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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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Automobile

Nerf bar

Automotive; Automobile

Supplementary bumper bar to hinder entanglement with tree branches.

Negative offset steering/negative scrub

Automotive; Automobile

Front wheel geometry in which the steering axis meets the ground outside the tyre's centre-line.

Nylon

Automotive; Automobile

Thermoplastic noted for stable characteristics, high tensile strength and low-friction qualities.

Octane booster

Automotive; Automobile

Chemical additive that increases a fuel's octane number.

Octane number

Automotive; Automobile

Measure of the anti-knock qualities of a gasoline fuel.

Octane requirement

Automotive; Automobile

Minimum octane number for the fuel if a particular engine is to operate satisfactorily.

Noise, vibration, harshness (NVH) factor

Automotive; Automobile

Engineering characteristics of a car that determines how quiet, pleasant and smooth it will be.

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