touring car

noun

Definition of touring car

: 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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It was introduced in 1908 for $825 (about $21,000 today), but as the years passed the price kept dropping, and by 1916 the price for the basic touring car was $360 (about $8,475 today). — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, "Me & My Car: 1919 Model T represents company’s 100 years," 26 Aug. 2019 The 29-year-old former European touring car star has taken to Indy cars like few others before him. — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, "IndyCar midseason review, Part I: What’s gone right," 14 June 2018 The Western American was stocked on newsstands, and Dever promoted it with a sales contest that offered a Reo touring car valued at $1,895 as the prize. — Longreads, "Oregon’s Racist Past," 12 July 2018 When introduced, a convertible five-passenger touring car cost $850 ($22,471 today). — Casey Williams, chicagotribune.com, "Driving the Ford Model T through 110 years of American audacity," 3 July 2018 Joe Hensler’s 1917 Dodge Brothers touring car is still motoring today. — A.j. Baime, WSJ, "For a 101-Year-Old Car It Drives Pretty Well," 6 Mar. 2018 Success followed, notably on the Monte Carlo and other rallies, but also on road courses in touring car races. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "Mini’s new John Cooper Works GP Concept has me hot and bothered," 6 Sep. 2017 Rutgers Unviversity Archive/Wikipedia On this day in 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive across United States after arriving in San Francisco at the wheel of a 30-horsepower Maxwell touring car. — Slate Magazine, "Join Slate’s open thread for the week of Aug 7.," 7 Aug. 2017

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