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• Auto Guangzhou
  ...ion Center, China. It is not, however, a recognized international show by the [[Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles]]. *[[Automobile industry in China]]
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• Changfeng
  ...e industry. The company has announced plans to display trucks and SUVs at the 2007 [[North American International Auto Show]]. ...Mitsubishi]] compact [[pickup truck]]s and [[sport utility vehicle]]s, but the company reportedly plans to design trucks of its own as well.
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• Changhe
  ...h [[Suzuki Motor Corporation]] of Japan to form the Jiangxi Changhe Suzuki Automobile Company. ...tone]] and a 1.4 L four cylinder engine. The Friend (called the Fuga in Mexico) is a a tiny [[minivan]] with seating for seven and either a 1.1&nbs
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• Beijing Automotive Group
  ...anufacturer Beijing Automotive Import & Export Corporation (BAIEC) located in Beijing. BAIC is aiming to unveil several own-brand vehicles in 2010 and wants to double overall sales to 2 million a year by 2011.<ref>htt
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• Guangzhou Auto Group
  ...ration]], [[Chang'an Motors]], [[Dongfeng Motor Corporation]], and [[Chery Automobile]]). .... These are not for providing to the Chinese market, also for exporting to the overseas.
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• Chang'An
  ...r Corporation]], [[Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation]], and [[Chery Automobile]]). ...The company's own self-branded vehicle, the [[Chang'an CM8]], was launched in 2005.
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• SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile
  ...lizes in trucks and van sales in the poorer interior of the country. Sales in 2005 were 337,188 units, up 43.4 percent from 2004. ...Wuling Sunshine small minivan had record sales number of 460,000 in 2006. The Wuling Sunshine small van is equipped with a 0.8 liter engine, built using
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• Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
  ...Works]], [[Dongfeng Motor Corporation]], [[Chang'an Motors]], and [[Chery Automobile]]). ...ical Automotive Center]]. SAIC also partnered with [[Volkswagen Group]] in the formation of [[Volkswagen Group China|Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive]].
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• Dongfeng Motor Corporation
  ...s under its own name and in joint ventures with a variety of international automobile firms. ...e manufacturer in China. The company will make an Initial Public Offering in December 2005, though it will remain 70% owned by China's central governmen
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• Nicola Romeo
  ...n 1927 came very close to liquidation. These changes "forced" him to leave in 1928.<ref name="alfalegend.com">{{Cite web|url=http://alfalegend.com/histor In his private life he was married to Portuguese Angelina Valadin and fathered
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• Roewe
  ...dustry Corporation]] (SAIC), to use on the cars it plans to build based on the [[MG Rover]] technology it has bought<ref>{{cite news |publisher=The Daily Telegraph
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• Leonard Lord
  ...(15 November 1896 – 13 September 1967) was a captain of the British motor industry. ...he worked in a munitions factory in Coventry, then after the War he worked in a manufacturing plant for [[Daimler Motor Company|Daimler]] engines.
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• Amos Northup
  '''Amos Northup''' (October 23, 1889 in Bellevue, Ohio &ndash; February, 1937) American automotive designer ...was working on a successor design for the Graham Blue Streak when he died in 1937.
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• A.E. Barit
  ...s Corporation]]. Barit served on the Board of AMC following the merger of the two automakers. ...he death of the corporation's founding President and CEO [[Roy D. Chapin]] in 1936.
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• First Automobile Works
  ...[Chang'an Motors]], and [[Chery Automobile]]. The company was established in 1953 with ranges such as [[FAW Jiaxing|Jiaxing]] [[mini MPV]]s, [[Xiali]] s ...Chinese character "一" means "first" and "汽" means "automobile", depicting the visionary of a hawk spreading its wings.
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• Charles Warren Nash
  ...[[automobile]] entrepreneur and served as an executive in the [[automotive industry]]. ...by [[William C. Durant]] of The Flint Road Cart Company. Durant hired him in 1890, and Nash became a supervisor.
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• Hafei Motor
  ...td., is a leading minivan maker and a national small motor vehicles source in China. ...ting and final assembly operations to support two production lines running in parallel with an annual output of 300,000 units.
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• Geely Automobile
  ...independent [[automobile]] manufacturer in the People's Republic of China. The parent company is [[Geely Holding Group]] (吉利控股集团). ...is noncommitted as to when that could happen. In a March 2005 forum held in Beijing, he was quoted as saying:
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• George B. Selden
  ...application was filed in 1879. He then used evasive legal tactics to delay the patent's acceptance until conditions seemed favorable for commercial exploi ...d Scientific School, but did manage to finish his course of study and pass the New York bar 1871 and joined his father's practice.
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• Model year
  ..., to describe approximately when an automobile was produced, and indicates the coinciding base specification of that product. ...d there may be an additional delay to retool and retrain for production of the new model.
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• Louis Renault
  ...ders of [[Renault]] and one of the foremost pioneers of the [[automobile]] industry. ...with old [[Panhard]] engines in the tool shed of the family's second home in Billancourt.
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• Chery Automobile
  ...ent Chinese auto manufacturer and one of the fastest growing automakers in the world. ...hery received its ISO/TS 16949 certification, the highest certification at the time.
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• Interactive Car Site
  ...world at home. The automobile industry is emerging as an important user of the Internet for its various activities. ...per visit rather than 2,000 visitors of which 90% exit as soon as they hit the home page.
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• Peter Schreyer
  ...design|automobile designer]], widely known for his design contributions to the [[Audi TT]]<ref name="flagship">{{cite web | quote = Zu den wichtigsten Entwürfen, die in seiner Zeit als Audi-Designchef entstanden, zählt er den Audi TT und den A
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• Fisher Body
  '''Fisher Body''' is an [[automobile]] [[coachbuilder]], now part of [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors ...e back to a horse-drawn carriage shop in Norwalk, Ohio, in the late 1800s. The shop was owned and operated by Alfred J. Fisher's grandfather and it was wh
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• William C. Durant
  ...industry, the founder of [[General Motors]] and [[Chevrolet]] who created the system of multi-brand holding companies with different lines of cars. ...quisitions of Oakland, [[Cadillac|Cadillac]], and parts companies followed in short order.
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• Effects of the automobile on societies
  ...nology that has brought about unprecedented prosperity, while opponents on the other end claim it is a cancer on cities that has caused more harm than goo [[Image:Downtown connector daytime.jpg|thumb|325px|Modern [[automobile]]s on the road]]
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• Erwin Leo Himmel
  ...Leo Himmel''' (born April 9, 1956 in Graz, Austria) is widely known as an automobile designer. ...w people such as [[Raymond Loewy]], were one of the most influencing times in his life.
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• Malcolm Bricklin
  ...the few Americans who has successfully introduced foreign cars in bulk to the American public from firms such as [[Subaru]], [[Fiat]] and [[Zastava]]. ....story?coll=orl-news-headlines-space|title=Orlando man's message: Buy made-in-U.S. products|publisher=[[Orlando Sentinel]]}}</ref>
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• Robert Lutz
  ...Ed)| title = BMW feature: interview with sales chief Bob Lutz| journal = [[The Motor (magazine)|Motor]]| volume = nbr 3663| pages = pages 46–49 |date = ...He is a member of the board of the Marine Corps University Foundation and the Marine Military Academy.
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• Bivalent (engine)
  ...2 bivalent engine and [[BMW Hydrogen 7]] which is more fuel efficient than the standard H7 Series engine. ...ed title -->]</ref> Hydrogen and natural gas are very similar as fuels, so the differences between parts needed to burn both fuels are trivial, and intero
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• North American International Auto Show
  ...ticularly important because Detroit is the location of the headquarters of the Big Three American automakers, [[Chrysler|Chrysler]], [[Ford Motor Company| ...ublic in 2004. It is estimated that the show provides over $500 million to the local economy.
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• Nanjing Automobile Group
  ...g to RMB 12 billion and an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles. The group's major products are cars, trucks, and travel buses. ...ate named the truck Guerin autos and approved the establishment of Nanjing Automobile Works.
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• Alfred P. Sloan
  ...sachusetts Institute of Technology in 1895. While attending MIT he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. ...president [[John J. Raskob]] who was in turn the protege of Pierre du Pont—the DuPont corporation owned 43% of GM.
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• Franz Josef Popp
  ...tgart) was one of three men responsible for the founding of [[BMW AG]] and the First General Director of BMW AG from 1922 to 1942. ...company from its foundation until he was forced to relinquish his position in 1942.
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• Green vehicle
  Part of the total energy cost can be cut by choosing smaller, lighter vehicles that use ...n obtain, during the life of the car (operational phase), large reductions in energy costs through several measures:
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• De Lorean
  ...money to take part in drug trafficking, but was subsequently acquitted, on the basis of entrapment, of charges brought against him. ...st Doctor Emmett L. Brown, although the company had ceased to exist before the first movie was made.
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• Automotive industry
  ...develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's [[motor vehicle]]s. In 2008, more than 70 million motor vehicles, including [[car]]s and [[commerc ...] grew strongly. Of the major markets, China, Russia, Brazil and India saw the most rapid growth.
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• Engine displacement
  ...cle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in orange.]] ...ve from ''top dead center'' to ''bottom dead center''. It can be specified in cubic centimeters, liters, or cubic inches. An engine's displacement is a b
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• Rover
  ...buy the Rover brand as a result of its purchase of [[Land Rover]] from BMW in 2000. ...trade) who began in manufacturing sewing machines and switched to bicycles in 1869.
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• List of supercars
  ...obiles listed may be somewhat controversial —depending upon the opinion of the reader. ...ussion of the criteria determining inclusion in this classification, is on the page entitled, [[supercar]].
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• Telematics
  ...unications Technology). Hence the application of telematics is with any of the following: ...f sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices in conjunction with effecting control on remote objects.
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• Parking
  ...in combination with most buildings, to facilitate the coming and going of the buildings' users. ...lude indoor and outdoor private property belonging to a house, the side of the [[road]] where metered or laid-out for such use, a '''[[parking lot]]''' or
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• Odometer
  ...her [[vehicle]]. It may be electronic or mechanical. The word derives from the Greek words ''hodós'', meaning 'path' or 'way', and ''métron'', 'measure' ...e model, perhaps 1/1000th of a mile). 1/1000th of a mile is approximately the distance of a single pace or 2 steps.
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• Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
  ...t, Germany. His father, [[Ferdinand Porsche]] senior, was also a renowned automobile engineer, and his nephew, Dr. [[Ferdinand Piech]], was chairman of [[Volksw ...ldhood. Father and son opened a bureau of automobile design, at Stuttgart in 1931.
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• Passenger vehicles in the United States
  ...any]] and [[Chrysler]], which are commonly referred to as the "Big Three." The motor car has become an integral part of American life, with vehicles outnu ...t own a car (the figure is even higher in Manhattan, over 75%; nationally, the rate is 8%).<ref name=2001summary />
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• Wilhelm Maybach
  ...890s he was hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of constructors". ...a new automobile introduced in late 1902, the ''Mercedes'' model, built to the specifications of [[Emil Jellinek]].
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• General Motors Company
  ...financing and insurance. GM's [[OnStar]] subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. ...automakers around the world, including Toyota, Suzuki, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France.
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• Autogas
  ...ne]]s in [[vehicles]]. The same equipment is also used for similar engines in stationary applications such as generators. ...opane) and 28.7&nbsp;megajoules per litre (for pure butane) depending upon the actual fuel composition.
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• Tires
  ...ar and tear as well as to provide a high-friction bond between the car and the road to improve acceleration and handling. Today most tires, especially tho ...re_repair_shop.JPG|thumb|300px|left|A tire repair shop in Vologda, Russia. The text painted says "Tire mounting" (''Shinomontazh'')]]
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