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  2. Pillar (car) - Wikipedia

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    The B-pillar is located between a vehicle's front and rear side glass, where it serves as a structural support of its roof. [4] The C-pillar is the rearmost on two- and four-door sedans and hatchbacks. [5] The D-pillar is the rearmost pillar on larger four-door vehicles such as station wagons and full-sized SUVs.

  3. Car body configurations - Wikipedia

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    The configuration of a car body is typically determined by the layout of the engine, passenger and luggage compartments, which can be shared or separately articulated. A key design feature is the car's roof-supporting pillars , designated from front to rear of the car as A-pillar, B-pillar, C-pillar and D-pillar.

  4. Glossary of automotive design - Wikipedia

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    A structural member that connects the roof to the body of the car. Pillars are usually notated from front to back alphabetically (e.g. the A-pillar joins the windshield to the frontmost side windows, the B-pillar is next to the front occupants' heads, etc.). The angle of the A-pillar and the § dash-to-axle are related. An imaginary line ...

  5. Vehicle frame - Wikipedia

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    Ladder frame pickup truck chassis holds the vehicle's engine, drivetrain, suspension, and wheels The unibody - for the unitized body - is also a form of a 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.

  6. Sedan (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    This broad definition does not differentiate sedans from various other car body styles. Still, in practice, the typical characteristics of sedans are: a B-pillar (between the front and rear windows) that supports the roof; [6] two rows of seats; [7]: 134 a three-box design with the engine at the front and the cargo area at the rear; [8] [9]

  7. Quarter glass - Wikipedia

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    Quarter glass (or quarter light) on automobiles and closed carriages may be a side window in the front door or located on each side of the car just forward of the rear-facing rear window of the vehicle. [1] Only some cars have them. In some cases, the fixed quarter glass may set in the corner or "C-pillar" of the vehicle.

  8. Chassis - Wikipedia

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    The CTC-2 chassis of an RCA CT-100 television. A chassis (US: / ˈ tʃ æ s i /, [1] UK: / ˈ ʃ æ s i /; [2] plural chassis /-i z / from French châssis) is the load-bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function.

  9. AMC Gremlin - Wikipedia

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    The car was available as a "base" two-passenger version with no rear seat and a fixed rear window, at a suggested retail price of $1,879, and as a four-seat hatchback with an opening rear window, at $1,959 (US$15,370 in 2023 dollars [16]). [17] From the front of the car to the B-pillars, the Gremlin