Vehicle frame, the Glossary
A vehicle frame, also historically known as its chassis, is the main supporting structure of a motor vehicle to which all other components are attached, comparable to the skeleton of an organism.[1]
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87 relations: Alcoa, AMC Eagle, AMC Hornet, AMC Pacer, American Motors Corporation, Audi A8, Automobile handling, Axle, Beam (structure), Bicycle frame, Body-on-frame, Buckminster Fuller, Buick, Car suspension, Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera, Chassis, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova, Chevrolet Corvair, Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler Airflow, Citroën, Citroën 2CV, Citroën Traction Avant, Coachbuilder, Corporate average fuel economy, Dodge, Dymaxion car, Energy crisis, Fiat 126, Floorpan, Ford Falcon (North America), Ford Motor Company, Ford Panther platform, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, Front-wheel drive, GAZ-12 ZIM, GAZ-M20 Pobeda, General Motors, General Motors F platform, General Motors X platform (RWD), Geodesic dome, George W. Mason, Hollow structural section, Hudson Motor Car Company, Jaguar C-Type, Jeep Cherokee (XJ), Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Grand Cherokee (ZJ), Joseph Ledwinka, ... Expand index (37 more) »
- Automotive chassis types
Alcoa
Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for "Aluminum Company of America") is a Pittsburgh-based industrial corporation.
AMC Eagle
The AMC Eagle is a compact four-wheel drive passenger vehicle manufactured and marketed in a single generation by American Motors Corporation (AMC) for model years 1980 through 1987 and continued by Chrysler Corporation following its acquisition of AMC in 1987, for the 1988 model year.
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AMC Hornet
The AMC Hornet is a compact automobile manufactured and marketed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) and made from 1970 through 1977—in two- and four-door sedan, station wagon, and hatchback coupe configurations.
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AMC Pacer
The AMC Pacer is a two-door compact car produced in the United States by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1975 through the 1980 model year.
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American Motors Corporation
American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954.
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Audi A8
The Audi A8 is a full-size luxury sedan manufactured and marketed by the German automaker Audi since 1994.
Automobile handling
Automobile handling and vehicle handling are descriptions of the way a wheeled vehicle responds and reacts to the inputs of a driver, as well as how it moves along a track or road.
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Axle
An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. Vehicle frame and axle are vehicle parts.
Beam (structure)
A beam is a structural element that primarily resists loads applied laterally across the beam's axis (an element designed to carry a load pushing parallel to its axis would be a strut or column). Vehicle frame and beam (structure) are structural system.
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Bicycle frame
A bicycle frame is the main component of a bicycle, onto which wheels and other components are fitted.
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Body-on-frame
Body-on-frame is a traditional motor vehicle construction method whereby a separate body or coach is mounted on a strong and relatively rigid vehicle frame or chassis that carries the powertrain (the engine and drivetrain) and to which the wheels and their suspension, brakes, and steering are mounted. Vehicle frame and body-on-frame are automotive chassis types, structural engineering and structural system.
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Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist.
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Buick
Buick is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM).
Car suspension
Suspension is the system of tires, tire air, springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels and allows relative motion between the two.
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Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera
Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera is an Italian automobile coachbuilder.
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Chassis
A chassis (plural chassis from French châssis) is the load-bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function. Vehicle frame and chassis are automotive chassis types.
Chevrolet
Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy, is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM).
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Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova
The Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova is a small automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, and produced in five generations for the 1962 through 1979, and 1985 through 1988 model years.
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Chevrolet Corvair
The Chevrolet Corvair is a rear-engined, air-cooled compact car manufactured by Chevrolet in two generations between 1960–1969.
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Chevrolet Corvette
The Chevrolet Corvette is a line of American two-door, two-seater sports cars manufactured and marketed by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque since 1953.
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Chrysler Airflow
The Chrysler Airflow is a full-size car produced by Chrysler from 1934 to 1937. The Airflow was the first full-size American production car to use streamlining as a basis for building a sleeker automobile, one less susceptible to air resistance. Chrysler made a significant effort at a fundamental change in automotive design with the Chrysler Airflow, but it was ultimately a commercial failure due to a lack of market acceptance and controversial appearance.
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Citroën
CitroënThe double-dot diacritic over the 'e' is a diaeresis (tréma) indicating the two vowels are sounded separately, and not as a diphthong.
Citroën 2CV
The Citroën 2CV (deux chevaux,, lit. "two horses", meaning "two ''taxable'' horsepower") is an economy car produced by the French company Citroën from 1948 to 1990.
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Citroën Traction Avant
The Citroën Traction Avant is the world's first monocoque-bodied, front-wheel drive, mass-production car.
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Coachbuilder
A coachbuilder or body-maker is a person or company who manufactures bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles.
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Corporate average fuel economy
Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards are regulations in the United States, first enacted by the United States Congress in 1975, after the 1973–74 Arab Oil Embargo, to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks (trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) produced for sale in the United States.
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Dodge
Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis North America, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Dymaxion car
The Dymaxion car was designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller during the Great Depression and featured prominently at Chicago's 1933/1934 World's Fair.
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Energy crisis
An energy crisis or energy shortage is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy.
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Fiat 126
The Fiat 126 (Type 126) is a four-passenger, rear-engine, city car manufactured and marketed by Fiat over a twenty-eight year production run from 1972 until 2000, over a single generation.
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Floorpan
The floorpan is a large sheet metal stamping that often incorporates several smaller welded stampings to form the floor of a large vehicle and the position of its external and structural panels.
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Ford Falcon (North America)
The Ford Falcon is a model line of cars that was produced by Ford from the 1960 to 1970 model years.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
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Ford Panther platform
The Ford Panther platform was an automobile platform that was used by Ford Motor Company from the 1979 to 2012 model years.
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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR) is an automotive design with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected via a drive shaft.
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Front-wheel drive
Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the front wheels only.
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GAZ-12 ZIM
The ZIM-12 (ЗИМ-12) was a Soviet full-size luxury car produced by the Gorky Automotive Plant (GAZ) from 1950 until 1960.
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GAZ-M20 Pobeda
The GAZ-M20 "Pobeda" (ГАЗ-М20 Победа; победа means victory) is a passenger car produced in the Soviet Union by GAZ from 1946 until 1958.
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General Motors
General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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General Motors F platform
The F platform, or F-body, was General Motors' rear-wheel drive pony car automobile platform from 1967 until 2002.
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General Motors X platform (RWD)
The General Motors X platform (also called X-body) is a rear-wheel drive compact car automobile platform produced from the 1962 to 1979 model years.
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Geodesic dome
A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron.
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George W. Mason
George Walter Mason (March 12, 1891 – October 8, 1954) was an American industrialist.
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Hollow structural section
A hollow structural section (HSS) is a type of metal profile with a hollow cross section. Vehicle frame and hollow structural section are structural engineering.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other branded automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., from 1909 until 1954.
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Jaguar C-Type
The Jaguar C-Type (officially called the Jaguar XK120-C) is a racing sports car built by Jaguar and sold from 1951 to 1953.
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Jeep Cherokee (XJ)
The Jeep Cherokee (XJ) is a sport utility vehicle manufactured and marketed across a single generation by Jeep in the United States from 1983 through 2001 — and globally through 2014.
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Jeep Grand Cherokee
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a range of mid-size SUVs produced by the American manufacturer Jeep.
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Jeep Grand Cherokee (ZJ)
The Jeep Grand Cherokee (ZJ) is the first generation of the Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle.
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Joseph Ledwinka
Joseph Ledwinka (December 14, 1870 – November 26, 1949)Buddgette, January 1950 was an automobile engineer.
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Lancia Lambda
The Lancia Lambda is an innovative automobile produced from 1922 through 1931.
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Lincoln-Zephyr
The Lincoln-Zephyr is a line of luxury cars that was produced by the Lincoln division of Ford from 1936 until 1942.
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Locomotive frame
A locomotive frame is the structure that forms the backbone of the railway locomotive, giving it strength and supporting the superstructure elements such as a cab, boiler or bodywork.
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Mercedes-Benz Ponton
The Mercedes-Benz "Ponton" series is a range of sedans / saloon car models from Daimler-Benz, introduced starting in 1953, and subsequently nicknamed 'Ponton' (the German word for "pontoon"), referring to its ponton styling, a prominent styling trend that unified the previously articulated hood, body, fenders and runnings boards into a singular, often slab-sided envelope.
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Model year
The model year (sometimes abbreviated as MY) is a method of describing the version of a product which has been produced over multiple years.
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Monocoque
Monocoque, also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. Vehicle frame and Monocoque are automotive chassis types and structural engineering.
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Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle, also known as a motorized vehicle, automotive vehicle, '''automobile,''' or road vehicle, is a self-propelled land vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails (such as trains or trams) and is used for the transportation of people or cargo.
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Motorcycle frame
A motorcycle frame is a motorcycle's core structure.
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Nash 600
The Nash 600 is an automobile manufactured by the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation of Kenosha, Wisconsin, for the 1941 through 1949 model years, after which the car was renamed the Nash Statesman.
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Nash Motors
Nash Motors Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin from 1916 until 1937.
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Opel
Opel Automobile GmbH, usually shortened to Opel, is a German automobile manufacturer which has been a subsidiary of Stellantis since 16 January 2021.
Opel Kapitän
The Opel Kapitän is a luxury car made in several different generations by the German car manufacturer Opel from 1938 until 1970.
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Opel Olympia
The Opel Olympia is a compact car by German automaker Opel, then part of G.M., from 1935 to 1940, and after World War II continued from 1947 to 1953.
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Pickup truck
A pickup truck or pickup is a light or medium duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering).
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Plymouth Valiant
The Plymouth Valiant (first appearing in 1959 as simply the Valiant) is an automobile which was marketed by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation in the United States from the model years of 1960 through 1976.
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Renault
Groupe Renault (also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899.
Renault 4
The Renault 4, or R4 in short (and 4L, pronounced "Quatrelle", in French), is an economy car built by the French company Renault from 1961 to 1994.
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Saab 9000
The Saab 9000 is a car produced by the Swedish company Saab from 1984 to 1998.
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Semi-monocoque
The term semi-monocoque or semimonocoque refers to a stressed shell structure that is similar to a true monocoque, but which derives at least some of its strength from conventional reinforcement. Vehicle frame and semi-monocoque are structural engineering.
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Sheet metal is metal formed into thin, flat pieces, usually by an industrial process.
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Skeleton
A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals.
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Sports car racing
Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels.
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Stamping (also known as pressing) is the process of placing flat sheet metal in either blank or coil form into a stamping press where a tool and die surface forms the metal into a net shape.
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Stout Scarab
The Stout Scarab is a streamlined 1930–1940s American car, designed by William Bushnell Stout and manufactured by Stout Engineering Laboratories and later by Stout Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan.
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Structural channel
The structural channel, also known as a C-channel or Parallel Flange Channel (PFC), is a type of (usually structural steel) beam, used primarily in building construction and civil engineering. Vehicle frame and structural channel are structural engineering.
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Structural element
In structural engineering, structural elements are used in structural analysis to split a complex structure into simple elements (each bearing a structural load).
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Studebaker
Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana, with a building at 1600 Broadway, Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
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Superleggera
Superleggera (Italian for Superlight) is a custom tube and alloy panel automobile coachwork construction technology developed by Felice Bianchi Anderloni of Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. Vehicle frame and Superleggera are automotive chassis types.
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Tension (physics)
Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as to stretch or pull apart the object.
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Torpedo (car)
The torpedo body style was a type of automobile body used from 1908 until the mid-1930s, which had a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top.
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Torsion (mechanics)
In the field of solid mechanics, torsion is the twisting of an object due to an applied torque.
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Transmission (mechanical device)
A transmission (also called a gearbox) is a mechanical device which uses a gear set—two or more gears working together—to change the speed, direction of rotation, or torque multiplication/reduction in a machine.
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Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work.
Vehicle frame
A vehicle frame, also historically known as its chassis, is the main supporting structure of a motor vehicle to which all other components are attached, comparable to the skeleton of an organism. Vehicle frame and vehicle frame are automotive chassis types, automotive technologies, structural engineering, structural system and vehicle parts.
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Volkswagen Beetle
The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a small car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003.
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William Bushnell Stout
William Bushnell Stout (March 16, 1880 – March 20, 1956) was a pioneering American inventor, engineer, developer and designer whose works in the automotive and aviation fields were groundbreaking.
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2000s energy crisis
From the mid-1980s to September 2003, the inflation-adjusted price of a barrel of crude oil on NYMEX was generally under US$25/barrel in 2008 dollars.
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See also
Automotive chassis types
- Backbone chassis
- Body-on-frame
- Chassis
- Exoskeleton car
- Monocoque
- Platform chassis
- Stressed member engine
- Subframe
- Superleggera
- Vehicle frame
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_frame
Also known as Beam height, Boxed frame, Car frame, Frame (vehicle), Hat frame, Hat rail, Ladder frame, Perimeter frame, Torque box, Torque boxes, Truck frame, Unibody, Unit body, Unit body construction, Unitary construction, Unitized Body, Unitized construction.
, Lancia Lambda, Lincoln-Zephyr, Locomotive frame, Mercedes-Benz Ponton, Model year, Monocoque, Motor vehicle, Motorcycle frame, Nash 600, Nash Motors, Opel, Opel Kapitän, Opel Olympia, Pickup truck, Plymouth Valiant, Renault, Renault 4, Saab 9000, Semi-monocoque, Sheet metal, Skeleton, Sports car racing, Stamping (metalworking), Stout Scarab, Structural channel, Structural element, Studebaker, Superleggera, Tension (physics), Torpedo (car), Torsion (mechanics), Transmission (mechanical device), Truck, Vehicle frame, Volkswagen Beetle, William Bushnell Stout, 2000s energy crisis.