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Oshkosh Phoenix

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The OshKosh Phoenix is a $350,000 all-wheel-drive vehicle designed to fight wildfires at hard-to-reach locations. It has two water cannons that can deplete its 2,500-gal tank in 3.5 minutes. Its 445-hp Detroit Diesel engine provides a top speed of 62 mph.

Author: Phillips, John
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Car and Driver
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0008-6002
Year: 1997
Evaluation, Product information, Fire engines, Oshkosh Truck Corp., OTRKB

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These people are tough

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The Nissan School of Performance Driving in Ontario, Canada, offers a demanding, three-day course. The driving course teaches crash-avoidance techniques, skid recovery, weight-transfer theory, and left-foot braking. The cost of the course is about $1230.

Author: Phillips, John
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Car and Driver
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0008-6002
Year: 1992
Schools & educational services, not elsewhere classified, Services, Associations, Study and teaching, Automobile driver education, Driver education, Automobile racing, Nissan School of Performance Driving

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One dumb fox in the engineers' chicken coop

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The Society of Automotive Engineers held a motorsports engineering conference in Dearborn, MI. The highlights of the conference are presented and discussed.

Author: Phillips, John
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Car and Driver
Subject: Automobiles
ISSN: 0008-6002
Year: 1995
Conferences, meetings and seminars, Column, Automobile engineering, Automotive engineering, Society of Automotive Engineers

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