jalopy

1. (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.Examples: "Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy, on their way to Los Angeles."; ""We ran into some real excitement," Frank said, and told his father the whole story of Chet's missing jalopy, the wrecked car which they suspected had been a stolen one also, and the attempted holdup at the ferryboat office."; "There's only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it."Synonyms: banger, beater, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crateUSdated

2. (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.USdatedslang