a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine. “he needs a car to get to work” synonyms: auto, automobile, machine, motorcar.
Cars are also called automobiles or motor vehicles. Trucks and buses are motor vehicles as well. However, trucks and buses are larger than cars, and they carry heavier loads.
"Motor car", attested from 1895, is the usual formal term in British English. "Autocar", a variant likewise attested from 1895 and literally meaning "self-propelled car", is now considered archaic. "Horseless carriage" is attested from 1895.
In British slang the terms rust bucket or simply bucket, and shed are used to refer to decrepit cars but the favoured term is old banger, often shortened to banger. The origin refers to the older poorly maintained vehicles' tendency to back-fire..
We've looked at some of the car companies which are still building in Blighty.
Aston Martin. Aston Martin is as British as they come, and continues to build its high-end sports and supercars at its plant in Gaydon, Warwickshire. ...
The acronym BMW stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke GmbH, which roughly translates to the Bavarian Engine Works Company. The name harks back to the company's origin in the German state of Bavaria. It also indicates BMW's original product range: engines for various applications.
Famous and iconic British cars include the Aston Martin DB5, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Bentley 4½ Litre, Jaguar E-Type, Land Rover Defender, Lotus Esprit, McLaren F1, MGB, original two-door Mini, Range Rover, Rolls-Royce Phantom III and Rover P5.
The British term people mover is also used in Australian English to describe a passenger van. The American usage of "van" which describes a cargo box trailer or semi-trailer is used rarely, if ever, in Australia.
The truth is, lorry in American English is truck. The British lorry is almost the same as the American truck, and the two words have morphed into synonyms of each other.
The front window of the car is named the windscreen in the UK, while in the USA, they've tweaked it just slightly to read windshield. Both 'screen' and 'shield' suggest protection and so are still quite similar in their meaning, linguistically.
In England it's a Garage, in Scoland its a “car Hoose” in Wales it called a “sheep shed with an up and over door” and in Northern Ireland it's a “Wee cold place to keep kids bikes and other stuff”
What is a whip in slang? Whip has been used as a slang word for "car" since the late 20th century. It's also used as a verb meaning "to drive (a car)."
White is considered to be easy to maintain and has the highest resale value among all colours. The next most popular car colour on our list is silver, which is preferred for the same reasons as white - it's easy to maintain, makes dust less obvious, and has high resale value.
There are many different types of automobiles – steam, electric, and gasoline – as well as countless styles. Exactly who invented the automobile is a matter of opinion. Earlier accounts often gave credit to Karl Benz, from Germany, for creating the first true automobile in 1885/1886.
In the early morning of June 4, 1896, Henry Ford made his first trial run in a small, four-wheeled vehicle he called a "Quadricycle," subsequently described by historian Allan Nevins as "Strikingly small and light - the lightest vehicle of its type yet produced." This Quadricycle had 49-inch wheelbase and was 79 inches ...
