This book arose from a need for an automotive engineering textbook that included analysis, as well as descriptions of the hardware. Specifically, several courses in systems engineering use the automobile as a basis.
The book is aimed at third- to fourth-year engineering students and presupposes a certain level of engineering background.
However, the courses for which this book was written are composed of engineering students from varied backgrounds to include mechanical, aeronautical, electrical, and astronautical engineering.
