Classification of Automobile

Amit Kumar Ghosh
Sep 2, 2018 · 1 min read

The automotive vehicle is an own propelled vehicle. Since the 17th century to still now we are getting changed in the automobile industry according to our own purpose. Behind the OX CART, we had only one motive that was carrying goods from one place to another place. But now we have thousands of motive for improving the automotive system and that’s why we are getting many types of automotive vehicle round of the year.

Automobiles can be classified into several types based on many criteria. A brief classification of automobiles is listed below:

  1. Based on Purpose
  • Passenger vehicle
  • Commercial Vehicle

2. Based on capacity

  • Heavy motor vehicle
  • Light motor vehicle
  • Medium motor vehicle

3.Based on fuel used

  • Petrol
  • Diesel
  • CNG
  • Electric
  • Solar
  • Hybrid

4.Based on Transmission

  • Conventional
  • Semi- Conventional
  • Automatic

5.Based on No. of Wheels

  • 2 wheeler
  • 3 wheeler
  • 4 wheeler
  • 6 wheeler
  • some vehicle has more than 6 wheels

6.Based on Side Drive

  • Right side Drive
  • Left Side Drive

7.Based on Engine Location

  • Front Engine Front Wheel
  • Front Engine Front Wheel
  • Front Engine Rear Wheel
  • Rear Engine Rear Wheel Drive
  • Front Engine All wheel drive
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