An automobile, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for

transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most
definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run
primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have
four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people
rather than goods.[1]
The term motorcar has also been used in the context of electrified rail
systems to denote a car which functions as a small locomotive but also
provides space for passengers and baggage. These locomotive cars were
often used on suburban routes by both interurban and intercity railroad
systems.[2]
There are approximately 600 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly
one car per eleven people).[3][4] Around the world, there were about 806
million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over a billion
cubic meters (260 billion US gallons) of petrol/gasoline and diesel fuel
yearly. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India.
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