roll bar

noun

: an overhead metal bar on an automobile that is designed to protect the occupant in case of a rollover

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Not a thicker roof section, but a real live roll bar. —

Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2022 The Cobra’s chrome-colored exhaust pipes and roll bar also serve to break up all that bronze, while Halibrand-style knock-off wheels wrapped in Goodyear Eagle billboard tires punctuate the design. —

Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2021 In addition, a tubular roll bar sits just behind this main cage. —

Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2023 Our test vehicle carried Panasport Minilite replica mag wheels ($1000 extra), a roll bar, and considerably more power than the base package. —

Brock Yates, Car and Driver, 29 Dec. 2022 All accent work, including the trademark roll bar, has been finished in high-gloss platinum. —

Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2022 Yet, despite the roll bar blocking access to the back, there were four personalities along for the ride: Gilles, me, and the angel/devil battle taking place on my shoulders. —

Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2022 Another pair of tabs are welded to the roll bar, and to these are bolted a pair of inertia reels made by Advanced Safety Devices. —

Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2022 The current owner also installed a roll bar after acquiring the Bronco in 2020. —

Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 17 May 2022 See More

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