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  • HVAC
    ...f mechanical engineering, based on the principles of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. Refrigeration is sometimes added to the field's abbrevi
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  • Driveshaft
    ...''' or Cardan shaft is a [[machine|mechanical device]] for [[transmission (mechanics)|transferring]] [[power (physics)|power]] from the [[engine]] or [[motor]] Driveshafts are carriers of torque: they are subject to [[torsion (mechanics)|torsion]] and [[shear stress]], which represents the difference between th
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  • GM High Value engine
    ...nt Variable Valve Timing, and won the 2006 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics for this innovation. For the model year 2007 the 3900 engine features optio
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  • Jay Leno
    ...s also a promoter of the mechanical crafts through a column in ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' and his educational activities. Leno's column in the American automotive magazine ''Popular Mechanics'' showcases his extensive car collection. Additionally, Leno uses his colu
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  • Parking pawl
    Most [[automotive industry|vehicle manufacturers]] and auto mechanics do not recommend using the transmission's parking pawl as the sole means of
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  • Independent suspension
    ...to a [[live axle]] design is that, for driven wheels, the [[differential (mechanics)|differential]] unit does not form part of the [[unsprung weight|unsprung e
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  • Freewheel
    ==Mechanics==
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  • Buchmann
    ...firsts for the car modification world - he, and his highly trained team of mechanics and bodywork specialists, could mould together 'hybrids', taking styling cu Buchmann and his mechanics were forward-thinking and ambitious - and this shines through with some of
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  • ZF Friedrichshafen
    ...me of the company) is a leading supplier of [[automobile]] [[transmission (mechanics)|transmissions]]. The company was founded in 1915 in Friedrichshafen, Germ
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  • List of ZF transmissions
    [[ZF|ZF Friedrichshafen AG]] [[transmission (mechanics)|transmissions]].
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  • Lamborghini 400GT
    ...a Touring]]. The 400GT 2+2 also had a Lamborghini designed [[transmission (mechanics)|gearbox]], with [[Porsche]] style synchromesh on all gears including, whic
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  • Quattro
    ...smission (mechanics)|transmission]] to a mechanical center [[differential (mechanics)|differential]] which splits it between the front and rear axles. AWD was ...kswagen Golf|Golf]] syncro, with its transverse engine and [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] positioning, still had most of its power sent primarily to
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  • Lamborghini Flying Star II
    ...ghini. The car had an aluminum [[V12|V12 engine]], 5 speed [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]], fully [[independent suspension]] and [[disc brake]]s all a
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  • Triumph GT6
    ...oor handles and a smoother front end. Only detail changes were made to the mechanics, but in 1973 - close to the end of the car's life - the rear suspension was ...cars have a strong following on the classic car circuit in the UK and USA. Mechanics are exceptionally strong, and share many common parts with other Triumphs o
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  • Circuit de Catalunya
    ...are extremely familiar with it. This has led to criticism that drivers and mechanics are too familiar with Catalunya, reducing the amount of on-track action.
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  • E-M-F Company
    ...nt facilities in 1910. To remedy the damage done by E-M-F, Studebaker paid mechanics to visit each unsatisfied owner and replace the defective parts in their ve
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  • Lamborghini Concept S
    *[[Transmission (mechanics)|Transmission]]: 6 speed manual
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  • Tips for Buying a Hybrid Car
    ...intenance and hybrid repairs. Many will say they can work on them, but few mechanics have lots of experience and hybrid passion.
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  • Zytek Lotus Elise
    ...These motors are each mated to a single-speed, fixed ratio [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] with an aluminium gear. Its acceleration time from 30 to 7
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  • Fender skirts
    ...pt car.<ref>Schultz, Mort. "Body/Chassis: a Century of Progress" ''Popular Mechanics'', October 1985, page 59.</ref> Factory production of fender skirts began w
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  • Watt's linkage
    ...perpendicular guides [...] and one of the most ingenious simple pieces of mechanics I have invented.''
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  • Spaceframe
    ...ad]]s (bending [[moment (physics)|moments]]) are transmitted as [[tension (mechanics)|tension]] and [[physical compression|compression]] loads along the length
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  • Crosley
    ...[[flywheel]]. The engine was connected with a three-speed [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] and then directly via a torque tube to the rear axle, thus
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  • Cizeta-Moroder V16T
    ...ngine assembly to the [[longitudinal engine|longitudinal]] [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]].
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  • Mitsubishi Astron engine
    ...nd oil pump was fitted with a manual adjusting chain tensioner, which many mechanics failed to tension properly resulting in slackness and chewed sprockets. Lat
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  • Aston Martin DBR9
    ...ety features such as a harness and a roll cage were fitted, the engine and mechanics were modified to produce more power and a large carbon fibre spoiler was fi
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  • Blastolene Special
    ...//www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/1302941.html Popular Mechanics article]
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  • First Automobile Works
    ...s. The first one will be the Haima Family II, a 4 door saloon based on the mechanics of the [[Mazda Protege]].
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  • Ercole Spada
    ...to the introduction of the [[Ferrari FZ93]], based on a regular [[512 TR]] mechanics, as well as other notabe designs.
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  • Chaparral
    [http://www.fluidmech.net/msc/auto_c.htm Fluid Mechanics]
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  • Lamborghini Espada
    ...ependent suspension]] and four wheel [[disc brake]]s. Most [[transmission (mechanics)|transmissions]] were manual, and the Espada also introduced one of the fir
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  • Porsche FLA
    ...issue - serious enough to devote a large team of designers, engineers and mechanics, as well as a large budget, towards a car which would burn less fuel but be
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  • Panhard
    ...iator]]. A 1895 Panhard is credited with the first modern [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]].
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  • Allard
    ...that unlike more exotic British sportscars, they were familiar beasts for mechanics to work on. They were used to great effect in competition on both sides of
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  • Test driver
    ...]]s it is common to have one or more '''test drivers''' that work with the mechanics to help develop the vehicle by testing new systems on the track.
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  • Robert Bosch GmbH
    | 1886 || Opening of ''Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering'' in Stuttgart on 15 November
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  • Zastava
    ...tic market. Yugoslavs used to buy it because of its moderate price, simple mechanics, cheap spare parts and low maintenance cost. ...ically it was related to the [[Fiat 127]] but keeping much of the Fiat 128 mechanics, externaly it followed the style of the [[Autobianchi A112]] but with a mor
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  • Heel-and-toe
    Utilizing natural human body mechanics, an alternate heel-and-toe technique can be used. In this method, the right
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  • Porsche 718
    The Type 718 used many of the mechanics wielded so successfully by the 550 before it - namely the Type 547 engine,
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  • Louis Renault
    ...lt | accessdate =2009-02-18 }}</ref> He was fascinated by engineering and mechanics from a very early age, and spent many hours in the [[Serpollet]] steam car
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  • Panoz Esperante
    *[[Transmission (mechanics)|Transmission]]: Tremec T45 5-speed manual *[[differential (mechanics)|Differential]]: Limited-slip type, 8.8 inch (224 mm) ring gear, aluminum c
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  • Pietro Frua
    ...r]] chassis. In 1964 a lovely little Spyder followed with [[Opel Kadett]] mechanics.
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  • BMW M
    ...featured [[Suspension (vehicle)|suspension]], styling, and [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] improvements over the standard 535i. These changes were car
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  • Custom car
    ...performance]] by altering or replacing the [[engine]] and [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] and to make it look "unique", unlike any car that might hav
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  • Maserati 3500
    *live rear axle, [[differential (mechanics)]] by [[Salisbury]],
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  • Nash-Healey
    ...0 cc, 140 hp.) engines, three-speed manual transmissions with [[Overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]], as well as the differentials to Great Britain for installatio
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  • Driving
    * Setting the [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] to the correct gear
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  • Automobile ancillary power
    * [[Transmission (mechanics)|Transmission]] shift control
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  • Louis Chevrolet
    ...is mechanical skills and interest in auto racing. He worked for the Roblin mechanics shop from 1895 to 1899, at which time he went to Paris, where he worked for
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  • Autobianchi Primula
    ...four-speed [[manual transmission]] placed end-on, and the [[Differential (mechanics)|differential]] below it.<ref name="4Car" /> The Primula also featured [[di
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  • Carrozzeria Touring
    ...more as an [[automobile design]]er than a car constructor, and learned the mechanics of the trade as the company progressed. The company licensed [[Charles Wey
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  • Chrysler LH platform
    ...erica Goes International: Led by Chrysler's LH sedans, | journal = Popular Mechanics | volume = 169 | issue = 10 | page = 38| year = 1992 }}</ref> To give focu
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  • Crankshaft
    ...sional or vibrational damper at the opposite end, to reduce the [[torsion (mechanics)|torsion]] vibrations often caused along the length of the crankshaft by th
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  • Volkswagen Type 2
    ...a van, introduced in 1950. Based on the [[Volkswagen Type 1]]("Beetle")'s mechanics, the Type 2 began as just a van, but soon microbuses, utility vehicles, amb
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  • Fluid coupling
    ...haft]]. The turbine is connected to the input shaft of the [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]]. As engine speed increases while the transmission is in gea
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  • Power-to-weight ratio
    [[Category:Mechanics]]
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  • Lunokhod 2
    ...ramic cameras mounted on the rover. Scientific instruments included a soil mechanics tester, solar X-ray experiment, an astrophotometer to measure visible and u
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  • RUF
    ...s. '''AUTO RUF''', as it was known then, started to diversify from general mechanics, and a tour bus was produced - the first of its kind in Germany. Demand for
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  • Saleen S7
    [[Transmission (mechanics)|Transmission Ratios]]:
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  • Citroën U23
    ...ction Avant]]'s, the U23 had a conventional [[rear-drive]] [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]].
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  • Automatic gearbox
    ...980s these were being supplemented and eventually replaced by [[overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]]-equipped transmissions providing four or more forward speeds. ...ly varied by controlling the speed of the third input to a [[Differential_(mechanics)|differential]] using an [[electric motor]]-[[Electrical generator|generato
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  • Derailleur gears
    '''Derailleur gears''' are a variable ratio [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] system commonly used on bicycles, consisting of a chain, mu
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  • Bill France, Sr.
    ...e drivers were paid. On December 14, 1947 France began talks with drivers, mechanics, and car owners at the Ebony Bar at the Streamline Hotel at Daytona Beach,
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  • Hot Rod
    Construction of a hot rod requires skills in mechanics, welding, and automotive paint and body work.
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  • 1998 Canadian Grand Prix
    ...rulli all took the restart in their spare cars. Herbert was lucky that his mechanics were able to repair his [[Sauber]], as Alesi took the spare. The only damag
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  • Spark plug
    ...electrode will spark more reliably than an older, eroded plug, experienced mechanics also realize that the maximum gap specified by the engine manufacturer is t
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  • Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
    ...on Senna|killed him]]. In two unrelated incidents, several spectators and mechanics were also injured during the event.
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  • Chrysler Crossfire SRT6
    ...e hood can be locked in a straight up and down position. This is a boon to mechanics, but always attracts attention at car shows and meets because it looks so o
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  • 1972 United States Grand Prix
    ...ain, Peterson had crashed his [[March Engineering|March]] heavily, and the mechanics initially said that it was unrepairable. They decided to attempt to rebuild
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  • Alta Car and Engineering Company
    ...[[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]] team since 1949, and from 1953 many more mechanics would come to know the Taylor-designed power plant. Peter Whitehead led the
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  • Internal Combustion Engine
    === Internal combustion mechanics ===
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  • Leo Kinnunen
    ...its [[gearbox]] broke after three laps. The team, consisting of only three mechanics, had no spare parts and repairing it turned out to be unsuccessful, as the
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  • Active suspension
    ...roblematic, since only a factory-authorized dealer will have the tools and mechanics who know how to work on the system and, some issues, can be difficult to di
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  • Honda Ridgeline
    * The unibody design makes it harder for mechanics to repair after the vehicle has been in a collision
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  • Lunokhod Programme
    Scientific instruments included a soil mechanics tester, solar X-ray experiment, an astrophotometer to measure visible and u
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  • Triumph Spitfire
    ...in favour of two part-bumpers curving round each corner, with overriders. Mechanics were basically stock Herald components: The engine was a 4-cylinder of 1147
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  • Transmission (mechanics)
    In mechanics, a '''transmission''' or '''gearbox''' is the gear and/or hydraulic system
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  • Transmission
    In mechanics, a '''transmission''' or '''gearbox''' is the gear and/or hydraulic system
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  • Zastava Koral
    The car design is based on the mechanics of the [[Fiat 127]] and [[Fiat 128]], under licence from [[Fiat]], and a mo ...expensive spare parts due to general continuity in the car's design; local mechanics' ready familiarity with the Yugo also lowers the cost of ownership. Yugo ow
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  • Ford EXP
    ...not have a meaning. However, according to an article published in Popular Mechanics (March 1981), the letters EXP were supposed to stand for Erika Project Pers
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  • Manual Transmission
    ...ht drive''', or '''standard transmission''') is a type of [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] used in [[automotive]] applications. Manual transmissions ...to lie along the same line, because this reduces the amount of [[Torsion (mechanics)|torsion]] that the transmission case has to bear.
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  • Front wheel drive
    ...most common form of [[Internal combustion engine|engine]]/[[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] layout used in modern [[passenger car]]s, where the engine
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  • Common rail
    ...DI Test Drive: Clean Diesel’s 50 MPG Meets Prius-Humbling Thrust - Popular Mechanics<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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  • Grand Prix motor racing
    ...more than four cylinders, and producing less than 50hp). The cars all had mechanics on board as well as the driver, and no one was allowed to work on the cars
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  • Power steering
    ...Markovich | first = Alex | title = Look, Ma-No Wheels | journal = Popular Mechanics | volume = 123 | issue = 4 | pages = 91–93 | date = April 1965 | url = h
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  • Grand Prix Masters
    [[Transmission (mechanics)|Gearbox]] operation is fully manual, and controlled by a contemporary padd
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  • Aptera
    | publisher = [[Popular Mechanics]]
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  • Global Hybrid Cooperation
    ...ectric motors similarly to the way in which a conventional [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] amplifies the torque of an internal combustion engine. It a
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  • Citroën Visa
    ...facelift of the [[Peugeot 104]] "Shortcut". The Visa used much of the same mechanics as the 104, although the Visa lacked the Peugeot's three-door hatchback opt
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  • Automatic transmission
    ...0s]] these were being supplemented and eventually replaced by [[overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]]-equipped transmissions providing four or more forward speeds.
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  • Mille Miglia
    ...he factory due to the economic crisis at that time. He did not have enough mechanics to man all necessary service points. After performing a pit stop, they had
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  • Gianni Agnelli
    ...the Group's holdings, but Umberto refocused its activities on its auto and mechanics division. He then brought in [[Giuseppe Morchio]] to mastermind a rescue st
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  • Porsche 924
    ...karslum, the blocks were shipped to Zuffenhausen and hand built by Porsche mechanics. The finished product had an output of 170bhp in European trim, which was 3
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  • List of automotive superlatives
    ===[[transmission (mechanics)|Transmission]]=== **First [[overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]] - 1934 [[Chrysler Airflow]]
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  • Electric vehicle
    ...ed gears to match power curves. This removes the need for [[Transmission (mechanics)|gearbox]]es and [[torque converter]]s. Electric motors also have the abil
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  • Diesel-Electric Hybrid
    ...high, as are maintenance costs. However, as more hybrids are produced and mechanics become more familiar with the hybrid technologies, the purchase price and m
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  • Studebaker
    ...nt facilities in 1910. To remedy the damage done by E-M-F, Studebaker paid mechanics to visit each unsatisfied owner and replace the defective parts in their ve
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  • Disk brake
    ...s]] are also more reliable than drum brakes due to the simplicity of their mechanics, the low number of parts compared to the drum brake, and ease of adjustment
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  • Ignition system
    ...cal home experimenters, appearing in articles in magazines such as Popular Mechanics and projects for school science fairs as late as the early 1960s. In the UK
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  • 24 Hours of Le Mans
    ...elt harnesses in 1967, which needed to be properly strapped, preferably by mechanics. At that time drivers entered the first curves with unfastened belts and lo
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  • Doble Steam Car
    ...ay_leno_garage/1302916.html "Jay Leno's Garage: A Case For Steam", Popular Mechanics May 2003]
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  • Lexus LS
    ...the Luxury category. The second-generation LS 400 was honored with Popular Mechanics' ''Design and Engineering Award'' in 1995.
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  • Four Wheel Drive
    A [[differential (mechanics)|differential]] allows one input shaft to drive two output shafts with diff
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  • Land Rover Range Rover Classic
    [[Transmission (mechanics)|Transmission]]-wise the Range Rover used permanent [[four-wheel drive]], r
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  • Porsche 959
    ...eturn their cars to the factory for servicing, and Porsche can even supply mechanics to far-off countries for servicing and parts replacement. The cars seem to
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  • History of the automobile
    ...internal combustion engine]]d cars with a sliding [[gear]] [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]]. Traditional [[coach (carriage)|coach]]-style vehicles wer ...wood as the [[frame (vehicle)|frame]] material of choice. [[transmission (mechanics)|Transmissions]] and throttle controls were widely adopted, allowing a vari
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  • Chevrolet Corvair engine
    ...design was so unique that good dealer service and maintenance was spotty. Mechanics, unused to the aluminum head and crankcase, would frequently overtighten th
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  • Lincoln Mark series
    ...to the air suspension. The typical repair usually consisted of the dealer mechanics recommending the wholesale replacement of most major components of the air
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  • Chevrolet Corvair
    ...que for a United States car, presented a different set of requirements for mechanics, many of whom treated the engine in the same way as they would an engine of ...y lightweight Corvair front end on the already quite wide tire. Owners and mechanics, either through ignorance of the necessity for this pressure differential b
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  • British Racing Motors
    ...corporate colour, used for a band around the nose of the cars and for the mechanics' overalls; Rudd (who didn't like the idea of orange BRMs) pointed out that
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  • Toyota Supra
    ...n being an option for L-types. Both transmissions featured an [[overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]] gear and the automatic featured a locking torque converter. Th *In 1994, the MK IV Supra won ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'' "Design & Engineering awards". <ref name="OSS" />
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  • Race car
    ...occur in [[Suspension (vehicle)|suspensions]], [[brake]]s, [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmission]], and many others.
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  • Automobile layout
    ...931.html Comparison Test: Front-Wheel Drive Vs. Rear-Wheel Drive - Popular Mechanics<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Chrysler went 100% FF by 1990 and [[Gene
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  • Jacky Ickx
    ...orning, but suffered a mechanical problem which forced the car to pit. The mechanics resolved the issue by switching off one cylinder, and Ickx went on to win t
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  • Land Rover Series
    ...rung]] with permanent four wheel drive and locking central [[Differential (mechanics)|differential]].
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  • Suspension (vehicle)
    ...ng weight]] of a wheel, hub, axle and sometimes brakes and [[differential (mechanics)|differential]] bounces up and down on the springiness of a tire. The regul
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  • Mark Webber
    ...tive)|launch control]] at the start, battled with a broken [[differential (mechanics)|differential]] to fend off the experienced [[Mika Salo]] and finish fifth. ...bber qualified seventh and was leading the race before his [[transmission (mechanics)|gearbox]] failed on lap 22. A sixth-place finish in [[2006 San Marino Gran
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  • Driverless car
    # Operate the mechanics of the vehicle (Actuation)
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  • Motor Racing
    ...can occur in [[Suspension (vehicle)|suspensions]], brakes, [[Transmission (mechanics)|transmissions]], engines, tires, and many others.
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  • Off-roading
    * [[Differential (mechanics)|Locking differential]]
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  • Lincoln
    ...ral components, such as the electric system used by the convertible's roof mechanics, were sealed for life, while a general quality control of 200 items is done
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  • Motor oil
    Other non-motor oils include gear or [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]], [[transfer case]] and [[Differential|differentials]] oils.
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  • Electric motor
    ...achieve fast-forward and rewind operation without requiring any additional mechanics such as gears or clutches. In the computer gaming world, torque motors are
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  • Land Rover Defender
    ...be done by someone with necessary electronic equipment, which has led home mechanics to prefer to buy second-hand Tdi-powered vehicles. However the Td5 as of 20
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  • Scuderia Ferrari
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