| English | American |
| Aerial | Antenna |
| Accelerator | Gas pedal |
| Alternator | Generator (AC) |
| Anti-roll bar | Sway bar |
| Bodywork | Sheet metal |
| Bonnet | Hood |
| Boot lid | Trunk lid |
| Boot (luggage compartment) | Trunk |
| Bottom gear | 1st gear |
| Bulkhead | Firewall |
| Cam follower or tappet | Valve lifter |
| Carburettor | Carburetor or carbureter or carburator |
| Catch | Latch or lock (as in door latch) |
| Choke/venturi | Barrel |
| Circlip | Snap-ring or Jesus clip |
| Clearance | Lash |
| Crownwheel | Ring gear (of flywheel) |
| Damper | Shock Absorber |
| Dash pot | Accelerator pump |
| Dazzle | Glare |
| Disc (brake) | Rotor/disk |
| Drop head coupe | Convertible |
| Dynamo | Generator (DC) |
| Earth (electrical) | Ground |
| Estate car | Station wagon |
| Exhaust manifold | Header |
| Flatting (Down) | Sanding |
| Float chamber | Float bowl |
| Free-play | Lash |
| Freewheel | Coast |
| Final Drive | Differential |
| Gudgeon pin | Piston pin or wrist pin |
| Gearchange | Shift |
| Gearbox | Transmission |
| Halfshaft | Axle shaft |
| Handbrake | Parking brake |
| Hood | Soft top or convertible top |
| Indicator | Turn signal |
| Interior light | Dome lamp |
| Jubilee Clip | Hose Clamp |
| Layshaft (of gearbox) | Countershaft |
| Mole Wrench | Vise Grips |
| Motorway | Freeway, turnpike, interstate etc |
| Number plate | License plate |
| Paraffin | Kerosene |
| Petrol | Gasoline, gas |
| Propeller (prop) shaft | Driveshaft |
| “Pinking” | “Pinging” |
| Quarter light | Quarter window |
| Repeater | Turn signal |
| Rev Counter | Tachometer |
| Rocker cover | Valve cover |
| Roof rack | Car-top carrier |
| Saloon | Sedan |
| Seized | Frozen, locked up |
| Side indicator lights | Side marker lights |
| Side light | Parking light |
| Silencer | Muffler |
| Spanner | Wrench |
| Sill panel (beneath doors) | Rocker panel |
| Spigot bush | Pilot bushing |
| Split pin | Cotter pin |
| Steering arm | Spindle arm |
| Sump | Oil pan |
| Tappet | Valve lifter, cam follower |
| Thrust bearing | Throw-out bearing, release bearing |
| Tickover | Idle |
| Top gear | High |
| Torch | Flashlight |
| Trackrod (of steering) | Tie-rod (or connecting rod) |
| Transmission | Whole drive line |
| Tyre | Tire |
| Vice | Vise |
| Wheel nut | Lug nut |
| Windscreen | Windshield |
| Wing/mudguard | Fender |
