DEFINITION OF  AUTOMOBILE

          Is a self propelled vehicle that travel on land. an engine provide power  to move the vehicle . the automobile  or car, carries people primarily for their personal transportation.
          There are many different styles of car. some people prefer a sports  car. other prefer vehicle with additional space and sating like a small van.
          Regardless of style, the automobile is a type of motor vehicle. this is the name given to any self propelled vehicle that dose not run on rail. two other types of motor vehicle are the truck and the bus. a truck primarily  transports goods and cargo while bus is a motor vehicle that carries many passengers.

                                       CLASSIFICATION OF AUTOMOBILE

      Automobile are classified according to number of factors such as follows:

Application  1:  passenger vehicle; scooters, motor cycles, car, jeep,bus
                      2: goods vehicle; truck,tractor
                      3: special purpose; ambulance, fire engine, road-rollers, cranes, crawlers,etc.

Load capacity 1:light transport vehicle; scooters,motor cycles,car, jeep,etc
                         2: heavy transport vehicle; track,bus,tractor, etc.
Number of wheel and axles
                        1: to wheeler; scooters, motor, cycles,mopends
                        2: three wheeler; temp, road- rollers, auto-rickshaws.
                        3: four wheeler; car, jeep, bus, truck,tractor,etc
                        4: six wheeler; bus, tractor
                        5: eight or more wheeler; car transport vehicle, special transporters
Fuel used 1: petrol vehicle; scooters, motor cycles, cars, jeep
                 2: Diesel vehicle; bus, car, tractor,(special diesel model)
                 3: gas vehicles; CNG cars and tempo
                4:  electric  vehicle; battery truck and tempo,fork lift truck.
Suspension system used
                 1: conventional; leaf spring used in trucks.
                 2: independent;  coil spring used in motor cycles, torsion bar pneumatic.
Type of body system
                 1:closed cars; saloon, coupe,etc
                 2: open cars; sports car, convertible car, etc
                 3: special style; station wagon, estate, etc
Drive of the vehicles
                 1: when the vehicle can be drive sitting on right or left hand side
                    (a) right hand drive; Indian vehicle
                    (b) left hand drive; American vehicle
                 2: when the drive is on front axle or rear axle or both  axles;
                     (a) front wheel drive; maruti 800 i10, santro Xing tata Indica,etc
                     (b) rear wheel drive; ambassador, tata nano, etc
                     (c) all wheel drive; jeep
Sports, luxury and special vehicle
                1: sports car; porsche 911, toyoto MR2,etc
                2: luxury car; mercedes benz, E230, hyuundai's sonata, etc
                3: special vehicle; earth scrapers, bull-dozers , tippers, etc