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• Tweel
  ...tinger' spike strip, making it hard for law enforcement to catch a suspect in a vehicle equipped with Tweels. ...Above 50 miles per hour (80 km/h), the Tweel vibrates considerably. That in itself is a big problem, but it also causes two other things: noise and hea
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• Turbocharging
  ...e in 1905. Diesel ships and locomotives with turbochargers began appearing in the 1920s. ...pressure, resulting in a greater amount of the air entering the cylinder. In some instances, compressed air is routed through an intercooler before intr
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• Virgil Exner
  ...to drawing advertisements for [[Studebaker]] trucks. They had a second son in 1940, Brian, who tragically fell from a window and later died from his inju ...t most of the credit for the car's design. In 1949 Exner started working in [[Chrysler]]'s '''Advanced Styling Group''', where he partnered with [[Clif
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• Straight-8 engine
  ...ed in a straight line along the [[crankcase]]. The type has been produced in [[side valve]], [[overhead valve]] and [[overhead cam]] configurations. .... However, [[crankshaft]] [[torsional vibration]], present to some degree in all engines, is sufficient to require the use of a [[harmonic damper]] at t
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• Daimler Motor Company
  ...een the motor car marque of the British '''Daimler Motor Company''', based in Coventry. The company was a subsidiary of BSA from 1910 up until 1960, when ..., in 1902, while the name ''Daimler'' was last used for a German built car in 1908.
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• LaSalle
  ...ly crafted market segmentation program was beginning to develop price gaps in which General Motors had no product to sell. ...ts. Sloan designated the [[Chevrolet]] as the entry level product. Next (in ascending order) came [[Oakland Motor Car|Oakland]], [[Oldsmobile]], [[Buic
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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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• Hudson
  ...'''Hudson Motor Car Company''' made Hudson and other brand [[automobile]]s in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1957. ..., would later be president of Hudson-Nash descendant American Motors Corp. in the 1960s).
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• DeSoto Diplomat
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' ...North America. They were manufactured both in Detroit, Michigan, USA, and in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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• Lancia Aprilia
  |Image = '''place image here in 300 pixels''' |Length = 3960 mm (155.9 in)
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• Auto Union
  ...t venture of four German [[automobile]] manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ...d [[Wanderer|Wanderer]] - were continued; the four ring logo was used only in racing. The four ring logo of Auto Union is still a trademark, and now used
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• Alvis Cars
  ...dom from 1919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing long after car production ceased. ...e Alvis as a compound of the words "aluminium" and "vis" (meaning 'strong' in Latin)although de Freville himself vigorously denied this theory. Perhaps t
  12 KB (1,702 words) - 10:22, 25 May 2010
• Buick
  ...2004, although GM's Swedish subsidiary, [[Saab]], fills a similar segment in price and prestige level. ...1910VanderbiltCup.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Louis Chevrolet driving a Buick Bug in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup]]
  16 KB (2,253 words) - 08:39, 17 August 2010
• Packard
  ...ackard automobiles were produced in 1899 and the brand went off the market in 1958. Packard automobiles are highly sought after by collectors today, and ...ed the Ohio Automobile Company, quickly introduced a number of innovations in its designs, including the modern steering wheel and the first production 1
  16 KB (2,357 words) - 03:05, 12 December 2010
• State Limousines of the United States
  ...to {{PAGENAME}} Template}}The State Limousine for the most powerful person in the world is without a doubt the single most impressive vehicle modern tech ...as "the beast".<ref>{{cite news | author=Sheryl Gay Stolberg | title=Bush in Europe was a man on the run | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/11/fr
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• Radial engine
  ...ft]] like the spokes on a wheel. This configuration was very commonly used in large aircraft engines before most large aircraft started using [[turbine]] ...with a master-and-articulating-rod assembly. One piston, the uppermost one in the animation, has a master rod with a direct attachment to the crankshaft.
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• Bedford Vehicles
  ...), established in 1930; and constructing [[commercial vehicle]]s. Bedford Vehicles was a leading international [[truck]] manufacturer, with substantial export ...from Hendon to Luton, Vauxhall's headquarters, production commencing there in 1929.
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• MG
  ...ver]] went bankrupt in the spring of 2005. MG cars have resumed production in January 2007 under new owners [[Nanjing Automobile Group]]. ...ver as GM, guiding the company through its best years until his retirement in 1969.
  14 KB (2,221 words) - 01:54, 22 December 2010
• 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
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• Autobahn
  ...nd having full control of access, similar to a [[motorway]] or [[freeway]] in English-speaking countries. ...ther English words such as "automobile". The official name of the autobahn in Germany is ''Bundesautobahn (BAB)'' (''Federal Motorway'').
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