Catchword: top hat

Filed under: English, Automobiles & Transportation, Jargon

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: For Nitro, the Liberty platform got a stretch and a new body, or what the industry calls a top hat, as a quick and inexpensive change. Nitro is built on a 108.3-inch wheelbase and is 178.8 inches long overall, which makes it slightly larger than the Liberty at 104.3 inches and 174.4 inches respectively.

Article or document title:
“Nitro concept may be headed for production” (URL)

Author:
Jim Mateja

Article, document, publication, web site:
Detroit Free Press

Publishing location:
Mich.

Date of publication:
Feb. 24, 2005

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