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• Amphibious vehicle
  ...rection, both on land and in the water. A three-cylinder petrol combustion-engine powered the oversized rear wheels. In order to get the wheels to provide pr ...slowly – outboard motors can be added for extended water use. Current AATV manufacturers are [http://www.argoatv.com/ Argo], [http://www.landtamer.com/ Land Tamer],
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• Alcohol fuel
  ...+MON)/2, and is used on U.S. gas station pumps. As a compression ignition engine fuel, both alcohols create very little particulates, but their low cetane n ...to the lower carbon-to-hydrogen ratio of these alcohols, and the improved engine efficiency.
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• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  ...984 and subsequent voluntary changes in vehicle crashworthiness by vehicle manufacturers<ref>{{cite book ...fuel economy by heavily taxing motor fuel and/or by including a vehicle's engine size or fuel economy in calculating vehicle registration taxes. It is argue
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• Automotive lighting
  ...daytime use as [[Daytime Running Lamp|DRLs]]. Rather, they operated if the engine was running ''and'' the driver switched on the parking lamps (called "sidel ...1907 (US patent 912,831), but were not widely offered by major automobile manufacturers until after 1939. Alternative systems of hand signals were used earlier, a
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• Race car
  ...hip of around 18 races a year featuring major international car and engine manufacturers such as [[Ferrari]], [[Mercedes-Benz]] (McLaren), [[BMW]] (Sauber), [[Toyot ...g GT, GTS, and two prototype classes, LMP1 (Le Mans Prototype 1) and LMP2. Manufacturers such as Audi and Acura/Honda field or support entries in the Prototype clas
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• Lancia Delta
  |Engine = 1.4 litre ''TurboJet'' ''Petrol'' [[Inline-4]]<br>1.4 litre ''TurboJet'' ===Engine and Transmission===
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• Off-road vehicle
  ...frame with [[four wheel drive]] [[drivetrain]]. Later during the nineties manufacturers started to add even more luxuries to bring those off-road vehicules on par ...le power, while moving through challenging terrain slowly. A [[combustion engine]] coupled to a normal [[gearbox]] often has a too high output speed to be u
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• Plug-in hybrid
  ...le (PHEV) is any vehicle powered by a combination of [[internal combustion engine]] and [[electric motor]] with storage batteries that can be recharged by co ...senger vehicles are not in mass production as of early 2007, although some manufacturers have indicated that they intend to introduce PHEV production models. Protot
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• Rallying
  ...l'', which attracted considerable public interest and entries from leading manufacturers. Prizes were awarded to the vehicles by a jury based on the reports of the ...<ref>Cowbourne 2005 p 374</ref> and 1914 the important Light Car Trial for manufacturers of cars up to 1400 cc, to test comparative performances and improve the bre
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• List of Formula One constructors
  ...is constructor being placed before that of the engine constructor. As both engine and chassis are included in the make name, chassis run with different engin ...]-[[1952 Formula One season|1952]]<ref>From 1950 to 1957, Alta was also an engine manufacturer for teams [[Hersham and Walton Motors|HWM]], [[Cooper (car)|Co
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• WilliamsF1
  Williams have worked with many notable engine manufacturers, most successfully with [[Renault F1|Renault]]: Williams won five of their ...such as [[Renault]] or [[BMW]] who could supply his team with a [[turbo]] engine.
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• Williams F1
  Williams have worked with many notable engine manufacturers, most successfully with [[Renault F1|Renault]]: Williams won five of their ...such as [[Renault]] or [[BMW]] who could supply his team with a [[turbo]] engine.
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• Battery electric vehicle
  ...difficult and sometimes dangerous task of starting the internal combustion engine, was the downfall of the electric vehicle, as 1912 may have been the pinnac ...egradation in performance after 150,000 miles. BEVs do not require an ICE engine, support systems or related maintenance, so they should be more reliable an
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• Preston Tucker
  ...rmored car|armored combat car]], powered by a Miller-modified Packard V-12 engine. ...le prototype of the airplane was started, powered by a straight 8-cylinder engine developed/influenced by Harry Miller, called the Miller L-510. Nicknamed t
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• Land Rover Defender
  |Engine = 2.3L I4 Petrol<br>2.3L I4 Diesel<br>2.5L I4 Petrol<br>2.5L I4 Turbo Diese ...d to maintain lubrication at extreme angles in off-road use. Re-tuning the engine means that the power level will remain the same (122 horsepower), but with
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• Off-roading
  ...oading in mind, such as a [[Jeep]] or [[HMMWV]], or buy them from off-road manufacturers, such as Land Rover, which has produced cars for the armed forces of many c ...[[Land Rover Series|Series I Land Rover]], retaining the Range Rover's V8 engine and coil-spring suspension in a light, easy to maneuvre body. In recent yea
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• International Motor Sports Association
  ...This did not please [[Porsche]], which was spending vast sums of money on engine development at the time. Porsche responded by boycotting the [[24 Hours of ...restrictions would be phased out by 1989 (excepting [[naturally aspirated engine]]s below 3.5 liters). This attempt failed, as did another in 1991, in whic
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• De Lorean DMC-12
  | Engine | 2.8&nbsp;litre (2849&nbsp;cc) ''[[PRV engine|PRV]]'' [[V6]]
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• Renault F1
  | 2010 Engine = Renault RS27 -2010 | 2011 Engine = Renault
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• Effects of the automobile on societies
  ...ial insignificance to eminent importance. Before the [[internal combustion engine]] was developed, [[gasoline]] was a waste product, often discarded. Once th Since the early days of the [[automobile]], automobile manufacturers successfully lobbied consecutive governments to build public roads. Road bu
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