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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Ball and nut

Automotive; Automobile

A popular type of steering gear using ball bearings on the steering shaft.

Balloon tyre

Automotive; Automobile

A low pressure tyre introduced in the 1920s, used on bicycles and automobiles. It was round, with the same width and height

Ball steering

Automotive; Automobile

A form of worm-and-nut steering. Ball bearings move between the worm and nut to reduce friction as turning occurs.

Ballasting

Automotive; Automobile

Adding liquid or dry weight to a tyre to act as a counterbalance or to reduce bounce and wheel spin.

Bambi

Automotive; Automobile

Colloquial trucker term referring to a deer, either dead or alive.

Banana

Automotive; Automobile

Colloquial term for the gap between the top of the steering wheel and the dashbord, through which the driver can see the instrument panel.

A spiral- shaped metal band which engages the gears when chosen. While in neutral, the engine is freewheeling; but when a gear is chosen, the drum for that year is locked up by the movement of the ...