In more recent times, Winston Churchill's government privatized the British steel industry in the 1950s, and West Germany's government embarked on large-scale privatization, including selling its majority stake in Volkswagen to small investors in a public share offering in 1961.

Later, European and Japanese manufacturers similarly created different models from basic small car designs by extending or curtailing the trunk ( e. g. Volkswagen ’ s Jetta and Golf models ).

By the time of the Samara's launch, the British small family car market was effectively split into two segments: The large " mainstream " market was dominated by mass market manufacturers such as Ford, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen.

While the previously introduced Ford Maverick offered either straight-6 or V8 engine and twin bench seats, the Pinto offered an inline-4 engine, and bucket seats – more in keeping with small imports such as the Volkswagen Beetle, available since 1949, the Toyota Corolla, introduced to North America March 1968, and the newly introduced Datsun 1200 which appeared in 1970.

Flat engines – like a V design flattened out – are common in small airplanes and motorcycles and were a hallmark of Volkswagen automobiles into the 1990s.

The Volkswagen Golf is a small family car ( C-segment in Europe ) manufactured by Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across six generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplates – as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada ( Mk1 and Mk5 ), and as the Volkswagen Caribe in Mexico ( Mk1 ).

In a comparison test conducted by Car and Driver Magazine, the Volkswagen Rabbit S was named the winner among eight small cars.

The Cortina competed fairly successfully there against most of the other small imports of its day, including GM's Opel Kadett, the Renault Dauphine, and the just-appearing Toyotas and Datsuns, although none of them approached the phenomenal success of the Volkswagen Beetle.

On September 30, 2011, Volkswagen of America announced a recall involving 2009 – 2012 Jetta and Jetta Sportwagen models with the 2. 0L TDI engine ; this recall points to a resonance condition with the number 2 fuel injector line and the fuel injector pulses, causing small cracks in the line, which could leak.

The engines in these cars range from 1. 2 litre petrol with four valves per cylinder that deliver, to 1. 4 TDI diesels = that deliver and have turbos with variable vane geometry and deliver outstanding economy, this particular engine is used in small cars of all marques of the Volkswagen Group.

The popularity of small, economical cars like the Volkswagen Beetle perpetuated a shift in thinking among the three largest American manufacturers ; 1959 would see the introduction of the 1960 Falcon along with the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair and Plymouth Valiant.

They tend to prefer aged, small, three-door, front-wheel drive hatchback cars, such as the Vauxhall Corsa, Fiat Punto, Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 106, Citroën Saxo, Volkswagen Polo and the Vauxhall Nova with small engines usually ranging between 1. 0 litre and 1. 6 litres ; this " preference " is more based on financial restrictions rather than desire.

It was General Motors ' response to the growing popularity of small, lightweight imported cars such as the original Volkswagen Beetle, as well as to compete with domestic-built compact cars, the Rambler American and Studebaker Lark.

The Volkswagen Golf GTI, with the addition of a higher performance 1. 6 litre fuel injected engine, sharper handling, and sports-focused marketing, helped create the birth of a huge market for small, practical cars that still had excellent performance.

The Kadett clearly featured a much more modern design than the Volkswagen Beetle which then dominated the market for small family cars in West Germany and various surrounding countries.

The SEAT León () is a small family car built by the Spanish car manufacturer, and Volkswagen Group subsidiary SEAT, S. A. since October 1998.

The Volkswagen Pointer was a small family car sold by Volkswagen do Brasil in South America from 1994 to 1997.

Often based on a relatively small van, typically 2 to 3 tonnes gross vehicle weight, including the classic Volkswagen Type 2, and with a roof which raises, usually with fabric sides, in a way not unlike a roof tent.

More and more small cars and vans from manufacturers such as Suzuki, Honda, and Volkswagen are featuring console shifters in that they free up space on the floor for other car features such as storage compartments without requiring that the gear shift be mounted on the steering column.

Short squeezes are more likely to occur in stocks with small market capitalization and small floats, although can involve large stocks and billions of dollars, as happened in October 2008 when a short squeeze temporarily drove the shares of Volkswagen on the Xetra DAX from € 210. 85 to over € 1000 in less than two days, briefly making it the most valuable company in the world.

Once, in New York, he had gone flying with some friends in a small private airplane with a single engine.

This constituted only a small part of the whole engine ; it was not programmable and had no storage.

By bringing engine production back to within the company, the promise was that Aston Martin would be able to produce small runs of higher performance variants engines.

A small plane making a water landing or a boat having engine trouble can be carried away from its reported position by the current.

* BAT-2 – Fast combat engineering vehicle with the engine, lower hull and " small roadwheels " suspension of the T-64.

Likewise, small boats typically have two circuits each with their own battery / batteries: one used for engine starting ; one used for domestics.

* 1968: Peugeot introduced the first 204 small cars with a transversally mounted diesel engine and front-wheel drive.

# an attitude control thruster ( a small engine for controlling the spacecraft's orientation ) stuck in the " off " position, which Remote Agent detected and compensated for by switching to a mode that did not rely on that thruster.

In the village of Coniston, the Ruskin Museum has a small display of Donald Campbell memorabilia, and the Bristol Orpheus engine recovered in 2001 is also displayed.

*** Ocean thermal energy conversion ( OTEC ): uses the small difference between cooler deep and warmer surface ocean waters to run a heat engine ( usually a turbine ).

landfill or wastewater treatment plant, with a reciprocating engine or a microturbine, which is a small gas turbine.

Despite the small engine of the Mustang I, Lunn was the only Dearborn engineer to have some experience with a mid-engined car.

In 1901, William S. Harley, age 22, drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of and four-inch ( 102 mm ) flywheels.

Using their E-REV ( Extended-Range Electric Vehicle ) powertrain technology, the Hummer plug-in hybrid would run up to 40 miles per day on its battery alone, then a small 4-cylinder internal combustion engine would start to generate more electricity.

In conclusion, based on the above advantages and disadvantages, two-stroke engines are supposed to operate in vehicles where the weight of the engine must be small, and it is not used continuously for long periods.

The development of the stationary steam engine was an essential early element of the Industrial Revolution ; however, for most of the period of the Industrial Revolution, the majority of industries still relied on wind and water power as well as horse-and man-power for driving small machines.

Primarily used on small fishing craft, these are dual-fuel engines that start on gasoline and then transition to kerosene once the engine reaches optimum operating temperature.

The small engine, right, was the Excitation ( magnetic ) | exciter for the dynamo windings.

The abbreviation cc is still commonly used in many fields including medical dosage and sizing for small combustion engine displacement, such as those used in motorcycles.

When Schumacher was four, his father modified his pedal kart by adding a small motorcycle engine.

The DKW Schnellaster, manufactured from 1949 to 1962 was a small monospace ( or one-box ) design featuring its front wheels set forward of the passenger cabin, a short, sloping aerodynamic hood, front-wheel drive, transverse engine, flat load floor throughout with flexible seating and cargo accommodations – the key design ingredients that describe the modern minivan configuration popularized in such notable examples as the Renault Espace and Chrysler Voyager / Caravan minivans.

One of the most versatile small German military vehicles, the Kettenkrad, a curious but useful blend of tractor and motorcycle, was powered with a 1. 4 L Olympia four-cylinder engine.

Having the engine, transmission, catalytic converter ( s ) and exhaust all cramped into a small rear engine bay made emission and noise control more difficult, something Porsche was already facing problems with on the 911 and wanted to avoid.

Major Japanese piezoelectric developments include new designs of piezoceramic filters for radios and televisions, piezo buzzers and audio transducers that can connect directly to electronic circuits, and the piezoelectric igniter, which generates sparks for small engine ignition systems ( and gas-grill lighters ) by compressing a ceramic disc.