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• Cubic centimetre
  ...ymbol '''m³''') is the [[SI derived unit]] of [[volume]]. It is the volume of a [[cube (geometry)|cube]] with edges one [[metre]] in [[length]]. ...0) [http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/register.html] [http://www.sizes.com/units/stegravere.htm].
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• Units of measurement
  ...ation|process of being adopted]] throughout the world. The [[United States of America]] is almost certainly the last to adopt the system but even there i ...ain number of these units. A measurement may be quoted to a certain degree of [[accuracy]].
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• Power (physics)
  ...uivalent to the rate of change of the energy in a system, or the time rate of doing work, ...ed per unit time. The '''instantaneous power''' is then the limiting value of the average power as the time interval Δ''t'' approaches zero.
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• SI
  ...[http://www.bipm.org/en/publications/brochure/ The International System of Units]''.]] ...ences, and electronvolts in physics are not part of the specific system of units known as SI, to just scratch the surface-->
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• Maserati 8C
  |Production ||[[1932]], 2 units |Weight || 850 [[Kilogram|kg]] (1874 [[pound (mass)|lb]])
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• Torque
  ...distance from the lever's [[fulcrum]], is the torque. For example, a force of three [[newton]]s applied two [[metre]]s from the fulcrum exerts the same t or, more generally, torque can be defined as the rate of change of [[angular momentum]],
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• Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
  ...:1968-Alfa-Romeo-33-Stradale-Rear-Red-st.jpg|300px|thumb|left|'''Rear view of 33 Stradale''']] ''This article is about the road going version of Tipo 33 racing car. For the racing car, see [[Alfa Romeo Tipo 33]]. For fam
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• Straight-4
  ...r construction machinery, four-cylinder diesel engines with a displacement of 4.5 litres and above can still be found. ...ley 100]] and [[Austin Atlantic]]. These engines were generally the result of a long incremental evolution process and their power was kept relatively lo
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• Aprilia SR50
  ...and considered to be the first "sports" scooter, the design and technology of the SR50 has evolved considerably over the years, although it has consisten ...t with its "sports" marketing. Sales of the SR50 have reached over 800,000 units, providing a stark exception to the trend in motorcycles since the 1990's f
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• Luigi Colani
  ...ed and marketed, but his larger designs have not been built, "a whole host of futuristic concepts that will have us living in pods and driving cars so fl ...s in species propagation related eroticism. Why should I join the straying mass who want to make everything angular? I am going to pursue Galileo Galilei's
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• Horsepower
  ...ly in the [[automobile|automotive]] industry for listing the maximum power of [[internal-combustion engine]]s. The various types of horsepower (metric) are:
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• Engine displacement
  [[Image:Displacement.gif|thumb|350px|[[Displacement]], One complete cycle of a four cylinder, four stroke engine. The volume displaced is marked in red. '''Engine displacement''' is defined as the total [[volume]] of air/fuel mixture an [[engine]] can draw in during one complete engine cycle
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• Fully-automatic transmission
  ...ally more efficient. (This balance may finally shift with the introduction of practical [[continuously variable transmission]]s; see below.) ...ges, often with a [[parking pawl]] feature that will lock the output shaft of the transmission.
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• Prototype
  ...anguage|Greek]] ''πρωτότυπον'' (''prototypon''), "primitive form", neutral of ''πρωτότυπος'' (''prototypos''), "original, primitive", from ''π ...s of a [[Category (taxonomy)|category]]. Prototypes are typical instances of a category that serve as [[benchmark]]s against which the surrounding, less
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• ASA
  ...r sale of a portion of the business. Sr. Ferrari envisioned producing 100 of the small cars per week. His management team disagreed with an ambitious l ...limited production capacity which was already allocated to the production of larger cars which were profitable and which provided the funding for the ra
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• Fiat 8V
  ...Image:1955FiatV8BerlinettaCoupe.jpg|280px|1955 Fiat 8V Berlinetta Coupe, 1 of only 3 built by Fiat.]] ...m]] the [[engine]] produced 105 [[hp]] in standard form giving a top speed of 190 km/h. The engine was connected to a four speed gearbox. The car had ind
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• Conversion of units
  '''Conversion of units''' refers to '''conversion factors''' between [[units of measurement]]. The simplest way to convert from one unit to another is to carry through the units themselves in the mathematical operation. To illustrate this process, consi
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• Puma Rome
  ...ing mechanical Volkswagen, and marketed under the name "Puma" at the price of 1,300,000 lire with motor preparation or 440,000 lire in mounting kit. A copy of the Buggy "Puma" in 1974 was the protagonist of the film "Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo" played by Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
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• Isetta
  ...urt pot''. In Brazil it was the ''bola de futebol de fenemê'' (soccer ball of a truck), and in Chile its still called the "huevito" (little egg). ...ing ''little ISO''. It is said that the stylists had arrived at the design of the Isetta by taking two scooters, placing them close together, adding a re
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...ger at Fiat by 1937 and he had become director of the engineering division of Fiat by 1950. ...en first introduced until the end of production in 1948, 122,000 were made of this original version.
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