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Lancia Stratos

The Lancia Stratos is a mid-engine Italian sports car built from 1973 to 1978, designed by Marcello Gandini at Bertone to win the World Rally Championship.

Lancia Thema

The Lancia Thema is an executive sedan made by Lancia in two generations, from 1984 to 1994 and from 2011 to 2014 as a rebadged Chrysler 300.

Lancia Ypsilon

The Lancia Ypsilon is a small premium hatchback built by Italian carmaker Lancia, a Stellantis brand, sold since 1985 in five generations, with the current model introduced in 2024.

Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale

The Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale is a four-wheel-drive Rally2 rally car built by Lancia Corse HF, which debuted at the 2026 Rallye Monte-Carlo and won the WRC2 Teams' Championship in its first season.

Land Rover

Land Rover is a British brand of four-wheel-drive vehicles, founded in 1948. It is a heritage mark for brands owned by Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Motors.

Land Rover Defender

The Land Rover Defender, sold as the Ninety and One Ten before 1990, is a British four-wheel-drive vehicle produced in Solihull until 2016 and relaunched in 2020.

Land Rover Defender (L663)

The Land Rover Defender is a four-wheel-drive SUV produced by Jaguar Land Rover since 2020, built in Nitra, Slovakia, in 90, 110, and 130 body styles.

Land Rover Discovery

The Land Rover Discovery, also known as the LR3, is a seven-seat sport utility vehicle made by Land Rover since 1989, conceived as a family-oriented Range Rover companion.

Land Rover Discovery Sport

The Land Rover Discovery Sport is a compact premium SUV built by Jaguar Land Rover at Halewood from 2014 to 2026, replacing the Freelander with optional 5+2 seating.

Land Rover engines

Land Rover engines are the petrol, diesel, hybrid, and electric power units used in Land Rover and Range Rover vehicles since 1948, from the original Series I unit onward.

Land Rover Freelander

The Land Rover Freelander, also sold as the Land Rover LR2, is a compact SUV produced from 1997 to 2015 and Europe's best-selling 4x4 for five years.

Land Rover series

The Land Rover series is a family of four-wheel-drive utility vehicles built by the Rover Company at Solihull, England, from 1948 to 1985, comprising the Series I, II, IIA, and III.

Land Transport Authority

The Land Transport Authority is a Singapore statutory board, established in 1995, that plans and regulates the country's land transport, including roads, rail, buses, and vehicle registration.

Land Transport New Zealand

Land Transport New Zealand was a New Zealand Crown entity, created on 1 December 2004, that handled land transport safety regulation, driver and vehicle licensing, and transport funding allocation.

Land Transport Safety Authority

The Land Transport Safety Authority (LTSA) was a New Zealand Crown entity, established in 1993, that promoted road safety until it merged into Land Transport New Zealand in 2004.

Landau (automobile)

A landau is a car body style, named for a German city and a carriage, in which the roof over the rear passenger compartment folds back.

Landstar System

Landstar System is an asset-light transportation management company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1988, it delivers freight services through about 1,050 independent agents and third-party capacity providers.

Landwind X7 (陆风X7)

The Landwind X7 (陆风X7) was a compact crossover SUV made by Chinese manufacturer Landwind from 2015, known as a close copy of the Range Rover Evoque.

Lane

A lane is one of the longitudinal strips into which a roadway may be divided for the movement of traffic, as defined in the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic.

Lane Cove Tunnel

The Lane Cove Tunnel is a 3.6 km twin-tube toll motorway in Sydney, Australia, opened on 25 March 2007 to link the M2 at North Ryde with the Gore Hill Freeway at Artarmon.

Lane departure warning system

A lane departure warning system is a vehicle safety technology that monitors lane markings and alerts the driver when the vehicle drifts out of its lane.

Lane detection

Lane detection is a computer vision task that identifies driving lane boundaries from camera and LiDAR data in real time, supporting lane keeping and departure warning.

Lane positioning

Lane positioning is the motorcycle riding practice of choosing where within a lane to travel, so the rider can see the road, be seen, and keep an escape route.

Lane splitting

Lane splitting, also called whitelining, is when a motorcyclist rides between rows of vehicles in the same lane. California alone fully permits it, legalizing it in 2017.

Large goods vehicle

A large goods vehicle (LGV), known until 1992 as a heavy goods vehicle (HGV), is any UK or European goods-carrying vehicle over 3.5 tonnes maximum authorized mass.

Larry T. Nitz

Larry T. Nitz is an American automotive engineer who led development of General Motors' electrified powertrains, from the Two-Mode Hybrid through the Chevrolet Volt to the Bolt EV.

LATCH (child restraint system)

LATCH, or Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children, is the standardized United States vehicle hardware system for attaching child restraints without the vehicle seat belt.

Laverda

Laverda is an Italian motorcycle brand founded in 1949 in Breganze, best known for its 1970s twins and triples like the 750 SFC and Jota.

Lawrence D. Burns

Lawrence D. Burns is an American automotive engineer who spent roughly forty years at General Motors, led its research and planning from 1998 to 2009, and later advised Waymo.

LBJ Express (I-635, Dallas)

The LBJ Express is a system of dynamically priced tolled express lanes along 13 miles of Interstate 635 and part of I-35E in north Dallas, opened in 2015.