Touring car and tourer are both terms for open cars. "Touring car" is a style of open car built in the United States which seats four or more people. The style was popular from the early 1900s to the 1930s. The cars used for touring car racing in various series since the 1960s, are unrelated to these early touring cars, despite sharing the same name.
1913 Maxwell Model 24-4 touring car
1920 Studebaker Big Six touring car with its top down. The folded top behind passengers was known as the "fan" when in the down position.
1924 Ford Model T touring car
1907 Enfield 15 HP Demi-Limousine
Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition that uses race prepared touring cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States.
Touring car racing
A Chevrolet Cruze touring car
2018 WTCR Race of Hungary
2016 BTCC Brands Hatch