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A deeply-tinted rear and side window glass that helps keep the sun's rays out of the passenger cabin and provides an added measure of occupant privacy.
Industry:Automotive
Four-wheel drive vehicles require a system of gears between the front and rear axles to transfer power from the transmission to those axles. Transfer cases typically have two gear ranges: high and low. Low range is used for extreme off-road conditions.
Industry:Automotive
To purchase a vehicle is to outright buy it with a cash payment (possibly financed) and assume total ownership of it once all payments are made.
Industry:Automotive
An auxiliary cooler that is available to provide extra cooling for automatic transmission fluid. Lower temperatures equal longer transmission life.
Industry:Automotive
An option in a lease which allows the lessee to purchase the vehicle at the end of the lease term for a specified price.
Industry:Automotive
1. The outside band of rubber bonded to a tire. The tread is the portion of the tire that contacts the road surface. 2. Sometimes this term is also interchanged with track.
Industry:Automotive
Consists of a round pinion gear attached to the steering shaft, and a flat bar with gear teeth cut into it, called the rack. The rack and pinion mesh at a point between the front wheels. As the steering wheel is turned, the shaft from the steering column turns the pinion gear, forcing the rack either right or left along a horizontal plane. The rack is linked to the wheels via tie rods, which push and pull the wheels to steer them. In general, rack-and-pinion steering is precise and responsive.
Industry:Automotive
An instrument that can be used to measure the distance between specific points or between fill-ups.
Industry:Automotive
A device that transfers heat from the liquid coolant to the atmosphere.
Industry:Automotive
Typically measured curb-to-curb, this is the tightest possible circle driven by the outside front tire between two imaginary curbs.
Industry:Automotive
