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• Riley
  ...n the Riley Engine Company, also in Coventry. At first, he simply supplied engines for Riley motorcycles, but the company soon began to focus on four-wheeled ...der 10 hp (7.5 kW) car. Riley also began manufacturing aeroplane engines and became a key supplier in Britain's buildup for World War I.
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• Lanchester Motor Company
  ...irst production cars in 1900. These had two cylinder horizontal air cooled engines with two crankshafts rotating in opposite directions to give smooth running ...rent company, Daimler, was in decline and in 1960 was absorbed by [[Jaguar|Jaguar]], who used the Daimler name in the same way Daimler had used the Lancheste
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• Mercedes-Benz R107
  ...ents of the mid size Mercedes-Benz W114 model and mated them to the larger engines from the S-Class. The W 107 chassis is also referred to as "R 107" for "Rei ...e 380SEC. It was aimed at the same market as more exotic machines like the Jaguar E-Type and Citroën SM.
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• Alta Car and Engineering Company
  ...d 1952, as well as [[Grand Prix]] events prior to this. They also supplied engines to a small number of other constructors, most noteably the [[Connaught|Conn ...verstone Circuit|Silverstone]]. Over the next few years 1.5L and 2.5L Alta engines would find their way into a slew of British-built F1 hopefuls, the most suc
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• British Leyland
  ...the competition from yet more, previously LMC marques. Rover competed with Jaguar at the expensive end of the market, and Triumph with its family cars and sp :*Coventry Climax Limited (fork lift trucks and specialist engines)
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• Mitsuoka Viewt
  ...s a modification of the [[Nissan March]]/Micra, intended to resemble the [[Jaguar Mark 2]]. It, along with Mitsuoka's earlier [[Mitsuoka Galue|Galue]], encou ...and the cabin appears rounder. However, Mitsuoka have persisted with their Jaguar-style front and rear.
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• Nash-Healey
  .... It was expensive to build because of all the shipping involved. The Nash engines and other mechanical components came from the U.S. to Britain. The body was ...ssador|Ambassador's]] inline six-cylinder (252 in³, 4130 cc, 140 hp.) engines, three-speed manual transmissions with [[Overdrive (mechanics)|overdrive]],
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• Gottlieb Daimler
  ...m Maybach]] were two inventors whose dream was to create small, high speed engines to be mounted in any kind of locomotion device. They designed in 1885 a pre ...im Maybach moved to work at the world's largest manufacturer of stationary engines of the time, the [[Deutz AG|Deutz-AG-Gasmotorenfabrik]] in [[Cologne]]. It
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• Spa 1000 km
  ...o 480 km as a rule change required the use of [[Formula One]]-derived engines that last no longer. Due to the decline of the WSC, the "1000km" was discon | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Silk Cut]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]]
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• Horsepower
  The most-common definition of [[HP|horsepower]] for engines is the one originally proposed by James Watt in 1782. Under this system, o ...s was a minor issue in the days when measurement systems varied widely and engines produced less power, but has become a major sticking point today. Exotic c
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...n relatively low manufacturing cost combined with much less vibration than engines with fewer cylinders.<ref>Nunney, pp. 12-13</ref> ...the largest modern ones in passenger cars are the 4.2l found in several [[Jaguar]]s, the 4.3l [[Hemi Six]], the 4.0 [[TVR Speed Six]], the 4.0 [[Ford Barra]
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• 24 Hours of Le Mans
  ...e edge of the track close to the finish line for hours, then restart their engines and crawl around the track one last time in order to finish after the 24 ho ...prior to the start. On the starter's signal, the drivers could start their engines and start the race. In 1971, a full [[rolling start]] was introduced, as us
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• Manifold
  ...ulse could have a negative effect. This poses a very difficult problem for engines, since valve timing is dynamic and based on engine speed, whereas the pulse ...me engines the intake runners are straight for minimal resistance. In most engines, however, the runners have curves...and some very convoluted to achieve des
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• Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
  ...esellschaft'' (DMG). Its purpose was the construction of small, high speed engines based on the same [[stationary engine]] technology. ...etor]], and so on. The company would manufacture small internal combustion engines suitable for use on land, sea, and in the air (the basis for a symbol Daiml
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• Sauber
  ...]] and the world sports car championship, competing against [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]] and [[Porsche]]. Among others, drivers like [[Michael Schumacher]], [[Hei ...]] Engineering'', a company founded for the sole purpose of building these engines, that were nearly identical to the ones used by Ferrari. Sauber licenced ne
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• Alvis Cars
  ...Coventry, United Kingdom from 1919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing long after car production ceas ...John and Co. Ltd., was founded in 1919. Its first products were stationary engines, carburettor bodies and motorscooter. The company's founder T.G. John was a
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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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• Pininfarina
  ...ati]], [[Cadillac|Cadillac]], [[Nash Motors|Nash]], [[Peugeot]], [[Jaguar|Jaguar]], [[Volvo]], [[Alfa Romeo]], [[MG|MG]], [[Cisitalia|Cisitalia]], and [[La ...ll be offered with a normally-aspirated gasoline engine, as well as diesel engines with variable geometry turbocharger and common-rail direct injection.
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• BMW 8 Series
  | [[Jaguar XK8]] All engines are robust and reliable if properly serviced and the ZF Atomatic gearboxes
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• Ron Dennis
  ...ccessful recruitment of the [[Porsche]] automobile firm to build the cars' engines from 1984-87. ...cLaren International. Ojjeh invested in [[Porsche]]-built [[turbocharged]] engines which carried the name of his company, Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG).<ref>
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