How are cars classified by purpose?

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AustinFitz
07/30/25 12:25am
Cars can generally be classified into six categories by purpose: 1. Passenger cars: Also known as sedans, typically with no more than nine seats (including the driver's seat). 2. Buses: Vehicles with nine or more seats (including the driver's seat), including city buses, long-distance coaches, and tourist buses. 3. Trucks: Commonly referred to as lorries, mainly used for transporting goods. 4. Tractors: Specifically designed for towing trailers or semi-trailers. 5. Special-purpose transport vehicles: Designed for transporting goods with special requirements, equipped with dedicated compartments and corresponding auxiliary equipment, such as dump trucks, tankers, refrigerated trucks, bulk cement trucks, and container trucks. 6. Special vehicles: Primarily used for performing other tasks, such as ambulances, fire trucks, garbage trucks, sprinkler trucks, and various engineering vehicles.
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