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• Chery Automobile
  ...rnment of Wuhu (but is scheduled to be privatized), and sold about 305,000 vehicles in 2006. It is the largest independent Chinese auto manufacturer and one o ...ent. Its first factory used machines and engine technology purchased from Ford Europe for US$25 million. It began auto production in 1999 using a licence
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• Pickup truck
  ...the have a spot welded sheet steel monocoque chassis in the same style as modern passenger cars. Trucks on the other hand usually have a heavy 'C' section r ...rth American pickups come in ''[[Full-size car|full-size]]'' (large, heavy vehicles often with [[V8]] or six-cylinder engines), ''mid-size'', and ''[[Compact c
  33 KB (5,205 words) - 17:13, 31 May 2010
• Jeep Liberty
  ...kar'' and ''Jeepster'' show cars. It competes with the [[Toyota RAV4]], [[Ford Escape]], [[Chevrolet Equinox]] and [[Nissan Xterra]]. The Liberty was the The Liberty has been very successful for Jeep, outselling the [[Ford Escape]] in 2005 to become the best-selling compact SUV in the United State
  17 KB (2,397 words) - 05:38, 24 November 2010
• Pony car
  ...ence/discoveries/news/2009/04/dayintech_0417 Borroz, Tony "April 17, 1964: Ford Mustang Starts Galloping" ''Wired'' 2009-04-17], retrieved on 2009-06-18.</ ...who would ultimately purchase more mundane automobiles. For several years Ford explored various plans for reviving some equivalent of the early Thunderbir
  20 KB (2,926 words) - 17:24, 31 March 2010
• Sports car
  ...and supercar manufacturers, such as [[Ferrari]] and [[Lamborghini]]. Many modern cars, especially [[grand tourer]]s, also use a [[FMR layout]], where the en ...es associated with the long driveshaft and longitudinal engine found in FR vehicles. But due to its conservative effect on handling, particularly a tendacy tow
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• Hydrogen vehicle
  ...which uses hydrogen]as its primary source of power for locomotion. These vehicles generally use the hydrogen in one of two methods: combustion or [[fuel-cell ...chnical and economic challenges to implementing wide-scale use of hydrogen vehicles; the timeframes in which such challenges may be overcome is unclear and a p
  23 KB (3,421 words) - 22:58, 21 August 2009
• Rover
  ...ine.co.uk/article/0,,9067-2364242,00.html | accessdate =2006-09-19}}</ref> Ford had acquired an option of first refusal to buy the Rover brand as a result ...arley's Rover is usually described by historians as the first recognisably modern bicycle. In 1888 Starley made an electric car, but it never was put into pr
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• Race car
  ...race was changed to: ''Paris to Rouen 1894''. Competitors included factory vehicles from [[Karl Benz]]'s Benz & Cie. and [[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm May ...[[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]] and [[Bugatti]] constructing stream-lined vehicles with engines producing up to 450 kW(612HP) with the aid of multiple superch
  24 KB (3,801 words) - 22:15, 21 January 2007
• Gasoline direct injection
  ...direct injection''' is a latest variant of [[fuel injection]] employed in modern two- and [[four-stroke cycle|four-]] stroke [[petrol engine]]s. The [[gaso ...ors. One hundred [[Ford Crown Victoria|Crown Victoria]] cars were built at Ford's Atlanta Assembly in Hapeville, Georgia utilizing a ProCo V8 engine. The p
  26 KB (3,828 words) - 09:08, 21 August 2009
• History of the automobile
  ...el gas]] appeared, which led to the introduction in 1885 of the ubiquitous modern [[gasoline]]- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. Cars powered by ...[[internal combustion engine]] that constitutes the most prevalent form of modern automotive propulsion is a creation of German inventor [[Nikolaus Otto]]. T
  34 KB (4,969 words) - 00:44, 29 March 2010
• Effects of the automobile on societies
  [[Image:Downtown connector daytime.jpg|thumb|325px|Modern [[automobile]]s on the road]] ...rkmen added parts to it that were brought to them by other conveyor belts. Ford's utilization of the conveyor belt in the factory was inspired by the Chica
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• Lincoln Mark series
  The 1956/57 Mark was produced while Continental was a separate division of [[Ford Motor Company]] apart from [[Lincoln|Lincoln]]. After 1958 when Continental ...obile|car]] produced by the newly formed ''Continental Division'' of the [[Ford Motor Company]] during 1956 and 1957. Many aficionados of the automobile c
  20 KB (3,161 words) - 21:54, 1 April 2010
• Lincoln
  ...s, from both imported luxury marques like Lexus and Infiniti, and from the Ford Motor Company's own foreign luxury brands. ...Leland, one of the founders of Cadillac (built on the remains of the Henry Ford Company), left the [[Cadillac]] division of [[General Motors]] during World
  41 KB (6,624 words) - 06:20, 17 December 2010
• Straight-6 engine
  ...nclined plane with all the [[piston]]s driving a common [[crankshaft]]; in vehicles where this engine is installed inclined versus vertical, it is sometimes ca ...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
  36 KB (5,541 words) - 08:25, 24 May 2010
• Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle
  ...the United States to mean a vehicle of mixed national origin; generally, a European car fitted with American mechanical components. This meaning has fallen out ...combustion]] engines and electric batteries to power [[electric motor]]s. Modern [[mass production|mass-produced]] hybrids prolong the charge on their batte
  48 KB (7,153 words) - 16:31, 25 September 2009
• Motor oil
  ...uch as [[bus]]es and [[Large Goods Vehicle|commercial vehicles]], non-road vehicles such as [[Kart racing|go-karts]], snowmobiles, boats (fixed engine installa ...tween the piston rings and interior surfaces of the cylinders. However, in modern designs, there are also passageways through the rods which carry oil from t
  42 KB (6,527 words) - 06:09, 25 May 2010
• Bedford Vehicles
  ...), established in 1930; and constructing [[commercial vehicle]]s. Bedford Vehicles was a leading international [[truck]] manufacturer, with substantial export ...trucks manufactured at their Canadian works. This enabled them to import vehicles into Britain under Imperial Preference, which favoured products from the Br
  21 KB (3,417 words) - 19:13, 13 March 2010
• Mercedes-Benz Viano
  ...available in three lengths, two wheelbases and a choice of four standard, modern petrol and diesel engines (as well as two specialist tuned models) coupled Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options
  18 KB (2,503 words) - 22:45, 2 July 2010
• Motor Racing
  ...[[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Delahaye]], and [[Bugatti]] constructing streamlined vehicles with engines producing up to 450&nbsp;kW (612&nbsp;hp), aided by multiple-s ...format (such as the German Formula 3 championship, or the British Formula Ford).A formula 1 champion is Michael Schumacher who won 7 world championships.
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• Unsafe at Any Speed
  ...and glossy enamels which reflected sunlight or the light of oncoming motor vehicles into the driver's eyes. This problem, according to Nader, was well known by ...n selector, which was yet another diverse method of selecting gear ranges. Ford was the first to use the "P R N D L" pattern which separated Reverse from f
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