passenger car

noun

US
: a railroad car that carries passengers

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Workers simply putting the final screws into a passenger car whose seats, tires, engine, and other subassemblies come from abroad, for example, likely may not count. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024 California is also setting mandates for passenger car sales, with new rules that would ramp up to requiring 100% of the cars sold in the state to be emission-free (including plug-in hybrids). Camila Domonoske, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024 The crash occurred around 11 p.m. near Power Road when a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes collided head-on with a passenger car, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024 Ford’s share of Europe’s passenger car market shrank to just 3.3% in the first nine months, from 4.1% in the same span last year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for passenger car 

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“Passenger car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20car. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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