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Car" redirects here. For
other uses, see Car (disambiguation).
Karl Benz's "Velo" model (1894) - entered into an early automobile race
Passenger cars in 2000
World map of passenger cars per 1000 people.An automobile (via French from
Greek auto, self and Latin mobilis moving, a vehicle that moves itself
rather than being moved by another vehicle or animal) or motor car (usually
shortened to just car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own
motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to
run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to
typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the
transport of people rather than goods. However, the term is far from precise
because there are many types of vehicles that do similar tasks
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