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A car was a type of general purpose automobile typically used by family households in everyday situations, such as the transport of cargo. They were sold by car salesmen.
Cars used the fossil fuel gasoline to run the internal combustion engine through the first half of the 21st century. (ENT: "Carpenter Street")
Rex Denning's brother-in-law was a car salesman. Denning thought he wasn't good at his job. (DS9: "Little Green Men")
Jimmy was killed in 1953 for attempting to break into a car with a crowbar. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
While visiting Earth in 1986, James Kirk was nearly hit by a taxi cab. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
Cars were used quite often by police departments across 20th century Earth, and such vehicles were modified to include flashing lights, sirens, and other devices for their needs. (VOY: "Future's End", "11:59"; ENT: "Carpenter Street")
The hovercar eventually replaced the ground-based car for general use in 2036. Although ground-based cars were still quite common. (VOY: "The 37's")
During the 2130s, Charles Tucker III used to drive his car out to Chatkin Point and park along the shoreline and stare at the moon with his girlfriend. He later compared the size of his first car to that of a Retellian escape pod. (ENT: "Precious Cargo")
However, in early 2154, after realizing Phlox could be extremely persuasive, Charles Tucker III asked Phlox to "remind me never to buy a car from you". (ENT: "The Forgotten")
In an 2241, of an alternate reality, James Kirk's stepfather owned an antique Corvette, which Kirk drove into a chasm. (Star Trek)
In the alternate reality in the year 2258, a car drives by Starfleet Academy just before James T. Kirk took the Kobayashi Maru scenario for a third time. (Star Trek)
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In 2259 of the alternate reality, Doctor McCoy tells Captain Kirk that you can't rob a bank when the get-away car has a flat tire. (Star Trek)
In 2268, the inhabitants of planet 892-IV advertised a brand of car called the Jupiter 8. (TOS: "Bread and Circuses")
The same year, the Iotians of Sigma Iotia II, were driving cars identical to those driven in the United States of America on Earth, in the 1920s. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action")
That same year, the Ekosians also had cars. They were similar in design to many of the cars from Earth in 1944. (TOS: "Patterns of Force")
The Vedala, one of the oldest space faring species in the galaxy also used cars. They allowed a team of people, which included Kirk and Spock, to use their Vedala ground vehicle for transportation on the mad planet, where they were seeking the stolen Soul of the Skorr. (TAS: "The Jihad")
In the Julian Bashir, Secret Agent holoprogram, the spy gets to use many cars, including limousines. (DS9: "A Simple Investigation")
Types of cars
Species that used cars
Additional references
- TOS: "Assignment: Earth"
- TNG:
- "A Matter of Time"
- "Emergence"
- DS9: "Past Tense, Part II"
- VOY:
Land-based vehicles |
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Automobiles: Bus • Car • Hearse • Kart • Limousine • Race car • Truck • Van • Kolaran buggy |
Military: Ground assault vehicle • Tank • Kolaran armored car |
Other: Bicycle • Tricycle • Quadcycle • Crystal car • Motorcycle • Forklift • Train • Cargo trolley • Hover skiff • Hover speeder • Vedala cart |
Manufacturers: Airtrax • Cadillac • Chevrolet • Datsun • Dodge • Duesenberg • Ford • Hyster • Jeep • Lincoln • Mazda • Mercedes-Benz • Packard • Volkswagen • Volvo |