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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 similar or identical to 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 have 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.

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  • Un coche sleeper es un automóvil con unas prestaciones muy altas pero que por su exterior discreto no lo aparentan.​​​ Estos aparentemente tienen el mismo aspecto que un coche básico o estándar de su clase. En ocasiones es intencionadamente por el dueño que tenga un aspecto más estándar o desatendido, pero que cuente con unas modificaciones internas con niveles de alto rendimiento. El término «sleeper» viene del inglés porque son coches que parecen tener una potencia latente dormida en su interior, se podría traducir diciendo que son «coches con alma de lobo y piel de cordero». (es)
  • Le tuning Sleeper est un style de tuning. Il s'agit de préparer uniquement les éléments mécaniques d'une voiture ordinaire afin qu'elle devienne plus performante tout en donnant l'impression extérieurement d'être normale. Le but est souvent de surprendre. Cette pratique est encore assez rare en France, car beaucoup de modifications importantes demandent des autorisations spéciales. La majorité des sleepers se retrouve dans la gamme des compactes et des familiales. Dans le cas de sleepers d'origine, ce sont les versions haut de gamme d'un modèle de grande diffusion, mais sans les attributs tapageurs d'une sportive. Ainsi une 190 E 2.5-16 de 195 ch est un sleeper mais sa descendante 2.5-16 Evo équipée de bas de caisse et d'un spoiler proéminent perd la discrétion qui caractérise le sleeper. Par extension, on désigne par « anti-sleeper » une voiture à l'esthétique tapageuse mais aux performances limitées. * Lancia Thema 8.32 (V8 Ferrari 215 ch) * Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1992 (2L turbo 220 ch) * Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 (215 ch) * Subaru Legacy Turbo (2L turbo 200 ch) (fr)
  • 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 similar or identical to 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 have 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. In the February 1963 Motor Sport magazine editor Bill Boddy said "the modifications carried out by Lotus have turned the Lotus Cortina into a 'Q' car par excellence". The British film The Long Arm (1956; aka The Third Key) mentions 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 unmarked police "Q-cars" – a black Daimler SP250 sports car and a green Austin A40 Farina – patrolling the A20 road between London and Maidstone, Kent. (en)
  • Sleeper syftar i bilsammanhang ofta på en standardbil som i största möjliga mån inte förändrats till utseendet, men som har trimmats och byggts om under skalet. (sv)
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  • Un coche sleeper es un automóvil con unas prestaciones muy altas pero que por su exterior discreto no lo aparentan.​​​ Estos aparentemente tienen el mismo aspecto que un coche básico o estándar de su clase. En ocasiones es intencionadamente por el dueño que tenga un aspecto más estándar o desatendido, pero que cuente con unas modificaciones internas con niveles de alto rendimiento. El término «sleeper» viene del inglés porque son coches que parecen tener una potencia latente dormida en su interior, se podría traducir diciendo que son «coches con alma de lobo y piel de cordero». (es)
  • Sleeper syftar i bilsammanhang ofta på en standardbil som i största möjliga mån inte förändrats till utseendet, men som har trimmats och byggts om under skalet. (sv)
  • 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 similar or identical to 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 have 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. (en)
  • Le tuning Sleeper est un style de tuning. Il s'agit de préparer uniquement les éléments mécaniques d'une voiture ordinaire afin qu'elle devienne plus performante tout en donnant l'impression extérieurement d'être normale. Le but est souvent de surprendre. Cette pratique est encore assez rare en France, car beaucoup de modifications importantes demandent des autorisations spéciales. Par extension, on désigne par « anti-sleeper » une voiture à l'esthétique tapageuse mais aux performances limitées. * Lancia Thema 8.32 (V8 Ferrari 215 ch) * Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1992 (2L turbo 220 ch) * * (fr)
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  • Coche sleeper (es)
  • Sleeper (tuning) (fr)
  • Sleeper (car) (en)
  • Sleeper (bil) (sv)
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