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• Morgan 4/4
  ...Climax]] engine in 1936 to a 1.8 litre [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] engine in 2004. Introduced 1936, 663 built by 1939 and 249 from 1946 to 1950.
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• Asüna
  ...rt brand created in 1992 by [[General Motors]] as a counterpart to [[Geo]] in Canada. ...GMC]] dealers to request GM Canada to provide a lineup of similar "import" vehicles. Asüna was created to fulfill this demand.
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• Audi Avus Quattro
  | 1991 (one off) | 176 in (447 cm)
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• Bugatti Type 49
  ...nd [[#Type 38|Type 38]]. About 600 were built from late 1922 through 1926 in varying specifications. ...fitted, making the '''Type 38A'''. Its gearbox and brakes were later used in the [[#Type 40|Type 40]], while its radiator and axles were shared with the
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• Buick Park Avenue Essence
  ...tallic color, the Essence made rounds through the auto show circuits later in a light white. ...l body lines forecasted the eventual production Park Avenue, introduced in 1991.
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• Model year
  ...automobile is a number used worldwide, but with a high level of prominence in North America, to describe approximately when an automobile was produced, a ...of the 2009 model began in July and August 2008. When a brand new model is introduced there may be an additional delay to retool and retrain for production of th
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• Fiat Tempra
  ...s generally considered a budget alternative to other more established cars in the sector, though some luxury features, such as a digital instrument clust ...d, and a multi-point fuel-injected 1.6 L SOHC engine (rated at 90 bhp) was introduced. Interior trim and equipment was improved and a driver's side airbag and AB
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• Lea-Francis
  ...'' and '''[[Graham Ingoldsby Francis]]''' started the business in Coventry in 1895. ...Singer]] company. In 1919 they started to build their own cars from bought in components.
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• Gas-guzzler
  ...Act of 1978 to discourage the production and purchase of fuel-inefficient vehicles. The gas guzzler tax had applied only to cars (not trucks) and was collecte ...y as "light trucks". Nevertheless the term extends to all fuel-inefficient vehicles, from antiquated V8 American classics to Italian-bred sports cars. A [[Lamb
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• Mosler
  ...he street-legal [[Mosler MT900|MT900S]], as well as several unique project vehicles. ...y in many races for the next six years, before being banned by the IMSA in 1991. Overall, 100 Consulier GTPs were produced.
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• Armstrong Siddeley
  ...o Coventry-based companies, [[Armstrong-Whitworth]] and [[Siddeley-Deasy]] in 1919. ...glish bodies. This company merged with [[Wolseley Motor Company|Wolseley]] in 1905 and made stately Wolseley-Siddeley motorcars. They were used by Queen
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• Dodge Spirit
  | 2.2L (135 cid) Turbo I4 (1991-1992)<br>2.5L (153 cid) I4 (1989-1995)<br>2.5L (153 cid) Turbo I4 (1989-199 ...was offered as more of a value-for-the-money model, with the Spirit right in between. The Spirit and Acclaim would be offered through the 1994 model ye
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• Lamborghini Portofino
  ...Lamborghini]] by [[Kevin Verduyn]], one of [[Chrysler]]'s chief designers. Introduced at the 1987 [[Frankfurt Auto Show]], it was a fully functional, four-door, ...r went beyond the clay model stage, but when Chrysler acquired Lamborghini in 1987, the design was resurrected and with some fairly minor tweaks, turned
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• TH!NK Nordic
  ...} Models}}'''Th!nk Nordic''' is a battery electric vehicle company located in Aurskog, Norway, manufacturing cars under the ''Th!nk'' brand. ...15 prototypes were built in time for the Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games in 1994. The battery technology was NiCd, driving an three-phase AC induction
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• Allard
  ...hen in Clapham, London, produced approximately 1900 cars until its closure in 1966. ...the more famous [[AC Cobra]] - in fact, [[Carroll Shelby]] drove an Allard in the 1950s.
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• Bugatti EB110
  | 1991-1995 ...15, 1991 in both Versailles and in front of the Grande Arche at La Défense in Paris, France exactly 110 years after [[Ettore Bugatti]]'s birth.
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• Maserati Biturbo
  | 1981 - 1991 ...more elsewhere. Fuel injection was fitted in 1987 raising power to 187hp. In 1989 the 2.8L engine bumped power to 225hp and 246lb-ft of torque for North
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• Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych
  ...for Passenger Automobiles'') is a Polish automobile manufacturer, located in Warsaw. The FSO plant was established in 1951 by the Polish government in Żerań on Warsaw's eastern bank of the river Vistula, to produce [[automob
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• Madza Luce
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' ...Mazda Luce''' was a luxury car produced by [[Mazda]] between 1966-1990. In 1991 the Luce was replaced by the [[Mazda Sentia]].
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• Chevrolet 454 engine
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Production/Introduction = '''produced/introduced from when to when'''
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• Acura
  ...uxury vehicles. The brand will be expanded to the Japanese domestic market in 2008. With the Acura brand, [[Honda]] is credited with being the first to ...ry brands ([[Toyota]]'s [[Lexus]] and [[Nissan]]'s [[Infiniti]]) sprang up in North America shortly after Acura's introduction of the [[Acura Legend|Lege
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• Automobilwerk Eisenach
  ...''Automobilwerk Eisenach''' ('''AWE''') was an [[automobile]] manufacturer in Eisenach, Germany. ...e end of the 19th century employed 1,300 workers, being one of the largest in Thuringia.
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• Malcolm Bricklin
  ...eing one of the few Americans who has successfully introduced foreign cars in bulk to the American public from firms such as [[Subaru]], [[Fiat]] and [[Z ....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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• Hino Motors
  ...mpany has been the leading producer of medium and heavy-duty diesel trucks in Japan. It is owned by [[Toyota]]. ...It produced its first motor vehicle in 1913, the Model TGE "A-Type" truck. In 1937 TG&E merged its automobile division with that of Automobile Industry C
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• Bugatti Type 35
  ...World Championship in 1926 after winning 351 races and setting 47 records in the two prior years. At its height, Type 35s averaged 14 race wins per week ...evolution of the [[multi-valve|3-valve]] 2.0&nbsp;L (1991&nbsp;cc/121&nbsp;in³) [[overhead cam]] [[straight-8]] engine first seen on the [[Bugatti Type
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• Carroll Shelby
  '''Carroll Hall Shelby''', (born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas) is an American racing and automotive design legend. ...allas, Texas, Shelby enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, serving in World War II as a flight instructor and test pilot. He then became a chicke
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• Mazda B-Series
  ...States. Mazda's partnership with [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] has resulted in the sharing of this vehicle&mdash;the Mazda B-Series and [[Ford Ranger]] ar ...and), and '''Mazda Drifter''' (South Africa). However, it should be borne in mind that the Mazda B-Series and Ford Ranger twins found inside North Ameri
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• Volga
  ...d by party officials and security services. Cars under this name have been in production since 1956. ...ion, a strong and forgiving engine, and rustproofing on a scale unheard of in the 1950s.
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• Volkswagen air cooled engine
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Production/Introduction = '''produced/introduced from when to when'''
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• Saturn S-Series
  | 1991-2002 | 178.1 in
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• De Tomaso
  ...omaso]] (1928 - 2003) in Modena in 1959. The company went into liquidation in 2004; [http://www.italiaspeed.com/2004/cars/others/detomaso/liquidation.htm ...cars, including a [[Formula One|Formula 1]] car for Frank Williams's team in 1970.
  10 KB (1,488 words) - 04:32, 12 June 2010
• ATESSA
  ...tion Engineering System for All-Terrain''') is a [[four-wheel drive]] used in some [[automobiles]] produced by the Japanese automaker [[Nissan]]. ...4 GTi-R Pulsar and the HNU13 Bluebird and the HNP10 Primera, finding usage in numerous other nissan models.
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• Statesman
  ...ut offered more luxury and considerably extended length. Production ceased in 1984. Holden reintroduced the luxury range in 1990; however, they were not marketed as Statesmans, but instead as the [[H
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• Lexus SC
  [[Image:G ext9.jpg|thumb|right|450px|The Lexus SC 430 in ''Mercury Metallic.'']] ...hi, Japan. Until 2005, when Lexus was introduced in Japan, the SC was sold in that country as the Toyota Soarer.
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• Mercury
  ...roman god of speed who was the messenger of the gods, which was reflected in its focus during its early years on performance. The Mercury brand was phased out in 2010, while Ford Motor Company will focus on the Ford and [[Lincoln]] brand
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• Honda CRX
  | 1984-1991 ...'''Honda CRX''', originally launched as the '''Honda Ballade Sports CRX''' in Japan, was a
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• City car
  ...e one or even two city cars in their lineup, so the competition is fierce. In Japan cars under 3.40&nbsp;m are officially called [[keicar]]s and have tax ...otection allow relatively safe operation in mixed traffic environments and in all weather conditions. Whilst it may be capable of extra-urban speeds and
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• Notchback
  ...erent parts of the world the precise definition varies. The term is common in the United States where it refers to the typical "three-box" design of [[se ...idan, John. (2001) "Time Averaged and Unsteady Near-Wake Analysis of Cars" in Vehicle Aerodynamics Design and Technology by Society of Automotive Enginee
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• Mercedes-Benz R129
  ...ss in 1989 and was in its turn replaced by the [[Mercedes-Benz R230|R230]] in 2001. ...the 500 SL with 5L-V8 engine (326 PS (322 hp/240 kW) at 5500 rpm), joined in July, 1992 by the 12-cylinder 600 SL ((394 PS (389 hp/290 kW) @ 5200 rpm).
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• Lancia 2000
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' ...th Kugelfischer fuel injection. In 1972 Geneva the [[Lancia HF]] coupe was introduced, featuring [[Bosch-D-Jetronic]] fuel injection and super-duplex brakes from
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• Ginetta Cars
  ...ded in 1958 by the four Walklett brothers (Bob, Ivor, Trevers and Douglas) in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. ...0 were made up to 1969 with a variety of Ford engines. In 1963 a coupe was introduced alongside the open car and a BMC axle replaced the Ford one at the rear. On
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• Lancia Aurelia
  ...] [[automobile]]. Designed by [[Vittorio Jano]], the Aurelia was launched in 1950 and production lasted through the summer of 1958. ...]] design, with rear [[semi-trailing arm]]s replaced by a [[de Dion tube]] in the [[#Fourth series|Fourth series]].
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• Mitsubishi Chariot
  Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be List the colors that the particular <MODEL> is offered in.
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• Mugen
  ...a, who has been the major shareholder in Honda since his father's death in 1991. ...pionship in 1990 and 1991, and that eventually lead to Mugen's involvement in [[Formula 1]], from 1992 to 1999, and up to 2005 was the exclusive supplier
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• Mercedes-Benz W140
  | August 6, 1991 &ndash; 1999 ...ul><li>5113&nbsp;mm (201.3&nbsp;in)</li></ul>'''Coupé'''<ul><li>201.3&nbsp;in</li></ul>
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• Land Rover Range Rover Classic
  1983-1991 LT77 (5 speed manual) - until 09/1988 - LT230 transferbox / from 10/1988 Bo 1991-1994 LT77S (5 speed manual) - Borg Warner transfer box
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• Rootes
  ...over in stages by [[Chrysler]], and subsequently sold to [[Peugeot]] and, in part, [[Renault]]. Originally founded in Kent in 1919 by [[William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes|William Rootes]] as a car
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• GMC Syclone
  |Production = 1991 & 1992 |Length =178.2 in (4226 mm)
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• Jaguar XJS
  ...quite the same sporting image, the XJ-S was a competent grand tourer and, in fact, more aerodynamic than the E-type. The last XJS was produced on April ...f which the XJ-S could hold its own with. It could reach 60 mph (100 km/h) in 7.5 seconds and accelerate to 150 mph (240 km/h). The [[Group 44]] racing
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• Active suspension
  ...he system therefore virtually eliminates [[body roll]] and pitch variation in many driving situations including [[corner]]ing, [[accelerating]], and [[br ...lity]] and [[car handling]] by keeping the tires perpendicular to the road in corners, allowing for much higher levels of grip and control.
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