Nick Whale, from the auctioneers, said the car was missing its engine and gearbox.
But prior to the release of Borderlands in 2009, Gearbox flew largely under the radar.
Plano, TX based game developer Gearbox has been in the game-making business for a long time.
Even if the engine is optimised, however, the gearbox can still be a source of inefficiency.
They have signed a deal to combine their Renault engines with Red Bull's gearbox and hydraulics.
There's been quite a visceral reaction to Gearbox Software's latest release, Aliens: Colonial Marines.
The gearbox has the momentous, latch-in-place action of a switch for an electric chair.
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At the end of 2010, Gearbox outsourced the development of A:CM to a company named TimeGate.
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The caveat I have about returning to A:CM, though, is where Gearbox goes from here.
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For, once the engine block and the gearbox are gone, the game of car design changes.
This included not checking the brakes or gearbox, which could leave motorists with potentially unsafe cars.
Air accident investigators found the helicopter had suffered a cracked shaft in the gearbox.
Its petrol engine, a V8, is connected to the rear wheels via a seven-speed automated gearbox.
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Power will be transferred to the rear wheels via Porsche's compact, seven-speed Porsche-Doppelkupplung (PDK) double-clutch gearbox.
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Other unnamed sources dispute this claim, saying that TimeGate put in far more time than Gearbox claims.
Nick Daghorn missed all of the weekend's Powerbike races when his gearbox broke during testing on Friday.
Like the Tesla (which is based on a small Lotus), the Evora does not need a gearbox.
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Gearbox continues its winning tribute streak following the developers nods to both Minecraft and Dark Souls.
The crew of another Super Puma helicopter ditched in the North Sea in May after a gearbox failure.
Unlike a conventional turbofan, it uses a gearbox rather than a shaft between the fan and the turbine.
Gearbox were also clearly looking at ways to improve the experience for players cooperating with differently able characters.
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Jenson Button will start at the back after he was forced to withdraw his Honda because of gearbox problems.
Pitchford said that Gearbox wanted to capture not only the intense combat but also the lull before the storm.
But as we can see in the Gearbox Knowledge Base, even the PC had a number of flaws.
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The rear end is very tightly packaged with bodywork tucked in around the engine and gearbox for improved aerodynamics.
Compare this with, say, Gearbox, whose reputation for high-quality DLC is such that a season pack makes good sense.
It caught fire shortly after purchase, but then gave excellent service until its gearbox seized up four years later.
Gronholm, who trails Loeb by 25 points with three races to go, lost far too much time after his enforced gearbox refit.
Force India's Paul di Resta finished qualifying in fourth but was penalized five grid places for changing his gearbox.
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