Yes, automobile engineering is different from mechanical engineering.

Mechanical engineering is a division of Engineering that deals with the mechanics of physics and science to analyze, manufacture and design mechanical systems. Automobile Engineering is the division of Vehicle Engineering. It utilizes safety, mechanical, software and electronic engineering to produce, design and operate automobiles and trucks in addition to motorcycles.

Both mechanical engineering and automobile engineering are very important nowadays. While mechanical engineering deals with the production of mechanical devices, automobile engineering is concerned with the making of parts and designing them specifically for vehicles or automobiles.

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