vintage car

English

Noun

vintage car (plural vintage cars)

1. A motor car that is of an older make and model, especially one that was built between the years 1919 and 1930.
   • 2008, Stefan R. Gesterkamp, How to Paint Your Show Car, →ISBN, page 149:

     "Pebble" as this event is commonly called, is the grand daddy of the vintage car collector world.

   • 2011, Lorraine Maita, Vibrance for Life, →ISBN:

     An aging body is like owning a vintage car. A vintage car is exotic and beautiful, and it requires more maintenance.

   • 2013 -, Eric Baskind, Commercial Law Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide, →ISBN, page 14:

     The identity of a vintage car was to be ascertained by the normal customs of the vintage car trade, and, on the evidence of both experts, the car did correspond with its description as a '1930 Bentley Speed Six'.

Related terms

• veteran car

Translations

Translations

• German: Oldtimer (de) m
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• Spanish: coche antiguo m

References

• “vintage car”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• acervating