classifaction of the automobiles

Automobiles can be classified by considering the following points.

1. Use:

(a) Auto, cycles, Buses, Car, Jeeps etc.

2. Make and model:

1. In two wheel section major companies are (a) Bajaj Autos (b) Honda (c) LML.

2. Where as in four wheel.

(a) Honda city

(b) Maruti Suzuki

(c)  Fiat

 (d) Mahindra.

3. Heavy transport vehicle (H.T.V.)

(a) Tata, (b) Leyland (c) General motors (d) Nissan etc. 3. Capacity:

(a) (H.T.V.) Heavy transport vehicle like buses and trucks, trailors.

(b) (L.T.V.) Light transport vehicles, like cars, jeeps etc.

4. Fuel used:

(a) Petrol vehicles : In which fuel used is petrol e.g., Scooters, cars, motors cycles etc.

(b) Diesel vehicles : In which fuel used is Diesel e.g. Buses, Trucks etc.

5. Body Style : According to Body style following are major styles.

(a) Closed car like, saloons, couple etc.

(b) Open cars like, sport cars, convertible cars.,

(c) Special style vehicle like, estate car, station wagon etc.

6. Wheels:

1. Two wheelers - Scooters, motor cycles.

2. Three wheelers - Auto richshaws.

3. Four wheelers - Cars, jeeps.

4. Six wheelers and above in buses.

5. Truckes trailors.

7. Drive:

1. Left hand drive - In foreign country mostly L.D.D. is true.

2. Right hand drive - In India right hand drive vehicle are used.

3. Front wheel drive - Maruti cars, Vaibs wagon

4 Rear wheel drive - Trucks, Buses

5 Four wheel drive - like Jeep, military trucks

8 Transmission Type

1 Conventional Gears In which ordinary gear beam is fitted

2 Semi automatic gears In which combmation of manual plus some automatic

machines is there.

3. Fully automatic : In which vehicles are fully equipped with full automatic transmission system by using epicyclic gears and torque convertors.