Axon's Automotive Anorak: Sprachen Sie Porsche?
PDCC, PAS, PCCB, PTV, PASM, PDK, PCM, PDLS Plus, PTM, TPM, DFI, PSM, PVTS… Uh?!
Popping by to see some friends recently for supper and some car talk, when I arrived my pal already had his laptop open in the kitchen on Porsche GB’s website, while he was helping his wife with the cooking.
He was looking at the Car Configurator on the Porsche GB site, to ‘spec-up’ his next potential car, a new Porsche 911 4 GTS. Wading through the configurator, a bewildering bunch of Porsche acronyms popped up to choose from, some standard, many optional, but nearly all baffling.
Try out the following abbreviations for a 911 yourself, for example, and see how many you can fathom…
PDCC - Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control
PAS -Porsche Active Safety
PCCB - Porsche Ceramic Composite Brakes
PTV - Porsche Torque Vectoring
PDK - Porsche Doppelkupplung (automatic transmission!)
PASM - Porsche Active Suspension Management
PCM - Porsche Communication Management
PDLS Plus - Porsche Dynamic Light System Plus
PTM - Porsche Traction Management
TPM - Tyre Pressure Monitoring
DFI - Direct Fuel Injection
PSM - Porsche Stability Management,
POSAIP - Porsche Side Impact Protection System
PTVS - Porsche Vehicle Tracking System
Acronyms are not unique to Porsche of course, as bewildering abbreviations have been used by the automotive industry for many years.
We all understand ABS (anti-lock braking system), SRS (Supplementary Restraint System - airbag), ACC (Automatic Climate Control) and so on, but what about the ‘catchy’ marketing abbreviations such as SAHR (Saab Active Head Restraint, anti-whiplash read restraints, JTD (FCA Automotive) uniJet Turbo Diesel, SIPS (Volvo) Side Impact Protection System, WHIPS (Volvo) Whiplash Protection System, EDC (Renault/Dacia) Efficient Dual Clutch) and so on... It all gets very confusing.
Next time you’re playing with a new car configurator online, dreaming about your lottery win car, some of the following acronyms, now commonly used by the automotive sector, might be of use.
AAAS – Advanced Active Adaptive Secondary Safety
ABC – Active Body Control
ACS – Anticipatory Crash Control
ADD – Auto Defect Detection
AICC – Automatic Intelligent Cruise Control
ASD – Anti-Slide Device
BAS – Brake Assist System
CVT – Continuously Variable Transmission
DCAS – Distance Control Assist System
DCT – Dual Clutch Control
DOHC – Dual Overhead Camshaft
DPF – Diesel Particulate Filter
DRL – Daylight Running Lights
DSC – Dynamic Stability Control
HEV – Hybrid Electric Vehicle
KERS – Kinetic Energy Recovery System
LNC – Lean NOx Catalyst
OBD – On-board Diagnostic
RKE – Remote Keyless Entry
ROP – Roll-over Protection
RPA – Rear Park Assist
SCO – Sensor Control Unit
VSC – Vehicle Stability Control
VVT – Variable Valve Timing
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