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• Heel-and-toe
  ...saproracing.com/hpde/heelandtoe.html], although some drivers use it on the road in everyday conditions in the interests of effectiveness. It involves opera ...chnique is common in all forms of [[auto racing|motorsport]], especially [[rallying]].
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• Mille Miglia
  [[Image:Millesign.jpg|thumb|right|Mille Miglia road sign]] The '''Mille Miglia''' (Thousand [[Mile]]s - pronounced miGlia) was an open-road endurance [[racing|race]] which took place in Italy twenty-four times from
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• Porsche 959
  ...cent triumph had been to harness turbocharging efficiently and safely in a road car. ...ther, and create a Car for the Future. A car that would beat all comers on road and track. A car that would form the very essence of Porsche DNA. And it wa
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• Lancia Stratos HF
  ...rward visibility with almost no rear visibility (which was unnecessary for rallying anyway), and the engine was a [[RMR layout|mid-mounted]] 190 bhp (140& ...gone on to win more had not internal politics within the Fiat group placed rallying responsibility on the [[Fiat 131]] Abarths.
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• Motor Racing
  ...rench government to stop the race in Bordeaux and ban open-road racing.<!--Rallying continues: the [[Monte Carlo Rally]] is still run--> The 1930s saw the transformation from high-priced road cars into pure racers, with [[Delage]], [[Auto Union]], [[Mercedes-Benz]],
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• Audi Quattro
  The '''Audi Quattro''' is a famous and historically significant road and [[rally car]] produced by the German automaker [[Audi]]. Notably, it wa Total road car production is 11,452 vehicles over the period 1980–1991 and through t
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• Odometer
  ...sconnected and connected to another odometer/speedometer pair while on the road. Modern odometers now add mileage driven in reverse to the total as if dri ...Hecatompylos and Alexandria Areion, which later became a part of the silk road, was given by Alexander's bematists as 529 English miles long, that is with
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• Chrysler Sunbeam
  ...production for some time. A Talbot Sunbeam Lotus version was successful in rallying and won the [[World Rally Championship]] Manufacturers' title for [[Talbot] If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sur
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• Top Gear (1977 TV series)
  ...rl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/nov/24/broadcasting.motoring|title=Road shows|work=Media Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|date=20 ...res included [[classic car]] events and [[motorsport]], the latter often [[rallying]] with Tony Mason, [[Roger Clark]]'s co-driver. In 1987, Jon Bentley (now a
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• Four Wheel Drive
  ...he [[engine]] simultaneously. While many people think exclusively of [[off-road]] vehicles, powering all four wheels provides better control on slick ice a ...into the realm of the possible, many Range Rovers enjoy a new life as off-road competition vehicles. One startling snippet testifying to the durability of
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• Lancia Delta
  If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sur ...name and appearance, was a [[Group B]] race car designed specifically for rallying, and entirely different from the commercial Delta in terms of construction
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• Automobile layout
  ...cording to road test with two [[Dodge Daytona]]s, one FWD and one RWD, the road layout is also important for what configuration is the fastest.<ref name="d ...drivetrain (approximately 17% coastdown losses between engine flywheel and road wheels compared to 15% for front wheel drive&nbsp;— however these losses
  35 KB (5,479 words) - 22:33, 31 October 2010
• Sports car racing
  ...ave two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built or related to road-going [[sports car]]s. ...rom success in sports car racing and the [[World Sportscar Championship]]. Road cars sold by these manufacturers have in many cases been very similar to th
  33 KB (5,280 words) - 05:56, 24 December 2009
• Automotive lighting
  ...teral illumination with limits on light directed towards the eyes of other road users, to control glare. This beam is intended for use whenever other vehic ...oad users' eyes. As such, they are only suitable for use when alone on the road, as they will dazzle other drivers. International ECE Regulations permit hi
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• Jeep Wagoneer
  If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sur ...t. The cost of development was around US$20 million.<ref>[http://home.off-road.com/~ozifsja/tech/history/hist_wag.htm History of the Wagoneer<!-- Bot gene
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• Top Gear challenges
  ...e on ''Top Gear'' is an approach to reviewing cars which combines standard road tests and opinions with an extremely unusual circumstance, or with a challe *'''Minicab road testing''' / Test: toughness and practicality. Hammond and May worked as m
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• Stirling Moss
  ...leen (née Craufurd). His younger sister, [[Pat Moss]], also took part in [[rallying]]; her widower is rally driver [[Erik Carlsson]]. Moss was educated at Cle ...otes in the form of a Roller Map, which listed all the details of the long road trip, then an innovative technique. This assistance helped Moss compete aga
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• List of Top Gear episodes
  | Aux1 = [[BMW_M3#M3 CSL|BMW M3 CSL]] • [[BMW M1]] • [[BMW M3#The E30 M3 road car|BMW M3]] • [[BMW M5 (E34)|BMW M5]] • [[Porsche Boxster]] • [[BMW | Aux2 = Hammond and May road test mini MPVs as minicabers
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• Citroën DS
  ...mall four-cylinder engine, the DS was successful in [[motorsport]]s like [[rallying]], where sustained speeds on poor surfaces are paramount. ...rew from the US in 1972, the year of highest US sales, due to constrictive road rules, most automatic DSs, being the DS 23 EFI sedans with air conditioning
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• Buick Riviera
  If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sur ...standard engine's output dipped to 205 SAE HP. Sales for 1975 were 17,306, rallying slightly to 20,082 for 1976.
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