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• Premier Automotive Group
  ...p''' (PAG), was a group within the [[Ford Motor Company]] which was formed in 1999 to oversee the business operations of Ford's high-end [[automotive]] m ...|Volvo]] brands. Lincoln and Mercury were returned to Ford direct control in 2002. By 2004, after spending (by one estimate) $17 billion building PAG,
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• Throttle
  In an [[engine]], the '''throttle''' is the mechanism by which the engine's po ...ctor]] or [[carburetor]] maintaining a relatively constant fuel/air ratio. In a motor vehicle the control used by the driver to regulate power is sometim
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• Pontiac Torrent
  ...Torrent was introduced at the 2005 Los Angeles Auto Show and went on sale in late summer 2005. ...The Torrent shares the Equinox's 185 [[HP|hp]] 3.4 L [[V6|V6]] built in China. It is mated to a 5-speed [[Automatic transmission]].
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• Steering wheel
  ...d a '''driving wheel''' or '''hand wheel''') is a type of steering control in [[vehicle]]s and vessels (ships and boats). ...ent of steering wheel rotation, to hinder [[motor vehicle theft]]; in most vehicles this is accomplished when the ignition key is removed from the [[ignition s
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• Chevrolet Cobalt
  ...let|Chevrolet]] Cobalt''' is a [[compact car]] introduced by [[Chevrolet]] in 2004 for the 2005 model year, replacing the aging [[Chevrolet Cavalier|Cava ...nufactured at [[General Motors Corporation|GM]]'s Lordstown Assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
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• Mercedes-Benz W212
  ...s also decided upon to rest the [[Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class|CLK-Class]] name in favour of selling it as an [[Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe|E-class coupe]].<r ...be available, in diesel and petrol variants, although there may be limits in developing markets. The basic powerplant will consist of four-cylinder engi
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• ACEA agreement
  .... With 18 million cars sold each year, Europe is the last major car market in the world. ...from the 1995 level of 186&nbsp;g/km and is equivalent to a [[Fuel economy in automobiles|fuel economy]] of 5,8&nbsp;L/100&nbsp;km or 5,25&nbsp;L/100&nbs
  10 KB (1,420 words) - 09:04, 24 May 2010
• Ford Flex
  | 2009 - present | 202 in
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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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• 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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• 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
  9 KB (1,403 words) - 10:09, 22 July 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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• BMW F10
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Length = 4,899–4,907 mm (192.9–193.2 in)
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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>
  8 KB (1,171 words) - 15:24, 10 August 2009
• HUMMER
  ...er H2]] and the [[Hummer H3]] were based on other, smaller civilian-market vehicles. ...aker [[Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company]] announced in 2009 that it will acquire the Hummer brand pending government approvals. However
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• Power steering
  ...s there has to be a mechanical linkage as a fail safe. Originally invented in the early 20th century, automotive engineers have implemented this now stan ...tion of power steering by the name of Charles F. Hammond an American, born in Detroit, who filed similar patents, the first of which was filed as recorde
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• Alfa Romeo 159
  |Length = 4660/4661 mm (183.4/183.5 in.) |Width = 1828/1830 mm (71.9/72.0 in.)
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• Ford Escape
  ...ling interest, and was released simultaneously with the [[Mazda Tribute]]. In the United States, Ford's [[Mercury]] division released a luxury version ca A [[Ford Escape Hybrid|hybrid version]] of the Escape was released in 2004, making it the first hybrid SUV.
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• Porsche 911 GT3
  |Image = [[Image:New-porsche-911-gt3-facelift-2009 6small.jpg]] |Length = 4427 mm / 174.3 in
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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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