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• Overdrive
  ...wo different things. An overdrive is a device which was commonly used in [[automobiles]] to allow the choice of an extra-high overall [[gear ratio]] for high spee ...ndered the overdrive a complex and obsolete solution to economy gearing in automobiles, and very few cars are fitted with them today, although they still appear o
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• Autobianchi
  ...[[Fiat]] and [[Pirelli]] with a proposal to form a new company to produce automobiles. Thus, the Autobianchi company was born, with the agreement signed by the t === Into the 1970s ===
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• Giorgetto Giugiaro
  He initiated the "folded paper" era of the 1970s where the cars were designed with straight lines and sharp edges. As well a * [[Bugatti Automobiles SAS]]
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• Model year
  The practice of identifying revisions of automobiles by their "model year" is strongest in the United States. Typically, comple ...h US owned subsidiaries dominate the domestic automarket. In the 1960s and 1970s, many new models were traditionally introduced at the London or Paris motor
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• Zastava
  ...s (138 km) southeast of Belgrade. It is most known for its [[Fiat]]-based automobiles, which began assembling in 1955 for Eastern European markets. The firm also During the 1970s and '80s, Zastava sold its compact cars in North and South America and West
  11 KB (1,780 words) - 14:18, 3 June 2010
• Dino
  ...list of [[Sports Car International Top Sports Cars|Top Sports Cars of the 1970s]]. ''[[Motor Trend|Motor Trend Classic]]'' placed the 206/246 at number sev ...ngine; he died on June 30, 1956 at the age of only 24, before his namesake automobiles Fiat Dino and Dino were produced.
  5 KB (754 words) - 00:33, 4 February 2009
• Volga
  ...e venerable GAZ-24 platform, right down to the central body shell. In the 1970s, Volga also introduced a convertible "24" model which had a limited, but ve [[Category:Soviet automobiles]]
  8 KB (1,211 words) - 18:14, 15 March 2009
• Landyacht
  ...led with 3 or 4 speed automatic transmissions, excessive [[Fuel economy in automobiles|fuel consumption]], and emphasis on ride comfort at the expense of handling After the oil crises of the 1970s and 1980s, American automakers never fully recovered from the decline in po
  5 KB (769 words) - 05:39, 25 May 2010
• LaSalle
  Prior to the LaSalle, automobiles essentially followed a set pattern, with design changes set by engineering ...0s and 1970s General Motors issued Motorama cars and proposed new consumer automobiles under the design name LaSalle. 1955 saw two Motorama dream-cars, the LaSall
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• Buchmann
  ...uchmann''', an accomplished mechanic, specialised in enhancing performance automobiles, such as Porsche's 911, 928 and 924, and the Mercedes S-Class. Buchmann lau The company was launched in the mid-1970s, when demand for modified luxury cars was at its highest. As Buchmann found
  5 KB (722 words) - 15:09, 15 October 2008
• Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
  [[Category:1960s Automobiles|Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow]] [[Category:1970s Automobiles|Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow]]
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• AMC Rebel
  [[Category:1960s Automobiles]] [[Category:1970s Automobiles]]
  9 KB (1,219 words) - 15:43, 31 October 2008
• Moskvich
  ...was sold with price near the price of Morris Mini car. The 1960s and early 1970s were the glory days, when the cars were exported to many countries througho [[Category:Soviet automobiles]]
  5 KB (698 words) - 07:25, 24 August 2010
• Tatra T603
  [[Category:1950s automobiles]] [[Category:1960s automobiles]]
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• Cadillac Deville
  ...elifts. 2000 DeVilles also featured the first production LED tail lamps in automobiles, a feature now becoming increasingly commonplace on luxury and family cars. [[Category:1940s automobiles]]
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• Effects of the automobile on societies
  ...obs and make the [[automobile]] available to the working classes. From the 1970s onwards, promotion of the [[automobile]] increasingly became a trait of the *[[Automobiles]]
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• Compact car
  ...are defined based on interior volume index or [[seating capacity]], except automobiles classified as a special vehicle such as those with only two designated seat ...ould make comparisons with the popular [[Volkswagen Beetle]]. In the early 1970s, the domestic [[automaker]]s introduced even smaller [[subcompact car]]s th
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• DKW
  == Automobiles made before WWII == == Automobiles made after WWII ==
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• Semi-automatic transmission
  In standard mass-production automobiles, the gear lever appears similar to manual shifts, except that the shift sti ...]] transmissions on their medium and large saloon and estate models in the 1970s; the Citroen GS and CX models had the option of 3 speed, semiautomatic tran
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• Talbot
  ...combined in 1938 to form [[Sunbeam-Talbot]]. Production of Sunbeam Talbot automobiles ceased during World War II and resumed again in 1946, and the Talbot name w ...and name (used as the marque) gradually replaced the Rootes brands as the 1970s progressed.
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