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77 relations: Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, Active suspension, Airbag, AMC Eagle, AMC Matador, Automobile safety, Automotive engineering, Automotive industry in the United States, Automotive lighting, BMW, BMW 5 Series (E28), Bullbar, Bumper sticker, Canada, Chrysler A platform, Code of Federal Regulations, Consumers Union, Corrective maintenance, Cost–benefit analysis, Crashworthiness, Crumple zone, Dashpot, Dissipation, Dodge Omni, European Union, Ford Model A (1927–31), Ford Pinto, Frederick Richard Simms, Fuel efficiency, Gaiter (vehicle), Government failure, Grey import vehicle, Head injury, Headlamp, Headstock (rolling stock), Hemmings Motor News, Hydropneumatic suspension, Impact (mechanics), Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Interstate Commerce Commission, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Claybrook, John DeLorean, Kinetic energy, Lamborghini Countach, Market failure, Mass, Mercedes-Benz W116, Model year, Motor vehicle, ..., Multiplication, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Pedestrian, Pedestrian safety through vehicle design, Plymouth Barracuda, Polycarbonate, Pontiac GTO, Regulation, Renault, Renault 5, Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, Ronald Reagan, Semi-trailer truck, Sheet moulding compound, Sledgehammer, Sport utility vehicle, Square (algebra), Stephen Breyer, Suspension (vehicle), Traffic collision, Transport Canada, United Nations, United States Congress, United States dollar, Velocity, Volvo 200 Series, World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations. Expand index (27 more) »
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) (chemical formula (C8H8)x·(C4H6)y·(C3H3N)z) is a common thermoplastic polymer.
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Active suspension
Active suspension is a type of automotive suspension that controls the vertical movement of the wheels relative to the chassis or vehicle body with an onboard system, rather than in passive suspension where the movement is being determined entirely by the road surface.
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Airbag
An airbag is a type of vehicle safety device and is an occupant restraint system.
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AMC Eagle
The AMC Eagle is a compact-sized four-wheel drive passenger vehicle that was produced by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1979 to 1987.
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AMC Matador
The AMC Matador is a model line built and marketed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1971 to 1978.
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Automobile safety
Automobile safety is the study and practice of design, construction, equipment and regulation to minimize the occurrence and consequences of traffic collisions.
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Automotive engineering
Automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and marine engineering, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles and trucks and their respective engineering subsystems.
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Automotive industry in the United States
The automotive industry in the United States began in the 1890s and, as a result of the size of the domestic market and the use of mass production, rapidly evolved into the largest in the world.
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Automotive lighting
The lighting system of a motor vehicle consists of lighting and signalling devices mounted or integrated to the front, rear, sides, and in some cases the top of a motor vehicle.
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BMW
BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke in German, or Bavarian Motor Works in English) is a German multinational company which currently produces luxury automobiles and motorcycles, and also produced aircraft engines until 1945.
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BMW 5 Series (E28)
The BMW E28 is the second generation of BMW 5 Series mid-size sedans, and was produced from 1981 to 1988.
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Bullbar
A bullbar or push bumper (also roo bar or nudge bar in Australia, moose bumper in Canada, and push bar, bull bar, brush guard, grille guard or cattle pusher in the United States) is a device installed on the front of a vehicle to protect its front from collisions, whether an accidental collision with a large animal in rural roads, or an intentional collision with another vehicle in police usage.
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Bumper sticker
A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to the bumper of an automobile and to be read by the occupants of other vehicles—although they are often stuck onto other objects.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Chrysler A platform
The Chrysler A platform was the basis for smaller rear wheel drive cars in the 1960s.
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Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States.
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Consumers Union
Consumers Union (CU) is a United States-based non-profit organization focusing on product testing, investigative journalism, and consumer advocacy.
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Corrective maintenance
Corrective maintenance is a maintenance task performed to identify, isolate, and rectify a fault so that the failed equipment, machine, or system can be restored to an operational condition within the tolerances or limits established for in-service operations.
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Cost–benefit analysis
Cost–benefit analysis (CBA), sometimes called benefit costs analysis (BCA), is a systematic approach to estimate the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives (for example in transactions, activities, functional business requirements or projects investments); it is used to determine options that provide the best approach to achieve benefits while preserving savings.
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Crashworthiness
Crashworthiness is the ability of a structure to protect its occupants during an impact.
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Crumple zone
The crumple zone is a structural safety feature mainly used in automobiles to absorb the energy from the impact during a collision by controlled deformation, and recently also incorporated into railcars.
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Dashpot
A dashpot is a mechanical device, a damper which resists motion via viscous friction.
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Dissipation
Dissipation is the result of an irreversible process that takes place in homogeneous thermodynamic systems.
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Dodge Omni
The Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon were subcompact cars produced by Chrysler from December 1977 to 1990.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Ford Model A (1927–31)
The Ford Model A (also colloquially called the A-Model Ford or the A, and A-bone among rodders and customizers), was the second huge success for the Ford Motor Company, after its predecessor, the Model T. First produced on October 20, 1927, but not sold until December 2, it replaced the venerable Model T, which had been produced for 18 years.
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Ford Pinto
The Ford Pinto is a subcompact car that was manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company in North America, sold from the 1971 to the 1980 model years.
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Frederick Richard Simms
Frederick Richard Simms (12 August 1863 – 22 April 1944)M.I.M.E., M.I.A.E., M.I.Ae.E., M.S.E.; Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, Member of the Institution of Aeronautical Engineers, Member of the Society of Engineers was a British mechanical engineer, businessman, prolific inventor and motor industry pioneer.
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Fuel efficiency
Fuel efficiency is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio from effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier (fuel) into kinetic energy or work.
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Gaiter (vehicle)
On a vehicle, a gaiter or boot refers to a protective flexible sleeve covering a moving part, intended to keep the part clean.
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Government failure
Government failure, in the context of public economics, is an economic inefficiency caused by a government intervention, if the inefficiency would not exist in a true free market.
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Grey import vehicle
Grey import vehicles are new or used motor vehicles and motorcycles legally imported from another country through channels other than the maker's official distribution system.
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Head injury
A head injury is any injury that results in trauma to the skull or brain.
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Headlamp
A headlamp is a lamp attached to the front of a vehicle to light the road ahead.
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Headstock (rolling stock)
A headstock of a rail vehicle is a transverse structural member located at the extreme end of the vehicle's underframe.
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Hemmings Motor News
Hemmings Motor News is a monthly magazine catering to traders and collectors of antique, classic, and exotic sports cars.
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Hydropneumatic suspension
Hydropneumatic suspension is a type of motor vehicle suspension system, designed by Paul Magès, invented by Citroën, and fitted to Citroën cars, as well as being used under licence by other car manufacturers, notably Rolls-Royce (Silver Shadow), Maserati (Quattroporte II) and Peugeot.
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Impact (mechanics)
In mechanics, an impact is a high force or shock applied over a short time period when two or more bodies collide.
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is a U.S. nonprofit organization funded by auto insurers, established in 1959 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.
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Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jane Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American film, theater, and television actress.
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Joan Claybrook
Joan Claybrook (born June 12, 1937) is an American lawyer who served as President of Public Citizen from 1982 until she announced her resignation on December 9, 2008.
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John DeLorean
John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, widely known for his work at General Motors and as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company.
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Kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion.
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Lamborghini Countach
The Lamborghini Countach is a rear mid-engined, V12 sports car produced by Italian car manufacturer Lamborghini from 1974 to 1990.
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Market failure
In economics, market failure is a situation in which the allocation of goods and services by a free market is not efficient, often leading to a net social welfare loss.
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Mass
Mass is both a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (a change in its state of motion) when a net force is applied.
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Mercedes-Benz W116
The Mercedes-Benz W116 is a series of flagship luxury sedans produced from September 1972 until 1980.
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Model year
The model year (MY) of a product is a number used worldwide, but with a high level of prominence in North America, to describe approximately when a product was produced, and it usually indicates the coinciding base specification (design revision number) of that product.
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Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trams and used for the transportation of passengers, or passengers and property.
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Multiplication
Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol "×", by a point "⋅", by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk "∗") is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic; with the others being addition, subtraction and division.
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, pronounced "NITS-uh") is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government, part of the Department of Transportation.
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Pedestrian
A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running.
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Pedestrian safety through vehicle design
In May 2013 the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that more than 270 000 pedestrians lose their lives on the world’s roads each year accounting for 22% of the total 1.24 million road traffic deaths.
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Plymouth Barracuda
The Plymouth Barracuda is a two-door automobile manufactured by Plymouth from the 1964 to 1974 model years.
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Polycarbonate
Polycarbonates (PC) are a group of thermoplastic polymers containing carbonate groups in their chemical structures.
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Pontiac GTO
The Pontiac GTO is an automobile that was built by American company Pontiac in generations from 1964 to 1974 model years, and by GM's subsidiary Holden in Australia from 2004 to 2006.
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Regulation
Regulation is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.
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Renault
Groupe Renault is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899.
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Renault 5
The Renault 5 is a supermini produced by French automaker Renault.
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Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a luxury car that was produced by British automaker Rolls-Royce in various forms from 1965 to 1980.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Semi-trailer truck
A semi-trailer truck (more commonly semi truck or simply "semi") is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight.
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Sheet moulding compound
Sheet moulding compound (SMC) or sheet moulding composite is a ready to mould glass-fibre reinforced polyester material primarily used in compression moulding.
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Sledgehammer
A sledgehammer is a tool with a large, flat, often metal head, attached to a lever (or handle).
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Sport utility vehicle
Sport-utility (vehicle), SUV or sport-ute is an automotive classification, typically a kind of station wagon / estate car with off-road vehicle features like raised ground clearance and ruggedness, and available four-wheel drive.
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Square (algebra)
In mathematics, a square is the result of multiplying a number by itself.
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Stephen Breyer
Stephen Gerald Breyer (born August 15, 1938) is an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Suspension (vehicle)
Suspension is the system of tires, tire air, springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels and allows relative motion between the two.
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Traffic collision
A traffic collision, also called a motor vehicle collision (MVC) among other terms, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.
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Transport Canada
Transport Canada (Transports Canada) is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.
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Velocity
The velocity of an object is the rate of change of its position with respect to a frame of reference, and is a function of time.
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Volvo 200 Series
The Volvo 200 series was a range of mid-size cars produced by Volvo Cars from 1974 to 1993, with more than 2.8 million units sold worldwide.
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World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations is a working party (WP.29) of the Sustainable Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_(car)
