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The Lotus Carlton, a high-performance version of the Vauxhall Carlton/Opel Omega A executive car. A sleeper (American English) or Q-car (British English) is a car that boasts high performance while having an unassuming exterior. [1] [2] [3] Sleepers are usually developed on the platform of a non-athletic class of vehicle, most often that of an ...
Sleeper cars are the best of both worlds. As J.D. Power explained, "it's a car that offers considerable performance yet is bereft of indecent bodywork, garish paint, oversized aerodynamic elements ...
Pullman sleeping car, original to the William Crooks locomotive, on display in Duluth, Minnesota. The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping. George Pullman was the American innovator of the sleeper car. [citation needed]
After World War II the 10-roomette 6-double bedroom (colloquially the "10-6 sleeper") design proved popular in the United States, with 682 such cars manufactured. [2]: 153 All fifty Pacific series cars were built on Budd lot number 9660.039, and allocated Pullman Plan 9522. In this design the ten roomettes were numbered 1-10 and split down the ...
Sleeper car may refer to: Sleeping car, a railroad passenger car that can accommodate its passengers in beds; Sleeper (car), a car that has an unassuming exterior but ...
A Pullman-built troop sleeper at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum.. In United States railroad terminology, a troop sleeper was a railroad passenger car which had been constructed to serve as something of a mobile barracks (essentially, a sleeping car) for transporting troops over distances sufficient to require overnight accommodations.
Car manufacturers that have a heavy presence in the US, such as Tesla, Rivian, and Ford, will still feel the impacts of Trump's tariffs.
At the front of the car was a four-seat drawing room. The interior featured wood paneling, characteristic of Milwaukee Road designs. [4] The Milwaukee Road contracted with Pullman-Standard for six sleeping cars based on the parlor-lounge design. The sleeping cars featured reduced seating in the solarium to make room for eight double bedrooms.