The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - car n.

1) (motor) vehicle, motor car, automobile, passenger car, Old-fashioned or slang motor; Chiefly US auto; Colloq jalopy, heap, pile, crate, machine, buggy, transport; Slang wheels: Borrow a car and drive down for the weekend. 2) (railway) carriage: The body was found in a sleeping car of the Orient Express.