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sports car
noun
: a low small usually 2-passenger automobile designed for quick response, easy maneuverability, and high-speed driving
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Championing sustainable solutions at its core, the firm’s latest project involved converting a 1964 Mercedes Pagoda, an iconic two-seat sports car, and equipping it with modern electric technology.
—Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
When Matt Rimac, the founder of electric sports car maker Rimac, merged Bugatti with Rimac in November of 2021, analysts largely expected to see a fully electric Bugatti by the end of the decade.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 20 June 2024
On the sides of his white sports car, in stark black spray paint, was a clear drawing of a swastika.
—Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
Fisker is the second plug-in car company started by Henrik Fisker — a famed designer of BMW and Aston Martin sports cars — to end up in bankruptcy.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
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“Sports car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20car. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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sports car
noun
: a low small usually two-passenger automobile designed for high-speed driving
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