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touring car
noun
: an automobile suitable for distance driving: such as
a
: a vintage automobile with two cross seats, usually four doors, and a folding top : phaeton sense 2
b
: a modern usually 2-door sedan as distinguished from a sports car
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The build is tied together with a striking violet, red and blue livery, evocative of ‘80s and ‘90s BMW touring cars.
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Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The first series was a successful touring car, of which only 1,945 were made from 1969 to 1972.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
Ickx won eight Formula One grands Prix, dominated at Le Mans, won the Paris-Dakar rally and sports and touring car races all over the world.
—Michael Taylor, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
And that explains why seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, 2009 F1 champion Jenson Button, and German touring car champion and Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller will be racing their big blue beast among the more normal entrants next weekend.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 June 2023
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Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The first series was a successful touring car, of which only 1,945 were made from 1969 to 1972.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
Ickx won eight Formula One grands Prix, dominated at Le Mans, won the Paris-Dakar rally and sports and touring car races all over the world.
—Michael Taylor, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
And that explains why seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, 2009 F1 champion Jenson Button, and German touring car champion and Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller will be racing their big blue beast among the more normal entrants next weekend.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 June 2023
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“Touring car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touring%20car. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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