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

Add a new term

Contributors in Automobile

Become a Contributors

Automobile

Air dam

Automotive; Automobile

A front spoiler mounted beneath the bumper and shaped to reduce the airflow under the car. Air dams can increase the airflow to radiators, reduce aerodynamic drag, and/or reduce lift.

Anti-dive

Automotive; Automobile

A tuned-in front suspension characteristic that converts braking-induced forces in the suspension links into a vertical force that tends to lift the body, thereby reducing dive under braking.

Anti-lock braking system

Automotive; Automobile

A braking system that senses when any of the wheels have locked up—or are about to—and automatically reduces the braking forces to keep the wheels rolling. Commonly called ABS, such a system can ...

Anti-roll bar

Automotive; Automobile

A suspension element (used at the front, the rear, or both ends of a car) that reduces body roll by resisting any unequal vertical motion between the pair of wheels to which it is connected. An ...

Anti-squat

Automotive; Automobile

Similar to anti-dive, this suspension characteristic uses acceleration-induced forces in the rear suspension to reduce squat.

Apex

Automotive; Automobile

The point(s) or region on the line through a corner that touches the corner's inner radius.

Aspect ratio

Automotive; Automobile

Generally the ratio between two dimensions of an object. In tyre terminology it applies to the unloaded sidewall height of the tyre divided by its overall width. A lower aspect ratio implies a ...