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Commons identifies the exact 1980 Audi quattro, but market, engine, trim and restoration originality are not stated. The low-resolution original should be displayed at modest size.Daily spotlight · October 1
Germany · Original European launch specification · 1980

Audi quattro

Audi fitted a light, compact permanent four-wheel-drive system into a fast road coupé—and showed that four driven wheels could help a car on pavement as well as mud or snow.

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2,144 cc turbocharged inline-fiveFront-engine two-door coupé147 kW / 200 PS
20 photos20 facts3 3D viewsRelated-variant recording

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1990 Japanese-market first-generation Honda NSX NA1Profile · 1990
Honda · Japan

NSX

2,977 cc C30A V6

30 photos92 specifications10 3D viewsInstrument cluster
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Exact GAZ-M1 model, but the photographed car’s individual build year is not documented.Profile · 1937
GAZ · Soviet Union

M1

3,285 cc carbureted inline-four

32 photos79 specifications2 3D views
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Commons identifies the exact 1980 Audi quattro, but market, engine, trim and restoration originality are not stated. The low-resolution original should be displayed at modest size.Profile · 1980
Audi · Germany

quattro

2,144 cc turbocharged inline-five

20 photos20 specifications3 3D viewsInstrument clusterRelated recording
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Ferrari F430Profile · 2004
Ferrari · Italy

F430

4.3 L V8

19 photos11 specifications6 3D viewsInstrument clusterRelated recording
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Commons identifies the displayed vehicle as an Opel Patentmotorwagen System Lutzmann. It represents the exact model family; restoration state and the first 1,545 cc spring-1899 specification are not inferred.Profile · 1899
Opel · Germany

Patentmotorwagen System Lutzmann

1,545 cc horizontal single-cylinder petrol engine

20 photos12 specificationsInstrument cluster
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Dodge Viper RT/10 first generationProfile · 1992
Dodge · United States

Viper RT/10

8.0 L V10

21 photos10 specifications3 3D views
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Exact original vehicle, driver and record date; period black-and-white halftone rather than a modern exterior photograph.Profile · 1899
Jenatzy · France

La Jamais Contente

Two 25 kW electric motors supplied by Fulmen batteries

8 photos13 specifications1 3D view
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Commons identifies the National Motor Museum survivor as an 1899 Fiat 3½hp. The photograph supports the exact vehicle identity; its current restoration details are not treated as factory evidence.Profile · 1899
Fiat · Italy

3½ HP

Rear-mounted horizontal two-cylinder Otto-cycle petrol engine; official Fiat sources disagree between 679 and 697 cc

10 photos12 specifications
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representative exact model; year and originality unverifiedProfile · 1981
Honda · Japan

Motocompo

49 cc AB12E air-cooled two-stroke single

1 photo15 specifications3 3D views
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representative generation and bodyProfile · 1986
Ford · United States

Taurus LX

2,986 cc port-injected pushrod V6

1 photo14 specifications2 3D views
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exact year and modelProfile · 2005
Bugatti · France

Veyron 16.4

7,993 cc quad-turbocharged W16

1 photo14 specifications2 3D views
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Commons identifies an 1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmuller on display at Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. It is not asserted to be the Science Museum specimen used for some profile measurements.Profile · 1894
Hildebrand & Wolfmüller · Germany

Motorrad

1,488 cc horizontal twin-cylinder four-stroke

5 photos15 specifications
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Exact 1898 Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton electric vehicle at the Porsche Museum; not the later Lohner-Porsche wheel-hub car.Profile · 1898
Egger-Lohner · Austria

C.2 Phaeton

Rear-mounted 2.2–3.7 kW octagonal electric motor

5 photos12 specifications
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exact year, model and Spider bodyProfile · 1975
Lancia · Italy

Beta Montecarlo Spider

1,995 cc Lampredi twin-cam inline-four with Weber 34 DATR/200 carburetor

1 photo15 specifications2 3D views
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Exact 1983 launch-year Peugeot 205 GL; the profile covers the launch hatchback family rather than asserting every launch trim was GL.Profile · 1983
Peugeot · France

205 GR 1.1

1,124 cc XW-family carbureted inline-four

1 photo13 specifications2 3D views
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Commons identifies a Ferrari F40 photographed on the road. It is an exact model match, but the image does not prove the car is a 1987 example.Profile · 1987
Ferrari · Italy

F40

2,936.25 cc twin-turbocharged, intercooled 90-degree V8 petrol

1 photo13 specifications2 3D views
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Commons identifies a 2009 Nissan GT-R, chassis CBA-R35. The source does not establish U.S.-market Premium trim, and the photographed car may carry non-stock wheels or lower-body pieces.Profile · 2009
Nissan · Japan

GT-R Premium

3.8-litre hand-built twin-turbocharged V6 (VR38DETT)

1 photo12 specifications2 3D views
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exact year and model; trim limitedProfile · 1966
Oldsmobile · United States

Toronado Deluxe

425 cu in Toronado Rocket overhead-valve V8 with four-barrel carburetor

1 photo15 specifications1 3D view
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The Commons record identifies the car as a 1972 Honda Civic; the Japanese-market SB1 code and launch trim are not independently stated on the file page.Profile · 1972
Honda · Japan

Civic 2-door Deluxe

1,169 cc water-cooled transverse OHC inline-four

1 photo20 specifications1 3D view
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representative year and generationProfile · 2004
Toyota · Japan

Prius G

1,496 cc 1NZ-FXE DOHC inline-four plus 50 kW 3CM electric motor

1 photo14 specifications1 3D view
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representative year/model; market and trim unverifiedProfile · 1976
Honda · United States

Accord CVCC Hatchback

1.6-liter SOHC CVCC inline-four with aluminum cylinder head

1 photo14 specifications1 3D view
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Same Type 8N 1.8T quattro family but a 2000 car, two model years later than the 1998 profileProfile · 1998
Audi · Germany

TT Coupé 1.8 T quattro

1,781 cc turbocharged 20-valve inline-four

1 photo12 specifications2 3D views
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Commons identifies a 1971 Mercedes-Benz 350 SL, Type 107, matching the profile identity.Profile · 1971
Mercedes-Benz · West Germany

350 SL R107

3,499 cc fuel-injected V8

1 photo16 specifications1 3D view
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The photograph shows a production-form BMW i8 at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, matching the profiled launch-year European coupé. It is a display car rather than an on-road test car.Profile · 2014
BMW · Germany

i8

1,499 cc turbo three-cylinder + front electric motor

1 photo14 specifications2 3D views
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