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• Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.
  ...pecialist in the creation and production of components and systems for the automotive industry. Aisin Seiki was founded in 1949 and currently supplies transmissi ...ayer in the auto parts aftermarket, distributing water pumps and hydraulic parts (e.g. clutches, brakes)
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• Porsche 114
  ...he intricacies of then German law it was not legal to sell government made parts to a private company. ...[swing axle]]s in the rear, with [[drum brake]]s at all four corners. The body was aluminum and resembled a lower, stretched, and streamlined VW. Porsche
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• Electronic control unit
  In automotive electronics, an '''electronic control unit''' (ECU), also called a control *Body Control Module - controls door locks, electric windows, courtesy lights etc
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• Double wishbone
  ...ter to induce more negative camber on the outside [[wheel]] as the vehicle body rolls in a turn. Between the arms there is a knuckle with a spindle or hub ...on and [[brake|braking]], the arms need two bushings or ball joints at the body.
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• GM J platform
  ...ire]], ended production in June 2005. There are three generations of the J-body: 1982 to 1987 (or until 1988 or 1989 depending on the model), 1988 to 1994, ...CAFE mandates, and the fear of US$3.00 for a gallon of [[gasoline]], the J-body was practically produced straight off the drawing board.
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• Toyota TRD Camry TS01 Concept
  |Body Style = 4 dr Sedan All the mechanical parts of the TS01 have been developed for future production use such as for the p
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• Fender skirts
  Fender skirts are implemented for both aesthetic and [[Automotive aerodynamics|aerodynamic]] reasons. Rather than air flowing into and being ...khart]] on a 1928 Stutz land speed record attempt car.<ref>Schultz, Mort. "Body/Chassis: a Century of Progress" ''Popular Mechanics'', October 1985, page 5
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• Automobile design
  ...all aspects of the vehicle. These engineering teams include: [[chassis]], body and [[trim]], [[powertrain]], electrical and production. The design team un ...thereafter. The frequent design changes also made it necessary to use a [[body-on-frame]] rather than the lighter, but less flexible [[monocoque]] design
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• Fisher Body
  '''Fisher Body''' is an [[automobile]] [[coachbuilder]], now part of [[General Motors Corp Fisher Body's beginnings trace back to a horse-drawn carriage shop in Norwalk, Ohio, in
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• Coachbuilder
  ...coachbuilders to produce bodies for their chassis. For example, [[Fisher Body]] built all of [[Cadillac]]'s closed bodies in the 1910s. ...cars for larger companies. As coach (and automobile) manufacturers brought body building skills in-house, the practice of custom coachbuilding gained favor
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• Ogle Design
  ...s engine|B series]] 1500 cc engine. The two door, four seater coupé styled body was built of glass fibre. It was capable of nearly 90 mph and eight were ma ...id Ogle's death, it was decided to cease car production with the remaining parts being used up. A batch intended for the United States were converted to rig
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• Aurora (1957 automobile)
  ...ved only after he had already been ordained. He maintained his interest in automotive design, however, which he combined with a belief that there was much which ...ost costly car in the U.S., the $13,000.00 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. The body, said to be dent, rust and corrosion proof, was specifically designed for l
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• Yenko Chevrolet
  ...to apply for SCCA approval of the Corsa model for racing. The sanctioning body approved the cars with back seat removed and upgrades to the Corsa engine i ...[horsepower]] (317&nbsp;kW) L-72 engine (along with other high-performance parts) and created the [[Yenko Camaro]]. The cars were so popular that, in 1968-6
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• Lexington
  The formation of the United States Automotive Corporation was announced by President Frank B. Ansted, at the New York Aut ...historian Henry Blommel notes in his writings "It was a great alliance of parts-making plants that found the culmination of its efforts in the finished Lex
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• Cisitalia
  Using [[Fiat]] parts as a base [[Dante Giacosa]] designed the very economical racer, which make '''The Cisitalia 202 ''' - A masterpiece of modern art and automotive design
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• De Tomaso Guarà
  | Body Style [[Fibreglass]], [[Kevlar]], and other Composites make the body shell, fitted to a tubular frame. The suspension is true Formula 1 and Indy
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• Land Rover 1/2 ton Lightweight
  | Body Style ...included dispensing with the front bumper and the spare tyre. Parts of the body, the doors, and windscreen were replaced with simpler, easy to remove items
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• Notchback
  '''Notchback''' is a form of [[car body style]]; in different parts of the world the precise definition varies. The term is common in the Unite ...lysis of Cars" in Vehicle Aerodynamics Design and Technology by Society of Automotive Engineers Staff, Mark Gleason, pp. 191-198. ISBN 978-0768007473</ref> <ref>
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• Hot Rod
  ...V-8]]) which had been modified by reducing weight (sometimes modifying the body by removing roof, hood, bumpers, windshield and/or fenders), lowering it, m ...al hot rodding concept of the salvage and remanufacture of reusable junked parts.
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• Mazdaspeed
  ...s. Mazda assumed control of Mazdaspeed in 1999 as a tuning and performance parts operation within the company. In 2003, Mazda debuted its first consumer off ...(380 N·m) of torque at 3000 rpm with refreshed interior, sheet metal, and body kit.
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• Automatic transmission
  ===Parts and operation=== ...[Automatic transmission|automatic]] transmission consists of the following parts:
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• Hardtop
  ...retractable hardtop]] roofs''', and the so-called '''pillarless hardtop''' body style. The other [[automotive]] usage of the term "hardtop" is a body style known as the '''hardtop convertible'''. A hardtop convertible is a fi
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• Cold air intake
  ...se (environmental)|noise]]. These [[Aftermarket (automotive)|aftermarket]] parts come in many different colors and many different sizes, and are an inexpens ...ke]]. These intakes often require additional modifications and can require body modifications or replacement panels, such as a replacement "ram air-style"
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• Drive shaft
  ==Automotive drive shafts== Several different types of drive shaft are used in the automotive industry:
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• Multi-link suspension
  ...on]] use in desert racing, the use of a good sway bar is needed to counter body roll. [[Category:Auto parts]]
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• Torsion beam suspension
  ...and as an [[anti-roll bar]] to resist lateral motion of the wheels as the body leans in turns. Its advantages are that it is inexpensive to manufacture an [[Category:Auto parts]]
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• William C. Durant
  ...ed [[Oldsmobile]]. The acquisitions of Oakland, [[Cadillac|Cadillac]], and parts companies followed in short order. ...1908 formed General Motors by consolidating thirteen car companies and ten parts-and-accessories manufacturers<ref name="MackinacNews"/>.
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• Moskvitch 2141 Aleko
  |Body Style = 5-door, 5-seat hatchback ...ko, which was renamed to Svjatogor, was produced. From 1997-2001 its sedan body version, [[Moskvitch 2142]] was also produced in very restricted quantities
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• Adam Revo
  |Body Style = '''how many doors+how many seats+what type of body''' ...is the first indigenously [Pakistani assembled car with almost all of its parts (including major ones e.g. engine, transmission, sub-systems etc.) being pr
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• Autocross
  ...ns, such as those to suspension (wheels, springs, shocks), external engine parts (intakes and exhaust manifolds), and interior (replacement of seats, not re ...e-based engine, total suspension redesign, and complete replacement of the body (typically with lightweight alloys or composites) as long as the general sh
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• Rapid Transit
  |Body Style = '''how many doors+how many seats+what type of body''' ...he [[GMC New Look]] which had a curved windshield, but flat side glass and body panels. Most current buses are now made by specialized coach manufacturers
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• Dodge Avenger DSM
  |Body Style = '''how many doors+how many seats+what type of body''' Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be mentioned here.
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• Nissan Fairlady
  | Body Style Compare to the 350Z,the 370Z has shorter wheelbase,wider body,and better performance.All the details have been updated to meet Nissan's n
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• Mazda REPU
  |Body Style = '''2 doors+how many seats+what type of body''' Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be mentioned here.
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• MG MGB
  | Body Style Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be mentioned here.
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• Coupé utility
  The '''coupé utility''' [[Car body style|automobile body style]], also known colloquially as the '''ute''' in Australia and New Zeal ...y-duty body-on-frame construction used by [[pickup truck]]s. As light-duty body-on-frame coupé utilities are automobile-based, they can thus be differenti
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• Carroll Shelby
  ...y''', (born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas) is an American racing and automotive design legend. * 1983-1984 [[Dodge Charger (L-body)|Dodge Shelby Charger]]
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• Noble
  '''Noble Automotive Ltd.''', more commonly known simply as '''Noble''', is a British [[sportsca ...ry high standard by Hi-Tech Auto in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Once the body shell is completed, it is sent to the Noble factory where the engines, susp
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• Automatic gearbox
  ===Parts and operation=== A hydraulic automatic transmission consists of the following parts:
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• TVR Grantura
  |Body Style = 2-door, 2-seat [[FR layout|Front-engined, RWD]] Coupe ...il of [[Austin-Healey]] brakes, [[Volkswagen Beetle|VW Beetle]] suspension parts and rear axles which were also courtesy of the [[British Motor Corporation]
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• Trunk
  ...separated from the passenger compartment by rigid elements of the vehicle body and trim. Closed trunks are generally trimmed in simple materials whereas m ...ble guard. A guard may however be tailored for an even tighter fit to the body interior contours than a roll-away net.
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• Seatbelt Pretensioners
  ...hree-point and lap-and-sash belts help spread out the energy of the moving body in a collision over the chest, pelvis, and shoulders. Until the 1970s three ...etween the legs, which is seen by some to be a weaker point than the other parts.
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• DeSoto Firesweep
  |Body Style = '''how many doors+how many seats+what type of body''' ...-door station wagon, 2-door coupé and 2-door convertible. Depending on the body style, Firesweeps weighed between 3,660 and 3,980 lb (1,660 and 1,674 kg).
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• Henney Kilowatt
  ...and Fuel-Cell Cars", Institution of Electrical Engineers (UK) & Society of Automotive Engineers (USA), 2001</ref>. Although electric cars outsold gasoline cars ...Batteries &mdash;and naturally had a vested interest in shifting American automotive focus from fossil fuels to lead-cell batteries. Morrison McMullan, Jr., con
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• Alfa Romeo 75
  |Body Style = 4 door Sedan Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be mentioned here.
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• DeSoto
  After restrictions on automotive production were ended, DeSoto returned to civilian car production when it r ...ated design, with two variations: a full-size hardtop ''Sportsman'' coupe body based on the corresponding Dodge and a larger four door hardtop and convent
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• GM New Look Bus
  |Body Style = '''how many doors+how many seats+what type of body''' ...The engines were canted backwards for maintenance access; in fact the only parts not accessible from outside the bus were the right-hand exhaust manifold an
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• Landyacht
  '''Landyacht''' is colloquial term in the United States, Australia and parts of Canada, used to describe the large [[sedan]]s that American [[automobile [[Category:Automotive styling features]]
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• Studebaker
  ...he Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company. While Studebaker entered the automotive business in 1902 with electric vehicles and 1904 with gasoline vehicles, it ...e blacksmiths and foundrymen in South Bend, Indiana. They first made metal parts for freight wagons and later expanded into the manufacture of wagons. John
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• MG F
  |Body Style = 2+2 [[Mid-Engined]] Roadster and Hardtop Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be mentioned here.
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