Body Parts of a Car – Labeled Exterior Diagram

All 28 parts on the diagram

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Front end 6

Hood The hinged cover over the car's front. On most cars it opens to reach the engine.
Grille Covers an opening in the body's front that lets air in. It also protects the radiator behind it.
Front bumper Takes the impact in a minor collision. A bumper is fitted to each end of the car.
Headlight The headlights light the road ahead.
Turn signal It flashes to show which way the driver is about to turn. There are turn signals at the rear too.
Side mirror A mirror on the outside of each front door. It shows the driver what is behind and to the side.

Rear end 4

Trunk lid The lid of the trunk, a sedan's main rear storage space. Body shops also call it a deck lid.
Taillight They glow whenever the headlights are on. Drivers behind can then see the car.
Rear bumper The bumper at the back of the car. The license plate is often fixed to it or just above it.
License plate The plate that carries the car's registration number. Small lights shine on it at night.

Side of the body 14

Roof The panel over the cabin. The pillars hold it up.
A-pillar It is the forward-most pillar. One stands at each side of the windshield and holds up the front of the roof.
B-pillar The pillar between the front and rear side glass. It helps hold up the roof.
C-pillar The rearmost pillar on a sedan. It is between the rear side window and the rear window.
Front door The driver or front passenger gets in here. It is hinged at its front edge.
Rear door The door for the back seat. Its rear edge curves around the rear wheel.
Door handle Pulled from outside to open the door.
Fender The panel from front door to front bumper. It frames the wheel well and keeps mud and stones from being thrown up by the tire.
Quarter panel The panel between the rear door and the trunk. It wraps around the rear wheel well.
Rocker panel The strip of body that runs under the doors. It goes from one wheel well to the other.
Wheel The metal wheel the tire is mounted on. It bolts to the car with lug nuts.
Tire The rubber tire around each wheel. It is filled with air.
Fuel filler door The flap that covers the fuel cap. It opens for filling the tank.
Antenna The aerial for the radio. On some cars it is built into the glass instead.

Glass 4

Windshield The front window. It is made of laminated safety glass.
Windshield wipers They sweep rain, snow and washer fluid off the windshield.
Rear window The window at the back of the cabin. Its thin lines are the defogger, which clears mist and frost.
Side window The window in each door. It slides down into the door.

How this list was compiled: Every name checked on 2026-09-30 and kept only where two independent sources use it. (1) Wikipedia, text only: Hood (car), Grille (car), Bumper (car), Fender (vehicle), Quarter panel, Pillar (car), Windshield, Windscreen wiper, Side-view mirror, Trunk (car), Car door, Automotive lighting. (2) Thomas and Jund, Collision Repair and Refinishing, 2010, https://archive.org/details/collisionrepairr0000thom , a lending-library textbook read as the passages archive.org's full-text search returns. (3) Toyota, 1998 Camry Owner's Manual, https://archive.org/details/toyota-camry-1998-owners-manual . (4) General Motors, 2007 Chevrolet Optra Owner Manual, https://archive.org/details/manualzz-id-1276297 , and Honda, 2007 Ridgeline Owner's Manual, https://archive.org/details/manuals-plus-2007-honda-ridgeline-owners-manual-2362b88b . The three pillars and the quarter panel rest on sources 1 and 2; fuel filler door on two makers' manuals; every other name is in at least one maker's manual and in source 1 or 2. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site on 2026-09-30 from plain geometry; no maker's product, nothing traced. Licence: own work

How it works

This parts of a car drawing shows a four-door sedan from outside. The first view has the front parts of a car beside the rear. The second is the side.

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The front end parts of a car

From the top down: the windshield and its wipers, the hood, then the grille between the two headlights, with a turn signal at each corner and the front bumper across the bottom. The rear has a rear window, the trunk lid between two taillights, and its own bumper.

The side: panels and pillars

The fender is the panel over the front wheel and the quarter panel is the one over the rear wheel. The rocker panel runs under the doors. Three pillars hold up the roof, lettered from the front: A beside the windshield, B between the doors, C at the back.

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What are the body parts of a car called?

The main panels are the hood, the two front fenders, the doors, the roof, the two quarter panels, the rocker panels and the trunk lid, with a bumper at each end. The posts around the windows are the A, B and C pillars.

What is the panel over the rear wheel called?

The quarter panel. It runs from the rear door to the trunk and wraps around the rear wheel well. The matching panel over the front wheel, between the door and the hood, is the fender.

What is on a car front?

The parts of a car front are the hood, the grille, two headlights, the turn signals, the front bumper and the windshield with its wipers. On most cars the grille lets air through to the radiator behind it.

What are the A, B and C pillars on a car?

They are the posts that hold up the roof, lettered from front to back. The A-pillars stand at each side of the windshield, the B-pillars between the front and rear side windows, and the C-pillars behind the rear doors on a sedan.