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  • {{List of Austin-Healey Models}}'''Austin-Healey''' was a brand of sports car. ...the [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC) and [[Donald Healey]], a renowned automotive engineer and designer.
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  • ...group of companies created by [[Ron Dennis]]. The Group is focused around the [[Team McLaren Mercedes]] racing team and [[Formula One]] constructor. It i * [[McLaren Racing]], the company behind the [[Team McLaren]] Formula One constructor
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}'''Ogle Design''' is a British design consultancy comp * 1954 Ogle Design was founded and produced many successful designs of industrial and household products.
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}} ...the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and along with [[Crossley Motors]] the new group was renamed Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV) Ltd.
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  • ...imited ''' is a British [[van]] manufacturer, based in the Drews lane area of Wolseley, Birmingham, England. LDV employs around 2,000 at its Birmingham s ...nufacturing division, following the bankruptcy of the Dutch company. Later the name was officially changed to ''LDV Limited''.
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  • ...ield''' GBE CH (10 October 1877 – 22 August 1963) was the founder of the [[Morris Motor Company]] and a philanthropist. ...repairing bicycles. In 1901, he began to work with motorcycles, designing the Morris Motor Cycle, and in 1902 acquired a garage in Longwall Street from w
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  • ...makers of the [[Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren]], as well as other companies of the McLaren Group. ...fitness centre. An underground Visitor and Learning Centre is connected to the main building by a walkway.
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  • ...vehicles and 460,000 diesel engines annually, and for the year ended 2007 the company had €11,196 million in sales (revenues). The name is an acronym for '''I'''ndustrial '''Ve'''hicle '''Co'''rporation, an
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}} ...nd provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm. The company also owns a major stake in aerospace group EADS.
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  • ...ars]] for companies and teams such as [[Subaru]] and [[Aston Martin]]. Its Automotive Technology division based in Warwick provides road car design and engineeri ...ps best known for its involvement in the [[World Rally Championship]] with the Subaru World Rally Team.
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  • ...r]]s and until the mid-1990s were and still are most often associated with the very rich. They are also used for special occasions such as weddings, parti ...are located in the United States and Europe and cater mainly to limousine companies. Few stretch limousines are sold new to private individuals. In addition to
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  • ...ns the home of a thriving racing industry, and the Cooper name lives on in the [[Mini Cooper]] production cars that are still built in England but are now ...orcycle engine, they believed it was more convenient to have the engine in the back, driving a chain.
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  • ...sporting small arms, most of them based on Russian or German design, under the name Zastava Arms. ==Automotive history==
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  • ...ation''' (BLMC), was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968. Ultimately it would become nationalised as ''British Leyland'', of ...s new chairman, [[Donald Stokes|Sir Donald Stokes]] (formerly the chairman of LMC).
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  • {{List Of Hummer Models}} ...e Wheeled Vehicle]] (HMMWV, or ''Humvee''). However, the [[Hummer H2]] and the [[Hummer H3]] were based on other, smaller civilian-market vehicles.
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  • ...919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing long after car production ceased. ...s the name was derived from the Norse mythological weaponsmith, Alvis, but the true origin is unknown.
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  • ...Books, Pelham, New York (Imprint of Automobile Club of Italy), 1984</ref>: the current production is certainly no greater than that. ...ges are necessary. The cars are still totally handmade, taking four times the man-hours to complete than other luxury cars.
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  • ...engineer and inventor [[Gottlieb Daimler]]. For the two direct descendants of Daimler's original company, see [[Daimler-Benz]] and its successor [[Daimle {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}
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  • ...had previously been parts of [[British Leyland]]. MG Rover is now part of the [[Nanjing Automobile Group]]. ==Ancestry of MG Rover==
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  • ...automotive industry''' designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's [[motor vehicle]]s. In 2008, more than 70 million motor vehicles, i ...] grew strongly. Of the major markets, China, Russia, Brazil and India saw the most rapid growth.
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  • ...ly in the [[automobile|automotive]] industry for listing the maximum power of [[internal-combustion engine]]s. * Various ''definitions'' for the unit itself
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  • ...rs an in-house [[TVR Speed Eight engine|V8]]. TVR sports cars are composed of tubular steel frames, cloaked in aggressive fibreglass body designs. ...sports cars and grand tourers, and TVR Power, their power-train division. The company has a turbulent recent history and an uncertain future (see below).
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  • {{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}} ...automotive manufacturer with ties to [[General Motors]]. It is an icon in the region.
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  • ...option of first refusal to buy the Rover brand as a result of its purchase of [[Land Rover]] from BMW in 2000. ...1878. Starley had formerly worked with his uncle James Starley (father of the cycle trade) who began in manufacturing sewing machines and switched to bic
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  • ...bile]] development. He invented the first high-speed [[petrol engine]] and the first four-wheel [[automobile]]. ...next year, to a stagecoach, and a boat. They are renowned as the designers of this ''Grandfather Clock'' engine.
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  • ...bile can be divided into a number of eras based on the prevalent method of automotive propulsion during that time. Later periods were defined by trends in exteri ==Eras of invention==
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  • ...tial and commercial financing and insurance. GM's [[OnStar]] subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. ...nghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France.
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  • ...s hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of constructors". ...troduced in late 1902, the ''Mercedes'' model, built to the specifications of [[Emil Jellinek]].
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  • ...iance a mid-[[engine]] [[rear-wheel drive]] vehicle without needing a load of cash. Mention any minor facelifts or major changes made to the [[automobile|vehicle]] here.
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  • ...e defined in the International Standard ISO 80000 Quantities and Units, so the nationally-defined reciprocal quantities '''fuel economy''' and '''fuel con == Units of measure==
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  • ...[[electric vehicle]]s whose main energy storage is in the chemical energy of batteries. ...at, NiCd, nickel metal hydride, Li-ion, Li-poly and zinc-air batteries and the Molten salt battery.
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  • | "The Delorean" ...a brushed stainless steel body. It was famously featured in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy.
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  • ...ed in the history of the series was around 1200 bhp in racing trim, during the 1980s 'turbo era'. ...m sponsors translating into extremely high monetary budgets for the [[List of Formula One constructors|constructor teams]], however, in recent years seve
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  • |Weight = '''Weight - you get the point''' |Power = N/A hp @ N/A rpm<br>N/A lb-ft of [[torque]] @ N/A rpm
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  • ...[James May]]. He also writes weekly columns for ''The Sunday Times'' and ''The Sun''. ...Top Gear (1977 TV series)|original format of ''Top Gear'']] in 1988. Since the mid-1990s Clarkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly ap
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