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• Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
  Certain [[automobile|vehicles]] come in different trim levels or body styles. Features and major options should be List the colors that the particular <MODEL> is offered in.
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...sesses both primary and secondary mechanical [[engine balance]], resulting in relatively low manufacturing cost combined with much less vibration than en ...vo AB|Volvo]] diesel engine and the 15 liter [[Cummins]] ISX used in heavy vehicles.<ref>Nunney, p. 4</ref> The largest are used to power ships, and use fuel
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• Pickup truck
  In North America, the word ''pickup'' generally refers to a small or medium si ...nocoque cab and engine bay welded to a 'c' section chassis rear is offered in Australia. It is known as the 'one tonner' because it is rated to carry som
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• Traffic sign
  ...ually a result of international standards. Such signs were first developed in Europe, and have been adopted by most countries to varying degrees. In the United States, Canada and Australia signs are categorised as follows:
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• Lincoln
  ...y, Ford's second company. While Lincoln was the best selling luxury marque in the United States for an extended period of time, Lincoln lost ground to it To combat this relative slide in sales Lincoln has undergone a complete renewal of its line-up, and even rec
  41 KB (6,624 words) - 06:20, 17 December 2010
• Citroën DS
  ...'' (also known as '''Déesse''', or ''Goddess'', after the punning initials in French) was an [[automobile]] produced by the French manufacturer [[Citroë ...d very unusual in 1955, public tastes appear to have caught up with the DS in the post-[[Ford Taurus]]/[[Audi 100]] era.
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• Preston Tucker
  '''Preston Thomas Tucker''' (September 21, 1903 &ndash; December 26, 1956) was an American [[automobile]] designer and entrepreneur. ...tomobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars. Production of the Tucker '48 was shut down amidst scandal and
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• Gas turbine
  ...tream compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between. Gas turbine may also refer to just the turbine component. ...anical output. The energy given up to the turbine comes from the reduction in the temperature of the exhaust gas.
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• V8 engine
  ...)|cylinder]]s mounted on the [[crankcase]] in two banks of four cylinders, in most cases set at a right angle to each other but sometimes at a narrower a ...kshaft with heavy counterweights to eliminate the vibrations. This results in an engine which is smoother than a [[V6 engine|V6]], while being considerab
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• AMC
  ...r Corporation]], which discontinued the use of AMC and Renault brand names in the United States. The [[Jeep]] line was continued, as well as some of the ...'s CEO, [[A.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
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• Cadillac Seville
  ...automotive paradigm of "bigger equals better" was no longer in full effect in the marketplace. ...ille was to be simultaneously the smallest and the most expensive Cadillac in the line-up, turning Cadillac's traditional marketing and pricing strategy
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• Rallying
  ...ng not on a [[Race track|circuit]], but instead in a point-to-point format in which participants and their co-drivers drive between set control points ([ ...d of Motor Racing 1894–1908" page 1. Royal Automobile Club 1909, reprinted in facsimile 1949.</ref>
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• List of automotive superlatives
  ...''fastest'', ''lightest'', ''best-selling'', and so on. They vary greatly in size, [[engine displacement]], power, price, and many other traits. ...o automobiles built after World War II, and lists superlatives for earlier vehicles separately. The list is also limited to production road cars that:
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• Indianapolis 500
  ...1965 to 1985, and then with live flag-to-flag coverage beginning in 1986. In May 2006, the race celebrated its 90^th running and 61<sup>st</su ...nsidered Harroun to be a hazard during the race, as he was the only driver in the race driving without a riding mechanic, who checked the oil pressure an
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• Chevrolet Corvair
  ...o offered as a passenger compact van called the Greenbrier, and commercial vehicles were also initially offered; the "Corvan 95" panel van and two versions of ...Cole]], Chevrolet's chief engineer in the early 1950s and general manager in the late 1950s, as an answer to the growing popularity of small, lightweigh
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