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De Dion suspension, the Glossary

De Dion rear axle A de Dion axle is a form of non-independent automobile suspension.^[1]

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Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian luxury carmaker known for its sports-oriented vehicles, strong auto racing heritage, and iconic design.

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Alfa Romeo 75

The Alfa Romeo 75 (Type 161, 162B), sold in North America as the Milano, is a compact executive car produced by the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo between 1985 and 1992.

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Alfa Romeo 90

The Alfa Romeo 90 (Type 162A) is an executive car produced by Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo between 1984 and 1987.

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Alfa Romeo Alfa 6

The Alfa Romeo Alfa 6 (Type 119) is an executive car produced by the Italian company Alfa Romeo from 1979 to 1986.

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Alfa Romeo Alfetta

The Alfa Romeo Alfetta (Type 116) is a front-engine, five-passenger sedan and fastback coupé manufactured and marketed by Alfa Romeo from 1972 to 1987 with a production total over 400,000.

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Alfa Romeo Giulietta (1977)

The Alfa Romeo Giulietta (Type 116) is a small executive saloon car manufactured by Italian car maker Alfa Romeo from 1977 to 1985.

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The Alfa Romeo SZ (Sprint Zagato) or ES-30 (Experimental Sportscar 3.0 litre) is a high-performance limited-production sports car built between 1989 and 1991 by a partnership between Centro Stile Zagato, Centro Stile Alfa Romeo and Centro Stile Fiat.

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Anti-roll bar

An anti-roll bar (roll bar, anti-sway bar, sway bar, stabilizer bar) is an automobile suspension part that helps reduce the body roll of a vehicle during fast cornering or over road irregularities. De Dion suspension and anti-roll bar are automotive suspension technologies.

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Aston Martin

Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings PLC is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers.

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Auto Union racing cars

The Auto Union Grand Prix racing cars types A to D were developed and built by a specialist racing department of Auto Union's Horch works in Zwickau, Germany, between 1933 and 1939, after the company bought a design by Dr.

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Automotive industry

The automotive industry comprises a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, selling, repairing, and modification of motor vehicles.

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Batsford Books

Batsford Books is an independent British book publisher.

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Beam axle

A beam axle, rigid axle or solid axle is a dependent suspension design in which a set of wheels is connected laterally by a single beam or shaft. De Dion suspension and beam axle are automotive suspension technologies.

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Bizzarrini Strada

The Bizzarrini Strada (also 5300 GT Strada and 5300 GT), is a sports car produced by Bizzarrini from 1964 to 1968.

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Camber angle

Camber angle is one of the angles made by the wheels of a vehicle; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of a wheel and the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear.

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Car

A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.

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Car suspension

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. De Dion suspension and Car suspension are automotive suspension technologies and vehicle technology.

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Caterham 7

The Caterham 7 (or Caterham Seven) is a super-lightweight sports car produced by Caterham Cars in the United Kingdom.

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Caterham Cars

Caterham Cars Ltd. is a British manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars established in Caterham, England, with their headquarters in Dartford, England.

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Chassis

A chassis (plural chassis from French châssis) is the load-bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function. De Dion suspension and chassis are vehicle technology.

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Chrysler minivans

The Chrysler minivans are a series of minivans that have been produced and marketed by the American automaker Chrysler since the 1984 model year.

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Constant-velocity joint

A constant-velocity joint (also called a CV joint) is a mechanical coupling which allows the shafts to rotate freely (without an appreciable increase in friction or backlash) and compensates for the angle between the two shafts, within a certain range, to maintain the same velocity.

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DAF 46

The DAF 46 is a small family car that was manufactured by the Dutch company DAF.

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DAF 66

The DAF 66 is a small family car produced by the Dutch company DAF from September 1972 to 1976.

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De Dion-Bouton

De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer and railcar manufacturer, which operated from 1883 to 1953.

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Differential (mechanical device)

A differential is a gear train with three drive shafts that has the property that the rotational speed of one shaft is the average of the speeds of the others. De Dion suspension and differential (mechanical device) are vehicle technology.

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Drive shaft

A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft (Australian English), propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft (after Girolamo Cardano) is a component for transmitting mechanical power, torque, and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drivetrain that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them.

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Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa

The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, or 250 TR, is a racing sports car built by Ferrari from 1957 to 1961.

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Ferrari 312T

The Ferrari 312T was a Ferrari Formula One car design, based on the 312B3 from 1974.

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Ferrari 375 F1

After finding only modest success with the supercharged 125 F1 car in Formula One, Ferrari decided to switch for 1950 to the naturally aspirated 4.5-litre formula for the series.

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Ford Ranger EV

The Ford Ranger EV (Electric Vehicle) is a battery electric compact pickup truck that was produced by the Ford Motor Company and was the automaker's first all-electric production vehicle.

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Formula SAE

Formula SAE is a student design competition organized by SAE International (previously known as the Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE).

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Fuso Ecanter

The Fuso Ecanter, also stylized as FUSO eCanter, is an electric truck in the class of light commercial vehicles produced by the Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation.

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G. N. Georgano

George Nicolas "Nick" Georgano (29 February 1932 – 22 October 2017 Alvis Archive Blog, 24 Oct. 2017 The Society of Automotive History) was a British author, specialising in motoring history.

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Georges Bouton

Georges Tradée Bouton (1847–1938) was a French toymaker and engineer who with fellow Frenchman Jules-Albert de Dion founded the De Dion-Bouton company in 1883.

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Hotchkiss drive

The Hotchkiss drive is a shaft drive form of power transmission.

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Independent suspension

Independent suspension is any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump on the road) independently of the others. De Dion suspension and independent suspension are automotive suspension technologies.

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Iso (automobile)

ISO Rivolta is an Italian car and motorbike manufacturer active in the motor vehicle sector since 1938.

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Iso Fidia

The Iso Fidia (or Iso Rivolta Fidia), initially Iso Rivolta S4, is a four-door sedan which was produced by the Italian automobile maker Iso Automoveicoli S.p.A. from 1967 to 1975.

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Iso Grifo

The Iso Grifo is a limited production grand tourer manufactured by Italian automobile manufacturer Iso Autoveicoli S.p.A. between 1965 and 1974.

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Iso Lele

The Iso Lele (or Iso Rivolta Lele) is a grand tourer that was produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Iso Automoveicoli S.p.A. between 1969 and 1974.

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Iso Rivolta IR 300

The Iso Rivolta is a grand tourer introduced in 1962 by Italian automobile manufacturer Iso Automotoveicoli S.p.A. Company chairman Renzo Rivolta and his colleague, former Ferrari engineer Giotto Bizzarrini, saw it as a ''gran turismo'' in the original sense of the term, designed for long and memorable journeys.

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Jules-Albert de Dion

Marquis Jules Félix Philippe Albert de Dion de Wandonne (9 March 185619 August 1946) was a French pioneer of the automobile industry.

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Kawasaki MULE

The Kawasaki MULE (Multi-Use Light Equipment) is a series of lightweight Utility Task Vehicle that have been built by Kawasaki since 1988.

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Kei car

Kei car is the smallest category of Japanese, expressway-legal motor vehicles.

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Kit car

A kit car is an automobile available as a set of parts that a manufacturer sells and the buyer then assembles into a functioning car.

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Lancia Aurelia

The Lancia Aurelia is a car produced by Italian manufacturer Lancia from 1950 to the summer of 1958.

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Lancia Flaminia

The Lancia Flaminia (Tipo 813/823/824/826) is a luxury car produced by Italian automaker Lancia from 1957 until 1970.

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List of Bugatti prototypes

This is a list of prototype vehicles created by Bugatti that never reached or were never intended for serial production.

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Lotus Seven

The Lotus Seven is a sports car produced by the British manufacturer Lotus Cars (initially called Lotus Engineering) between 1957 and 1973.

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Maserati Quattroporte

The Maserati Quattroporte is a four-door luxury sports sedan produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati.

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Mazda Cosmo

The is an automobile which was produced by Mazda from 1967 until 1996.

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Mercedes-Benz G-Class EV

The Mercedes-Benz G-Class EV (formerly known as Mercedes-Benz EQG) is an electric mid-size luxury SUV concept unveiled by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz.

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Mercedes-Benz W125

The Mercedes-Benz W125 was a Grand Prix racing car produced by German auto manufacturer Mercedes-Benz to race during the 1937 Grand Prix season.

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Mercedes-Benz W154

The Mercedes-Benz W154 was a Grand Prix racing car designed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut.

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Mitsubishi i

The is a kei car from automaker Mitsubishi Motors, first released in January 2006, twenty eight months after its debut at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show.

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Mowag Duro

The DURO (Durable Robust) is a series of wheeled, multi-purpose military transport vehicles produced by General Dynamics European Land Systems/MOWAG in both four and six wheel drive.

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Nissan Gloria

The Gloria (日産・グロリア) is a large luxury car made from 1959 by the Prince Motor Company, and later by Nissan Motors since its merger with the former - hence being originally marketed as Prince Gloria and later as Nissan Gloria.

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Opel Diplomat

The Opel Diplomat is a luxury car manufactured by Opel from 1964 to 1977.

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Panhard rod

A Panhard rod (also called Panhard bar, track bar, or track rod) is a suspension link that provides lateral location of the axle. De Dion suspension and Panhard rod are automotive suspension technologies.

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Portal axle

A portal axle (or portal gear lift) is an off-road vehicle suspension and drive technology where the axle tube or the half-shaft is offset from – usually above – the center of the wheel hub and where driving power is transferred to each wheel via a simple gearbox, built onto each hub.

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Rover P6

The Rover P6 series (named as the 2000, 2200, or 3500, depending on engine displacement) is a saloon car produced by Rover and subsequently British Leyland from 1963 to 1977 in Solihull, West Midlands, England, UK.

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Shock absorber

A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses.

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Slip joint

A slip joint is a mechanical construction allowing extension and compression in a linear structure of slip joint.

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Smart Fortwo

The Smart Fortwo (stylized as "smart fortwo") is a two-seater city car built by the Smart division of the Mercedes-Benz Group from 1998 to 2024.

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Smart Roadster

The Smart Roadster (W452) is a two-door, two-seater sports car classified in the S-segment in Europe.

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Swing axle

A swing axle is a simple type of independent suspension, almost always for the rear axles, designed and patented by Edmund Rumpler in 1903. De Dion suspension and swing axle are automotive suspension technologies.

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Twist-beam rear suspension

The twist-beam rear suspension (also torsion-beam axle, deformable torsion beam, or compound crank) is a type of automobile suspension based on a large H- or C-shaped member. De Dion suspension and twist-beam rear suspension are automotive suspension technologies.

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

Also known as De Dion axle, De Dion tube, DeDion axle.

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