Dictionary of automotive terms. 2015.
downshift — The act of selecting a lower gear. In Britain it is called downward change. Also see forced downshift … Dictionary of automotive terms
Corvair Powerglide — Chevrolet Corvair Powerglide is a two speed automatic transmission designed specially for the then all new 1960 Chevrolet Corvair compact car that emerged in the fall of 1959 as Chevrolet s competitor in the then booming small car market. The… … Wikipedia
kickdown — (KD) A British term for a forced downshift, i.e., a device on a automatic transmission which allows the driver to switch to a lower gear during hill climbing or passing. Instead of manually moving the gear selector, he simply pushes down hard on… … Dictionary of automotive terms
passing gear — An automatic transmission gear that shifts a vehicle into a lower gear for a short burst of extra power to pass other cars on the highway. The gear is engaged by sharply depressing the gas pedal. When the pedal is released, the vehicle returns to … Dictionary of automotive terms
List of Transformers: Energon characters — Principal characters from Transformers: Energon. This is a list of characters from the 2004 anime series Transformers: Energon. Contents 1 Autobots … Wikipedia
Thundercracker — is the name given to multiple fictional characters in the Transformers universes. Thundercracker is almost always depicted as a blue color Decepticon who turns into a jet fighter. Transformers: Generation 1Transformers character name… … Wikipedia
Mirage (Transformers) — Mirage is any of several distinct fictional characters in the various Transformers series. Mirage is one of the single most re used names in the Transformers series, and is almost entirely synonymous with characters possessing Formula One racing… … Wikipedia
Wheeljack — is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.Transformers: Generation 1Transformers character name =Wheeljack japanname = caption =Wheeljack by Dreamwave Productions affiliation =Autobot subgroup =Autobot Cars … Wikipedia
Optimus Prime — is a fictional character from the Transformers franchise. Prime is the leader of the autobots, a faction of transforming robots from the planet Cybertron. The autobots are constantly waging war against a rival faction of transforming robots… … Wikipedia
Optimus Prime (Unicron Trilogy) — The Unicron Trilogy version of Optimus Prime (based on the character of the same name) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of this branch of Transformers lore. Appearing in , and (known as the aforementioned trilogy), Prime is the… … Wikipedia
