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The 20th-century ranch house style has its roots in Spanish colonial architecture of the 17th to 19th century. These buildings used single-story floor plans and native materials in a simple style to meet the needs of their inhabitants. Walls were often built of adobe brick and covered with plaster, or more simply used board and batten wood siding.
The Hornet's 108-inch (2,743 mm) wheelbase platform (two inches or 5.08 centimeters longer than its predecessor. The design incorporated AMC's numerous innovative features and groundbreaking ideas. [21] The AMC Hornet was the first U.S.-made automobile to feature guardrail beam doors to protect occupants in the event of a side impact. [22]
[note 10] A typical New York City Subway train consists of 8 to 11 cars, although shuttles can have as few as two, and the train can range from 150 to 600 feet (46 to 183 m) in length. [173] The system maintains two separate fleets of cars, one for the A Division routes and another for the B Division routes. [174]