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State police said a Wayne County plow truck was salting the left lane of the highway when the driver of a 2004 Toyota passenger car sideswiped the salt truck.—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026 The passenger car reversed into the front of the stationary Waymo.—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026 Hybrids, meanwhile, have gained steadily—sales surged 36 percent in the second half of 2025, reaching nearly 15 percent of all passenger car purchases.—Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026 Closely following Ford's spinoff of the Transit Custom line as a lighter, more passenger car-like FWD van alternative sized to compete with midsize vans like the Volkswagen Transporter and Citroën Berlingo, the Nugget slid over to the smaller, more efficient van platform.—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passenger car