late model

late model

Especially regarding an automobile, of a relatively recent design or model. After I got my promotion, I decided to trade in my clunky old Volkswagen for a snazzy, late model sedan.
See also: late, model
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • rattle-trap
  • rock up in (something)
  • bucket of bolts
  • junker
  • hit the gas
  • lemon law
  • take (something) for a drive
  • take (something) for a ride
  • look like the cat that ate the canary
  • look like the cat that swallowed the canary
References in periodicals archive
The company says that the product is specifically designed to offer the ultimate brake pad technology for late model passenger cars.
Federal-Mogul Motorparts to launch Wagner OEX Car at Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo
With 2019 model year vehicles beginning to enter the market, Axalta's color team is accelerating color data collection to equip collision centers with the information they need to refinish consumers' late model vehicles.
Axalta Invests in Color Targeting Program to Capture 2019 Model Year Vehicle Colors
Multan -- Father of late model Qandeel Baloch has appealed the Chief Justice Supreme Court to provide him justice.
Qandeel Baloch's father seeks justice from CJP
Fayetteville, NC, June 13, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Fayetteville, NC is about to get a little 'louder' and take the national spotlight on Thursday, June 18, 2015, as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series makes its only North Carolina venue stop on their 2015 tour at Fayetteville Motor Speedway.
Fayetteville Motor Speedway Chosen as Only NC Stop on Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series 2015 Tour
In addition, the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series will race the local CGS Late Model contingent.
Eugene teams win state soccer crowns
The late model had said that the singer expressed his music as someone who understands depression and drug abuse and someone who lives with it every day.
Peaches Geldof was 'obsessed' with heroin addict musician Elliott Smith
PFAFI president Tom Pastor said the series will feature local and foreign drivers using late model stock cars that are aimed at pushing the country as the hub for NASCAR racing in Asia.
Clark to host Asian V8 Championship
RENTAL giant Hertz is launching a new online used car sales programme selling thousands of late model vehicles at fixed prices direct to the public.
Used car sales service launched
Vehicle Description: Late model Jeep Cherokee or similar vehicle Color: Grey or blue with cloth interior
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Private jet charter and aviation service provider JetSelect Aviation LLC announced on Tuesday that it has added two late model private jets to its FAA Part 135 Air Taxi Certificate, both of which will offer high speed wireless Internet (Wi-Fi).
JetSelect adds two Wi-Fi enabled private jets to fleet
bullet as being okay for any late model large frame .44 Special or .44 Mag.
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Now 16, he's racing stock cars--and has won 6 of 12 races this year in the Limited Late Model division.
Marc Davis: fast times at Lake Norman High
We mutter these reasons to ourselves and our coworkers as we leave our jobs and climb into our late model automobiles in the parking lot, the ones with electric windows, thermostatically controlled air conditioning, heated and cooled seats and carpeting as deep as the toes of our shoes.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of efficiency
Although the teams at that level can afford machined aluminum components, Krup, when looking into doing some work for the grass-roots Dirt Late Model and UMP Modified oval track classes, determined that there was a definite problem--the fact that when you're turning left at speed for practically a whole race, the fuel is pushed to the right side of the carburetor's float bowl, thereby almost starving the jets for the left side of the engine.
Plastic tubes get it done for grass-roots racing