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      It’s a poor translation on my part.

      Cubic tonne of metal would probably make more sense. But there is nothing cubic really in a car so I don’t know why I choose this wording.

      As far as I know an heavy car is close to 1000Kg which is a Tonne in the metric system.

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          I don’t think I said it was a mass.

          I meant cubic as in cube shaped?

          Super pedantic edit:

          Now that I think about it cubic isn’t really a measure of volume :

          “cubic” on its own is not a measure of volume. It is an adjective that describes something related to a cube or three-dimensional space, but it requires a unit of length to provide a meaningful measure of volume.

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          If fresh water, at sea level, under certain barometric conditions and a temperature of 4 degrees, at the equator.

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          I’m just noticing that metre is the correct spelling in English.

          Isn’t “meter” the commonly used translation?

          I realize it must not be commonly used anyway with the imperial system being used in the US.

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            “Meter" and “metre” are both correct spellings of the word that refers to a unit of measurement in the metric system:

            “Meter” is the preferred spelling in American English, while “metre” is preferred in British English and other forms of English outside the United States.

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              In India, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (75 to 25). In the Philippines, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (100 to 0). In Canada, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (68 to 32). In Australia, there is a preference for “meter” over “metre” (68 to 32).