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...hicles during nighttime driving, and to switch back to high beam after the vehicles had passed. ...ick]], [[Pontiac]] and [[Chevrolet]] models began offering this feature in 1953. Cars with the Autornic Eye were easily identified by a periscope-like phot

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...and was owned by the Norddeutsche Lloyd shipping company. The factory was in Bremen. Many of the products of the company and its successors were badged ...[[Borgward]] group after the purchase of Hansa by [[Carl F. W. Borgward]] in 1929, and car production ceased.

...'' and '''[[Graham Ingoldsby Francis]]''' started the business in Coventry in 1895. ...Singer]] company. In 1919 they started to build their own cars from bought in components.

...r]]. The 8 litre ''Kaiserpreis'' won the Belgian Circuit des Ardennes race in 1907. A certain [[Charles Rolls|Charles S Rolls]] was a Minerva dealer in England selling the 2.9 litre 14hp. The most important market for the const

...car]] created by German automobile maker [[Audi]]. This vehicle was first introduced at the 2003 [[Geneva Motor Show]]. It was what Audi planned to become the v ...ed at 600 hp (441 kW). It could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about 4.1 seconds. [[Torque]] on the Nuvolari Quattro was rated at 750 Nm.

...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

...o Coventry-based companies, [[Armstrong-Whitworth]] and [[Siddeley-Deasy]] in 1919. ...glish bodies. This company merged with [[Wolseley Motor Company|Wolseley]] in 1905 and made stately Wolseley-Siddeley motorcars. They were used by Queen

...iod. Today they are part of the French SAFRAN Group, while the Spanish arm in 1946 was taken over by Enasa, the maker of [[Pegaso]] trucks and sport cars ...es''' (''Spanish-Swiss Car Factory''), but this company also went bankrupt in December 1903.

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...cles were made before an improved version with wheel steering was launched in 1913 and a further 36 were made before the outbreak of the First World War ...nance and braking was on all four wheels. Production was briefly suspended in September 1931 when fire swept through the works.

...mpany has been the leading producer of medium and heavy-duty diesel trucks in Japan. It is owned by [[Toyota]]. ...It produced its first motor vehicle in 1913, the Model TGE "A-Type" truck. In 1937 TG&E merged its automobile division with that of Automobile Industry C

...elling for the pronunciation of Biscooter) was a [[microcar]] manufactured in Spain during the mid-20th century. ...ond World War made very small, economical cars popular in many countries. In Spain the situation was complicated by General Francisco Franco's authorita

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...in charge and the engine moved further forward to a conventional position in the sporting side valve 5.5 litre six cylinder Forty. ...ty was finally replaced by the Thirty with straight eight 4.4 litre engine in 1928.

...tion of the company into larger corporations, the ''Morris'' name remained in use as a marque until 1984. ...rger car, the 2-seat and 4-seat [[Morris Cowley (1915)|Morris Cowley]] was introduced.

...a period in which they had been out of favor<ref>"The History of Electric Vehicles: ...ide Batteries, was also a participant in the development of the Kilowatt. (In 1974, National Union Electric was purchased by AB Electrolux of Sweden .)

...milies were introduced using the letter "A" to denote that all the engines in the family had an [[alloy]] [[cylinder head]]. Their latest engines, howeve ...bishi's smallest powerplants, most commonly found in their earliest models in the 1960s:

...ed in a straight line along the [[crankcase]]. The type has been produced in [[side valve]], [[overhead valve]] and [[overhead cam]] configurations. .... However, [[crankshaft]] [[torsional vibration]], present to some degree in all engines, is sufficient to require the use of a [[harmonic damper]] at t

'''Hans Glas GmbH''' is a former German automotive company, which was based in Dingolfing. ...h steam engine). During the summer periods about 16 people worked for him. In 1905 Andreas Glas' company built their first sowing machines. He then had s

...for Passenger Automobiles'') is a Polish automobile manufacturer, located in Warsaw. The FSO plant was established in 1951 by the Polish government in Żerań on Warsaw's eastern bank of the river Vistula, to produce [[automob

...een the motor car marque of the British '''Daimler Motor Company''', based in Coventry. The company was a subsidiary of BSA from 1910 up until 1960, when ..., in 1902, while the name ''Daimler'' was last used for a German built car in 1908.

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...to drawing advertisements for [[Studebaker]] trucks. They had a second son in 1940, Brian, who tragically fell from a window and later died from his inju ...t most of the credit for the car's design. In 1949 Exner started working in [[Chrysler]]'s '''Advanced Styling Group''', where he partnered with [[Clif

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...en twin overhead [[camshafts]], which he designed himself. It was offered in normal or [[supercharger|supercharged]] form giving 49 or 76[[Horsepower|bh ...car was capable of 120 mph and 0-60 mph in 7 seconds. In 1937 the company introduced front [[independent suspension]] to the chassis. They became popular among

...nufacturer from 1890. The company became part of the Nuffield Organisation in 1938 and was later merged into [[British Leyland Motor Corporation|British ...rom producing motorcycles to his first prototype four-wheeled quadricycle. In 1900, Riley sold a single three-wheeled automobile, but the company could n

...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

...as made before the United States began implementing automobile safety laws in 1967. Regardless, later examples have seatbelts but not any other safety de ...ginally based on the [[Alfa Romeo Giulietta]], the post-war Alfa that came in coupe(Sprint), sedan(Berlina), and convertible(Spider) variations. The Velo

...2004, although GM's Swedish subsidiary, [[Saab]], fills a similar segment in price and prestige level. ...1910VanderbiltCup.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Louis Chevrolet driving a Buick Bug in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup]]

...ut to the bone. The Morris Minor, when compared with competitor products in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, excelled as a roomy vehicle with s ...as also lightweight and rear wheel drive, with the possibility of swapping in the [[Rover K-Series engine]] or the [[Fiat Twin Cam engine|Fiat Twin Cam]]

...ass in 1998. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is built at Mercedes-Benz factories in the German towns of Sindelfingen and Bremen. The very first C-Class sedan w </div>In 1953, the [[Chevrolet]] Corvette was the first all-American sports car built by

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...] [[automobile]]. Designed by [[Vittorio Jano]], the Aurelia was launched in 1950 and production lasted through the summer of 1958. ...]] design, with rear [[semi-trailing arm]]s replaced by a [[de Dion tube]] in the [[#Fourth series|Fourth series]].

...ver]] went bankrupt in the spring of 2005. MG cars have resumed production in January 2007 under new owners [[Nanjing Automobile Group]]. ...ver as GM, guiding the company through its best years until his retirement in 1969.

...'''Hudson Motor Car Company''' made Hudson and other brand [[automobile]]s in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1957. ..., would later be president of Hudson-Nash descendant American Motors Corp. in the 1960s).

...ix motor racing''' has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from ...ve to the United States. Beginning in 1910, he would become a major figure in American racing and the designer of a car for [[General Motors Corporation|

...mler-Benz]] in 1957, and was finally purchased by the [[Volkswagen Group]] in 1964. ...troke cycle|two-stroke]] engines and, from 1931, the company was a pioneer in [[front-wheel drive]] and transverse mounting. The most well-known cars mad

...tomatic transmission|automatic]] transmissions have significantly improved in their ability to support high fuel efficiency but [[manual transmission]]s ...Ford500autotrans.JPG|frame|right|The automatic transmission selector lever in a [[Ford Five Hundred]] car.]]

...ace [[Buick Straight-8 engine|its straight-8 engines]]. These engines came in many of the same displacements as those from other divisions, but were enti Buick first generation of V8 lasted from 1953 through 1956. It was an [[Overhead valve|OHV]]/[[pushrod engine]] like the

...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.

...), established in 1930; and constructing [[commercial vehicle]]s. Bedford Vehicles was a leading international [[truck]] manufacturer, with substantial export ...from Hendon to Luton, Vauxhall's headquarters, production commencing there in 1929.

...the Studebaker Corporation. While the company left the automobile business in 1966, Studebaker survived as an independent closed investment firm until 19 ...armer, blacksmith, and wagon-maker who lived near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in the early 19th century. By 1840 he had moved to Ohio and taught his five so

...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

...ian automotive manufacturer with ties to [[General Motors]]. It is an icon in the region. ...formed General Motors–Holden's Ltd. In 1998, it was renamed Holden Ltd and in May 2005, it became known as GM Holden Ltd.

...ackard automobiles were produced in 1899 and the brand went off the market in 1958. Packard automobiles are highly sought after by collectors today, and ...ed the Ohio Automobile Company, quickly introduced a number of innovations in its designs, including the modern steering wheel and the first production 1

...merica, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It also has factories in Crookston and St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. ...Flyer Industries Limited'''. Den Oudsten Bussen B.V was a bus manufacturer in its native country, the Netherlands.

...[[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.

...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

...some. In recent years, automatic transmissions have significantly improved in their ability to support high fuel efficiency but [[manual transmission]]s ...ween set gear ratios. Even though CVTs have been used for decades in a few vehicles (e.g. [[Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek|DAF]] saloons and the [[Volvo 340]]

...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

The '''Zastava Koral''' (known in the US simply as the '''Yugo''') is a subcompact vehicle built by [[Zastava ...tch?v=NStfUnmU9PE&search=Yugo</ref> The Zastava Koral was still being sold in the former Yugoslavia with updated design until November 21, 2008. After 30

...of these vehicles ''ever made'' are still in use today- a claim first made in the 1992 brochure and repeated many times since, being much publicised when ...g &mdash; many body parts are interchangeable between brand-new models and vehicles nearly 30 years old. Differences, however, are significant. The principal d

...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

Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be List the colors that the particular <MODEL> is offered in.

...y, Ford's second company. While Lincoln was the best selling luxury marque in the United States for an extended period of time, Lincoln lost ground to it To combat this relative slide in sales Lincoln has undergone a complete renewal of its line-up, and even rec

...d 400 miles (640 km). Eighteen months in the planning, the race was filmed in secret on 25 April 2009, to be shown on 21 June 2009 on the UK's top rated ...es May]] in XK120. The race was to be the centrepiece of the first episode in the [[Top Gear (series 13)|13th series]] of ''Top Gear''.

...tream compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between. Gas turbine may also refer to just the turbine component. ...anical output. The energy given up to the turbine comes from the reduction in the temperature of the exhaust gas.

...financing and insurance. GM's [[OnStar]] subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. GM is the majority shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea, and has product, powertrain

...)|cylinder]]s mounted on the [[crankcase]] in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower a ...kshaft with heavy counterweights to eliminate the vibrations. This results in an engine which is smoother than a [[V6 engine|V6]], while being considerab

...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

...y German engine designer and industrialist. During the 1890s he was hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of construct ...ycle, motorboat and, after Daimler's death, to a new automobile introduced in late 1902, the ''Mercedes'' model, built to the specifications of [[Emil Je

...ces emphasise endurance (races are typically anywhere from 2.5 to 24 hours in length), reliability and strategy over pure speed. Longer races usually inv ...ers have in many cases been very similar to the cars that were raced, both in engineering and styling. It is this close association with the 'exotic' nat

...ng not on a [[Race track|circuit]], but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points ([ ...d of Motor Racing 1894–1908" page 1. Royal Automobile Club 1909, reprinted in facsimile 1949.</ref>

...r Corporation]], which discontinued the use of AMC and Renault brand names in the United States. The [[Jeep]] line was continued, as well as some of the ...'s CEO, [[A.E. Barit]] was retained as a consultant and given a Board seat in the new company, and Nash's [[George W. Mason]] was made President and CEO

...toughest, most dangerous, and most demanding purpose-built racing circuit in the world. ...: the 28.265 km (17.563 mi)-long ''Gesamtstrecke'' ("Whole Course"), which in turn consisted of the 22.810 km (14.173 mi) ''[[Nordschleife]]'' ("Northern

...''fastest'', ''lightest'', ''best-selling'', and so on. They vary greatly in size, [[engine displacement]], power, price, and many other traits. ...o automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately. The list is also limited to production road cars that: