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Ford Ka

Index Ford Ka

The Ford Ka is a small car manufactured by the American manufacturer, Ford Motor Company from 1996 to 2016, as a city car, and from 2014 onwards as a subcompact car. [1]

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A-segment

The A-segment is a car classification defined by the European Commission as the first segment in the European market car classification (mini cars).

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Air conditioning

Air conditioning (often referred to as AC, A/C, or air con) is the process of removing heat and moisture from the interior of an occupied space, to improve the comfort of occupants.

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Airbag

An airbag is a type of vehicle safety device and is an occupant restraint system.

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Almussafes

Almussafes (Spanish: Almusafes) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Ribera Baixa in the Valencian Community, Spain.

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Anti-lock braking system

An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks and buses.

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Anti-roll bar

An anti-roll bar (roll bar, anti-sway bar, sway bar, stabilizer bar) is a part of many automobile suspensions that helps reduce the body roll of a vehicle during fast cornering or over road irregularities.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Auto Trader Group

Auto Trader Group plc is an automotive classified advertising business.

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Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission, also called auto, self-shifting transmission, n-speed automatic (where n is its number of forward gear ratios), or AT, is a type of motor vehicle transmission that can automatically change gear ratios as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually.

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Automotive News

Automotive News is a weekly print newspaper written for the automotive industry, primarily individuals associated with automobile manufacturers and suppliers.

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B-segment

B-segment (or small cars) is a car classification defined by the European Commission as larger than cars in the A-segment and smaller than those in the C-segment.

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Barnardo's

Barnardo's is a British charity founded by Thomas John Barnardo in 1866, to care for vulnerable children and young people.

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Boreham

Boreham is a village and civil parish, in Essex, England.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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British International Motor Show

The British International Motor Show was held regularly between 1903 and 2008, initially in London at Crystal Palace, Olympia and then Earl's Court before moving to the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in 1978, where it stayed until May 2004.

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BT Group

BT Group plc (trading as BT and formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company with head offices in London, United Kingdom.

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Camaçari

Camaçari is a city in Bahia, Brazil.

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Carrozzeria Ghia

Carrozzeria Ghia SpA (established 1916 in Turin) is an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm, established by Giacinto Ghia and Gariglio as Carrozzeria Ghia & Gariglio.

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Chris Svensson

Christopher Svensson (born 1965) is a British automobile designer, notable for innovative Ford cars of the 1990s.

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City car

A city car (also known as urban car or a mini) is a small car designed to be used primarily in urban areas and conurbations.

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Claude Lobo

Claude Lobo (20 August 1943 – 3 June 2011) was an automotive designer who served in various design positions at Ford Motor Company over 32 years, playing a prominent role in designing Ford automobiles including the Ford Capri (Mk I), Mercury Cougar (Mk VII), Ford Ka (Mk I) and Ford Focus (Mk I) – while pioneering innovations including the development of Computer Aided Design.

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Convertible

A convertible or cabriolet is a passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof in place.

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Dacia Sandero

The Dacia Sandero is a subcompact car produced jointly by the French manufacturer Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia since 2007, currently at its second generation.

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Diesel engine

The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition or CI engine), named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel which is injected into the combustion chamber is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression (adiabatic compression).

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Electronic brakeforce distribution

Electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD or EBFD) or electronic brakeforce limitation (EBL) is an automobile brake technology that automatically varies the amount of force applied to each of a vehicle's wheels, based on road conditions, speed, loading, etc.

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Electronic stability control

Electronic stability control (ESC), also referred to as electronic stability program (ESP) or dynamic stability control (DSC), is a computerized technology that improves a vehicle's stability by detecting and reducing loss of traction (skidding).

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Engine control unit

An engine control unit (ECU), also commonly called an engine control module (ECM), is a type of electronic control unit that controls a series of actuators on an internal combustion engine to ensure optimal engine performance.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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Euro NCAP

The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) is a European car safety performance assessment programme (i.e. a New Car Assessment Program) based in Brussels (Belgium) and founded in 1997 by the Transport Research Laboratory for the UK Department for Transport and backed by several European governments, as well as by the European Union.

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Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych

The Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych, commonly known as FSM, was a Polish automobile factory born from an agreement between the FSO and Fiat in the 1970s for the construction of a new model, the Polski Fiat 126p, Polish version of Fiat 126.

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Fiat 500 (2007)

The Fiat 500 is a two-door, four-passenger, transverse front-engine, front-wheel-drive A-segment city car manufactured and marketed by the Fiat subdivision of FCA since 2007 in hatchback coupé and fixed-profile cabriolet body styles, over a single generation — and available in European markets beginning with model year 2016 with its first facelift.

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Fiat Automobiles

Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (originally FIAT, lit) is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy, a subsidiary of FCA Italy S.p.A., which is part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (previously Fiat S.p.A.). Fiat Automobiles was formed in January 2007 when Fiat reorganized its automobile business, and traces its history back to 1899 when the first Fiat automobile, the Fiat 4 HP, was produced.

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Fiat Mini platform

The Fiat Mini platform is an automobile platform shared among city cars of the Fiat Group.

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Fiat Panda

The Fiat Panda is a city car manufactured and marketed by Fiat, now in its third generation.

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Ford Anglia

The Ford Anglia is a compact car which was designed and manufactured by Ford UK.

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Ford B3 platform

The Ford B3 platform (for "B-class") is a subcompact automobile platform that is jointly developed by Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Company at centers in Europe as well as North America and Australia.

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Ford Brasil

Ford Brasil is the subsidiary of American automaker Ford Motor Company, founded on April 24, 1919.

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Ford Duratec engine

Duratec is a brand name of the Ford Motor Company used for the company's range of gasoline-powered four-cylinder, five-cylinder and six-cylinder passenger car engines.

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Ford Duratorq engine

The Ford Duratorq engine, commonly referred to as Duratorq, is the marketing name of a range of Ford diesel engines first introduced in 2000 for the Ford Mondeo range of cars.

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Ford Fiesta

The Ford Fiesta is a supermini marketed by Ford since 1976 over seven generations and manufactured globally, including in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, China, India, Thailand, and South Africa.

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Ford Figo

The Ford Figo, internal code name B562, is a subcompact hatchback manufactured by Ford India in its Chennai and Sanand plants.

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Ford Individual

The Ford Individual is a vehicle personalisation pack, introduced by Ford of Europe's.

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Ford Kent engine

The Ford Kent is an internal combustion engine from Ford of Europe.

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Ford Kinetic Design

Kinetic Design is the name given to a style of automobile design used by Ford Motor Company for many of its passenger vehicles in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

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Ford Performance

Ford Performance (formerly Ford Racing) is the high performance division of Ford Motor Company and the multinational name used for its motorsport and racing activity.

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Ford PowerShift transmission

The Ford PowerShift is a six-speed dual clutch semi-automatic transmission produced by the Ford Motor Company.

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Ford Puma

The Ford Puma is a compact coupé that was produced by Ford Europe from September 1997 to July 2002.

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Ford Sync

Ford Sync (stylized Ford SYNC) is a factory-installed, integrated in-vehicle communications and entertainment system that allows users to make hands-free telephone calls, control music and perform other functions with the use of voice commands.

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Ford Team RS

The Ford TeamRS is Ford Motor Company's European performance car and motorsport division for Ford Racing activity.

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Ford Valencia Plant

The Ford Valencia Body and Assembly is a major car assembly plant located at Almussafes on the southern edge of the Valencia conurbation, Spain.

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Ford Zetec engine

Ford Motor Company used the Zetec name on a variety of inline 4-cylinder automobile engines.

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Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, an FF, or front-engine, front-wheel-drive (FWD) layout places both the internal combustion engine and driven roadwheels at the front of the vehicle.

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Fully Integrated Robotised Engine

The FIRE (for "Fully Integrated Robotised Engine") is a series of automobile engines from Fiat Powertrain Technologies, built in FCA's Termoli, Betim and also in Dundee, MI (only in 1.4 Multiair versions) plants.

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Gruner + Jahr

Gruner + Jahr is one of the largest publishing houses in Europe.

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Hardtop

A hardtop is a rigid form of automobile roof, which for modern cars is typically constructed from metal.

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Hatchback

A hatchback is a car with a hatch-type rear door that opens upwards and often a shared volume for the passenger and cargo areas.

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Hyundai i10

The Hyundai i10 is a city car produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai since 2007.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Inline-four engine

The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a type of inline internal combustion four-cylinder engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jack Telnack

Jack Telnack (born John J. Telnack in 1937) is the former global Vice President of Design of the Ford Motor Company from 1980 to 1997.

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Kommanditgesellschaft

A Kommanditgesellschaft (abbreviated "KG") is the German name for a limited partnership business entity and is used in German, Belgian, Dutch, Austrian and some other European legal systems.

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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian-British singer and actress.

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Lancia Ypsilon

The Lancia Ypsilon is a supermini manufactured by Italian automaker Lancia, and is the marque's sole product offered for commercial sale.

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Latin NCAP

The Latin New Car Assessment Programme (Latin NCAP) is an automobile safety assessment programme founded in 2010 by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Region IV, FIA Foundation, International Consumer Research & Testing and the Gonzalo Rodríguez Foundation.

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Luke Pinder

Luke Pinder is a 33-year-old British racing driver competing in the 2017 ginetta gt5 challenge from Shipley, West Yorkshire.

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MacPherson strut

The MacPherson strut is a type of automotive suspension system that uses the top of a telescopic damper as the upper steering pivot.

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Manual transmission

A manual transmission, also known as a manual gearbox, a standard transmission or colloquially in some countries (e.g. the United States) as a stick shift is a type of transmission used in motor vehicle applications.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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MG 3

The MG 3 is a subcompact car produced by the Chinese automotive giant SAIC.

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Multi-valve

In automotive engineering a multi-valve or multivalve engine is one where each cylinder has more than two valves.

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MyKey

MyKey is a motor vehicle security system designed by the Ford Motor Company that allows the controlled use of a car with a configurable key.

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New Edge

New Edge was a design language used by Ford Motor Company for many of its passenger vehicles in the late 1990s and early 2000s and initially authored by Jack Telnack, who served as Vice President of Design for Ford from 1980 to 1997.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Overhead valve engine

An overhead valve engine (OHV engine), or "pushrod engine", is a reciprocating piston engine whose poppet valves are sited in the cylinder head.

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Paris Motor Show

The Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l'Automobile) is a biennial auto show in Paris.

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Petrol engine

A petrol engine (known as a gasoline engine in American English) is an internal combustion engine with spark-ignition, designed to run on petrol (gasoline) and similar volatile fuels.

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Pininfarina

Pininfarina S.p.A. (short for Carrozzeria Pininfarina) is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, (Metropolitan City of Turin), Italy.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Power door locks

Power door locks (also known as electric door locks or central locking) allow the driver or front passenger to simultaneously lock or unlock all the doors of an automobile or truck, by pressing a button or flipping a switch.

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Power steering

In automobiles, power steering (also power-assisted steering (PAS) or steering assist system) helps drivers steer by augmenting steering effort of the steering wheel.

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Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace is a 2008 British spy film, the twenty-second in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, directed by Marc Forster and written by Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.

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Richard Parry-Jones

Richard Parry-Jones FREng is former Group Vice-President-Global Product Development, Chief Technical Officer and Head of Global R&D Operations at Ford Motor Company.

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Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, in the United Kingdom.

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Sanand

Sanand is a city and a municipality in Ahmedabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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São Bernardo do Campo

São Bernardo do Campo is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo.

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São Paulo International Motor Show

The São Paulo International Motor Show (Salão International do Automóvel de São Paulo) is the biggest and most important automotive event in Latin America.

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Sedan (automobile)

A sedan (American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English) or saloon (British, Irish and Indian English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with A, B & C-pillars and principal volumes articulated in separate compartments for engine, passenger and cargo.

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Soundproofing

Soundproofing is any means of reducing the sound pressure with respect to a specified sound source and receptor.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Straight-three engine

A straight-three engine, also known as an inline-triple, or inline-three (abbreviated I3 or L3), is a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine with three cylinders arranged in a straight line or plane, side by side.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Subcompact car

A subcompact car is the American term for an automobile with a class size smaller than a compact car usually not exceeding in length, but larger than a microcar.

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a city at the centre of the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough, in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 10 miles southeast of Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 miles northeast of Durham, 101 miles southeast of Edinburgh, 104 miles north-northeast of Manchester, 77 miles north of Leeds, and 240 miles north-northwest of London.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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Thunderbirds (2004 film)

Thunderbirds is a 2004 British-American-French science fiction action-adventure film based on the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, directed by Jonathan Frakes.

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Turin

Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.

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Tychy

Tychy (former Tichau) is a city in Silesia, Poland, approximately south of Katowice.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Van

A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people.

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Volkswagen Up

The Volkswagen Up (stylized as Volkswagen up!) is a city car, part of the Volkswagen Group New Small Family (NSF) series of models, unveiled at the 2011 International Motor Show Germany (IAA).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ka

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