Automotive Terms

Car of the Year

The title "Car of the Year" has been awarded since 1964. In the meantime, every automotive magazine that considers itself big enough, awards one or more of its own "...of the year" titles.
This overview shows the vehicles that have been named "Car of the Year" from 1964 to 2020.

More details about the selection process, the jurors etc. can be found under
[ ⇒ www.caroftheyear.org ]

Cross-ply tire

For a long time, the cross-ply tire was the only type of tire in use. The name is derived from the diagonal fabric threads running from bead to bead in the base of the tire. The direction of the threads changes from ply to ply. This results in so-called zenith angles in the tire centerline. In a normal tire, these are around 35 degrees. Four fabric layers were usual, with cheap products also sometimes two layers were sufficient.
Depending on the ratio of tire height to tire width, one speaks of super balloon, low cross-section or super low cross-section - diagonal tires.
Today are consistently [ ⇒ radial tires ] used.