How Cars Work

A practical guide to the mechanical principles that make a car move. An accessible explanation of how the wheels, accelerator pedal, gearbox, exhaust, pistons, timing belt, suspension, and brakes work inside a car. Includes ten working models to build. How Cars Work is a spectacular interactive guide to understanding the mechanisms that make a car move. Each spread introduces you to a car mechanism that you put into action by building one or more working models. This hands-on approach makes it easy to understand the principles that make the mechanisms work, and how they apply to cars of all kinds, including electric and hybrid vehicles