], and produces around 200,000 commercial vehicles and 460 ...y commercial vehicle and [[engine]] markets, and is near the top for sales of passenger transport and 3.5 ton light vehicles.

He was born in Mussy-la-Ville (then in Luxembourg, part of Belgium from 1839). By the early 1850s he had emigrated to France, taking u ...ef name="Wise, p.1181">Wise, p.1181.</ref> with a power stroke at each end of the cylinder.<ref name="Wise, p.1182">Wise, p.1182.</ref> In 1863 the [[Hip

...ual transmission]]s. The company was founded on 1 May 1935 in Ludwigsburg, Germany by Hermann Hagenmeyer as the ''Getriebe- und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmey [[Category:Motor vehicle companies]]

...ars]] for companies and teams such as [[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Automotive Technology division based in Warwick provides road car design and engineeri In addition to its British base, the group has activities in Germany, Detroit and California in the United States, Thailand, China and Australia

...engineer and inventor [[Gottlieb Daimler]]. For the two direct descendants of Daimler's original company, see [[Daimler-Benz]] and its successor [[Daimle {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}

...responsible for the founding of [[BMW AG]] and the First General Director of BMW AG from 1922 to 1942. ...velopment of the mobility company we know today. He was “General Director” of the company from its foundation until he was forced to relinquish his posit

The '''automotive industry''' designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's ...gnant, while those in South America and other parts oAsia]] grew strongly. Of the major markets, China, Russia, Brazil and India saw the most rapid growt

...ommunications Technology). Hence the application of telematics is with any of the following: * The technology of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices in

...ese TDI engines are widely used in all mainstream Volkswagen Group marques of [[automobile|passenger cars]] and [[light commercial vehicle]]s produced by '''TDI''' is a registered trademark of [[Volkswagen Group|Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft]].<ref name=VWAG/>

...eration), in what is now the Federal Republic of Germany. He was a pioneer of [[internal-combustion engine]]s and [[automobile]] development. He invented ...next year, to a stagecoach, and a boat. They are renowned as the designers of this ''Grandfather Clock'' engine.

...of power for locomotion. These vehicles generally use the hydrogen in one of two methods: combustion or [[fuel-cell]] conversion: ...timeframes in which such challenges may be overcome is unclear and a point of controversy.

...automobile engineer, and his nephew, Dr. [[Ferdinand Piech]], was chairman of [[Volkswagen]] from 1993 to 2002. ...s technical knowledge since his childhood. Father and son opened a bureau of automobile design, at Stuttgart in 1931.

...ly in the [[automobile|automotive]] industry for listing the maximum power of [[internal-combustion engine]]s. * [[#RAC horsepower|RAC horsepower]] is based solely on the dimensions of a piston engine

|Power = 150 hp @ 5000 rpm<br>170 lb-ft of [[torque]] @ 3750 rpm ...'''", thus continuing Volkswagen's never ending saga of switching the name of its entry-level hatch for the North American market.

...e world's leading finance companies, GMAC Financial Services, which offers automotive, residential and commercial financing and insurance. GM's [[OnStar]] subsid ...nghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France.

...invention, but Benz patented his work first and, after that, patented all of the processes that made the [[internal combustion engine]] feasible for use ..., and ''[[DaimlerChrysler]]''. Before dying he would witness the explosion of automobile use during the 1920s, thanks to his inventions.

''Department of Transportation's definition of a ''passenger vehicle'', to mean a car or truck, used for passengers, exclu ...referred to as the "Big Three." The motor car has become an integral part of American life, with vehicles outnumbering licensed drivers.<ref name="BTS1"

...s hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of constructors". ...troduced in late 1902, the ''Mercedes'' model, built to the specifications of [[Emil Jellinek]].

...d via a [[common rail]] fuel line directly into the [[combustion chamber]] of each [[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]], as opposed to conventional [[fuel inje ==Theory of operation==

...bile can be divided into a number of eras based on the prevalent method of automotive propulsion during that time. Later periods were defined by trends in exteri ==Eras of invention==

|Power = N/A hp @ N/A rpm<br>N/A lb-ft of [[torque]] @ N/A rpm ...is 0.29. There is also a [[station wagon]] version with a drag coefficient of 0.31, which was introduced in 2000.

'''Rallying''', also known as '''rally racing''', is a form of [[auto racing]] that takes place on public or private roads with modified p ...were [[Panhard et Levassor]] and [[Peugeot]].<ref>Rose, Gerald: "A Record of Motor Racing 1894–1908" page 1. Royal Automobile Club 1909, reprinted in

...st all private cars requiring drivers, which are not in use and parked 90% of the time, would be traded for public self-driving taxis that would be in ne ...and the [[DARPA Grand Challenge]] from the USA. For the wider application of artificial intelligence to [[automobile]]s see ''[[smart car]]s''.

...ons]]. Its [[four-stroke cycle]] takes place in a space between the inside of an oval-like epitrochoid-shaped housing and a rotor that is similar in shap ...ing prototype in 1957. NSU then subsequently licenced the concept to other companies across the globe, who have continued to improve the design.

...ustion turbine''', is a [[rotary engine]] that extracts energy from a flow of combustion gas. It has an upstream compressor coupled to a downstream turbi ...energy given up to the turbine comes from the reduction in the temperature of the exhaust gas.

...[[electric vehicle]]s whose main energy storage is in the chemical energy of batteries. ...enset trailer]]s or [[pusher trailer]]s are sometimes used, forming a type of [[hybrid vehicle]]. Batteries used in electric vehicles include "flooded" l

...erature and pressure of a compressed gas, rather than by a separate source of ignition, such as a spark plug, as is the case in the gasoline engine. ...patent on February 23, 1893. Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including coal dust. He demonstrated it in the 1900 Exposition Unive

...s from 1.5 litres to 4.5 litres. The maximum power achieved in the history of the series was around 1200 bhp in racing trim, during the 1980s 'turbo era' ...m sponsors translating into extremely high monetary budgets for the [[List of Formula One constructors|constructor teams]], however, in recent years seve

Fastest_laps = 220<ref>This is the number of different World Championship races in which a Ferrari car has set the faste ...s, good friends with Enzo Ferrari, asked him so, to continue his tradition of sportsmanship, gallantry and boldness.