Car spotting

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Car spotters around a Bugatti Veyron outside Harrod's in Knightsbridge, London, England

A car spotter is a person who is typically strongly interested, in an amateur capacity, in car spotting, which is observing or photographing interesting, vintage, rare, modified, sport cars and exotic supercars. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Car spotting can be done almost anywhere, [5] but car shows and rallies attract large numbers of carspotters. [2] Spotters may post their shots on social media or dedicated carspotting websites. [1] [2] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 David Pierson, "Chasing Exotic Cars Is Their Pursuit", Los Angeles Times , May 17, 2006, reprinted in San Francisco Chronicle May 26, 2006
  2. 1 2 3 Car spotters : des passionnés “nourris” aux voitures de luxe (in French)
  3. The community of car spotting, October 23, 2021, Toronto Star
  4. Un youtubeur nancéien chasse les supercars, August 3, 2017, L'Est Républicain (in French)
  5. Dorothy M. Jeffree, Sally Cheseldine, Let's Join in, 1984, p. 115
  6. Hosie, Rachel (23 March 2017). "Meet the supercar vlogger with seven million followers on social media - that you've likely never heard of". The Independent. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

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