Ground clearance is equivalent to which term?

• A. Ride Height
• B. Ground Clearance
• C. Wheelbase
• D. Track Width

Answer: (A)

Ground clearance is the distance from the ground to the lowest point of the vehicle’s undercarriage. In practice, the term ride height is used to describe that same vertical distance, measured from the ground up to a defined reference point on the vehicle (often the chassis or bumper) at the standard ride condition. So ride height best matches ground clearance because both describe how high the vehicle sits above the ground. Wheelbase and track width, by contrast, are horizontal distances between axle centers and do not describe how high the vehicle sits off the ground.