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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Lateral acceleration

Automotive; Automobile

Sideways acceleration acting on a car when travelling around a bend.

Kingpin

Automotive; Automobile

Small hardened shaft that connects the stub axle to the remainder of the suspension but acts as the pivot about which it turns during steering.

Kingpin offset

Automotive; Automobile

Distance measured at the road surface between the point where the kingpin or steering axis intersects with the road surface and the tyre's centre-line.