Automobile Terms

1. Automobile Terms

2. New Terms • Chassis • Power Train • Body • Wheel Base • Ground Clearance • GVW • Track • Engine • Horsepower • Torque • Displacement

3. Chassis • The structure on which all other parts are mounted, including steering, suspension and brake systems.

4. Power Train • Consists of the engine, transmission, and other parts which move the car.

5. Body • Includes the passenger compartment, engine compartment, doors, fenders, interior, seats etc.

6. Wheel Base the distance between the center of the front wheel and the center of the rear wheel.

7. Track • the distance between the centreline of two wheels on the same axle.

8. Ground Clearance • shortest distance between the road surface, and any part of a vehicle.

9. GVW • Gross Vehicle Weight = weight of a vehicle including the chassis, body, engine, fuel, accessories, driver, passengers and cargo.

10. Engine • Machine which changes heat energy contained in gasoline to motion which turns the wheels and moves the car.

11. Horsepower • A unit of measurement of the rate at which work is done compared to how much work a draft horse can do.

12. Torque • torque can be thought of as a twist to an object.

13. Displacement • the volume inside the cylinders of an engine. Commonly specified in cubic centimeters (cc), liters (l), or cubic inches.

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