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Rajini Krishnan is an Indian motorcycle racer. He became national road racing champion in 2011 and in 2013 became the first Indian of an international road racing event with his victory at the Losail Asian Road Racing Championship in Qatar.

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Alisha Abdullah is a racing driver from India She is India's first female national racing champion. She is regarded as India's only female bike and the fastest female racer in the country.

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Aston Martin DB10 featuring in James Bond movie “SPECTRE”

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Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. is the oldest Japanese car manufacturer, mostly known for its range of smaller models and off-road vehicles.

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Gumpert SportwagenmanufakturGmbH is a German supercar manufacturing headquartered in Altenburg.

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Sundaram Karivardhan or Kari (June 20, 1954 – August 24, 1995) was an Indian formula racing driver, designer and a business executive. He was one of the pioneers of Indian motorsports. He designed the Formula Maruti open wheeled race car and supported Indian racers, notably Narain Karthikeyan, Karun Chandhok, and Armaan Ebrahim, in their entry into motorsports.

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William Joseph Dunlop, was a world champion motorcyclist from Ballymoney inNorthern Ireland. In 2005 he was voted the fifth greatest motorcycling icon ever by Motorcycle News.His achievements include three hat-tricks at the Isle of Man TT

A documentary, Road, based on the life of Joey Dunlop and his brothers was released in the UK on 11th June 2014.

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KAMAZ is a Russian truck manufacturer located in NaberezhnyeChelny, Tatarstan, Russian Federation.

The trucks have won the Dakar Rally a record thirteen times.

Reinforced KAMAZ trucks are used by the Russian army.

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கருன் சாந்த ாக் is an Indian racingdriver, who competes in Formula E for Mahindra Racing.

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Koenigsegg Regera is a limited production plug-in hybrid sports car manufactured by Swedish manufacturer Koenigsegg, unveiled at 2015 Geneva Motor Show.

The name Regera is a Swedish verb, meaning "to reign."

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Lagonda

Lagonda is a British luxury car marque established in 1906, which has been owned by Aston Martin since 1947.

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Mahindra Axe

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Mercury was a car brand of the Ford Motor Company launched in 1938 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford

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The Rover Company is a former British car manufacturing company founded as Starley & Sutton Co. of Coventry in 1878. It is the direct ancestor of the present day Land Rover company, which is a subsidiary of Jaguar Land Rover, in turn owned by the Tata Group.

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Shankar Sarath Kumar is a professional motorcycle road racer and a national champion in the 125cc class. He currently competes in the Asia Cup aboard a Honda CBR250R. Sarathbegan his racing career in 2008 with the Ten10 Racing Team (now the WTR-Ten10 Racing team) and competed in the class in the 2011 MotoGP.

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Scania

18. Identify this logo:

Venturi Automobiles is a French-founded Monegasque-based multinational automotive manufacturer that designs, manufactures, and sells luxury electric vehicles.

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Jehan Daruvala, 16-year-old .He has been signed by British team Fortec

to mark his first year away from the very basic karting level.

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Susie Wolff is a British racing driver from Scotland. She has progressed through the ranks of motorsport, starting off in karting, then moving up to Formula Renault and Formula Three before moving to the DTM to compete for Mercedes-Benz.

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The connect is Popemobile, the vehicle used by The Pope to travel around on his world- wide visits. First image is Pope John Paul 2.Next is the royal carrier used to be the Popemobilecenturies ago. The 3rd is the latest Popemobile, a Mercedez MPV.

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The Ferrari logo “Prancing horse” actually came from the emblem in Francesco Baracca’s fighter

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Lubricants used in Formula racing

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The Tata Group and its companies & enterprises

is perceived to be India's best-known global

brand within and outside the country as per

an ASSOCHAM survey

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Types of doors

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Helmets

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CS Santosh, first Indian to compete in Dakar Rally

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Round #3

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The X Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden- Württemberg. and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of an event that happened in late 19th century. The route also leads to one of the most attractive scenic regions in Germany, the wine region Baden. The town pharmacy in Wiesloch a village on the route, referred to as the “ first ___ in the world“ due to something that X obtained from there. ID X. AND THE EVENT

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BERTHA BENZ - WORLD'S FIRST LONG DISTANCE ROAD TRIP

He holds a degree in Transportation Design from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, U.S. He worked at the Design Centre for General Motors USA. He also started his own auto accessory business. In 2006, he announced ___, tie-up between Eximstar and X Design Pvt Ltd. The company, to be set up in Dubai, will customize cars and other vehicles to suit customers' requirements.He has designed Vanity Van for many stars such as Sanjay Dutt, Shah Rukh Khan. Id him and his most famous work that shot to fame in 2002

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DILIP CHHABRIA -ASTON MARTIN VANQUISH FROM DIE ANOTHER DAY

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The Fountain of Neptune by Giambologna ( a sculptor famous for works like Rape of Sabine Women ). Explain the automobile connection

Born in Paris in 1878, he was the 5th and last child of Jewish parents. The family moved to Paris from Amsterdam in 1873. Upon arrival, the diaeresis was added to the name and the name means ‘Lemon’ in Dutch .It is reputed that he was inspired by the works of Jules Verne and had seen the construction of the Eiffel Tower for the World Exhibition, making him want to become an engineer. He was a graduate of the École Polytechnique in 1900. In that year he visited Poland, the birthlandof his mother, who had recently died.

During that holiday he saw a carpenter working on a set of gears with afish-bone structure. These gears were less noisy and more efficient. He bought the patent for very little money. Leading to the invention that is credited to him: double helical gears.

Id the automotive legend? His interest in double helical gears is believed to be the reason behind what?

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CITROËN THE GEARS INSPIRED THE LOGO

Sally Windmüller founded the company in 1899 under the name Westfälische Metall-Industrie Aktien-Gesellschaft (WMI) to produce ball horns and candles and kerosene lamps for carriages. The name first appeared in 1908 as a trademark for acetylene headlights. The name was included in the company name in 1986. The most likely explanation for the name of the brand is attributed to Sally Windmüller: He wanted to honour his wife, and also wanted to use the playful association between this name and the German word for bright.

Which brand having more than 50 years of presence in India?

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Hella

Frederick Morrell Zeder, Owen Ray Skelton, and Carl Breer. These three men would later become the core engineers that started the Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler surrounded himself with the finest engineers available when he started Chrysler Corporation.

They were famous in the automobile world under what nickname?

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7It was sold in an auction in October 2014 for $1.35 million (£840,000). According to some reports, being sold at that price, it now becomes the most expensive of its kind in the world. It was designed and built by two African-American builders, Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy. Four of these were created. Three of the four were stolen and sold for parts.Theone auctioned was created from the wreckage of the fourth one Auctioneers' boss Joseph Maddalena commented after the auction "It personifies the Sixties, all of the good and the bad that decade brought.

This is the only original ___ in existence. This is without doubt the world's most famous _____. It influenced the entire industry”

HARLEY DAVIDSON – CAPTAIN AMERICA

8This model was created to compete with the Ford Mustang. On June 28, 1966, General Motors held a live press conference. It would be the first time in history that 14 cities were hooked up in real time for a press conference via telephone lines. The car line was announced, with a name that Chevrolet chose in keeping with other car names beginning with the letter C such as the Corvair, Chevelle, Chevy II, and Corvette. He claimed the name, "suggests the comradeship of good friends as a personal car should be to its owner" and that "to us, the name means just what we think the car will do... Go!"The name was then unveiled. Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers, "What is a X?" and were told it was "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs.“

The model is known for its role in a 2007 movie and its sequels the latest being in 2014. Id the Model & Role?

CHEVROLET CAMARO - BUMBLEBEE