Following the success of the Dinky Supertoys range of die-cast trucks, Corgi decided to launch a range of heavy commercial vehicles in October 1957 with the release of the Carrimore Car Transporter ( 1101 ) featuring a Bedford S-Type tractor unit with full glazing in keeping with the rest of the Corgi range, and the company's first gift set including the Carrimore Car Transporter and four cars ( GS1 ); Austin Cambridge ( 201 ), Jaguar 2. 4 ( 208 ), Austin-Healey ( 300 ) and MGA ( 302 ) in time for the Christmas market in December 1957.

In November 1962 the new Bedford TK cab unit was also fitted to the existing Carrimore Car Transporter ( 1105 ) and was also included in a new Car Transporter Gift Set ( GS28 ) in December 1963 along with four cars ; Ford Consul Classic ( 234 ), Mercedes-Benz 220 SE ( 230 ), Renault Floride ( 222 ) and Fiat 2100 ( 232 ).

The new Ford cab was used again in April 1966 with a new version of the Carrimore Car Transporter ( 1138 ) which had been re-designed to carry up to six Corgi cars, and which also featured in Gift Set 41 along with six cars ; Ford Cortina Estate ( 440 ), Rover 2000 ( 252 ), Hillman Imp ( 251 ), Mini Cooper De-Luxe ( 249 ), Austin Seven ( 225 ) and Mini Cooper Monte Carlo 1966 ( 321 ).

By October 1970 the Carrimore Car Transporter Mark V ( 1146 ) had grown to three decks and Gift Set 20 again featured the transporter complete with six cars now fitted with Whizzwheels ; Lancia Fulvia Zagato ( 372 ), Marcos 3 Litre ( 377 ), MGC GT ( 378 ), Ford Capri 3 Litre ( 311 ), The Saint's Volvo P1800 ( 201 ) and Pontiac Firebird ( 343 ).

The Carrimore Low Loader ( 1100 ) was the next release in April 1958 which was a low loader trailer attached to the Bedford cab and was followed by the similar Machinery Carrier low loader ( 1104 ) in September 1958.

It is interesting to note that the colour schemes applied to some cars in the Car Transporter Gift Sets were unique to models included in these sets, and today are particularly collectable.

A new Car Transporter ( 1159 ) was issued in November 1976 using the new Ford Transcontinental cab, and two more construction site orientated vehicles were issued, the JCB Crawler Loader ( 1110 ) in June 1976 and the Volvo BM Concrete Mixer ( 1156 ) in January 1977.

These included Commer Military Ambulance ( 354 ), Commer Military Police Van ( 355 ), Volkswagen Military Personnel Carrier ( 356 ), Land Rover Weapons Carrier ( 357 ), Oldsmobile HQ Staff Car ( 358 ), Army Field Kitchen ( 359 ), International Troop Transporter ( 1113 ), Bedford Army Fuel Tanker ( 1134 ) and Heavy Equipment Transporter ( 1135 ).

Former Minardi drivers who have gone on to win Grands Prix include Alessandro Nannini, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Mark Webber while Alex Zanardi went on to win two Champ Car titles, and both Justin Wilson and Christian Fittipaldi have won races in premier North American open-wheel competition.

In the middle of 2008, a working group known as the " Car of the Future " project and led by former driver Mark Skaife was organised by V8 Supercars to investigate future directions for the sport.

The first single released in Japan was " Set Your Heart " which gained significant airplay there and was used in the advertising campaign for the 2008 Toyota Car Model ( Mark X ZIO ) starring actor and singer Takeshi Kaneshiro.

With Group Lotus near bankruptcy in 1983, through an introduction from his friend Mark Thatcher, English accountant and entrepreneur David Wickins, the founder of the worlds largest vehicle remarketing business British Car Auctions, agreed to become the new company chairman.

Other championship titles include the 1991 Australian Touring Car Championship Jim Richards, the 1991 Australian Endurance Championship ( Mark Gibbs & Rowan Onslow ), the 1991 Australian Manufacturers ' Championship, the 1992 Australian Touring Car Championship ( Mark Skaife ) and the 1992 Spanish Touring Car Championship.

* The Car Custom 1971 Mark III featured in a horror movie

The original Panda met with great success across Europe, polling 2nd in the 1981 European Car of the Year awards in its first full year of production ( pipped to first place by the Ford Escort Mark III ) and staying in production in some regions until May 2003.

The Town Car nameplate was first introduced in 1959 Continental Mark IV lineup as a top-of-the-line 4-door sedan ; the nameplate became a permanent part of the Continental lineup in 1969, denoting its highest-trim interior package.

In 1981, the Town Car became a separate model from the Continental in preparation for further downsizing of the latter ; aside from the closely related Continental Mark VI, it became the last full-size Lincoln in the lineup.

* Mark Eddy-Australian GT Champion and Grand Prix Car Racer.

1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Town Car

* Mark Moran's history of The Last Express and Smoking Car

International motoring authors like Andrew Frankel ( AutoCar & Motor ) Russell Bulgin ( Car ) Mark Hales ( Fast Lane ) Gianni Marin ( Gente Motore ) and Bernd Ostmann ( AutoMotor Und Sport ) have not only lent their name to the NSX in print but publicly praised the technology and innovation of Honda's NSX and in the BBC book NSX-Hondas Super Sports Car ( ISBN 0 9517751 0 3 ) describe the vehicle as worthy of the title supercar.

* " The Car Mechanic ," Ross Logan ( Mark Pellegrino )

The track drew the Can-Am and USAC Championship Car series, including drivers such as Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren, Mark Donohue, and Jackie Stewart.

The Australian developed Mark II Station Wagon differed from its English Estate Car counterpart in having a wind up rear window, and a straight, rather than curved C pillar.

Other Barris-built film cars included a modified Dodge Charger for Thunder Alley, a Plymouth Barracuda for Fireball 500, the futuristic Supervan for a film of the same name, a gadget-filled Mercury station wagon for The Silencers, and a sinister rework of a Lincoln Continental Mark III for The Car.

* Car Dušan ( Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia )

In October 1964, along with the rest of the Light Car range, the Series IV received the new Rootes all synchromesh gearbox, a change which coincided with the introduction of a new computerised chassis numbering system.

* Humber Mark IV / Fox Mark II Armoured Car Warwheels. net

* Car companies can improve the crash safety of their vehicles by using computer simulations of car crashes.

Car bodies are primed using cathodic elephoretic primer, which is applied by charging the body depositing a layer of primer.

Autoduel America, the setting for Car Wars, was developed for role-playing games ( RPGs ) using Steve Jackson Games ' GURPS system ( called GURPS Autoduel ).

Car speakers often use space-saving designs such as mounting a tweeter directly over a woofer or using non-circular cone shapes.

MU streetcars were used in Toronto by the Toronto Transportation Commission ( later Toronto Transit Commission ) from 1949 to 1966 using 100 PCC A-7 built by St. Louis Car Company and Canadian Car and Foundry.

43-42: Billings-Great Falls local – using GN's only Budd Rail Diesel Car

For example, many small cities have monthly Critical Mass rides with fewer than twenty riders which offer safety in numbers to cyclists in those locales, while on the opposite extreme, in what have been the largest events using the name Critical Mass, cyclists in Budapest, Hungary hold only two rides each year on April 22 ( Earth Day ) and September 22 ( International Car Free Day ).

The automated people mover, nicknamed the ATL Skytrain, ( using Mitsubishi Crystal Mover equipment ) connects the facility to the airport and to the Gateway Center of the Georgia International Convention Center and the Hartsfield – Jackson Rental Car Center.

The Pacific Electric Railway, also known as the Red Car system, was a mass transit system in Southern California using streetcars, light rail, and buses.

Car production started in 1918, using the plant of the former Brixia-Zust ( Brixia-Züst ), just after OM took over Zust car company of Brescia, Northern Italy.

These wheels are used in favor of the 9-spoke design the LX has used since 2003, purportedly due to the Lincoln Town Car using 17 " wheels standard, as well as the Police Interceptor and the Taxi / Commercial ( P72 ) model.

From 2008 through 2010, Volkswagen and the Sports Car Club of America hosted the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup, using factory prepared 2009 Jetta TDIs.

Hemispherical cylinder heads have been used since at least 1901 ; they were used by the Belgian car maker Pipe in 1905, the Peugeot Grand Prix Car of 1912 and the Alfa Romeo Grand Prix car of 1914 both were four valve engines also, Daimler, and Riley were also using hemispherical combustion chambers.

It was the RNAS which provided much of the mobile cover using armoured cars, during the withdrawal from Antwerp to the Yser, in 1914 ( see RNAS Armoured Car Section below ).

His song was so successful he continued using the name for forty years, one of his last recordings being " Shaky Breaky Car " ( which parodied the song " Achy Breaky Heart ").

The World Cruise Center is linked to attractions Ports O ' Call and the Maritime Museum by a new pedestrian esplanade featuring public art and fountains as well as connections to the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and other San Pedro attractions when using the Waterfront Red Car trolley / shuttle.

There are lots of pictures of the characters, and there is a big gaping hole in the middle where Dennis and Gnasher have drove through the picture using their Menace Car.

M-Sport call their Fiesta an RRC ( Regional Rally Car ) with Prodrive using the correct term of S2000 for the MINI.

) His 2008 commercial for National Car Rental has him using the catchphrase " Now that's a good call ".

In 2012 the Pittsburgh Pirates began using the iconic " Zoltan " hand gesture from " Dude, Where's My Car " as a good luck symbol to turn around a 19-season losing streak.

In 1993 Caterham created the JPE special edition ( named for Formula 1 driver Jonathan Palmer ) by using a 2 litre Vauxhall Touring Car engine, putting out around and reducing weight to around by such measures as removing the windscreen in favour of an aeroscreen.

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