DICTIONARY OF AUTOMOTIVE TERMS - "Xt"
-
X tire
- Michelin X Radial
tires.
- Xtracab
- A type of pickup truck (by Toyota) which has a second row of seating; but unlike a crew cab (which
has four full size doors) it has a half-door that can be opened only after the main door is
opened. The seating is usually a little more cramped than in a crew cab. Also called Club Cab, Extended
Cab, King Cab, Access Cab, SuperCab, or Cab Plus
-
X-type
engine
- An engine in which the Cylinders
occur in four rows set at an
angle from each other with the Crankshaft
running through the
intersection of the X. The single Crankshaft
is turned by all banks of
cylinders.
-
X-type frame
- A frame design shaped like an elongated letter X that narrows to a strong junction at the center section; it usually has three or more crossmembers to provide torsional stability but there are no crossmembers in the center section of the vehicle