Como se dice "car"?

[Hombre-Araña]

I've got to solve this once and for all. There has been countless family disputes over the correct way to say "car". I hear that "carro" is just tex-mex, and "automovil" isn't used that often.
Oh, and if it helps any, I do live in southern Texas. I'm not sure if that dialect changes much or if it even matters .
Gracias!

[Elaina]

Lengua popular Tex-Mex

Car = Carro (ranfla)
Truck = Troca

Español popular Mexicano

Car = auto (automovil)
truck = camioneta
regular truck..not 18 wheeler or anything like that.

But I don't know what they call a car in Spain or the Antilles or South America, though.

Elaina

[Tomisimo]

In Mexico:

car: coche, auto, carro
pickup truck: camioneta, camioneta tipo pickup
van: camioneta
truck: camión
semi truck: trailer
bus: camión, autobús


Coche is probably the best all-around way to say car that is common and understood everywhere.

[sosia]

Spain like Tomisimo, but we do not use carro. Carro is for a carriage.
And bus is only autobús.
saludos

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by sosia

Carro is for a carriage.
And bus is only autobús.
saludos

Es bueno saberlo, gracias.

Camión is very common for bus, and bus station is even the central camionera.

[Zach]

In Argentina, I'm told, auto is the most often used term for cars.

[Hombre-Araña]

Thanks guys!
Let's see my sister beat that.

[sosia]

bus station: estación de autobuses (in Spain)
saludos

[Candace]

In Spain it was coche. In Latin America it was carro. I was never in Argentina, so I don't know about auto. By the way, on one of my first trips to Latin America I said something to someone about a "coche" and he thought it was quite funny. After that I always used carro when I was down there.