Synonyms of beater

nounAn old or dilapidated automobile.

• bangerAn old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
• bucketAn old vehicle that is not in good working order.
• hooptieAn old car that has been remodeled or reformed in some way, shape, or form; a classic, a banger.
• jalopyAn old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
• wreck
• crockAn old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
• shitboxAn old and decrepit automobile.
• rustbucketAn old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
• bucket of boltsA piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often an old car.
• bucket of rustSynonym of rustbucket.
• clunkerA decrepit motor car.
• crateA vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
• gas guzzlerA vehicle that consumes a large amount of fuel.
• junker Canada, USA beat-up automobile.
• lemon
• old banger UKA decrepit car.
• rattletrapA mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by...
• shed UKAn automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.
• shitpot vulgarA shoddy vehicle.
• shitcan vulgarA shoddy vehicle.
• shitbucket vulgarSynonym of shitpot (in all senses).
• tin LizzieA small, unpretentious, vintage automobile, especially one that is in run-down condition.
• flivver Canada, USAn automobile or cart, particularly one which is old and inexpensive.