Automotive Technology
- An Explanation of Hood Scoops
- Hotchkiss Drive
- Early Automatic Transmissions:
- Oldsmobile Automatic Safety Transmission/Buick Self-Shifting Transmission, Hydra-Matic, and Dual-Range Hydra-Matic (single-coupling)
- Buick Dynaflow (early) and Chevrolet Powerglide
- Packard Ultramatic Drive and Studebaker Automatic Drive/Borg-Warner DG
- Buick Twin Turbine Dynaflow/Variable Pitch Dynaflow/Twin Turbine/Turbine Drive
- Controlled Coupling Hydra-Matic (dual coupling)
- Chrysler TorqueFlite and other Simpson gearset automatics
- Turboglide and Flight Pitch Dynaflow/Triple Turbine
- Pontiac TempesTorque and Buick Dual-Path Turbine Drive
- Roto Hydra-Matic (three-speed)
- Ford AOD and ATX
- Fluid couplings and torque converters
- Lockup torque converters
- MacPherson Strut Suspension
- Turbocharging and Supercharging
Terms and Definitions
- Defining the Supercar and Muscle Car
- From Pillar to Post: More Automotive Definitions
- A Weighty Issue: Shipping Weight and Curb Weight
- The German Way: DIN Horsepower Ratings
- Understanding Gross vs. Net Horsepower Ratings
- Definitions: Homologation
- Doing the Twist: Horsepower, Torque, and Automotive Performance
- What is a coupe?
- What is a hardtop?