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• Fuel economy in automobiles
  ...ngine will produce around 2.32 kg of carbon dioxide for each litre of petrol consumed (19.4 lb/gal). A typical diesel engine produces 2.66 kg/ While the ability of petroleum [[internal combustion engine|engines]] to maximize the transformed chemical energy of the fuel (their ''[[fuel e
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• Electric vehicle
  ...e drive motors. Chemical energy is usually in the form of [[diesel]] or [[petrol]] ([[gasoline]]). The liquid fuels are usually converted into electricity ...cal issue which has prevented them from replacing the more cumbersome heat engines: energy storage. Fuel cells are fragile, sensitive to contamination, and r
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• Nissan Note
  ...subtle trim and equipment upgrades, plus tweaked 1.4 and 1.6-litre petrol engines that now comply with the latest Euro V emissions regulations for the EU mar
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• Ford Focus (International)
  ! style="text-align:left; font-weight:large; background:#f4f4da;" | 1.6 Petrol ! style="text-align:left; font-weight:large; background:#ddb;" | 2.0 Petrol
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• Sports car racing
  ...he [[AC Cobra]]. The combination of mostly-British chassis and American V8 engines gave rise to the popular and spectacular [[Can-Am]] series in the 1960s and ...rand Prix machinery and for 1972 they were constrained to run much smaller engines to F1 rules, often detuned for endurance. [[Group 4 (racing)|Group 4 Grand
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• Kia Cee'd
  ...h as a five-door [[hatchback]], with a choice of five [[engine]]s (three [[petrol]] and two [[diesel]]), four [[car model|trim]] levels (LX, EX and TX) and e
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• Jeep Liberty
  ...san Xterra]]. The Liberty was the first Jeep to use two new ''PowerTech'' engines: A 150 [[HP|hp]] 2.4 L I4 and a 210 [[HP|hp]] 3.7 L [[V6]]. Despite popula ...][[diesel]] engine became available in the ''CRD'' model. Although diesel engines are not familiar in the American market, Jeep reported that they sold 10,00
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• Gas turbine
  As with all cyclic heat engines, higher combustion temperature means greater [[fuel efficiency|efficiency]] ...ten make the construction of a simple turbine more complicated than piston engines.
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• Amphibious vehicle
  ...wheel provided direction, both on land and in the water. A three-cylinder petrol combustion-engine powered the oversized rear wheels. In order to get the wh ...ls on the opposite side. Most contemporary designs use garden tractor type engines, that will provide roughly 25 mph top speed on land.
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• Lexus RX
  ...der full-throttle acceleration or when the front wheels lose traction. The petrol engine will switch off automatically and the car will be electrically drive ...X 400h/ Harrier [[Hybrid Cars|Hybrid]] consumes roughly the same amount of petrol as a compact four-cylinder saloon and it qualifies as a Super Ultra Low Emi
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• BMW E65/E66
  ...of the line 6.0 litre V12 [[petrol]] and 4.4 liter [[V8]] [[turbodiesel]] engines, respectively the [[BMW N73|BMW N73 760i]] [[V12 engine|V12]] and [[BMW M67
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• Lancia Delta
  ...tre ''MultiJet'' ''TwinTurbo'' [[Inline-4]]<br>1.8 litre ''Turbojet'' Di ''Petrol'' [[inline-4]] ...heel drive]] [[hot hatch]] with a powerful [[turbocharger|turbocharged]] [[petrol engine]]. A tweaked version of the HF dominated the [[World Rally Champions
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• Holden VE Commodore
  ...era), improved fuel economy/reduced emissions, and 3.0-liter and 6.0-liter engines that are E85-compatible. The lineup gets improved aerodynamics as well whil ...l sedan will cost you $33,990, the dual fuel version costs $36,390 and the petrol only wagon costs $35,990.
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• Volkswagen Rabbit
  ...er TDI) and 3 Petrol (1.4-liter TSI, 1.8-liter and 2.0-liter TFSI) burning engines. BTW, the first UK example of the new Golf will be auctioned of for charity
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• Motor Racing
  ...hers|Frank Duryea]] won the race in 10 hours and 23 minutes, beating three petrol-fueled motorcars.<ref>[http://www.historicracing.com/index.cfm?OTDother=8&f ...nz]], [[Delahaye]], and [[Bugatti]] constructing streamlined vehicles with engines producing up to 450&nbsp;kW (612&nbsp;hp), aided by multiple-stage [[superc
  31 KB (4,849 words) - 10:13, 14 October 2010
• Top Gear Race to the North
  ...M363"/> This was to have happened in 2008 as ''The Coronation'', using two engines, one taking a London to York leg, and then another taking the train on to E While known as a petrol head, Clarkson is also a big fan of [[Jeremy_Clarkson#Engineering_interests
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• Petroleum electric hybrid vehicle
  PEHVs most commonly use [[internal combustion]] engines and electric batteries to power [[electric motor]]s. Modern [[mass producti ...ids where a small petrol engine powered a compressor. Several types of air engines also increased the range between fill-ups with up to 60% by absorbing ambie
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• Dodge Caliber SRT4
  ...s a family of fuel- and emissions-efficient aluminium four-cylinder petrol engines co-developed by DaimlerChrysler’s Chrysler Group, Hyundai Motor Company a
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• Battery electric vehicle
  ...nd before the preeminence of powerful, but polluting [[internal combustion engines]], electric automobiles held many vehicle land speed and distance records i ...p://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsassemblya.htm], which allowed engines to keep cool enough to run for more than a few minutes, before which they h
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• 2008 Formula One season
  ...it to [[Brawn GP]] in February of {{f1|2009}} using the [[Mercedes-Benz]] engines. This was also the last Formula One season to race with grooved tyres, used ...2008">{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/4692.html|title=Toyota engines for Williams in 2007|publisher=formula1.com|date=2006-07-27|accessdate=2006
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