X-Cart's automotive platform uses two core concepts to connect products with compatible vehicles: Vehicles and Fitments.
Understanding the difference between these two concepts — and how they work together — is essential for setting up and managing an automotive parts store.
Vehicles represent the cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other machines your customers drive. They are organized in a hierarchy (e.g., Make → Model → Year → Submodel).
Fitments are the links between your products and the vehicles they fit. A fitment says:
"This product is compatible with this specific vehicle."
In simple terms:
Vehicles = your store's vehicle database;
Fitments = compatibility mappings that connect each product to the right vehicles.
Continue reading to explore how these concepts work together — this knowledge is essential for managing an automotive parts store.
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