Cars & machines

What Kind of Car Is That?

Two boxes? Three boxes? Count the shapes and name that car.

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What Kind of Car Is That?3:48

A song. A few new discoveries.

Join a musical road trip through sedans, hatchbacks, coupes, pickups, SUVs and minivans. Compare doors, cargo space, rows of seats and vehicle lengths—with a dog who needs a ride.

Body-shape rules are simplified: some makers use “coupe” for four-door vehicles, minivans have a short hood, and not every midsize SUV has three rows. The F-Series sales streak in the song is through 2025.

Made for curious kids around ages 6–12 and the grown-ups watching with them. Music and animation created with AI tools under Mike Sego’s direction. YouTube’s video description includes the release notes and credits.

Read the sing-along lyrics
Smarty Party! Road trip! Just me and my dog! A little car will do. Look from the side, count the boxes—let's go! Box one's the hood, with the engine down below, Box two's the cabin, where the people ride, Box three's the trunk, with the suitcases inside! Three boxes? Sedan! Sedan! Corolla, Camry, too! Two boxes? Hatchback! The back's a door for you! A Civic comes both ways, so check the rear: A trunk? Sedan! A lift-up door? Hatchback here! What kind of car is that? What kind of car? Count the boxes! Count the doors! Count the rows! Sedan or hatchback, SUV or van— Spot 'em and name 'em any time you can! What kind of car is that? Now you know! Now count the doors! A coupe has only two— A Mustang's long, but it's two doors through and through! A sedan has four that swing open wide— Watch out! Don't bump the car parked right beside! A pickup's got an open bed in back For the dirt and the bikes and a lumber stack! Ford's F-Series: America's top-selling truck— Forty-nine years in a row! That's not luck! What kind of car is that? What kind of car? Count the boxes! Count the doors! Count the rows! Sedan or hatchback, SUV or van— Spot 'em and name 'em any time you can! What kind of car is that? Now you know! Beep-beep! Spot it! Vroom-vroom! Name it! Beep-beep! Spot it! Vroom-vroom! Name it! Compact car: the small one, two rows, fifteen feet, Corolla, Civic—zipping down the street! Sit up high in a RAV4: two rows, it's true— Compact SUV, Corolla-long, but taller, too! Midsize? Explorer! Three rows, seventeen feet! Full-size? Suburban! Three rows, nineteen feet! Built on a pickup truck's frame, big and strong— Almost four feet longer—a first-grader long! Okay. Me, my dog, my cello... And Grandma's dog. ...We need three rows. One big box on wheels—the minivan! Minivan! Three rows, up to eight seats, the family plan! A low, low floor, so it's easy to climb inside, And the doors don't swing—they slide! They slide! No bumping the car parked right next door— Honda Odyssey! Seventeen feet—room for more! What kind of car is that? What kind of car? Count the boxes! Count the doors! Count the rows! Sedan or hatchback, SUV or van— Spot 'em and name 'em any time you can! What kind of car is that? Now you know! Beep-beep! Spot it! Vroom-vroom! Name it! Beep-beep! Spot it! Vroom-vroom! Name it! Sliding doors! Everybody fits! Even the soccer team? Nope. That's a bus. Smarty Party Songs! Like, subscribe, PARTY!

Lyrics from the published video’s caption file.

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