"tuner car" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: tuner car

Filed Under: English, Automobiles & Transportation

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: Loosely and somewhat inaccurately, this is called the tuner car section, so designated because of the displays of sport or tuner versions of Subaru, Scion and Honda compact cars.

Article or Document Title:
“Cobo’s basement is a tuner wonderland” (URL)

Author:
Steve Spalding

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Detroit Free Press

Publishing Location:
Mich.

Date of Publication:
Jan. 13, 2005

This cite belongs to a full entry for tuner car.

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