passenger cars

Cars for people

Passenger cars are vehicles designed to carry people rather than cargo—the sedans, coupes, hatchbacks, and station wagons that make up most personal automobiles.

The term distinguishes these from trucks, buses, and commercial vehicles.

In railroad contexts, passenger cars are the carriages that carry travelers, as opposed to freight cars: The train consisted of a locomotive and six passenger cars.

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cargo type

passenger carssemi-trucks

Large freight-hauling vehicles

delivery trucks · tractor-trailers · box trucks · lorries · tanker trucks

rail vehicle type

passenger carsfreight cars

Wheeled rail containers

boxcars · tank cars · flatcars · cattle cars · coal cars

vehicle purpose

passenger carsmilitary vehicles

Armed forces transportation

armored vehicles · construction vehicles · farm equipment · emergency vehicles

Family

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