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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Passive safety

Automotive; Automobile

A vehicle's safety features or equipment that help protect occupants in the event of a collision. (Examples include crumple zones, seatbelts, airbags, etc.) (See Active Safety.)

Engine mount

Automotive; Automobile

Engines (and transmissions) are mounted to a vehicle's frame or sub-frame on top of rubber or fluid-filled rubber devices.

Rather than use a mechanical distributor to time spark plug firing, the distributorless Toyota Direct Ignition (TDI) system places an ignition coil on top of each spark plug (in some cases, two spark ...

Multi-valve engine

Automotive; Automobile

By using more than the traditional one intake and one exhaust valve (two per cylinder), multiple valves (usually four per cylinder) increase the flow of the fuel/air mixture into the engine and ...

Double cab

Automotive; Automobile

4 door cab with choice of 6 passenger (front bench seat) or 5 passenger (captain chairs) and 4 full-opening front-hinged doors and fully retractable rear windows.

Naturally aspirated engine

Automotive; Automobile

Aspiration means breathing. An internal combustion engine that is neither turbocharged nor supercharged. Natural aspiration gives less power than either turbo- or supercharged engines of the same ...