Automobile

Automobile

Of or relating to any vehicle, usually designed to carry passengers, that operates on ordinary roads and typically has four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

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Scrub radius

Automotive; Automobile

The distance from the point where the steering axis intersects the ground to the longitudinal line that runs through the centre of the tire's contact patch. Also called "steering offset."

Sedan

Automotive; Automobile

As used by Car and Driver, the term "sedan" refers to a fixed-roof car with at least four doors or any fixed-roof two-door car with at least 33 cubic feet of rear interior volume, according to ...

A slightly curved leaf spring that is attached to a car's body at its ends and to a suspension component near its middle. One of the two body attachments is a shackle, which allows for changes in the ...

Semi-trailing-arm suspension

Automotive; Automobile

An independent rear-suspension system in which each wheel hub is located only by a large, roughly triangular arm that pivots at two points. Viewed from the top, the line formed by the two pivots is ...

Series (tire)

Automotive; Automobile

The numerical representation of a tire's aspect ratio. A 50-series tyre has an aspect ratio of 0.50.

Shift gate

Automotive; Automobile

The mechanism in a transmission linkage that controls the motion of the gearshift lever. The shift gate is usually an internal mechanism, but, in some transmissions—including Ferrari five-speeds and ...

Toe-in

Automotive; Automobile

The intentional nonparallel orientation of opposite wheels. Toe-in is measured by subtracting the distance between the front edges of a pair of tyres from the distance between the rear edges of the ...