touring car

noun

|Updated on: 19 Jul 2018

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 2

b : a modern usually 2-door sedan as distinguished from a sports car

Recent Examples of touring car from the Web

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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