Automotive Terms - B

Baby Seat


A specially designed seating device (which is not generally standard equipment) to hold safely very young children (usually under the weight of 10 Kg). 

Automotive Terms - C

Clutch


It is a device that disconnects the engine from the transmission, to allow the vehicle to change gears, and then allows the engine and transmission to resume contact to move the vehicle in a new speed.

Automotive Terms - D

Damper

A device that  A damper is a device that deadens, restrains, or depresses vibration. In other words it is also called as Shock Absorber.

Automotive Terms - E

Electronic Fuel Injection System

Injects fuel into the engine's cylinders with electronic control to time and meter the fuel flow.

Automotive Terms - F

Front Wheel Drive


Engine power is transmitted to the front wheels, which are the drive wheels. Also called front drive.

Fuel Pump


A mechanical or electrical pump that pressurizes the fuel system to move gas from the fuel tank to the engine.

Fuel Injector


Taking the place of carburetors in the 1980s, the fuel injector is an electrically controlled valve that delivers a precise amount of pressurized fuel into each combustion chamber.

Automotive Terms - G

Gas Charged Shocks

They are shock absorbers filled with a low pressure gas to smooth the vehicle’s ride during up and down movement. They are also called gas filled shocks.

Greenhouse

It is used describe all of the windows enclosing the passenger compartment.

Grille

An opening in the front of a vehicle, often between the two headlamps, which allows air to cool the radiator.

Automotive Terms - H

Handling

It is the ease with which the vehicle is steered and manoeuvred around turns, up hills, etc.

Hatchback

A car with no extended boot and has a full height tail gate that includes a rear window.

Head Room

It is the distance between the top of a passenger’s head and the roof of the vehicle.

Horsepower (hp, bhp)

Abbreviated as hp, as in 200-hp engine, or bhp (brake horsepower or net horsepower) to designate power produced by an engine. In general, the higher the horsepower, the higher the vehicle's top speed. One horsepower is the power needed to lift a 550-pound weight one foot in one second.