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• Dodge Dakota
  The Dakota has always been sized above the compact ([[Ford Ranger]], [[Chevrolet S-10]]) and below the full-sized ([[Ford F-15 ...mid-year release. Available in both 2wd and [[Four Wheel Drive|4x4]], the Sport included:</p>
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• Alfa Romeo 159
  The '''Alfa Romeo 159''' is a compact executive car produced by the Italian manufacturer [[Alfa Romeo]] since 200 ...ilar to those offered on the Giulietta and MiTo hatchbacks - Comfort Pack, Sport Pack, Comfort Plus Pack and TI Plus Pack.
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• Buick V8 engine
  ...n order to meet GM directives for maximum displacement engines in mid-size cars. ...of choice, and was found in the company's [[Buick Gran Sport|Skylark Gran Sport]] and [[Buick Wildcat]], among others. As unlikely as it seems, the air cle
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• Peugeot 205
  ...ependent using torsion bars (Torsion spring) and trailing arms. It is very compact and was designed to minimise suspension intrusion into the boot, giving a w If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• Pontiac
  ...the Bandit movies and in part due to being one of the very few performance cars on the market, Firebird sales slowly began to fall in the 1990s and GM pull ...a powerful mid-size coupe, by 1974 the GTO option was offered only on the compact [[Pontiac Ventura|Ventura]]. And then, it too was gone.
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• Mazda Familia
  ...the Wankel-powered [[Mazda R100|R100]] version) were among the first Mazda cars sold in the United States. 10,589,052 examples of this car were sold world ...dling. It was also the first small Japanese car to cross over to the EPA "compact" class in 1990 when the 4-door started going by the name Protegé.
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• Straight-6 engine
  ...4l on a [[Rolls Royce Silver Ghost]], the largest modern ones in passenger cars are the 4.2l found in several [[Jaguar]]s, the 4.3l [[Hemi Six]], the 4.0 [ ...se engine]] (left-to-right versus front-to-back) configurations in smaller cars caused the much shorter length of the V6 (one half the length of an L6 with
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• International Motor Sports Association
  ...ntal in founding the SCCA [[Trans-Am]] series and the SCCA/[[Canadian Auto Sport Clubs|CASC]] [[Can-Am]] series.<ref name="IMSAblog Apr 06"/> ...pionship for [[Group 2 (racing)|Group 2]] and [[Group 4 (racing)|Group 4]] cars with equity between competitors.<ref name="IMSAblog Apr 06"/>
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• Chevrolet Camaro 1967-1981
  ...ember, 1966. Like its Mustang competition, the Camaro was also based on a compact, in this case the [[Chevrolet Nova|Chevy II]] (Nova). Unlike Ford's Mustan ...were sold, making the 67 Camaro Pace Car one of the most sought-after Pace Cars ever.
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• Acura TL Review
  ...e-S trim. With an even more aggressive look, 286 3.5-liter [[V6]] engine, sport tuned [[suspension]], Bridgestone Potenza RE030 [[tires]] (235/45R17 93W), ...phenomenon, common among powerful [[Front wheel drive|front-wheel-drive]] cars.
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• Passenger vehicles in the United States
  ...ve market in the United States. In 2001, 70% of Americans drove to work in cars.<ref name=2001summary>[http://www.bts.gov/publications/highlights_of_the_20 ...9,124,775 were classified as "Other 2 axle, 4 tire vehicles," presumably [[Sport utility vehicle|SUVs]] and [[pickup truck|pick-up trucks]]. Yet another 6,6
  36 KB (5,274 words) - 05:18, 25 May 2010
• Volkswagen Polo GTI
  If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit ...technology that has recently found its way back into Volkswagen's range of cars, most noticeably the new Golf GT 1.4 TSI which boasts 170 PS from its small
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• Buick Century
  ...ugh the Skylark name would reappear in 1975 on the newly-redesigned X-body compact). ...combo in 1973 out of a total production of nearly 800 Stage 1 455-equipped cars built that year, the vast majority of which were teamed up with the Turbo H
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• Mazda CX-7
  The 2007 '''CX-7''' is a compact [[crossover SUV]] model from '''[[Mazda]]''', the production version of the * ''Sport'' is the base front wheel drive version, priced from $24,310
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• Ford Escort ZX2
  |Class = Sport compact ...ged with the car for installation at the dealership. This also led to many cars leaving the showroom without the full complement of S/R parts
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• Lexus RX
  .../www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/[[Lexus|lexus]]-rx.html Real [[Hybrid Cars|Hybrid]] Mileage Database]. ...absorbing ride characteristics, but lacks the fun and excitement of those cars. The 330 brakes are suburb comparable to the Mercedes M class, but at times
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• Manifold
  ...me can be smaller. To avoid standing waves within the plenum it is made as compact as possible. The intake runners each use a smaller part of the plenum surfa *Ford - The [[Ford Modular engine|Ford Modular V8 engines]] sport either the Intake Manifold Runner Control (IMRC) for 4V engines, or the Cha
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• General Motors Company
  ...manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. In 2005, 9.17 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: [[Buick]], [[Cadi ...onsumer financing, easy monthly payments allowed far more people to buy GM cars—while Ford was moralistically opposed to credit. During the 1920s and 193
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• History of the automobile
  ...iquitous modern [[gasoline]]- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. Cars powered by [[electric power|electricity]] briefly appeared at the turn of t ...technologies hailed as a replacement for gasoline as an energy source for cars, was discovered in principle by yet another German, [[Christian Friedrich S
  34 KB (4,969 words) - 00:44, 29 March 2010
• Chevrolet Corvair
  ...r a [[turbocharged]] engine. The nameplate was also offered as a passenger compact van called the Greenbrier, and commercial vehicles were also initially offe ...50s, as an answer to the growing popularity of small, lightweight imported cars.
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