A race car was an automobile designed for use in competitions, known as races, against other similar vehicles. The fastest one of the competitors would be declared the winner. According to B'Elanna Torres, Tom Paris wasn't interested in any holoprogram that didn't involve a race car, a shuttle, or some other vehicle he could drive. (VOY: "Nightingale")
Hot rod was a colloquial term for an automobile that was specially modified to maximize its power and racing potential. While designing the Delta Flyer shuttlecraft, Paris believed that it should be similar to a hot rod, although Tuvok disagreed. (VOY: "Extreme Risk")
Paris had a holoprogram of a race car competition. In 2377, he challenged Icheb to race against him in an "old Earth ground vehicle". (VOY: "Nightingale")
In 2380, Gernba had plans to construct a crystal car to use as a race car for their death races, which were to replace their trial by combat ritual. (LD: "Temporal Edict")
In 2381, a Federation scientist named Tony conversated with an illusion of Gena Marino about a fictional race car driver named Speedy McWheels, which was his novel's main character, which he envisioned himself as. (LD: "Mining The Mind's Mines")
| 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 |