Automobile Terms

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Automobile Terms
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New Terms

• Chassis
• Power Train
• Body
• Wheel Base
• Ground Clearance
• GVW
• Track
• Engine
• Horsepower
• Torque
• Displacement

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Chassis

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

Either frame or uni-body design. 1959 Bel Air
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• Full Frame
• Unibody construction

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Power Train

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

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Body

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

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Wheel Base

• the distance between the center of the front
  wheel and the center of the rear wheel.

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Track

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

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Ground Clearance

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

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GVW

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

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Engine

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

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Horsepower

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

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Torque

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

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Displacement

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

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