Thesaurus results for LAND YACHT

land yacht

noun

Definition of land yacht

as in stock car

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Recent Examples of land yacht But more small car options is undeniably a good thing in a society overrun by rolling land yachts. — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2025 Seville, Deville, Eldorado, Fleetwood — the names of the brand’s land yachts are legendary, having graced generation after generation of enormous, sybaritic sedans, coupes, and convertibles across the span of the 20th Century. — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2024 For decades, the full-size luxury sedan—functionally land yachts loaded with creature comforts—was the pinnacle of American carmaking. — Patrick George, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024 But Americans have always liked their cars on the massive side of things, preferring land yachts like the Ford Galaxie, Buick Roadmaster, and Cadillac Eldorado over compact hatchbacks every day of the week. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2024 Chamberlin keeps her 45-foot land yacht with its slideouts opened in the massive barn. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024 Once notorious for lumbering land yachts, Caddy applied a ruthless gram-by-gram strategy to trim weight. — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2014

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Noun

The series, which is produced in a partnership between AMC and NASCAR, is set in the world of stock car racing with Dennis Quaid set for the lead role.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 July 2026
Thunder Road is the multi-generational saga of the fictional Whitlock family, whose legacy in stock car racing is as deep as the family’s ties to the Southern hill country roots that shaped them.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 July 2026

Definition of stock car

Noun

Suspended from wires overhead, a sports car was poised as if racing around a Möbius strip, meant to evoke the unending pursuit of improvement.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
That’s the all-important question every sports car fan is asking about Mazda’s most celebrated car.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of sports car

Noun

The father and children were last seen in a 2011 Black Lincoln town car with the California license plate SOLOYST.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
The app, called Cherry, lasted only a year, but Sacks did better with another early-stage investment in a company that sent a town car to pick you up.

— George Packer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2026

Definition of town car

Noun

My family loved to spin yarns and tell stories, whether at the dinner table or on long drives in the station wagon and the backward-facing trundle seat.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
For those who miss the vibe of a station wagon, there is the bZ Woodland, and an all-electric Highlander is nearing the showroom, too.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026

Definition of station wagon

Noun

In early 2024, this writer first broke the story about Toyota announcing that the Century would evolve from a single flagship limousine into a standalone ultra-luxury marque and sit above Lexus as Toyota’s ultra-luxury brand.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
The White House is an active construction site, with cement trucks going through the same gates typically used by the president’s armored limousine.

— Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of limousine

Noun

In fact, this unassuming little coupe was the one car that sparked the global roadster boom of the early 1990s, when the MX-5’s huge popularity convinced European carmakers to create the Boxster, SLK, TT, Z3, MGF and Barchetta.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
This time, however, a new, more hardcore variant of the V12 sports coupe surfaced in Maranello.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 29 July 2026

Definition of coupe

Noun

As the one-time mini-mogul stews in the clink, an appeal is fast-tracking its way through the courts.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
Jadon’s football career is following in the footsteps of his older brother Bryce, who played defensive back at Florida International and earned an invitation to Jacksonville Jaguars mini-camp in 2018.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

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