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- Sleeper_(car) abstract "A sleeper (US English) or Q-car (British English) is a car that has high performance and an unassuming exterior. Sleeper cars are so called because their exterior looks little or no different from a standard or economy-class car. In some cases the car appears worse due to seeming neglect on the owner's part, typically referred to as \"all go and no show\". While appearing to be a standard or neglected car, internally they are modified to perform at higher performance levels. The American nomenclature comes from the term sleeper agent, while the British term derives from the Q-ships used by the Royal Navy.The earliest known use of the term 'Q-car' is in the February 1963 edition of Motor Sport magazine. The editor, Bill Boddy, said of the Lotus Cortina, \"...the modifications carried out by Lotus have turned it in to a 'Q' car par excellence...\". In the British film The Long Arm (film) (1956; aka The Third Key) there are mentions of a Q car (unmarked) patrolling the city by night, indicating that the term was in use among UK law enforcement at least a decade earlier. In July 1964, British magazine Motorcycle Mechanics carried an announcement from editor Bill Lawless of the use of two police 'Q–cars' – a black Daimler SP250 sports car and a green Farina Austin A40 – patrolling the A20 between London and Maidstone, Kent.".
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- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink A20_road_(England).
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink American_English.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Austin_A40_Farina.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Battista_Farina.
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- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Vehicle_modification.
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- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Chrysler_Hemi_engine.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Clandestine_cell_system.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Daimler_SP250.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Debadging.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Drag_racing.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Engine_swap.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Exhaust_gas.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Exhaust_gas_recirculation.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Exhaust_system.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Homologation.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Hot_rod.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Hustling.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Insurance_fraud.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Intake.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Kent.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Lotus_Carlton.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Lotus_Cortina.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Maidstone.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Mercedes-AMG.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Mercedes-Benz_450SEL_6.9.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Mercedes-Benz_W116.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Motor_Sport_(magazine).
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Motorcycle_Mechanics_(magazine).
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Opel_Omega.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Q-ship.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Rat_rod.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Resto_rod.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Rice_burner.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Navy.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Sports_car.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Street-legal_vehicle.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Street_racing.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Sulfuric_acid.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Supercharger.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink The_Long_Arm_(film).
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Tire.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Turbocharger.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink V8_engine.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Vauxhall_Carlton.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Vehicle_emissions_control.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Vehicle_insurance.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink Wheel.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink File:1958_Chrysler_300D_Hardtop.jpg.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLink File:Mercury_Marauder.jpg.
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Q-car".
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sleeper (car)".
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLinkText "sleeper cars".
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLinkText "sleeper".
- Sleeper_(car) wikiPageWikiLinkText "sleepers".
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- Sleeper_(car) subject Category:Vehicle_modification.
- Sleeper_(car) hypernym Car.
- Sleeper_(car) type Automobile.
- Sleeper_(car) type Technology.
- Sleeper_(car) comment "A sleeper (US English) or Q-car (British English) is a car that has high performance and an unassuming exterior. Sleeper cars are so called because their exterior looks little or no different from a standard or economy-class car. In some cases the car appears worse due to seeming neglect on the owner's part, typically referred to as \"all go and no show\". While appearing to be a standard or neglected car, internally they are modified to perform at higher performance levels.".
- Sleeper_(car) label "Sleeper (car)".
- Sleeper_(car) sameAs Q3486616.
- Sleeper_(car) sameAs Sleeper_(tuning).
- Sleeper_(car) sameAs m.03kn0j.
- Sleeper_(car) sameAs Sleeper_(bil).
- Sleeper_(car) sameAs Q3486616.
- Sleeper_(car) wasDerivedFrom Sleeper_(car)?oldid=688728172.
- Sleeper_(car) depiction Mercury_Marauder.jpg.
- Sleeper_(car) isPrimaryTopicOf Sleeper_(car).