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The Motor Car

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The car body is the external shell of the vehicle designed to accommodate and protect the people on board and their luggage from the external environment (unfavorable climate, noise, etc.) and the dangers motion may involve.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello, Francesco Cavallino & Luigi Filtri

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Genta, G., Morello, L., Cavallino, F., Filtri, L. (2014). Body. In: The Motor Car. Mechanical Engineering Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-8552-6_8

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