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Abbreviation for "gallon." A US gallon (3.785 liters) is 20% smaller than an Imperial gallon (4.546 liters). The Imperial gallon is defined as the volume of 10 avoirdupois pounds of water under specified conditions, and the Imperial bushel is defined as 8 Imperial gallons.

A liquid fuel used in the internal combustion engine. Gasoline is refined from crude oil, which is made up of fossilized plant and animal remains, and is known as an aliphatic hydrocarbon.

A device that converts rotational energy to DC current. Generators were used in older cars to provide electrical energy for the vehicle.

Famous automobile designer, born in Garessio (Cuneo), Italy in 1938. He is credited with designing more cars than anyone else, and these include some of the best-selling and most beautiful automobiles ever produced.

Although producing some very interesting early work, Giugiaro found it difficult to grow at Italy's largest automotive manufacturer and towards the end of 1959 he joined Bertone. There he penned some of his most important works: the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT, the Fiat 850 Spider, as well as the Testudo and Canguro prototypes.

At the end of 1965, when Ghia had been written off as being on the road to folding, Giugiaro became head of Ghia's design office in a surprise move that shocked the design world. His first works were studies for Volkswagen and Isuzu, and the four cars presented at the 1966 Motor Show: Maserati Ghibli, De Tomaso Pampero, De Tomaso Mangusta and Fiat Vanessa. The Maserati Ghibli and the De Tomaso Pampero were regarded instantly as masterpieces, and launched Ghia once again in to the spotlight. His work for Isuzu was very important at this time and the Japanese manufacturer built a large number of Ghia designs.

Hungry to establish his own company, ItalDesign made its debut at the 1968 Turin Motor Show with the Manta prototype. At Italdesign Giugiaro styled over 100 production cars and numerous prototypes and concepts. Various Giugiaro-designed automobiles, including the 1974 Golf, 1980 Fiat Uno and the 1993 Fiat Punto were the most-sold automobiles of their respective production years. Recent work includes the Lexus GS300 and the Daewoo lineup.

Famous automobile designer, born in Garessio (Cuneo), Italy in 1938. He is credited with designing more cars than anyone else, and these include some of the best-selling and most beautiful automobiles ever produced.

Although producing some very interesting early work, Giugiaro found it difficult to grow at Italy's largest automotive manufacturer and towards the end of 1959 he joined Bertone. There he penned some of his most important works: the Alfa Romeo Giulia GT, the Fiat 850 Spider, as well as the Testudo and Canguro prototypes.

At the end of 1965, when Ghia had been written off as being on the road to folding, Giugiaro became head of Ghia's design office in a surprise move that shocked the design world. His first works were studies for Volkswagen and Isuzu, and the four cars presented at the 1966 Motor Show: Maserati Ghibli, De Tomaso Pampero, De Tomaso Mangusta and Fiat Vanessa. The Maserati Ghibli and the De Tomaso Pampero were regarded instantly as masterpieces, and launched Ghia once again in to the spotlight. His work for Isuzu was very important at this time and the Japanese manufacturer built a large number of Ghia designs.

Hungry to establish his own company, ItalDesign made its debut at the 1968 Turin Motor Show with the Manta prototype. At Italdesign Giugiaro styled over 100 production cars and numerous prototypes and concepts. Various Giugiaro-designed automobiles, including the 1974 Golf, 1980 Fiat Uno and the 1993 Fiat Punto were the most-sold automobiles of their respective production years. Recent work includes the Lexus GS300 and the Daewoo lineup.

A known American manufacturing of tires. Headquarter of Goodyear Corporation is located in Akron, a city in NE of Ohio state, and was founded by Frank A. Seiberling, in 1898. The name of the company was attributed in honor of Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanization process (in 1839).

The responsibility for the adoption of the Wingfoot symbol (Goodyear logo) rests to a great extent with Frank Seiberling, the founder and for many years president of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. In the old Seiberling home, in Akron, on a newel post of the stairway there stood a statue of the famous god of mythology known to the ancient Romans as Mercury, and to the Greeks as Hermes. Mr. Seiberling's attention was attracted to the statue, and he felt that the god it portrayed embodied many of the characteristics for which Goodyear products were known. A meeting to discuss the idea of suitable trademark was held at the Seiberling home in August 1900. Something distinctively Goodyear was needed to distinguish it from other companies. Among the sketches prepared for the meeting at Mr. Seiberling's suggestion was one using the winged foot of Mercury. Everyone present agreed that this should be the symbol for the company, with the Wingfoot to be set in the middle of the word "Goodyear". The original Wingfoot, however, was much larger in relation to the word "Goodyear" than the one in use today. The idea of speed had much to do with Goodyear's selection of the symbol, for the wingfooted Mercury was regarded as a fleet herald of good news.