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The British Classics Dictionary

Automotive terminology explained properly

Aerodynamic design

Aerospace technology

Aircraft engineering

All-Wheel Drive (AWD)

Amphibious car

Analogue driving

Anglo-American hybrid

Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)

Austerity motoring

Automobilia

Badge engineering

Bentley Boys

Boot space optimisation

British automotive engineering

British luxury cars

British motorsport

British sports cars

Brooklands

Bubble cars

Chassis design

Classic car features

Concept car

Connolly leather

Convertible

Driver aids

Ecurie Ecosse

Endurance racing

Fibreglass body

Ford Duratec

Four-wheel drive

Front-wheel drive

Grand Touring

Hydrolastic suspension

Independent Suspension

Laminated plywood construction

Le Mans 24

Lightweight construction

Luxury car

Matching numbers

Mechanical engineering

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