CLASSIFICATION OF VEHICLES

General Classification of Automobiles

• Automobiles or vehicles can be classified on different bases as given below : 

On the Basis of Load 

• Heavy transport vehicle (HTV) or heavy motor vehicle (HMV), e.g. trucks, buses, etc. 
• Light transport vehicle (LTV), e.g. pickup, station wagon, etc. 
• Light motor vehicle (LMV), e.g. cars, jeeps, etc. 

On the Basis of Wheels 

•  Two wheeler vehicle, for example : Scooter, motorcycle, scooty, etc.
•  Three wheeler vehicle, for example : Autorickshaw, three wheeler scooter for handicaps and tempo, etc.
•  Four wheeler vehicle, for example : Car, jeep, trucks, buses, etc.
•  Six wheeler vehicle, for example : Big trucks with two gear axles each having four wheels.

On the Basis of Fuel Used

•  Petrol vehicle, e.g. motorcycle, scooter, cars, etc.
•  Diesel vehicle, e.g. trucks, buses, etc.
•  Electric vehicle which use battery to drive.
• Steam vehicle, e.g. an engine which uses steam engine. These engines are now obsolete.
•  Gas vehicle, e.g. LPG and CNG vehicles, where LPG is liquefied petroleum gas and CNG is compressed natural gas.

On the Basis of Body

•  Sedan with two doors
•  Sedan with four doors
•  Station wagon
•  Convertible, e.g. jeep, etc.
•  Van
•  Special purpose vehicle, e.g. ambulance, milk van, etc.

On the Basis of Transmission

•  Conventional vehicles with manual transmission, e.g. car with 5 gears.
•  Semi-automatic
•  Automatic : In automatic transmission, gears are not required to be changed manually. It is automatically changes as per speed of the automobile.