car

motorized road vehicle designed to carry one to eight people rather than primarily goods
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car

Summary

car is a Q140172580[1]. car ranks in the top 0.19% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,857 views/month, #146 of 77,819).[2]

Key Facts

  • car is credited with the discovery of Ferdinand Verbiest[3].
  • car's instance of is recorded as Q140172580[4].
  • car's instance of is recorded as Q140424465[5].
  • car's physically interacts with is recorded as road[6].
  • car's physically interacts with is recorded as pedestrian[7].
  • car is a type of multi-track vehicle[8].
  • car is a type of road vehicle[9].
  • car is a type of motor vehicle[10].
  • car is part of road transport[11].
  • car is used for motorized private transport[12].
  • car is used for taxi[13].
  • car is used for transport[14].
  • car is used for passenger transportation[15].
  • car is used for terrorist attack[16].
  • car's Commons category is recorded as Automobiles[17].
  • car's said to be the same as is recorded as passenger car[18].
  • car's Unicode character is recorded as 🚗[19].
  • car's Unicode character is recorded as 🚘[20].
  • car comprises engine[21].
  • car comprises steering wheel[22].
  • car comprises axle[23].
  • car comprises fuel tank[24].
  • car comprises air filter[25].
  • car comprises oxygen sensor[26].
  • car comprises shock absorber[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include Q140172580[4] and Q140424465[5]. Recorded subclass of include multi-track vehicle[8], road vehicle[9], and motor vehicle[10].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include motorized private transport[12], taxi[13], transport[14], passenger transportation[15], and terrorist attack[16]. Components include engine[21]; steering wheel[22], a product category[28]; axle[23]; fuel tank[24]; air filter[25], an automotive part[29]; and oxygen sensor[26], a measurement technique[30]. car is part of road transport[11].

Influence

Things named for car include popemobile[31], in Vatican City[32] and Auto Train[33], a train service[34], in United States[35], founded in 1983[36].

Why It Matters

car ranks in the top 0.19% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,857 views/month, #146 of 77,819).[2] car has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] car is known by 105 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for car include popemobile[31], in Vatican City[32] and Auto Train[33], a train service[34], in United States[35], founded in 1983[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . zdf.de. zdf.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Blockhaj · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as',
    Has part(s) → engine, steering wheel, axle +24
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q446]]"
  2. 14d ago · O Breixo · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Car, http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#automobile
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 80975
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 80975"
  3. 22d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000471
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  4. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Lech Wałęsa
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  5. 7w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C20097
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C20097, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  6. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Car
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Car, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  7. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → automobile model, ambiguous label
    P14541 → 2PwcCP
    Instance of → Q140172580, Q140424465
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  8. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q140172580, Q140424465
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q106573263]]"
  9. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q140172580, Q140424465
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q140424465]]"
  10. 15w ago · AHIOH · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q140172580, Q140424465
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q140172580]]"
  11. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → automobiles, cars
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: automobiles, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914658|automobiles (#289914658)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  12. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001568-automobily
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001568-automobily, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  13. 22w ago · Sofie Geneea · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → motorized private transport, taxi, transport +2
    Contributing factor of → carbon dioxide emissions, air pollution
    Maintenance method → auto maintenance
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox automobile
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P5250]]: 25"
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