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1957 Isle of Man TT

The 1957 Lightweight TT Race held on the Clypse Course was over 10 laps and 107.90 miles and was dominated by Cecil Sandford riding for the F.B.Mondial marque and team-mate Sammy Miller.

Asuna

Asüna, an automotive marque sold in Canada between 1992-1993.

Athena, Oregon

The Hodaka marque is recognized as an American vintage cycle; it was the vintage marque at the 2006 AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid-Ohio.

Batschari

The ABC cigarette marque was by then known beyond Germany, and the company had outlets in most major European cities as well as in Madison Avenue in New York.

Bentley Arnage

Following the uplift in sales for all of Rolls-Royce, and resurgence of the Bentley marque, the then-owner, Vickers, set about preparing a new model to replace the derivatives of the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit/Bentley Mulsanne which it had been selling since 1980.

The Arnage, and its Rolls-Royce-branded sibling, the Silver Seraph, were introduced in the Spring of 1998, and were the first entirely new designs for the two marques since 1980.

Black Adder 6

Its design was derived from such vintage Bentleys as "Old Number 1" and the "Napier-Railton Special." The cars of Bentley's 1920–1930s racing era, when the marque competed in such races as Le Mans and Brooklands, were further inspiration for its Brooklands boat-tail aluminum body.

Bugatti Automobiles

This followed the earlier Volkswagen purchases of the Lamborghini marque (by VW's Audi subsidiary), the Rolls-Royce factory in Crewe, United Kingdom, and the Bentley marque.

Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan

CAMVAP is available to owners and lessees of new and used vehicles that were originally purchased or leased in Canada from an authorized dealer (except for BMW and—by extension—MINI), the only car manufacturer which does not participate in the CAMVAP scheme).

Classic Motorsports Mitty

After observing the enthusiasm for that first event, Martha Turner, then editor of the Jaguar Marque, dubbed the proceedings the great Walter Mitty Challenge after the James Thurber short story.

Cribbs Causeway

The Cribbs Causeway area has become the home to many car dealerships in recent years these include, Audi, BMW, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz/Smart, Mini, Peugeot and Porsche.

Ehra-Lessien

The track is currently used by all Volkswagen Group subsidiaries and marques, such as Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, SEAT, Skoda, and Porsche.

Gardner Douglas

Just 26 MkIII 289 Cobras were made before AC collapsed in 1967 and so the enduring popular image of the marque is the Shelby 427 Cobra which became legend after winning class honours at Le Mans in 1965.

Heinz Melkus

He founded the company Melkus to produce race and sport cars, his Wartburg based Melkus RS 1000 was with 101 build units the most successful one.

Henri Fournier

He then retired for the time being from motorsport to run a car dealer, for first Hotchkiss, then for the Italian marque Itala.

Hesketh Motorcycles

Mick Broom was the development engineer/ test rider as part of the original development team of the Hesketh marque, and was based with the team in the old laundry at Easton Neston.

Idiotlamp Productions

Idiotlamp has also produced a number of award winning commercials and viral campaigns, working with leading traditional advertising agencies such as Crispin Porter + Bogusky as well as newer digital agences such as Glue London and Lean Mean Fighting Machine, for clients including Burger King, Boots, AOL, MINI and Virgin Games.

John Cooper Works

JCW produces tuning parts and accessories for BMW's new Mini.

Jumping the shark

Automotive journalist Dan Neil used the expression to describe the Mini Countryman, a much larger evolution of the previously small cars marketed by Mini.

Montego

Mercury Montego, a name used by Ford Motor Company's Mercury marque.

Pentosin

Pentosin products are supplied directly to many different automotive companies, including all marques of the Volkswagen Group, BMW, Daimler AG marques, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Europe and Porsche.

PSA Peugeot Citroën

A number of marques were inherited following the acquisition of Chrysler Europe in 1978, and some were merged to re-establish Talbot, a previously dormant marque.

Rover CCV

The Rover CCV is a concept car shown by the British car company Austin Rover Group at the Turin Motor Show 1986 under the Rover marque.

Talbot

Talbot was originally the British marque used to sell imported French Clément-Bayard cars.

The Cheesecake Factory

The company used to operate one self-service, limited-menu express food service operation under The Cheesecake Factory marque inside the DisneyQuest family entertainment center in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

A Boeing 707-320B was therefore used instead, even though that particular marque of 707 did not fly until 1962.

Triumph Motor Company

The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863–1951) of Nuremberg initiated S. Bettmann & Co and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them with his own trade-name in London.

Volkswagen Lupo

In 2002, a six-speed gearbox was added, together with improved throttle response, and was suggested as a competitor to the Mini Cooper or the larger Volkswagen Polo GTI.


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