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• Alvis TB 14
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Length = 177.5 in (4509 mm)
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• Carsharing
  ...rative, ''ad hoc'' grouping. Today there are more than one thousand cities in the world where people can carshare.<ref>{{cite web | title = World Carshar ...term '''carsharing''' is also used for [[carpooling]] or [[ride sharing]] in some places.
  12 KB (1,828 words) - 07:59, 21 August 2009
• Riley
  ...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
  11 KB (1,593 words) - 05:13, 19 February 2007
• Supermini car
  ...all superminis. Overall in 2005, of the fifteen best selling types of car in Europe, six were superminis. ...i-based [[multi-purpose vehicle]]s and [[sport utility vehicle]]s appeared in the last years, which are called the [[mini MPV]] and [[mini SUV]] respecti
  9 KB (1,406 words) - 08:55, 26 June 2010
• 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
  10 KB (1,465 words) - 04:57, 10 November 2007
• Holden
  ...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.
  23 KB (3,523 words) - 00:17, 7 October 2010
• Four Wheel Drive
  ...gine]] simultaneously. While many people think exclusively of [[off-road]] vehicles, powering all four wheels provides better control on slick ice and is an im ...atives of [[Four Wheel Drive|4WD]] systems. The terms are thus quite vague in modern usage.
  20 KB (3,185 words) - 09:16, 19 June 2010
• Hudson
  ...'''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).
  12 KB (1,829 words) - 07:40, 20 March 2007
• Alvis Cars
  ...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
  12 KB (1,702 words) - 10:22, 25 May 2010
• Land Rover Series
  | 1948 - 1985 ...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
  29 KB (4,585 words) - 15:15, 9 July 2009
• Buick Blackhawk
  "This is a very special show car," said Michael E. Doble, Buick’s special vehicles manager: "It has classic styling combined with contemporary proportions. If ...ical bars, and its major sheet metal combines the sleek bodies of 1941 and 1948 Buick Roadmasters.
  10 KB (1,560 words) - 03:04, 6 July 2007
• Automatic transmission
  ...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.]]
  15 KB (2,112 words) - 19:03, 27 September 2009
• Packard
  ...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
  16 KB (2,357 words) - 03:05, 12 December 2010
• New Flyer Industries
  ...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.
  15 KB (2,231 words) - 07:10, 30 April 2010
• Pontiac
  ...by [[GMC|General Motors]] and sold in the United States from 1926 to 2009. In the GM brand lineup, Pontiac is a mid-level brand featuring a more sporting ..., Michigan to build the Cartercar. Oakland was purchased by General Motors in 1909. The first General Motors Pontiac was conceived as an affordable [[V6|
  23 KB (3,393 words) - 03:55, 3 November 2010
• Jaguar XK6 engine
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Displacement = '''in litres, cc's or cu-in.'''
  19 KB (2,986 words) - 15:25, 18 December 2009
• Automatic gearbox
  ...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]]
  18 KB (2,702 words) - 10:25, 14 January 2007
• Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
  ...otype was built but not produced. These 6C 2500 models were among the last vehicles with links to the pre-war cars.<ref name="ultimatecarpage.com">{{Cite web|u ...eo/8c_spider/1902.html|title=19.02.2008 PRODUCTION ALFA 8C SPIDER TO DEBUT IN GENEVA|accessdate=2008-02-19|work=italiaspeed.com/2008}}</ref>
  12 KB (1,771 words) - 10:52, 23 April 2010
• Jaguar Mark V
  |Production = 28 September 1948 - mid 1951<br>9501 Saloons approx.<br>1001 DHCs approx.<br>10,502 units tot ...ith the result, and so that is how the Mark V got its name, always printed in company brochures as the Roman numeral V, never the Arabic numeral 5. It re
  9 KB (1,344 words) - 21:43, 9 July 2010
• Bedford Vehicles
  ...), 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.
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