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  • For many [[automobile]] engines, the term '''block''' is interchangeable with engine in this context, for e ...features and consequent performance characteristics are also regarded as V engines, purely because of their shape. Similarly, the Volkswagen [[VR6 engine]] is
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''Rovin''' was a French [[automobile]] manufactured from 1946 until 1951. Built by a racing driver and motorcyc
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  • ...urs, France. His first cars were belt driven, with single or twin cylinder engines. In 1900, Delahaye left the company for unknown reasons. ...re automobiles and [[truck]]s. In 1908, they began producing four cylinder engines, in sizes of 1.5 and 2.1 liters, as well as a 2.6 liter V6. As well, they l
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''Lurquin-Coudert''' was a French [[automobile]] manufactured in Paris from 1907 until 1914. Produced by a maker of indus
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  • ...urbocharged]] nor [[supercharged]]. Most [[automobile]] gasoline (petrol) engines are naturally-aspirated, though turbochargers and superchargers have enjoye ...useful in very high performance cars, aircraft and helicopters. Many N/A engines today make use of [[Variable Length Intake Manifold]]s to harness Helmholtz
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...vy, low speed, high torque engines. They were never designed as automobile engines and were commonly found in large, industrial use vehicles including dump tr ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here.
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  • '''Air-cooled engines''' rely on the circulation of air directly over hot parts of the [[engine]] In all combustion engines, a great percentage of the heat generated (around 44%) escapes through the
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  • ...r Corporation]], [[Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation]], and [[Chery Automobile]]). * [[Chang'an Ford Mazda Engine]] - 2005–present - Produces engines with [[Mazda]]
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  • ...from 1933 to 1935 [[Standard Superior]] cars were built with rear-mounted engines. In 1956, Norwegian [[Troll]] cars were equipped with Gutbrod engines.
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  • ...design for [[four-stroke cycle|four-stroke]] piston [[internal combustion engines]] which uses a built-in reservoir for oil, as opposed to an external or sec ...wed to drain to the base of the engine under gravity. In most production [[automobile]]s and motorcycles, which use a wet sump system, the oil is collected in a
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''Atalanta''' was an English [[automobile]] manufactured from 1937 until 1939 by Atalanta Motors Ltd in Staines, Midd ...omewhat erratic 4 cylinder overhead cam 1½ litre 78 bhp and 2-litre 98 bhp engines with three valves per cylinder which had been previously fitted to some [[F
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  • ===Spark-ignition engines=== {{main|Automobile emissions control}}
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  • ...o Anzani]] (1877-1956), which produced proprietary engines for aircraft, [[Automobile|cars]], boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy. ...ey were building his engines he designed a hydrofoil powered by one of his engines and propellers.
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  • ...air are usually pre-mixed before compression (although some modern petrol engines now use cylinder-direct petrol injection). ...ngines) it is done by electronically controlled [[fuel injection]]. Petrol engines run at higher speeds than Diesels partially due to their lighter pistons, c
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  • ...ch have support bearings between every two pistons. Although six-cylinder engines are inherently balanced, the four-cylinder models are inherently off balanc ==Automobile use==
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • ...penings compared to the volume of the cylinder and streamlining the ports. Engines with higher volumetric efficiency will generally be able to run at higher R ...of the cylinders through the intrinsic resonance of the system. Two-stroke engines take this concept even further with expansion chambers that returns the esc
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  • ...660 cc engine used in the [[Austin-Healey 100]] and Austin Atlantic. These engines were generally the result of a long incremental evolution process and their == Automobile use==
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Chappe et Gessalin''' (CG) was a French automobile maker founded in the 1950s and commencing manufacture of complete cars in B ...]]. It later produced cars similar to the Alpine but powered by [[Simca]] engines. The last racing CG, the CG-MC was designed by [[Matra]].
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. If the [[automobile|vehicle]] is sold in other markets worldwide, then this is the section to m
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  • {{List Of Adler Models}}The '''Adler''' was a German [[automobile]] and motorcycle manufacturer produced from 1900 to 1957. ''Adler'' is the ...chwork. These had 2916 cc six-cylinder engines and 3887 cc eight-cylinder engines.
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  • ...wed to drain to the base of the engine under gravity. In most production [[automobile]]s, which use a wet sump system, this oil is simply collected in a 3 to 10 ...mance]] sports cars, and aerobatic aircraft also utilize dry-sump equipped engines because they prevent oil-starvation at high ''g'' loads, and because their
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  • ...rst cars ever built, sometimes making Daimler and Benz 'the fathers of the automobile'. An ''Agreement of Mutual Interest''—which would be valid until the year Both companies continued to manufacture their separate [[automobile]] and [[internal combustion engine]] brands until, on June 28, 1926, when B
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  • ...[[internal combustion engine]] in a [[W engine|W configuration]]. All W16 engines consist of two 'offset double-row' [[cylinder bank|banks]] of eight cylinde ...roup's design is a stretched form of its [[list of Volkswagen Group petrol engines#W12|W12 engine]], which is itself based on technology from its [[VR6 engine
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  • ...ny. Imperial produced [[mid-size car]]s with [[straight-4|four-cylinder]] engines; the [[bodywork]] and mechanicals were primarily off-the-shelf rather than {{Imperial Automobile Company}}
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  • ...p://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/smooth1.htm#Inline 3-cylinder engines|work=Mark Wan - AutoZine Technical School|publisher=AutoZine.org|accessdate ...]]. The inner cylinder is offset 180° from the outer cylinders. In these engines, cylinder #1 fires 180°. Later, cylinder #2 fires, and then 180° later c
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''De Vaux''' (de''Voe'') was an automobile produced by the '''De Vaux Motors Company''' of Grand Rapids, Michigan and ...les during the 1933 and 1934 model years, Continental returned to building engines for other uses and remaining assets were repurchased by [[Norman De Vaux]]
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  • ...NAME}} Models}}'''Automobiles Delaunay-Belleville''' was a French luxury [[automobile]] manufacturer from St. Denis sur Seine, France. ...of the models were powered by inline-six engines, with a few four cylinder engines. A pressurized system of pumps and oil ways for lubrication was one of the
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  • ...a very long engine, and therefore straight-12 engines are not common in [[automobile]]s, but it has been used for large military [[truck]]s. Also some Russian
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  • ...the company produced [[Gutbrod-Superiors]] with 593cc and 663cc two-stroke engines.
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  • ...known as '''Chenard & Walcker''' and '''Chenard et Walcker''' was a French automobile manufacturer, from 1901 - 1946. The factory was in Asnières. ...re powered by [[Citroën]] or [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[V8 engine|V-8]] engines. The company was taken over by [[Peugeot]], in 1946.
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  • ...of cars, which first appeared in 1931. After the Second World War, [[Saab Automobile|SAAB]] used the configuration in their first model, the [[Saab 92]], in 194 ...ey continued in common use until the 1990s, though shorter V-configuration engines in a straight in "T-drive" configuration became common in the 1960s. They
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  • ...sically expensive design to manufacture, and somewhat too wide for compact automobile engine compartments, which makes it more suitable for luxury sports cars, c ...et Corvair|Corvair]] with flat-6 [[air-cooled]] [[Chevrolet Corvair engine|engines]]. The [[Citroen DS]] was originally intended to be fitted with an air-cool
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  • ...[[six-cylinder]] version of 1991cc; later six-cylinders were offered with engines of 2179cc. Among the company's last cars was an [[ohv]] [[straight-eight]]
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  • ...known as '''Chenard & Walcker''' and '''Chenard et Walcker''' was a French automobile manufacturer, from 1901 - 1946. The factory was in Asnières. ...re powered by [[Citroën]] or [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[V8 engine|V-8]] engines. The company was taken over by [[Peugeot]], in 1946.
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  • ...utomobile|cars]], steam locomotives and a range of [[internal combustion]] engines. ...s sent to the Paris Exhibition in 1867. In 1868 they built five 0-6-0 tank engines for the Great Eastern Railway to the design of [[Samuel W. Johnson]]. Thre
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  • The '''Ariès''' was a French [[automobile]] manufactured by a company in Asnières-sur-Seine from 1903 to 1938. ...inly military trucks during World War I, as well as [[Hispano-Suiza]] aero engines.
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''[[Wanderer]]''' was a German [[automobile]] manufacturer from 1911 to 1939. The first two or three seater models used four cylinder 1145 cc and 1220 cc engines. The 1220 cc model lasted until 1925.
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  • ...o been tried, so far unsuccessfully, except with low-speed "oilless" steam engines.[http://www.www.spilling.de/uk/index-steamengines.htm.com] A cylinder's dis ...for compressional sealing and one to seal the [[motor oil|oil]] (In steam engines only compressional sealing rings are used of which there can be from two to
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  • ...border:1px solid #999; font-size:83%; line-height:1.5; " summary="Infobox Automobile" '''Alfa Romeo 2000''' is a car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturing company [[Alfa Romeo]] as a successor to the [[Alfa Romeo 190
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  • ==Piston engines== ...izes piston engine developments. Note that Mazda has produced many piston engines, but only [[V-twin]], [[straight-4]], and [[V6]] configurations.
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  • ...s under its own name and in joint ventures with a variety of international automobile firms. ...nd, to protect it from foreign invasion. It has become the second-largest automobile manufacturer in China. The company will make an Initial Public Offering in
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  • ...s}}'''Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica''' (Torino, 1959 - ) is an [[automobile]] manufacturer, founded by [[Frank Reisner]].. ...pe however, had small [[Ford Anglia#Anglia 105E (1959–1967)|Ford Anglia]] engines. These cars and some other prototypes were designed by [[Franco Scaglione]
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  • ...e with three different models. Later models were upgraded to six-cylinder engines up to 3.8L in capacity. A light car with a 16hp engine was introduced in 1
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  • ...nufacturer, while later it turned to the production of marine and aircraft engines as well as other goods. The first automobile bearing this marque featured a four-cylinder engine with an output of 24&n
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Sizaire-Naudin''' was a French [[automobile]] manufacturer. ...the single cylinder format was outmoded, and an attempt to fit 4 cylinder engines did not result in significantly increased sales.
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  • ...Surrey, England was a manufacturer of cars, aircraft, motor scooters, and engines for road and air. Established by [[Ronald Charteris]] in Byfleet, Surrey in ** [[ABC (1920 automobile)]]
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  • ...ttp://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsgasa.htm The History of the Automobile - The Internal Combustion Engine and Early Gas-Powered Cars]</ref><ref name ...the mid-nineteenth century. Gasoline was not used for internal combustion engines until 1870.
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  • ..., Michigan from 1915 - 1924. Dort used [[Lycoming engine|Lycoming]] built engines to power their vehicles. ...which acquired [[Buick]] Motors in 1903. Durant and Dort wanted to begin automobile production, and Billy Durant acquired [[Chevrolet]] with Dort’s backing.
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  • ...'British Salmson''' was established in 1930 in Raynes Park, London to make engines for light aircraft. From 1934 to 1939 they also made a range of cars. With ...was taken over by British owners in 1930 and renamed British Salmson Aero Engines Ltd. They do not appear to have been very succesful in getting orders and i
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  • ...e in the rear was the person doing the steering. Single-cylinder or V-twin engines were used. Before World War I, Bédélia cyclecars sold very well, even in
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  • *1966 - [[Anadol]] automobile production started. *1982 – İnönü plant launched truck and engines
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  • '''Vittorio Jano''' (April 22, 1891 – 1966) was a famed Italian [[automobile]] designer from the 1920s through 1960s. ...s cars and Ferrari took them over to great success. Now designing aircraft engines, Jano watched as [[Tazio Nuvolari]] drove a P3 to victory in the [[German G
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  • ...to work for the company in Spain. La Cuadra built their first gas powered engines from Birkigt designs. At some point in 1902 the ownership changed hands to ...o-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles,''' also under Castro's direction. Four new engines were introduced in the next year and a half. A 3.8L and a 7.4L four cylinde
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Vivinus''' [[Automobile|car]]s were made by Ateliers Vivinus S.A. of Schaarbeek, Brussels (1899 - 1 ...cylinder cars were made with shaft drive along with motor cycles and aero engines.
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  • ...Marek''' was a Polish automobile engineer, known for his [[Aston Martin]] engines. {{automobile-bio-stub}}
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  • ...ny features of this [[automobile|vehicle]] that sets it apart from other [[automobile|vehicles]] in its class, then mention those ''unique attributes'' here. ...version these are among the first production non-luxury passenger vehicle engines equipped with fuel injection. This was not a conventional efi as we know to
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  • ...do not share crank pins in this way, and [[flat engine#180° V-engines|180° engines]] which do. ...hich the corresponding pistons reach top dead center simultaneously. Boxer engines should not be confused with [[opposed piston engine]]s, which use a complet
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  • ...''Attica'' itself. 200cc engines (by ''Sachs'', ''[[Heinkel]]'' as well as engines built by ''Attica'' itself) were used to power different versions of the ca ...tor'') to produce the [[DIM (automobiles)|DIM]], an entirely new passenger automobile he had designed and developed. The car was presented in the Geneva Motor Sh
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  • ...law Charles Trépardoux. Bouton and Trépardoux had been making small steam engines and toys when they met de Dion who offered to go into partnership with them ...n improved boiler for small boats and also fitted one to a steam-powered [[automobile]]. This had the boiler and engine mounted at the front driving the front w
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  • ...l die-casting business (in fact, he invented the term) before entering the automobile business with the engineer John Wilkinson. ...be critical in making a well-performing car given the limited power of the engines then available. Most Franklins were wood-framed. The very first used an a
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  • == Internal combustion engines == ...the control used by the driver to regulate power is sometimes called the [[Automobile pedal|throttle pedal]] or accelerator.
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