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motor vehicle

self-propelled wheeled vehicle
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Summary

motor vehicle is a mode of transport[1]. It draws 3,712 Wikipedia views per month (mode of transport category, ranking #8 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: type of vehicle[3]
  • Subclass of: vehicle[4]
  • Commons category: Motor vehicles[5]
  • Said to be the same as: power-driven vehicle[6]
  • Has part(s): engine[7], transmission[8], tire[9], steering wheel[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Motor vehicles[11]
  • Described by source: 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13]
  • Used by: motorist[14]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C181529[15]
  • Different from: road vehicle[16], car[17]
  • Properties for this type: P516[18]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000601[19]
  • P14541: 1StMfl[20]
  • P14692: traffic circle[21]

Why It Matters

motor vehicle has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . 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. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → motor-vehicles
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: motor-vehicles, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955001|motor vehicles (#289955001)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  2. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → traffic circle
    Basisklassifikation → 55.21
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48942|batch #48942]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1StMfl
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 15w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → mode of transport, type of vehicle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of vehicle"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003491-motorova-vozidla
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003491-motorova-vozidla, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  6. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Described by source → 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → mode of transport, type of vehicle
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Nci thesaurus id: C181529"
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