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  • Backbone chassis

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    Backbone chassis

    Backbone chassis Explained Backbone tube chassis is a type of an automobile construction chassis that is similar to the body-on-frame design. Instead of a two-dimensional ladder ...

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    Blind spot explained

    Car Blind spot explained A blind spot in a vehicle is an area around the vehicle that cannot be directly observed by the driver while at the controls, under existing ...

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  • Body Parts Terms & Meanings

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    Body Parts Terms & Meanings

    Vehicle Body Parts Terms & Meanings (English & American) 0-9 1-box form A categorization based on overall form design using rough rectangle volumes. In the case of the 1-box, it ...

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    British cars and History History and view by types and Decade of British vehicles

  • Bumper

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    Bumper

    Car Bumper Explained Early bumper vw old type In automobiles, a bumper is the front-most or rear-most part, ostensibly designed to allow the car to sustain an impact without ...

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    Bus & Coach

    Bus & Coach View all Coach & Buses in related items Below. A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers.The most ...

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  • Butterfly doors

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    Butterfly doors

    Butterfly doors Butterfly doors or vertical doors are a type of door sometimes seen on high-performance automobiles. They are similar to scissor doors. While scissor doors move ...

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    Campervan

    Campervan View all camper vans in related items Below. A campervan (or camper van), sometimes referred to as a camper, or a caravanette, is a self-propelled vehicle that provides ...

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  • Canopy door

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    Canopy door

    Car canopy door Explained A vehicle canopy is a rarely used type of door for cars. It has no official name so it is also known as an articulated canopy, bubble canopy, cockpit ...

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  • Car door

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    Car door

    Car door A vehicle door is a partition, typically hinged, but sometimes attached by other mechanisms such as tracks, in front of an opening which is used for entering and exiting ...

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  • Car door Will Not Latch Close

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    Car door Will Not Latch Close

    Car door Will Not Latch Close Reset Car Door Latch as Will Not Close On any Car there are many compartments that open and close at will of the user. These compartments can vary ...

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  • Car Types classification

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    Car Types classification

    Car Types classification USA, UK and European classification methods This is a summary table listing several different methods of passenger automobile classification. Car ...

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  • Concept Cars

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    Concept Cars

    Concept car Alfa Romeo b.a.t Concept View all Concept cars in related items Below A concept car (also known as concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to ...

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    Convertible Body cars View all convertible cars in related items Below. A convertible or cabriolet is an automobile body style that can convert between an open-air mode and an ...

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  • Dashboard explained

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    Dashboard explained

    Automotive Car Dashboards A dashboard (also called dash, instrument panel, or fascia) is a control panel placed in front of the driver of an automobile, housing instrumentation ...

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  • Downforce

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    Downforce

    Car Downforce Explained Downforce is a downwards thrust created by the aerodynamic characteristics of a car. The purpose of downforce is to allow a car to travel faster through a ...

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  • Electric vehicles

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    History of the electric vehicle Detroit Electric Town Car from 1912 View all Electric vehicles in related items Below. Electric vehicles first appeared in the mid-19th century. ...

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  • Ground effect

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    Ground effect

    Ground effect explained Ground effect is a term applied to a series of aerodynamic effects used in car design, which has been exploited to create downforce, particularly in ...

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