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  • ...bustion is intermittent. However, continuous combustion engines, such as [[Jet engine]]s, most [[rocket]]s and many [[gas turbine]]s are also very definit ...ty of aircraft and locomotives. Where very high power is required, such as jet aircraft, helicopters and large ships, they appear mostly in the form of [[
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  • ...viously been used on a number of high-performance versions of Aston Martin cars, but this was a separate model. Although based on the [[Aston Martin V8]], If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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  • ...The term often leads into confusion, however, since international compact cars are somewhat larger than their North American equivalents, mostly because n ...ti-purpose vehicle]]s and [[sport utility vehicle]]s based on small family cars (often called [[compact MPV]]s and [[compact SUV]]s) have similar sizes, ra
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  • |Engine = GM ''Ram Jet'' [[V8]] If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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  • ...obile]] manufactured by [[Honda]]. It was the first mass-produced [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] automobile sold in the United States, introduced in 1999 (in Japan ...that production of the Insight will end in September 2006. A new [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] model, a car smaller and less expensive than the [[Honda Civic|Civ
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  • ...oducing cars that sold for $440, the Packards concentrated on more upscale cars that started at $2,600. Packard automobiles developed a following not only ...t crash and subsequent depression by manufacturing slightly less expensive cars than it had prior to October 1929. As an independent automaker, Packard did
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  • ...a nearly 2-tonne saloon with performance similar to most dedicated sports cars of the era. It is said that [[Rudolf Uhlenhaut]], when invited to test driv If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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  • ...008|work=economist.com}}</ref> In 1997 they extended its use for passenger cars. The first passenger car that used the common rail system was the 1997 mode The common rail system is suitable for all types of road cars with diesel engines, ranging from [[city car]]s such as the [[Fiat Panda#Se
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  • ...title screen and music is changed to suit the programme. Instead of having cars in the background, images of gardening were shown instead. The images bore ...g a two-by-four at him. Hammond revealed his barbecue system, which uses a jet engine to rotate the meat and cook it. However, the blades rotated too fast
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  • ...e of the [[Ford|Ford Motor Company]] founded in 1939 to market semi-luxury cars slotted between entry-level Ford and luxury [[Lincoln]] models, similar to ...t aerodynamic cars of its era. It was one of the first [[Ford]] production cars designed using a full-scale clay model. Dubbed The Super Ford, the '''Mercu
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  • If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit ...nes), and put in a series DC motor and lead acid batteries, to produce the Jet Industries ElectraVan 750.
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  • ...f the [[Holden Monaro]] to the United States as the [[Pontiac GTO]]. Other cars such as the [[Cadillac Sixteen]] Concept; [[Saturn Sky]] and [[Pontiac Sol ...aft, he owns and pilots a Aero Vodochody L-39, an advanced Czechoslovakian jet fighter trainer. Further, he maintains a collection of motorcycles that inc
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  • ...n't lend Top Gear one, because apparently they are 'too harsh' about their cars. ...se near York on 20 September 2006, Hammond was injured in the crash of the jet-powered car he was piloting.<ref name = "BBCNews1">{{citation
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  • ...began to achieve considerable competition success in one of the few French cars produced just after World War 2. Encouraged by the development of these cars and consequent customer demand, he founded the Societe Anonyme des Automobi
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  • ...s, lorries to Maudsley designs and not having a suitable one of their own, cars to a [[Sunbeam|Sunbeam]] design. Bicycle and motorcycle production continue ===Experimental cars===
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  • ...]]. The name was first used in 1967 and was carried by a diverse series of cars over the next three decades. As is common with Mercury vehicles, the Cougar ...d) V8 (1969-1970)<br>6.5L (390 cid) V8 (1967-1969)<br>7.0L (428 cid) Cobra Jet V8 (1968-1970)<br>7.0L (429 cid) Boss V8 (1969)
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  • ...g energy that would otherwise propel the car forward. On front-wheel-drive cars, these are used not to prevent wheelstanding, but to pre-load more weight o ...maximum speed of the vehicle during the run. Top Fuel Dragsters and Funny Cars are now running 330 mph (530 km/h) in a quarter-mile [1,320-foot (400 m)] r
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  • ...a few months later at the 2009 [[Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance]]. Both cars are powered by a 400 hp 4.2 litre [[V8]] sourced from [[Audi]]. The German first-generation cars."
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  • Vintage cars may also have used radiator cores made from coiled tube, a less-efficient b |url=http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-Mercedes-35-hp.htm
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  • |La Pasta/Halkin Jet<br>Angie's list/[[Royal Automobile Club of Belgium]] |[[Lotus|Lotus Cars]]<br>PDVSA/Herbalife<br>Banco Panamericana
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