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100 Years of Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo turns 100 years old today, the 24th of June 2010. The Alfa factory in Milan's first model was the Alfa 24 HP A, designed by Giuseppi Merosi.More...
Four generations of racing-inspired BMW M3 special editions
The BMW M3 has been the pinnacle of the BMW 3-series range for 4 model series: the E30, E36, E46 and E90/E92/E93. Although any BMW M3 is special in its own right, in each of these model series BMW has produced limited edition M3 models that borrow heavily from racing traditions.More...
Audi's A1 Luxury Baby - Full Details
The long-awaited 2010 Audi A1 is about to hit the markets, Audi have recently released the specifications of the A1 range at launch date. Sitting on a 2469 mm wheelbase and with an overall length of just 3954 mm, the Audi A1 is the smallest Audi models since the Audi A2.More...
Carfolio ID Mix-up fixed
Apologies for the brief mix-up with the Carfolio ID numbers. The issue was caught quickly and fixed quickly.More...
620 PS Porsche 911 GT2 RS released
A new, more powerful Porsche 911 GT2 variant has just been released. The 2010 Porsche 911 GT2 RS features more power, less weight and even better performance.More...
305 km/h BMW M3 GTS given production go-ahead
The most hardcore BMW M3 yet - the BMW M3 GTS - will be available on the market, BMW has confirmed. With a longer stroke (82.0 mm - up from 75.2 mm on the standard E90 BMW M3), the V8 engine now displaces 4361 cc (E90 M3: 3999 cc).More...
New Alfa Romeo Giulietta Launched
The latest Alfa Romeo range to be launched is the new Alfa Romeo Giulietta, which goes on sale from May 2010. The range comprises of 3 petrol and 2 diesel engine options, all equipped with six speed manual gearboxes.More...
Ferrari reveals latest GTO
The original Ferrari 250 GTO is revered as one of the paragons of racecars homologated for road use. A second GTO, the Ferrari 288 GTO, still inspires and enthrals with the performance it gave when introduced in 1984.More...
New Server Operational
After some long delays, the new Carfolio.com server is up and running. Hopefully the new hardware provides a substantial performance increase.More...
Performance issues resolved
Carfolio.com has been struggling under the weight of massive amounts of spam over the last few days. Performance degraded to the point where it was almost unusable.More...
Abbreviations
Suspension
- ARB
- Anti-roll bar
- CS
- Coil springs
- dD
- de Dion axle
- DW
- Double wishbones
- I
- Independent
- LA
- Live axle
- LowTrailLi
- Lower trailing link
- LS
- Leaf spring
- LW
- Lower wishbone
- MS
- Macpherson strut
- MultiLi
- Multi-link
- PR
- Panhard rod
- QE
- Quarter-elliptic leaf springs
- RA
- Radius arms
- SE
- Semi-elliptic leaf springs
- STA
- Semi-trailing arm
- STLi
- Semi-trailing link
- SlPl
- Sliding pillar
- SwAx
- Swinging axle
- TA
- Trailing arm
- TB
- Torsion bar
- TL
- Transverse leaf spring
- TrailLi
- Trailing link
- TzLi
- Trapezoidal link
- U&LW
- Upper & lower wishbones
- U&LRA
- Upper & lower radius arms
- UW
- Upper wishbone
- W
- Wishbone
- WL
- Watt's linkage
Body
- HBK
- Hatchback
- FBK
- Fastback
- LAN
- Landaulette
- TT
- Targa top
- SAL
- Saloon (sedan)
- FHC
- Fixed-head coupé
- DHC
- Drop-head coupé (cabriolet; convertible)
- TOUR
- Tourer
- RDSR
- Roadster
- EST
- Estate (station wagon; shooting brake)
- MPV
- Multi-purpose vehicle
- LDV
- Light delivery vehicle
- VAN
- Van (panelvan)
- SUV
- Sport-utility vehicle
- ORV
- Off-road vehicle
- LIM
- Limousine (limo)
Fuel system
- Ai
- Aisan
- Am
- Amal
- Au
- Autolite
- B&B
- Ball & Ball
- Bi
- Bing
- Ca
- Carter
- De
- Dell'Orto
- Fo
- Ford
- Hi
- Hitachi
- Ho
- Holley
- Ji
- Jikov
- Ke
- Keihin
- Lu
- Lucas
- Mi-So
- Mikuni-Solex
- Mi
- Mikuni
- Ni-St
- Nikki-Stromberg
- Ni
- Nikki
- R-R
- Rolls-Royce
- Ro
- Rochester
- Ru
- Russian
- SU
- SU
- So
- Solex
- St
- Stromberg
- We
- Weber
- Ze
- Zenith
- FI
- fuel injection
- EFi
- electronic fuel injection
- SMPFi
- sequential multi-point fuel injection
- SFI
- sequential fuel injection
- MPFi
- multi-point fuel injection
- DDi
- direct diesel injection
- GDi
- gasoline direct injection
- Ku
- Kugelfischer
- Ku-Bo
- Kugelfischer-Bosch
- Lu-Bo
- Lucas-Bosch
- Ho PGMFi
- Honda programmable fuel injection
- Ma-We
- Marelli-Weber
- Ni-De
- Nippon-Denso
Valve gear
- OHV
- Overhead valves
- SOHC
- Single overhead camshaft
- DOHC
- Double overhead camshaft (per bank)
- SV
- Side valves
- SL
- Sleeve valves
- TS
- Two stroke
- ROT
- Wankel Rotary
- oise
- overhead inlet, side exhaust
- RV
- rotary valves
Transmission
- <number>
- number of gears
- A
- Automatic
- M
- Manual
- SA
- semi-automatic
- WP
- Wilson preselector
- CVT
- continuously variable transmission
- OD
- overdrive
- 2X
- dual speed transfer box
- SM
- sequential manual
- M-CVT
- continuously variable transmission with manual function
- S
- sequential
- P
- preselect