Sentence examples for a separate chassis from inspiring English sources

Early cars were mostly built on a separate chassis frame, with the body often ordered from a specialist coachmaker.

Henry Ford's adaptation for carmaking of the moving assembly line he had seen in Chicago slaughterhouses marked the birth of mass production.But Mr Ford applied those techniques to a vehicle that resembled a horse-drawn carriage, with a body laid on to a separate chassis.

It feels dated to drive, with lots of bouncing from the rear suspension, the low-frequency shudder of a rubber-mounted body moving on its separate chassis, comically little grip from the rear wheel in the wet, and the slowest-responding steering I've encountered in a while.

The body is built as a structural cell — BMW calls it the life module — that is attached to the separate chassis.

And to cut waste, Ford is finally starting to eliminate the redundant engineering that allowed the European and U.S. versions of the Ford Focus, for instance, to be based on separate chassis.

If cars were still built with a chassis and a separate body, like Henry Ford's Model T, the industry might look very different.Some of the alternative business models currently being touted would, in effect, attempt another revolution, with companies outsourcing more and more of the car.

In one proposal, Chrysler executives envisioned building a new sedan by using the Mercedes E-Class chassis and suspension with a separate engine, drive train and external body.

It lacks a separate suspension system, instead relying on the chassis structure having enough torsional flex.

A separate G.A.O.

"A Separate Peace".

A separate couch.