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• Cadillac Seville
  ...automotive paradigm of "bigger equals better" was no longer in full effect in the marketplace. ...ille was to be simultaneously the smallest and the most expensive Cadillac in the line-up, turning Cadillac's traditional marketing and pricing strategy
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• Toyota MR2
  ...R2 is similar to more exotic cars such as the line of mid engine [[Lotus]] vehicles ([[Lotus Elise|Elise]], [[Lotus Esprit|Esprit]], etc...), however its price Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be
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• Pontiac Grand Prix
  ...ize]] offering, slotting below the large [[Pontiac Bonneville|Bonneville]] in the company's lineup. ...d-model year 2006, the Grand Prix is Pontiac's largest automotive offering in production, superceeding the recently cancelled [[Pontiac Bonneville]] prog
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• Pickup truck
  In North America, the word ''pickup'' generally refers to a small or medium si ...nocoque cab and engine bay welded to a 'c' section chassis rear is offered in Australia. It is known as the 'one tonner' because it is rated to carry som
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• Lincoln Continental
  ...ime, the Continental nameplate referred to the four-door Lincoln flagship. In 1981 the Continental's reign as the Lincoln flagship ended when the Town Ca ...ready for Edsel's March 1939 vacation. The design, allegedly sketched out in an hour by Gregorie working from the [[Lincoln-Zephyr|Lincoln Zephyr]] blue
  35 KB (5,074 words) - 20:28, 9 August 2010
• Lexus LS
  | 198.0 in/202.8 in (5029 mm/5151 mm) | 73.8 in (1875 mm)
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• Mercury Sable
  ...manufactured at the Chicago Assembly Plant in Illinois. It was also built in Atlanta, Georgia until Friday April 29, 2005 when production stopped. ...further refined the car. The Mercury Sable station wagon ended production in late 2004. And the last Sable sedan rolled off the line on Friday April 29,
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• Peugeot 205
  ...vehicles of the 1980s. It was declared 'Car of the Decade' by CAR magazine in 1990. ...]] at the front, with torsion bar suspension rear suspension, that debuted in the [[Peugeot 305]] estate, was a key ingredient of the success of the 205.
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• Citroën DS
  ...'' (also known as '''Déesse''', or ''Goddess'', after the punning initials in French) was an [[automobile]] produced by the French manufacturer [[Citroë ...d very unusual in 1955, public tastes appear to have caught up with the DS in the post-[[Ford Taurus]]/[[Audi 100]] era.
  31 KB (4,913 words) - 09:44, 12 December 2010
• Sports car racing
  ...ces emphasise endurance (races are typically anywhere from 2.5 to 24 hours in length), reliability and strategy over pure speed. Longer races usually inv ...ers have in many cases been very similar to the cars that were raced, both in engineering and styling. It is this close association with the 'exotic' nat
  33 KB (5,280 words) - 05:56, 24 December 2009
• V8 engine
  ...)|cylinder]]s mounted on the [[crankcase]] in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower a ...kshaft with heavy counterweights to eliminate the vibrations. This results in an engine which is smoother than a [[V6 engine|V6]], while being considerab
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• Lancia Delta
  Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be ...graphs, pictures and other information regarding the powertrain is placed in this section.
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...1965 to 1985, and then with live flag-to-flag coverage beginning in 1986. In May 2006, the race celebrated its 90^th running and 61<sup>st</su ...nsidered Harroun to be a hazard during the race, as he was the only driver in the race driving without a riding mechanic, who checked the oil pressure an
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• Mercury Cougar
  ...leading big cats on leashes were a feature of Cougar and Mercury ads back in their 1970s heyday. ...000 Mustang sales in less than 3 years, Mercury desperately wanted to cash in on some of the action - hence the Cougar. Mercury successfully combined ma
  40 KB (5,984 words) - 21:00, 12 October 2010
• Buick Regal
  |Length = 107.8 in (2738 mm) |Width = 73.1 in (1857 mm)
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• Wankel engine
  ...ide of an oval-like epitrochoid-shaped housing and a rotor that is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle. This design delivers smooth high-rpm power, f ...NSU Motorenwerke AG]] (NSU) before completing a working, running prototype in 1957. NSU then subsequently licenced the concept to other companies across
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• Talladega Superspeedway
  ...ack]]s. At 2.66 miles (4.28 km) long, Talladega is the largest oval track in the [[Nextel Cup]] Series and has seating provisions for over 175,000 patro ...ASCAR founder [[William France Sr.|Bill France]] took to the track himself in a car and drove around it at high speeds. NASCAR also ran a successful supp
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• Land Rover Defender
  ...he original utility [[Land Rover]] [[Land Rover Series|Series I]] launched in 1948. Using the basic yet robust underpinnings of a ladder frame [[chassis] ...rt a metallic black livery with subtle satin black decals and is available in 90 soft-top and 90 station wagon versions. The front fascia is facelifted w
  50 KB (7,786 words) - 08:42, 19 September 2010
• Rallying
  ...ng not on a [[Race track|circuit]], but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points ([ ...d of Motor Racing 1894–1908" page 1. Royal Automobile Club 1909, reprinted in facsimile 1949.</ref>
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• Toronto Transit Commission
  ...subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1954, the TTC has grown to comprise three subway lines and an elevated rapi ...s were made through this service daily. The TTC employed 11,861 personnel in 2008.<ref name="personnel">{{cite web|url=http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/ope
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