Classification of Automobiles

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

Passenger vehicles: These vehicles carry passengers. e.g: Buses, Cars, passenger trains.
Goods vehicles: These vehicles carry goods from one place to another place. e.g: Goods lorry, Goods carrier.
Special Purpose: These vehicles include Ambulance, Fire engines, Army Vehicles.

Light duty vehicle: Small motor vehicles. eg: Car, jeep, Scooter, motorcycle
Heavy duty vehicle: large and bulky motor vehicles. e.g: Bus, Truck, Tractor

Petrol engine vehicles : Automobiles powered by a petrol engine. e.g: scooters, cars, motorcycles.
Diesel engine vehicles : Automobiles powered by diesel engine. e.g: Trucks, Buses, Tractors.
Gas vehicles : Vehicles that use gas turbine as a power source. e.g: Turbine powered cars.
Electric vehicles : Automobiles that use electricity as a power source. e.g: Electric cars, electric buses.
Steam Engine vehicles : Automobiles powered by steam engine. e.g: Steamboat, steam locomotive, steam wagon.

Left-Hand drive : Steering wheel fitted on the left-hand side.
Right-Hand drive : Steering wheel fitted on the right-hand side.
Fluid drive : Vehicles employing torque converter, fluid flywheel or hydramatic transmission.

Two wheeler : motorcycles, scooters
Three-wheelers : Tempo, auto-rickshaws
Four wheeler : car, Jeep, Bus, truck
Six-wheelers : Buses and trucks have six tires out of which four are carried on the rear wheels for additional reaction.
Six axle wheeler : Dodge(10 tire) vehicle

Automatic transmission vehicles: Automobiles that are capable of changing gear ratios automatically as they move. e.g: Automatic Transmission Cars.
Manual transmission vehicles: Automobiles whose gear ratios have to be changed manually.
Semi-automatic transmission vehicles: Vehicles that facilitate manual gear changing with a clutch pedal.

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