05 Feb 07
The weight of a vehicle that's ready to drive, with its fuel tank 90% full and a 68kg driver and 7kg of luggage on board. Like gross vehicle weight, it's a useful indicator for calculating how heavy a trailer you can tow.
Getting bigger and clumsier, many now contain remote central locking transmitters, torches, and electronic chips for keyless entry and security devices.
A car assembled from a collection of parts sold in kit form, usually with engines and drivetrains from old donor cars (often Fords or other mass-market models easily found in scrapyards). If you're handy with a spanner, it's a cheap way of being able to own a sports car. You can get kits to create lookalike Ferraris, AC Cobras, Lamborghinis... although some are more convincing than others. Some kit car makers now also offer turn-key cars (ready-built kit cars).
Kilometres per hour - measurement of speed used in the metric parts of the world.
