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• FR layout
  ...''' means a layout where the [[engine]] is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of ...rive to steered wheels. The layout is still more suitable than front-wheel drive for engine outputs of more than about 200 bhp, as the weight transference d
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• DB
  ...s founded by [[Charles Deutsch]] and [[René Bonnet]]. It produced light [[sports car]]s with fiberglass bodies mainly powered by [[Panhard]] flat-twin engin ...e very efficient and influential aerodynamic designs which allowed DB race cars to reach impressive top speed despite the small Panhard [[flat-twin]] engi
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• RR layout
  ..., as an imbalance of such proportions would make it impossible to keep the front wheels on the ground. ...nsest/heaviest component of the car. Thus, in a car which steers with the front wheels, it is better for the engine to be located in the rear of the car -
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• Drive shaft
  ...g [[torque]] and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a [[drive train]] that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need t Drive shafts are carriers of [[torque]]: they are subject to torsion and shear st
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• Clan
  ...} Models}}The '''Clan Crusader''' was a fibreglass [[monocoque]] British [[sports car]] using a rear mounted 875cc [[Hillman Imp]] Sport engine. It was first The car was designed by a group of ex-[[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] engineers led by [[Paul Haussauer]] with styling by [[John Frayling
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• Flat-6 engine
  ...ry sports cars, cruising motorcycles, and aircraft than ordinary passenger cars.<ref>{{cite book | last = Nunney | first = M J | title = Light and Heavy ...between the front wheels are offset by the efficiency of adding four-wheel drive to the layout. In the past a number of other manufacturers have used them,
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• Double wishbone
  ...shbone designs allow the engineer to carefully control the motion of the [[wheel]] throughout suspension travel, controlling such parameters as [[camber ang ...) suspension. It is commonly used in [[sports cars]], [[Luxury Cars|luxury cars]] and light [[trucks]].
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• Oversteer
  ...inexperienced drivers slow during oversteer but in fact the correct way to drive oversteer is to power out of a turn. ...he condition when the [[slip angle]] of the rear tires exceeds that of the front tires.
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• Clubmans
  ...rently races with the British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) and is a Motor Sports Association (MSA) recognised Club ...quiring in due course wings and slicks. Unlike endurance-oriented forms of sports car racing, Clubmans tended to run at club-level meetings. Races were typic
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• MR layout
  ...uses up central space, making it impractical for any but two-seater sports cars. ...amics, this layout is heavily employed in [[formula (car)|Formula]] racing cars (such as [[Formula 1|F1s]]).
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• Impéria
  ...m 1906 until 1948. Products of the Ateliers Piedboeuf of Liège, the first cars were designed by the German [[Paul Henze]]. These were fours of 3, 4·9, a ...from 1930. From 1934 until the company folded it built mainly four-wheel-drive [[Adler]]s with Belgian-made [[coachwork]]. The company merged with [[Mine
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• Automotive spoiler
  ...become common on passenger vehicles, as well. Some spoilers are added to cars primarily for styling purposes and have either little aerodynamic benefit o ...ing or rolling. A similar device is also adopted for [[drag racing]] funny cars.
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• Georges Irat
  ...t|Michel]], was added to the range in 1929 but sales of this and the large cars were poor resulting in a financial crisis. ...smaller car sold well but there were few takers for the six. In 1938 a new sports car with a 1911&nbsp;cc engine produced by [[Citroën]] with independent su
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• Gear stick
  ...for British cars to also have their [[Hand brake|handbrake]]. ([[Left-hand drive]] models received a column shift.) In some modern [[sports car]]s, the gear lever has been replaced entirely by "paddles", which are a
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• Lotus Carlton
  | Sports Sedan | 4-door, 5-seat [[FR layout|Front-engined]] Sedan
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• Audi S3
  |Class = Small sports ...rear axle as grip changes - most of the time it operates as a front-wheel drive.
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• Jensen
  ...of Jensen Models}}'''Jensen Motors, Ltd''' was a British manufacturer of [[sports car]]s and commercial vehicles, based in West Bromwich (in the West Midland ...ensen Motors in 1934. They built exclusive customised bodies for standard cars produced by several manufacturers of the day including [[Morris]], [[Singer
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• Corvette XP-700 concept
  | XP-700<ref>"XP" was a GM designation for experimental (XP) concept cars.</ref> | [[Sports car]]
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• Audi Quattro
  | {{{transmission + drive}}} ...d by the German automaker [[Audi]]. Notably, it was the first [[four-wheel drive]] grand tourer since 1966's [[Jensen FF]].
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• Ruxton
  The '''Ruxton''' was a front-wheel drive [[automobile]] produced by the '''New Era Motors''' Company of New York, Ne ...ich would contract with Budd for the body work. While Muller designed the drive train, Joseph Ledwinka designed the body for the car and the project was co
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