'wip' or 'whip' ?

[Mattk]

i have heard americans refer to peoples cars on tv as their wips or whips.anyone know what wip actually means/stands for ?

thx

[Quizmonster]

Here's an extract from an American website on the matter...

"When the steering wheel was first put into use in automobiles, it was called the "whip". The whip is what you used to control the horses on a stagecoach, hence the analogy. Many years later, various hip hop artists noticed that the Mercedes-Benz logo resembled a steering wheel. They then proceeded to use the old term "whip" to describe any Mercedes-Benz vehicle. The term has now been generalized to classify any expensive automobile."

I can't vouch for any of the above, but it sounds possible!

[Octavius]

In the US, the word 'whip' is used to describe someone or something that is extremely cool (as in trendy, not cold).  Similarly it is used to describe (usually) a very nice car.