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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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Active safety
Automotive; Automobile
Safety features which involve active vehicle response to avoid accidents (usually through sensors), e.g. ABS or ESP.
Airbag
Automotive; Automobile
Air-filled bag that helps prevent head and upper-body injuries during severe collisions. Front airbags are deployed from the steering wheel and the instrument panel. Side airbags are deployed from ...
All mode 4x4
Automotive; Automobile
A 4x4 system that engages automatically when conditions (like mud, snow and slush) demand it. Provides maximum traction and instant response.
Automatic gear box
Automotive; Automobile
Automatic transmissions that upshift and downshift gears without requiring the driver to engage the clutch.
Regenerative braking
Automotive; Automobile
An advanced type of braking system that is found on electric or hybrid vehicles, it works together with an electric motor to slow the vehicle and, at the same time, recapture the vehicle’s energy to ...
Reinforced C-Channel frame
Automotive; Automobile
Used under the cab area on Toyota pick up trucks, this frame design utilises a rolled - lip c-channel structure with reinforced areas to provide optimised vertical load strength for ride quality, and ...
RSCA
Automotive; Automobile
Side Curtain Airbags have a roll-sensing deployment feature that will inflate the curtain airbags at severe tilt angles, or in a roll condition.
