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.

Industry: Automotive

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King cab

Automotive; Automobile

Larger-than-standard cab on a light commercial vehicle providing extra space behind the front seats for hand luggage or occasional seats.

Kick-down

Automotive; Automobile

Process whereby an auto transmission can be quickly down-shifted by depressing the accelerator pedal.

Kilopascal (kPa)

Automotive; Automobile

Unit of pressure in the SI metric system, 6.89 kiloPascals being equivalent to one pound per square inch.

Kilowatt

Automotive; Automobile

Unit of power, or rate of doing work, in the SI metric system, being 1,000 Watts.

Light-emitting diode

Automotive; Automobile

One that provides light when excited by an electric current.

Leading shoe

Automotive; Automobile

Brake shoe in a conventional drum brake in which the forward edge is first to contact the revolving drum when the pedal is pressed.

Lean mixture

Automotive; Automobile

Condition in which the mixture has a ratio more than the theoretically ideal figure of 14.7 parts of air to one part of fuel vapour (measured by mass).