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• Bristol
  ...holly British-owned luxury car builder. The cars have only ever been made in very small numbers. The most recent published official production figures w ...rather than ostentation or excitement. Bristols built today are the same in major details as any from the past 30 years or more. Some would call this
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• Simca
  ...a part of [[Chrysler Europe]] and a brand rather than independent company. In 1978, Chrysler divested its European operations to another French automaker ...ros|Barreiros]] (another Chrysler subsidiary) in Spain, and also assembled in Chile, Colombia and the Netherlands <ref>[http://members.home.nl/jurriaankn
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• Frederick Lanchester
  ...now, part of Imperial College, Kensington. He supplemented his instruction in applied engineering by attending evening classes at Finsbury Technical Scho When he completed his education in 1888, he took a job as a Patent Office draughtsman for £3 a week. About th
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• Frederick W. Lanchester
  ...now, part of Imperial College, Kensington. He supplemented his instruction in applied engineering by attending evening classes at Finsbury Technical Scho When he completed his education in 1888, he took a job as a Patent Office draughtsman for £3 a week. About th
  14 KB (2,264 words) - 21:44, 20 August 2009
• Daimler Motor Company
  ...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.
  14 KB (2,176 words) - 08:39, 11 December 2010
• Buick
  ...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]]
  16 KB (2,253 words) - 08:39, 17 August 2010
• Bedford Vehicles
  ...[General Motors]] (GM), established in 1930; and constructing [[commercial vehicle]]s. Bedford Vehicles was a leading international [[truck]] manufacturer, w ...from Hendon to Luton, Vauxhall's headquarters, production commencing there in 1929.
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• Gas turbine
  ...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.
  31 KB (4,779 words) - 13:07, 29 October 2010
• Sleeve valve
  ...its cars, a system which, after extensive development, saw substantial use in aircraft engines of the 1940s, such as the Napier Sabre and Bristol Hercule ...ning with the cylinder's inlet and exhaust ports at the appropriate stages in the engine's cycle.
  18 KB (2,872 words) - 10:10, 20 September 2010
• Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle
  ...ems or components. The HV provides better fuel economy than a conventional vehicle because the engine is smaller and may be run at speeds providing more effic ...to describe an [[engine swap]]. Some have also referred to [[flexible-fuel vehicle]]s as ''hybrids'' because they can use a mixture of different fuels — typ
  48 KB (7,153 words) - 16:31, 25 September 2009
• Straight-6 engine
  ...sesses both primary and secondary mechanical [[engine balance]], resulting in relatively low manufacturing cost combined with much less vibration than en ...in) [[Volvo 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
  36 KB (5,541 words) - 08:25, 24 May 2010
• Battery electric vehicle
  ...es''' or '''BEV'''s are [[electric vehicle]]s whose main energy storage is in the chemical energy of batteries. ...s are sometimes used, forming a type of [[hybrid vehicle]]. Batteries used in electric vehicles include "flooded" lead-acid, absorbed glass mat, NiCd, ni
  56 KB (8,990 words) - 15:42, 24 September 2009
• Electric motor
  ...f large ships, and for such purposes as pipeline compressors, with ratings in the millions of watts. Electric motors may be classified by the source of e ...trated in school physics classes, but brine (salt water) is sometimes used in place of the toxic mercury. This is the simplest form of a class of devices
  51 KB (7,942 words) - 12:57, 20 April 2010

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