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Abbreviations

Suspension
ARB
Anti-roll bar
CS
Coil springs
dD
de Dion axle
DW
Double wishbones
I
Independent
LA
Live axle
LowTrailLi
Lower trailing link
LS
Leaf spring
LW
Lower wishbone
MS
Macpherson strut
MultiLi
Multi-link
PR
Panhard rod
QE
Quarter-elliptic leaf springs
RA
Radius arms
SE
Semi-elliptic leaf springs
STA
Semi-trailing arm
STLi
Semi-trailing link
SlPl
Sliding pillar
SwAx
Swinging axle
TA
Trailing arm
TB
Torsion bar
TL
Transverse leaf spring
TrailLi
Trailing link
TzLi
Trapezoidal link
U&LW
Upper & lower wishbones
U&LRA
Upper & lower radius arms
UW
Upper wishbone
W
Wishbone
WL
Watt's linkage

Body
HBK
Hatchback
FBK
Fastback
LAN
Landaulette
TT
Targa top
SAL
Saloon (sedan)
FHC
Fixed-head coupé
DHC
Drop-head coupé (cabriolet; convertible)
TOUR
Tourer
RDSR
Roadster
EST
Estate (station wagon; shooting brake)
MPV
Multi-purpose vehicle
LDV
Light delivery vehicle
VAN
Van (panelvan)
SUV
Sport-utility vehicle
ORV
Off-road vehicle
LIM
Limousine (limo)

Fuel system
Ai
Aisan
Am
Amal
Au
Autolite
B&B
Ball & Ball
Bi
Bing
Ca
Carter
De
Dell'Orto
Fo
Ford
Hi
Hitachi
Ho
Holley
Ji
Jikov
Ke
Keihin
Lu
Lucas
Mi-So
Mikuni-Solex
Mi
Mikuni
Ni-St
Nikki-Stromberg
Ni
Nikki
R-R
Rolls-Royce
Ro
Rochester
Ru
Russian
SU
SU
So
Solex
St
Stromberg
We
Weber
Ze
Zenith
FI
fuel injection
EFi
electronic fuel injection
SMPFi
sequential multi-point fuel injection
SFI
sequential fuel injection
MPFi
multi-point fuel injection
DDi
direct diesel injection
GDi
gasoline direct injection
Ku
Kugelfischer
Ku-Bo
Kugelfischer-Bosch
Lu-Bo
Lucas-Bosch
Ho PGMFi
Honda programmable fuel injection
Ma-We
Marelli-Weber
Ni-De
Nippon-Denso

Valve gear
OHV
Overhead valves
SOHC
Single overhead camshaft
DOHC
Double overhead camshaft (per bank)
SV
Side valves
SL
Sleeve valves
TS
Two stroke
ROT
Wankel Rotary
oise
overhead inlet, side exhaust
RV
rotary valves

Transmission
<number>
number of gears
A
Automatic
M
Manual
SA
semi-automatic
WP
Wilson preselector
CVT
continuously variable transmission
OD
overdrive
2X
dual speed transfer box
SM
sequential manual
M-CVT
continuously variable transmission with manual function
S
sequential
P
preselect

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