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• Noble
  '''Noble Automotive Ltd.''', more commonly known simply as '''Noble''', is a British [[sportsca Noble is an independent low production British sports car company, which currently produces the M12-GTO3R, [[Noble M400]] and the [[Noble M15
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• Alvis Cars
  ...ineering Company Ltd''' of Coventry, United Kingdom from 1919 to 1967. The company also produced aero-engines and military vehicles, the latter continuing lon ...ere stationary engines, carburettor bodies and motorscooter. The company's founder T.G. John was approached by Geoffrey de Freville with designs for a 4-cylin
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• Maserati 3200 GT
  ...eturned to its roots. The luxury coupé was styled by [[Italdesign]], whose founder and head Giorgetto Giugiaro penned, among others, the classic [[Maserati Gh If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''.
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• De Lorean
  ...uptcy in 1982. Near the end, in a desperate attempt to raise the funds his company needed to survive, John De Lorean was filmed appearing to accept money to t ...a time machine by eccentric scientist Doctor Emmett L. Brown, although the company had ceased to exist before the first movie was made.
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• Noble M15
  ...'''Noble M15''' is a new supercar designed and developed by [[Noble|Noble Automotive]], a high-performance sports car manufacturer based in Leicestershire.The N Noble founder [[Lee Noble]] has been quoted in indicating "the [[Noble M12|M12]] is a gre
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• Active suspension
  '''Active''' or '''adaptive suspension''' is an automotive technology that controls the vertical movement of the wheels via an onboard [[Colin Chapman]] - the inventor and automotive engineer who founded [[Lotus Cars]] and the [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Formula
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• Pininfarina
  :''See also [[Battista Farina]], founder of the company, his son [[Sergio Pininfarina]] and grandson [[Andrea Pininfarina]].'' ...ner and builder [[Battista Farina|Battista "Pinin" Farina]] (following the company, his family name became Pininfarina in 1961, as a result of combining his n
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• Hudson
  {{List of Hudson Models}}The '''Hudson Motor Car Company''' made Hudson and other brand [[automobile]]s in Detroit, Michigan, from 1 ...ho provided the necessary capital. One of the chief "car men" of the early company was Roy Chapin, Sr, a young executive who had worked with [[Ransom E. Olds]
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• Gianni Agnelli
  ...ourbon). Agnelli was named after his grandfather [[Giovanni Agnelli]], the founder of the Italian car industry [[Fiat]]. ...family's company worked. Agnelli raised Fiat to become the most important company in Italy, and one of the major car-builders of Europe. He also developed th
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• Lancia Aprilia
  Production commenced in February 1937, the month in which the firm's founder died: this was the last of [[Vincenzo Lancia]]'s designs, featuring four p If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''.
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• Aptera
  ...it was announced that Aptera was one of the first 30 participants in the [[Automotive X Prize]], where they are considered a front-runner in the alternate class. | url = http://auto.xprize.org/auto/press-release/automotive-x-prize-announces-first-30-teams-in-multimillion-dollar-competition-fo
  14 KB (1,937 words) - 04:15, 18 March 2009
• Lotus Europa
  The original Europa used Lotus founder [[Colin Chapman]]'s steel backbone chassis concept that was first used in t ...signed and built to be an embodiment of Chapman's oft-stated philosophy of automotive design: "Simplify, then add lightness." The 4-wheel independent suspension
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• Wilhelm Maybach
  ...continued until the company joined the German war effort in 1940, ceasing automotive production in favour of engines for the Panzer and Tiger tanks. ...sler Corporation to become [[DaimlerChrysler_AG|DaimlerChrysler]]. The new company revived the ''[[Maybach]]'' brand name as a luxury make in 2002.
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• Lancia Stratos HF
  ...g sold on the renowned collector of Stratoses, Christian Hrablek, also the founder-designer of Fenomenon. If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sure to cite the quote'''''.
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• General Motors Company
  ...e world's leading finance companies, GMAC Financial Services, which offers automotive, residential and commercial financing and insurance. GM's [[OnStar]] subsid ...th several automakers around the world, including Toyota, Suzuki, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France.
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• Continuously Variable Transmission
  ...small number of gear ratios, such as the 4 to 6 forward ratios in typical automotive transmissions. The E-CVT saw first commercial automotive use in [[Toyota]]'s [[Hybrid Synergy Drive]] system. This system is not a t
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• NASCAR
  ...as founded by [[Bill France Sr.]] in 1947-48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is [[Brian France]], grandson of the late Bill France Sr.<ref name="buzzle- ...ffame.org/honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=676&type=inductees Induction in the Automotive Hall of Fame], Retrieved April 18, 2009</ref>
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• AMC
  ...e merger of the [[Nash-Kelvinator Corporation]] and the [[Hudson Motor Car Company]]. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history, valued ....E. Barit]] was retained as a consultant and given a Board seat in the new company, and Nash's [[George W. Mason]] was made President and CEO of the new conce
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• De Lorean DMC-12
  ...s a British company, albeit with an American owner--> ever produced by the company. The DMC-12 featured [[gull-wing door]]s with a brushed stainless steel bod ...ed, these cars were converted from left-hand drive models by a specialized company in the UK.
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...rcedes-Benz OM603|OM603]] a 3.0 L (180 cu in) diesel in 1985. In 1996, the company replaced its petrol straight-sixes with a series of 90-degree [[Mercedes-Be ...eportedly was developed during long nights during World War II when Jaguar founder [[William Lyons]] and his staff were on fire watch duty in the Jaguar facto
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